Chapter 178 [How to Make Money]

This year, a lot has happened.

When there was a drought in Shaanxi, the masses said that their mood was stable, and the Donglin Party said that there was not much pressure, and as a result, Shanxi Heishizhai disaster relief, and a large number of Donglin Party members were demoted.

Aobai invented hot air balloons, parachutes caused the whole country.

Jin and Daming reached an agreement, and the Eight Banners Army sharpened their knives to North Korea.

Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, opened a shipyard along the coast and formed a navy with the help of the Portuguese.

Zheng Zhilong and Mao Wenlong, the two navy bigwigs, met cordially, and after friendly talks, they agreed that one person would rob and one person would trade, and the division of labor would be clear.

Heishizhai developed into a supernumerary spy organization of Jinyiwei. Responsible for investigating corruption everywhere in the country, reporting to the imperial court, and secretly investigating and handling it. The way of investigation is to disguise themselves as robbers and rob those corrupt officials. The masters of Heishizhai are also famous in the rivers and lakes, and they also have their own flower names. "Wheel King", "Colorful Operator", "Divine Needle", "Drizzle" and so on......

The Lu family became the first businessman in Shanxi, providing funds to build water conservancy in Shaanxi, and the disaster relief was meritorious.

Bao Zhilin purchased a large number of medicinal materials to worship and cultivate the golden bell jar, and the cost of creating a master was very high, so it was really better to be a chain crossbow and a warship.

At the blind date conference, "Chongzhen" and Yao Xinyan played together for three days, and their mutual affection increased greatly. The marriage that was supposed to be postponed can be restarted again.

What is Ao Bai doing at this time? He's trying to make money. In addition to the "Do Not Disturb" blind date activity in Beijing, he also proposed the establishment of an organization called the Red Cross, whose purpose is to protect people's lives and health, carry forward the humanitarian spirit, promote the cause of peace and progress, and prepare for disasters and provide disaster relief

The earliest donation activity was initiated by the Salt Gang, and Guo Jun, who was in Taiyuan, recommended his daughter to do this, and his daughter worked in the restaurant for a long time as the chief bookkeeper and was particularly good at calculation. After listening to the report of the salt gang, Ao Bai agreed at that time. After a month, the Red Cross Society was developing well, and in order to praise the female accountant, Ao Bai asked Su Meng'er about the situation.

Su Meng'er smiled: "How do you want to praise people?" That's a very talented big sister, but the appearance is definitely not what you like. ”

"I'm not a pervert, just ask this girl's name, don't doubt me, right?"

"You're not a pervert, the night before yesterday, Anna and Hai Lanzhu were with you, don't think I don't know." Su Meng'er pouted.

Ao Bai laughed: "Actually, I also thought about calling you." My dear, let's go down with the four of us. So I can rest for a while when I'm tired, and they ......" (sure enough, it's a pervert)

Su Meng'er is not so open.

Ao Bai asked again: "What is her name, it's just a reward for some money, don't you have to keep it so secret?" ”

Su Meng'er said: "Her name is Guo Meimei. ”

“……”

Recently, although the imperial court has made money quickly, it has spent even more. As soon as the treasury has a little money, it will be spent immediately. Ao Bai now understands how difficult it is to be an emperor, especially in a developing country.

On this day, he entered the palace to find "Chongzhen" and wanted to discuss how to make people donate. Chongzhen is looking for something in the warehouse with Silver Eagle.

Ao Bai entered the warehouse under the guidance of a little eunuch and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Hey, Taifu, you're here." Chongzhen said with a smile: "Xinyan likes some novelty things, I asked the people in the palace, and said that almost all the things that foreigners have donated in the past hundred years are in the warehouse, and there are many things that Daming does not have, I want to find out and show her." ”

Pickled girls are heavier than Mount Tai, a good faint king. And it's also to please my sister-in-law, I like it. Ao Bai leaned over and said with a smile: "Let's take a look together." Maybe there's something good. ”

There are antique binoculars. All kinds of famous paintings. The bronzes handed down from other dynasties are all antiques. There is also a katana offered by the Japanese, and a comb can be popped out of the handle to comb the hair.

He was amazed that the Japanese had such an imagination. If this develops, there may be a great invention that "on the surface it is a katana, but in fact it is a hair dryer". Aside from the artificial appendix, this thing is the most useless.

After searching for a while, I turned out a box of things, which were round and brown.

"Chongzhen" asked, "What is this?" Taifu, do you know? ”

Ao Bai only glanced at it and exclaimed, "This is opium?" Is there still this in the palace? ”

Opium was originally a medicine in China, and since the Tang Dynasty, opium poppies have been cultivated in Sichuan to produce opium, called Ahibiscus. At that time, people already knew that an overdose was poisonous, but in the 21st century it was still used in medicine, so Ao Bai saw it.

