Opium was also recorded in ancient Greece, and Homer recounted Menelaus' hospitality to Telemachus in the Odyssey. Menelaus, king of Sparta in the 13th or 12th century BC, wept with his companions as they recalled the soldiers killed in the Trojan War. Then Menelaus's wife, Helen, came over and gently poured a medicine into their bowls, which had the effect of relieving sorrows, relieving pain, and erasing all painful memories. After drinking this bowl of medicinal wine, people will never shed a single tear that day, even if their parents die, they will not shed tears when they see their own brother or biological son die under the sword. Helen's medicine was called 'Anxiety Forgetfulness', which could dispel grief and anxiety, and according to this description, it was likely that the opium she gave everyone was melted into the wine. ”

Early Egyptian texts also record the use of opium to relieve injuries and swelling and pain. Pliny the Elder noted that the Romans used opium to treat elephantiasis, carbuncles, liver disease, epilepsy, and scorpion chela. Garin was the most famous ancient Greek physician after Hippocrates, and his writings describe the Roman Emperor Marcus? The use of opium by Aurelius. Marcus? Aurelius' reign was hailed by Gibbon as 'the happiest period in the history of the world'. Marcus? Aurelius was a Stoic philosopher, but not just a silencer. His Meditations express that endless peace of mind, advising people to think and act in moderation. His medication habits reflect this principle. The royal physician adjusted the dosage of opium paste prepared with honey daily to satisfy Marcus? Aurelius' desire to sleep, while not undermining his ability to govern. He was a diligent ruler. The worst thing about him as a ruler was to overtolerate the evil deeds of others, perhaps due to the numbness that came with opium intoxication. Garin writes that Aurelius could discern the quality of the ingredients in opiates and, if necessary, reduce the amount in order to deal with state affairs. This is a temperate person who is not addicted to drugs and does not need to increase the dose. This situation can be said to be unthinkable now. ”

"Opium had long been used as an ingredient in four standard general-purpose palliatives, but by the 16th century the opium dose had begun to be added to these remedies. Doctors and pharmacists developed a large number of new opium tinctures, which were included in the pharmacopoeia. The German physician Paracelsus is said to have coined the term 'opium tincture' for his secret recipe. The opium tincture consisted of a quarter of opium, with the remainder being fairies, pearl powder, coral powder, amber powder, musk powder, and other rare materials, as well as substances he claimed to have extracted from the hearts of stags, unicorns, and cow intestines. Robert? In Analyzing Melancholy, Burton wrote: 'We ignore what is close at hand, but pursue what is far away, and cross the ocean for it. By 1660, the famous English physician Thomas? Willis complained that fake doctors abounded, boasting every day that they had special opium tinctures and prescribe opium tinctures when they were sick. The quacks of that era prescribed indiscriminately, which can be said to have caused great harm. ”

"The term 'opium tincture' refers exclusively to a mixture of opium and alcohol, and like Helen's Trojan Forgetfulness, is well known to all those who have received a classical education. Classical history influenced Western attitudes towards opium. But by the 16th century, a new kind of influence had intensified. The publication of the travel saga began to arouse great interest among educated people in the use of opium by Islamists for non-medical purposes. French naturalist Pierre? Perón traveled to Asia Minor and Egypt. In 1546 he wrote: 'There is not a single Turk who would not spend his last penny on opium. In both wartime and peacetime, they carried opium with them. They consume opium because they think they will be braver and less afraid of the dangers of war because of it. In times of war, people bought in such large quantities that it was difficult to find out what was in stock. 'Opium has been associated with Ottoman warriors since Peron's time, but in early English lore, opium was often associated with stupidity and laziness. ”

