1840Indian rebirth

"I have to remind you that I am not a weapons expert. I can try to make some improvement suggestions for your weapons, but you'd better not have too much hope." Ma Shao thought for a while.

General Fitzroy laughed: "No problem, actually I am not a weapons expert, but I believe you and the craftsmen must have a great time talking."

The horse whistle came to Fitzroy's army and communicated with the soldiers and weapon craftsmen for a period of time. Based on the insights of later generations, he put forward some suggestions for improving the weapons being used by the British army.

His opinions were conservative and pragmatic. He neither wanted weapons beyond his control to evolve too quickly, nor could he talk empty talk and provide no benefit to the British army, otherwise there would be no business left.

Relying only on light weapons, the Apache's military strength was far from insufficient.

Mexico was too busy to take care of itself and could only provide the Apache with a few artillery pieces, which obviously could not satisfy the appetite of the horse whistle.

He needs more, bigger.

In fact, artillery is no longer a problem. Now the horse sentry can just pay. He is satisfied with the artillery produced by the British in terms of quantity and quality.

The problem today is the boat.

More precisely, warships.

Mashao wants to buy some second-hand warships. The advantages of second-hand warships are that they are cheap and arrive quickly. It doesn’t matter if the ship is older. It is enough for the Apache. Of course, it is best to bring some professional navy and technical personnel with him.

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He hopes that after several years of hard work, Apache can build a navy on the west coast of America that can withstand U.S. pressure, and then establish more stable ties with East Asia.

If this step goes well, what Apache needs to do later is to continue to develop and wildly ignite the north and south, making the Civil War more tragic and destructive than in history, and completely tearing up the Stars and Stripes.

At the appropriate time, the horse whistle asked General Fitzroy for relevant information.

"You want to buy a second-hand warship?" General Fitzroy was a little surprised, looking at the whistle with a sincere expression, "But I remember you said that you live in the interior of America."

Ma Shao said: "Mainly inland, but not entirely inland. I am very aware of the richness of the ocean and exploring the ocean is essential."

"It's really ambitious." General Fitzroy smiled, "Okay, what kind of warship do you want to buy? There are several ships that are about to be retired that can be sold to you, but the price will not be very cheap."

Ma Shao: "How much does the cheapest one cost?"

"The cheapest... there is a light frigate, a sixth-level warship, equipped with twenty cannons, which can be sold to you for three thousand pounds." Fitzroy recalled, "There is also a similar one, about four thousand pounds.

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"Better than these two is a frigate with forty-four guns. You may have to spend ten thousand pounds to buy this one."

"As for a bigger boat, frankly, I don't recommend you buy it," Fitzroy finally said.

Ma Shao thought for a moment: "Take me to see these three ships."

"Can."

Facts have proved that Mashao did gain a lot of friendship by helping the British army improve their weapons. He finally bought three frigates that were not too old at a cost of only fifteen thousand pounds.

And in addition to warships, he also received a group of military advisors. To some extent, these military advisors are more important than the ships.

Mashao also bought several second-hand merchant ships.

There were ships, but they were empty, so he immediately began to busy filling these empty warships and merchant ships.

He purchased a lot of important supplies that were not easily available in the United States, and then recruited a group of high-level craftsmen.

These craftsmen were really not cheap. In order to make them willing to go to America with him, Ma Shao offered them a salary that was significantly higher than the British level, and also promised to give them a large settlement allowance.

Therefore, he definitely cannot recruit too many people and seeks refinement rather than too much. The main purpose is to bring some important skills and experience to Apache.

After recruiting these craftsmen, Mashao purchased some grain and drove to Ireland to provide relief to the victims in the name of charity.

Of course, he was not really doing it for charity. In fact, the food on the ship could not help a few victims at all, and the price of food is not cheap now.

He just wanted to recruit some people.

In famine-stricken areas, the most valuable thing is people, so this is a good time to import.

Of course, Mashao will not accept everyone like some countries in later generations did when they accepted refugees, and in the end they would shoot themselves in the foot.

The refugees he accepts are mainly children, and they have normal development, at least no brain problems, and the average age is about eight years old - if they are too big, the cost of education is high, they are not needed; if they are too small, the cost of raising them is high, they are not needed.

These children can bring their relatives on board the ship, but not all relatives are allowed. Specifically, only women of childbearing age are allowed.

If you want to bring relatives such as father, brother, uncle, grandparents, etc., that is definitely not possible.

It's easy to deal with this kind of situation. Just give some food to relatives. Many parents are willing to do this. After all, they don't want their children to be slaves. Everyone is happy if they can survive independently.

Ma Shao has enrolled about a thousand school-age children, plus several hundred women of childbearing age, which can be regarded as implementing the principle of giving priority to women and children.

As for adult males, they were not completely confiscated, but the number was very small - only a few dozen.

After all, given the current environment in Ireland, the young and middle-aged male civilians with some skills have basically been expelled long ago. Who is still starving here, so most of the remaining ones are not suitable to accept them.

Dozens of adult men were recruited, either with special abilities, special status, or with a child who was smart enough to negotiate terms with Ma Shao.

Two of the men left a very deep impression on Mashao, and he will probably never forget them in his life.

"Mr. Kennedy?" Ma Shao stared at the shy young man in front of him, "What will you do?"

Kennedy seemed a little panicked: "I...I can make barrels."

Ma Shao nodded: "Nothing, you go and rest."

A cooper was obviously not qualified for him to receive it, but he was very happy to receive this guy.

Because he was 90% sure that this young Irish man named Patrick Kennedy was the ancestor of Melody. Not only the surname, but also the appearance of the two people was somewhat similar.

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In addition to Kennedy, there was also an "acquaintance" on Ma Shao's ship - Bai Deng.

However, compared with Kennedy, who was almost certain, Ma Shao was not sure whether he was the ancestor of Xizong.

But he remembered that Xizong was also of Irish descent, and it seemed that he was born in Ireland during this era, so the probability should not be small.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether it is or not, the timeline has been obviously distorted, and the life trajectories of these two people are bound to be very different from the original history.

For Mashao, this is entertainment.

After leaving Ireland, several ships carried supplies and people directly to the west. They would go around Cape Horn and then go north to California.

The post went to Liverpool to take the tribesmen who stayed there to Lincoln - the Boer School was almost repaired.

However, when their train passed through Manchester, a large group of workers gathered and the train had to be stopped.

"Universal suffrage!" the workers shouted.