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Chapter 657 Yes, I have to do it, No, I have to do it! (4K chapters)

Wu Qian glanced around the room with cold eyes. This scene was so similar to the opium den that poisoned the people of the Celestial Dynasty, which made him angry.

"Where is the owner of this store?" Wu Qian asked.

There were customers in the store, and the noise attracted the attention of the people in the inner room. A middle-aged man opened the curtain and walked out from the inner room.

The middle-aged man is the owner of this Carter's Leaf "chain store". In fact, it is not accurate to call him the boss. All the Carter's Leaf stores in Solan are run by a certain force, and the owner of the store is just a shopkeeper.

Looking at his skin color and appearance, the middle-aged man didn't seem to be a native of Solan Kingdom. He saw that the Patriotic Army members didn't look very nervous, but instead laughed from ear to ear because so many guests came.

"Good morning, bosses, I'll bring you some high-quality carter leaves, please wait a moment."

As he spoke, the middle-aged man turned around to pick up the goods, extremely attentive.

Wu Qian watched the boss walk towards the inner room with cold eyes, then he turned around and asked, "Does anyone in your army eat this kind of leaves?"

A man who was obviously a non-commissioned officer came out to salute, and said: "Returning to Mr. Wu, people who chew carter leaves will not be allowed in the army. If found out, they will definitely be fired from the army!"

Wu Qian's eyes swept across the faces of the soldiers of the Patriotic Army, and found that no one's eyes flickered, which proved that the credibility of the news was very high.

"very good."

Wu Qian nodded. Just now he saw that the boss was not afraid of the Patriotic Army members at all. He thought these soldiers were regular customers, but it seems that they were not. In other words, the power behind the interest chain of Carter Ye has some skills!

Wu Qian understood in his heart that Orr Hanwen's strength was only so strong, a country's annual fiscal revenue was only more than 3000 million US dollars, and the country did not have sovereignty, so how could it be possible to wrestle with black gold predators.

Under such a sad situation, Orr Hanwen can only strive to be alone, so that people from both the military and political sectors will not be contaminated with carter leaves. As for the folk trafficking activities, he is beyond his power.

"Come on, my God, I've kept you all waiting."

A shout sounded, and the middle-aged man who was going to pick up the goods came out of the inner room again, holding a large bundle of neatly arranged carter leaves in his hand.

In terms of appearance, it is much better than the leaves eaten by those people sitting in the corner, and it must belong to the boutique level.

The middle-aged man happily handed a large bundle of carter leaves to Wu Qian and Kureta. He was quite discerning, and he knew that the group of people who came here were all wealthy elders, perhaps to experience the folk customs. , so he took out the best carter leaves to entertain everyone.

Wu Qian looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Where is the boss who sells this thing? I have something to inform him."

At the beginning, the owner of the store didn't approach Wu Qian and his party, and he didn't feel that there was something wrong with the atmosphere. He would talk face to face, and he naturally noticed that the attitude of the other party seemed unusually cold.

"Mr., aren't you here to buy Carter's leaves? If not, you should go out. There are too many people. What can I do if my business is delayed? Let's go, go, go."

The middle-aged man saw that the other party was not here to buy Carter's leaves, he put his hands behind his back, and immediately changed his appearance, thinking in his heart, no matter how rich you are, you can't get it in my pocket, what kind of uncle do you pretend to be.

"Asshole, you are not allowed to speak to Mr. Wu in this tone in Solan Country!"

Facing the rudeness of the middle-aged man, the soldiers sent by Orr Hanwen immediately quit. If it weren't for the help of Wu Qian and Kureta, the Patriotic Army is still lingering at the border, and they will naturally defend Wu Qian.

The middle-aged man didn't expect to be taught a lesson by the soldiers of the Patriotic Army. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you looking for faults? If you delay my business, do you know what serious consequences will happen? Even Or Hanwen will bear the responsibility." Sorry!"

Wu Qian glared at the middle-aged man coldly, according to his thoughts, so what if Ji Ba's business is delayed, what I want is for you to close the door and get out.

But after thinking about it, I couldn't waste my time talking to a shopkeeper.

