Transcendent Ember

Chapter 644 No Smoking
boom!
Yujing, the imperial palace, Li Luo came to Jiang Heng's office angrily, and slapped the latter's desk.

Click, the reinforced desk immediately cracked a gap.

"Jiang Heng!" Li Luo leaned on the desk, glaring at Jiang Heng with cold eyes, "What do you mean?"

"My lord." Jiang Heng waved his hand, letting the frightened quail-like subordinates leave, raised his head without changing his face, and met Li Luo's gaze, "What do you mean?"

"Jiang Heng, don't pretend to be garlic for me. The opium in Xishan Province was planted by me with the permission of Qiao Lisha and Yi Lei. What right do you have to destroy them?" Li Luo scolded angrily.

"It seems that Qiao Lisa cried to the prince?" Jiang Heng sneered, and asked back, "Then I want to ask again, the prince knows that I issued a policy a few years ago, not allowing any land from Gu Yue Kingdom Planting opium, why did the prince agree to let Qiao Lisha and Yi Lei grow opium in Xishan Province without discussing it with me?"

Li Luo's eyes were fixed: "I do things, why do I need to discuss with you?"

Jiang Heng said bluntly: "As long as I am still the Minister of Agriculture, even you, the prince, must discuss matters concerning agriculture with me."

"Jiang Heng!" Hearing these almost provocative words, Li Luo's eyes flickered with murderous intent, and he suddenly raised his voice, "Don't think that the Jiang family has a sixth-grade extraordinary, so you have the capital to compete with this king! Compared with this king, Your so-called background is not worth mentioning!"

"I know." Jiang Heng was not frightened, and said calmly, "The foundation of the prince is that he found the relics of the forerunner Li Qingcang. Don't look at me like this. Before Teacher Zhang Jichuan left Yujing, he had Tell me the secret."

The muscles on Li Luo's face twitched. He never expected that Jiang Heng had a clear understanding of his hole cards.But after thinking about it, considering 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 fight against this king?"

"Oh" Jiang Heng sneered, and said seriously, "My lord, let me say it again, I never seek to oppose you, this point, no matter before or after you got Li Qingcang's relic, it has never changed .

"But at the same time, my lord, you must also understand that my bottom line is very clear, that is, Gu Yue Kingdom. Not even a single opium plant!"

Hearing what Jiang Heng said, Li Luo's expression turned pale.

Think about it too, since Jiang Heng knows that carrying Li Qingcang's relics can borrow the power of the city defense formation, if he really wants to fight against himself, then he should take the lead before he gets 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, got up and motioned for Li Luo to sit in his seat, "My lord, can we talk for a while?"

Li Luo glanced at him and snorted coldly, but he did not refuse Jiang Heng's invitation, walked to Jiang Heng's seat and sat down.

Jiang Heng moved a chair from the side and sat beside him: "My lord, did you watch the live broadcast that Mr. Zhang Jichuan conducted in Penderby a few days ago?"

Li Luo's face darkened, and his voice was as stiff as a stone: "This king doesn't want to hear this name."

"Fine, fine, don't mention him, don't mention him." Jiang Heng said indifferently, "My lord, it's not that you don't understand the dangers of opium. You used it to target Qin Huaimin at the beginning. Wenwen, why is he paving the way for opium now? If this gets out, won’t the prince be afraid of being ridiculed by the world?”

Li Luo glared at Jiang Yi in dissatisfaction, and couldn't help but a thought arose in his heart:
I'm afraid this person is short-sighted, right?I don't even want to hear the name Zhang Jichuan anymore, do I still want to hear the name Qin Huaimin?Isn't that more disturbing?
Li Luo wondered if Jiang Heng deliberately exposed his scars
Suppressing these irrelevant thoughts, Li Luo said in a low voice: "It doesn't matter whether you laugh or not. The important thing is that this king needs a lot of money to strengthen his army. And the money from the treasury has long been used by Qin Huaimin to win over Hearts are wasted"

"So the lord accepted Qiao Lisa and Yi Lei?" Yi Lei nodded, and then said, "But have you ever thought about it, these two people started out selling opium, and the lord supports them, which will lead to the further spread of opium .

"The flood of opium will lead to the weakening of the national physique and numbness of the mind. You want to strengthen your army, but opium can directly cut off your source of soldiers
"Not only that, with the surrender of Qiao Lisha and Yi Lei, Your Excellency Feng Wen is not as strict as before against opium. I heard that opium has begun to spread to the army. I am afraid that the prince's soldiers have not become stronger. , but was eroded by opium and turned into a bunch of waste.”

Li Luo frowned. He was aware of Jiang Heng's questions, but...
He looked at Jiang Heng: "Then tell me, if you don't use them, where will this king raise money to strengthen the army?"

