Over twenty years ago, King Bhumibol learned from the mouth of an impoverished Hmong tribesman in northern Thailand that the cultivation of poppies brought in the same amount of revenue as the cultivation of the indigenous peach for use as a pickle.
二十多年前，泰王蒲美蓬由泰北窮困的苗人口中獲知，他們種罌粟與栽種醃漬用的本地桃子，收入幾乎相同。