British Concession, Barvis Optical Store.

Li Weiguo accompanied Shen Ziyan to check her eyesight and prepare a pair of suitable glasses.

Soon, the test results came out, and Li Weiguo was shocked.

"What? 1250 degrees! Is it so high? ”

Ba Weisi explained: "The specific test results are like this, but I just asked this young lady's parents that they are not myopia, which shows that her myopia is not genetic, it should be myopia caused by eye diseases." ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Weiguo was immediately silent, thinking that Shen Ziyan was crying because of him, and he was very upset in his heart.

"Can it be cured?" Li Weiguo asked.

Ba Wei thought for a while and said: "Non-hereditary myopia, below 1,000 degrees can be slowly corrected through guò myopia glasses, this young lady's myopia is more than 1,000 degrees, and it is impossible to correct it with glasses." ”

Li Weiguo suddenly thought that future generations could be cured of myopia by surgery through guò, and he didn't know if there was such a technique in this era, so he tentatively asked: "Is it possible to cure myopia through guò?" ”

Ba Weisi glanced at Li Weiguo with a little surprise, he was already surprised to see that Li Weiguo was just a Chinese teenager but could speak fluent English, and now he was even more shocked when he saw that the other party could think of surgery to treat his eyes.

"This young lady's myopia in both eyes is caused by excessive sadness, so that the blood vessels in the eyes are ruptured and blocked, and it can indeed be treated surgically, but I can't do this kind of surgery here, my skills are not superb enough, if my master will be fine."

Li Weiguo hurriedly asked, "Then where is your master?" ”

Ba Weisi knew what Li Weiguo meant, and shook his head directly: "I'm afraid I can't help you, my master is in the UK, he won't come here." ”

Li Weiguo asked again: "Are there any other ophthalmologists?" ”

"Ophthalmologist is an unpopular profession, and the ophthalmologists who can restore the sight of the eyes are the hands of God, and no more than five people except my master have this ability," said Ba Weisi. ”

Li Weiguo understands that there are very few people with myopia in this era, but he doesn't want to have myopia in the 21st century, and nine out of ten people in all kinds of study and work are suffering from myopia, and the streets are full of ophthalmologists and optical stores.

"Can you bring your master? Or bring in anyone you know who is in this capacity. Li Weiguo asked.

Ba Weisi smiled bitterly: "I want to disappoint you!" You see, I don't have a single customer in my optical store for a few months, and it's not as good as my optical store in the UK, and I regret coming to China now. To tell you the truth, I won't help you, because I'm going back to England soon, and I'm never going to come again. ”

Li Weiguo saw that Ba Weisi's expression did not seem to be fake, and thought to himself that money can make the grinding ghost, and the British love banknotes the most, so I don't believe that you are not moved.

"If you can get your master or any of the Hand of God doctors you say, and heal this young lady's eye, I promise to give you ten thousand pounds as a reward!"

10,000 pounds, which is a huge amount of money, you must know that Newton's annual salary is only 5,000 pounds, and 10,000 pounds is equivalent to Barvis's income in England for five years.

Ba Weisi's heart was shocked, and his expression suddenly hesitated, he wanted this money very much, because he had already lost his family in order to come to China to make money, and he urgently needed funds.

"This, Mr. Li, you know, my master is actually very busy, and those doctors who are known as the Hand of God only treat the British royal family and nobles, and their home visits are very expensive......"

Li Weiguo saw that Ba Weisi hesitated, and knew that the other party was already moved, so he took advantage of the situation and said: "Add another 10,000 pounds!" ”

Ba Weisi's throat was shaking, he kept swallowing his saliva, a little excited and nervous, and stumbled: "Even if I can invite them, but Britain is too far away from China, and it will take a year to go back and forth, you see I still have to take care of my shop......."

Li Weiguo glanced at Ba Weisi, knowing that the other party was deliberately asking for a price, so he pretended to be displeased and said: "Your broken shop can have an income of 500 pounds a year, and I will add 5,000 pounds to you as compensation." ”

Ba Weisi's eyebrows suddenly fluttered, but he acted as a preoccupation: "This ......"

