Chapter 643: No Smoking
Bang!
Yujing, Imperial Palace, Li Luo came to Jiang Heng's office angrily and slapped the latter's desk.
With a click, the reinforced desk immediately cracked open one after another.
"Jiang Heng!" Li Luo propped himself up on the desk, glaring at Jiang Heng with cold eyes, "What do you mean?" ”
"Lord Wang" Jiang Heng waved his hand, letting the subordinates who were scared like quails leave, raised his head without changing his face, and met Li Luo's gaze, "What do you mean?" ”
"Jiang Heng, you don't pretend garlic for this king, the opium in Xishan Province was planted by this king with the consent of Qiao Lisa and Yi Lei, what qualifications do you have to destroy them?" Li Luo scolded angrily.
"It seems that Qiao Lisa cried to the prince?" Jiang Heng sneered and asked rhetorically, "Then I still want to ask, the prince knew that I had introduced a policy a few years ago that I was not allowed to take any land in the Guyue Kingdom to grow opium, why didn't the prince discuss it with me, so he agreed to let Qiao Lisha and Yi Lei grow opium in Xishan Province?" ”
Li Luo's eyes froze, "This king is doing things, why do I need to discuss with you?" ”
Jiang Heng said stiffly, "As long as I am still the Minister of Agriculture, agricultural matters, even if it is you, the prince, must discuss with me." ”
"Jiang Heng!" Listening to these words that were almost provocative, Li Luo's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he suddenly raised his tone, "Don't think that the Jiang family has six extraordinary grades, and you have the capital to compete with this king!" Compared with this king, your so-called heritage is not worth mentioning! ”
"I know." Jiang Heng was not frightened, and said in a calm tone, "The background of the prince is to find the relics of the forerunner Li Qingcang, don't look at me with such eyes, Teacher Zhang Jichuan had already told me this secret before he left Yujing." ”
The muscles on Li Luo's face jumped, he never expected that Jiang Heng would actually know his hole cards clearly. But after thinking about it, with the relationship between Jiang Heng and Zhang Jichuan, it would be strange if he didn't know about it
"Since you know," Li Luo said indifferently, "you should know that this king is invincible in Yujing, do you still want to go against this king?" ”
"Heh" Jiang Heng sneered and said with a serious face, "Lord Wang, let me say it again, I have never sought to go against you, and this has never changed, whether before or after you got Li Qingcang's relics.
"But at the same time, you must also understand that my bottom line is very clear, that is, there can't be a single opium plant in Guyue Kingdom!"
When Li Luo heard Jiang Heng say this, his expression was slightly pale.
Thinking about it, since Jiang Heng knew that carrying Li Qingcang's relics could borrow the power of the Great Array of Defending the City, if he really wanted to go against himself, then he should take the lead in attacking before he got Li Qingcang's relics.
But he didn't.
This shows that Jiang Heng really has no intention of going against him
"Hehe" Jiang Heng was keenly aware of the change in Li Luo's expression, and got up and motioned for Li Luo to sit in his place, "Lord Wang, let's talk a few words?" ”
Li Luo glanced at him and snorted coldly, but he did not refuse Jiang Heng's invitation, walked to Jiang Heng's position and sat down.
Jiang Heng brought a chair from the side and sat next to him, "Lord Wang, a few days ago, Mr. Zhang Jichuan did the live broadcast in Pan Debi, did you watch it?" ”
Li Luo's face turned dark, and his voice was as stiff as a stone, "This king doesn't want to hear this name." ”
"Okay, okay, don't mention him, don't mention him." Jiang Heng looked indifferent, and said, "Lord Wang, you don't understand the harm of opium, you didn't understand it, you wanted to target Qin Huaimin at the beginning, but you didn't make a fuss about it, why did you start to pave the way for opium now?" If this spreads, isn't the prince afraid of being ridiculed by the world? ”
Li Luo glared at Jiang Yi dissatisfiedly, and couldn't help but have a thought in his heart
I'm afraid this person is not lacking in heart, right? I don't even want to hear the name Zhang Jichuan, do I still want to hear the name Qin Huaimin? Isn't that more disturbing?
Li Luo was a little skeptical that Jiang Heng was deliberately revealing his scars
Suppressing these inconsequential thoughts, Li Luo said in a deep voice, "It doesn't matter if you sneer or not, the important thing is that this king needs a lot of money to strengthen his army." And the money in the treasury has long been squandered by Qin Huaimin to win over people's hearts."
"So the prince accepted Qiao Lisa and Yi Lei?" Yi Lei nodded, and then said, "But has the prince thought about it, these two people started by selling opium, and the prince's support for them will lead to a further spread of opium."
"The opium epidemic will lead to physical weakness and mental numbness of the people. Lord Wang, you want to strengthen your troops, but opium can directly cut off your military supply
"Not only that, with the surrender of Qiao Lisha and Yi Lei, His Excellency Feng Wen is no longer as strict about opium as before, I heard that opium has begun to spread to the army, I am afraid that the prince's soldiers have not become stronger, but have been eroded into a group of waste by opium."
