Chapter 635 Little Nuobao protects the people
Feng Shi noticed something was wrong and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong, Lao Si? Did something happen in the village?"
Feng Jing was afraid of alarming everyone, so he folded the letter and said the best thing first, "Nothing serious happened in our village, it's mainly about the city."
Knowing that Dalui Village was fine, the village chief and Old Li were relieved, and the old wrinkles on their faces were stretched.
"It almost scared me, an old man." Old Li laughed.
But Feng Jing didn't say anything. Little Nuobao tilted his head to glance at him and immediately guessed that things were not that simple!
At this time, Gu Gu, the widow, finished steaming the bean buns, and she and Cuicui came over with ponytails to listen to the letter with everyone.
Feng Jing secretly opened the letter and showed it to Xiao Nuobao and Feng Miao first. The two children were soon surprised!
Although the little fat girl could not recognize all the words,
she could still understand some words such as "smoking big cigarettes", "black paste", "addiction", "promiscuity" and so on!
Xiao Nuobao immediately clenched his palms and couldn't help but said anxiously, "Fourth brother, so, Yuncheng also has opium paste?"
"What?"
Feng and the village chief stopped talking and laughing, turned around in shock, "What opium? Is that thing starting to harm people again?"
Feng Jing nodded helplessly.
This letter should be written by Wencai.
The handwriting is a little messy, which shows that he was in a restless mood when writing.
"Sister Yin'er said in the letter that there was a disturbance in our Xianquanju a few days ago. Several guests were from the same business and were having fun during the day, but for some reason at night, they started fighting in the room and almost burned the bed curtains and screens."
"Later, when we pulled them apart, we found out they were fighting over cigarettes. The room was filled with a foul smell that the guests in other rooms couldn't stand."
"Those people were not in their right mind at the time. They were pinned to the ground and were talking nonsense. Sister Yin'er had no choice but to have them all taken to the yamen." Feng Jing said while looking at the letter.
Doctor Wu's eyes widened, "Why do we need to fight for ordinary tobacco? It won't be intoxicating. This must be opium paste. It's so irritating when you smoke it!"
But Yin'er and the villagers didn't know what opium was yet.
So they only wrote in the letter that it was a kind of black tobacco paste, and that many people smoked it.
Feng Jing frowned slightly and continued reading, "It's just a small matter in the hot spring, but smoking tobacco paste has become more and more common in the city."
"Many people think it's a good thing because they feel refreshed after smoking it."
"Even..." He was even more speechless, "Even some wealthy families regard it as a fashion item. Many men and women like to carry a pipe with them, take a few puffs on the street, and then exhale a circle of smoke, which makes people jealous." After all,
tobacco paste is expensive, and only those with a rich family can afford it. Although
poor people can't afford to buy it, they will certainly be envious when they see others enjoying it.
Especially some young men and women, they not only smoked tobacco paste openly, but also ordered extremely exquisite tobacco pots to show off.
The tobacco rods were made of red sandalwood or yellow pear wood, with patterns carved on them, and then wrapped with a circle of gold and silver, and hung with a string of tassel beads made of jade and topaz.
Once they were taken out on the street, they were so dazzling that people couldn't take their eyes off them.
With such careful decoration, how many people would have thought that the tobacco paste burning inside was a poison that could kill people!
Hearing these words, the village chief and others clenched their fists tightly, and were so angry that they didn't know what to say.
"It's simply ridiculous. They are showing off a harmful thing as a treasure. Why don't they just put it on the table and worship it!" Doctor Wu's eyes were red with anger.
Widow Gu and Cuicui also looked nervous.
At this time, Feng asked hurriedly, "Old Four, did the letter say whether any villagers in our village are addicted to the cream?"
Feng Jing's face looked a little better, "Sister Yin'er said that when Sister Ju Jiao returned to her parents' home, she brought some tobacco cream for the elderly in the village to use."
"What?" The village chief jumped up in fear.
"However, before she could distribute it to everyone, Wangfu opened it first, and saw that the thing looked like cow feces and smelled bad, so he... threw it directly into the village chief's toilet pit." Feng Jing was a little amused.
