鸦片战争之前,许多人认为洋人吃的是牛羊肉磨成的粉,食之而不化,没有中国的茶叶、大黄就会“大便不通而死”。林则徐刚到广州时,断定英人不敢轻易开战,否则,中国只需禁运茶叶、大黄,英人定会大便干燥,不战而降。 Before the Opium War, many people believed that foreigners ate beef and mutton into powder instead of Chinese tea, and rhubarb would have “stool failed to die.” When Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou, he concluded that the British did not dare to go to war easily. Otherwise, China would simply ban tea, rhubarb and the English would dry their stool without any battle.