1840Indian rebirth

Many tribesmen have begun to use U.S. dollar coins and Spanish silver dollars as currency, but some people still don't know much about them.

"These are the coins." Bujiu shook a few coins, including gold coins, silver coins, and of course more cents.

"Why use white people's coins? Aren't shell beads bad?" some people commented.

But more people have recognized these gold, silver and copper coins with numbers printed on them: "These coins are made of metal and have numbers. They are much easier to use than shell beads! Who is still using shell beads these days?"

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"Don't you know numbers yet?"

"No, there are really people who don't know numbers, right?"

Even if there are people who don't know numbers, they are naturally embarrassed to admit it. But they should be in the minority. The minimum requirement of literacy classes is for everyone to know numbers and their own names.

Not drinking said: "These coins are indeed more convenient. The chief said that we will have our own metal coins in the future, but now we can only use white people's coins... In fact, the purchase of spirits this time is also to promote currency. Most of you

Everyone knows numbers."

"If you insist on asking for shell beads, I can give them to you, as long as you don't come to me if you suffer a loss in the future."

Those who wanted to use wampum or barter were given up, and they could only accept the U.S. dollars or Spanish silver dollars from the liquor store along with the majority of people.

A large bag of spirits cost four dollars. The Liquor and Pharmacy Bureau purchased more than four hundred bags in total and paid nearly two thousand dollars for it.

The clansmen lost their spirits, but they suddenly gained a large amount of good and easy-to-use currency.

In the past, people bartered for various inconveniences, but now that there is more convenient currency, many people are suddenly ignited with enthusiasm for doing business and want to discuss the price of everything they see.

The economic activities within the Mianxiong clan gradually became richer.

About a month has passed.

April.

During this month, Mashao's life was still busy, even busier. Because two more Apache clans joined in, the size of the Mian Xiong clan expanded a bit, and it also brought him more affairs.

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Exercise, deal with family affairs, learn English, learn the Manqi language, teach, and train... he has to do all these things.

At the same time, for long-term considerations, sleep is also indispensable, so he has almost no time for entertainment. If he wants to have fun, he can only have fun with his tribe, such as holding a party.

Extremely busy, barely enough sleep, and almost non-existent entertainment.

Fortunately, the horse whistle in this life has abundant energy and strong execution ability that are far beyond ordinary people. If it were left to the body and mind of the fat house in the previous life, with this kind of work intensity, he would probably have to lie down in a week.

As his work progresses, he can feel that the tribe's recognition of him is gradually deepening. In the past, his admirers mainly came from the military, but now the entire tribe has begun to worship him more and more.

He does not reject people's worship of him, and probably no one would reject this kind of thing.

But this kind of worship is always mixed with all kinds of strange and confusing things, which makes him feel entangled, but he doesn't know how to deal with it.

Choosing to admit or acquiesce is contrary to your own philosophy.

Choosing to explain, it is difficult to explain clearly to so many people. It is difficult to explain clearly. For example, Ma Shao once said that he had never seen the Great Spirit, and the tribesmen who heard this still thought that he was the messenger of the Great Spirit - you

What does it have to do with whether you have met the Great Spirit or not and whether you are the Messenger of the Great Spirit? I don’t care, you are the one appointed by the Great Spirit.

If you choose to stop it by force, you may hurt the feelings of your tribe and damage your own authority.

So on this issue related to faith, Ma Shao once again chose to let it go, a bit evasive.

But at least for now, this avoidance has not brought him any harm. His authority in the clan is still increasing day by day, and no one dares to express disrespect or opposition to him...

In the clan square, nearly three hundred warriors were neatly arranged in a square formation, surrounded by a large number of clan members watching.

The soldiers were not on horseback because it was infantry time.

Everyone was wearing simple linen shirts and jeans, including the horse whistle standing in front of the queue, which is the current military uniform of the Sleeping Bear clan.

Judging from the clothing alone, if there were no feathers on their heads, these Indian warriors would almost look like white people.

Ma Shao doesn't like this style very much. He prefers various military uniforms from later generations, but that is not practical yet. This shirt and jeans look is at least much better than the way the tribe used to look.

In the past, the tribesmen wore either simple and wide leather coats or rough and ragged cloth clothes. When the weather got warmer, they would go bare-chested and often paint their skin with various paints to demonstrate martial arts.

These elements that made the military appearance look messy, the horse whistle set an example by discarding all of them and replacing them with simple and practical clothing, leaving only the feathers on the head.

"Commanders, you should already know the results of the cultural assessment." The horse whistle shouted to the soldiers.

Before he finished speaking, nervous expressions appeared on many of the long faces, but they were already familiar with military disciplines, so they still held their heads high and said nothing.

Ma Shao continued to shout: "Today is a drill assessment. The total score of the two assessments is the result of this month's special assessment."

"In addition, three centurions will be born today!"

Centurion!

The horse guard had told the soldiers about this position a few months ago. When they heard the news, all the commanders' eyes lit up.

"You should still remember the rules for the formation of centurions. Let me say it again. The three people who have accumulated the highest cumulative assessment scores in the past few months and have no disciplinary records are centurions."

"Okay, now the assessment officially begins!"

The content of the assessment includes formation, physical fitness, and tactics. It starts with the infantry assessment, but more importantly is the assessment on horseback.

The assessment lasted all morning. The horse whistle recorded the performance of each commander in each assessment, and also paid attention to the performance of the soldiers.

In previous assessments, some soldiers with outstanding performance will also receive rewards, mainly eagle feathers.

After the assessment, Ma Shao used the lunch break to sort out the results and then announced the results in the afternoon.

"The top three in the overall results are Prairie Wolf, Thick Shoulders, and Lone View. From today on, you will be the centurions of the clan army!" the horse whistle announced.

Then he awarded each of the three centurions a blue shirt and an armband as the centurion's symbol.

The three centurions were very happy, and the onlookers were also very excited.

The horse whistle was also relieved. The three centurions had reached a good level in all aspects, enough to share a lot of army work for him. Recently, he has been too busy.

"Steppenwolf."

"Arrived!" The centurion, who had just become a prairie wolf, responded excitedly.

Ma Shao nodded: "I will arrange a task for you."