"Christopher? Acosta was a physician who trained both inside and outside Spain, and in 1582 he published a treatise on drugs and medicines in the East Indies. The paper was translated into Latin and French. Acosta wrote: 'Opium was used throughout the East Indies as both medicine and foodstuff - as bread by the workers. In Malabar he knew an official, the clerk of the local lord, 'a smart, active, very shrewd and capable man.' He took 5 dozen lans a day, and in front of me. By that time, Acosta had recognized the dangers of opium, believing that it had the effect of narcotics and could kill them if they were not used carefully. He gave an example of the role of opium. This was experienced first-hand on a ship carrying Turkish, Parsi, and Arab captives on his way back to Portugal across the Cape of Good Hope. The captives were hiding some opium. When they had exhausted all their opium, one of them, a very clever Turk from Aden, said to Acosta that he was responsible for taking care of the sick and infirm, and that if they were not given opium, their lives would be in danger and they would not live for two days, for they had been in the habit of taking opium since they were young. Acosta did not have opium, but made an agreement with that Turk that he would give them some wine without opium, a little more every day. As a result, all the captives survived, and for less than a month they did not want to drink alcohol, nor even opium. Acosta, as other writers often do, talk about opium without talking about pornography, and he mentions that opium is also used for both castes, and although it is offensive, it is used in large quantities, and it has become the most common and familiar tonic for perverts. Of course, he also cautioned that if used too much, the narcotic effect of opium can make men impotent. This is clear to the doctors of Europe, as well as of the Arab, Pasi, Turkish, Kolasan, Sandaisi, Malay, Chinese and Malabar. Acosta noticed that those who were imaginative in their ability to increase their surname by taking opium often had premature ...... Ejaculation, because of the combined effect of fantasy and opium, makes them overexcited. For the stereotyped, however, opium can be of great help. Because they can calmly please the female surname. Since female surnames do not ejaculate like men for the most part, the slower a man is, the better she can control her desire for a surname. Although opium is very large, it slows down or almost blocks the passage of ejaculation in the brain, and it is this effect that brings happiness to the surname partners. In this way, they can often reach the pinnacle of happiness together. Therefore, they consider the consumption of opium to be a blessing. But in reality, it will cause more damage to the body......"

When the young lecturer spoke about this, the class below suddenly boiled like a frying pan.

Most of the students below were laughing at this time, only a few laughed, and a few opened their mouths in horror; Several teachers frowned, and a girl who took notes blushed and stopped writing, as if she had lost her virginity in public after listening to the last paragraph.

In today's China, despite the gradual opening up, traditional ideas are still very popular among young people, and although the content of this lecture on the history of opium is entirely academic, it is the first time that it has been openly spoken on the podium in a university in Yunnan.

The young lecturer realized that he had said something and was about to say something more to remedy the bad effects he had just done, when he suddenly saw a person standing at the door of the classroom, looking at him steadily.

At this time, the headmaster hurried to the door, and someone handed a note to the headmaster, who glanced at it, nodded solemnly, took the note to the podium, and handed the note to the young lecturer.

"You can get out of class now." The principal said, "I've already called Professor Li over. ”

"Oh, well, thank you, Headmaster." The young lecturer glanced at the note, nodded calmly, he put the note in the book, packed up the books on the podium, walked quickly off the podium, and walked towards the door.

"You're talking nonsense here again."

Seeing him go out of the door, the visitor laughed.

"What's that?" The young lecturer glanced back at the surprised students who were still in the classroom and looked at them, smiled, and said, "At their age, there are some things that you just don't talk about, and they want to know, so instead of covering them and letting them think about themselves, it is better to leave them in class." It's science, too. ”

"You guy, it's still the same as back then, and your surname hasn't changed."

"Haven't you changed yet?"

The two of them talked, walked outside, and in a short time they were already in the school courtyard.

"I really miss going to school!" The visitor sighed.

"It's not like there's no chance if you want to go back to college now." The young lecturer looked at the flowers in the surrounding flower beds and said.

"If you want to go to school with peace of mind, now is not the time." The visitor looked around and sighed.

"What's the mission this time?" The young lecturer asked.

"It has something to do with what you just mentioned in your lecture." The man said, "Let's go, someone is waiting for us." ”

Hebei, Baoding, Army Military Academy.

"Director, the secret message from the ministry." An officer came to Zhou Guansheng, who was intently looking at the flowers in the pottery pots placed on the windowsill, and said.

"Put it on the table." Zhou Guansheng waved his hand without looking back and said.

Seeing the lazy and leisurely appearance of the director of the Political Department today, the officer who delivered the telegram could not help but be a little surprised, but he did not say anything, and after putting the telegram on the table, he raised his hand and saluted, and left.

Zhou Guansheng admired the gorgeous flowers and smelled the fragrance of the flowers, as if he was a little intoxicated.

"Her fragrance is intoxicating, and her flamboyance is heartbreaking." Zhou Guansheng sighed and said, as if reciting a poem, "Although it is a budding bud waiting to be released, it can no longer close her gorgeous and bewitching surname. ”

"You look at me, I look at you, you look at me with such eyes, I look at you like the same, I am not poisonous, you are not bad, you made me poisonous, and you are bad."

"Hero flowers, hero flowers, hero flowers full of temptation! O heroic flower full of poisonous juice! How many heroes have been seduced by you? And how many heroes have been poisoned by you? How many heroes are willing to be seduced by you? And how many heroes are willing to be poisoned by you? ”

It may have been the fragrance of flowers that made Zhou Guansheng excited, he returned to the table, took the pen and paper, and recorded the poem on paper, he wrote quickly, as if he was afraid that those fleeting inspirations would disappear.

When he had finished writing, he picked up the paper and looked at it carefully, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

At this time, his gaze inadvertently fell on the unopened telegram on the table.

