In 139 BC, when Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, opium reached China. In the second year www.biquge.info of the Tang Dynasty (667 AD), there was a record of opium imports, and the Arab opium of the Tang Dynasty was called "A Furong"; In the "Kaibao Materia Medica" published in the Northern Song Dynasty in 973 AD, opium was named poppy poppy.

The "Ming Huidian" records the fact that the Asian vassal states paid opium tribute to the Ming royal family. Siam, Java, and Bengal, their kings regularly sent tributary missions to China, holding gold-bordered national letters, and paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty with various local treasures to please the suzerain. Siam paid 200 catties to the emperor and 100 catties to the queen each time.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was of course overjoyed to get an aphrodisiac like opium.

Emperor Wanli did not go to court for 30 years, and tried and took pills in the palace, and there was opium in his pills, and he named the opium "Fushou Ointment". The excuse for not going to court is dizziness and dizziness, but in fact, the main reason is excessive indulgence and opium addiction.

The emperor was addicted to opium, and the people around the emperor also became addicted to opium smoking over time.

The life atmosphere of the royal family and aristocracy was gradually imitated and copied by the middle and lower class people who were vassals and pursued fashion, and spread to the whole society.

At the beginning of the 17th century, the Dutch introduced North American Indian pipes and tobacco leaves to China through Taiwan, and smokers began to exist in China.

Its extensiveness alarmed China's rulers, and Emperor Chongzhen ordered a ban on smoking.

Because some people once mixed opium with tobacco for smoking, unexpectedly, the ban on tobacco led to the proliferation of pure opium smoking.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, opium had already spread among the upper classes.

Chinese porcelain and tea sold well in Europe, causing a huge trade deficit.

In order to help England solve the problem of trade deficit, Cromwell appointed Fairfax as the special prime minister of the East India Company, looking for a way to make money.

When he took office, Fairfax was looking for commodities that China also desperately needed.

Fairfax's first thought was cotton, and cotton was grown wildly in India.

But soon, Fairfax realized that cotton had only made things better, but the deficit had not changed.

Fairfax has been in a hurry for nearly a month, and he has not yet found a suitable trade route to open the Chinese market.

After another day in vain on the streets, Fairfax dragged his tired body back to the Anglo-Indian company.

In the summer in India, the weather is hot and humid and irritating.

Fairfax took off his coat, picked up the cup and poured it into his mouth.

As soon as he took a sip, the slightly hot boiling water made Fairfax spit out all the water at once.

Fairfax smashed the cup on the ground in a rage, and shouted angrily, "Who poured the water, Fake!" Do you want to burn me? Someone will pull this damn slave out and beat him to death! ”

The chief of the guard, who had been following him, heard a busy look, and two guards dragged an Indian slave who was struggling to beg for mercy out, and after a while fell silent with a scream.

Fairfax wanted to take a sip of water, but didn't have the patience to wait at all right now.

He turned and walked out, a few of the guards hurrying to follow.

As more and more English came to India to do business, taverns were established in the three main strongholds of Mumbai, Madras and Kolkata.

In order to make money, the daughter of a poor family took a risk and came all the way to India to become a wine girl.

In order to make money, most of these wine girls have "part-time" jobs at night.

Fairfax walks into a black cat bar and sipps on a wooden table alone.

When Fairfax drank two glasses of wine in a row, a dark figure blocked the light of the candle, and the voice came to his ear, "Hi, buddy. How to drink sullen alone! ”

Fairfax looked up and saw that it was little Hades.

Fairshax knew that Hades had bought a few ships and became a merchant, but he didn't know that he would meet him here today, and invited: "It's Hades, come and sit down and have a few drinks!" ”

With a moment of strange excitement, Hades sat next to Fairshax, talkative, telling about his journey to sea, showing off how much money he had earned.

Fairshax thought he had drunk and said, "Hades, you're drunk, go back and rest early!" ”

Hades laughed and said, "I didn't drink. The wine is too low-grade. Come on, buddy has a good thing for you! ”

Hades pulled out something wrapped in a slightly longer piece of paper.

Fairshax took it and asked, "What is it?" ”

"Good stuff! You can take a few puffs and you'll know! ”

Take a few bites! Smoke?

Fairshax looked at the paper-wrapped thing, and looked a little.

Fairshax lit the oil lamp on the table and took a few puffs.

There was no joy at all, just an inexplicable and vague anxiety and irritability, even a little nausea and dizziness, and after a few minutes Fairshax felt relaxed and happy, and it felt that everything was fine.

He also became extremely excited, and shouted loudly, "Hades, what is this, good thing!" ”

Hades also shouted, "Hey, hey, good thing!" It's the finest of my own blends, mixed with the finest marijuana and opium. ”

Marijuana, Phil Shaxx also smoked when he was younger, but what is opium?

Phil Shax asked Hades.

Hades pulled a black, gelatinous object out of his pocket and looked at it with such tenderness. "It's opium. It is I who I cannot resist singing the praises of the great God, who has brought the warmest gift to the afflictions of mankind. With it, everything in this world is no longer troubled! ”

Phil Shax nodded and said, "It's really a good thing, do you still have this thing, give me another one!" ”

Phil Shax Hades and the two of them were in the bar, lying on chairs and spitting smoke.

Feeling the thrill, for weeks on end, Phil Shax mingled with Hades and enjoyed smoking opium.

In those moments, Phillips had forgotten the heavy task that Cromwell had entrusted him, and he felt that fluttering feeling.

Less than a month later, when Phil Fax was writing a letter to Cromwell, he suddenly felt cold, and couldn't help but shiver, followed by a tingling pain all over his body, and Phil Fax's whole body curled.

There was only one thing in his mind at this time - opium!

Filfax kept howling, "I want opium, give me opium......"

The sound of Filfax falling to the ground and howling startled his guards, who rushed in and saw Filfax lying on the ground, and even began to convulse.

The guards hurriedly picked up Filfax and tried to take him to the doctor.

But Philfax grabbed the chief of the guard and cried out in pain, "Don't look for the doctor, look for Hades, look for him for opium, I want opium!" (To be continued.) )