"We've been fooled, this guy is clearly using us!"

The British Legation was furious when he learned that Li Weiguo had contacted hundreds of major businessmen from various countries to take a stake in his bank.

Sir Wenhan is also sinking like water, and Li Weiguo's actions have caused him to suffer a huge loss, because Chavez is just a representative, and the family behind him has a great relationship with Sir Wenhan, and if he succeeds, Wenhan will be paid a lot of money. Now that Li Weiguo's negotiations with Chavez have not yielded results, but hundreds of foreign businessmen have suddenly been brought in to join, how can he not understand the truth that there are more wolves and less meat.

John looked at Bao Ling, and then at Wen Han, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, this Li Weiguo didn't play his cards according to common sense at all, and he was in a dilemma with the British Legation like this.

He sighed and said stubbornly: "Li Weiguo is not a person who gives in easily, and Chavez's negotiation method is too tough, which led to the breakdown of the negotiations." And Li Weiguo is an extremely shrewd person, from the fact that he dared to single-handedly snatch the Jiangzhu Gang's freight dock can be seen his courage, since he established the bank, it is obviously for the huge interests of the bank, but Chavez opened his mouth to ask for 95% of the shares, this is tantamount to cutting off people's money, Li Weiguo is not a person who is willing to suffer losses, he is doing this to warn us, we are in a cooperative relationship, not a subordinate and dominant relationship, if we still negotiate with him with the attitude of superiors dominating subordinates, we must be the ones who suffer. ”

"This white-eyed wolf, he really shouldn't have helped him rescue his father so early!" Bao Ling regretted that he had hesitated to use Li Weiguo's father in his hands as a bargaining chip, but he didn't do that, because at that time he felt that the other party was only twelve years old and easy to control, but now he found that he was wrong, the other party had grown too fast and was out of his control.

"It's useless to say that's useless, this guy is too shrewd, cooperating with other businessmen under our banner, typical of borrowing chickens to lay eggs. We can't be sold by him and have to help him count the money, and until we find his weakness and control him, it's better not to have a bad relationship with him, and tell him that Chavez can't wait any longer, and eat all the remaining shares at once, otherwise they will eat meat and we won't even be able to drink soup. Wen Han made a deliberate decision, and Bao Ling and John did not disagree with it.

John asked at this time: "Now the financing scale on Li Weiguo's side is probably millions of pounds, Chavez's 500,000 pounds may not be able to account for much share, and the only thing that can make Li Weiguo concessions is probably only the British Empire's money printing machine equipment, technology and related raw materials." ”

"I've sent someone back to England to report to Downing Street, and I'm afraid those old guys will have to wait a year and a half for the results to come out." Bao Ling said angrily.

"Seeing that Li Weiguo has been able to raise millions of pounds in just a few days using our name, I am afraid that his bank will be officially established in less than a month. With his character, he definitely doesn't see a rabbit or a hawk, and if we want to get the ideal share, we must do our best to meet his conditions. Wen Han said after thinking about it.

"The Bank of West India issues banknotes in Hong Kong, so the Governor of Hong Kong must have access to the equipment, technology and raw materials required for the printing machine, and it seems that I have to go to Hong Kong." Bao Ling smiled bitterly, he was a privileged minister, and now he wanted to be an errand lobbyist for a twelve-year-old Oriental boy, which was quite depressed and helpless.

"Don't worry, let this kid be arrogant and happy for a few days, and when the empire solves the European problem and we can use force in Asia, hum, I don't believe that when our strong ships and cannons force the emperor of the Qing Empire to kneel, he will not obediently dedicate the bank to us in a small county, he does have the ability, let him run this bank for us first, and it will not be all ours at that time!"

Wen Han comforted him, and immediately made Bao Ling's depressed expression swept away, and he was in a happy mood, and even laughed: "That's right, the pig must be fattened first and then slaughtered!" ”

If you can't write it, you will come to martial arts, this is the rule of robbers.

When Chavez came to see Li Weiguo again, he no longer had the arrogance he had at the beginning.

"I'm sorry, we only have five percent of the shares left, and if you want to buy it, we can sign the contract immediately." Li Weiguo said with a look of great reluctance, ready to get up and leave at any time.

Chavez had already been authorized by Bao Ling and Wen Han, but he had been on the high for a long time, and suddenly groveling in front of a young man who was only twelve years old, and he was still a yellow man who was still inferior to the white race, which inevitably made him uncomfortable, and said angrily: "Mr. Li, we have invested 500,000 pounds to account for 95% of the shares, which is a bit too much, but you want to occupy 51% of the shares without paying a penny. But we decided to give in in order to maintain our friendship, but you went even further and only gave us a 5% stake, which is too much, and you forgot that your father was rescued with our help! ”

Previously, Charles only allowed Li Weiguo to get 5% of the shares, but now on the contrary, Li Weiguo only allows Chavez to get 5% of the shares, which is clearly a slap in the face of Chi Guoguo.

Li Weiguo sneered, he was still a little worried before, after all, he only let the British pay for himself but the white wolf with empty gloves and 51% of the shares was a bit too black-hearted, but as he negotiated with investors and businessmen from various countries in the past few days, he had a deep understanding of the current international situation and the monetary management systems of various countries. He did not have to rely on the British to get his hands on printing press equipment, technology and raw materials, and several French businessmen said they could smuggle them out of France through "irregular" channels. You must know that France after the Napoleonic Wars was actually a puppet of Britain, and its money printing technology naturally came from Britain, they were allies in Europe, against Russia, but they were competitors in Asia, and France in this period was extremely thorough, so as long as they were willing to spend money, they could do it.

