1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 123 [Unit price fifty dollars]

"That's right," said the horse whistle. "The Plains Tribes will not participate in this war, and we cannot influence the outcome. We will not attack the Mexicans, and we will not attack the Americans either."

General Carney stared at him and asked again: "So what do you think the outcome of the war will be?"

Ma Shuo smiled slightly: "Of course the righteous side defeats the evil side, and the counterattack side defeats the aggressive side."

Carney pondered for a moment: "Of course you can remain neutral, but I have to say that your integrity has always been questionable—you don't have the spirit of a contract, at least traditionally."

"We just don't have a contract." Ma Shao said, "Any fair and effective contract must be at least in duplicate. However, in the past, we didn't have our own words, so we couldn't sign a contract."

Carney was slightly taken aback: "You mean, you have text now?"

"Yes." Horse Whistle nodded, "If you are worried about our neutral attitude, we can sign a neutrality contract right now. How about it, General Carney?"

"Yes." General Carney replied, he actually wanted to see what Apache's writing looked like.

Ma Shao took out the two paper contracts that he had prepared earlier and handed them to Carney: "This is the contract we wrote in advance. The content is very simple. Take a look."

Carney took the contract and looked at the English on it.

The content is really simple, just a few words.It roughly means that in this war between the United States and Mexico, the Apache Plains tribe will remain neutral throughout the entire process and will not attack either side.And Fort Leavenworth will also respect the plains tribe as a neutral party and will not attack the neutral party.

"I can't read your writing, even though it's made up of letters," said General Carney.

"Apache script is a phonetic script, and the phonetic rules are similar to English." Ma Shao said, "As long as you know Apache, it is not difficult to understand our script."

Close to English pronunciation, this is one of the principles of the design of the Chinese Pinyin scheme.

General Carney thought for a moment, then turned his head and said, "Ask for an interpreter."

A translator who understands Apache quickly ran over, and Ma Wiao slowly read the content of the contract for him in Apache, and then said: "I believe you already know that the Apache words corresponding to these letter combinations are What are they?"

"That's right." The translator nodded, "It's really not difficult to distinguish, the pronunciation rules are very close to English."

General Carney asked: "Is there a problem with the content?"

Translation: "No, the Apache content is exactly the same as the English content."

General Carney looked at the contract again, and then couldn't help asking: "Chief Albert, I'm a little curious, who invented this set of writing?"

Ma Shao smiled: "It's me, of course, with the help of a friend of mine."

General Carney was amazed: "You made the Apache the second Indian tribe to have writing."

Both parties signed this simple contract.

General Carney: "I believe you are a man of integrity, Chief Albert. But I am still not sure if you have the ability to restrain your tribe, after all, a tribe often has many scattered clans."

Horse Whistle: "Please rest assured, General Carney, the Plains Tribe has gathered all the clans. All members of the tribe live in Sleeping Bear City behind me, and there will be no situation where a clan violates the contract."

"In this case, you will not disturb our troops when they pass through this area." General Carney said.This is his most basic request. Although he believes that neither the Mexicans nor the Indians have the strength to defeat them, he still has to try his best to avoid being attacked by the enemy.

"Of course." Horse Whistle said, and then changed the subject, "Also, General Carney, we have obtained a batch of advanced pistols from an unnamed European country, are you interested in buying some? "

"Pistol?" General Carney thought for a moment. "Pepperpot pistol?"

Before the revolver became popular, the pepper bottle pistol was a relatively common type of pistol.

This pistol has many barrels and a dense muzzle, which looks a bit like a pepper shaker, hence the name.

"No, it's a revolver." Horse Whistle took out a Browning revolver and handed it to General Carney.

Seeing this novel revolver, General Carney couldn't help but his eyes lit up. He held it in his hand for a while and played with it, and couldn't help nodding: "It looks very good. I used a Colt pistol, which is better than Colt's. Walter was better."

He looked at the writing on the gun: "Browning...is that the name of the company that made it?"

"It's not." Said the horse whistle.

"So who produced it?" General Carney asked.

Horse Whistle smiled: "As I said, this is from an unnamed European company. They don't want anyone to know the source of this gun."

Carney frowned, and then seemed to think of something: "Because of the patent law?"

The horse whistle didn't answer, still smiling, with a noncommittal look.

"So you became middlemen?" Carney smiled.

The horse whistle still didn't answer.

Carney looked at the Browning revolver in his hand again: "Anyway, this is definitely a good thing. I am willing to buy it. How much is it selling for?"

"General Carney, you know, this is a time of war," said the horse whistle slowly, "so, as a weapon with excellent performance, the Browning revolver sells for fifty dollars apiece."

"Fifty dollars!" Carney's expression changed. "It's too expensive, even more expensive than a Colt pistol."

"But it's better than a Colt, isn't it?" said Horse Whistle. "At least it's far more reliable than a Colt. If you don't believe me, you can compare it now."

General Carney didn't try because it was so obvious.

It is no longer before 1844. After the battle between Captain Hayes and Captain Walker, the US army gradually realized the advantages and disadvantages of Colt and began to promote it.

Among other things, Browning clearly surpassed Colt in terms of appearance and feel, exuding a luxurious and solid temperament.

It is precisely because he is a professional soldier that General Carney thinks that the Browning pistol is better than the Colt pistol.

If you are a layman, after seeing the image of the Browning pistol, you will definitely directly conclude that the Colt pistol is rubbish.

So in all fairness, in this war time, the price of fifty dollars is not outrageous, it is just the price of two Colts.

But it's still too expensive.

Fifty dollars for a handful, and fifty thousand dollars for a thousand.

fifty thousand dollars!

Carney didn't think it would cost that much to bribe Amicho.

So after a short thought, he said, "Maximum $25, or no one will buy it."

"Then, we can only give up this deal." Horse Whistle did not intend to lower the price at all.He knew that it wouldn't be long before someone would rush to buy it at fifty dollars.

Seeing him so calm, Carney became a little uneasy: "Wait."

(End of this chapter)