I have to say that this old woman, Cixi, is indeed a great sinner in the history of China. In the late Qing Dynasty, only under her rule could foreign forces enter the country so easily. And this person can't do it well. The key is to enjoy it. Many fruits are presented every year, most of which are used to smell the fragrance, especially apples. Cixi didn't know that hundreds of thousands of Jin were paid tribute every year.

What we are talking about today is not Cixi and fruit, but Cixi's hookah. Cixi liked hookahs very much in her later years. Now there is a hookah in the Palace Museum, which was used by Cixi. This hookah is very valuable!

Of course, Empress Dowager Cixi also smoked foreigners' cigarettes, but she was not used to it. Later, in order to please Cixi, people around her tried their best to improve it. It was not until Cixi began to smoke that she avoided the unaccustomed problem.

However, Cixi was, after all, the first ruler of the Qing Dynasty. She fell in love with a hobby. People with low standards naturally have to work hard to do it well, so the tobacco naturally given to Cixi is the best. So how much does Cixi spend on smoking cigarettes every year? Many people may think it's just a cigarette. How much can it cost? Even if Cixi is the Empress Dowager, it is a big deal to give her the best tobacco. The fact is not that simple!

In fact, Cixi needs to spend as much as 2 million taels of money on hookahs every year. What is the concept of 2 million taels of silver? It can be equal to a Krupp cannon, which means that Cixi can save money to buy a cannon every year as long as she gives up smoking, but Cixi is such a selfless person!

So why on earth does it cost 2 million taels of silver to smoke a hookah? First of all, Cixi's hookah is not simple. Although the manufacturing price is only a few hundred taels of silver, many people can afford it. Cixi is an extremely superstitious person. Every year, her hookah is opened by a monk from the western regions. After the opening ceremony, Cixi will generously donate tens of thousands of taels of silver to show her gratitude!

Secondly, the tobacco cultivation smoked by Cixi is very complicated. Because it was smoked by Empress Dowager Cixi, there will naturally be many guards guarding it, and it is the urine of boys who water the tobacco fields. These boys have to eat precious foods such as chickens and ducks every day, so as to discharge precious fertilizers.

Finally, after all the cut tobacco is transported to the Forbidden City, it is natural to find ways to keep it safe and not to be damaged, which requires manpower and material resources to solve it. Later, in order to preserve tobacco, a smoke building was built, which was specially handed over to the eunuchs in the palace to serve.

After these complicated procedures, it is impossible to calculate how much you need to spend. Can only say that Cixi is really a prodigal bitch!