"I do thank you for helping to rescue my father, but you didn't help in the first place, but after I helped you get the Jiangzhu Gang's cargo terminal, you felt that I was of great use. In other words, there is only a relationship of interest between us, you help me rescue my father, and I help you get the dock in Jiangning, which has already been cleared. There are several ways to make money in this world, you Western capitalism makes money with money, but in our East it is to use power to make money, I am an official of the Qing Dynasty, I have the right to open a bank, but you can't, I give you the opportunity to invest in my bank, it's just that you didn't seize the opportunity. With more hole cards, Li Weiguo is naturally confident.

This is charity, Chavez heard it, his face turned red, and he said unwillingly: "Aren't you going to ask for our British Empire's money printing technology?" ”

Li Weiguo smiled secretly, and the other party was obviously exhausted when he said this.

"If you can get your country's advanced money printing technology, it is naturally the best, if you can't get it, France's money printing technology is not bad, on the contrary, the French are not as conservative as you British, they are happy to cooperate with me."

Chavez finally relented and had to admire the shrewdness of the other party, the superb art of negotiation.

"I apologize to Your Excellency for my previous attitude, and I hope that Your Excellency will not remember the villain, so that I can go back and make a difference, and to be honest, only 5% of the shares will be obtained, and Sir Ling and Sir Wenham will shoot me in the head."

The corners of Li Weiguo's mouth raised, showing a victorious smile, and said: "I said that we have a cooperative relationship, as long as you can do me a small favor, I don't mind giving you 10% of the shares." ”

Chavez's eyes lit up suddenly, he knew that Li Weiguo accounted for 25% of the shares, and other businessmen could share up to 5% of the shares, and now Li Weiguo was willing to give him 10% of the shares, which was already a big concession compared to before.

But he quickly became nervous, because from Li Weiguo's smile, he saw a hint of cunning.

"W-what?"

"Don't be nervous, it's not difficult for you!" Li Weiguo smiled harmlessly and continued: "My bank is going to be located in Shanghai, but I am now a Chongming county magistrate, which is a little far away, so I want to change places and plan to become a Shanghai county magistrate, so that we are close to each other, and it is convenient to communicate with each other if there is anything." ”

What? Want to change places as a county magistrate? You clearly haven't even come down with the appointment letter of the Chongming County Order, and you want to change the Shanghai County Order? Do you think this is a play house, and you can change it when you say it? Also, is Chongming far away from Shanghai, isn't it just across half a river?

Chavez almost collapsed, not quite understanding Li Weiguo's conditions.

Only Li Weiguo himself knows this matter best, after he arrived in Shanghai, he inquired about the situation in Chongming County as soon as possible, and learned that Chongming County had just suffered a huge tidal flood on the Yangtze River, the embankments along the river were washed away, and hundreds of thousands of people were homeless, no wonder Lu Jianying's old fox would be so "kind" and "happy" to give Chongming County to Li Weiguo, relief to the victims, and post-disaster reconstruction seems to be able to improve political performance, but the slightest mistake will be cut off by the imperial court, Li Weiguo does not trust Lu Jianying at all, and immediately sniffs a trace of conspiracy.

As for why he chose Shanghai County, Li Weiguo's reason is very simple, the east is next to the concessions of Britain, France and the United States, and the deal with European and American countries can be reached smoothly, and the west will soon be the world of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Li Weiguo has already bowed to Su Sanlang, and he can also make a deal with the Taiping army, the north and south are the Cao Yun channel of the Qing court, when the Taiping army conquered Nanjing, the Qing court could only rely on local regiments to train their arms to resist the Taiping army, and the Qing court's southern money and grain all passed through Shanghai, if Li Weiguo became the county commander of Shanghai, It is equivalent to choking the lifeblood of the Qing court, and if you raise another army, you can cut the land and become the king, and the fourteen-year Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War is enough for Li Weiguo to lay a solid foundation for himself and become a prince who can sit on an equal footing with Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang.

Chavez didn't know that Li Weiguo's ambitions had swelled to this extent at this moment, he just wondered how the Qing government, although it was afraid of the British, would never allow the appointment of Qing officials to be interfered with by the British, so how could it help Li Weiguo become the county magistrate of Shanghai.

"I don't understand that."

Li Weiguo explained: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you go back and tell Sir Sù Bao Ling, he will definitely understand, as long as you help me with this, then I will agree to give you 10% of the shares, which will be beneficial to both of us." ”

Chavez said helplessly: "Okay, I will convey it truthfully." However, Sir Bao Ling had already gone to Hong Kong, and heard that the Bank of West India in Hong Kong had a banknote printing factory. ”

"That's right! It seems that Sir Bao Ling is still very trustworthy. Li Weiguo paused, guessing that Bao Ling was going to negotiate money printing equipment, so his eyes rolled, weighing the pros and cons in his heart, and then suddenly smiled: "Okay, I'll sign a contract with you first, Sir Bao Ling of the province is distracted and can't do things." ”

Chavez smiled bitterly, obviously the other party was a white wolf with empty gloves, and his own side paid money to others to help others, and in turn it seemed to be accepting alms from others.

What kind of world is this!

Chavez was indignant, but he had to show a happy expression and sign the contract.