The news of Shen Feng occupying Fragrant Island spread like wildfire. The first to know was Lin Zexu and the others.
Of course, there was also the Governor of Commerce, Charlie Elv, who was hiding in Nanguang.
At this time, he had already received the news that the island had fallen and all the British had been killed. He fell back into his chair in shock.
"He, he killed everyone?" Charlie's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Yes, more than 10,000 merchants were killed!”The secretary opposite him was also stunned.
The rise of the mysterious Xiang Island had added fog to this war.
Although the size of Hong Kong could not be compared to the United Kingdom, the technological power displayed by the mysterious person made them tremble in fear!
That power that seemed to be taboo would probably make even God tremble in fear.
"God, what did I awaken?”Charlie was in despair!
Before they came, some people were worried that they would wake up the dragons in Asia, so they refused to start a war.
However, Charlie did not believe him. He resolutely chose to declare war on China.
When he saw the missile explode, he knew he was done for!
Xiangdao was finished, he was finished!
If a sleeping power was awakened by him, the world would be in chaos!
"Governor, what should we do now?”
"What can we do? Hurry up and write a letter to Congress to stop the war against China!”giro was vexed and impatient.
He rubbed his forehead tiredly, hoping that the letter would reach the Queen soon.
Thinking about the power of that cannonball, it was like the wrath of God, and he could not help but tremble.
He had to do something, or else he wouldn't even be able to keep his life.
At this moment, the streets of Nanguang City and the teahouses were all crazily discussing the intercontinental missiles yesterday and the news of Xiangdao being occupied.
People ran around to tell each other about yesterday's situation, and all of them were shocked.
"What kind of weapon is that? How could it blow up Fragrance Island?”
"I don't know. I was nearby at that time and saw waves that were fifty to sixty meters high. I was so scared that my legs went weak.”
"Isn't that so? Even the village of Tsimshatsui was affected. It was said that two to three hundred people had died.”
"Now that Xiangdao has been occupied, the houses there are very strange, even stranger than Westerners!”
Yesterday's missile had scared the sh * t out of the people in Nanguang City. They thought that the wave would come at them in the end, but in the end, it was safe and sound. They couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
If that missile landed in Nanguang City, everyone in the city would be finished.
"We still don't know who is on the island, but I heard that Lord Lin has already sent someone to contact them.”
"Who did you send?"
"The Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Deng Tingzhen, and his deputy, Han Zhaoqing.”
"No way, sending these two corrupt officials?”
The people despised and despised them. These two were famous smugglers of longevity cream.
In the later generations, Deng Tingzhen and Lin Zexu were known as heroes who banned smoking.
However, she did not know that he had a side that no one knew about. Embezzlers and smugglers of longevity cream.
After 1837, Deng Tingzhen specially transferred four navy patrol boats to suppress smuggling.
The Nanguang Navy's deputy general Han Zhaoqing appointed Jiang Dabiao and Wang Zhengao as the commanders.
However, these four navy patrol boats became smuggling boats that specialized in transporting longevity cream.
They had the right to destroy other smuggling ships and openly monopolize the transportation of Longevity Ointment.
There were no longer any obstacles in the trading and transportation of Longevity Ointment. What followed was the increase in the smuggling of Longevity Ointment.
According to Panyu County Annals, after Han Zhaoqing became the deputy general of the navy, the smuggling of Fushou cream increased to 40 - 50 thousand boxes per year.
With 500 yuan per box, he would earn at least 20 million yuan.
Han Zhaoqing's money naturally could not be kept to himself. In addition to the rewards from his subordinates, he also had to show filial piety to his leaders, such as the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at that time, Deng Tingzhen.
In fact, Deng Tingzhen had also tacitly approved of it. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to smuggle the Fushou cream so wildly under his nose.
Ma Shi, a man from the Bald Eagle Empire, pointed out this point. He said that from the kiln mouth, the police, the camp, the patrol ships, the navy, to the supervision of the Guangdong customs, the governor, the governor, and even the various Shangshu Yamen in the capital, all officials of all sizes would benefit.
Everyone would benefit from it, so it was normal for the smuggling of longevity cream to spread.
As the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, how much money could Deng Tingzhen get?
Rumor had it that there were at least 36,000 taels of silver per month, which was roughly equivalent to 10 million yuan.
The common people directly wrote a poem,"Eighteen Odes," to satirize Deng Tingzhen, saying that he was "privately owned by both Guangdong and Guangxi, with a monthly income of 36,000 silver."
The rampant smuggling had directly overshadowed the legal longevity cream trade.
When Lin Zexu arrived in Guangdong, he was also shocked by the involvement of Guangdong officials in smuggling activities.
He conducted a thorough investigation of the Guangdong Navy and found that it was completely rotten inside.
Other than Han Zhaoqing, there were also many officials involved in the case. Some opened kilns to sell longevity paste, some coined money, and some opened crab boats. After some people became rich, they even donated to a higher official position. What was even funnier was that after donating their official positions, they were in charge of suppressing smuggling.
At that time, Lin Zexu's public opinion survey had captured Han Zhaoqing and more than a thousand other officials, and they were all to be executed.
In the end, Deng Tingzhen intervened and was willing to cooperate with Lin Zexu to stop smoking. Han Zhaoqing was not punished and even helped Lin Zexu to stop smoking.
The smuggling of longevity cream ended up with the anti-smoking hero. It was really ridiculous.
Thus, the people were not optimistic about this negotiation.
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