When Lin Zexu destroys opium, why not burn it directly, but put it in the lime pool?

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, China’s foreign trade was always in a state of super-existence, which made the Western capitalist countries have a headache. Later, the United Kingdom and other countries began to sell opium to China. For a time, "Luoyang paper expensive", the United Kingdom greatly benefited. The popularity of opium in the Qing Dynasty is unimaginable. Even the emperor of Daoguang, who is known for his simplicity, is an addict. The military minister Mu Zhanga and Zhili Governor Qi Shan are also welcome to opium. When Lin Zexu destroys opium, why not burn it directly, but put it in the lime pool?

In 1839, in the hutong of Guangzhou, everyone was discussing one thing. The government’s minister, Lin Zexu, was coming soon. According to rumors, the minister is very upright. Anyone who said that he is not using it, there are many people who sell opium in Guangzhou, and those who use drugs and opium are very scared after listening. At this time, Lin Zexu himself did not know, he was about to set an unprecedented record in the history of drug control. Then, in this land of Guangzhou, opium can never be popular. When he went there, he made an oath to not clean the opium and not return to Kyoto.

All of this changed after Lin Zexu arrived. When he arrived, he directly ordered the foreign merchants at that time to let them pay all the opium within three days, and also released a slogan "As long as the opium one The day has not been destroyed, then my forest will be Xu and will die with the opium, and never give up." Since then, everything in Guangdong has changed. After being informed by Lin Zexu, the opium dealers were still very scared. Seeing that the fate of their own fortune was to be pulled out, the heart was still very depressed.

Because of the darkness of the Qing government, many officials rely on this opium to make a fortune, so Lin Zexu’s practice has affected many people’s interests, but Lin Zexu’s will is firm, regardless of the bribery of those officials, and severely punish all acts that affect his own smoke. Not lending. Many foreigners have been arrested by Lin Zexu, which shows that Lin Zexu’s justice is not humiliating. When Lin Zexu began to destroy opium, many people began to think that burning directly with a torch would be fine, but Lin Zexu paid much attention to the destruction of opium.

So when Lin Zexu destroys opium, why should he use lime water to destroy it without burning it? Because if burned with fire, the opium will produce gas that poisons people's health. In fact, this is a seawater immersion method. The steps are very troublesome. Lin Zexu sent people to dig two pools at the beach to prevent opium leakage. There was a layer of gravel on the bottom of the pool, and all the surrounding were nailed with a hard board. Then put the salt water, then throw the tobacco that needs to be destroyed into the salt water, and finally put the lime. The whole process requires the soldiers to stir constantly. The lime starts to boil when it meets the water, and then dissolves the tobacco evenly.