"Haha, Xiao Wangfu has done a great deed!" Feng Miao was so happy that he kept clapping his hands and shouting.
The village chief was almost scared, but he was able to calm down again.
"This kid is so naughty, but he has made a great deed by accident." He touched his head and smiled.
Later, there was a fight among the guests, so everyone in the village thought that this tobacco paste was not a good thing, so they watched each other and did not allow anyone to touch it.
But Jujiao was unlucky.
She married an old man and lived in the city. It was rare for her to have some spare money, so she tried her best to keep up with the trend. She smoked every few days, and her complexion had gradually become worse...
This kind of harmful thing, as long as you touch it two or three times, you will definitely become addicted.
But these are all later stories. The most important thing right now is to quickly ban those tobacco pastes, so as not to let Yuncheng become an "addiction city".
"I really don't know how many people are addicted now. The national teacher is not in the capital. It will be too late to wait for him to come back and make a decision." Feng said at this time.
Xiao Nuobao hugged her little arms and paced for a few steps. Her anxious little face quickly regained its composure.
Since her father is not here.
Then she has to stand up for her father and not let more people suffer!
So the little fat girl immediately waved her hand, "Ointment addiction is a scourge. If it is stopped a moment later, countless families will be separated from their wives and children! Second brother, go get my warrant and help me call Jia Ren and Lin Chunlai!"
Since her father left the capital, her third brother and brother Xiao seemed to have been entrusted with important tasks and could not be sent to Yuncheng for a while.
As for other ministers in the court, she didn't trust any of them particularly.
Although Jia Zheng and Lin Chunlai had no experience, they were capable and reliable, so they were the best candidates.
When the two heard the princess' call, they did not dare to delay and rushed to Xiaoliu Village without stopping.
"Princess, if you have any instructions, just leave it to me, I promise to do it for you!" Jia Zheng asked excitedly as soon as he arrived.
He didn't know when he learned the northern dialect, and his mouth was full of corn grits.
The little fat girl was thinking with her hands behind her back, and was startled by his accent, and almost choked by her saliva.
She coughed twice, and then raised her little face seriously, "Lin Chunlai, Jiaren, now Yuncheng opium paste is rampant, and this princess wants you to go and ban the paste!"
"Daddy once issued a ban in the capital. Those who sell opium paste will be executed by beheading, and those who smoke will be exiled."
"However." The little fat girl had her own considerations, touched her chin and hummed, "Most of those who have been contaminated with the paste in Yuncheng don't know the benefits and harms, so those who don't know are not guilty, and those who have done so in the past will be forgiven. You will only start arresting people from the time you arrive in Yuncheng to issue the ban."
In addition, the destruction of opium paste is also the most important thing.
"After we get there, we can come up with a reward and punishment system."
"Anyone who reports someone who is taking the drug will be rewarded, and merchants who have sold the drug before are ordered to hand over their hidden goods. If they hide the drugs at home, they will be executed on the street once they are found!" Xiao Nuobao's voice became a little more serious.
Jia Zheng and Lin Chunlai heard the seriousness of the order and immediately responded in unison,
"Yes, Princess, I obey your orders."
"I obey your orders too!"
Fortunately, Tian Zhixian in Yuncheng dared not disobey Xiao Pangya's words.
Therefore, as an official appointed by the court, Lin Chunlai, with the domineering Jia Zheng, only needed to show the princess's warrant when he went there, and the people in the government would definitely be able to order him around.
At this time, Doctor Wu was eager to save people, and he also came over and said, "Nuobao, let me go with you."
He looked uncomfortable, "I have seen families destroyed by opium cream addiction before, it's so tragic, the people of our Yuncheng can't let that happen, if I can help them with acupuncture to stop the addiction, at least a lot of people can be saved."
Little Nuobao knew that he was a kind-hearted doctor, and nodded his head with satisfaction.
"Okay, Master Wu, then you go back with me."
"Then we will requisition the government office to serve as a temporary clinic for you, and then modify the prison cells to accommodate those with severe addictions, so that they can quit their addiction together!" Little Nuobao gave an order. Soon
, Lin Chunlai and Jiayi went back to pack their clothes, and then came back with Doctor Wu and set off for Yuncheng.
