1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 117 [Parole]

Labor reform camp.

Compared with the original simple wooden sheds, the living conditions of the reform-through-labour prisoners have been greatly improved. The sheds have walls, and a lot of dormitories have also been built. Each dormitory usually has eight to sixteen beds.

After the outbreak of the epidemic, due to the need for isolation, the per capita living space of prisoners has become larger.

But most people still live in wooden sheds, and living in dormitories is only the privilege of a few prisoners.

For example, Owl, as the former Comanche chief and an elder, he is one of the prisoners who can live in the dormitory.

The horse whistle followed the blind shot into the labor camp and went to the owl's dormitory.

Due to the epidemic and the temperature, the prisoners are relatively free recently and spend more time learning Apache.

When the horse whistle saw the owl, several prisoners in the dormitory were learning the Apache language with a shaman, and of course they were also receiving missions.

In fact, although most of the prisoners are not proficient in the Apache language, they believe in religion to some extent, at least they will believe in the wonderful stories in "The Oracle".

"Great chief." Seeing the horse whistle coming in, several prisoners stood up and spoke Apache carefully.

Horse whistle nodded: "Except for the owl, you all go out first."

After everyone else had left, only he, Owl, and Blind Shooter were left in the room, and he asked, "What's the important thing for me? Sit down and talk."

Owl sat down cautiously, with a hint of hesitation on his face, and finally said: "It's... about the deer hand."

"Deer hand?" Ma Shao frowned slightly.

Owl nodded and swallowed: "Not long ago, the deer hand found me, he...he hoped that I could encourage the prisoners to riot, and then he took the opportunity to control Sleeping Bear City."

Ma Shao's expression seemed calm: "How did you respond to him at that time?"

"I, I said to think about it." Owl seemed a little guilty, and then said, "Actually, I was just perfunctory. I never thought of agreeing, so I decided to tell you about it."

The horse whistle stared at him, and after a moment of silence, he said, "You made a wise decision. It is impossible for the deer hand to control Sleeping Bear City. Even if he kills me, Sleeping Bear will not belong to him."

After the epidemic, Ma Shao believes that Sleeping Bear has the ability to grow by itself.Even without his guidance, Sleeping Bear's future would probably not be as miserable as that of most Indians in the original history.

At least, with Lu Shou's ability, he is not qualified to interrupt the development of Sleeping Bear.

The owl smiled embarrassingly, but said nothing.

Horse Whistle thought for a while, then looked at the blind shot: "How are the prisoners doing recently?"

Blind shot: "Because of the isolation, the prisoners have more time to study, and their Apache language level has improved rapidly. And just like the tribesmen, they are also very satisfied with the results of the epidemic prevention, even unbelievable .”

Ma Shao nodded slightly: "In this case, we will start to implement the 'parole system' in the future."

"The parole system?" Owl wondered.

Ma Shao explained: "The parole system is to allow you to restore your freedom conditionally. After the epidemic is over, prisoners with more than [-] Apache vocabulary can be released on parole as long as they can move their families to Sleeping Bear City."

"During the parole period, the prisoner can move freely in the city, but he still has to accept a certain degree of management and supervision. This is also a kind of sentence. After the sentence is over, you can be free and become official residents of Sleeping Bear City."

Through the high-intensity land reclamation over the past six months, Sleeping Bear City's arable land area has grown extremely fast, and the farmers' farming techniques have also improved a lot.

This year's food supply will be quite loose, so Ma Shao believes that it is possible to continue to absorb the population on a large scale.

And if you want to absorb a large number of people, the most convenient way is naturally to start with these more than 900 captives.

There are at least 3000 to 3000 of their relatives. If these 7000 people are included in Sleeping Bear City, the population of the tribe will exceed [-], making it one of the largest cities in the Midwest.

The tribe can then consider building a second city.

Of course, before that, Horse Whistle needs to solve the current trouble.

He recruited soldiers: "Inform all members of parliament to hold a meeting in the Hall of the Chiefs before eight o'clock tonight to discuss the epidemic."

"Yes." The soldier replied, then turned and left.

After a while, dozens of congressmen came to the chief's hall one after another, and they all wore masks.

After everyone arrived, Ma Wiao started with some innocuous words.

Then he changed the subject: "...Also, there is one more important thing to say today. Bring people in."

As soon as the words fell, the sleepy man and a few soldiers came in from the door with the owl.

Seeing the sudden appearance of the owl, the pupils of Lushou who was sitting on the seat shrank suddenly, flashing a look of shock and anger.

The owl didn't dare to look at him, and lowered its head: "The chief --"

Before he finished speaking, at this moment, the deer's hand suddenly jumped up, holding a dagger and stabbing the owl's neck.

Lushou is also an excellent fighter, he can easily deal with ordinary people, let alone an old man named Owl.

But the sleepy man was standing next to the owl. He had quick eyesight and quick hands, and he reacted immediately!
Seeing that the dagger was about to stab the owl's neck, in a blink of an eye, the sleepy man grabbed Deer's wrist and snapped it off!
"Crack!"

Lu Shou couldn't help but let out a scream, and the dagger fell to the ground with a "clang".

Immediately afterwards, the sleepy man pushed him to the ground and shouted, "Don't move!"

There was a commotion in the room, and everyone couldn't help getting up and moving away from Lushou.

"What's going on here?" Many people still don't know the situation.

The owl was still in shock, looking pale at the deer's hand that was pressed to the ground, and staggered back a few steps. Fortunately, the soldier next to him gave him a hand.

Horse Whistle was also a little surprised, but he calmed down quickly: "Deer Hand, it seems that you can't wait to confess your guilt...Owl, tell me everything you know."

"Yes, Great Chief." Owl straightened up tremblingly, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Then he told all about Lushou's secret contact with him.

Lu Shou was furious: "This old bastard who broke his promise, I will kill you!"

The owl said: "I never planned to agree to you, but you are overthinking your abilities and wanting to challenge the chief of the horse whistle!"

"Hmph!" Lushou was panting, and taunted coldly, "The Great Chief of the Horse Whistle? 'A stinky boy with no hair on his head', you told me this yourself, why now he has become the 'Great Horse Whistle Chief' gone?"

"You're talking nonsense!" The owl's expression changed, "I never said such a thing!"

The horse whistle raised his hand: "Okay."

The hair is not fully grown. This description is a bit strange for Indians.

As the race with the least body hair, the Indians don't have much hair. Most of them don't have chest hair or armpit hair. White tigers are common below them... Maybe it's more accurate to call them "yellow tigers".

He looked at Lushou and said slowly: "The facts are clear and the evidence is solid. Lushou, you attempted to kill someone and plotted to split the tribe. You should be executed by shooting. What else do you want to say?"

Sleeping Bear City's current laws are relatively simple, there are not many crimes, and there are not many punishments. All crimes of a bad nature will be shot, which saves judicial costs.

"If you want to kill, kill!" Lu Shou snorted, not intending to argue.

However, a congressman stood up and said, "Chief, Lushou was the former war chief of the tribe. He has made outstanding achievements in battle and is an outstanding fighter... I think it is better not to execute him by shooting. It is better to let him undergo labor reform. I believe he will It will be rehabilitated."

(End of this chapter)