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When Li Weiguo thought of Xiaodao's rebellion, he was immediately uneasy.

After all, Li Weiguo spent millions of taels of silver to purchase a large number of industrial machinery and equipment, and would buy land and factory buildings in Shanghai. Once the Shanghai county town is attacked or occupied by Xiaodao, it would be a huge loss. In particular, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's headquarters is in the county town of Shanghai, with three million pounds of original capital, plus the huge deposits of nearly 10 million taels of silver in gentry, merchants and people from all walks of life in Shanghai during this period, as well as RMB production and printing equipment that is enough to change the world's banknote pattern. The RMB banknotes that are waiting to be issued are printed for millions of yuan, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be occupied and plundered by Xiaodao.

Li Weiguo could not bear such huge losses, so he transferred 200 soldiers from Chongming County to strengthen the defense force of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank headquarters building, and on the other hand, he visited Liu Jianzhang, Susong Taidao, to remind him to strengthen the defense work in Shanghai County.

In Su Song Taidaofu Office, Li Weiguo found Liu Jianzhang and reminded him to guard against the Xiaodao Society.

In fact, Li Weiguo only remembered that Xiaodao would cooperate with the Taiping Army to rebel and conquer Shanghai, but the specific time was unclear, so he came to give Liu Jianzhang a vaccination and asked him to be more careful.

Of course, Liu Jianzhang knew the reputation of Xiaodao Club, so he was so scared that he hurriedly called his aide Liu He to inquire about the situation.

Liu He was the nephew of Liu Jianzhang and was quite talented. In the 28th year of Daoguang, he served as the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel. In the first year of Xianfeng, he was demoted to Lingnan and resigned from office. He came to Shanghai to assist his uncle Liu Jianzhang. He defeated Sushun many times. Lu Jianying and others conspired to frame Liu Jianzhang, which made Liu Jianzhang firmly sit in Susong Taidao for many years.

Seeing Liu Jianzhang and Li Weiguo asking about the Xiaodao Society, Liu He explained: "The Xiaodao Society was founded in the seventh year of Qianlong and was named after the use of Xiaodao in the congregation. Xiaodao Society was originally an anti-Qing and restoration organization. After being wiped out by the court, the remaining ones were merged into the Tiandihui Society. At first, it was a subordinate of Qingmutang, and later outside the five halls of the Tiandihui Society, he was directly ordered to be managed by the head of the Tiandihui Society."

Li Weiguo asked: "I wonder if Xiaodao will show signs of movement around Shanghai?"

Liu He shook his head and said, "I remember there were a few people in Sichuan and Jiading before, but they were very low-key and generally would not directly fight with the government. I have not committed any cases recently."

Liu Jianzhang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Li Weiguo and asked, "Why did you suddenly raise Xiaodaohui? He also said that they might rebel and attack my Shanghai county?"

Li Weiguo smiled bitterly. He couldn't say that I had traveled through time and knew that Xiaodao would rebel and conquer Shanghai, but he had no evidence. In fact, Li Weiguo had never seen the shadow of Xiaodao. If he hadn't suddenly remembered him when he talked to Zhang Xiaoliu yesterday, he wouldn't have been so vigilant.

So he replied: "One of my subordinates accidentally heard members of the Xiaodao Club talking about their cooperation with the Taiping Army to rebel, and then he would conquer Shanghai in one fell swoop."

Liu Jianzhang hurriedly asked, "Have your subordinate ever come together?"

Li Weiguo shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that my subordinate was accidentally exposed. He was chased by Xiaodao. He was seriously injured. He died after reporting the information to me."

Liu Jianzhang believed it, his face was heavy, and said, "It seems that Xiaodao will likely rebel!"

At this time, Liu He nodded and said, "Xiaodaohui is an anti-Qing and restoration organization. They have never given up rebellion and overthrow the Qing Dynasty. Now the Taiping Army is rebelling with great momentum. The war on the front line of Huguang is fierce. Hundreds of thousands of troops in the court have not stopped the Taiping Army. He heard that the Taiping Army has captured Changsha. Hunan Governor Zhang Liangji and Hunan Governor Zeng Guofan were defeated and fled, and lost Yuezhou. A few days ago, the Taiping Army's troops crossed Hunan and entered Hubei, pointing directly to Wuchang. In this way, the Taiping Army has become a climate. If the Tiandihui is still staying honestly at this time, it will not be the Tiandihui. Xiaodaohui wants to rebel, maybe it is one of the deployments of the entire Tiandihui. Uncle has to guard against it."

When Li Weiguo heard that the Taiping Army had captured Changsha, Zeng Guofan, who was guarding Changsha, was defeated, and he couldn't help but feel shocked.

Who is Zeng Guofan? Li Weiguo knew very well. He was a gravedigger of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. What's more, the Taiping Army did not capture Changsha in history, but instead suffered great energy because Xiao Chaogui died in Changsha. Now the Taiping Army has captured Changsha, the news is really amazing.

Li Weiguo knew in his heart that this must be the butterfly effect caused by his time travel. If Li Weiguo had not supported the Taiping Army with a large number of advanced Western muskets and artillery, the Taiping Army's original cold weapons would at most break through the siege of 100,000 Qing troops, and it would be impossible to defeat the 100,000 Qing troops in Yong'an. After entering Hunan, the Taiping Army would be exhausted without foreign guns and cannons and they would not be able to conquer the Jiancheng of Changsha.

Although some historical events have changed, the historical direction of the Taiping Army has not been affected yet. Judging from their attack on Wuchang, the strategic direction of the Taiping Army is still trying to enter the Yangtze River and then go east along the Yangtze River to attack Jiangning.

