1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 150 [Blessings]

In the Indian world in the Midwest, the reputation of Horse Whistle has spread quite far, and most of the Indian tribes in California have heard of him.

The image of the horse whistle is not difficult to recognize, a big man close to 1.9 meters, plus two hundred pounds of muscular muscles, is very rare anywhere.

So after just a little contact, Da Er guessed his identity.

Ma Shao smiled slightly: "Have you heard my story?"

"Of course I have heard of it!" The Maidu people were a little excited, "Apache's son of the sky, who else has not heard of your story? Even the enemy is willing to pay tribute to you!"

After calming down, Chief Big Ear first asked carefully: "Dear son of the sky, as far as I know, you live in the far east. Why do you see you here? Of course, we don't mean not to welcome you."

Ma Whistle said casually, "We're here to explore the ocean."

"Explore the ocean?" Big Ear was a little puzzled.

The horse whistle said slowly: "Apache has lived inland for a long time, but now we want to get in touch with the ocean, so I brought people here and planned to build some settlements."

As he spoke, he pointed behind him: "This is the first settlement we built in California, East Valley City."

"I see." Big Ear nodded half-understanding.

Ma Shao continued: "We who are building this new city are facing a shortage of manpower. I don't know if you are willing to help. Of course, we will definitely pay you wages."

Big Ear thought for a while: "How much do you plan to pay?"

"Every two days you come to work, we will pay you a Spanish silver dollar." The horse whistle took out a silver coin, "If you are willing to accept copper coins, daily settlement is also acceptable."

California has long been a territory of Mexico, and it still is in name. This fertile land will not be officially ceded to the United States until the Mexican-American War is completely over.

The Spanish silver dollar is one of the most popular currencies in North America, especially in Mexico, and Indians generally recognize its value.

"One silver dollar in two days!" The Maidu people couldn't believe it when they heard this, and they talked a lot.

"real or fake?"

"That's several times higher than working in Sutterburg!"

"It's not lying to us, it's too much..."

Ma Whistle listened to the discussion of the Maidu people, and leaned into the nonsense ear: "Translate for me, what are they talking about."

Nonsense: "They feel this salary is too much, several times higher than what they get at Sutterburg."

Ma Shuo was a little surprised: "How many times?"

Half a silver coin per day is equivalent to a monthly salary of fifteen dollars. This income is indeed relatively high in California, but it is basically a normal level.

The income of most white farmers is only this amount, more than ten dollars a month.

The income of the Maidu people in Sutterburg is actually only a fraction of this level, how low is that.

Nonsense explained: "Fort Sutter is like this. John Sutter is keen to deceive and even enslave and plunder the aborigines here. His notoriety is known to everyone from Maidhu to Chumash!"

"The wild duck clan can get a little wages, which is already a relatively good situation."

At this time, Big Ear also expressed his disbelief for the high income: "We don't doubt you, son of the sky... but one silver dollar every two days, is this true?"

"Of course it's true, I can guarantee it with my reputation." Ma Whistle smiled.

Fifteen dollars a month was nothing to the Apache tribe, especially when they had the gold mines.

The honorary guarantee of Son of the Sky is obviously enough to convince the Maidu people, and Da Er immediately said: "What work do we need?"

"Have you had any experience in building buildings?" Ma Shao asked.

Da Er said: "Of course, Sutter Fort was built by us!"

Ma Shao nodded, pointed at the clansmen who were under construction and said, "Well, you can build houses with my clansmen. If there is any inconvenience in communication, just find this translator."

Twenty Maidu people immediately joined the construction team and built East Valley City together with all the Apache people.

Soon Mashao discovered that what they said was true. They all had rich construction experience and were more proficient than most Apaches.

Moreover, the ultra-high income of fifteen dollars made their enthusiasm soar, and the overall construction speed increased a lot.

According to the principle of comparative advantage, Mashao directly arranged the [-] worst people in the original construction team to be hunters, so as to make room for these Maidu people who were more suitable for building houses.

These people are also willing to do the same. Most of them are senior Apache fighters, who are better at fighting and hunting, and can create more value in the position of hunters.

After the hunters came back with the hunting results, the horse post also took care of the Maidu people.

"Are these barbecues... counted as wages?" a Maidu asked hesitantly.

"It doesn't count." Said the horse whistle.

A kind of Maidu people feel flattered when they hear it.

During the meal break, the horse whistle asked them: "I'm new here and I'm not familiar with this place. Can you tell me about the situation in Fort Sutter? I heard you say that you have worked in Fort Sutter."

Big Ear nodded: "Yes. Not only us, many nearby clans have worked for John Sutter."

"Sartre is a vicious guy, people are afraid of him, and many people were even captured by him as slaves. But our relationship with him is not bad, so we go to work there, and we still get paid... but the food is deducted After that, it’s basically gone.”

"Compared to Fort Sutter, the salary and treatment you give are simply a blessing." Da Er couldn't help sighing, "Son of the sky, you are exactly as described in the legend!"

Listening to his narration, Ma Shao thought for a while: "Is Sartre American or Mexican?"

Big Ear: "Both, or neither. It could be Swiss, or it could be French."

Ma Shuo frowned and looked at the nonsense, thinking it was his free play.

Nonsense quickly explained: "This is what Da Er said."

"What do you mean?"

Da Er seems to have sorted out his thoughts: "He seems to be from Switzerland. He got Mexican citizenship shortly after he came here, but the country he loves is France, and he even threatened to turn California into a French territory. Unfortunately, he is not the United States. Human opponents, have not really fought, and may already have American citizenship."

Horse Whistle: "So... the current John Sutter is a spiritual Frenchman from Switzerland with dual citizenship of the United States and Mexico?"

"That's right." Big Ear nodded, "It was hard for me to figure this out."

(End of this chapter)