Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Seeing the odd look on his face, Lai Gou'er picked up the item in his hand and said, "Big Brother, have you seen this before?"

Fang Zheng Yi was silent, quickly snatching the item from Lai Gou'er's hand and sniffing it.

A pipe. Although it didn't look quite like the regular pipes he knew, it was definitely a pipe!

It had the smell of smoke on it, and even some tobacco inside!

Fang Zheng Yi said with a solemn expression, "Where did you get this?"

Lai Gou'er said, "It's called 'danba gu'. I saw some people from Nanyang smoking this at the Honglu Temple. At first, I thought it smelled bad, but after trying it a couple of times, I felt it was okay, even a little interesting. It's just that it smells bad everywhere when it burns, so you have to avoid people..."

"Big Brother, this is good stuff! It makes you feel like you're floating on air after smoking it! It's really refreshing!"

Fang Zheng Yi didn't say anything with a long face, and Lai Gou'er was a little uneasy. "Big Brother, is there a problem with this?"

"Floating on air, my ass! You're getting addicted! I've seen this stuff before. It's highly poisonous. Your lungs will turn black after smoking it!" Fang Zheng Yi said in a deep voice. "At first, you'll feel good, but later you won't be able to live without it. It'll make you addicted and the more you smoke, the more damage it'll do to your body. Maybe it'll even make you unable to have children, and in the worst case, it could kill you!"

Lai Gou'er jumped up in shock and fear, "Really? I thought it was a good thing. Those Nanyang people are really something..."

Fang Zheng Yi shook his head: "The Nanyang people may not know the toxicity of this thing either. But don't be afraid, you haven't been smoking it for long, you can still recover. I'll confiscate this. When you have time, go to the Honglu Temple and buy all the Nanyang people's goods for me. We must not let it appear on the market in Da Jing."

This tobacco stuff is a magic weapon for collecting taxes. People in later generations often say that the tax revenue from this thing supports so much and promotes the economy.

But the accounts are not calculated like that. If the money spent on tobacco all flowed into the normal consumer market, it would inevitably greatly promote society and create higher value.

On the other hand, the waste caused in medical care is also immeasurable. This is an extremely complicated account, absolutely not as simple as it seems on the surface.

But all in all, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

Now that it has appeared, preparations should be made as soon as possible to publicize its harm to the people in the newspaper to reduce future losses...

Fang Zheng Yi thought with his head down. Lai Gou'er, still in shock, took out the danba gu from his arms and handed it to Fang Zheng Yi, "I'm really okay, Big Brother. Will I really not be able to have children?"

Fang Zheng Yi took it, "No, but you can't touch it in the future. You go back and help the priests order food first."

Lai Gou'er nodded with lingering fear. Just as he turned around, Fang Zheng Yi called him, and said sternly, "By the way, give me your fire starter too. You must never touch it in the future, if I find out, I'll break your legs, understand?"

"I won't touch this thing even if I die, Big Brother, don't worry." Lai Gou'er said, handing the fire starter to Fang Zheng Yi.

Fang Zheng Yi said solemnly, "Remember that, I'll go to the outhouse to destroy this evil weed first, and come back later..."

......

In a deserted alley, a sneaky figure looked around.

Confirming that no one was coming, the wretched figure took out the pipe, wiped it hard, and then tremblingly took out the fire starter and blew on it a couple of times.

Fang Zheng Yi's eyes were filled with excitement, watching the sparks in front of him gradually ignite.

At this sacred and solemn moment, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Huff ~"

The smoke was exhaled, and then sucked back in.

"Cough! Cough! Cough! Damn!"

After several ferocious coughs, Fang Zheng Yi endured the strong spicy discomfort in his chest and took another puff.

"Hiss ~ Huff ~~"

A moan sounded, Fang Zheng Yi's body swayed twice, he grabbed the wall, and a honey-like smile appeared on his face.

Damn it, this is it!

Reliving some of his past life memories, Fang Zheng Yi looked at the pipe with regret.

This damn thing has no benefits, and my lungs are still tender. Today's puff is to reminisce about the past, from now on, a complete farewell!

After making up his mind, Fang Zheng Yi put away the pipe and turned to walk back to the restaurant.

.....

Just as he reached the entrance of the restaurant, faint sounds of arguing came from inside.

Fang Zheng Yi frowned slightly.

Bringing such a large group of foreigners, something unexpected had happened after all.

When he stepped into the door, he saw Father Solje, with an indignant expression, seemingly arguing with the restaurant owner, anxiously cursing in his native language.

The restaurant owner listened to his gibberish, full of question marks...

Lai Gou'er and Lu Fa were pulling them apart.

A group of foreigners stood up one after another, glaring at Father Solje behind him.

Fang Zheng Yi coughed lightly, and the arguing stopped immediately.

Father Solje glanced sideways and immediately complained: "Master Fang, this person looks down on me and spat in the food..."

Saying that, he held up the plate and sent it to Fang Zheng Yi.

Fang Zheng Yi looked down, and in a braised side dish, there was a clear mouthful of spit.

Dangcheng's face sank, and he looked at Lu Fa: "What's going on? Can't you handle such a small thing?"

Lu Fa hurried forward, grabbing Fang Zheng Yi with one hand and the restaurant owner with the other, and walked towards the back kitchen.

In the back kitchen, Lu Fa said with a wry smile: "Master, there was indeed a problem. Just now that priest was chatting with me, and the foreigner spoke bluntly, saying that our Da Jing food was unpalatable, which the waiter heard. When serving the food, he spat in it. This dog thing should have spat in the soup, he doesn't use his brain at all, damn it!"

The restaurant owner said in horror: "Master, this, this, this... I didn't know they were your guests, the waiter below couldn't control himself, I'll fire him immediately. Today I'll treat all these people!"

Fang Zheng Yi said with a gloomy face, raising his hand: "Forget it, it's already been spat on, the offense has already been done, what's the point of firing him? So many foreigners have come to my Taoyuan County, it can be considered an international metropolis anyway, can the level of the service industry come up a bit, all you know is to judge people by their clothes!"

"Are foreigners eating swill? Haven't seen the world, what are you guys in a hurry for? With this virtue, what kind of business are you doing? Pay attention to it in the future."

The restaurant owner nodded repeatedly, with a flattering smile on his face: "Then... then Master, what should we do about this?"

Fang Zheng Yi rubbed his forehead.

What to do, we still have to make them work willingly, if they are discriminated against as soon as they come, it will be bad if the free labor runs away later.

"Like this, take all the previous dishes and beat some egg whites to make foam and put it on top...."