Li Weiguo was a little worried. He didn't know if the Taiping Army would attack Shanghai directly after the capture of Jiangning? You should know that Li Weiguo started to operate Shanghai as his own nest. If the Taiping Army directly attacked Shanghai after the capture of Jiangning, then Li Weiguo would never allow it. Maybe he would have to tear his last face and both sides would have a big fight.

This is not the result that Li Weiguo is expecting at the moment. He still needs to accumulate his own strength. His various factories are under construction and he does not want to be interrupted by the war. Once Li Weiguo's industrial base is completed and he has enough confidence and resources, he can let go of his hands and feet and do a big fight.

At this time, Liu Jianzhang's words interrupted Li Weiguo's thoughts, and he only heard him say: "Xiaodao will have to be guarded. Fortunately, the court has issued an edict allowing local officials at all levels to form a group training on their own and defend their territory to fight against Hong bandits. In addition, Liu Ye was promoted to Minister Wang, the head of the Military Affairs Office. The emperor ordered Liu Ye to be the general leader of the bandit suppression matters, and I also had to do my best."

Liu Jianzhang paused and continued, "Liu He, I appointed you as the Shanghai County Regiment Training Envoy. You should immediately start handling this matter and recruit soldiers on the spot. The military expenditure will be paid from Susongtai Road, Shanghai Road and Shanghai County Government. If it is not enough, let the gentry from all walks of life in Shanghai donate more, and first train 5,000 troops. In addition to the original 5,000 defenders in Shanghai, it is more than enough to defend the city. Even if Xiaodao rebels, it will be enough to destroy them."

Liu He immediately took the order and went down to do things when he saw that he had nothing to do.

Li Weiguo was also surprised. He had been waiting for the imperial edict that the court allowed local governments to build self-built teams, otherwise he would not have to hide the 3,000 new troops as disaster relief and security teams. Now with the imperial edict, Li Weiguo can form a gang training team in a legitimate manner and recruit soldiers.

After talking to Liu Jianzhang for a while, mentioning the appointment of Shanghai County Magistrate, Liu Jianzhang told him that he would come down to transfer the order soon, so that he could be patient and wait.

Li Weiguo knew that this matter was useless and could not help but remember that when Lu Jianying arranged the Chongming County Magistrate for him, the speed was very fast. Compared with the two, it was still possible to be an official in the court, and this principle was obvious.

However, Li Weiguo was also a little worried. Since he had completely broken up with Lu Jianying, would the powerful ministers Su Shun and others in the court let the post of Shanghai County Magistrate fall into Li Weiguo's hands?

Li Weiguo was a little suspicious, but he was not worried at all now. Even if Su obeyed and interfered, he had already thought of a countermeasure.

Isn’t this a Xiaodao? If it really doesn’t work, I will take the excuse of suppressing Xiaodao and occupy Shanghai County directly. Anyway, there is a temporary military control system in the war. As long as the Taiping Army is not destroyed in one day, Li Weiguo can occupy Shanghai without any hesitation.

However, when Li Weiguo heard that Yi Xin was promoted to the foreman of the Military Affairs Office, Minister Wang and was appointed as the "Commander-in-Chief" of the bandit suppression, he felt the butterfly effect again.

You should know that Yi Xin was still idle in history. It was not until the Taiping Army was about to reach the Forbidden City that Xianfeng re-activated Yi Xin and ordered Yi Xin to suppress bandits in Hebei. If Yi Xin had not destroyed the Northern Expedition Army of Taiping Army and made great contributions, Xianfeng would not have allowed him to enter the Military Affairs Office. Even so, he would have only been a Military Affairs Minister, which was very different from the current head of the Military Affairs Minister.

Now Yi Xin has been appointed as the "Commander-in-Chief of Bandit Suppression". On the surface, Li Weiguo knew that the Qing army could not defeat the Taiping Army at all, and Yi Xin would definitely be defeated. I am afraid that the "Commander-in-Chief of Bandit Suppression" would not be considered long-term.

Li Weiguo naturally would not tell Liu Jianzhang about these things, and he is just speculating now.

After saying goodbye to Liu Jianzhang, Li Weiguo returned directly to the headquarters building of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Li Weiguo immediately called Executive Director George to temporarily represent some less important daily affairs, while Li Weiguo was preparing to return to Chongming County because he was preparing to expand his army on a large scale.

As soon as he left the headquarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Li Weiguo suddenly felt someone peeking at him, turned his head suddenly and glanced over.

I saw a man hiding behind the wall at the corner of the street, poking his head out and looking at Li Weiguo secretly.

When the two of them looked at each other, they both noticed each other.

"Jiang Tao!" Li Weiguo blurted out and recognized that the other party was Jiang Tao, the former leader of the Jiangzhu Gang. Since Jiang Tao secretly planned to plot against Li Weiguo last time, he was attacked by the third undercover boss who was inserted into the Jiangzhu Gang by the Tiandihui Society. He seized Jiang Tao's Jiangzhu Gang. Jiang Tao himself was seriously injured and fell into the Yangtze River. He never thought that he had not died yet, but appeared in Shanghai again.

"Catch that person back!" Li Weiguo shouted loudly, pointed at Jiang Tao with his hand, and immediately a group of personal guards rushed over.

Jiang Tao was not Yi and he was not a person. He knew it was not good when he met Li Weiguo's eyes, so he ran away immediately.

Li Weiguo's men chased after him for several streets, but lost the person and came back dejectedly.

Since Jiang Tao is still alive, he suddenly secretly observes Li Weiguo. What does this mean? Li Weiguo can figure it out with his feet, which is probably not a good thing.

"Give orders and keep your guard up!"
Chapter completed!