1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 67 [Centurion]

Many tribes have begun to use U.S. dollar coins and Spanish silver dollars as currency, but some people still don't know much about it.

"These are the coins." Without drinking, he shook a few coins, including gold coins, silver coins, and of course more cents.

"Why use white people's coins, aren't shell beads bad?" some people commented.

But more people have agreed with these gold, silver and copper coins printed with numbers: "These coins are made of metal and have numbers, which are much more useful than shell beads! It's been so old, who still uses shell beads?" .”

"You don't know numbers yet, do you?"

"No, it's not true that there are people who don't know numbers, right?"

Even if someone doesn't know numbers, they are naturally embarrassed to admit it.But it should be a minority. The minimum requirement for literacy classes is to let everyone know numbers and their own names.

Without drinking, he said: "These coins are indeed more convenient. The chief said that we will have our own metal coins in the future, but now we can only use white people's coins... In fact, the purchase of spirits this time is also to promote currency. Most of you They know numbers."

"If you insist on shell beads, I can give them to you, as long as you don't come to me if you lose money in the future."

Individuals who wanted to use shell beads or barter were discouraged, so they could only accept the US dollars or Spanish silver dollars from the Liquor and Drug Administration together with the majority of people.

A large bag of spirits cost four dollars, and the Bureau of Liquor and Pharmacy bought more than 400 bags in total, paying close to two thousand dollars for it.

The tribe lost the spirits, but got a lot of good and easy money all at once.

In the past, people used to barter, which caused various inconveniences. Now that there is a more convenient currency, many people are suddenly ignited to do business, and they want to discuss the price of everything they see.

Economic activities within the Sleeping Bear Clan gradually enriched.

Another month or so passed.

4 month.

spring.

During this month, Mashao's life is still busy, even busier.With the addition of two more Apache clans, the Sleeping Bear clan grew a little more and brought him more business.

Exercising, handling family affairs, learning English, teaching Manchi, teaching, training soldiers... He had to do all these things.

At the same time, for the sake of long-term consideration, sleep is also indispensable, so he has almost no time for entertainment, and if he wants entertainment, he can only entertain with his clansmen, such as holding a party.

Extremely busy, barely enough sleep, almost non-existent entertainment.

Fortunately, the horse post in this life has a lot of energy and strong execution ability far beyond ordinary people. If it was left in the fat house of the previous life, this kind of work intensity would probably have to lie down for a week.

As his work progressed, he could feel that the clan's recognition of him was gradually deepening.In the past, his admirers were mainly from the army, but now the whole clan began to adore him more and more.

He doesn't reject people's worship of him, and probably no one will reject such things.

But this kind of worship is always mixed with all kinds of strange things, which makes him feel entangled, but he doesn't know how to deal with it.

Choosing to admit or acquiesce is contrary to one's own philosophy.

Choose to explain, and it is difficult to explain clearly to so many people.I couldn’t explain it clearly. For example, Ma Shao once said that he had never seen the Great Spirit. The people who heard this still thought he was the messenger of the Great Spirit——have you seen the Great Spirit and whether you belong to the Great Spirit? What does the messenger matter?I don't care, you are appointed by the Great Spirit.

If you choose to forcibly stop it, you may hurt the feelings of your tribe and damage your authority.

So on this issue related to belief, Ma Shao once again chose to let it go, a little evasive.

But at least for now, this evasion has not brought him any harm, his authority in the clan is still increasing day by day, and no one dares to express disrespect or objection to him...

On the clan square, nearly [-] warriors were neatly arranged in a square formation, surrounded by a large number of clansmen watching.

The soldiers were not on horseback because it was infantry time.

Everyone is wearing simple linen shirts and jeans, including the horse whistle standing in front of the queue, which is the current military uniform of the Sleeping Bear Clan.

From the perspective of clothing alone, if there were no feathers on their heads, the clothing of these Indian warriors was almost in the style of white men.

Ma Shuo doesn't like this style very much, he prefers various military uniforms of later generations, but that is not practical yet.This shirt and jeans outfit is at least a lot better than what the clansman used to look like.

In the past, the clansmen wore either simple and loose leather clothes, or rough and ragged cloth clothes. When the weather was warmer, they would directly bare their upper body, and often painted various paints on their skin to show their might.

These elements that make the military appearance look messy, the horse whistle set an example, discarded them all, and replaced them with simple and practical clothing, only keeping the feathers on the head.

"Bosses, you should already know the results of the cultural assessment." Ma Shao shouted to the soldiers.

As soon as the words were spoken, nervous expressions appeared on many long faces, but they were already familiar with the discipline in the army, and they still held their heads high and held their chests high, without saying a word.

The horse whistle continued to shout: "Today is the practice assessment, and the total score of the two assessments is the result of this month's long assessment."

"In addition, three centurions will be born today!"

Centurion!
The horse sentry had told the soldiers about this position a few months ago, and when they heard the news, all the chiefs' eyes lit up.

"You should remember the rules for the formation of centurions. Let me say it again. The three people who have accumulated the highest scores in the past few months and have no record of violating discipline are the centurions."

"Okay, now the assessment officially begins!"

The content of the assessment includes formation, physical fitness, fighting, tactics, etc., starting with the infantry assessment, but more importantly, the assessment on horseback.

The assessment lasted all morning, and the horse sentry recorded the results of each superintendent in each assessment, and also paid attention to the performance of the soldiers.

In previous assessments, some soldiers with outstanding performance will also be rewarded, mainly Eagle Feather.

After the assessment, Ma Shao used the noon break to sort out the results, and then announced the results in the afternoon.

"The top three in the total score are Prairie Wolf, Thick Shoulders, and Du Wang. From today onwards, you will be the centurions of the clan army!" Ma Whistle announced.

Then he presented a blue shirt and an armband to each of the three centurions as the centurion's logo.

The three centurions were very happy, and the onlookers were also very excited.

The horse post was also relieved, the three centurions had reached a good level in all aspects, enough to share a lot of military work for him.Recently, he has been too busy.

"The prairie wolf."

"Here!" The prairie wolf who had just become a centurion responded excitedly.

Ma Shao nodded: "I have arranged a task for you."

(End of this chapter)