1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 158 [Secret Supervision]

Horse Whistle hoped that the artillery training at Fort Sutter would lay the groundwork for the Apache's near-future artillery unit.

In addition to technical talents such as artillerymen, there was another group of prisoners at Fort Sutter that deserved attention.

puppet army.

Fort Sutter not only had white soldiers and Indian slaves, but also a part of the puppet army, composed of local Indians.

They did what John Sutter told them to do, lived like white people and shot Indians like white people did.

For these puppet soldiers, Apache's treatment is relatively tolerant, basically treating them equally with white captives, without adding an additional charge of "Indian rape".

After all, they are more or less forced, and they don't have any Indian self-identity.

For them, there is not much difference between Indians of other tribes or even other clans and whites, and shooting Indians of other tribes is naturally not a betrayal.

It still takes time for them to gradually develop a unified group identity like the residents of Sleeping Bear City.

After solving Fort Sutter, the Sacramento area has entered into a steady development.

The East Valley lumber mills continued to pan for gold, reaping profits at an astonishing rate, and of course felling trees to provide materials for construction.

While East Valley City continues to improve, it continues to absorb the population. The surrounding Indians can move to it, and there are also a small number of whites and blacks.

Compared with Sleeping Bear City, East Valley City's assimilation policy is much gentler.

After all, there are few Apaches here, and the cultural differences with the Apaches are also great. The influx of more and more foreigners is bound to greatly increase the difficulty of assimilation.

Therefore, the assimilation implemented by East Valley City is more economical. It just happens to have money if you occupy the gold mine.

Fort Sutter, or Fort West Springs, was a different story.

After Fort Sutter became the West Spring Fortress, Horse Whistle immediately arranged for the restoration and expansion of the place.

The repair is naturally the repair of the city gates. In the previous battle, both the south gate and the north gate were bombarded and needed repairing.

Expansion is not only the expansion of area and buildings, but also the expansion of people. Mashao intends to turn this place into a more qualified military fortress in his eyes, which requires at least hundreds of local Indians to be recruited as soldiers.

In addition to the military base, Xiquan Fortress is also a labor reform camp for whites and puppet soldiers, and implements a more coercive transformation and assimilation policy.

In the future, all kinds of non-death row prisoners captured by Apache in California will be sent here for forced assimilation.

At the beginning of October, Horse Post held a meeting, made some arrangements for the lumber mill, East Valley City, and Fort West Springs, and prepared to leave for Kansas.

In fact, he didn't want to go back so soon. After all, the development of California had just started, and his direct participation was needed more than Sleeping Bear City.

But in view of his next plan, he had to rush back.

Before leaving, Ma Shou repeatedly told Du Wang and Shu Lang that they would be his agents after he left, responsible for all affairs in the Sacramento area and even California.

"Remember, your first task is to protect and manage the gold mine."

"Under this premise, other problems should be solved with money as much as possible... West Spring Fortress and East Valley City can each get one-tenth of the gold mined as development funds, and this money is enough."

"Be sure to remember." Ma Whistle asked emphatically at the end.

Both Du Wang and Shu Lang nodded in response, "Don't worry, Great Chief."

After instructing the two men, Ma Siao called for the head-mounted pattern again: "The head-mounted pattern, I have a secret mission for you..."

The forehead pattern said: "No matter what the task is, I will definitely work hard to complete it."

Ma Shao pondered: "It's not a difficult and complicated task, but I want you to secretly supervise Du Wang and Shu Lang."

The raised forehead was startled, as if he didn't quite understand: "Secret supervision?"

Ma Shao smiled: "I said that human nature is unreliable, no matter whose human nature it is. Gold mines contain amazing wealth. Although Duo Wang and Li Lang are very loyal to the tribe, such an important thing , obviously relying as little as possible on the self-discipline of human nature."

"So, in addition to public supervision, secret supervision is also essential. You need to pay close attention to the operation of the gold mine to prevent someone from being swallowed by desire."

"Of course, you should also pay attention to things other than gold mines, such as justice, military..."

The forehead pattern nodded solemnly: "I understand."

Ma Whistle pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Shoutouwen, do you think I should arrange another person to supervise you secretly?"

"A few more secret supervisors, who will restrict each other, should make the supervision more effective." He raised his forehead and said, and then he seemed to think of something, and suddenly showed a hesitant expression.

Horse Whistle: "What's wrong?"

"Great chief, I thought of a question..." The raised forehead hesitated, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

"If you have any questions, tell me directly, you are my student." Ma Shao said.

The forehead tattoo finally made up his mind: "The great chief... I feel like no one can supervise you."

Ma Shao was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "That's right, no one can supervise me, but—"

The forehead lines suddenly dawned: "I understand, what needs to be supervised is humanity, not divinity!"

"No, I don't have divinity, don't say such things, you are a student I value very much." Ma Whistle said immediately, frowning slightly.

The air was quiet for a few seconds.

Ma Shao continued to say slowly: "You are right, forehead tattoo, no one can supervise me, at least no one can strictly supervise me. And I am not a god, and I have the same unreliable humanity as you."

"But this is an unsolvable question... because any system will have at least one loophole, any axiom system has something that cannot be proved, and any question will eventually lead to an absolutely unanswerable question."

"We can infinitely praise laws and systems, and procedural justice, but no matter how perfect the laws and systems are, and how rigorous the procedures are, they can only be close to perfection, not attainable."

"In any case, there will be at least one thing that makes all rationality, laws, procedures, and systems invalid. We can only rely on personal factors or even accidental factors. There is no better way."

After a pause, the horse whistle said again: "If someone says that the building of physics has been completed...he is destined to become a joke."

"Not only physics, but also ourselves. The perfect building can never be built."

"In a complex society with division of labor, there will inevitably be institutions that are difficult to supervise." Ma Shao said, "For the current Apache, I am this institution."

Although the forehead lines have long been subtly instilled with many similar concepts by the horse whistle, it is still unavoidable to accept this assertion.

"Is this really... inevitable?" He couldn't help asking.

"It's inevitable, or the cost of avoiding it is unbearable," said Horse Whistle.

"How to avoid it?" the forehead pattern asked again.

Ma Shao: "Just let the society degenerate. If everyone is engaged in the simplest, self-sufficient work, and never interacts with each other... There is no social division of labor and cooperation, and there is no public interest. Naturally, there is no need for supervision."

(End of this chapter)