Feng Yunshan once read a book in later generations, saying that some people smoked tobacco as early as the Ming Dynasty, but it was very rare. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoAfter the rule of the Manchu Dynasty, the reason why more and more people smoked tobacco soil, and even began to play all kinds of tricks, adding some Chinese medicine and other condiments, in the final analysis, was because of the rule of the Manchu Dynasty.

The Manchu banner people's prevention and enslavement of the Han people, treating the Han people only as slaves, made some rich scholars and doctors feel depressed and had nowhere to solve it, plus the indescribable comfort brought by smoking tobacco soil, they plunged into it, and avoided the world. With these people taking the lead, everyone smoked tobacco as a fashion, and then more and more people began to smoke tobacco.

Although this statement is somewhat deliberate, it is not unreasonable.

However, Feng Yunshan believes that in addition to the different ways of smoking, there were many Chinese at that time, resulting in more rich people, and then more people who could afford to suck, which is also the reason for the flood.

At that time, tobacco soil actually belonged to medium and high-end consumption. Even in the UK, ordinary people can't afford to spend a lot of it.

Therefore, if you want to ban tobacco soil, Feng Yunshan thinks that you must start from yourself. Only when it is strong, it is so persecuted that foreigners cannot dump tobacco and soil into China, and there is no need to ban it, so the supply of goods will be cut off.

Of course, it would be better if the Chinese people could refuse to smoke tobacco, but this could not be done by explicitly prohibiting it.

In order for the people to understand the dangers of tobacco smoking, there must first be a strong organization that can regularly reach out to all the people and publicize the dangers of tobacco and soil. In this closed era, it is extremely difficult to have people supervise each other. So, in the end, back to the same problem, it is to become stronger.

Until then, it was only an illusion to completely ban the tobacco trade.

But allowing the tobacco trade is not the same as allowing everyone to smoke it.

"Monopoly? Yes, the tobacco monopoly system is adopted. Feng Yunshan pondered, and gradually, he had a general idea in his mind. Whether it is the salt monopoly in the current era or the tobacco monopoly in later generations, it is a kind of monopoly and profiteering.

At present, only the implementation of monopoly can effectively control the incoming tobacco soil. In addition, the purchase of a large number of industrial commodities can also allow foreigners to gradually reduce the proportion of tobacco and soil in Chinese goods, so that foreigners' eyes can return to normal industrial commodities.

Feng Yunshan already had a bold idea.

"Chongyao, in the future, all the tobacco soil that enters the two Guangxi will be taken over by Nanyang Company and operated exclusively. This king will issue a decree on the monopoly of tobacco and soil in Liangguang. Feng Yunshan said to Wu Chongyao.

"Monopoly?" Wu Chongyao understood a little: "It's the same as the government selling salt?" Monopolize the supply of goods and make profits? ”

"Monopoly is only one thing, you have to use the Nanyang Company to collect all the tobacco and soil that enters the market in Guangzhou, and then sell two-thirds of it directly to those addicts at a price of 1 times. The other third is given to the king, who has his own use. Feng Yunshan instructed Wu Chongyao.

Wu Chongyao was a little puzzled, and he didn't know what Feng Yunshan had intercepted one-third of the tobacco for use, but he still advised: "Holy King, the supply of tobacco and soil from foreigners is endless, and it is getting more and more every year. If he didn't sell it, he would eat but not sell, and Wu was worried that Nanyang Company would soon run out of funds. ”

Feng Yunshan smiled, knowing that Wu Chongyao had misunderstood, so he said: "Chongyao, don't worry, this king will definitely not let it all be in the hands of Nanyang Company." When the time comes, you will naturally understand. ”

Thinking of the Guangzhou consul Bao Ling, who was still waiting for Wu Chongyao's reply, Feng Yunshan waved his hand and said, "You go back and tell that Bao Ling first, everything will be handled in accordance with the "Taiying Guangzhou Agreement", so that he can rest assured." However, the tariffs can not be missing, if they are found to have smuggled goods by British merchants, but they will confiscate all the goods and ships, don't blame the king for not reminding! ”

After Wu Chongyao left, Feng Yunshan thought about it again and thought about how to control the smoke and soil smokers.

First of all, the begging army must not be smoking! There is no doubt about it. The army itself is an adaptation of the Taiping Holy Army, and the original veterans are all members of the Holy Religion, and there are provisions in the dogma that it is strictly forbidden to smoke opium, as long as it is reiterated and internal supervision is strengthened.

Secondly, the ordinary people under their rule must also be forbidden to touch tobacco soil! But it will take some measures.

After thinking about it, I can use the tobacco monopoly system to isolate the contact between tobacco and ordinary people as much as possible. So that ordinary people can't touch tobacco soil, and can't afford tobacco soil.

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The next day, Feng Yunshan asked the General Affairs Department of the China Renaissance Association to issue the "Liangguang Tobacco and Land Order" drafted by himself.

In the tobacco order, it was first stipulated that all tobacco and soil entering the two Guangxi provinces would be subject to a tobacco monopoly system.

