For a while, many people were discussing and watching, after all, the issue of the good treatment of the Protector Army in the estuary has spread all over the estuary city, and the treatment of being paid every month and having meat to eat is still very good.

"Brother, I want to be a soldier, look at them, they're so handsome." Standing on the side of the road, a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old looked at the marching Protector Army and said enviously to a young man in his twenties beside him.

The young man slapped him on the head, and said with some anger: "You still want to be a soldier, how old are you, can you carry their kind of weapons like this?" Two more years is about the same. As he spoke, he pointed to the Protector soldier who had just walked past them with a heavy machine gun.

Then he said with some expectation: "Your brother and I can try, just so that we can still have money to subsidize the family every month." ”

"Brother, who will take care of grandma when you leave?"

"Here you go"

"But I also want to be a soldier"

"You can't be it"

……

Such dialogue scenes took place in many places in Hekou County, and many ordinary people were paying attention to the Yunnan Protector Army, which they were not familiar with before.

On the side of the Protector Army, when the 101st Regiment all entered the city, it was followed by the artillery battalion directly under the 1st Division of the Protector Army, 5 75mm Krupp Mountain Cannons, 10 Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau rifled guns, and a total of 15 cannons were all pulled into the city.

When the 15 cannons were pulled in front of the crowd of onlookers, an exclamation sounded, many ordinary people in this era don't know what a cannon is, but looking at the heavy appearance, the thick barrel feels very powerful.

Some people with a little insight were even more shocked, these protectors who were only active in their small county town even had artillery, no wonder they would defeat the Qing army twice in a row, one was a battle to capture the estuary, and completely annihilated a thousand Qing troops defending the city at the estuary; The other time was the Battle of Nanxi, which crippled the Qing army of 5,000 new troops.

At the same time, with the large-scale operation of the First Division of the Protector Army, a small border town that was usually quiet and ordinary was completely disturbed, and many ordinary people living in the county town rushed to tell each other and watch the ceremony of the Protector Army's entry into the city.

There are also many people who have seen the posted announcements, and they all know that the Protector Army intends to hold a military parade in the afternoon, conscription, and requisition of the whole city to strengthen the city wall for compensation, etc., and they have gradually understood some of the purpose of the Protector Army, and know what this army does, but this purpose is only made up temporarily, and Huang Zhongting is not very clear, and it is completely up to Huang Zhongyuan and them to come up with it.

But for a while, the Yunnan Protector Army was in the limelight in Hekou County, and it was gradually becoming well-known to ordinary people in Hekou.

Walking in the middle of the road, the ordinary soldiers of the Protector Army can also see the people of Hekou County on both sides looking at and talking about them with shocked faces, many young people are very envious of them, at this moment they are very excited and proud, and they have secretly said in their hearts: "Mother, I am out, I participated in the anti-Qing Protector Army, there are like-minded comrades-in-arms, there are new and handsome military uniforms, there are kind and considerate commanders, and most importantly, there are many military salaries, I ......"

……

At three o'clock in the afternoon of July 18, 1908, Huang Zhongting and a group of high-ranking officers of the Yunnan Protector Army appeared on time on a temporary high platform in the Hekou garrison camp.

Huang Zhongting also explained to his father in advance the situation of the review of the troops, and planned to let Huang Mingtang say a few words first.

At this time, a vacant land not far from the barracks was already crowded with people, and many ordinary people in the county also rushed over to watch the parade of the Yunnan Protector Army.

Because there were too many people in the viewing area, Huang Zhongyuan had to transfer the guard company of the 1st Division to maintain order.

But no one noticed that there were two foreign faces in the crowd, and they were crowding directly in front of the crowd at the moment.

"I said Jacques, it's good that we're here this time, otherwise where would I get such a big news."

"Well, I'm really glad to listen to Mr. Fairman's suggestion to let us wait for news here at the mouth of the Chinese river, but I didn't expect to have big news just after we arrived."

The two Frenchmen squeezed forward and talked, both carrying large wooden boxes.

"By the way, Shaman, you said that we will wait to take some photos of their troops or their main commanders, will we be beaten, the Chinese are very conservative, many people do not let us take pictures, in case we are beaten, it will be uncomfortable." Jacques asked, a little scared.

"You can rest assured about this, Mr. Fairman has dealt with them, he won't do anything to us, and besides, we are French, do they dare to touch us casually?"

"Well, alas, there are so many people here, they're all about to squeeze me to death."

……

The two Frenchmen, who were the reporters of the French newspaper Le Figaro in Vietnam, were familiar with Feuermann, who was in charge of China's Yunnan province at the French Foreign Trade Corporation, and at Felman's suggestion, they were asked to go to the Yunnan estuary to collect some heavyweight news.

After all, the French newspaper Le Figaro is also world-renowned, and celebrities and politicians from all over the world like to read their "Le Figaro", but these need to be maintained by their reporters constantly collecting some heavyweight news.

At this time, on the high platform, Huang Mingtang, the nominal commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Protector Army, was ready to start speaking at this moment, Huang Mingtang looked at the more than ten neat military formations below, and sighed in his heart.

