Chapter 227: Arms for Opium

Mexico is one of the centers of ancient Indian civilization on the American continent. www.biquge.info The world-famous Mayan culture, Toltec culture and Aztec culture were created by the Mexican Paleo-Indians. The Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon, built north of Mexico City BC, are examples of this splendid ancient culture. The ancient city of Teotihuacán, where the Pyramids of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon are located, has been declared a Common Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

The ancient Indians of Mexico cultivated corn, so Mexico is known as the "homeland of corn". Mexico has also earned the reputation of "the land of cacti > the kingdom of silver > the country floating on the sea of oil" at different times in history.

About 9,000 years ago, the ancient Mexicans domesticated corn and drove the agricultural revolution, which led to the formation of many civilizations. These civilizations developed into cities, architecture, astronomy, research, mathematics, and armies. Famous civilizations such as the Olmec, Tio, Huakan, Aztec, and Maya.

The enemy is far from being alone, hating Mo and being alone

Mexico's War of Independence began in 1810, and it was not until 1821 that the People's Liberation Army entered Mexico City, and the entire War of Independence was initiated by Miguel Hidalgo i Costilla, who revolted on October 1, 1810, overthrowing Spanish rule, but the plan of the September uprising was leaked due to the leakage of traitors, so the town began early on September 16, and the First Republic was established after success, with Guadalupe Victoria as its first president.

The Mexican-American War lasted from 1846 to 1848, the cause of the war was the relationship between Texas (now Texas) independence and American expansionism, the United States absorbed the Republic of Texas as the 28th state in its interests, and attacked Mexico's distant California and New Mexico, after the war Mexico lost one-third of its original territory, resulting in Mexicans still hating Americans, and also created a new politician, who got rid of Santa Anna's rule in Mexico, and established a free republic in 1857.

In the 1860s, France took control of Mexico during the civil war, but he was overthrown before he could take full control, and in 1867, democracy was restored, and Juárez ran for re-election, continuing his reforms. In 1871, he was elected a second time to his opposition party, the Liberal Party, which they considered the electoral process undemocratic. A year after Juárez's death, he was succeeded by Miguel de Tejada (de).

In re-election, defeated Diaz. In 1876, Díaz rebelled against the government and announced plans to overthrow himself as president. After overthrowing the previous government, Díaz fled the country and became the new president. Thus began a dictatorship that lasted more than thirty years (1876 to 1911).

Mexico in 1884 was in the golden age of the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, during which Mexico made great progress in all aspects, especially in terms of infrastructure, and Mexico relied on foreign investment funds to build a large number of roads and railways, regardless of the purpose of foreign capital, at least the Mexicans had a proud achievement.

The Chinese Empire has not invested much in Mexico, and the domestic infrastructure has not yet been perfected! But China's political investment in Mexico has been significant. In particular, California and other places that nominally belonged to Mexico were seized.

Xia Zhijian's first choice was Mexico, although Mexico is under the dictatorship of Porfirio Dias, but Mexico is so big! There is no shortage of warlords in 1972550 square kilometers of land, even if there is no opposition. And Xia Zhijian's old friend Georgeon Quinman is a general under Dias, which is what we call a warlord. Georgeon Quinman is of mixed Indo-European descent, and is currently the commander of a division in southern Mexico, knowing that there are only 100,000 troops in Mexico, so Quinman's actual authority is not small.

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Nanjing Hotel, 3rd floor, VIP room.

"Long time no see, Mr. Xia." Queenman had no big ambitions, he just wanted to hold on to power, and as a conservative warlord, he faced the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz in the same situation as the local warlord that Yuan Shikai wanted to suppress.

"It's a good day! My general. Xia Zhijian said with a smile.

After the hatred of the land, the hatred and the solitary investigation of Moyang refers to the yang test

After the hatred of the land, the hatred and hatred are alone, and Moyang refers to the yang test, "Get rich together!" Xia Zhijian said with a smile.

"I don't know, what good goods did Mr. Xia bring this time?" After Quinman sat down, he asked a little eagerly.