From the behavior of the middle-aged man, Wu Qian could guess that there must be a big man behind him, otherwise in other countries, how would he dare to be so arrogant and domineering in the face of national soldiers.

"Hehe..." Wu Qian stretched out his hand to stop the black soldier who was about to speak, he smiled, and led them out of the shop without saying a word.

The middle-aged man leaned on the window sill and looked at Wu Qian's group walking into the distance. He spat on the ground with a bah sound and muttered something. Then he took out his mobile phone and dialed a On the phone, his attitude instantly became extremely respectful.

"Who is controlling this business line?"

After walking far away, Wu Qian asked Kureta.

"I only know that there is a connection with Ethiopia. You can ask Orr for the specific situation. He must know."

Wu Qian had a gloomy face, feeling irritable in his heart. Such a thing as openly selling contraband is simply impossible to happen in a slightly more developed country. As a result, not only did it happen in Suolan Country, but a small guy in the other shop actually Dare to ignore the supreme leader of the host country.

This is not only not as simple as the king's law, it is a blatant provocation, and it is a challenge to authority.

Kureta, let’s say he is calm. In order to avenge his children, he did not hesitate to dispatch Maoziguo’s top bombers to drop cloud bombs and turn several pieces of land into Shura hell. But if he is irritable, he is very calm at the moment .

Seeing the change of color on Wu Qian's face, he roughly guessed what was going on in Wu Qian's mind, and said, "Wu, I guess you have an idea to ban the sale of carter leaves in Solan Kingdom, right?"

Wu Qian nodded, and said: "That is inevitable. Although this kind of thing is not as harmful as the real Dupin, since it will be listed as contraband by so many countries, it is absolutely reasonable. We must develop it well. Lan Guo, such things as carter leaves cannot exist!"

"However, to develop the Solan Kingdom well, the relationship with some forces should not deteriorate too much..." Kuretta reminded.

"Kureta, the matter is very important. What's the use of doing this kind of business relationship?" Wu Qian asked.

Kuretta rubbed his temples, and said: "Wu, I admit to you, those who do this kind of business must be scumbags, but it is such people who are more worthy of vigilance."

"It's like a poisonous snake hiding under the leaves. If someone passes by, don't disturb it. The poisonous snake will not attack, but if you step on the poisonous snake, you will definitely be bitten. Those people are all desperate to walk on the tip of the knife. It's very hard to deal with."

Wu Qian narrowed his eyes and smiled, without any warmth in his smile. He said to Kuretta: "Is our arms factory built for nothing? Carter leaves, I don't want to see even one in Solan Kingdom in the future! "

"Whoever dares to sell this kind of thing to the Solan Kingdom will send him to hell!"

After finishing speaking, Wu Qian walked towards the hotel where he was staying without looking back, his interest lost, he was too lazy to go shopping anymore.

In the afternoon, Wu Qian called Or Hanwen to the hotel, along with Kuretta, and the three of them discussed the issue of boycotting the sale of Carter's leaves.

It is only one aspect to prevent foreign powers from selling carter leaves to Solan. At the same time, relevant laws must be established to prevent people from their own country from eating them. This is the right way.

"Mr. Wu, I personally support your proposal very much, but you may not be happy if I say something..."

Al Hanwen said carefully.

After learning about Wu Qian's development plan for Bai Peila, Or Hanwen respected this young man even more, and he was very cautious when speaking, fearing that he would offend the other party.

Wu Qian raised his hand and said, "We are discussing this issue now, and we can speak freely, there is nothing we cannot say."

Or Hanwen said: "Mr. Wu, you want to ban the sale of carter leaves in Solan. I, including the patriotic military government and the army, agree with both hands and feet. "prohibition"?"

Wu Qian had only heard a little about what happened in the United States 100 years ago. He heard Orr Hanwen mention it, so he deliberately learned about it.

Beginning in January 1920, due to some extremely complicated factors, the United States promulgated the prohibition order and entered a period of 1 years of alcohol prohibition. The prohibition order stipulates that the production, transportation, import, export and sale of all alcoholic beverages are restricted or illegal.

Putting aside issues such as politics and religious beliefs, the original intention of promulgating alcohol prohibition was to improve the health of the people.

