1840Indian rebirth

Reform-through-labor camp.

Compared with the original simple wooden sheds, the living conditions of reform-through-labor prisoners have been greatly improved. The sheds have walls, and many dormitories have been built. Each dormitory generally has eight to sixteen beds.

After the outbreak of the epidemic, due to the need for isolation, the living space per prisoner became larger.

However, most people still live in wooden shacks, and living in dormitories is only a privilege for a few prisoners.

For example, Owl, as a former Comanche chief and an elder, was one of the prisoners who could live in the dormitory.

Ma Shao followed Blind Shot into the labor camp and headed to Owl's dormitory.

Due to the epidemic and the temperature, the prisoners have been relatively free recently and spent more time learning Apache.

When the whistle saw the owl, several prisoners in the dormitory were learning Apache language with a shaman, and of course they were also receiving preaching.

In fact, although most prisoners are not proficient in the Apache language, they are somewhat religious, and at least believe in the wonderful stories in the "Oracle".

"Big Chief." Seeing the horse whistle coming in, several prisoners stood up and spoke politely in Apache.

Ma Shao nodded: "Except for the owl, you all should go out first."

After everyone else left and only he, Owl and Blind Shooter were left in the room, he asked: "What important thing do you want to see me for? Sit down and talk."

The owl sat down carefully, with a hint of hesitation on his face, and finally said: "It's...about the deer hand."

"Deer Hand?" Ma Shao frowned slightly.

Owl nodded and swallowed: "Not long ago, Lu Shou found me. He...he hoped that I could incite the prisoners to riot, and then he would take the opportunity to control Sleeping Bear City."

Ma Shao's expression looked calm: "How did you respond to him then?"

"I, I said I would consider it." Owl seemed a little guilty, and then said, "Actually, I was just perfunctory with him. I didn't even think about agreeing, so I decided to tell you about it."

The horse whistle stared at him and said after a moment of silence: "You made a wise decision. Lushou cannot control Sleeping Bear City. Even if he kills me, Sleeping Bear will not belong to him."

After the epidemic, Mashao believes that Mian Xiong has the ability to grow on his own. Even without his guidance, the future will probably not be as miserable as most Indians in history.

At least, with Lu Shou's ability, he is not qualified to interrupt Mian Xiong's development process.

The owl smiled but said nothing.

Ma Shao thought for a while, then looked at Blind Shot: "How have the prisoners been behaving recently?"

Blind shot: "Due to the isolation, the prisoners have more time to study, and their Apache language level has improved rapidly. And just like the tribesmen, they are also very satisfied or even unbelievable with the results of the epidemic prevention

."

Ma Shao nodded slightly: "In that case, we will start to implement the 'parole system' in the future."

"Parole system?" Owl asked doubtfully.

Mashao explained: "The parole system allows you to regain your freedom conditionally. After the epidemic is over, prisoners with a vocabulary of more than 500 Apaches will be eligible for parole as long as their families can move to Sleeping Bear City."

"During parole, prisoners can move freely in the city, but they still have to accept a certain degree of management and supervision. This is also a kind of sentence. After serving your sentence, you will be free and become official residents of Sleeping Bear City."

Through intensive land reclamation over the past six months or so, the cultivated land area in Mianxiong City has grown rapidly, and farmers' farming techniques have also improved a lot.

The food supply will be quite loose this year, so Ma Shao believes that we can continue to absorb the population on a large scale.

And if you want to absorb a large number of people, the most convenient way is naturally to start with these more than 900 captives.

Their relatives have at least two to three thousand people. If these two or three thousand people are included in Mianxiong City, the tribe's population will exceed 7,000, making it one of the largest cities in the Midwest.

The tribe can then consider building a second city.

Of course, before that, Ma Shao needs to solve some current troubles.

He called for soldiers: "Notify all members of Congress to hold a meeting at the Chief's Hall before eight o'clock tonight to discuss the epidemic."

"Yes." The soldier responded, then turned and left.

After a while, dozens of MPs came to the Chiefs Hall one after another, all wearing masks.

After everyone arrived, Ma Shao started by saying some innocuous words, and then changed the subject: "...In addition, there is one more important thing to say today. Bring people in."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sleepy Man and a few soldiers came in from the door with owls.

Seeing the sudden appearance of the owl, Lu Shou, who was sitting on his seat, suddenly shrank his pupils and flashed a look of shock and anger.

The owl didn't dare to look at him and lowered his head and said: "The chief——"

Before he finished speaking, at this moment, the deer suddenly raised his hand and stabbed the owl in the neck with a dagger.

Deerhand is also an excellent warrior, he can easily deal with ordinary people, let alone an old man like Owl.

But Sleepy Man was standing next to the owl. He had quick eyes and quick hands and reacted immediately!

Seeing that the dagger was about to hit the owl's neck, in the flash of lightning, the sleepy man grabbed the deer's wrist and snapped it!

"Click!"

Lu Shou couldn't help but scream, and the dagger fell to the ground with a "choking" sound.

Then the sleepy man pushed him to the ground and shouted: "Don't move!"

There was a commotion in the room, and everyone couldn't help but get up and move away from Lushou.

"What's going on?" Many people still don't understand the situation.

The owl was in shock, looking pale at the deer's hand being pinned to the ground, and staggered back a few steps. Fortunately, the soldier next to him gave him a hand.

The horse whistle was also a little surprised, but he quickly calmed down: "Lushou, it seems that you can't wait to confess! Owl, tell me everything you know."

"Yes, Chief." The owl straightened up cautiously and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Then he told him about Lushou secretly contacting him.

Lu Shou was furious: "This old bastard who keeps his word, I'm going to kill you!"

The owl said: "I never planned to agree to your promise. It was you who overestimated your capabilities and tried to challenge the chief of Mashao!"

"Hmph!" Lu Shou panted and taunted coldly, "Chief Ma Shao? 'The brat with no hair on his head'. You said this to me yourself. How come you have become 'Chief Ma Shao' now?"

Already?"

"You're talking nonsense!" The owl's expression changed, "I never said such a thing at all!"

The horse whistle raised his hand: "Okay."

The hair has not even grown, which is a bit strange to the Indians.

As the race with the least body hair, Indians don't have much hair to begin with, most of them have no chest hair or armpit hair. White tigers are also common down there... maybe it is more accurate to call them "yellow tigers".

He looked at Lu Shou and said slowly: "The facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive. Lu Shou, you attempted murder and conspired to split the tribe. You should be shot. What else do you want to say?"

The current laws in Mianxiong City are relatively simple. There are not many crimes and not many penalties. Crimes of a heinous nature are all shot, which saves judicial costs.

"Kill if you want!" Lushou snorted, not wanting to argue.

But a member of the council stood up and said: "Great chief, Lushou is the former war chief of the tribe. He has outstanding military exploits and is an outstanding warrior... I think it is not necessary to execute him. It is better to let him undergo labor reform."