"I mean the 'Apache tribe.'" Oak added.

After defeating the Comanche trileum, Ma Shou proposed to the other tribes to form an "Apache tribe" to bring all Apache into one tribe.

The other tribes did not respond to this offer at the time, and the horse whistle did not ask them to reply.

It was only today that Oak was the first to give an answer, or rather a follow-up question: "What concrete ideas do you have for the formation of the Apache tribe?" Let all the Apache move into Sleeping Bear City? ”

Horse Whistle: "Almost, I want most of the Apache to move into Sleeping Bear City, or establish a village near the city." ”

"Rural?" Oak frowned slightly, "But the vast majority of Apache are hunters. ”

Ma Whistle: "Safari is not sustainable, and the future Apache people will inevitably rely on agriculture and animal husbandry as a means of obtaining food. ”

After a pause, he continued, "You may not realize how alarming the rate of extinction of bison is, and it won't be long before we find large herds of bison. ”

Oak thought for a moment, "How many farmers are there in Sleeping Bear City now?" ”

Ma Whistle: "Almost everyone knows some farming techniques to some extent, and most adults work in agriculture. ”

Like most Apache people, Oak is suspicious of agriculture: "I have heard that the harvest depends on the weather, sometimes it is abundant, sometimes it is not ......."

Ma Whistle said: "Safari is different to see the bison herd?" In case the bison herd is not found for several months in a row, the life of the clan is just as difficult. ”

"Sleeping Bear City is right next to the Arkansas River, the soil is fertile, and the agricultural conditions are among the best in the Americas."

"There's nothing better here than agriculture, and the current development of Sleeping Bear City is proof of that."

If the Indians wanted to rise, they naturally had to rely on industry.

Strictly speaking, Sleeping Bear City is actually not suitable for industrial development, mainly because there are no minerals nearby, but Ma Whistle still attaches great importance to it.

Because the agricultural conditions here are so superior, it can almost be described as perfect.

Agriculture, though not making the Indians strong, was more basic than industry, and without subsistence agriculture, everything else was left untouched.

For example, in the United States, the grain self-sufficiency rate has been maintained at more than 120 percent for a long time, and it is on this basis that there is a prosperous secondary and tertiary industry.

It can be said that the development of Sleeping Bear City is mainly the process of a group of Indians making up for the agricultural era.

The results of the make-up lessons are also evident.

The food produced by Sleeping Bear City can feed tens of thousands of people, and for a nomadic people like the Apache, the settlement of tens of thousands of people is nothing short of a miracle.

Even if it is completely new to agriculture, oak has to admit the significance of agriculture.

Then he pondered and added, "If I let the Chirikawa tribe join here, what positions will my high priest and I hold...... Of course, the Great Chief will definitely be you, there is no doubt about it. ”

After yesterday's Spring Festival extravaganza, Oak was convinced that he could not compete with Ma Whistle, and he was no match for Ma Whistle in any field.

But he still cared about his future position and power, at least he didn't want to be a hunter or a farmer, busy with his own livelihood.

"Tribal councillors." "And honorary councillors for life." ”

"Councillor?" Oak didn't quite understand the word.

Ma Whistle roughly introduced him: "To put it simply, it is a position dedicated to participating in various tribal meetings, and I will listen to your opinions at the meetings. ”

"What is an honorary councillor for life?"

"Councillor is an honorable position and status, but there is a term limit, one year." "After anyone has been a councillor for a year, I will re-examine and determine whether they are eligible to continue in office. ”

"But as long as the honorary councillor for life does not commit a crime, he can maintain this honor forever and receive a certain allowance."

"Of course, there is only honor for life, not authority."

In fact, whether it is for life or not, whether the reputation is not honorable, the parliamentarians of Sleeping Bear City have no real power.

It can even be said that the parliament is a secretarial body of the horse whistle.

In the future, the horse whistle may give the parliament some real power, but now it is absolutely impossible, because he needs to centralize power now, and second, there are many incompetent parliamentarians.

Many of the current councillors are chiefs of various clans in the past.

Most of these chiefs are quite old and have little learning ability, so it's okay to be a mouthpiece, and no matter how much they do, they can't do it.

Ma Whistle made them a councilor, which also had a great sense of transition, giving a member of the name of a councilor, so as not to make them feel that they would become "civilians" if they joined Sleeping Bear City.

This proved to be effective.

Even Oak, a tribal chieftain, was tempted by the honor of being an honorary councillor for life.

He didn't know exactly what this honor meant, but firstly, the title sounded very compelling, and secondly, in the description of the horse whistle, this honor was very rare and high-end.

It's like playing a game, a novice player who bursts out of a purple suit for the first time when he fights monsters in the wild, regardless of whether the purple suit is really valuable and useful, he will be very excited.

It's human nature.

For rare things, people have an instinctive craving.

Even if it's artificially set rarity, even if it's meaningless rarity.

"Okay, I agree to form the 'Apache Tribe', and call on the Apache people of the Chirikawa tribe to move to Sleeping Bear City." Oak finally said.

Ma Whistle couldn't help but smile: "Since it's the 'Apache tribe', let's go talk to the other tribes too, and it's best to get the support of all the tribes at once." ”

Most of the people from other tribes who came to Mian Xiongcheng to participate in the Spring Festival party were ordinary envoys, but those who came from the same clan were more important figures, including the four tribal chiefs, who were specially invited by Ma Whistle.

So in the days after the Spring Festival, Ma Zhang's main job was to work with Oak to discuss mergers with several other Apache tribes.

Essentially, other tribes joined the Plains tribe, but nominally several tribes came together to form an Apache tribe and unify the Apaches.

Given the results of the current development in Sleeping Bear City, the benefits of the merger are so obvious, and several tribes are of the same kind, so there is not much resistance.

The biggest obstacle may be the personal interests of the big chiefs of the tribes, after all, who doesn't want to be the boss.

The second is the cost of relocation, which is not a big problem, the Apache people would have migrated from time to time, and Sleeping Bear City has a lot of money and can pay for it out of pocket.

With the persuasion of Horse Whistle and Oak, three of the four Great Chiefs who eventually came to Bear City in person agreed to the merger.

The remaining tribes also expressed a preference for merger, but they needed to go back and consult with the other tribes before making a decision.