1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 103 [Calendar]

Continue to be a joke on a rainy day: "So we should prevent Mexico from losing the war?"

"No, we can't do that," said Horse Whistle. "Mexico can't beat America."

"Only in terms of population, the United States is more than twice that of Mexico, and the economic and military gap is huge. And the government, the political situation in Mexico is turbulent, changing the president every three days, and the authority is weak. In contrast, Polk is a strong And hardworking people."

The current president of the United States, James Knox Polk, is the first dark horse president in the history of the United States. He suddenly entered the White House halfway through the election.

Although he is the same dark horse president as Wang Wang, the abilities of the two cannot be compared.

Polk is the hardest-working president in American history, working eighteen hours a day without any recreational activities, burning the ointment for four consecutive years.

He is not only diligent, but also capable. During his term of office, he expanded his territory, reorganized his finances, and fulfilled all his campaign promises in one term.

Then he died of illness.

Of course, in fact, if Polk continues to work, the future of the United States and Polk's own evaluation are hard to say.

Because Polk was a supporter of slavery, and his attitude was firm. In fact, he was a slave owner himself.Against the background of intensifying conflicts between the North and the South, it is hard to predict what direction a US president who is strong and firmly supports slavery will take the United States.

"The United States itself is stronger, and with a strong president, it is almost impossible for Mexico to come back. At most two years, that is, by 1848, Mexico will collapse thousands of miles south."

Said the horse whistle.

"Even if some unexpected event happened to bring Mexico back, the United States is capable of launching a second war on a larger scale... and as the war continues and expands, the influence of accidental factors will become smaller and smaller, and the gap in national strength will overwhelm everything."

Standing Wolf asks, "Should we just remain neutral and watch the U.S. replace Mexico in the Southwest?"

Horse Whistle: "Not all problems have solutions. For example, if a person is bitten by a poisonous snake and ten rattlesnakes inject venom into his body, if he asks me: Can I just watch myself die from poison? will answer him: yes."

"..." There was a silence in the room.

Ma Shao continued: "When encountering any problem, we should not acquiesce that it has a perfect solution. Otherwise, we will fall into the swamp of thinking. I sometimes make this kind of mistake. I hope everyone can be vigilant."

Feeling that the groundwork is almost done, he changed the topic: "Of course, we can't do nothing about the US-Mexico War."

With the current prestige of the horse whistle, it is entirely possible to give orders directly without having to play around.

But he doesn't like to give orders directly, he prefers to reason, which is his instinct as an excellent teacher.

And he understands that authority is actually a limited resource, not something that can be squandered at will.

"Although we can't change the outcome of the war, we can influence the course of the war." Horse Whistle continued, "The Mexicans will definitely lose, and the Americans can't win easily."

"What should we do?" He continued to be a joke in the rainy day, but his mind was not on the meeting, but on taking notes.

He often recorded the stories and opinions told by the horse post, and then compiled them into articles and added them to the "Lingyu".For example, the sniper story Ma Shao told just now, and the metaphor of poisoning, he thinks they are all very good materials.

Horse whistle: "We can mass-produce new pistols and sell them to both sides of the war, mainly to the Mexicans. This will not only increase the casualties of the whites, but also earn money for us."

"The money gain is still secondary. If we operate properly, we can also harvest some more precious things."

The prairie wolf raised his hand hesitantly. As a soldier, he was more used to raising his hand first or shouting a report.

"Let's talk." The horse whistle looked at him.

The coyote asked: "In this case, our new pistols should be in the hands of white people? I mean, they will imitate them."

"Of course." Horse Whistle nodded, "But it's not a big deal. Although our current pistols are more advanced than the whites, there is no essential gap. They can immediately make corresponding improvements as long as they have a little contact. This advantage We couldn't have kept it up for long."

"The Mexican-American War is a good time, at least we can actively use it to make a fortune. More importantly, Browning and I will design many weapons in the future."

"... Do you have any other ideas?" Ma Whistle looked around.

Lushou obviously had a lot to say, and his expression had already started to fluctuate: "I have a few questions."

"what is the problem?"

Lu Shou: "First of all, why do we use the white people's calendar? What 1845, 1848, why not use the traditional Apache calendar?"

Ma Shao didn't expect him to ask this.

The wind answered the question for the whistle: "Because the white man's calendar is more accurate than ours."

Lu Shou was both disdainful and dissatisfied: "You say white people's things are better?"

"Of course." People said one after another, "Lu Shou, you must not have read "Lingyu" seriously. "Hao Xue Pian" talks about learning with humility, especially learning from the enemy."

"The great chief said that the science and technology of the white people is something we must study hard."

"Hmph, it's not just that he didn't read "Lingyu" seriously, I don't think he even knows a few words!" The vertical wolf seemed to have a strong dissatisfaction with Lushou, "How can an illiterate person appear in the discussion?" At the meeting!"

Lu Shou was a little flustered: "I, I can read!"

The vertical wolf asked: "How many characters do you know? Can you read "Hao Xue Pian" through?"

"I..." Lushou blushed.

Seeing that everyone was going to attack the deer hand, Ma Shao said: "Okay, don't say anything."

The crowd quieted down.

Ma Shao continued: "Compared with the white people's calendar, our traditional calendar does have many problems. Of course, the white people's calendar is not without flaws, and we can design a more perfect calendar, but we just use it to record It’s just time, there’s no need for it.”

He added: "At least for the time being, there is no need for this."

In fact, Ma Shao doesn't like the Yeli calendar either. If the conditions are right, he is very happy to use the new calendar to ban the Yeli calendar.

However, he feels that this day should not be seen in his lifetime, because in his opinion, the banning of the calendar is basically the work of the world government.

At the very least, this is also the job of the next celestial kingdom after Western civilization.

He is willing and hopes that in the future, there will be a country that designs a new, more scientific and secular calendar to drive the Yeri calendar off the stage of history.

The horse whistle ended the topic, looked at the deer hand: "What are your other questions?"

(End of this chapter)