Because Li Yongji went his own way and walked as soon as he said, and because he was going to take an all-cavalry guard battalion with him, when he left Suzhou and arrived in Qingpu County, not to mention that the bureaucrats in Suzhou did not react, even the whole of Qingpu County did not react.

Although the people of Qingpu County did not react, the five-star red flag representing the Jingwu Army and the moon-white plum blossom flag representing Li Yongji are already famous all over the world.

Well, even if there will be someone counterfeiting this flag, but the whole army is riding a high-headed Yangma troops, and the entire Jiangnan region only has the elite army, so this is the only one, and he will definitely not admit his mistake.

What the? How do you see three miles away? Idiot, we can't see clearly, but there are people from the Li family's security camp in the city gate guards in Qingpu County, and there is a guy called a telescope in their hands, since they say that the young master is coming, they will definitely not be wrong.

Therefore, although Li Yongji came with his troops very suddenly this time, the defenders of the county town did not come behind closed doors as if they were facing a great enemy because they recognized the Jingwu army in advance, as they did the previous time, but sent people to clean up the pedestrians at the gate early, so as to facilitate Li Yongji's troops to enter the city.

In this way, when Li Yongji and the cavalry unit of the guard battalion had just come to stop the army one kilometer away from the city, the city gate of Qingpu County was still open and not closed.

At this moment, Li Yongji could clearly see through the telescope that a defender holding the traditional waist knife of the Qing army at the city gate was fiercely driving away the pedestrians and vendors near the city gate with its scabbard. It's okay for people to say that they will rush aside, but if there are still goods or business stalls, they will be forcibly moved away, in short, it will be a lot of chickens and dogs.

At the same time, a troop carrying Sharps rifles rushed out of the city gate, and after they ran out, they automatically divided into two rows at the gate, stood facing each other, and lined up to greet them, and isolated the chickens and dogs from the queue behind the human wall.

After seeing this, Li Yongji frowned, this behavior of the defenders was obviously to make a smooth passage for the city gate as soon as possible, but the behavior was too simple and rude.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Yongji understood that he came too fast, so that he did not give enough time for the pedestrian vendors at the city gate to evacuate themselves, and in order not to delay his own entry into the city, or purely to curry favor, the city gate defenders sent people to forcibly evacuate.

Although there is an element of their own group coming too quickly, the main thing is that the city gate defenders are too Meng Lang and too simple and rude. After all, in this case, once the defenders recognize their identity, they usually do not let those ordinary people at the city gate evacuate by themselves, but forcibly evacuate, as if this is not specifically to curry, it is the rule of this era, and it is not normal if you don't do this.

Not to mention anything else, you see the crowd that was driven to the side, there was not the slightest resentment on their faces, some only panic, and none of them argued loudly, all obediently kneeling to the side and bowing their heads deeply.

"It seems that you Qing people really love to kneel." At this time, Karlsson, who was also riding a horse and looking through a telescope, suddenly laughed and said, "If it were in Europe, this situation would be unthinkable." ”

"yes, that's making you laugh." Li Yongji, who put down the binoculars, said indifferently with an expressionless face.

"Not really." Karlsson also put down his binoculars and touched his newly cultivated goatee with his finger, "I've seen a lot of these things, and Indians are like this, and their obedience is even better than these Qing people." It seems to me that the more uncivilized the old empire, the more obedient the people become, and in fact the Turks are similar.

On the contrary, you, you are completely incompatible with the people of this Eastern Empire, more like us Westerners, it is hard to imagine that you were born in this empire that prides itself on obedience, and of course, your magical things that seem to be magical. So I thought, you must have had a Western teacher before, and there must have been a mysterious Westerner organization behind you to support you, right? ”

"People who are too curious usually don't live long." Li Yongji smiled this time, "When I want to sue you, I will naturally sue you, I don't want to say, it's useless for you to ask, if you ask too much, you will ask for trouble, why bother." ”

"Hahaha, interesting little one." Karlsson smiled again and stroked his beard, as if he was not worried at all, "Young child, you know, it is enough to say a threatening word once, and if you say too much, it will lose its effectiveness. I've been born and died for so long, do you really think that such a small threat can scare me? ”

"Huh." Li Yongji smiled, but didn't say anything more, because he knew that this old guy would definitely have something to wait for.

"I know that you have great ambitions and seem to have ideas to change this nation and country." Sure enough, Karlsson saw that Li Yongji was not open, so he couldn't help but continue to say, "Although I thought it was very difficult to achieve this qiē in the past, with your strength, it is indeed possible to make this qiē come true." When the time comes, once a civilized and modern China emerges, it will be a behemoth that will make the world tremble.

No way, you have too many people, too much territory, too many products, and a good location, which is different from Turkey and India. That's why I want to see this qiē with my own eyes, to see this greatest miracle of this century happen, and to leave a mark on this great miracle in my lifetime, not entirely because I am afraid of your threat, you know what I mean? ”

"Clearly, you hope to do a great job in this life, and you can leave a memorable footprint in history, right?" Li Yongji shook his head with a smile, "Don't worry, if you really help me, I won't let you down." ”

"I hope you do what you say." Karlsson pursed his lips and smiled, "By the way, I've been out with you for so long, I have to go back and see how my two baby daughters are doing, can you give me some vacation?" (For the question of Karlsson's daughter, see chapter 73.) ）

"Of course you can, but you also have to be conscious, let my people follow well, don't think about running. Don't think that if I say such a big thing, I will relax my control of you, you should know that this place cannot escape my grasp. To be honest, I'm having a good time with you, and I don't want to let this pleasure become unpleasant, I hope you continue to be smart and don't make mistakes. ”

After speaking, Li Yongji no longer paid attention to Karlsson, simply ordered the whole army to dismount, and sent one of his personal guards to enter the city alone to inform him first, while he led the army to continue to wait outside the city, so that the other party would have more time to react, so as not to go too early and cause more confusion to the other party.