As a result, things did not get what the big men who enacted Prohibition wanted, and even developed in the opposite direction.

People can always bypass the prohibition through various methods. According to statistics, alcohol consumption during the prohibition period even far exceeded the normal period, which is very ironic.

Various manufacturers are also racking their brains. A company that sells concentrated grape juice promises that the grape juice can be fermented into wine by itself within 30 days.

There's also "grape bricks," which are sold in packets of raisins and yeast, and the manufacturer adds a "bonus tip" to the package: Be careful if you accidentally add these to a gallon of water in an airtight jar Might turn into wine after 20 days...

Things like this are commonplace, while smuggling and underground trading have become hotbeds of gang influence.

The formal market was banned, and the result was the rise of the black market. Smuggling and underground trading became lucrative businesses for a while. At that time, many organized criminal groups were established relying on the profits from these illegal businesses.

And these gang organizations rely on their growing power to make the bootlegging business bigger and bigger.

Prohibition developed to a late stage and became more and more absurd. Originally, it was intended to improve the health of the people through prohibition, but more and more people were admitted to the hospital because of drinking low-quality bootleg alcohol. The original intention was to reduce the crime rate. It has become an incentive for organized crime.

Wanting to control corruption, but more officials actively or passively colluded with gangsters during this period... Various phenomena made the prohibition law finally abolished.

After reading the article about alcohol prohibition, Wu Qian put down his tablet and fell into deep thought. The expression on his face was a little hesitant at first, but the hesitation didn't last long, and he became firm again.

"Alcohol prohibition and Carter's leaf trading, although they have some of the same characteristics, they are fundamentally different. Alcoholic drinks and carter's leaves are two things of two natures, and addiction and harm are not at the same level!"

"Alcohol can also cause certain damage to the human body. I believe Kuletta knows this better than me. People in Maoziguo are addicted to alcohol, but you haven't seen a large number of people wasting their time because of alcohol, sinking into illusion, right?"

"In a word, is it possible to establish relevant laws and regulations to completely prohibit people from chewing carter leaves?"

Wu Qian's attitude is very firm, there is no room for negotiation on this kind of thing, if you can, you have to do it, if you can't, you have to do it!
"I agree with Wu's move."

After several hours of thinking, Kuretta believed that the measures recommended by Wu Qian were correct, and he continued: "Al, I understand your concerns, but have you ever thought that more than half of the men in your country rely on Carter all day long?" What a terrible thing it is for a leaf to sink into a wonderful world."

"Negative sabotage is only the smallest negative impact. In the future, these negative people will see the positive people getting better and better, so good that they can't imagine chewing Carter leaves, and crimes will begin!"

Orr Hanwen pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Mr. Wu, Mr. Kureta, I will hold a meeting tomorrow to revise the relevant laws. I believe there will be some results, but I can't guarantee that it will be completely eliminated..."

Even if Orr Hanwen didn't say anything, Wu Qian could still think that it must be a difficult process to quit Carter's leaf, but it is the first step to guide with a correct attitude.

Or Hanwen frowned slightly, and said with a helpless expression: "It is not impossible to completely control the phenomenon of domestic people chewing carter leaves. The most fundamental problem lies in one person."

"Who?"

Wu Qian asked with burning eyes. The dimly lit room looked particularly bright. He just wanted to know who or what force was maliciously hollowing out the impoverished Solan Kingdom.

If it develops here, it will be his money bag in the future, so how can it be poisoned by others!

"I don't know that person's full name. I only know that many people call him General Mardusan." Or Hanwen said very solemnly.

It could be seen that this man named Mardusan put a lot of pressure on him.

At the same time that Orr Hanwen was talking about Mardusan, in a large manor in the northwest of Ethiopia, Mardusan was lying comfortably by the swimming pool in his backyard and answering the phone.

This is a black man who is not completely black, with some European features. He is about forty to fifty years old, with very broad shoulders and a strong figure.

By the pool, more than a dozen security personnel in plain clothes with weapons were standing. This was just a corner of the entire manor. If you look down from the air, you can find that the manor, which covers an area of ​​more than 200 square meters, is densely packed with [-] branches. multiple armed forces.

(End of this chapter)