Alien Arms Empire

  Chapter 833 833 You can’t run away either

 Speaking of the tobacco industry, it is really a very profitable industry. All enterprises in Tang State have been expanding since its establishment, and among the enterprises that are expanding the fastest, Datang Tobacco is one of them.

To the world, tobacco is not monopolized by Datang Tobacco of the Tang Dynasty, but it is an undeniable fact that the tobacco of the Datang Empire is indeed the best-selling one.

 Tang currently supplies more than 90% of the country's cigarettes and controls at least 70% of the world's cigarette market.

Over the years, the hidden lines laid out by the Tang State cannot be underestimated. Although on the surface it seems that the Tang State has nothing to do with many industries, in fact these industries do belong to the Tang State behind the scenes.

 Those who control these enterprises are local gangs, and these gangs are the seeds that Tang Mo spread back then: these seeds are now sprouting and bearing fruit, and some have grown up and turned into towering trees.

Mechanics roared in the factory, and the tireless equipment was carefully rolling paper one by one, rolling up the processed tobacco, and adding new filters.

 This is the latest cigarette factory established in Tang State, and of course it uses the latest developed equipment. This kind of cigarette with a filter tip is also a brand-new product recently developed by Tang Guo.

 Some newspapers, in conjunction with the upgrading of cigarette equipment in the Tang Dynasty, have begun to hype the claim that smoking is harmful to health.

Tang's chemical institute and some universities have published papers proving that smoking is harmful to the lungs and is a very dangerous behavior.

However, the temptation of tobacco is huge. For many people, smoking is already a part of life and a hobby that cannot be given up.

Soon, newspapers and radio broadcasts in the Tang Dynasty began a new round of crazy bombardment, saying that scientists in the Tang Dynasty had invented a brand-new substance that could filter out more than 80% of nicotine and other harmful substances.

This special material will be forced to be installed on cigarettes in Tang Dynasty to ensure that the health damage of cigarettes to smokers is reduced.

  Brand-new materials are the latest products of Tang Guo Chemical Enterprises, which are absolutely not available in other countries. Therefore, if you want to smoke the safest cigarettes, you can only buy Tang Guo products.

 Tang Guo’s propaganda department went all out, saying that the unfiltered cigarettes, which had begun to be eliminated, were useless, and then the filtered cigarettes began to sell out.

 Nowadays, rich people cherish their lives, and of course they will not be stingy with themselves, not to mention that such filtered cigarettes are not particularly expensive.

ˆ What is really expensive are the special brands produced by the Tangguo cigarette factory. The tobacco leaves of these brands have been specially treated to ensure a softer taste and less harm to the body.

Such cigarettes are expensive, and even wealthy people may not be able to afford them. But for those who are truly wealthy, they don’t mind having their stuff differentiated from others.

  The concept of luxury goods has been formed. Tang State controls the right to speak in all fields. In the minds of everyone, things from Tang State are the best things.

In fact, the Tang State did not let go of bad things. Just take the cigarette industry as an example. The Tang State produces mid-to-high-end cigarettes and almost dominates the world's cigarette market.

If you want to buy high-quality and slightly expensive cigarettes, you can only choose from a few cigarettes launched by Datang Tobacco. Other brands cannot be sold at a high price due to backward technology.

Similar things are simply frustrating. Those small local tobacco factories cannot compete with Tang Guo cigarettes. Even if their prices are slightly more expensive, they will be scolded by users.

 There are some people who don’t care about their health, they just want to smoke a cigarette, a cheap cigarette they can afford.

 After all, this world is cruel. Some people will not live long enough to have their lungs filled with nicotine. They will die of illness, starvation, or be shot to death.

 For these people, expensive filtered cigarettes are too luxurious, and those that are more expensive are equally unattractive.

 The statement that smoking is a chronic suicide can only scare people who don’t want to die, but those who no longer care about their own life or death, or who have no control over their own life and death, will not be frightened by this statement.

 According to what they said: Since it is suicide, there is no need to choose such an expensive way to die.

 So for these people, a cheap cigarette that they can afford to consume at any time, that can be easily taken out of their pockets and held in their mouths is a good cigarette.

 Seizing this opportunity, small local cigarette companies began to produce cheap, unbelievably cheap cigarettes.

These factories mix "sawdust" into low-quality tobacco, and then add various strange plant leaves in proportion to pass them into tobacco leaves and roll them into cigarettes.

Then, they did not install any high-tech such as filters, but directly used the obsolete cigarette equipment that Tang State began to export, and produced products that looked the same as the cigarettes of a few years ago.