Looking at the contents of the box, a terrifying thought slammed into his head, and he thought of a way to make money.

Ao Bai was pleasantly surprised: "You must not touch this thing." Let's go, go to the place where the books are stored, and look up the information. This matter is related to the development of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"But I haven't found anything yet."

Ao Bai said: "That knife is not bad, you can use that to help Xinyan comb her hair." ”

"Are you kidding?"

Ao Bai rolled his eyes and said: "Of course, come back later, follow me to find books, you are more familiar with the palace than me"

"Chongzhen" called the old eunuch in the palace, went to the place where the book was placed, and asked people to find the book, which was a record of the use of opium in the palace. Ao Bai wants to find a way to get it in it.

But by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, opium changed from medicine to medicine. Emperor Wanli was ecstatic when he discovered that opium had an aphrodisiac effect. However, there was very little domestically produced opium, which could hardly meet the needs of the royal family. Therefore, the opium of the Ming Dynasty was obtained through tributary relations from the tribute channels of some vassal states in China at that time. Zheng He led a fleet to the West and purchased a large number of high-end luxury goods, including opium.

In the Ming Dynasty, the price of opium was the same as that of the same weight of gold. 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.

Ao Bai knows very well how harmful this is, and China's humiliating modern history has a lot to do with opium. Due to the large amount of opium used by the Qing Dynasty, the physical condition of the Qing Dynasty deteriorated sharply, and the foreigners called China "the sick man of East Asia" at that time.

If this kind of thing becomes a fashion, the harm to a country is difficult to estimate. When the Manchu government later realized this, it launched an anti-smoking campaign, which led to the Opium Wars. As a result of the Opium War, China became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. This is a history of humiliation that Chinese know but are reluctant to mention.

What if opium is grown in large quantities and sold abroad? They shouldn't be aware of the dangers of this thing now, right? Even if you know, once you become addicted, how many people can resist it. As long as you can sell it, you will definitely make a fortune. It's hard to quit because it's hard to quit if you get this kind of thing, but if I do, what will history say about me in the future? Whatever, being strong is the most important thing, so I'll be the bad guy.

The land of Daming may not be suitable for growing opium, but Ao Bai knows that there is a suitable place for planting, and I don't know if there are people in that place now, and there may be a large number of ready-made poppies waiting for people to pick them. It is a triangular area along the borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. Later generations became known as the Golden Triangle.

In this era, the Golden Triangle may not have been discovered, right? As long as you occupy it, then make a great voyage, and sell it abroad for huge profits, who in the world can compete with the Ming Dynasty? Thinking about it, Ao Bai couldn't help but tremble with excitement. "Chongzhen" asked: "What's wrong with you, I think your situation seems to be a little wrong." What exactly do you have in mind to make money? ”

Ao Bai smiled: "I'm going to go first, I'll hold this book." I'm going to have people take a good look at the records of the existence of Hibiscus, and there must be some place in our country where this fruit is grown. As long as we have this, we will make money, and I am ready to sell abroad. You will understand in the future. If not, I'm going to send someone to the south and look for it there. ”

When a country's emperors, princes, high-ranking bureaucrats, and high-ranking literati all begin to smoke opium tirelessly, when opium becomes a fashion in the upper class, the country will fall into a great crisis.

Opium was expensive and most of the luxury goods of the upper class for conspicuous consumption. In this era, in the Ming Dynasty, it was only a royal article in the palace, and only the emperor could use it, which was a symbol of nobility; It is extremely expensive, it has come from far and wide, and it is a symbol of wealth; Smoking it requires plenty of leisure effort, and only the leisure class who are not busy for their livelihood can lie down and smoke it leisurely, so it is a symbol of a leisurely and high-quality life; The high-ranking bureaucrats and literati are elegant and good-natured, and the high-ranking women, under their service, swallow the clouds and spit out the fog together, and it is a symbol of romance, sexual ability, and sexual charm. Opium smoking could easily become a pleasure for the upper class.

Of course, Ao Bai would not let the people of the Ming Dynasty use this kind of thing, his idea was to sell it abroad, and the first place of the experiment could be Japan, the shameless island country that attempted to invade China. When the Japanese start smoking opium and are sluggish, I will send someone to compete with them and give them a plaque of "The Sick Man of East Asia", it will be fun, right?

When they realized the danger and forbade the sale of opium into the country, I used this as an excuse to send troops to beat them up, and then sign a Tokyo treaty, the Nagoya treaty, and so on, so that they would lose more money. And then little by little it cannibalizes the country. So I don't believe that they could still be arrogant in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Ao Baiha laughed out of the palace. Go to Jinyiwei, he is going to immediately start implementing this plan and let his men go find poppies

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