1840Indian rebirth

"Yes, newspapers are what you use to record news." Yutian said.

Of course, only Yutian and Mashao could use the newspaper. In fact, this decision was the result of the exchange between the two.

Even though there are currently only a handful of Apaches who can recognize all 26 English letters, and the English proficiency of Rainy Day and Mashao is not very good, if the Apache wants to truly develop, proactive information acquisition is essential.

In Ma Shao's view, even if we look at the physical world, information is still the most precious substance in the universe. If there is a Creator in the world, his most cherished treasure must be information.

Moreover, in addition to obtaining information, newspapers also have another important purpose - wiping butts!

Ma Shao still vaguely remembered that when he was a child in the countryside in his previous life, he often used old newspapers and old book pages to wipe his buttocks.

This is not a comfortable experience, but compared with using stones and sticks, it is still much better.

Due to his crude way of using the toilet, he has gotten his hands on a horse whistle more than once since he was reborn, and each time it ruined his mood for the entire day.

Therefore, for the sake of his nation and his ass, he must buy newspapers, even if he pays a high price for it.

"You can't make money from this thing. You know, I'm a businessman." Smith calmed down, and there was no surprise in his reply. "A businessman can do any business, but the prerequisite is that it can make money."

Rainy Day said nothing, just nodded.

Upon seeing this, Smith asked: "What newspaper do you want?"

Rainy Day: “What is the most common newspaper in the United States?”

Smith thought for a while: "The Tribune, the Sun and the Herald, I think they are probably the ones, especially the Tribune, that are very popular in the Midwest."

He was talking about the three major penny newspapers in the United States that rose rapidly in this era, also known as cent newspapers. As the name suggests, its main feature is its low price. Each newspaper often sells for only one cent or two cents.

Prior to this, newspapers in the United States were mainly political party newspapers, which were expensive and filled with a lot of content about political parties fighting each other, spreading rumors and slandering each other, so that it was called the "dark period" in the history of American journalism.

It was not until eleven years ago, in 1833, with the founding of The Sun that this dark period ended.

As the dragon slayers of the old era, a group of commercial newspapers led by The Sun have naturally become the new kings.

"Just these three, I want two copies of the newspapers they publish, and you send someone to deliver them every seven days." Yutian said.

Smith frowned slightly: "So, how much do you plan to pay every week?"

"A piece of cowhide, I think it should be equivalent to more than ten times the price of a newspaper." Yutian said.

Smith waved his hand without hesitation: "It has nothing to do with the price of the newspaper. I can find someone to help you make a trip for three hides every week. If it's any less, it won't even be enough to feed the horses."

I thought for a while on the rainy day: "If you can send us some more blank paper, I can agree."

"Each trip comes with twenty pounds of white paper for you," Smith said.

The business was finally settled. Although most of Smith's spirits were not sold, a lot of other items were sold, and Apache also ordered many items.

Therefore, as in the past, both parties remained polite after the business was over, sat together, drank some wine, and talked and laughed.

The horse whistler took this opportunity to buy the two Colt revolvers from the caravan with the US dollars he had collected from the white man.

You may not be able to have two hundred pistols, but you must not let go of these two.

After clearing the money and drinking, Smith led the team to leave.

"What's wrong, William, are you thinking about some girl?" Smith looked at his distracted nephew and asked jokingly.

"I kind of regret selling the revolver, uncle." William sighed.

Smith didn't take it seriously: "If you ask me, you should have done this a long time ago. Do you see, only Indians like this kind of gun, and they will buy two hundred more, haha."

William was silent.

After a while, he suddenly said again: "Do you feel that the Apaches are very different this time?"

"Indeed." Smith nodded. "The biggest surprise is of course that they actually announced that they would give up drinking. This is outrageous, although their alcoholism is indeed quite serious."

"...and the newspaper, can they really understand it? The English of those two Indians is not as good as my little daughter."

Young William said: "Frankly, uncle, I'm a little uneasy. These Indians are obviously aware of something and they are trying to change. Maybe this is a bad start."

"Maybe." Smith said noncommittally.

William added: "This could hurt our country."

"No, no one can harm our country, my patriotic nephew." Smith smiled.

William looked at him puzzled.

Smith continued: "Because our motherland is the greatest country in the world - the Republic of Mani!"

"Hahaha."

Many people in the caravan laughed together, and the air of the grassland was filled with a happy atmosphere.

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a.

The first batch of newspapers and white paper were delivered to the Apache camp. Ma Shao and Yu Tian couldn't wait for it, so they went to get it back to the camp as soon as possible.

The two of them sat in the tent and read the newspaper silently, with embarrassment gradually appearing on their faces.

After a while of silence.

"I think we should have our own words."