Although the anti-narcotics work conference has ended, the anti-narcotics propaganda work has just begun.

After the meeting, the people's representatives of the towns did not go back, because the county government arranged for everyone to watch a movie in the evening. The delegates have long heard Boss Pan say that the chiefs have a magical machine that can emit a divine light, and this divine light will be projected on the white cloth into all kinds of moving pictures. The little people in the painting are lifelike, can talk, and can sing. There is also a secret drama similar to the Living Spring Palace, in which the woman ** specializes in traveling with men, and Boss Pan, who already has several wives and concubines, is enthusiastic. As soon as such good things were detained, the delegates looked forward to the fall of night early.

The place to show the movie was chosen to be on the stage near the Temple of Literature, and seeing that it was a public screening in the open air, Pan Xieqing knew that there was no living spring palace to watch, and it was impossible to do such an indecent thing in front of the people of the town, in front of everyone, right? Before six o'clock, the curtain was pulled up in front of the stage.

When they heard that there was going to be a movie show, the residents of the town came early with benches to occupy their seats, and when it was completely dark, the open space in front of the stage was already crowded with people, and even the trees on the roofs around the theater were full of people. Among the survivors were only in their thirties, and Hong Shaoru, who had experienced rural movies in the early 80s, had only seen such a scene.

The people's representatives of each town were placed in the position directly opposite the curtain, and after everyone was seated, the curtain was lit up, and the natives who were still chatting immediately quieted down. By the time a static word appeared on the screen, the environment had become silent. After waiting for a few minutes, the picture on the curtain changed, and the opening of the Pearl River Film Factory appeared. This Pearl River Factory is not the Pearl River Factory, but an organization under the jurisdiction of the Propaganda Department, and it is still a grass platform team, and even the opening is borrowed from the original Time and Space Pearl River Factory.

After the opening credits, the screen gradually lights up, and a bright flower appears in the center of the picture, and the dew drops on the petals reflect a dazzling halo in the morning glow. The camera slowly zooms out, and what appears in front of the audience is a sea of flowers that cannot be seen at a glance, the breeze blows, and the flowers sway, as if rolling up layers of thin waves. At this time, the voice-over sounded, "The poppy, called Ahibiscus by the Chinese, originated in West Asia, was introduced to China as early as the Six Dynasties and was planted. Therefore, Taibai's poem said: 'In the past, it was a hibiscus flower, but now it is a broken intestine grass. How long can you get good things for others? ’…… Opium poppy is the main source of opium extraction, long-term use is easy to addiction, chronic poisoning, serious harm to the body, become the folk often called 'opium ghost'. In severe cases, it can also die due to difficulty breathing. It is known as one of the three major drug plants along with marijuana and coca. Although the poppy is beautiful, it is very harmful, so people call it the 'flower of evil'. The voiceover ends, and the title "The Flower of Evil" pops up on the screen. The three characters are all cursive, but they are Huang Guangzhou's handwriting, because the surviving brush characters are not able to see people, so Xie Sen directly found Huang Zhixian who practiced calligraphy every day. After hearing that it was to contribute to the fight against drugs, Huang Guangzhou happily wrote down these three words.

The title of the film gradually faded, and the camera turned, and a smoke house appeared in the picture, with all kinds of addicts lying on the bed swallowing clouds. Looking at their satisfied appearances one by one, it seems that they are really happy like fairies. This shot was taken from the movie Opium War, and the natives who have never been into the smoke house look strange, and they can't see the flaws when they have been there, thinking that it is really a smoke house somewhere. The voiceover sounded again, "Also known as opium, commonly known as big smoke, it originates from the opium poppy plant capsule, and the main alkaloid it contains is morphine......" With the narration, the tragic situation of various long-term opium addicts appears in the picture. The first to appear was Sima Qiudao, looking at his three-point human-like and seven-point ghost-like appearance, there was an exclamation from the crowd, and some timid women and children were so frightened that they closed their eyes. All kinds of human tragedies have hit the hearts of the natives again and again, and everyone has heard of such things, but now they are put in front of them alive, and it is not a small shock to be shocked.