"If my guess is right, you Yang Hanzhi are also here for this hero flower, right?" Zhou Guansheng put down the manuscript of the poem in his hand, picked up the telegram, opened the envelope, took out the telegram inside and read it.

"As I expected." Zhou Guansheng laughed, "It's really the same as the hero, it's just that you Yang Hanzhi shouldn't have expected it, I have already arranged it, right?" ”

He put the telegram back in the envelope, took the lighter, lit it, and placed it in the ashtray.

"From the moment you said you were going to deal with that 'Liu Laohu', I knew what you wanted to do." Zhou Guansheng took a deep breath of the slightly smoke-smelling air in the room, came to the window, and looked at the pots of gorgeous flowers again.

He raised his head and looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance, and his gaze became empty and deep for a while.

"You are afraid that the British and the French and some people in the country will not be happy, so you did this." Zhou Guansheng said, "What a genius! ”

"The world is really going to be clean." Zhou Guansheng said, left the windowsill, sat back at the table, he thought about it, took another piece of paper, and wrote on it.

In the wee hours of the morning, the jungle.

"There was no movement, no contact."

After a moment of careful observation, the young lecturer whispered, "Hold on a little longer." ”

Hearing his words, another man in camouflage who was not far away turned his head and grinned, although the expression on his face was vivid, his body was lying there, listening to the bite of the mosquito, not moving.

In the grass in front of him stood a camouflage-colored spear that looked like a Russian "Mosin Nagant" rifle, but with a long scope.

Lin Hongmin, a young lecturer who is a chemistry expert from "Permanent Yellow" and a distinguished lecturer at Yunnan University, looked at the waterproof watch on his wrist and then at the village shrouded in fog in the distance.

Thinking that he was still lecturing at Yunnan University a few days ago, and now he appeared in the jungle of Myanmar, Lin Hongmin couldn't help but smile bitterly.

After about ten minutes, a few more men walked down the hill and into their positions. When they were still far away, the sniper, Luo Yongxuan, spotted them.

As they approached, Lin Hongmin had already seen their outfits clearly, and his heart that had just been hanging was put down.

It may be that they didn't find the hiding place of Lin Hongmin and Luo Yongxuan and others, after the other party entered the position, he looked around alertly in battle formation for a while, and one of them took out a small bamboo whistle and blew it gently. The bamboo whistle made a bird-like sound, and by Lin Hongmin's side, a companion also blew with the same bamboo whistle, and then showed his figure.

"Why are you here?" Luo Yongxuan watched these people join in and complained softly.

"I met their people on the way." The leader replied simply, Lin Hongmin noticed the blood spots on his body and the black machete in his hand, understood what was happening, and couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

"Looks like the other party's claws are very hard." Luo Yongxuan said softly.

"The information above is slightly wrong, and there are more people with guns than originally expected." One of the people who came, a dark and thin Guangxi man, said, "We don't have enough ammunition. ”

"We can take their weapons and ammunition to use." Another warrior with a ponytail like a schoolgirl said, a strange smile appeared on his slender face, as if the hunter had seen his prey, "This is the way to play, which is interesting." ”

Lin Hongmin glanced at this tall warrior, he was holding a "flower mechanism" in his hand, a "head pick" pinned to his waist, the clothes on his chest were open, revealing the strong muscles inside, and he also held a machete in his other hand, unlike the broad-bladed and thick-backed Zhuang machete in the hands of their captain, the knife in his hand was curved and sharp, as if a black moon was held in his hand, which seemed indescribably penetrating.

Lin Hongmin could generally tell from the knife in his hand and his face and the habit of being barefoot that this was a Gaoshan warrior from Taiwan.

After the smooth recovery of Taiwan, in order to supplement the troops defending the island, a large number of Taiwanese aboriginal youths were recruited into the middle [***] team, among which there were many Gaoshan young hunters who were regarded as "Shengbo" by the army.

It is said that the idea of recruiting Gaoshan warriors came from the Chinese finance minister who was far away in Yanjing.

At this time, the Gaoshan clan warrior also noticed that Lin Hongmin was looking at him, and grinned at him with a friendly smile.

The new leader looked at the "head handle" held in Lin Hongmin's hand, couldn't help frowning, and looked at the captain here with an inquiring gaze.

"He'll have his job in a moment, and you don't have to worry about him." The captain said, "When the fog clears, we will start moving." ”

"Why don't I go down with Shahe first, touch a few, and open the way for everyone." The Alpine warrior said, "There are so many of them that we can get rid of their heavy firepower first." ”

"Okay, you two go." The captain looked at the sky, groaned slightly, and made a decision.

(To be continued)