Chapter 207: Historical Legacies

Only now did Hong Tao realize that the town where he had lived for several days was not an Indian village at all, but just a foothold built for local tourists, a bit like a resort, and the real Indian village was still a few kilometers away.

The Indians are a very legendary and mysterious people in Hong Tao's impression, and in Hong Tao's heart, they are still quite sympathetic to the Indians, because they look more like Asians, at least their hair and eyes are black.

However, after approaching the Indian village, Hong Tao seemed to swallow a fly, there are no tents made of branches and furs, and there are no hunters on horseback grazing and wearing Indian clothes, this is more like a small village in a remote area of China, there are few young strong men in the village, most of them are old people, women and children, and their living environment is really too bad, no wonder the international organization is crazy, compared to the overall standard of living in Canada, this is a slum.

The simple wooden houses, the inadequate sanitation facilities, the littering of garbage and feces, and the lifeless eyes of Hong Tao are all the feelings of Hong Tao after visiting this small village of less than 100 people. What makes him feel even more helpless is that there is something missing in the eyes of the people here, whether it is an adult or a child, they all look so decadent.

Because of Austin by his side, Hong Tao was embarrassed to ask more about what these Indians were messing up so badly, if it was really as the Canadian federal government said, enough money had been allocated every year for relief, then these Indian chiefs were too much of a thing, and they didn't need to ask, the money must have been divided privately.

But when Austin took everyone to visit the chief's house in the village, Hong Tao was even more confused. The chief's house was basically the same as that of other Indians, and it was so dilapidated and poor, with the exception of a satellite dish on the roof of his house. There is also a satellite phone in the house.

"Harrison, these Indians and Austin don't seem to be the same people, why did they become like this?" In the face of such a village, it is estimated that few people are still interested in playing, anyway, Hong Tao is unwilling to stay longer, everyone hurriedly turned, and returned to the town. After Austin left, Hong Tao couldn't wait to ask Harrison about the Indians.

"That's too complicated for me to answer all of them, in Canada. This issue is sensitive. As you can see, most of them are very poor and their living conditions are very difficult. But there are many things you don't know, such as the federal government's rule that Indians don't have to pay taxes, don't pay a penny, and they can enjoy the same benefits as all Canadians, if not better. Harrison was obviously reluctant to talk about it, but Hong Tao was a foreigner. He still talked about it as much as he knew.

"Then why are they so poor?" Hong Tao still didn't understand that in a country like Canada with high welfare and high taxes, not paying taxes is almost equivalent to earning about 40% more money than others, but the reality is obviously not the case.

"There is also a government fault in this. The original Indians were not allowed to leave the reservation at will, which was still run by federal government officials, and there were basically no factories, no companies, and few schools on the reservation. They receive only one government subsidy a month, and then they drink, gamble, fight, even if they want to work. There is no chance either. Harrison was embarrassed to talk about this, he turned out to be a military man, and he was part of the government.

"And what about later? Didn't the Austins own a hostel? And life is very good! Liu Xiaomei also came over to listen to Harrison, and couldn't help but interject and ask.

"You see, there are very few young people here, they all go to big cities like Toronto, some of them will look for jobs, and the other part will stay in the city and continue to live on government subsidies, after so many years of wrong policies, they are no longer used to working, and they always feel that they are the owners of this land, and their feelings are very complicated, I can't tell."

"I almost understood, forget it, let's not talk about this unpleasant topic, where are we going tomorrow? Did Austin say it? Hong Tao probably understands that many countries have this kind of national issue, and it cannot be explained in one or two sentences.

"Oh, Austin told us to wait here tomorrow for him, he said there was a big man coming here." Harrison was also relieved to see that Hong Tao didn't ask the question that made him uncomfortable

"Big shots? It can't be the sheikh who went on hunger strike, right? When Hong Tao heard the word big man, the first thing that came to mind was the female chief who could coax the prime minister's commissioner to bed.

"I don't know, who knows what kind of big man can come here, it's estimated that it's a chief or something, then I'll know Lu Dao, let's go to the woods and shoot a few shots, let you see my old buddy." Harrison patted the big revolver that had been hanging from his lap all the time.

Soon, Hong Tao's injury worsened, and he ran to the woods behind the hotel with Harrison, Pavey, and Boss Liu, intending to have a gun addiction, but Harrison's hospitality and generosity hurt Hong Tao.

Such a large revolver is really not something anyone can play, Hong Tao watched Harrison hold the revolver and smash a piece of wood more than 20 meters away, he had to try it. Harrison was also very righteous, and handed the gun to Hong Tao without saying a word, but after a few seconds, Hong Tao's right wrist was twisted, and the recoil of the gun was too great, and Hong Tao also played a one-handed launch, but the trick was not played well.

The skin of the butt riding is worn out, the thigh riding ligament is a little strained, the arm rowing can't be lifted, and now the wrist is twisted again, Hong Tao is a little homesick, to be exact, he misses Zhou Xiaoli.

Men are sometimes like a big child, usually jumping around and forgetting anything when they encounter fun; But as soon as I encountered setbacks, illnesses, or injuries, I immediately remembered the women around me, such as my mother, wife, girlfriend, or something.

Maybe it's telepathy, just when Hong Tao was depressed and couldn't accomplish anything, Zhou Dajiang suddenly called, and he wanted to invite Hong Tao to attend his naturalization ceremony.

When Hong Tao heard it, he didn't say a word, he immediately agreed, and then he found Harrison and told him about the situation, and Harrison also supported him to participate, in his words, this is a few important moments in life that need to wear a dress, if he is replaced, even if he is abroad, he will rush back immediately.

The rest is easy to do, ask Austin to help buy back the tickets to Toronto, and then rush back to Toronto before the day after tomorrow, but there is a little trouble with the problem of buying tickets.

You can go directly to Toronto by plane from Piwonac, but the planes here are all small planes, that is, the kind of propeller planes, in the words of Boss Liu, the plane is not as good as the domestic public car to look at the insurance, not only the noise is very loud, but also leaking around, he will not sit again.

As soon as Hong Tao heard this, he immediately didn't plan to take a plane, although the scenery here in Canada is good, but it is not worth burying himself here.

In addition to the plane, the other option is the train, but the price of this train ticket made Hong Tao startled, the 2000 kilometers from Piwonac to Toronto actually cost more than 800 Canadian dollars, which is still the price of the off-season, and by plane, it only costs more than 200 Canadian dollars. (Note: Piwonac is not connected to trains at all, there is only an airport in the local area, but in Canada trains are indeed much more expensive than airplanes, almost 3 times more.) )

"This Nima is a cheating father!" Hong Tao endured bursts of angina, gritted his teeth and bought a train ticket, Boss Liu said well, people are meaningful in money, and everything is in vain if people don't have it.

Early the next morning, Hong Tao was picked up by Austen, forced him to freshen up, and then handed him an Indian hat with long feathers, and solemnly asked Hong Tao to meet their Indian leader in the hotel living room, an Indian chief named Ann. (To be continued......)