In the 1850s, Shanghai was far less prosperous and desirable than later generations. It was not until the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regime that it began to implement the national policy of killing the rich and helping the poor, which led to tens of millions of people fleeing, including many rich people, landlords, and merchants. They all fled to Shanghai, most of whom carried 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 use it to absorb huge amounts of funds from these wealthy families. In the future, millions of refugees who pour into Shanghai will provide him with huge population resources. He purchases a large number of machinery and equipment from abroad to build various factories, and will get cheap labor from refugees.

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

However, the prerequisite for all this is that Li Weiguo can become the magistrate of Shanghai, otherwise he would have done all this in vain.

Fortunately, Liru Bank was ruined by Li Weiguo, forcing the British privileged minister Bao Ling to temporarily give up the decision to confront Li Weiguo and instead invite Li Weiguo to restorate the relationship between the two sides.

Li Weiguo attended Bao Ling's banquet as agreed and once again emphasized his willingness to continue to cooperate with the British Embassy. Bao Ling has a step forward and learned from Li Ru Bank's previous lessons. He knew Li Weiguo's strength, so in order to continue to cooperate with Li Weiguo, Bao Ling opened a convenient door for Li Weiguo.

The most advanced British money printing machine equipment that Bao Ling promised to Li Weiguo a few months ago has now arrived in the British Concession in Shanghai. There are a total of three sets of money printing machine equipment provided by the Hong Kong Oriental Bank of England for 300,000 taels of silver, and the settlement of shares in Asian Investment Bank was used as a repayment method.

Of course, these three sets of money printing machines are all bare metal. The British government has strict control over the manufacturing of paper money. Oriental Bank will naturally not disclose any core secrets. The three core technical information about pound paper, ink and watermark are definitely not given to Li Weiguo.

Li Weiguo also knew this. In fact, even if the British did not give him these three technical information, he was a top international fake banknote expert in later generations, and no one could surpass Li Weiguo in this regard.

Bao Ling thought Li Weiguo was unhappy, but found that he didn't care at all and seemed confident. He couldn't help but think in his heart: "It seems that I still underestimated this Chinese boy! You must be more cautious in your actions in the future. Things like Liru Bank will definitely not happen again."

No matter what Bao Ling thought, Li Weiguo was very happy anyway. In a few months, the headquarters of the AIIB will be completed. Now Bao Ling has sent the printing press equipment. As long as the first batch of purchased goods arrives in Shanghai in half a month, Li Weiguo can start his counterfeit money business.

As for whether to forge pounds, francs, or dollars first, it depends on Li Weiguo's mood.

The money printing machine equipment is a prerequisite for Bao Ling to acquire stake in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, so Li Weiguo did not receive Bao Ling's favor.

Bao Ling was also very clear in his heart, so he next stated that he would order British businessmen to create disputes in Shanghai county town to force the Qing government to remove his current position as Shanghai county magistrate, and clearly expressed his willingness to see Li Weiguo transferred to Shanghai county magistrate.

But I dare not guarantee whether the Qing government would appoint Li Weiguo as the county magistrate of Shanghai. After all, the Second Opium War has not yet broken out, and the Qing government has not been afraid of being beaten by Britain. At this moment, the British government is not qualified to interfere in the Qing government's appointment of local officials.

Of course, even if Bao Ling could affect the appointment of Shanghai County Magistrate of the Qing government, he would not take action, because from the bottom of his heart, Bao Ling was increasingly wary of Li Weiguo. He had already realized that this young man could not be controlled by him, so he really wanted to see Li Weiguo suffer a defeat and face a wall, believing that only when Li Weiguo was desperate would obey and obey the will of the British Empire.

This was Bao Ling's trick, but what he didn't know was that Li Weiguo is no longer so lonely now, but with the backer of Su Song Taidao Liu Jianzhang, he is regarded as a member of the Sixth Master Party. As long as the British pull the current Shanghai County Magistrate down, Liu Jianzhang can transfer Li Weiguo to Shanghai County.