The camera switches again, and the villain, the British opium dealer, appears for the first time in the frame. With the explanation, some shrewd people slowly understood that the Qing Dynasty could only go in and out of business with foreigners, and foreigners smuggled drugs into China in order to calm down and enter the super, not only earning back silver, but also poisoning the bodies of Chinese. When the Qing government began to ban opium, the British government shamelessly launched a war of aggression, the Qing court was incompetent, and was forced to cede land and pay reparations after losing the war, and the scourge of opium became worse day by day. Accompanying the commentary are all footage from the movie "Opium War", which even shows footage of the vote of the British Parliament before the war, and the natives see Big Ben for the first time. And the scene of Guan Tianpei detonating gunpowder in Weiyuan Fort made most people sigh.

"That was Yingyi's palace just now?" Tian Yu asked Levi, who was sitting next to him. Since a conversation at the tea shop, Tian Juren and Levi have been in frequent contact. Tian Yu is full of interest in the strange things in the West, and Levi is willing to let the indigenous people know more about the outside world. This time, Levi sent someone to inform Tian Yu early in the morning, how could the latter miss this opportunity, and rushed over early, and at this time followed Levi to a good position facing the screen.

Hearing Tian Yu's question, Levi patiently gave him an answer, "That's not the British Palace, but the British power center - the Houses of Parliament." Britain is a constitutional monarchy, and the queen is a hypocrite without power, just like the tablet of the god who is offered, which only has symbolic meaning. The highest organs of the executive are the prime minister and the cabinet, similar to the Qing court's Military Aircraft Department and the Six Ministries. But unlike the Qing court, their supreme power was in the hands of the parliament. The National Assembly has the power to make laws to decide on peace...... "The republican and representative systems that are very common to modern people cannot be understood by Tian Juren." In order to explain these systems, Levi struggled a lot. In order to explain the causes of these systems, Tian Yu had to tell about the Thirty Years' War and the Glorious Revolution, which made Levi's, who was already poor in historical knowledge, even more headaches. However, these broken contents also made Tian Yu listen to them with relish.

"Is the British government really going to war with the Qing Dynasty for the sake of merchants?" Just knowing a little bit about the British political system, Tian Yu couldn't wait to throw out the second question.

"Of course," Levi explained after a moment's thought, trying to explain in a language that Tian Yu could understand, "Britain is different from the Qing Dynasty in that their government's tax revenue mainly comes from industry and commerce. ”

"Can the state be financed by industrial and commercial taxes alone?" Tian Yu used himself to control others, and he really couldn't imagine that he could build such a huge fleet with only industrial and commercial taxes and mobilize tens of thousands of troops to fight thousands of miles away. You must know that with the prosperity of commerce in the Great Song Dynasty, the commercial tax only accounts for one-tenth of the total tax revenue.

Levi smiled lightly, the natives of the East in the nineteenth century really couldn't imagine the productivity of the horrors of industrialization. "Compared with Britain, the industry of the Qing Kingdom can only be regarded as a small workshop. Manchester was the industrial center of Britain, and the output of a steel mill there was equivalent to that of the entire Qing Dynasty. Based on this article alone, the Great Qing Kingdom is not an opponent of others. ”

"The population of Britain is only tens of millions, how can so much iron be used up?" After dealing with Levi several times, Tian Yu also has a certain understanding of the basic situation in Britain.

"Build guns, make guns, build trains, build ships, build tall buildings." Levi gave the most obvious example. Because the government building under construction is a reinforced concrete structure, Tian Yu understands why steel is used to build a house.

"Also, the output of cotton cloth produced in Britain is far greater than that of the Qing Dynasty." In order to highlight the power of industrialization, Levi inevitably used the rhetorical device of "exaggeration".