But there is still one thing that is unclear at the moment.
That is, how did the opium cream get to Yuncheng!
Although Gu Changying had evil intentions, Yuncheng was too far away, and she was not that capable of reaching out so far.
But if it was done by other merchants, why did they do it at this critical moment?
Xiao Nuobao thought it was not that simple, so he narrowed his eyes and blinked his long eyelashes a few times.
It was getting late, and Gu Gu went home and opened the lid of the pot, revealing a pot of cute soybean buns, each of which was white and plump, like obedient little babies, sitting upright on the edge of the cage.
"It's time for dinner. We adults can eat later, but the children can't be hungry." She brought out a bowl of bean buns and stuffed one for each of Xiao Nuobao and Feng Jing. "Nuobao, hurry up and fill your stomach first. Think about it after you're full."
The aroma of wheat mixed with the sweetness of bean paste suddenly disrupted Pang Ya's thoughts and made her stomach growl twice.
The bean buns in the north are famous. The skin is soft and the filling is solid. Not only can they be used as dry food, but they are also delicious without any side dishes.
Xiao Nuobao was really hungry. She didn't care about it anymore and grabbed the bean bun and took a big bite.
"Hmm, Aunt Gu, this one is steamed so soft~"
Feng also ate half of it. Before leaving, Widow Gu filled another bag and asked her to take it back home.
When night fell, just as the Jiang family fell into deep sleep, a man in black rushed to the Han Mansion from the direction of the city gate.
"My young master, the capital seems to have noticed. In the afternoon, I saw Jia Ju, who was beside the princess, taking Lin Chunlai, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and an old man with a medicine box on his back, all the way out of the city to the north."
The light of the oil lamp in the house flickered, illuminating a thin little shadow, which stretched longer and longer on the ground.
Xiao Yi stood up and raised his eyebrows and spoke.
"Oh? I thought Mu Yihan was not in the capital, and even if the court knew about this, it would not have time to react. I didn't expect them to be so quick."
But he was not too surprised, and just waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Selling poppies is not a long-term plan. Inform the people in Yuncheng to stop and leave as soon as possible."
If you want to fight against Mu Yihan, you can't avoid using soldiers and people, so getting money as soon as possible is what Xiao Yi has been planning recently.
Although the Han family is a big family, it has already lost a lot of money.
So a few days ago, Xiao Yi learned about the benefits of poppies and planned to sell them to make a lot of quick money.
As for the timing of the selection, it was after Mu Yihan left the capital.
He originally calculated that even if the court knew about it, it would be difficult for those officials who liked to shirk responsibility to ban the ointment as soon as possible, so that he could make more money for a while.
However, Xiao Nuobao's timely action prevented his calculations from being fully realized.
However, this time he could get at least 100,000 taels, which was already good.
At this time, he glanced at the man on the ground, and there was a touch of satisfaction in his handsome eyes.
"You are very smart. You can think of this business to make money for me. Work hard for me in the future. When I succeed, I will not let you down." His tone was imperative.
At this time, the man kneeling on the ground also raised his head, revealing bloodshot eyes.
"I don't want any benefits, I just hope that the young master will not forget what you promised me."
Xiao Yi's eyes showed a playful look, "I know, you just want to avenge your Saint? Don't worry, when I have power, I will leave Mu Yihan and his daughter to you."
The kneeling man clenched his fists, his voice full of hatred, "The Saint...she died so tragically that even her body was hung on the city wall and rotted! So I will definitely not let them go, definitely not!"
He gritted his teeth and said, then took off his black hood, revealing his tearful face.
This man is the owner of the casino, that is, Gu Yiyi's insider in the capital, Aquan.
Xiao Yi was too lazy to see him sad, so he raised his hand and shouted, "Okay, Ah Quan, it's not time for you to worry. If you want revenge, you have to do your best for me first. You can go out now, but remember not to let others see you!"
The casino owner nodded, put on his hood again, and disappeared in the Han Mansion in a flash.
At this moment, the little fat girl, who was sleeping, couldn't help but twitch her right eyelid twice...
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