Chapter 261: Moonshine Culture (2/2)

The ter alcohol secretly at night The reason for doing this was to evade the high taxes of alcohol, or to bypass anti-drinking laws in some places

Moonshi+ne had appeared in America since the earliest parts of its history The pheno time, most of the whiskey and brandy that flowed into the market were moonshi+ne

Soon after the American Revolutionary War, financial issues caused by the prolonged war started surfacing Thus, the A the taxes on distilled alcohol

However, since the Alish, they were unhappy with the new policies They decided to continue nore the taxes

To the earlyalcohol hadn’t been a way to make a quick buck It had been a way of life, a career

When the harvest had been bad, farmers could ferment their corn into whiskey, and h days

For them, taxes had spelled the end of their incoovernment, farmers would still try to think of ways to overn more extreme methods When the war had just ended, overn them into a corner, the farmers picked up arms and started an arovernment passed a bill to increase taxes, to raise funds for the American Civil War This method heated up the conflicts between the moonshi+ners and the authorities”

”At that time, society was so messed up, brother, too messed up,” Hans said as he shook his head

Li Du asked, ”How bad was it? Were there violent riots?”

Hans scoffed, ”Even worse! The moonshi+ners and the KKK went into an arovernuys were crazy!”

The KKK was one of the most notorious cults in A against all other races, and loved to use violent et their intentions across

Hans continued, ”What’s worse, buddy, was that to protect the infor locations, the moonshi+ners would threaten and terrorize residents! They would even attack the families of the tax officials—many were violent lunatics!”

”That’s too much,” Li Du said ”I somewhat knohat happened to the ht? They used the Chicago Typewriter as weapons—I’ve seen those on TV”

”The Chicago Typewriter” was the nickname of the Thoun was a favorite of A, and without bullets, it was only about 2 lbs It could easily be hidden in coats, while boasting high firepower

”That’s not what really happened,” Hans said, shaking his head ”Afterwards, although the number of moonshi+ners increased, es”

It could be said that the A the limits In the early 20th century, A the sale and purchase of alcohol-related goods

In 1920, the alcohol ban was made effective nationwide Alal alcohol that could be purchased The demand for moonshi+ne shot up

It wasn’t until 1933, when the alcohol ban was scrapped, that the h in the 1960s and 1970s moonshi+ne continued to pose soal moonshi+ne was scarce

In the present, due to the poor texture and unstable quality of moonshi+ne, it rarely appeared in theit had become unpopular

There were still so and would buy this equipment They would usually only make the moonshi+ne for personal use, or just to have a taste of the past

The A their own moonshi+ne They didn’t actively participate in trades of the market and economy; they were only active in their own communities, so their alcohol had to be made by themselves

The reat condition, and would thus high in value