The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 543 Conspiracy
Alexander and his colleagues were asked to watch a fellow person experience withdrawal symptoms.

Thinking that they had also inhaled the incense smoke for forty days, they all collapsed to the ground, their faces ashen.

Although they were not the manufacturers of the incense smoke.

But they were the middlemen—the porters—of this medicinal cigarette.

Aside from offering cigarettes to customers for testing, they generally don't intentionally get involved.

Why can't smokers in Southeast Asia and the Southern Vietnam region live without tobacco?

They do know something!

What they didn't expect was that they would get addicted to smoking so quickly, and that their bodies would react so violently after quitting!

The scariest thing is that the businessmen in the same industry probably all know the trade secrets of their deal.

It's over. Utterly over.
Those colleagues who were still planning to stay and see the results of the drug's effects ran away as fast as they could, as if they were being chased by dogs.

In less than half an hour, not a single familiar face remained in the square.

Foreign merchants: God! They must leave Bagua City quickly; this place is not safe to stay any longer!

It's too late, I'm afraid we'll get caught in the crossfire!

This General Ili is no soft-hearted person.

They were summoned to General Iri before they fled.

In front of all the merchants, General Iri once again read out the relevant laws and regulations of the Yongtai Commercial Law.

Finally, they dragged these twenty-odd unfortunate opium dealers out of the wooden hut and explained to them:

"After some time, once the medicinal properties of the black incense smoke have been tested, we will execute them along with these twenty-odd people! No matter who they are, as long as they violate the 'Yongtai Commercial Law' in Bagua City, this general will treat them all equally!"

Treat everyone equally?
That means he's doomed to die!

Alexander and the others fainted upon hearing the translator's message!
Who is not afraid of death?

He died far from home!
In the Netherlands, known for its business equality, the wealthy enjoy many implicit privileges.

Apart from serious crimes such as murder and treason that are explicitly prohibited by law, fines are permitted in lieu of criminal penalties for non-violent crimes.

In China, their business practices wouldn't constitute a crime.

But don't want to.

This method won't work in Bagua City.

No matter how much they expressed their willingness to offer all their possessions in exchange for a way to survive, they were all refused.

The translator even kindly told them that drug dealers would be publicly executed, and the entire city would be invited to watch.

Doing this is obviously killing a chicken.

From now on, foreign merchants who come to Kansai for trade will be treated like monkeys!
Alexander: I'm kicking myself.
After this group of people were initially convicted, more than half a month later, the old imperial physician Huang confirmed that the foreigners who smoked the black incense smoke had also been poisoned.

Then, the guards stopped supplying tobacco to the imprisoned foreigners.

Another day and night!
The people who came to Bagua City to watch the show witnessed once again the withdrawal symptoms of these foreign merchants.

Some people felt feverish all over, like overcooked shrimp.

Some people, despite wearing thick coats, huddled together in the cold and shivered like leaves when the sun was at its strongest.

Do you also experience abdominal pain and diarrhea, turning the log cabin into a cesspool?

Many people vomited during this period.
After this period of public opinion fermentation.

Adults and children in Kansai and Anxi, and even herders thousands of miles north of the snow-capped mountains, all knew about the dangers of opium and pungent tobacco.

The people present today couldn't help but feel fortunate:

"In terms of wealth, which provincial governor can compare to our Anxi? There are quite a few people who can afford those opium pipes. If these foreigners really sell opium pipes into the country, who knows how many men will suffer from them!"

"Vicious! Absolutely vicious! They've only been smoking for about two months, and judging by their physiques, they've probably lost over ten kilograms! Even the strongest body can't withstand such abuse."

"This is definitely a conspiracy! I have reason to suspect that this is a poisonous plot by foreigners to poison our Kansai people and weaken our fighting power! If any family has such a spendthrift son, wouldn't they have to empty their coffers to go back to ten years ago?"

"The family fortune is gone, but what I fear is that they'll become addicted and lose all sense of family! They might be controlled by drugs."

"My God! I want to erect a monument to Huang Lao and General Tian for their merits! They discovered the foreigners' conspiracy, and they protected the health of our Guanzhong people!"

"Yes, yes, yes, we also have to report it to the imperial court. Didn't they say that the local tycoons in Jiangnan have been smoking for several years?"

The wealthy opium addicts in Jiangnan were also going crazy. Their governor had not only shut down opium dens, but was also rigorously investigating imported goods that had recently flowed into Jiangnan.

If they find tobacco, they confiscate it without saying a word!

How could the cigarettes stored in their homes withstand daily consumption?
It's out of stock!
No more draws!
Even with a fortune of ten thousand taels of silver, you can't buy half a pound of tobacco.

quickly.

Rumors circulated that a young master from a certain family was acting like a dog due to his addiction to cigarettes.

Before Gan Mingfu could report these messages to the imperial court, a censor in his sixties banged his head against a pillar in the Golden Palace of Shangdu, remonstrating to the death!

They couldn't stop them.

Blood splattered everywhere on the spot!
This is serious!
"crash"

A large number of people knelt in the Golden Palace, the civil officials all covering their faces and sobbing silently.

A silent protest.

It was absolutely a silent protest.

The military officers looked at each other, utterly astonished.

They were naturally opposed to the civil officials!
When the argument got really heated, someone threw a smelly shoe at the other side as a biological weapon.

But there has never been a case of someone dying because of political differences!

How should this be resolved?

Their demands are not simply about demoting or stripping people of their titles!

Just when Emperor Qianwu was unsure whether to handle the situation calmly and was considering canceling the court session.

Xiao Jin finally delivered the latest news from Bagua City.

For some reason, the air in the main hall suddenly tightened.

Some people are watching with bated breath.

Some people are uneasy.

Most seasoned veterans, however, remained calm and collected.

How could Emperor Qianwu remain seated?
In his haste, he grabbed the letter from his hand.

Unfold.

One glance and ten lines!
Everyone watched as his expression went from cold and aloof to ashen.

suddenly.

Everyone in the hall heard a loud shout:
"What a wonderful opium, what a wonderful black incense smoke!"

The civil servants' minds were reeling.

What's going on?
Did they choose the wrong side again?
He was filled with panic.

But Emperor Qianwu continued:

"You people who demand that I punish General Yili, the Grand General of the State, and the Governor-General of Jiangnan every day, open your pig ears and listen carefully!"

The foreign merchants who defended him in every way will soon be dragged to the execution ground at Caishikou!

Why do you know?

Because of that painkiller you all talk about!
If it weren't for General Ili personally supervising and allowing those foreign merchants to smoke the tobacco they brought in front of the people, it would have been a different story.

Do you know what the consequences will be?

Enraged to the extreme, Emperor Qianwu felt as if all his energy and spirit had been drained away from him, leaving him no room to even curse.

He was also extremely frightened afterward.

Not to mention how many tens of thousands of taels of silver a foreign merchant could exchange for ten thousand catties of tobacco, it harmed tens of thousands of smokers.

Once this smoking market opens up from Kansai?

OK.

I don't even dare to think about it.