1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 101 [Assimilation]

After the military training is over, at night, the soldiers still have cultural lessons to attend, and the main lecturers for the soldiers are war shamans.

Every hundred has two war shamans, they are not only teachers, but also military doctors, and also missionaries of Spiritual Sect.

"Lingyu" is something they always carry. A thin book of less than [-] words can be easily carried in their arms, and then read and preached at any time. This is their teaching material and their spirit food.

In fact, many people can't get enough of this book, not just shamans, but anyone who can read it fluently.

Not only because of the ideas it expounds, but more importantly, a series of stories it tells.

Mashao introduced a concept similar to "parallel worlds" into the world view of Lingyujiao, and based on this, he grafted many classic stories from later generations.

For example, fans of "Let the Bullets Fly", such as the novel "The Wandering Earth"...Of course, he definitely didn't copy it directly, but adapted it and then wrote it into the scriptures, otherwise it would be too inconsistent.

In addition to the stories, there are also some meaningful jokes in the book, such as "Yes, Minister" and "Soviet Jokes".

With these contents, even those who have no interest in religion or science will read the "Lingyu" with gusto.

And for those who are eager to learn, the connotation of "Lingyu" is even richer.

Not to mention basic scientific knowledge.

The most frenzied thing is that there is also a chapter in the book called "Holy Questions", which contains some unsolvable problems raised by Ma Shao, mainly mathematical problems, such as: Goldbach's conjecture, Riemann's conjecture, twin prime numbers Conjecture, four-color conjecture...

That's right, the horse whistle is copying Hilbert's 23 questions!
Of course, he didn't copy them all, and it's not appropriate to raise some advanced conjectures now.

Goldbach guessed that this kind of conjecture that has already appeared, he also wrote it, but added the sentence "I heard" in front of it.

In addition to mathematics, there are also problems of materialization, biology, politics, history and geography, all of which are of a similar level. Many of them will not be solved by anyone in the 21st century.

In this way, Ma Shuo raised 36 problems and claimed that anyone who solved one would be willing to be called a teacher-sincerely.

At present, there is already an English version of "Lingyu", which is gradually spreading in Clark Town, but there are not enough powerful characters to fully understand "Sacred Questions".

Not to mention a small town, looking at the whole world, there are very few people who can fully understand the meaning of these 36 difficult questions.

As for the solution, it is even more impossible.

It is completely conceivable how a top scientist would feel when he read the "Holy Questions".

War shamans wield the oracle and spread ideas among the army.

Other shamans are doing similar work, such as two shamans at the Clark Township Clinic and the public elementary school.

Another example is that more than 900 captives are also accepting the teachings of shamans in addition to undergoing labor reform.

Prisoners' reformation camp.

More than 900 captives gathered around several bonfires and listened to the shaman tell them the "Lingyan", and many of them were fascinated.

It's getting late.

"This is the end of tonight's compulsory course." The shamans said, "Next is the elective course. Those who don't want to learn can take a rest."

Most of the prisoners dispersed one after another and went back to their rooms to rest.It's not that they don't want to attend classes, but time doesn't allow them.

If they choose to take elective courses, they will definitely not have enough sleep time, and they still have to work during the day. In order to avoid being punished, they can only go to bed early.

There are also a small number of people who choose to take elective courses, only a few dozen people.

The overseer ordered them to gather the few bleak bonfires and rekindle a large, vigorous bonfire so that the lesson could continue.

They scooped up the firewood with a shovel and moved it to the same place, talking with the people around them from time to time.

"Hawkeye, why are you taking elective courses?" An Arapaho man looked at his young companion who was shoveling wood.

"I figured it out," Hawkeye said.

"What figured it out?"

"A lot." Hawkeye lowered his head in silence for a few seconds, and then continued, "First of all, I decided to learn the language and characters of Apache as soon as possible, at least like you, thick smoke."

The Arapaho known as Smoke smiled: "I don't even know Apache."

Hawkeye: "You have a thousand vocabulary, your salary is doubled, you can work two hours less every day, you can have one day off every week, and your sentence is only four years."

"I have some foundation." Nong Yan said, "Thanks to my second wife, she is a woman my uncle snatched from Apache."

Then he changed the topic: "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get up tomorrow morning when you are taking elective courses? Or dozing off while working."

Hawkeye: "So what, it's nothing more than being scolded, wages deducted, at most leapfrog, push-ups. Even if I deduct all my salary this month, as long as I can pass the next month's exam, my salary will double, and soon earned it back."

"Indeed." Nongyan nodded.

"And..." Hawkeye hesitated for a while, "And I think there is nothing wrong with learning the Apache language. At least, the Apaches in Sleeping Bear City are so different. They are warm, kind, and intelligent. We were treated captives with a lot of rules and ethics unlike anyone I've ever met."

Dense Smoke didn't speak for a moment, shoveled the last burning wood onto the campfire, handed over the shovel, and sat down around the campfire.

"Actually, it's far more than being different." He finally said, "If you listen to some shaman lessons, or even read a part of the "Lingyu", you can feel that the crow's words are definitely not empty words."

"you mean……"

Dense Smoke sighed: "Apache's son of the sky will surely impress everyone. A year ago, when the crow said this, I didn't believe it, but now, I may understand the meaning of this sentence better than the crow."

"I've seen our future," he said slowly. "We're all going to be Apaches."

……

Last day of June.

Horse Whistle was wearing a cowhide coat and was sitting in the chief hall reading a newspaper.

Compared with the beginning, he now buys more diverse newspapers, no longer just the three most famous ones, but also many lesser-known newspapers, as well as some books.

So he can get more information.

However, there are also some information that have nothing to do with the number of newspapers, such as the one he read now.

"Mexico's foreign ministry says it refuses to meet with U.S. special envoy John Slidell and rejects all negotiations."

There was also a comment in the paper: "The fragile Herrera government is afraid to meet with Slidell. President Herrera knows that as long as he negotiates with the United States, even if it is just to discuss what to have for lunch, he will be judged by the domestic government. Dissatisfied and kicked out of the presidential palace..."

Ma Shao watched the news, thought for a while, and finally found Rainy Day: "It's time to talk about the Mexican issue, we have to have a meeting."

(End of this chapter)