Shanghai in the fifties of the nineteenth century was far from being as prosperous and desirable as that of later generations. It was not until the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that the national policy of killing the rich and helping the poor began to be implemented, which led tens of millions of people to flee, including all kinds of rich people, landlords, and giant businessmen, who fled to Shanghai with their families, most of them carrying huge sums of money, which made Shanghai gradually prosperous.

Li Weiguo is preparing for these upcoming events of the century, his Asian investment bank will be used to absorb the huge funds in the hands of these rich people, and the millions of refugees who will pour into Shanghai in large numbers in the future will provide him with huge population resources, and he will buy a large number of machines and equipment from abroad to build all kinds of factories, and he will get cheap labor from the refugees.

This is the best opportunity to develop and strengthen his strength, and Li Weiguo will naturally not give up.

However, the prerequisite for this qiē is that Li Weiguo can become the county magistrate of Shanghai, otherwise it will be in vain for him to do this qiē.

Fortunately, Liru Bank was disturbed by Li Weiguo, forcing the British privileged minister Bao Ling to temporarily abandon the decision to confront Li Weiguo, and instead feasted Li Weiguo in order to repair the relationship between the two sides.

Li Weiguo attended Bao Ling's banquet as agreed, and once again emphasized that he was willing to continue to cooperate with the British Legation, Bao Ling had a step down, with the previous lesson of Liru Bank, and knew Li Weiguo's strength, so in order to continue to cooperate with Li Weiguo, Bao Ling opened the door to Li Weiguo.

The most advanced banknote printing equipment in Britain that Bao Ling promised to Li Weiguo a few months ago has now arrived in the British Concession in Shanghai, and a total of three sets of money printing machine equipment were provided by the Oriental Bank of Hong Kong at a price of 300,000 taels of silver, and the shares of the Asian Investment Bank were used as a form of repayment.

Of course, these three sets of money printing machine equipment are all bare metal, the British government has strict control over the manufacture of banknotes, Oriental Bank will naturally not divulge the slightest core secret, about the pound of paper, ink, watermark three core technical information will never be given to Li Weiguo.

Li Weiguo also knew this very well, in fact, even if the British did not give him these three technical materials, he would be very clear as the world's top counterfeit banknote expert in later generations, and no one could even surpass Li Weiguo in this respect.

Bao Ling thought that Li Weiguo was unhappy, but found that people didn't care at all, and seemed to be confident, he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "It seems that I still underestimate this Chinese teenager!" In the future, we need to be more cautious and cautious, and this matter like Liru Bank must not appear a second time. ”

No matter what Bao Ling thinks in his heart, Li Weiguo is very happy anyway, the headquarters of the AIIB will be completed in a few months, and now Bao Ling has sent money printing equipment, as long as the first batch of purchased goods arrives in Shanghai in half a month, Li Weiguo will be able to start his great business of counterfeiting banknotes.

As for whether to forge the pound or the franc or the dollar first, it depends on Li Weiguo's mood.

The money printing machine equipment was originally a prerequisite for Bao Ling's shareholding in the AIIB, so Li Weiguo did not receive Bao Ling's favor.

Bao Ling also knew very well in his heart, so he next said that he would order British merchants to create disputes in the county seat of Shanghai, so as to force the Qing government to remove the current Shanghai county commander, and made it clear that he was happy to see Li Weiguo transferred to the Shanghai county commander.

But whether the Qing government will appoint Li Weiguo to serve as the county magistrate of Shanghai, this point of the order does not dare to pack the ticket, after all, the second opium war has not broken out yet, the Qing government has not been afraid of the British, and the British government at this moment is not qualified to interfere with the Qing government in appointing local officials.

Of course, even if Bao Ling could influence the Qing government's appointment of the Shanghai County Commander, he would not make a move, because in his heart, Bao Ling became more and more wary of Li Weiguo, and he had already realized that this young man could not be accused by him, so he really wanted to see Li Weiguo eat and hit a wall, thinking that only when Li Weiguo was desperate would he obey the will of the British Empire.

This is Bao Ling's careful opportunity, but what he doesn't know is that now Li Weiguo is no longer so lonely behind him, but has the backer of Su Song Taidao and Liu Jianzhang, who is regarded as a member of the Six Masters Party. As long as the British pull down the current Shanghai county magistrate, then Liu Jianzhang can transfer Li Weiguo to Shanghai County.

