1840Indian rebirth

The horse guard stayed in Oaxaca for a few days and arranged the manpower of the news agency branch. In addition to the twelve Apaches, he also hired several local Mexicans.

Several Mexicans, both Indian and white, were recommended by Juárez. They would assist the Apaches in publishing newspapers.

It can be seen that Juarez is also very concerned about the Apache News Agency. Just like he said, these Mexicans are all excellent authors.

Later, the horse guard mentioned the purchase of artillery to Juarez.

"Juárez, you know, the fact that the Apache tribe is located within the United States makes us uncomfortable..." he said.

Juarez: "Yes, Americans are aggressive and greedy, especially those slave-owning Southern Americans!"

Ma Shao continued: "Although the professional army in Mianxiong City is already quite large, I am still worried about being attacked by Americans. In order to better protect my tribe, I really need to get some artillery. I don't know if I can get it here."

Did you buy it?"

"Artillery..." Juarez pondered for a moment, "In fact, we don't have many artillery now."

"I told you that Santa Anna has been weakening the local army before. The artillery units of the local army are naturally the focus of the weakening. Many artillery units have been cancelled."

"After the outbreak of war, this weakening was stopped, but the artillery was never adequately replenished."

After a pause: "So, even if you really need artillery, Oaxaca can only provide you with three...well, four, which is the most in a short period of time."

"Four doors." Ma Shao couldn't help but frown slightly. This number was indeed a bit small.

If you want to defend Sleeping Bear City, you must have at least ten artillery pieces.

Juarez changed the topic at this time: "However, there are more artillerymen and gunsmiths."

"After the local artillery force was reduced, many gunsmiths and artillerymen changed careers. If you can pay them a good salary, I think they will definitely be willing to return to their old profession."

The horse whistle nodded: "Recruiting gunsmiths and artillerymen is not bad. However, the Apache may lack some materials for making cannons."

Apache had previously asked Clark Town to purchase various industrial raw materials and tools, including raw materials for making weapons.

But this is obviously risky.

Maybe one day the U.S. government will find out and close this hole.

If possible, Ma Shao hopes to find more ways to obtain products from industrial society.

"You can buy the materials from Chihuahua or Coahuila." Juarez said, "I will introduce you to several companies. They should have what you want."

Horse whistle: "Thank you very much, Juarez."

Juarez smiled: "We are friends."

The horse guard purchased four cannons in Oaxaca, all six and twelve pounders, not cannons.

But for Sleeping Bear City, these four artillery pieces are undoubtedly an important start.

At the same time, he also found some artillerymen and gunsmiths, including many Indians, and hired them to Sleeping Bear City.

The salary for hiring them is naturally not low, and it also includes a large settlement fee. If Apache hadn't been rich in gold mines, this expenditure would have been enough to cause pain for a while.

It is precisely for this reason that these artillerymen and gunsmiths are willing to drag their families and travel all the way to work in Mianxiong City.

With four cannons and a dozen hired artillerymen and gunsmiths, the Apache army set off back to Sleeping Bear City.

Of course, they did not have to turn back the same way. On the way, they also needed to contact several companies in Chihuahua and Coahuila to purchase raw materials and tools for the production of artillery and other important industrial products.

This made Mashao lament the difficulty of industrial development.

Relying on the unique agricultural conditions, Mianxiong City's agricultural development is very smooth.

If the population hadn't been expanding rapidly, Mianxiong City could have exported a large amount of food.

In contrast, industrial development is much more difficult and insecure, as many tools and raw materials rely on imports.

The industry in Sleeping Bear City seems to be quite prosperous and can produce Browning pistols in large quantities, but if the United States pulls out the power and strangles the neck, it will fall apart in an instant.

What's worse is that Ma Shao has not yet found coal, iron ore or copper mines for Apache, which are the basis for independent industrial development.

Without coal and steel, it would be impossible to develop an independent industrial system.

Therefore, before having its own coal and steel, Ma Shao's only option is to expand import channels, and cannot rely too much on Clark Town, the U.S. import channel, or smuggling channel.

Thanks to Juarez's help, the Mexican side is progressing smoothly.

When Juarez becomes the president of Mexico in the future, Ma Shao will receive even more support.

The next step is to go to Europe.

"Are you going to Europe?" Juarez was a little surprised to learn about Mashao's plan.

"Yes."

"Now?" Juarez asked again, "I mean, you should have heard that Europe has been a little uneasy recently."

Of course Ma Shao knows, and has known it for a long time.

It is now 1848, the year when revolution swept Europe, and the famous French February Revolution had already broken out.

But that didn't stop him at all.

Not only can it not stop him, it can even seduce him.

Behind such chaos, there are also opportunities.

Moreover, he could not wait for the revolution to subside before publishing "Thermodynamics". The opportunity to create "Thermodynamics" was not long ago.

In a few years, the first and second laws of thermodynamics will be clarified, and he will no longer have the chance to be the father of thermodynamics.

Horse whistle: "Yes, I will set off tomorrow to take a boat to Veracruz or Villahermosa to go to Europe."