"The Type 79 rifle in service in my country, I brought a sample this time." Saying that, Xia Zhijian beckoned his subordinates behind him to pick up a long box, took out the rifle contained in it, and said: "The Type 79 rifle has a total length of 1.2075 meters, a total weight of 4.2 kilograms, a caliber of 7.92 mm, five rounds with a built-in magazine, a rate of fire of 12 rounds per minute, a muzzle velocity of 657 meters per second, and an effective firing range of 600 meters. Buy one and get 30 rounds free. ”

The enemy is not an enemy, and the enemy is the only enemy

Quinman was very satisfied with the brand-new rifle in front of him, but after all, it was a sale, so he asked, "What about the price?" ”

"The old rule, how about 40 Chinese dollars each? Buy 100 get 10,000 rounds of ammunition free, unlimited supply. Xia Zhijian said as he lit his cigar.

"Can it be cheaper?" Although the price of 40 Chinese dollars is reasonable, Quinman still hopes to reduce it a little, and he plans to upgrade the equipment of his troops and form a new brigade to strengthen his strength, "I have been a little short of funds recently. ”

"Your Excellency, the price is already very affordable, can you buy a better one for 20 pounds? You must know that the Type 79 is a good gun that has been tested by the Imperial Army! You can not believe me, but you have to believe in the world's first army of our country. Besides, I can tell you the not-so-good news that your great Mexican president, Porfirio Díaz, is planning to form a Mexican General Staff, and when the time comes, I will really only be able to call you Your Excellency. Xia Zhijian said indifferently, without the slightest intention of reducing the price.

"Mr. Xia, I would love to get it, I want to buy 5,000 sticks, but you also know that I don't have so much money now, I don't know if I can pay for it with those special goods like last time." Quinman thought for a while and said that the reason why he was desperate to buy these guns was also because of the fact that Porfirio Díaz had formed a staff department, and once Porfirio Díaz got a staff system, a general like him would basically have no power.

Xia Zhijian knows that the so-called special goods are opium, China has always banned drugs, and the imperial anti-drug law is the same as the Constitution, but this does not mean that Lin Hong will give up the use of drugs as a powerful weapon, especially the heroin white powder made after refining opium, which is definitely a money-trapping weapon in this era, as of last year, the data of the Statistics Bureau of the Imperial Ministry of Health showed that the export profit of morphine compounds accounted for 9% of the profit of imperial medicine. The British used to be able to sell opium to China, but now China can sell white powder to England. On top of that, the British are still targeting morphine and other drugs imported from China as medicines. The Golden Triangle is currently the territory of the empire, and naturally it is impossible to grow opium poppies on a large scale, after all, the people living there now are Han people, Lin Hong will never do stupid things, and the opium poppies planted on a small scale are basically used for domestic medical treatment and are strictly controlled, so that opium, the raw material of morphine heroin, can only be imported from abroad, and most of the opium produced by Indian opium merchants in Britain is still purchased by Chinese companies (special state-owned enterprises like the East Asia Development Group), The British are still smug that China cannot ban opium smoking, but how do they know that their citizens are madly caught in the morphine trap built by the Chinese. In fact, the United Kingdom, which first discovered the heroin production process, is currently only using it as a cough suppressant, or even as a cough medicine for children.

"Good! I wonder how much Your Excellency General can take out this time? Although Xia Zhijian did not know about the production of morphine, some of them knew that opium was the first commodity secretly purchased by the Royal Group, and their superiors also instructed them to vigorously purchase opium.

"200 pounds! At the current international black market price, which is worth about 60,000 pounds, I am paying 40,000 pounds for 5,000 Type 79 rifles, is that okay? "Quinman actually had some money, but since his last trade with opium has given him a taste of the sweetness, pounds are hard to earn, but poppies can be grown, and it is definitely a good deal for him to be able to exchange opium for money.

"Yes! That's it. How about I'll send you another 1000 melon grenades! Xia Zhijian didn't say much, how could this deal be lost, plus the opium would be handed over to Shangfeng at that time, this is a proper credit!

"Happy cooperation, Mr. Xia!" Quinman stood up and shook Xia Zhijian's hand happily.

"Let's get rich together!" Xia Zhijian said with a smile.

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