Alas, this revolution is not as good as his own son, which is a bit embarrassing. Then I thought about it, this is my son, and he is not an outsider, he is proud of his son, it seems that Lao Tzu will retire completely in the future, just to enjoy his old age.

Thinking of this, Huang Mingtang immediately raised his head, looked at the nearly four thousand soldiers of the Protector Army below, holding a loudspeaker similar to a loudspeaker that was transparent before and after, and said in a weak and hoarse voice but with great confidence: "From this moment on, I, Huang Mingtang, will step down from the post of commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Protector Army and appoint Huang Zhongting as the commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Protector Army." ”

After Huang Mingtang finished speaking, he paused and was quiet, mainly because the high platform was very quiet.

At this moment, Huang Zhongting was a little stunned, he told Huang Mingtang to let him speak when he inspected the troops, but this is not what he wants to talk about, just say a few words of official words, and he didn't let him announce his resignation as commander-in-chief as soon as he came.

Although he is only the nominal commander-in-chief, even if he can't control the Protector Army now, Huang Zhongting thinks that a nominal commander-in-chief can still comfort the heart of his somewhat sick old father.

At this moment, Huang Mingtang continued to the bottom: "I'm old and sick, and my body is broken, so I can't lead you to charge into battle, but I'm very happy now, and I'm very happy to see your neat appearance and high morale, and I'm also very relieved to see that there are successors, and it will be the world of your young people in the future, okay, I'll talk about it." ”

After finishing speaking, Huang Mingtang turned around very decisively, looked at Huang Zhongting, Huang Zhongyuan and others silently for a few seconds, nodded, and then immediately walked to the rear.

Huang Zhongting originally wanted to call his father, but when the words came to his lips, he looked at the back of the man who was walking forward silently, but he still didn't call out, but he was very moved in his heart.

Why are you so good to me, your military power was taken away by me, and now you have completely handed over the military power to me, but it makes me feel embarrassed, oops, okay, I raised you for the rest of your life, who made you my father, oh no, it's my father, cough cough.

Huang Zhongting and the others silently watched Huang Mingtang's figure walk away, until they couldn't see it, Huang Zhongting turned around, walked to the middle of the high platform, took the self-made loudspeaker from Cai Yi's hand, silently glanced at his soldiers, and glanced at the place where the local people gathered at the mouth of the river not far away.

Holding the megaphone, he said in a deep voice: "I am Huang Zhongting, I will follow the order of the former commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Protector Army, and officially take over the post of commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Protector Army from now on. Huang Zhongting looked like he had become rich.

Below, the locals of Hekou County watched the area, from Huang Zhongting said that he took over the post of commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Protector Army, this area is buzzing like a bull market, and some people think that the Protector Army is fooling around, what are you doing, really let a child command; But there are still some people who thought silently for a while, thinking that this kid must be unusual, otherwise why would he take only a few hundred people to fight the estuary before, and defeat the Qing court's 5,000 new troops with only a thousand people.

The Xu family and other people from the local Haoqiang family are very quiet, they are now specially isolated in a small area by the guard company of the first division, which is not so crowded, which can be regarded as comfortable.

At this moment, he silently listened to the arguments of the local ordinary people next to him, and scolded silently in his heart: "A group of people who have never seen the world don't know what it means to have people outside the sky. ”

"Child, have you ever seen a child robbed? You may have seen it, but have you ever seen a child who dared to rob all of us Haoqiang families? Oh yes, it's not once, it's once a month now, pay taxes. ”

The two French reporters who finally squeezed to the front of ordinary people were also stunned, and then almost jumped up excitedly, wow, big news, really big news, the Yunnan Protector Army turned out to be a young child leader, and defeated the Qing army twice, what does it mean, it shows that the Qing court is now weak and can't even beat a child, and it can be on the front page of the next entertainment news.

"Shaman, hurry up and set up your camera, take more photos of Huang Zhongting, and when I go back, I will tell the editor-in-chief to put him in the most conspicuous position in the entertainment version."

The two Frenchmen hurriedly began to prepare for the photoshoot.

"I just shuddered a little, after all, I've been promoted, I'm happy." Huang Zhongting said with a smile.

Many ordinary people and ordinary soldiers below also laughed when they heard this.

"But to get back to the point, the Protector Army, in order to protect the country and protect the people, the Qing court is corrupt and weak, and it can't protect the country, so I took you to the contrary, of course, this is a matter of consideration at my level, many of you also have backbone, and are willing to follow my Yunnan Protector Army, and some have no ideas, but I just think that my Protector Army is treated well. Either way, I'd love to welcome you all to join us......"

……

Huang Zhongting's speech lasted for half an hour, from the army to the people's livelihood, to the society, to the nation, to the country, there was nothing humorous, there was no big reason, ordinary, but everyone listened very carefully, as if they were enchanted, even the local people in Hekou, who originally thought that Huang Zhongting was just an ordinary child, have changed a little at this moment.

This kid has something.