It has not been uncommon, I am well assured, for the chief, that is, the first clerk or a factory, to order a peasant to plough up a rich field of poppies, and sow it with rice, or some other grain.

这并不少见，我敢肯定，首领，也就是第一职员或工厂，命令农民耕种一片盛产罂粟的田地，然后播种水稻或其他谷物。