The main hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Kangxi sat at the top, and standing below were Yinzhen, Yinreng, Yinsi, and Yin'er.
Behind the four brothers were the one hundred boxes of opium.
Kangxi held the data obtained by Yinzhen's investigation in his hand, and his anger grew stronger and stronger.
It was clearly recorded that starting from April of the previous year, English merchant ships had been smuggling opium every time they docked at Tianjin Port.
This merchant ship came to the Qing Dynasty about once every six months, and the amount of opium on the ship increased from the initial 20 boxes to 100 boxes this year.
At 500 taels per box, the 100 boxes of opium below were worth 50,000 taels of silver.
Including the other goods on the ship, Henry earned more than 100,000 taels of silver from this one-way trade to the Qing Dynasty.
After he got the silver, he bought tea, silk and porcelain from the Qing Dynasty and shipped them back to his country. After dumping them, he made more money than he got from the Qing Dynasty.
After deducting the costs, Henry's merchant ship could earn more than 100,000 taels on a round trip.
Even more.
From the customs duties collected, Kangxi could roughly estimate how much money Henry had made from the Qing Dynasty in recent years.
Without opium, the money he earned would be reduced by at least half, and this was what made Kangxi most angry.
The dozens of whips I gave Henry the day before yesterday were not enough!
Kangxi put down the memorial in his hand.
"Take this opium to the Ministry of Justice. Also, Eighth Brother, arrest all the accomplices that Ulanara Baoli has revealed. Torture them severely and force them to tell you how they knew the toxicity of this opium."
"yes!"
After Yinsi agreed, Kangxi looked at Yin'er again.
"Old Nine, go and arrest Zui Chunfeng and find out how many people in the capital have become addicted to opium in the past two years."
Yinzhen: "OK!"
"As for the fourth brother... you've been exhausted from the journey, so go back home and rest first."
"Wanyan Hecun and the others, I will send the imperial physician to treat them."
Yinzhen: "Thank you, Father."
Yinreng was dragged by Kangxi to the Southern Study to review memorials.
After Yinzhen returned home and washed up, he went to the backyard to see his son. He heard his wife say,
"Master, the Crown Princess has selected a few powerful maids for Ninth Princess. They are being kept in the courtyard behind Lion's Mouth. She specifically told me to go and take a look."
Yinzhen raised his eyebrows.
"A powerful woman? Have you ever seen one?"
“Yes.”
Ulanara smiled slightly.
"Those maids don't look like they're easy to bully. If they follow my ninth sister and marry into the Tong family, they will definitely protect her."
As Yinzhen listened, he suddenly became interested.
"After dinner, I'll go with you to take a look."
He didn't expect that his second sister-in-law would actually choose a servant for his ninth sister. However, from childhood to adulthood, whenever any of his sisters got married, the brothers would gather together to give advice and choose suitable dowries for their sisters.
In the past two years, fewer sisters have gotten married, and they have all become busy with their work.
I didn't expect that my second brother still cared about my ninth sister.
Yinzhen couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
Ninth sister is his biological sister, but he doesn't care as much as his second brother...
In the afternoon, Yinzhen and Ulanara went to Shizikou to meet those old women.
When Yinzhen saw that the men all had extremely ferocious faces, just as Ulanara had said, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
After the Emperor granted the marriage to his ninth sister, his second brother asked him to send someone to keep an eye on Shun Anyan.
It has been several months, and he hasn't found any unacceptable problems with Shun Anyan.
Except a little bit arrogant.
But considering Shun Anyan's background, it is even more surprising that he is so cautious.
He really couldn't understand why his second brother hated Shun Anyan so much.
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