The fashion for tea simmered quickly in Britain, with the East India Company (EIC) controlling its import.
随着东印度公司控制了茶叶的进口,喝茶的风尚在英国迅速升温。
生活百宝箱
That is big EIC energy, OK?
那是巨大的 EIC 能量,好吗?
经济学人-文艺
But the EIC began coercing Indian farmers to grow a different crop that, used recreationally, would turn countless people into addicts.
但东印度公司开始强迫印度农民种植另一种作物,这种作物如果用于娱乐,会让无数人染上毒瘾。
经济学人-文艺
In what is now Bihar, the EIC ruthlessly exploited peasant farmers, whereas in Malwa, another opium-producing area, it was unable to exert as much power.