"If you don't want to, forget it! If I go to someone else, I don't believe that 25,000 pounds will be asked for by anyone! Li Weiguo put down his words and turned around to leave, but Ba Weisi suddenly had a thrill and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Li Weiguo.

"Deal! Deal! ”

Ya, I have to force Lao Tzu to enlarge his tricks!

Li Weiguo smiled secretly in his heart, but his face was calm, he already knew that Ba Weisi agreed, so now Li Weiguo doesn't have to give the other party a good look, he instantly became Uncle Qian, Ba Wei thought that if he wanted to make his money, he had to pretend to be a grandson.

Sure enough, this time it was Ba Weisi's turn to nod to Li Weiguo, serving coffee and pouring water, just like serving his ancestors.

Next, Li Weiguo discussed with Ba Weisi, and finally decided to give Shen Ziyan a pair of glasses first, and then Ba Weisi would go to the UK to invite his master over.

Of course, Li Weiguo only gave Ba Weisi a deposit of 1,000 pounds, and as long as the other party wanted to get the remaining 24,000 pounds, he would definitely bring someone back.

Li Weiguo is not afraid that Ba Weisi will never return, because 25,000 pounds is enough to change the fate of a petty bourgeois businessman, and it is possible to push him into the middle class or even a big bourgeois businessman, so he is not afraid that Ba Weisi will not return.

When Shen Ziyan put on the 1,250-degree myopia glasses, Li Weiguo almost burst out laughing.

The spectacle lens was quite large, quite thick, more than twice as thick and more than twice as large as the spectacle lens of the same power in later generations.

Shen Ziyan originally had a standard oriental cherry face, with a small nose and a small mouth, after wearing this pair of glasses, half of her face was covered, the glasses were too heavy, and her nose turned red after a while.

"It's ugly to die, I don't bring it!" After Shen Ziyan looked in the mirror, she suddenly said angrily, and directly took off her glasses, still on the side.

Li Weiguo had no choice but to coax her, telling her that as long as she wore these glasses for a year, her eyesight might recover, and she would no longer need to wear glasses in the future.

Shen Ziyan couldn't understand English, so she didn't know the content of the conversation between Li Weiguo and Ba Weisi, she naturally believed Li Weiguo's words, although she was reluctant, she still put on glasses.

"Ugly!"

"Who said it was ugly, I said it was good-looking!"

"Really!"

"Hmm!"

"Do you like that?"

"Have you forgotten what I said? I like four-eyed sister paper, especially a beautiful girl like you, after wearing this pair of big glasses, it is simply cute to countless otaku! ”

"What is an otaku?"

“……”

Li Weiguo finally coaxed Shen Ziyan to put on his glasses and was about to leave, when Ba Weisi took out a pair of sunglasses and gave them to him as a gift.

Li Weiguo wanted to laugh when he saw this pair of sunglasses, because in the anti-Japanese TV series of later generations, most of the traitors wore this kind of round sunglasses, which almost became synonymous with traitors and traitors.

However, Li Weiguo accepted Ba Weisi's kindness, urged Ba Weisi to leave with Shen Ziyan and returned directly to Chongming County.

The affairs of Chongming County are all handled by Wu Yong, and since the defeat of Xiao Yang's forces, no one in Chongming County dares to oppose Li Weiguo.

After several months of resettlement, more than 100,000 victims have now returned to their homes one after another, and under the government's cash-for-work policy, they have rushed to complete the sowing of winter wheat.

Thanks to the four families of Su, Zhou, Zan and Yan, they donated all their own food stocks, and in addition to the large amount of grain obtained by Li Weiguo from the raids of Xiao, Huang and other landlords, as well as a batch of disaster relief grain allocated by Su Song Taidao, this was able to solve the problem of eating for the victims.

