1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 46 [Start-up System]

"Aren't you considering developing agriculture, just planting corn or wheat?" Ma Shao asked.

Chief Shuangwolves waved his hands, obviously not interested in agriculture: "I heard from some tribes in the east that farming depends on the sky, but who can see the sky clearly? The bison are easy to see. They run on the grasslands. Sounds, smoke, and footprints and cow dung ... we always find them."

Horse Whistle: "But there are more and more white people. Sooner or later, they will drive out the buffalo herd."

"Maybe, but that day must be early." The two-wolf chief didn't care.

"I still suggest that you learn to plant. In fact, the Sleeping Bear Clan is planning to do so. I will go to inspect the land in the next few days." Ma Whistle said, "As long as you are willing, we can cultivate farmland together."

The chief of the two wolves thought for a while, and felt that this was not a bad thing, so he nodded: "Alright, I will find some people to go with you... Long Mao, you can speak Apache, and you will take me with you when the time comes." Let's go."

"Okay, Chief." Long Mao replied.

Changmao is the translation of the two, a man in his early thirties, as his name suggests, with lush body hair, lush eyebrows and beard.He doesn't smile much, probably because his eyebrows look weird when he does.

In fact, he looked a little odd even when he wasn't smiling.

After all, Indians have the least body hair in the world, even less than Asians. Many people have smooth skin like dolphins, and most of them have sparse eyebrows and beards. Very few people have thick eyebrows or beards.

As far as body hair is concerned, long hair is absolutely rare among Indians.

Chief Shuangwolves was getting old, so he went to rest early, leaving Changmao and Horse Whistle in the tent.

Chang Mao was about to leave, but the horse whistle called him: "Shang Mao, if you are not in a hurry to rest, teach me a little Comanche."

Since his rebirth, he has become more and more aware of the role of language, and feels that he should learn more foreign languages, whether it is the language of white people or the language of Indians.

The next day.

Ma Shao led his people away from the Shuanglang clan and returned to the sleeping bear camp.

The Sleeping Bear Clan's camp was still a bit messy, with many tents set up and moved again.After all, there were 800 more people at once, and many people still couldn't adapt.

Taking advantage of dinner and rest at night, the horse sentry gathered some people to discuss matters.

Including himself, he convened a total of 38 people, mainly including the chiefs of the various clans, shaman priests, and the chiefs of the army, as well as the Red Girl, Jumping Hoof, etc. man of prestige.

Everyone sat around a bonfire, some people were still eating barbecue, and there were people who came to watch from a little further away. They looked no different from daily gatherings.

There is no way, there is no meeting room, and the tent cannot accommodate 38 people and a bonfire.

"We have formed an unprecedentedly large clan, with as many as a thousand people. This has never happened before in the history of the Apache people." Horse Whistle said at the beginning, "So I decided to establish some new systems to manage the entire sleep. Bear Clan."

"The first is the meeting system. The 37 of you will form a 'clan meeting'. Meetings will be held regularly and you will report to me the status of the clan. When encountering important matters, I will also take the initiative to call you to ask for opinions or assign tasks... ..."

As a person from the 21st century, Ma Shao feels that such an institution is indispensable, after all, it goes up to the parliaments and congresses of various countries, down to the neighborhood committees and village committees.

Meetings are the most basic way for human beings to organize and mobilize.Of course, the Sleeping Bear Clan held meetings before, but no formal system was formed.

Of course, Ma Shao also knew that power should not be dispersed casually, so he positioned this organization as his own subordinate organization, which is mainly responsible for providing opinions, execution, and reporting, and cannot make decisions without authorization.

"Next is the departmental system." He continued, "According to my preliminary idea, the Sleeping Bear Clan will have the following six departments: planting department, shaman department, women's department, cattle and horse department, writing department, and military and military department. Departments The person in charge is the departmental chief, referred to as the minister.”

"The Ministry of Plantation is responsible for the development of agriculture, and the soil block is the minister."

"The Shaman Department is responsible for managing all the shaman priests and elders, with Shi Ya as the minister."

"The Ministry of Women is responsible for the management of women and children, and the red woman is the minister."

"The Department of Cattle and Horses is responsible for raising horses and hunting, with Tiao Chi as the minister."

"The Department of Characters is responsible for the promotion of knowledge of characters, and the long stick is the head."

"The Military and Armed Forces Department is in charge of the military and public security affairs, and I personally serve as the minister."

The name of the six parts is simple and easy to understand. Ma Shao then added: "The above are just my preliminary ideas. If you find any omissions in practice in the future, you can give me your opinions."

"How about it, do you have any opinions?"

After about five seconds of silence and looking at each other, an old man in his 50s holding a cigarette pole said hesitantly, "Chief, I have a question."

"What's the problem?" Horse Whistle was a little nervous, he was worried that his centralized behavior would cause some people's dissatisfaction.

The old man slowly expressed his doubts: "What is the 'system'?"

Horse Whistle: "..."

He adjusted his breathing: "If you have studied characters, you will understand the meaning of this word."

"Forget it." The old man obviously had no desire to learn, so he took a puff of cigarette indifferently.

Ma Shao sighed: "Ministers have to take character classes. If anyone can't master the basic knowledge of characters, I will replace the candidate for the minister."

Jumping Hood asked, "Should I also learn to write?"

"Of course we have to learn." Ma Shao said, "Writing is the root cause of the power of the white people. If we want to defeat them, we must learn writing. Not only ministers, but everyone in the future must learn writing."

"Okay..." Tiao Ho opened his mouth, but finally just answered.

Shi Ya smiled and comforted him: "Words are easy to learn, you are so smart, you will definitely be able to learn them in a few days."

Then people asked the horse sentry a few more questions, but they were basically superficial questions. People didn't have any ideas about the design of this system.

At the end of the meeting, Ma Shao looked at Tukuo, who was the freshly-baked planting minister: "Tuku, find some people in the clan who also have planting experience...tomorrow, I will go to inspect the situation of the nearby land."

"Oh, good." The clod replied.

"Let's go."

The crowd dispersed one after another.

The horse whistle stood up, moved his limbs, and just a few steps away, he bumped into the little sparrow head-on.

"What's the matter, little sparrow?" Ma Whistle patted the girl's head with a smile, but there was some dissatisfaction on the girl's immature face.

"Who is she?" The little sparrow stretched out his hand and looked over, only to see Millie sitting in a corner not far away, looking around alone.

(End of this chapter)