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

Bao Ling smiled and said, "I can help urge this, but I hope Lord Li can also do us a favor!"

Li Weiguodao: "Please tell me, your lord."

Bao Ling then said: "I want to know how powerful the Taiping Army is currently, where have they fought? Will the war affect Shanghai?"

Originally, in history, the British could not have known about the Taiping Army rebellion so early. After all, at this time, the British power was limited to areas near the five coastal trading ports. The Taiping Army rebelled in the mainland of the south, and the Qing government was not a fool. In order to prevent foreigners from taking advantage of the situation, they naturally had to strictly block the news. This is also the real reason for the Taiping Army rebellion except Li Weiguo, except for Li Jiang, the entire Liangjiang and three provinces, including the governor of Liangjiang Lu Jianying, did not know the real reason for the Taiping Army rebellion.

But history was incited by Li Weiguo, the little butterfly. When Li Weiguo and Su Sanlang talked about the Taiping Army's rebellion, John then reported the matter to the British Embassy, ​​which attracted the attention of the British. Therefore, Bao Linghui asked Li Weiguo, after all, this matter was first spoken from Li Weiguo.

Li Weiguo didn't know why Bao Ling asked this, but he still carefully tempted: "Why do you care about the Taiping Army? They are just a mere rebellion."

"A mere rebellion?"

Sir Bao Ling frowned immediately and smiled and said, "If it was really just a mere rebellion, Lord Li would not need to recruit new troops in Chongming County. Buy us enough weapons and equipment to equip an infantry regiment. Don't tell you that the small town of Chaowan County in Chongming County needs 4,000 troops to guard! We are wise people, so don't be careless about me, I want real information."

Li Weiguo was surprised. It seemed that Bao Ling, the old fox, was becoming more and more worried about him. He actually put a spy in Chongming County and stared at his every move.

This is not a good phenomenon, be vigilant.

Li Weiguo thought about it, smiled and replied: "I don't know how to make a fuss. I don't know how to make a fuss. I don't know their size at the moment. I only know that they were surrounded by 100,000 Qing troops in Yong'an County. It is estimated that the Qing army will quell the rebellion soon."

Bao Ling asked, "Really?"

Of course it's fake!

Li Weiguo laughed in his heart. Of course, he knew that the Taiping Army would break through Yong'an in a few months. At that time, it would be out of control. He would destroy 100,000 Qing troops and conquer Wuchang. Then he would carry a million peasant army to go east and break through the city of Jinling (Nanjing) and sweep across the eighteen provinces in one fell swoop, with a huge momentum.

So he said, "Of course it's true, I have no reason to lie to you, right?"

Bao Ling stared at Li Weiguo for a long time, thinking to himself, is Li Weiguo really only thirteen years old? Why can't he tell the truth from his expression change? This kid is too old and hides any psychological activities well, not like a teenager at all.

"I hope so!"

Bao Ling nodded, always half-believing and half-doubting about Li Weiguo's words.

Li Weiguo took the opportunity and said, "I hope to see my arms within a month!"

Bao Ling shook his head and thought to himself: One month is for you? You dream! Liru Bank was ruined by you. I haven't settled the score with you yet. I want to get the arms as soon as possible. I have no way, at least I have to delay you for one more month, otherwise how can I speak out?

"At least two months!"

"Then I'll make a decision. I'll see the arms in two months! I have something to do. I'll say goodbye. Thank you for your banquet."

Li Weiguo did not give Bao Ling a chance to explain, and pretended that something was wrong, so he immediately stood up and said goodbye.

Bao Ling sent Li Weiguo away, and immediately regretted it. He slapped himself in the mouth and sighed: "Hey, you're so mean! Why do you have to say that you give him arms for two months? You have to delay him for a few more months!"

Li Weiguo sent people to bring three sets of money printing equipment back to the shop where the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank was temporarily trial operation. After checking carefully, he confirmed that the British were not doing anything, he was immediately overjoyed.
Chapter completed!