1840Indian rebirth

Once the editor is selected, it is not difficult to deploy soldiers.

The Apache still retain the tradition of all citizens being soldiers, and have even strengthened it. All adults, including women, are at least militia members, and the most important thing is soldiers.

Mashao selected some soldiers with outstanding abilities and silent personalities from the army and asked them to join the news agency as military members of this quasi-intelligence agency.

Then the news agency began to operate in a fumbling way, collecting, filtering and commenting on various information.

Mainly news from various newspapers.

Editors need to collect valuable information from newspapers, analyze and interpret it, and write reviews.

Under the guidance of Ma Shao, these news comments can be regarded as teaching materials for historical materialism, for editors and even all tribesmen to communicate and learn.

In addition to the news in newspapers, information near and within the tribe is also the focus of attention. Editors also need to go around the streets and inquire about market news.

The tribe is also preparing to order more printing equipment through Clark Township to prepare for future newspaper distribution.

Since the Apache script is based on English letters, you can directly use the printing press produced by Americans. After printing, you can manually add a small number of symbols unique to the Apache script.

After finishing his work at the news agency, Ma Shao's next focus was on invention and creation.

In the United States, as an Indian, it is quite difficult to own a patent. Even if it is held by a white person, it is still difficult to trust.

Therefore, for many valuable civilian inventions, even if the horse whistle has been completed, they have not been made public. Instead, they are preparing to set up companies in Europe and obtain the patents.

For example, he had already begun to improve the sewing machine.

Soon he will leave for Oaxaca and then to Europe. Before that, he needs to sort out several inventions he has completed and write application materials.

There are still some inventions that remain on paper, but he will continue to try to put them into reality.

"Great Chief, there is an American lieutenant outside the city who wants to see you." At noon that day, the soldiers entered the chief's hall to report.

"How many people does he have and what are they doing here?" Ma Shao asked.

"There are only three people, besides the lieutenant, there are two attendants. They came from Fort Leavenworth, saying they came to deliver the news." said the soldier.

"Let them in."

"yes."

After a while, the soldiers led a young white officer into the chief's hall.

The lieutenant looked to be in his twenties, or maybe thirty, with slightly curly hair and a short beard: "Hello, Chief Albert of the Sleeping Bear Clan, I am the lieutenant of Fort Leavenworth,

Chris Van Buren.”

Obviously, this young officer knew very little about the Apache situation and was still using the long-outdated name Sleeping Bear Clan.

"Hello, Lieutenant Van Buren, welcome." The horse whistle stood up and shook hands with him.

After the two sat down, Lieutenant Van Buren said: "I was ordered to come here because of matters related to the reservation."

"Oh?" Ma Shao's expression changed slightly.

More than a year has passed since he signed the "Sleeping Bear Agreement" with Philip Cook.

However, probably due to the limitations of the U.S. government’s efficiency, and of course their attitude towards this matter, Sleeping Bear City has never received a reply.

Not to mention the lack of response from reservations and states, even the U.S. government has no news at all about repayment.

It was not until today, more than a year later, that a lieutenant was finally sent to deliver the message.

Lieutenant Van Buren continued: "Fort Leavenworth submitted your reservation plan to Congress, but unfortunately, it was not approved."

Mashao had already expected this, so he felt calm inside. Of course, he still had to ask: "Why?"

Lieutenant Van Buren: "First of all, what I want to say is that I am just here to deliver a message and don't know much about this matter."

After a pause, he added: "Your reservation plan is not hopeless, but there is a prerequisite, that is, you must tell us the company that will provide you with Browning revolvers."

Mashao shook his head: "Sorry, we can't do this, and this is not at all in the "Sleeping Bear Agreement". Also... when will you pay back the money you owe us?"

"What money?" Lieutenant Van Buren frowned.

The horse whistle was silent for a moment: "Lieutenant Van Buren, have you personally read "The Sleeping Bear Protocol"?"

"Um...no." Lieutenant Van Buren hesitated.

Ma Shao: "We advanced you US$20,000 to purchase the revolver. According to the agreement, you need to repay the principal of US$20,000 and the interest of US$5,000 within six months."

"More than a year has passed and you haven't paid us back a penny."

Lieutenant Van Buren hesitated, and then said: "Maybe this is true, but no matter what, you need to tell us the company first, and then we can discuss the terms of the agreement."

Ma Shao: "I said that we had a confidentiality agreement with that company. So you want me to break the contract before you can possibly keep the contract? Is this the spirit of the contract of you 'civilized people'?"

Lieutenant Van Buren obviously did not have any authority to negotiate. As he said himself, he was just here to inform the Apaches.

The U.S. government has no intention of complying, at least not until it knows who the unnamed European company is.

As for whether the U.S. government will fulfill its obligations after knowing it, there is no guarantee.

It was impossible for Ma Shao to disclose the identity of that company because that company did not exist at all.

So the two of them had nothing to talk about.

After a meaningless conversation, the horse whistle said: "Lieutenant Van Buren, I hope you can tell Fort Leavenworth and the U.S. federal government that Apache will abide by the contract and cannot disclose information that should be kept confidential."

Lieutenant Van Buren nodded: "Okay, I hope this is a decision you make after careful consideration. But I still want to remind you, Chief Albert, you should not help sell Browning pistols to Europeans. They are illegal products.

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"Thank you." Ma Shao said no more.

After Lieutenant Van Buren left, Ma Shao and Yu Tian talked for a while in the chief's hall.

"It's almost time for me to set off," the horse whistle said.

Rainy day: “Are you going to Europe?”

"Yes, but of course we have to visit Governor Juarez first." Ma Shao said, "It's best if we can get some artillery in Oaxaca."

"artillery?"

Ma Shao: "The possibility that we will face a U.S. military threat is increasing, and we need artillery... Actually, I got some artillery and artillery in California, but the number is too small."