These are no longer the focus of Li Weiguo's concern, and he only hopes that the British side will send the arms he purchased to Chongming County as much as possible, so that his army can be familiar with Western firearms and become an army.

Bao Ling smiled: "I can help urge this, but I hope Master Li can also do us a favor!" ”

Li Weiguo said: "Your Excellency, please speak." ”

Bao Ling then said: "I want to know how powerful the Taiping Army is at the moment, and where are they fighting?" Will the war spread to Shanghai? ”

Originally, it was impossible for the British to know about the Taiping rebellion so early in history, after all, the British power at this time was limited to the area near the five treaty ports along the coast, and the Taiping army rebelled in the southern interior, and the Qing government was not a fool.

But history was instigated by Li Weiguo, a little butterfly, when Li Weiguo and Su Saburo inadvertently mentioned the Taiping rebellion in the conversation, John then reported the matter to the British Legation, which attracted great attention from the British, so Bao Ling asked Li Weiguo, after all, this matter was first said from Li Weiguo's mouth.

Li Weiguo didn't know why Bao Ling asked this, but he still tried very carefully: "Why does Your Excellency care about the Taiping Army?" They were nothing more than a mere rebellion. ”

"A mere rebellion?"

Sir Bao Ling frowned suddenly, and then said with a smile: "If it is really just a rebellion, Lord Li does not need to recruit new troops in Chongming County, buy enough weapons and equipment to equip an infantry regiment with us, don't tell you that the small city of Chongming County needs to be guarded by 4,000 troops!" We don't talk darkly, don't be sloppy with me, I want real information. ”

Li Weiguo was surprised in his heart, it seemed that Bao Ling made the old fox more and more worried about himself, and he actually planted eyeliner in Chongming County, keeping an eye on his every move.

This is not a good sign, so be vigilant.

Li Weiguo calculated in his heart, smiled on his face, and replied: "The rebels don't know what to do, and I don't know their scale at the moment, I only know that they are surrounded by 100,000 Qing troops in Yong'an County, and it is estimated that soon the Qing army will put down the rebellion." ”

Bao Ling asked, "Really? ”

Of course it's fake!

Li Weiguo smiled secretly in his heart, of course he knew that in a few months, the Taiping army would break through Yong'an, and when the time came, it would be out of control, destroy 100,000 Qing troops, Kewuchang, and then coerce a million peasant army down the east of the river to break through Jinling (Nanjing) City, sweeping through the eighteen provinces in one fell swoop, with great momentum.

So he said: "It's true, I have no reason to lie to you, right?" ”

Bao Ling stared at Li Weiguo for a long time, and thought to himself, is this Li Weiguo really only thirteen years old? How can you not tell the truth of his speech from the change in his expression at all, this kid is too old, and any mental activity is well hidden, not like a teenager at all.

"I hope so!"

Bao Ling nodded, always skeptical of Li Weiguo's words.

Li Weiguo took the opportunity and said: "I hope to be able to see my arms within a month!" ”

Bao Ling shook his head suddenly, and said in his heart: A month for you? You dream about it! I haven't settled accounts with you about Liru Bank being messed up by you, I want to get the arms as much as possible, no way, at least delay you for a month, otherwise how can I get this breath?

"Two months at the earliest!"

"Then it's decided, I'm going to see the arms in two months! I still have important business to attend to, so I will take my leave, and thank you for the banquet hosted by Your Excellency. ”

Li Weiguo didn't give Bao Ling a chance to explain, and immediately got up to say goodbye under the pretense that something was wrong.

Bao Ling sent Li Weiguo away, immediately regretted it, slapped himself in the mouth, and sighed: "Hey, the mouth is cheap!" Why do you want to give him arms for two months? We'll have to delay him for a few more months! ”

Li Weiguo sent someone to bring three sets of money printing machines back to the temporary trial opening of the AIIB shop, and after carefully inspecting it and confirming that the British had not done anything, he was immediately overjoyed.

"Haha, with this batch of money printing machine equipment, Lao Tzu's counterfeit banknote cause is finally about to begin!"

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