Chapter 57: Sun, Air, and Freedom

For White Rock, the most important thing right now is the parade celebration.

What kind of retaliation by the U.S. military and the war in the south, these things can't affect ordinary people for the time being. What the people need is the catharsis of their emotions, not the pretense of being reserved.

All people in the world are the same, regardless of color or race, and having them smash a wagon painted with the logo of the American military at this time is more effective than all the words of demagoguery.

The White Rock Daily newspaper laid out a large number of statistics in an attempt to illustrate that the victory was the biggest Native American victory since the white invasion.

And after this victory, for the first time, the Indians possessed not verbally, but in substance, a territory that they could control.

But for ordinary people, the White Rock City Daily certainly makes sense, but what makes more sense is the layers of American military corpses piled up on the banks of the Yellowstone River.

Didn't people come all the way from Livingston and Landburgh to bring these things back to relieve their anger?

The people can't think that long-term.

They will only feel that the weather is good and they are in a good mood today.

A world without American troops, especially good!

……

What Peso told Ikaruga was that the parade would officially begin at two o'clock in the afternoon.

But in fact, from 10 a.m., there was a sea of people outside Baishi Castle, and the drums were playing in unison.

White Rock is a city built on a hill, and three years ago it was a small Indian boarding school. When the turtledove decided to use this place as a base for its northward expansion, it only considered its terrain to be easy to defend, but did not think too much about its future development.

Time flies so fast, almost in the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

All of a sudden, Shiraishi City has become a 'super city' with a population of more than 100,000 and more than a dozen factories. At this point, the shortcomings of inadequate upfront planning are revealed.

The pollution was so severe that even the walls of White Rock City were blackened by soot.

What's even worse is the water source, it turns out that when there are few people, living in the mountains is not a big problem. But now that there are more people, how to bring water to the mountains has become a big problem. In these years, there are no pumps, and the reservoir can only be managed for a while.

As a result, White Rock Castle was naturally divided into 'Upper Town' and 'Lower Town'. The old people want to move to the lower city because it is bright and convenient, but the newcomers always want to go to the upper city, because there are many big people and opportunities.

White Rock City is like a child who is slowly growing up from infancy, gradually taking on its cute side and its not-so-cute side.

But who doesn't grow up with a pile of and urine?

Which parent has never held up their child's diaper and proudly said: "My baby is awesome, especially able to pull!" ”

Turtledoves feel that way right now.

In fact, not only turtledoves, but also the 100,000 people in Baishi City, who did not hate the stinking ditch while writing to their distant relatives who lived in the deep mountains and old forests, asking them to come over and be city people.

Where there are people, there is class, and where there are cities, there are divisions.

In this respect, White Rock is no different from any other city, and the Indians are no different from any other people.

All the racial differences are artificially formulated by the aggressors. Not only did they think, but they forced everyone to join them in thinking: "The Indians are fit to gnaw the bark of trees in the deep mountains and old forests, and the blacks are fit to pick cotton in the cotton fields!" ”

Only now, with a newly rising city, Ikaruga tells these people: "No, your definition is wrong! ”

The world shouldn't be defined that way!

All people, no matter how different they are in skin color or race, should have the same rights to life and property, and should have the right to pursue their own happy life!

Why is there such a tide of voices outside the window and the crowd is excited?

Why have people outside White Rock City started singing and dancing all night since last night?

The people don't know much, but they at least know that from now on, on this piece of Oregon, they can walk on the road with their heads held high without worrying about a noose falling from the sky around their necks!

For the vast majority of people, in fact, there is no concept of regaining the land of their ancestors, and every family is a poor peasant for generations, where do they remember what their ancestors were like? But they at least knew that from now on there would be no white men running around in the land with muskets.

Maybe there will be a division of land in the future, and maybe a daughter-in-law in the future...... It's beautiful to think about!

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The turtledove opened the window, and the warm sunlight and the blazing hustle and bustle all came to the face at once.

He sat back, leaned back in his chair, and lifted his legs up on the table. The sunlight fell on his face through the gap in the window, and the sound outside the window was heard in his ears, and there was a feeling of listening to a gramophone.

The last document on the table was the third edition of the post-war statistics, and Ikaruga covered his cheeks with it, his toes clapping with the sound of the window, his eyes staring at the numbers on the document with a blank look.

Some are unpretentious and boring.

“…… A total of 8 regiments of the US army were annihilated, with a total of 11,500 ......"

“…… Governor Fremont, Colonel Creek, Captain Alexander, Captain Thomson, Captain Graeme, Lieutenant Calle, Lieutenant Somme......"

“…… 300 Charleville muskets, 800 Kentucky long rifles, 6,870 M1841 Mississippi rifles, and 32 6-pounder guns were seized......"

“…… Occupy (crossed out and changed to 'recovered') 2 million square kilometers of land, 5 gold mines above designated size, 1 metallurgical plant, 2 food processing factories, 1 textile factory......"

“…… 250 Indian tribes have been collected, with an additional population of 100,000, and the follow-up will continue to be counted and cleaned up. There are also 30 large manors, 15,000 black slaves, 350 cattle, and ...... mules."

“…… 1,000 kilograms of gold, $85,000, 360,000 pesos, 10,000 pounds, 110,000 francs, and the equivalent of about $30,000 in other currencies were seized......"

……

The turtledove suddenly tilted its head and almost fell off its chair.

He hurriedly grabbed the edge of the table with his hand, and then he realized that he had almost fallen asleep.

The midday sun was getting hotter and hotter, and he couldn't open his eyes a little.

The noise from the window was like waves, hitting his eardrums wave after wave.

He sat for a moment as if he had just woken up from a dream, then grabbed the clothes from the wall and draped them over himself, pushed open the door and walked out.

He couldn't wait to get into that endless wave.