1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 77 [Sleeping Bear City]

"Tell me, why do these two mean the same thing?" Ma Whistle looked directly at Lu Shou, and his tone was not very kind.

After being stared at by him like this, Lu Shou's momentum suddenly weakened a lot.The duel not long ago is vivid in his memory, even the bruise on his face has not yet disappeared, he will never forget the terrible memory of being hanged and beaten for the rest of his life.

Therefore, even though he had an instinctive resistance to the horse whistle, his tone softened a lot in an instant: "Aren't they all going to the Sleeping Bear Clan anyway, one place."

"If the place is the same, the things will be the same?" Ma Whistle asked again.When arguing with others, ask more questions and answer less, you can have a great advantage.

Lu Shoudeng didn't know how to answer it immediately, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Ma Shao withdrew his gaze and continued: "Cities and clans are two completely different things, and their scales are quite different. A clan can have at most two to three hundred people, and a city can have at least tens of thousands of people, and the number can even reach millions. people."

"Millions of people!"

"That's right. For example, the British London has a population of more than one million, dozens of times more than the Apaches of all tribes combined." Ma Whistle said.

"Many people are powerful. The establishment of a city will make us richer and more powerful. Of course, migration will take time and effort, but compared to the benefits of the city, this cost is nothing at all."

An old man said hesitantly: "But so many people gather together, what if there are not enough bison?"

Ma Shao replied: "There are a lot of buffalo herds near Sleeping Bear City, and there are also a lot of fish and shrimp in the river. We are now catching both buffalo and fish and shrimp. Wheat and corn have also been planted on a large scale, and the first batch of wheat is about to be harvested."

"In addition, we can also buy some food from white people. So food is not a problem."

"Buy from white people?"

Horse Whistle: "Sleeping Bear City controls a white town, which provides us with a lot of convenience. Through this town, we can purchase various common supplies from the white world at normal prices, including food."

Everyone was even more amazed when they heard it, and felt quite open-minded.

After all, according to the past routines of the Apache people, there are basically only two ways to deal with white towns: massacre and looting.

They can neither control their own hatred and greed, nor can they control the resistance and escape of the white people, and they are ignorant of the various technological accumulations of the white people.

The operation of reverse colonization has never been thought about, let alone practiced.

People still have concerns.

"...The tribes of the plains have lived here for hundreds of years, and the migration may offend the will of the ancestors." Someone said.

Rainy day smiled and said: "Don't worry, it won't happen, I promise you in the name of the high priest."

As a high priest, no one knows religion better than him.At least, no one has more say than him.

After a pause, he continued: "And you may not be aware that the Comanches have recently intended to provoke us. If the Comanches really want to start a war, we can gather in advance to deal with it conveniently."

The crowd finally stopped expressing their objections.

The horse whistle said: "Let's prepare a little bit, and we will go to Sleeping Bear City in two days."

"In addition, I also told other clans that all the clans under the plain tribe should move to Sleeping Bear City as much as possible. If any clans cannot move there, they must also send chiefs or shamans to explain the situation to me face to face."

After about ten days.

Ma Shao led more than [-] people back to Sleeping Bear.

Among the more than 600 people, in addition to the tribe, there are also two clans.Both of them were clans not far from each other. After receiving the order, they immediately set off with the horse post.

With the addition of this group of people, the population of the Mianxiong clan exceeded [-] in one fell swoop.This scale may already be the largest human settlement in Kansas.

Before arriving at Sleeping Bear, people were more or less apprehensive, but when they saw the prosperous and lively scene here, most of them felt relieved.

Many wooden houses under construction or completed, neat and orderly regional planning, and large farmland in the distance, and more importantly, the smiles on people's faces.

All in all, there is a thriving atmosphere here.

After arriving, in addition to arranging the residence of the new clan members, Mashao's first job is naturally to convene a meeting to officially change the "Sleeping Bear Clan" to "Sleeping Bear City", and at the same time adjust the staffing.

"From now on, we only have tribes and no clans. This place has also been changed to 'Sleeping Bear City'." Ma Whistle said to about 70 people who attended the meeting with a speech in his hand.

"After changing to Sleeping Bear City, the clan council was renamed accordingly, and [-] new members were added at the same time, and their responsibilities were also updated..."

"The previous six departments, the Planting Department, the Women's Department, and the Cattle and Horse Department, will remain in Sleeping Bear. Another department will be added, the Building Department, which will be responsible for housing construction. There are four departments in Sleeping Bear City."

"The shaman department, writing department, and military department belong to the tribe, and the personnel and responsibilities remain largely unchanged."

"Sleeping Bear City has a city chief, referred to as 'mayor', who manages the four departments in the city. The mayor is appointed by the great chief, and Shi Ya is now in charge."

After hearing this, Shi Ya couldn't help asking: "I'm the mayor, what about the shaman department?"

"Of course the shaman department is handed over to rainy days." Ma Shao said.

Then he continued to read the speech: "Set up the tribal council, refer to the original Sleeping Bear clan council, but there are only ten members, and there will be no significant increase or decrease. Members include six ministers, three centurions, and the Mayor of Sleeping Bear .”

Ma Shao made some adjustments to the system, which is a little more formal than before, but it is still relatively rough. After all, even now, the population under his rule is less than 2200, and it is still a big village in essence.

Then he seriously asked about the situation of corn and wheat. Food is very important, especially after the population surge.

And the other end corresponding to food is also extremely important - the toilet.

From Ma Shao's point of view, tents can be lived in temporarily without a wooden house, but it is not suitable to solve it in the wild without a toilet. This is neither decent, hygienic, nor economical.

The Sleeping Bear clan also built public toilets before, but now more than 600 people have come, and there will definitely be hundreds of people coming from other clans in the near future. The existing toilets are naturally not enough.

So the first task after the official establishment of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development was to build public toilets.

dry toilet.

Aqua toilets are crude, but given the state of Apache construction and the dire need for toilets, this is the best option.

In fact, it’s not too simple. Ma Shao recalled that in the countryside in the 90s in his previous life, every household had dry toilets.Even more than 20 years later, the event that gave "Ollie" a noun attribute took place in the dry toilet.

He still has one more job to do as soon as possible, which is to find out who contacted the Comanche tribe.

In fact, it's not difficult to find out. People from the Shuanglang clan can figure out who has slipped away after a little inquiring.

(End of this chapter)