Chrysanthemum Intoxication - A Long Historical Novel, The Rise of the Qing Dynasty's Foreign Commodity Agents Trilogy, Part Two

Author: Gu Yue
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: During the Xianfeng era, the export of tea from the Qing Dynasty led to a long-term trade deficit between China and Britain, severely harming British interests. To reverse the situation, Queen Victoria specially ordered the Viceroy of India, Lord Dalhousie, to send botanist Alexander MacKenzie to infiltrate China.