Later, the British pound was the standard currency unit of the United Kingdom, while shillings and pence were sub-units of currency. One pound sterling equals ten shillings equals one hundred pence. Typical decimal currency.

　　 But at present, the currency unit in the United Kingdom is still decile. One pound sterling equals twenty shillings, one shilling equals twelve pence, and one pound sterling equals two hundred and forty pence.

　　 The cigarettes previously developed by the Gaoshu tribe were sold at the price of one penny a box when they were sold to the 13 colonies in North America. And when a box of cigarettes traveled across the ocean to the European continent, the price of this box of cigarettes immediately rose to one penny and two French new laws.

　　 Well, France-New Zealand is a currency used by the United Kingdom before 1961, and is a unit of currency that originated in the Anglo-Saxon region. Because the purchasing power of the early penny was also quite strong, it was often cut in half (half penny) or quarter (French New Zealand) to use, so the French new currency unit became the smallest unit of currency in the British currency system.

　　 Cigarettes have been an out-and-out profiteering product since their birth.

　　The most profitable industry in every country in the world in future generations is not the banking industry, nor the e-commerce, nor the power industry, but the tobacco industry.

　　 Just like China's tobacco industry, the annual tax provided to the country is unmatched by any industry.

　　 Now, cigarettes can only be manufactured in the Yanhuang tribe of the New World in North America, so Shixiong naturally refuses to let this profitable industry go.

　　 To be honest, in the thirteen colonies of North America, a box of cigarettes produced by the Yanhuang tribe can be sold for one penny. The price is not a little bit too high!

　　 At this time, the purchasing power of pennies is quite strong, even if one pound is equal to two hundred and forty pence, don’t forget that one pound at this time is equal to one pound of silver!

　　 In other words, if one gram of silver is calculated as three dollars in later generations, one penny is approximately equivalent to 1.9 grams of silver, which is 5.7 yuan!

　　 Don’t forget, this is 5.7 yuan in the 18th century, not 5.7 yuan in the 21st century!

　　 If inflation and other factors are taken into account, the purchasing power of 5.7 yuan in the 18th century in the 21st century will probably appreciate more than 100 times!

　　 In other words, a box of cigarettes for one penny can be regarded as a luxury in this era.

In fact, most of the cigarettes produced by the Yanhuang tribe in the thirteen colonies of North America and the European countries are affordable by people above the middle class. Ordinary people at most occasionally buy one or two boxes to relieve their greed. Most of the cigarettes they usually smoke are still pipe.

　　 But even so, cigarettes have brought huge profits to the Yanhuang tribe.

　　 You need to know that in terms of the purchasing power of one penny in this era, one penny can make about fifteen packs of cigarettes...

　　In the Yanhuang tribe, cigarettes have already formed a streamlined operation, and the tobacco leaves are grown by themselves, and the cigarette paper is made by yourself. These things are almost at no cost. The only place where money is spent is labor costs. And the labor expenses are mostly settled with grain, but the Yanhuang tribe has been harvesting so many years in a row, and the grain can’t be eaten...

　　 The current Yanhuang tribe is almost the same as eating a big pot of rice. The various classes have not yet appeared, and there is no currency, so whatever the tribe wants to do, it is collectively borne.

　　 In this way, no matter what the Yanhuang tribe wants to do, the cost will be shared among everyone, it will be very few.

　　 Not only cigarettes, but materials such as alcohol, steel, cement, and munitions are actually produced under this model.

　　 It is for this reason that cigarettes have such high profits.

　　 As for the kind of cigarettes with added ingredients, the profit is even higher. Because of this kind of added cigarettes, Shi Xiongguang "wholesale" to Viscount Hank and Fernando's "wholesale price" is as high as six pence, which is half a shilling for a box!

　　 As for the selling price, it is said that the two black-hearted guys have already sold this kind of cigarettes through tandem sales, and the average price of a box has been as high as one shilling!

　　 As for the cost of this kind of additive cigarettes, it is almost the same as ordinary cigarettes. This is because Guke has been spread to the North American continent a long time ago, but now it is planted on a large scale in a hidden place by stone bears, and the cost is really not much.

　　 It is said that such a high price is difficult for even the nobles to bear. After all, this thing is an out-and-out consumable. Even if one person buys half a box a day, it is still as much as nine pounds in a year. If you are addicted to cigarettes, you will have to pay dozens of pounds in one year!

　　 The pound sterling this year is too valuable. An ordinary British worker has been busy for a year, and his total salary is only a little over ten pounds.

　　 So, except for those really rich nobles, ordinary little nobles can't afford this kind of consumption.

　　 But this kind of stuffed cigarette is too devilish, this stuff is like refined table salt that people can’t refuse. Once someone is addicted, then this thing is a daily consumable that is even more necessary than table salt!

　　 Not to mention that Shi Xiong also carried the evil collusion. This kind of marketing method of drawing a big pie to show you is invincible in this era. With the addition of cigarettes, Shi Xiong thinks about it and feels that he has done it a bit too much...

　　 But Ishikuma had to do this again.

　　 Although Shi Xiong does not understand or master many things in specific matters, his golden fingers can be described as invincible in general.

So Shixiong knows very well ~lightnovelpub.net~ Don’t look at the fact that both the Continental Army and the British are polite to themselves, but once the War of Independence is over, the Yanhuang tribe will begin to retake the 13 colonies. The great powers in China will definitely take action against the Yanhuang tribe.

　　 The resources of the New World in North America are too rich, and it is impossible for those European powers to let go of the benefits of the New World.

　　The Yanhuang tribe will sooner or later face the European powers.

　　Since he is going to become an enemy sooner or later, then starting to weaken the enemy's strength from now on is what Shixiong must do.

　　 And to be kind to the enemy is to be cruel to myself and to the entire tribe.

　　 Think about how the British used opium to harm Chinese people in the original historical time and space! Think about how the Eight-Power Allied Forces brought disaster to China!

　　 In the original historical time and space, you can do the first year of junior high school. Why can’t I do the fifteenth in this time and space?

　　 Shi Xiong never thought that he was a Virgin, so, trying everything possible to weaken the strength of potential enemies is what he must do now.

　　 Although the combination of additive cigarettes and tandem sales to weaken the strength of the European powers is a bit too damaging, but the so-called "I don't go to **** who will go to hell"?

　　Since he will stand on the opposite side sooner or later, Shi Xiong has no psychological burden!

　　 I didn’t say anything, just do it!

　　In the future, it will inevitably be done with open fire. As for now, don’t want to shoot guns, just do it quietly...

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