Jiang Heng smiled: "My lord, Qiao Lisha and Yi Lei didn't really want to help you build up your army when they sent you money, they just wanted to make more money, and what they gave you was just a small change."
"The lord lacks money to strengthen the army, it's not enough to just rely on them to stuff money, but..."

Li Luo asked: "But what?"

Jiang Heng's eyes flashed brightly: "However, if the two of them...wrong, if all the vested interests in the opium trade are arrested and the family property is nationalized, it should be enough."

"!!!" Li Luo was startled by Jiang Heng's words, his eyes widened suddenly, he stared at Jiang Heng, and said sharply, "What do you want to do?"

"My lord." Jiang Heng got up and cupped his hands, "Let me tell you the truth, this time, I will not only destroy the opium plants, but also all the finished opium products. I will ban smoking nationwide!"

Li Luo, who was as calm as Li Luo, couldn't help but be astonished. Once the smoking ban started, it would definitely cause an uproar.

"My lord." Seeing Li Luo's changed expression, Jiang Heng continued, "Opium is harmful to the country, and I have made up my mind to ban smoking, and I will bear all the possible consequences.

"Qiaolisha and Yi Lei, who made their fortunes from opium and have committed many crimes, I will not let them go. I will personally send them to the court. All their wealth will be nationalized and used by the prince to strengthen the army. .

"I just hope that my lord won't stop me!"

Bang bang, bang bang!
Li Luo heard his own heartbeat, facing this condition, he couldn't help but be moved.

But after thinking about it for two seconds, Li Luo found a huge problem: "I believe you can settle the domestic affairs, but you seem to have forgotten to consider the Nicholas Dynasty. Without Qiao Lisa and others buying opium, Nicholas VI will Let it go?"

Jiang Heng laughed happily, "I'm going to have a good talk with the prince about this."

Poppies in Western Hills were all 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 didn't even know that Gu Yueguo started to grow their own opium. It's so dangerous. If they can grow their own opium, where else can we sell it at a high price?"

"That's right, that's right, thank you Jiang Heng, thank you Yuan Xiao for saying, aren't these two undercover agents sent by our country?"

"It's kind of like that. These two have done an outstanding job in keeping our opium price safe. I really want to give them an award."

"Hope they keep it up, hahaha."

"Our country grows opium but doesn't smoke it, and Gu Yue country smokes opium but doesn't grow it. This is really a perfect situation."

"The opium in the south is already ripe, right? Hurry up and pick it. At this time, the buyers of Gu Yue Kingdom must be looking forward to it."

But their excitement didn't last long, and a thunderbolt-like news came:

Jiang Heng, Minister of Agriculture of Gu Yue State, announced that smoking will be banned nationwide. No one is allowed to grow, produce, or smoke opium. Violators will be dealt with strictly!
The growers of the Nicholas Dynasty were stupid. The main exporter of opium was the Ancient Moon Kingdom. If smoking was banned throughout the Ancient Moon Kingdom, who would sell the opium to?

Growers in some southern provinces worked overtime to pick poppies, preparing to sell them before the big waves hit. However, the purchasers who were watching the goods two days ago disappeared.

Was caught!
Massive news came from Gu Yue Kingdom one after another:

The commercial department of Gu Yueguo canceled the licenses of thousands of companies, all of which were related to the opium trade
Tens of thousands of opium processing workshops destroyed
Numerous practitioners of the opium trade were arrested, including even a well-known wealthy businessman like Yi Lei.
Massive amounts of opium were centrally destroyed.
Compulsory smoking cessation centers have been set up all over the country of Gu Yue. Jiang Heng summoned a large number of extraordinary doctors to discuss how to treat smoking addiction, and even called on foreign extraordinary doctors to participate.
The growers of the Nicholas dynasty were completely panicked. This movement only shows one thing: the smoking ban, Gu Yueguo is serious.
The picked poppies in the southern provinces could not be sold and began to rot in the fields. The growers in the central and northern provinces looked at the poppies that matured day by day and wanted to cry without tears.

Many growers approached the officials of the Nicholas Dynasty, and with snot and tears scolded Gu Yue Kingdom for causing serious losses to them.
Many aristocrats and wealthy businessmen have also taken action. Compared with retail investors, they are the big growers, with tens of thousands of hectares at every turn.

In the end, the diplomatic department of the Nicholas dynasty mobilized to express their protest and dissatisfaction to Gu Yue.

"here we go"

In Panderby, the palace, and Taisia's bedroom, Zhang Jichuan browsed the news on his mobile phone, and said with a slight smile, "A big drama has officially begun."

"." Taisia ​​didn't speak, but her eyebrows were full of worry. Through the news, she seemed to see a storm coming, which made her feel suffocated.

(End of this chapter)