2. In the 40 years before the Opium War, Britain smuggled more than 400,000 boxes of opium into China and plundered about 300 million to 400 million silver dollars from China. 1800 British opium income was1242,000 silver, and 1838 increased to 5192,000 silver. This is a shocking robbery record.

1930s: One silver dollar is about RMB 30-35 yuan today, so three or four hundred million silver dollars are equivalent to RMB 654.38+0 billion to RMB 654.38+0.3 billion.

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