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In this way, even a very small number of commodities such as opium can be sold to the Qing people with confidence.

"I remember that Mr. Li is still a great writer, and he is the author of the famous 'Legend of the Great Hero Lin Yuantu Xiaoao Jianghu', right?" Yilu put down the paper in his hand and squinted at Li Xian.

"It's written below, and Mr. Consul has read it, isn't it? Li Xian said.

"I've read this and one thing has always intrigued me.

In this article, it is written that vampires are particularly fond of opium smokers, and they will always give priority to biting opium ghosts, which seems a bit unlikely, right?

As far as I know, this Mr. Lin Yuantu was a figure in the mid-17th century, and the large-scale introduction of opium into China only began in the mid-18th century.

Even if you don't mention the difference in time, vampires like the blood of opium ghosts, I'm afraid there is no scientific basis, right?"

Li Xian originally wrote "The Legend of the Heroic Lin Yuantu Laughing Proud Jianghu" to solve the crisis of the Fuwei Dart Bureau, in which he specifically mentioned that vampires especially like the blood of opium ghosts, and intended to use this to promote the Qing people to resist opium, but he didn't expect Yilu to bring up this matter at this time.

"The opium trade has been around since the Tang Dynasty, and it would be arbitrary to think that there were no opium smokers in the 17th century.

As for the habits of vampires, Mr. Consul also knew that he had hunted and killed vampires with many people in the martial arts, and had a close understanding of vampires' preferences.

The claim that vampires love the blood of opium ghosts is indeed true. Since people can become addicted to opium, it is not incomprehensible that vampires can suck opium from the blood of opiates and then become addicted. Li Xian said without changing his face.

"I see, but I have seen a lot. Yilu said incorrectly, and then straightened his face.

"Your Excellency and the merchants you represent want to import all kinds of goods from us, and I, as a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, naturally express my gratitude.

However, many of the goods you wish to import are prohibited from being exported by the British government, so you need to negotiate carefully how to do so.

I have a proposal, why don't you import opium from us first?

You know, opium is a good commodity that is easy to keep and easy to get rid of.

In view of the current situation, the price of our opium can be very favorable, and it is not impossible for you to obtain the exclusive right to sell opium in Leizhou and even in all areas west of Guangzhou.

I wonder what your intentions are?"

Li Xian was originally sitting in his seat pretending to drink tea, but when he heard this, he almost squirted out all the tea.

If you want to do some business with the British, the other party will immediately force you to become the spokesperson of imperialism in the Qing Dynasty, or the big opium agent.

If he relented at this time, Li Xian would be able to become the largest opium dealer in the entire Leizhou, and even get all kinds of help from the British government, such as buying artillery, warships and guns at very cheap prices, and all kinds of diplomatic and military support in the event of a conflict with the Qing government.

It's just that this way of living is by no means what Li Xian wants.

"Thank you, Mr. Consul, for your kindness. However, the consul should also understand that he was a law-abiding merchant and would never sell opium in the land of China when the governor's palace and the imperial court vigorously banned opium. Li Xian said resolutely.

"If that's the case, there's nothing we can do. Unless you are willing to sell opium, I cannot allow British merchants to buy all kinds of goods from you. At this time, Yilu also tried to see the dagger and said his true request.

"I see, it seems that I am oversimplifying things.

By the way, I would also like to ask Mr. Consul, that you have just refused to allow me to sell goods to merchants in your country.

If, on the other hand, we wish to buy goods from merchants in your country, is this permitted by the British government?" asked Li Xian with a blank face.

Yilu wanted to say no, but after thinking about it, he still didn't want to do that.

Britain is different from the Qing Kingdom, the law of righteousness can prohibit British merchants from buying goods from the Qing Kingdom, but it cannot prohibit British merchants from selling goods, and the British government knows the difference between imports and exports.

What's more, Yilu ordered the British navy to shell his own country's merchant ships, and many British captains criticized it, and in this case, Yilu could not forcibly prohibit his own country's merchants from selling goods.

The Qing government can do anything to prohibit the merchants of their own country from selling civilian goods, but no enterprising national government will do such a short-sighted thing.

"Subject to the prohibitions of the British Empire, you may purchase all kinds of commodities from our merchants in appropriate currency. Yilu pondered for a moment before he said word by word.

"Thank you, Mr. Consul, for your support. Li Xian nodded in gratitude.

At this point, there was not much left to talk about, and the two of them then said a few more words, and Li Xian said goodbye and left.

Both of them knew in their hearts that the differences between the two sides were actually irreconcilable, and in terms of the nature of the war between Britain and the Qing State, what Britain really wanted was the right to exchange opium for all kinds of Qing goods, not simply the right to obtain Qing goods with real money or the right to exchange British industrial products for Qing goods.

After Li Xian left, Yilu returned to his own work and continued to review various documents, and after a while, he suddenly raised his head and felt that he seemed to have missed something important.

Li Xian's visit was ostensibly to make three demands to the British government, two of which were denied, and only the last one was met, but is this really the case?

Yilu carefully recalled that the order in which Li Xian made his demands was very problematic, if Li Xian first made a request for trade, and then finally protested against the blockade of the Pearl River Estuary, he would most likely agree to the request for trade, after all, trade itself is beneficial to both sides.

However, it was precisely because Li Xian first protested against the actions of the British Navy that angered Yilu that Yilu was nitpicky in the subsequent interview, only allowing Li Xian to buy things, not to sell things.

In this way, it seems that Li Xian deliberately forced Yilu to refuse trade, but why is this?

Yilu thought about it for a while, but he still couldn't guess Li Xian's true purpose, so he could only sigh and continue to do the boring work of reviewing documents, as for what Li Xian's real purpose was, he could only see how things would develop in the future.

For the British Empire, the strength of Li Xian's forces was actually not enough at all, and it could not cause any substantial harm to British interests.

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