Chapter 212 [Hibiscus Ointment]

As soon as the Japanese agreed to the conditions, the Ming Dynasty immediately sent people to negotiate with the Dutch.

The content of this negotiation is "an armistice." "Let's not talk about whether Japan attacked the city of Geranza or not, now the Netherlands has been fighting Japan for a few months, and has done a lot of damage and looted a lot of things, which is enough.

The Ming Dynasty made its position clear: Japan was a vassal state, and if it continued to fight, the Ming Dynasty would send troops against the Netherlands. If the Dutch withdrew, the Ming was willing to actively cooperate with the Dutch in business, selling good goods to the Netherlands and bringing them back to Europe.

In addition to silk textiles, good things refer to opium. The Dutch now control the shipping routes, and if they want to occupy an advantageous position in international trade in the future, they have only two options, replace them, or cooperate with them. In Aobai's view, some European countries are more threatening than the Netherlands, such as the United Kingdom. Now among the colonial countries, Britain is the number one rival, if you want to get involved in the Americas and Europe, you must have a big war with Britain, the Netherlands and Britain are also competing, and those who can unite must unite first.

The Netherlands could not attack Japan, and they were in a dilemma on the island of Japan, and at this time the Ming came out to mediate, which undoubtedly gave them a step down. They immediately agreed to withdraw their troops from Japan.

If a country is strong, many countries want to cooperate rather than become enemies, and the Dutch have lost their stronghold in Taiwan and must stand with the Ming in order to control that sea route. What they want most now is Spain and recapture Taiwan. Daming did not make it clear that Taiwan is one of the national maps, so this is a piece of fat meat that everyone wants to take a bite of.

There are no permanent enemies, only eternal interests. Although there have been conflicts between the two sides before, now the Netherlands does not want to fight with the Ming either.

The Ming Dynasty sent troops to help Japan resist the invaders, and Mao Wenlong sent Kong Youde to lead two thousand Ming troops and eight warships to land in Japan in Nagoya, Japan, and garrison them.

As a result, not a single shot was fired on either side, and as soon as the Dutch saw that the Ming army was coming, they immediately left by boat, and the war ended.

The Japanese are very depressed about this, and they feel like they have been tricked. However, the Dutch withdrew after the Ming army came, which does not mean that the army did not have a deterrent effect, and the garrison only sold things to protect the interests of Ming merchants and did not interfere with the national sovereignty of Japan.

Two months later, the first batch of opium produced by the Ming Dynasty arrived in Japan, with hundreds of boxes. In order to make it sound like something harmful, Ao Bai renamed the opium "Ah Hibiscus Ointment", saying that it was a medicinal herb.

Hibiscus cream was first promoted as a medicinal herb in Japan. Its medicinal value is indeed very high, such as sedation, lung clearing, anesthesia, etc., in addition to treating colds and diarrhea.

Now except for the Ming Dynasty, all countries do not smoke opium, and the only British who know that it is a little poisonous also makes opium into a sedative for children to drink, and no one pays attention to its toxicity.

In these years, there are several things that are considered to be easy to make people anesthetic and dependent, and the harm is huge, one is wine, the other is tea, and the third is opium.

Alcohol can be disorderly, many countries believe that it is the most harmful, drinking alcohol causes all kinds of evil, robbery and hooliganism, serious endangerment of public security. Alcohol has long been banned by many countries and religions because of its harm. Most of the world's religions have a ban on alcohol, which is discouraged, if not absolutely, from drinking. If Daming wants to sell liquor to foreigners, he can't sell it.

And in some European countries, tea is also considered a drug and is completely banned. Drinking tea is addictive, and the British were the first to notice this problem. It is said that the British found two pigs to experiment, let one pig eat malt and the other drink tea, but the pig who kept drinking tea died on the sixth day. With facts as the basis and scientific experiments to prove it, the United Kingdom issued a ban on tea, which explicitly banned the drinking of tea because the drink was poisonous. The sales of Daming tea abroad are also not high.

The third came opium. The Japanese knew about this thing, but it did not attract the attention of the shogunate.

After selling for a month, the Ming merchant launched a new way to use it.

The government and businessmen held a new product launch conference. They handed out invitations everywhere, and those who attended had free drinks and food. This is also a propaganda method that Ao Bai came up with, before selling things, there is a camellia party, and when selling clothes, a fashion show is held first. Now the merchants of the Ming Dynasty will play this set.

The people invited were all major Japanese businessmen, landlords, and upper-class people. Nominally, it's about doing business and cooperating better. In order to make them understand the benefits, in addition to the food and drinks that were particularly good, they also gave beautiful gifts to everyone present. The Japanese didn't know that this was a conspiracy, but they felt that the Ming merchants were very generous.

The person in charge of the "Hibiscus Cream" business is Sun Jinzeng, a businessman who is proficient in Japanese. After everyone ate and drank well, and launched rouge gouache, toilet paper and other goods, he finally took out the "A Hibiscus Cream".