Li Luo frowned, he knew all the questions raised by Jiang Heng, but
He looked at Jiang Heng, "Then you say, if you don't use them, where will this king go to raise money to strengthen the army?" ”
Jiang Heng smiled, "Lord Wang, Qiao Lisha and Yi Lei don't really want to help you strengthen your army, they just want to make more money, and what you give is just a fraction."
"The prince is short of money to strengthen the army, and it is not enough for them to stuff money, but"
Li Luo asked, "But what?" ”
Jiang Heng's eyes flashed, "However, if the two of them are wrong, if all the vested interests in the opium trade are arrested, and the family wealth is nationalized, it should be enough." ”
“!!!” Li Luo was taken aback by Jiang Heng's words, his eyes widened suddenly, he glared at Jiang Heng, and said sharply, "What do you want to do?" ”
"Lord Wang" Jiang Heng got up and arched his hand, "Let me tell you the truth, this time, I will not only destroy opium plants, but also destroy all opium products, and I will ban smoking nationwide!" ”
The ban on smoking is as calm as Li Luo can't help but be shocked, the ban on smoking, once this matter starts, it will definitely cause an uproar.
"Lord Wang" looked at Li Luo's drastically changed expression, Jiang Heng continued, "Opium is harmful to the country, I have made up my mind to ban smoking, and I will bear all possible consequences."
Gu caftan <spa> "Qiao Lisa and Yi Lei, these guys who made a fortune on opium and committed many crimes, I will not let go of any of them, I will personally send them to the court, and all their family wealth will be nationalized for the use of the prince's strong army."
"I only hope that the prince won't stop me!"
Bang bang, bang bang!
Li Luo heard his heartbeat, and in the face of this condition, he couldn't help but be moved.
But after thinking about it for two seconds, Li Luo found a huge problem: "Domestic affairs, I believe you can settle it, but you seem to have forgotten to consider the Nicholas Dynasty, without Qiao Lisa and others to buy opium, Nicholas VI will be resigned?" ”
Jiang Heng laughed, smiling very happily, "About this, I'm going to talk to the prince about it."
The opium poppy in Tay Son province was completely destroyed in one day.
This news encouraged the people of the Ancient Moon Kingdom and also attracted the attention of the Nicholas Dynasty.
Countless people cheered
"I don't even know that Gu Yueguo has started to grow opium by itself, it's so dangerous, if they can grow it themselves, where can we sell it at a high price?"
"That's it, that's it, thank you Jiang Heng, thank you Yuan Xiao for saying that these two people are not undercover agents sent by our country, right?"
"Ha Zhen is a bit like, these two people have made an outstanding contribution to ensuring the price of our opium, I really want to give them an award"
"Hope they keep it up, hahaha"
"Our country grows opium but doesn't smoke it, and Guyue country smokes opium but doesn't grow it, this is really a perfect situation."
"Opium in the south is ripe, isn't it? Hurry up and pick, at this time, the buyers of the ancient moon country must be looking forward to it. ”
But their excitement didn't last long, and a thunderbolt of news came from the blue
Jiang Heng, Minister of Agriculture of Guyue Kingdom, announced that smoking will be banned nationwide, and no one will be allowed to grow, produce, or smoke opium, and violators will be dealt with strictly!
The growers of the Nicholas Dynasty are stupid, the main exporter of opium is the Guyue Kingdom, if the entire territory of the Guyue Kingdom is forbidden, then who will sell the opium to?
Growers in some southern provinces worked overtime to pick poppy fruits before the waves hit, but the buyers who had been looking at the goods two days ago were gone.
Caught!
A large number of news came from the Ancient Moon Kingdom one after another
The commercial sector of the Ancient Moon Kingdom has revoked the licenses of thousands of companies, all of which are related to the opium trade
Tens of thousands of opium-processing workshops were destroyed
Countless opium traders were arrested, including even wealthy businessmen like Yi Lei
Huge quantities of opium were destroyed in a centralized manner
Compulsory smoking cessation centers have been set up all over the country in Guyue Kingdom, and Jiang Heng has summoned a large number of extraordinary doctors to discuss how to treat smoking addiction, and even called on extraordinary doctors abroad to participate
The growers of the Nicholas Dynasty were completely panicked, and this kind of movement only showed one thing, and the ancient moon country was serious
The poppy fruit picked in the southern provinces could no longer be sold and began to rot in the ground, and farmers in the central and northern provinces wept as they watched the poppies ripen day by day.
Many growers approached the officials of the Nicholas Dynasty and denounced the Guyue Kingdom for causing them serious losses due to this behavior with a handful of snot and tears
Many aristocrats and wealthy merchants also took action, and they were the big growers compared to the retail households, often tens of thousands of hectares.
Eventually, the diplomatic department of the Nicholas Dynasty was dispatched to express their protest and dissatisfaction to the Guyue Kingdom.
"Here we go"
Pan Deby, the palace, in Tesia's dormitory, Zhang Jichuan browsed the news on his mobile phone, and smiled lightly, "A big drama has officially begun"
Tessia didn't speak, but her brows were full of worry, and through the news, she seemed to see a storm rushing towards her, which made her feel suffocated.