The tobacco monopoly system stipulates that, in principle, all owners are prohibited from smoking opium, but after being diagnosed by a qualified physician or relevant personnel designated by Nanyang Company, those who are indeed addicted to tobacco are allowed to purchase and consume tobacco paste uniformly prepared by Nanyang Company in the name of "medicinal" treatment; The entry of tobacco raw materials and the production, transportation and sales of tobacco paste are all directly operated by "Nanyang Company".

Nanyang Company is responsible for establishing the files of tobacco addicts, and supplying the tobacco sold with fixed personnel, fixed quantity, fixed price, fixed time and fixed place!

At the same time, the Propaganda Department of the China Rejuvenation Association was organized to send the captive army and the people to the urban area and suburbs of Guangzhou to publicize and post the "Tobacco and Land Order of the Two Guangzhous".

On the day the "Tobacco Order" was posted, if anyone who was attentive would have found that Nanyang had quietly begun to buy vinegar.

Within two days, the amount of vinegar on the market in and out of Guangzhou suddenly decreased a lot. In a few days, the entire Guangzhou Prefecture, as well as the surrounding Zhaoqing, Huizhou, Shaozhou, Wuzhou and other provinces, were sold out. Fortunately, this vinegar did not have a great impact on the entire people, and no one paid attention to it.

Wu Chongyao only knew that the vinegar was ordered by the Holy King to buy it, but he was the general manager of Nanyang Company and did not specifically intervene in this matter. The person in charge of purchasing vinegar is Pan Wentao of the Pan family in the original thirteen lines, who is currently the deputy general manager of Nanyang Company, and Feng Yunshan asked him to be in charge of the tobacco business of Liangguang.

At this moment, it is the early hours of the morning, the lowest temperature, even in Guangzhou, it is a little freezing. Pan Wentao was mobilizing his hands to check the vinegar he had bought in large water tanks in advance.

"Shopkeeper Pan, there are several frozen here!" A guy with a lantern looks into the water tank.

"Shopkeeper Pan, it's also freezing on my side!" Several other guys also shouted.

Most of these guys originally came out of the Thirteen Lines, and although Pan Wentao is now the deputy general manager of Nanyang Company, they are still used to being called shopkeepers.

"Is it really frozen? Wait, everyone, and when all the vinegar is frozen, collect all the ice cubes. Pan Wentao knew that these ice cubes were pure vinegar.

The day before yesterday, the Holy King appointed him to be in charge of the tobacco business of the Nanyang Company, and explained to him the production process of a "hero pill". He immediately took action, organized people to collect vinegar everywhere, and according to the method of cooling the Saint King, he really obtained this ice vinegar.

The next step is to transport these ice vinegars to an island on the Pearl River six or seven miles east of the city, this island called "Haixinsha" has been set up in two days, and a large group of soldiers will strictly control the entire "Haixinsha" island, and guard it tightly.

Pan Wentao knew that the entire Haixinsha Island was the place he would often go to in the future, and Nanyang Company specialized in the production base of "Hero Pills".

On the third day of the issuance of the "Tobacco and Earth Order", on the riverside outside the thirteen lines of Guangzhou, several British cargo ships, under the guidance of the naval division of the captured army, docked.

Under the guidance of the customs officers temporarily set up by the Foreign Affairs Department of the China Renaissance Association, Bao Ling and several British businessmen found Pan Wentao, deputy general manager of Nanyang Company, and after some bargaining and inspection, the two sides quickly signed a contract.

3,600 boxes of tobacco, at a price of 500 silver dollars per box, a total of 1,800,000 silver dollars, after deducting the 900,000 silver dollars payable, Nanyang Company also had to pay 900,000 silver dollars.

Then, several British merchants went to the tea shop and raw silk shop of the Nanyang Company, and bought 1,000 quintals of raw silk, 5,000 quintals of tea, 540 silver dollars per quintal of raw silk, and 34 silver dollars per quintal of tea, totaling 710,000 silver dollars.

In the end, Nanyang Company paid 133,000 taels of silver to several British merchants led by Bao Ling, which was converted into 190,000 silver dollars.

Bao Ling and the foreigner entered the Guangzhou consulate in Xiguan with a smile on their faces.

Can you not be happy? The cost of 3,600 boxes of tobacco soil from India was only more than 180,000 silver dollars, and the cost of shipping was only 200,000 silver dollars to Guangzhou. Unexpectedly, as soon as it was sold to Nanyang Company, it was 900,000 silver dollars. Net profit of 700,000 yuan.

Several foreigners immediately discussed and prepared to return to India immediately and load another batch of tobacco to sell in Guangzhou.

Bao Ling was also very happy, and when the business was completed, the merchants not only happily handed over 45,000 silver dollars from the Governor's Palace on Hong Kong Island, but also gave him 5,000 silver dollars as a reward. That's the equivalent of more than ten years of his salary.

He is looking forward to the next deal coming soon.

On Pan Wentao's side, he ordered people to carry away 2,400 boxes of tobacco and soil, which were transported to Haixinsha Island overnight to process "hero pills".

The remaining 1,200 boxes of tobacco soil were simply boiled into tobacco paste and stored in several designated tobacco houses in the city, waiting to be disposed of. (To be continued.) )