He smiled in Japanese, "I think you should know this kind of thing." It's called Hibiscus Balm, and it's a medicinal herb that can be used for a lot of effects, and I'm here to take it out again because someone has recently discovered a new use for it. This usage was discovered by a little widow in our business. Don't think crookedly, it's not for women to be *medicinal. ”

Everyone in the audience laughed.

In order to pretend not to know the dangers of this thing, the brocade guards also made up a story. Sun Qin once asked someone to send a smoking gun and tobacco leaves, and said with a smile: "This method is to mix a hibiscus paste into tobacco leaves and smoke it, just like smoking." The little widow, because she was lonely and bored, put the hibiscus paste at home under the lamp to burn, and after burning it, she found that not only the original smell of urine was gone, but also the aroma was overflowing, and smoking that kind of cigarette would make people feel ...... I don't know how to describe the feeling, but it's very comfortable. If you want to give it a try, you can come on stage. It's all free. After the event is over, interested people can also take some home, which is also one of our giveaways for this event. Because this method of use has just been invented, we hope that more people can experience it, and if it is really good, then mass production. In Daming, the number of hibiscus paste is not much, and it is very precious. ”

People are very interested in new things. Hibiscus balm is also a rare thing, so some people immediately expressed their willingness to try it.

Sun Qin once asked people to bring a few reclining chairs to the stage, and then asked the people who were ready to test the cigarettes in the caravan to come to the stage to demonstrate. This person is already an old drug addict, and he is very addicted, and he has to take it nearly 100 times a day. Because he has been working for the imperial court, he doesn't have to worry about sucking.

He lay on the chair, skillfully kneaded the hibiscus cream into a small pill, stuffed it into the smoking gun, and sucked it up, his expression extremely intoxicated. If this person goes to do TV commercials, things will definitely sell out. Seeing his cool appearance, more people are interested.

Sun Qin once said in a timely manner: "He is our businessman of Daming, and he has been smoking for more than half a month, and he feels very good." Anyone else want to try? You're welcome, it doesn't affect the delivery when you leave, we can also send a set of this kind of smoking gun. ”

Free is already very attractive, let alone a free trial of valuables? More people came to the stage, and the new product launch turned into a big cigarette party. People didn't notice that after Sun Qin had finished speaking, he ran off the stage, avoiding it, and he didn't want to smoke second-hand smoke. Anyone who knows the inside story knows that it's hard to quit after sucking this thing.

The sales methods of the Ming merchants are very successful, this time it is free, it will not be free in the future, the pricing is not particularly high, even the Japanese civilians can afford to absorb it, Aobai's plan is to make small profits but quick turnover, what he wants is to see the consequences of the Japanese smoking a lot, it doesn't matter if you make a little less. When sold to Europe, it can be slightly more expensive.

By the time of the Chinese New Year, Hibiscus Cream had become popular in Japan. The advertising slogan of the Ming businessman also starts with "Do you know 'A Furong'? It became "I don't accept gifts for the holidays this year, and I only accept a Furong for gifts." ”

The imperial court opened factories in various places to make hibiscus paste. After collecting the poppies, they start to make them. These things were taken care of by Heishi and Jinyiwei in Shanxi back then.

Daming's income skyrocketed again. A year later, "Chongzhen" and Ao Bai convened a meeting of cabinet ministers to discuss the sale of Hibiscus and some reforms in the future.

Originally, Ah Hibiscus Paste was only for the outside world, but officials in some coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, Han people also began to smoke Ah Hibiscus Paste with smoking guns. Many people can't resist the temptation, this situation is beyond Aobai's expectations, and they all blame the dangerous secrecy of this thing for being too good. If you tell the mainlanders about the danger, it will be difficult not to spread it to Japan.

Li Yan said: "I suggest that it be sold in China as a high-end product. ”

Li Biao disagreed, "Since it is harmful, how can you let the Chinese people use this?" ”

"What if you set a price that people can't afford? Sell it more expensively, can only the rich suck it? Li Yan said with a smile: "The landlords don't do anything, but they live a good life, anyway, they have money, it's better to let them have a good time." ”

Ao Bai smiled bitterly: "I can't agree with your idea this time. Once this is in circulation, it is difficult to ban it again. Are you sure that the family members of these rich families will not be curious about what it is? If a woman sucks it, maybe the child will be deformed, and the physique will be weakened. Nor can the rich be said to be all bad. Their ancestors have paid a lot to work hard to the current level, the ancestors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade, what's the problem? Is it because these people have taken the light of their ancestors that they have confiscated all their wealth? That's really unfair. ”

He Rupet also said: "That's right, you are too extreme. ”

Li Yan smiled: "Okay, I'm just proposing, if everyone thinks it can't be implemented, don't implement it." When the criminal department interrogates prisoners, they can use this thing, as long as they smoke it a few times, they become addicted. You can use this yin* to recruit them all, it's so convenient. ”

Everyone is cold, it's really a harmful thing...

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