After receiving the order, Calvo directly forced the shops under him not to sell cigarettes to minors, which finally put a stop to this unhealthy trend.

Although a small basket was poked, it is not surprising to those who don't know, Alfonso did not plan to punish him.

Of course, the main reason for this is that the two days of sales have been quite satisfactory, and it has been proven that there is a strong interest in trying new things as long as things are cheap enough.

There was no need for Alfonso to remind him of the rest of the matter, and Xiyan immediately began to prepare for the march abroad.

As early as when the state-owned enterprises were created, Xiyan integrated all the domestic tobacco companies, but none of the companies successfully went abroad at that time, so Xiyan can only start from scratch now.

It seems to be a long journey, but all the employees of the Ministry of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration and West Tobacco are full of confidence.

After all, Western Tobacco has just begun to make money, and it has already become the largest tobacco company in Europe.

This is dictated by the mode of production, and handmade cigarettes are destined to serve only a small area.

Not only does West Tobacco have exclusive access to the industrial production of cigarettes, but since it has applied for the longest patent protection in the UK, it can continue this advantage for up to 16 years.

For such a long time, to be honest, there are basically no surprises that can prevent it from becoming a monopoly in Europe, the only thing to consider is the length of time.

If it weren't for the fact that the United States wouldn't comply with patent laws, it's not an exaggeration to say that there are monopolies around the world.

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Guimeno, the general manager of West Tobacco, has recently been proud of the spring breeze, originally West Tobacco did not produce at all, but the country invested millions of pounds before and after, not only involving the British royal family, but also helping to contact the two countries.

With a market size of less than £10 million in cigarettes in Europe, everyone is skeptical that such a large investment will pay for itself.

Well, now, according to the current development trend, there is absolutely no problem in returning to the cost.

The proud Giméno not only received praise from the top one after another, but also received many valuable gifts.

It's just that because of the power of the Progressive Guard, he doesn't dare to accept it.

Among the gift-givers, the largest proportion is the British and French cigarette companies, these two countries have the most tobacco products companies due to the large number of sailors and the economy.

In order not to be eliminated, these companies made a lot of concessions, and gradually changed from "asking for patents" to "praying that Western Tobacco could buy them".

Unfortunately, not even such a humble request could be granted.

Buying them would have allowed for a bit of a faster expansion, but that alone wasn't worth the expense.

Nearly 10 times the cost advantage, unlimited production advantage, just wait for time to develop, all opponents will be eliminated.

Therefore, Xiyan's eyes are not limited to the immediate competitors, but focus on the long-term market development.

The current cigarette market is still too small, and the general manager's statement to the king is still just an unattainable ideal.

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The people below were happy to get off to a good start, and although Alfonso was happy, it was not to the point of losing his temper.

He was thinking about how to limit the proliferation of cigarettes.

The reason why cigarettes can sell so well after opening has even attracted many people who originally did not smoke, in addition to the advertising words can be blown and the price is cheap, there is also an important reason for people's trust in state-owned enterprises.

Everyone believes that since the manufacturer of this thing is a government enterprise, it is more or less guaranteed, at least it is more reliable than small handmade workshops of uneven quality, and there will be no problems with it.

This...... To be honest, with the average life expectancy and frequency of smoking at this age, lung cancer is not a big deal.

But no matter how you say it, you are also cheating people, if you don't know the dangers of smoking like everyone else, it's okay, and if you know and let them go to the people, Alfonso's conscience is still a little condemned.

If he could, he naturally wanted to sell this thing only to foreigners, but as I said earlier, Xiyan's assets are all in China, and it is a necessary way to expand abroad with China as a starting point, and it is extremely unrealistic to build a castle in the air directly abroad.

Alfonso had the intention of restricting cigarettes, but this task could not be left to Xiyan himself.

He silently thought:

"You can't directly announce the disadvantages of cigarettes, at least not right now.

There are no patents on the British and French sides, so they must be red-eyed.

It may be possible that industrial cigarettes will be declared a prohibited item so that handmade cigarettes can enter the market.

With the urine nature of Britain and France, it's not that they can't do it, and if they don't want to lose a lot of money when the time comes, they can only get a piece of the pie.

It is still the safest to legislate, in the name of being a plaything to lose morale and prevent addiction, which is in line with the doctrine of the Catholic Church and will not arouse the alarm of foreign countries. ”

As soon as he thought of this, Alfonso suddenly remembered something - the parliament was gone, and he could not theoretically establish a law now!

At that time, through the aristocrats, the House of Lords was banned and has not been opened until now, but the House of Commons has not been blocked, and it has been insisting on operating.

It is difficult to make a forest alone, and the legislation of the House of Commons and the review of the House of Lords are written into the Spanish Constitution.

There is no House of Lords, and the House of Commons has squeezed many bills, and it is very embarrassing to not go up or down.

That is, there have been no major events in Spain recently except for the reform of the church, so there has been no turmoil.

This is not difficult for Alfonso, and with his current momentum in the country, the abolition of parliament is just a matter of one sentence.

He'd wanted to do this for a long time, and now it seemed that the time had come.

He immediately sent for Campos, and his first sentence made his attitude straightforward:

"Campos, I'm going to dissolve the parliament."

Opposite Alfonso, Campos, who had arrived in a hurry, was not surprised by the sudden news.

In other words, since that incident four months ago, all those with the slightest political sense have expected this change, after all, what king does not hate parliament to the core, and thinks about restoring absolute monarchy every day.

The House of Commons has been working hard for months, even if they don't get any response, for this very reason.

Unfortunately, they were unable to change their fate.

Campos nodded calmly and said:

"Okay, then Your Majesty, in the future, the legislative, judicial, and supervisory powers...... What are you going to do with all this miscellaneous power? ”

Alfonso said without hesitation: "The judicial power is naturally handed over to the Provisional Judicial Council, and they have done a good job in the past two years, and they have changed the name of the temporary Judicial Council to the Judicial Yuan."

The same goes for the others, I have always believed that professional people do professional things, and a meeting of a group of laymen will not produce results. ”

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