To this end, Li Weiguo fulfilled his promise and exempted the Su, Zhou, Zan and Yan families from paying taxes for three years, and gave most of the business opportunities in Chongming County to the four of them, so that both sides could get what they needed and enjoy themselves.

Of course, Li Weiguo's own credit is the greatest, first of all, he implemented the cash-for-work and recruited 4,000 soldiers, and then the AIIB started construction at the construction site in Jiangwan, Shanghai, and more than 100,000 victims of the disaster were given job opportunities and could support their families.

Li Weiguo found Wu Yong and informed him that the imperial court allowed local governments to form their own regimental exercises.

Wu Yong knew why Li Weiguo was happy, and he was also very happy, knowing that Li Jiajun finally didn't have to hide and tucked in, and could justifiably become a regular army recognized by the imperial court.

However, Wu Yong sighed: "The Yellow Turban turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Han court delegated real power to various local officials, and finally led to the chaos of the Three Kingdoms. The troubled times have come, and the Qing Dynasty will be finished in less than thirty or fifty years, and it is the time for adults to make contributions. ”

Li Weiguo looked at Wu Yong in surprise, he never thought that he would have such knowledge, it was simply a fight with Zeng Guofan.

So he said: "You're right, now is an eventful time, how many soldiers and guns in your hands will be how much official you will get in the future." Once the Taiping army captured Wuchang, it would advance eastward along the Yangtze River and threaten Jiangning, and the Xiaodaohui in Shanghai would not be stable, and a major war would soon break out, so I decided to expand the armament war. ”

Wu Yong agreed: "It is imperative to expand armaments and war, and the source of troops is not a problem. The adult has a very high reputation in Chongming County, and only recruited 4,000 people last time, but tens of thousands of people were lost, and now they are just recruited in, but in terms of armament, the adults have to come forward to mediate with the foreigners. ”

"It's nature!" Li Weiguo nodded and said: "Once the Taiping army enters the Yangtze River and enters Shanghai, the powers of all countries will not be able to sit still, and it will be much easier for me to buy arms with them, after all, I want to defend Shanghai, which is exactly what they want, and there is money to be made, why not do it." ”

Li Weiguo paused, and said with a little worry: "However, our army has just become a formidation, so we should avoid fighting head-on with the Taiping army as much as possible!" ”

Wu Yong shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's impossible!" ”

Seeing Li Weiguo looking at Wu Yong puzzled, Wu Yong smiled and said, "The adult has completely torn his face with Lu Jianying, how can the old man give up?" The adult has 4,000 heavy troops in Chongming County, and Lu Jianying, as the governor of Liangjiang, how can he have no idea, either to seize the power of the adult's army, or let the adult be cannon fodder. ”

Li Weiguo gasped, if it weren't for Wu Yong's reminder, Li Weiguo probably wouldn't have thought of this, it seems that although the traverser has an advantage, the localist faction is also indispensable, and it seems really wise to take Wu Yong for his own use at the beginning.

"In your opinion, how should I respond?"

Old God Wu Yong smiled and said: "This kind of thing is almost incomprehensible, but if I were an adult, I would expand the army crazily, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in my hands, and I would scare Lu Jianying to death, and I was afraid that he would dare to touch you?" It's a blessing that you don't take the opportunity to kill him! ”

Li Weiguo's eyes suddenly lit up, he now has a lot of silver in his hands, and the shareholders of the AIIB board of directors have approved him, so the AIIB's funds are also easy to mobilize and can be used to recruit troops.

Moreover, Li Weiguo is really thinking about how to kill Lu Jianying and the others in his heart, the Taiping Army rebelled, and Lu Jianying may use it to deal with Li Weiguo, but isn't this also an opportunity for Li Weiguo to take revenge?

"It's inevitable that there will be a lot of dreams at night, let's do it quickly!"

After Li Weiguo discussed with Wu Yong, he immediately took action, and the government immediately posted a conscription notice, calling on young people to join the army.

I have to say that Li Weiguo's appeal is still very strong, at least in Chongming County, with unparalleled prestige and advantages, and he quickly recruited 10,000 young people.