Of course, the appearance is the same, but the taste is really varied, and it can’t even be called cigarettes.

 But this kind of cigarette is very popular among common people, especially those who are poor to a certain extent: because it is cheap enough, so cheap that even the people who buy this kind of cigarette do not believe that they can buy cigarettes at such a price.

These local cigarette factories are actually controlled by local gangs. Without any gang background, they really don’t dare to participate in such money-making projects. Many of the leaders of these local gangs are actually spies from the Tang State, and many of them even wear a ring with a dandelion engraved on their ring finger.

 They colluded with local officials, bribed city lords, and allowed local gentry to take shares, forming a huge interest chain to ensure the safety of the industry.

 This is not only true for cigarettes, but also for alcohol. People who want to participate in alcohol production also have gang backgrounds in most cases.

On the surface, many of the big bosses of wineries are well-known local businessmen, but secretly, behind these people, there is a looming shadow of an organization called Silver Fox.

What others don’t know is that most of the huge profits from these profitable industries have become the source of funds for the Tang State to support overseas intelligence agencies, bribe officials from various countries, and encourage local people to resist.

 Modern people all know that the tobacco industry and the alcohol industry are actually extremely profitable industries. Under normal circumstances, such enterprises are controlled by the state and pay high taxes and fees.

But in this world now, the aristocratic rulers who have just begun industrialization have not yet realized how profitable these obscure industries are.

 They still don’t know what kind of savage beast they have unleashed! If they knew how much profit they missed, they would regret their stupidity for the rest of their lives.

In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that Tang Mo is using enough money to build a naval fleet to build his intelligence network. As the profits of the tobacco and alcohol industries continue to expand, Tang State's investment in the intelligence network will become more and more. Come more and more.

This is simply an astronomical figure: That's why the intelligence officers of Tang State dared to be so arrogant and directly use luxury cars to pay bribes. They are really rich, and they can spend money unscrupulously under orders!

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Some people are happy because of the cigarette industry, and others will be unlucky. After all, happiness seems to be constant in this world.

"Look at the newspaper! If you dare to hide cigarettes in your pocket again, I would rather give up the money and order a ban on cigarettes!" When Alice said these words, there was no trace of emotion on her face. She still looks like her little daughter yesterday.

You Lin was also worried about Tang Mo's health: "Your Majesty! We're not talking about you! You smoked so many unfiltered cigarettes before... Don't you worry about your own health?"

Le'er also advised from the side: "Sisters, it's just for your own good... Now that you know that smoking is harmful to your health... then don't smoke."

"This...isn't this all for promoting filters...Actually, actually..." Tang Mo defended himself guiltily.

 He really didn’t expect that he shot himself in the foot in this matter. If we talk about backup, he is probably the originator of smokers in the world.

 It was he who worked so hard to launch the cigarette product, and it was he who became the first "victim" of modern cigarettes.

Seeing Alice throwing a box of top-grade cigarettes that were unavailable outside and considered sacred in aristocratic circles into the trash can, Tang Mo, an old smoker, felt his heart go out. Drops of blood.

To be honest, even if he lost a Dongfeng 3 missile now, he probably wouldn't feel so distressed - after all, the concept of losing a missile is very vague, but seeing a box of good cigarettes go into the trash can is quite graphic...

"You can discuss things like finding two more sisters for us! But smoking... can't be done!" Alice clapped her hands and raised her chin and said to Tang Mo.

"Alas..." Tang Mo still wanted to struggle, but after looking at Le'er, who was equally determined, and You Lin, who was smiling but not smiling, he finally sighed.

"You have to quit smoking. We will hand over the order to your private medical team later!" Seeing that she had achieved a staged victory, Alice smiled proudly.

"Dad, don't...smoking." The childish voice of His Highness the Prince in his arms came, and Tang Mo was completely defeated. He felt that he might have to say goodbye to cigarettes for the rest of his life.

　　Or…never seen again.

 “Ha…” Seeing Tang Mo slumped, Weiss couldn’t hold back his laughter. Then he discovered that the three women in the room were all looking at where he was.

 “It’s over…” He lamented in his heart.

Sure enough, the next second, Alice's voice came over: "As His Majesty's captain of the bodyguard! You must also quit smoking!"

"Yes! Doesn't that mean you are murdering His Majesty by smoking?" Le'er also laughed and added insult to injury.

“Quit it, quit it!” You Lin could hardly help but laugh.

"That's right! You have to quit too! Do you still want to run away?" Tang Mo finally found a fellow sufferer: "They all have to die!"

 (End of this chapter)