"How do you sell out so much cloth?" Tian Yu couldn't think of cotton cloth having as many uses as steel, and it couldn't be used to make guns and cannons, so how much could it be used to make sails?

"Of course, they can't use it up for their own use, so they have to export, mainly to India and China. In the past, the Qing Dynasty didn't want its cotton cloth, so it would go to war with the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Isn't it for opium?" Tian Yu was a little confused. Trade barriers are still a foreign concept to him.

"It is precisely because they cannot sell cotton cloth to China that they import opium like China, otherwise they would not be able to fill the gap by importing so much porcelain and tea from China every year. Later, the Qing court did not even allow them to sell opium, and of course the British did not do it, and finally debated for a long time in the Diet before passing a resolution to go to war. China has always been a large country in terms of population and land area, and the British have to be careful. After fighting a battle, I found that the Qing Dynasty was strong and middle-class, and it was just a false appearance. There were nearly a million standing troops, which were beaten by more than 10,000 British troops, and not only ceded land and paid compensation, but also forced to open five trade ports, so that foreigners could buy and sell freely in these places. At the end of the day, this is the main purpose of the British. "Of course, the cause of the Opium War cannot be so simple, but Levi can only explain it to Tian Yu with such a simple truth." The more goods the British merchant sold, the more taxes the British government could receive, and with the money there was a stronger army, and whoever did not buy his stuff he would fight. In this way, their country will grow stronger and stronger, and finally become the overlord of this world. ”

Levi was a simple believer in social Darwinism, and he instilled these ideas into Tian Yu, both consciously or unconsciously. These contents conflicted with Wang Juren's previous education, which made it difficult for him to accept it for a while, but fortunately he did not reject the new ideas, but needed time to digest them. "Looking at the Qing Kingdom on the other hand, what will the emperor and the government do besides scraping oil from the common people? Aixin Jueluo's family treats the people of the world as slaves, and has never thought that the people can only be strong when the people are rich. In addition to raising the locusts who eat hardcore crops, the tax collected is to overhaul the palace, and he never thought of improving the people's livelihood and strengthening national defense, and he will increase the donation whenever something happens. How could such a court be an opponent of the British? ”

During this time, Tian Yu listened to a lot of rebellious words, but he agreed with Levi's reasoning. "In the future, the Liberation Army will be founded, and the same system as the British will be implemented?"

Regarding the future political system, the management committee has not been decided, and Levi does not dare to talk nonsense, so he has to be vague, "The republic system and representative parliament are the general trend of the future, and the major powers in the world are practicing such a system." However, it is also unrealistic to completely copy the systems of other countries, because each country's history, culture, and traditions are different. Moreover, it has taken hundreds of years for the British to get to where they are today, and they have been constantly exploring and improving, and even taking detours, and it is impossible for us to develop to the level of the British. ”

Through closed chats, Levi can be regarded as giving Wang Yu a political lesson. Having said all this, the two also needed to take a break, so they turned their attention back to the screen.

At this time, the documentary "The Flower of Evil" also came to an end, and began to introduce the achievements of the anti-drug work of the Liberation Army some time ago. After the Guangfu Army occupied Xin'an, the local tobacco house was closed for a period of time, and then secretly began to open its doors for business. The Liberation Army did not take action against the British because they were unfamiliar with the place and because they wanted to concentrate on dealing with the British. After the end of the Battle of Hong Kong, the security forces in various places intensified their investigation of the traders, and once they were found to be carrying opium, they immediately confiscated and detained the cargo owners. After a few times, opium disappeared on the bright side. Watching the security captain stand in front of boxes of opium and talk about his achievements, I can't help but feel a sense of déjà vu.

At the end of the documentary, in the footage of the burning of opium, the voiceover says earnestly: "There is still a long way to go to ban smoking, and we have only just taken the first step." However, as long as we persevere, we will surely usher in the day when opium will be extinct on the land of China! ”