That is, for more than half an hour, I saw the magistrate of Qingpu County hurriedly come out to greet him with a large number of unknown officials, and those people who were kneeling at the city gate before did not dare to get up from beginning to end, so they kept kneeling there.

After a little greeting with the old acquaintances of Qingpu County and Master Chen, Li Yongji got back on his horse, led the soldiers in a neat formation, opened the portable amplifier, and slowly walked through the city gate with the accompaniment of the march, and when he passed the city gate, he found that the people around him were kneeling on the ground, that is, even those soldiers began to kneel on one knee.

This was especially evident when he entered the city, when he saw people kneeling on both sides of the road. In this case, it should have been said hello in advance, otherwise it would not have been possible for so many people to come out and kneel on their knees.

Among them, most of those dressed like ordinary people are on their knees and burying their heads deeply; The soldiers standing guard on both sides all fell to one knee and bowed their heads at the same time; That's it, but Li Yongji also saw that there were even some scholars who looked like they were famous, and they were also kneeling to the side, looking down and not daring to look at themselves, but their heads were not buried as deeply as other civilians.

Seeing this situation, Li Yongji was slightly surprised, because the specific reference was that scholars could see the official without bowing, but he didn't expect to kneel to the side.

In fact, Li Yongji doesn't know that the so-called officials of the famous scholars do not worship, but also depend on the grade, such as Xiucai, you can not kneel when you see the county official, but if you see the prefect, you have to kneel, and you can not kneel when you see the prefect, but you must kneel when you see a higher level.

Now Li Yongji is already the governor of Jiangnan from Yipin, and this news may not be known in other distant places, but Qingpu County has known it for a long time. In the face of the first-class master, it seems that only a protégé of the Son of Heaven like Jinshi can not kneel, but that is only not to kneel, not to kneel.

There is also that there is no impermeable wall in the world, and what Li Yongji did before will be known to the people of Qingpu County, so he has always been known for protecting his shortcomings and being unreasonable in the vicinity.

Now everyone is kneeling to greet you, in this case, if you still rely on your meritorious reputation and don't kneel, it is obvious that you don't give him face, if you do this, in case the other party is angry, hated you, and found someone to kill you afterwards, it is really nowhere to reason, and even he himself does not have to hold a grudge, naturally there are N more villains to sue, and naturally there are N more villains to help the whole person, that is no way to seek justice.

In short, this situation of the whole city kneeling is not entirely because of Li Yongji's official position, but because of Li Yongji's previous reputation, coupled with the power of the elite army behind him, it is a situation of awe.

Reputation and status seem to be inconspicuous, but if they are combined with force, it will imperceptibly affect the people around them, not to mention these officers and soldiers and ordinary people, and even their relatives will be affected.

For example, when Li Yongji came to the county office, he saw that his father, mother, and brothers and sisters were all standing at the door of the county government to greet them, and behind them were his grandfather and other relatives who were slightly distant.

And when Li Yongji stopped the horse, his father actually took the lead in kneeling, which frightened Li Yongji, hurriedly jumped off the horse, and personally helped his parents, brothers, and sisters up.

Although he helped these people up as soon as he couped them, there was not much hindrance, but everyone had to be helped up by Li Yongji himself, or open his mouth to let them get up, and they dared to get up.

At this time, Li Yongji began to truly realize the class rigor of feudal society, and began to understand what the change in his status could bring to the people around him.

Indeed, in the country of the late Qing Dynasty, people generally worship authority and generally abide by a strict hierarchical order, at this time, if you talk to them about democracy and freedom, it is purely uncomfortable, even if you have the golden finger of the space-time trading system, if you play democracy and freedom during this period, it is definitely asking for trouble.

In the past, because Li Yongji has always had a relatively low status, he was born in the market, and during the military training period, because of secrecy, he was self-enclosed for a long time, a bit like a late Qing version of the otaku, so I don't know much about the universal values of the Qing Dynasty, or if I do, I don't know much, even in the face of those secular rules, I have been playing my own way.

At that time, the people around him were afraid of Li Yongji and Jingwujun, and they talked about staying away as much as possible.

But now that he has become famous in a war, the court officially appointed him as the governor of Jiangnan from Yipin, and he is rewarded with a single eye, which can be said to be a dynasty with power in hand, fame and fortune, the situation is completely different from the past, and everyone has another word of respect for him.

In the face of such a person, even if he is still a thirteen-year-old child, everyone at least on the surface, consciously and automatically bows their heads, even if they are relatives.

This feeling of being on top is so sweet that Li Yongji himself feels a little intoxicated, if he doesn't actually have the heart of a modern adult, he already has a relatively solidified three views, if it weren't for seeing his parents and relatives in his era also kneeling, some excessive impact on his original values, I'm afraid he would really be addicted, instead of self-alert.

Li Yongji, who woke up, often sighed to himself in the future, feeling that power is indeed the most irresistible aphrodisiac for men, compared with the monstrous power that makes the whole city kneel, all other money and beauty are scum. In other words, as long as men have power, money, and beauty, will they still be lacking?