"Hello, Mayor Thomas." The Twin Wolf Chieftain got down from his horse and greeted politely, then also greeted the interpreter, "And the bird's nest." ”

Then he pondered and said slowly: "We are here this time to discuss the matter of land again. ”

Mayor Thomas frowned: "How do you want to discuss, do you plan to sell more land?" ”

"No, quite the opposite...... We intend to cancel this deal. The Twin Wolf Chieftain paused, "We'll return everything we traded, the land of the Twin Wolf Clan, and your goods. ”

"Reverse the transaction, of course." Mayor Thomas smiled, "Wait a minute, let me find the contract." ”

He found a piece of paper with a few short paragraphs written in English, as well as a signature and a handprint.

Looking at the contract in his hand, Mayor Thomas said, "Oh, here, look at what our default clause says, if one party cancels the transaction without authorization, liquidated damages must be paid...... Eighty thousand dollars! ”

"So, the chief of the Twin Wolf Clan, as long as you pay me eighty thousand dollars, this deal can be canceled."

"What!" The Twin Wolf Chieftain didn't know much about the value of the dollar, but he knew it was an astronomical amount.

Eighty thousand dollars, I didn't even count the scalp of the whole family!

He immediately said, "It's impossible, I remember that there was no such thing in the contract!" ”

Mayor Thomas said: "How can it not be, it is written in black and white, you can take out your own contract and look at it if you don't believe it." ”

The Twin Wolf Chief's face turned red and white, and he took out his contract and said, "You must be talking nonsense!" ”

Mayor Thomas didn't speak, but there was a hint of undisguised sarcasm on his face, and he secretly put his hand behind him and made a gesture.

The Twin Wolf Chieftain took out a crumpled English contract and stepped forward to compare it with Mayor Thomas's contract: "You see, the two contracts are exactly the same!" ”

"It's exactly the same, it's all written that you're going to pay me $80,000!" Mayor Thomas nudged the Translator's Nest, "Tell them what they are saying." ”

Bird's nest lowered his head and pointed to the same paragraph of the two contracts: "This is the breach of contract clause, if you want to cancel the transaction, you really need to pay Mayor Thomas $80,000......"

"Hear me, Comanche, I didn't change the contract, and I didn't talk nonsense. That's what you signed, oh, I should say it's pressed. Mayor Thomas laughed, tapping his fingers twice on the pact's handprint.

He put the contract away again and continued, "Since you have pressed the handprint, you must abide by the spirit of the contract. Of course, there is no problem in reversing the transaction, as long as you pay liquidated damages, which are $80,000...... I'm a merciful man, I can give you half the price, $40,000, how about it? ”

The Twin Wolf Chief couldn't help but look at the bird's nest, and his voice trembled slightly: "You...... Why are you lying to me! ”

The bird's nest didn't speak.

"You traitor, you betrayed Comanche!" The Comanches cursed.

When the bird's nest heard this, his face suddenly turned red, and the green tendons on his neck bloomed, not to be outdone, he said: "I have nothing to do with you barbarians, I have long been converted to Christ, my name is Adam now, what obligation do I have to help you!" ”

The Twin Wolf Chief was also angry: "Even if you don't help us, you shouldn't lie to us!" ”

Bird's nest: "You yourself are illiterate, you deserve it!" An ignorant civilization like yours should have been extinct a long time ago, and the United States is the manifest destiny! ”

In fact, at this time, Americans did not think much of the Mandate of Heaven, and the term "Manifest Destiny" did not become popular in the United States until 1845, that is, next year.

But the Bird's Nest seems to be even more fanatical than the original American, and maybe he was the first to use the term.

"Okay, stop arguing with them." Thomas patted the bird's nest on the shoulder, "They're just a bunch of savages. ”

Bird's nest nodded, and his emotions calmed down: "Indeed, I shouldn't have paid attention to them. ”

"Let's get back to trading." Thomas took a hard puff of his cigarette and said, "So, dear chief, what are your plans now, whether to pay forty thousand dollars, or to go back with your deed?" ”

The Twin Wolf Chief's breathing was a little short: "You tricked me into signing this contract, it doesn't count, you violated the spirit of the contract first!" ”

Thomas laughed: "We have always kept the spirit of the contract, which is our most important tradition, but the spirit of the contract does not include mercy for ignorance. ”

"This deal must be reversed!" The angry Twin Wolf Chieftain directly tore up the contract, and the confetti fell to the ground.

Looking at the torn contract, Mayor Thomas looked expressionless, and only said, "It's a pity." ”

"Bang!" As soon as the words fell, several gunshots rang out from behind the Comanches, and two Comanches were shot and killed on the spot, but a group of white men came around behind them at some point.

"Bang bang bang!" Immediately afterwards, the whites in front also shot at the Comanches.

Thomas, on the other hand, stepped forward and rushed towards the Twin Wolf Chieftains.

The Twin Wolf Chieftain was old and caught off guard, and he was strangled by his neck on the spot, with a look of horror on his face.

"Surrender!" "Unless you guys can't wait to donate some fresh scalps!" ”

The Comanches were attacked from both sides, and in the blink of an eye, they fell into a disadvantage, and the chieftain was also captured, so they were naturally bound to lose. With the translation of the bird's nest, someone has already chosen to surrender.

However, one of the Comanches broke out of the encirclement and fled into the distance on horseback.

Thomas himself brought a rifle and aimed it at the fleeing guy, then pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The Comanche screamed, but was shot in the shoulder, which made him almost fall off his horse, but eventually gritted his teeth and clinged to it, disappearing from the white man's view.

Looking at this fleeing figure, Thomas frowned, and then looked at the bird's nest: "There shouldn't be many warriors in the Twin Wolf Clan, right?" ”

"That's right." Birdnest nodded, "They were originally a small clan, and after losing these people, there are not many warriors. ”

"We don't have to worry at all, Mayor Mare. In fact, I think we should have done it in the first place, and there was no need to spend money on land. A white man said.

Thomas didn't say anything.

The captured Twin Wolf Chieftain said angrily, "The Children of the Sky will punish you!" ”

"What did he say?" Thomas asked casually.

The bird's nest said, "He said the gods would punish us. ”

Although the Indians came up with their names at random, the name "Son of the Sky" clearly did not look like a personal name.

Therefore, as a Comanche who had long since converted to America and was far away from Native American society, the bird's nest subconsciously thought that it was the name of a god, and the whole sentence was nothing more than a mediocre curse.

"Haha, God is not on the side of the barbarians." People laughed.

"It should be said that barbarians will not be on God's side." Someone said so.

"Not necessarily, my man, don't you just stand up at the bird's nest?" Thomas pointed the way.

"That's right, hahaha!" People laughed.

The bird's nest also laughed together, and when there was a gap in people's laughter, he hurriedly said: "I'm Adam now, Adam, and it's not called the bird's nest." ”