Clear Wear and Lie to Win

Chapter 172 Drugs

Yinzhen also knew that he had gone a little too far, and that's right, logically speaking, opium shouldn't appear now.

"You're right, it's me who has a picture, and I will send someone to verify it, but now I have to nip this sign in the cradle, and I must not let it germinate."

Yun Rong also agreed.

Now that we have a clue, it will be much easier to deal with. Yunrong and Mrs. Cheng have also been in contact several times, and I have obtained a lot of useful information from it. Yinzhen sent people to follow the information to check, and indeed found a lot of things .

Yinzhen looked at the things in front of him, his expression was obscure, Yunrong saw Yinzhen like this as soon as he came in, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yinzhen looked at the table, and Yunrong followed his gaze and saw the things on the table.

Yun Rong was curious: "What is this?"

"Fushou cream."

Yunrong has never heard of this word: "Fushou cream?"

Yinzhen explained: "You can think of it as the predecessor of opium."

Yun Rong looked surprised: "What? Did you find out?"

Yinzhen nodded: "Well, I got these medicines from British merchants. There are not many of them. I spent a lot of money to buy them. It costs ten taels of gold, and they only want gold."

Twelve taels of gold is 100 taels of silver.

"How long are these drugs enough for one person to take?"

Yinzhen has also investigated these things: "People who are addicted can only last for ten days."

In other words, addicted people need to spend 300 taels of silver a month on it, which is nothing to wealthy families, but it is indeed a natural disaster for ordinary people!

Besides, people who are addicted to smoking generally have confusion in their thinking, and they can also harm their bodies. Even wealthy people can't resist such a defeat!

Yunrong suddenly understood something: "Someone in Qing Dynasty is already smoking this thing."

This is what makes Yinzhen most angry. He originally thought that it would not be so fast, but unexpectedly, these businessmen will do everything they can to benefit from part-time jobs. Although the amount of this thing flowing into the Qing Dynasty is not much, it is enough to attract people's attention. Be vigilant.

"Um"

"So what do you want to do with it?"

Yinzhen's eyes were very indifferent, he looked at the drug ointment on the table, and said, "Anti-drugs."

Yinzhen moved quickly, but he didn't startle the snake, and sent someone to investigate in private.

After a period of investigation, Yinzhen learned more about drug products. For example, drug products today are different from opium. Although they can be addictive, they can’t be separated after using them once. They belong to the kind of smoking It is very comfortable to rise.

In private, some people call the drug "Shenxiansan", which probably means that when you smoke it, you feel as happy as a fairy.

Moreover, for those who are addicted to smoking, it is also possible to make up their minds to quit. Moreover, not many people know about drugs nowadays. After all, this thing is also a rare commodity for British businessmen nowadays. slaves, and part of the rest will be sold.

Earning money is one aspect, and another aspect is to think that it would be better if you can control a few merchants.

Finding these news made Yinzhen feel better, at least not as bad as he thought, right now, as long as the management is good and the publicity is good, the scene after a hundred years will definitely not happen again.

Fushou creams are generally sold in smoke pipe teahouses. Most of these places are run by locals, and they know who has the money to afford them. Yearning, in fact, is a chronic poison that is really fatal, and most people will not publicize it.

Therefore, it is usually the customers that Yanguan teahouses fancy, and they sell them slowly. The quantity is not large, but they make a lot of money.

Yinzhen checked the tobacco pipe teahouses in this area of ​​Guangzhou, and there were nearly dozens of them secretly selling fushou cream. Most of the people who bought fushou cream were wealthy businessmen, and a few were local officials.

Yinzhen looked at the list, rich businessmen are nothing more than rich businessmen, after all, they have money, and they are willing to be defeated because they are defeated. Although Yinzhen is generous to the officials under him, he is not generous enough to allow them to pay 300 taels a month Drug spending for silver.

How this money came from is naturally self-evident.

After Yinzhen found out, he immediately asked people to investigate thoroughly, took his money, and then did what he hated the most, such as killing such a person and treating what kind of person.

So a group of people in Guangzhou quickly dismounted, as for the reason!Naturally because of greed.

People who were punished by Yinzhen also felt "wronged". In their position, there are only a few people who are not greedy, and those who are more greedy than them are all good. As a result, they were dismissed from official positions, so they felt extremely "wronged" no.

The Lord Zhizhou in Guangzhou is a relatively high-ranking official in Guangzhou. Naturally, he saw the emperor's recent actions, and he also found it strange that he made such a big move, and it seemed that there was no reason for it.

The magistrate's name is Zhou Liaoping. He is a good official, not rigid, but he will not be greedy for the people's money, and he will not live in poverty.

Master Zhizhou wondered if he could find out something, so he found his wife.

"What's the matter with the master looking for a concubine?" Mrs. Zhou said with a smile, her attitude seemed intimate, but there was a hint of politeness between the two of them.

Zhou Liaoping didn't care about his wife's attitude either, the two of them had lived like this for half their lives, respecting each other like guests, there is a saying that goes well with a husband and wife who are close relatives and distant relatives.

"Recently, you often accompany the empress to attend some banquets. How did the empress reveal anything? Recently, many people in Guangzhou have lost their official positions one after another. I don't know what happened."

Mrs. Zhou is still somewhat politically sensitive. She recalled Yunrong's performance carefully, and said truthfully: "I have never heard the empress talk about things in the court, but I am more interested in some imported products on weekdays. If the master needs , the concubine turned around and asked the empress about where to go?"

Zhou Liaoping shook his head, and said: "It's really useless. Since the empress does not talk about government affairs on weekdays, then don't inquire about it. It will be bad if it's self-defeating. You can get along with the empress as you want."

Mrs. Zhou also breathed a sigh of relief. She usually obeys her husband's orders, but she knows her own weight. Since the empress can let the emperor "control" her and spoil her alone, she must not be helpless.

She is also afraid that if she "does bad things with good intentions" in the end, the family that will be affected will be bad.

"My concubine, please don't think too much about it, the master is sitting upright on weekdays. Although the empress did not talk about government affairs, she also talked a lot. The empress did. The emperor likes loyal people. , I feel that the master is doing a good job, why should the master be worrying about it."

Zhou Liaoping didn't realize it until he heard his wife's words. He seemed to be thinking a little too much. He was in charge of the state's affairs on weekdays, and he had to think about every step he took. He was used to thinking.

Now it seems that he has not committed any crimes, and the emperor is also a wise emperor, no matter what the reason and the outcome of this matter, at least it will not affect him.

Zhou Liaoping: "Thank you, madam, for your reminder. I think about it for my husband."

Mrs. Zhou smiled: "As a concubine, I'm a married woman, so I can't say anything about the master, but the master is usually worried about the people, and the decisions that can only be made with thorough thinking are just out of habit."

Mrs. Zhou listened to what she was saying, and Zhou Liaoping felt comfortable listening. This matter is over.

A group of officials were investigated and dealt with, and at the same time, Yinzhen also had people control the British businessmen who provided drugs. .

This charge sounds very serious, but because there are not many British businessmen who sell these drugs, they have not attracted much attention. Most British businessmen have never thought about making profits from drugs.

However, the sudden disappearance of these people was not noticed by others, but people from the UK still noticed it. Originally, there were not many British businessmen compared with the locals, so the disappearance of a few naturally attracted internal attention.

(End of this chapter)