Ma Shou stayed in Oaxaca for a few days and arranged the staffing of the news agency's branch.

In addition to the previous twelve Apaches, the agency added several more Mexicans.

Several Mexicans were recommended by Juárez.

Among them were Indians, as well as whites, who would assist the Apache in publishing newspapers.

"Sanchez, you used to be a lawyer?" Sánchez, one of several people recommended to him by Juárez, was clearly a mestizo from his facial features, looking like both an Indian and a white man.

"Yes, I am one of the aides to Governor Juárez." Sanchez looks like he's in his early thirties, beardless, dressed in formal attire, and looks well-mannered.

"Have you served in the state government?" ”

"No...... I mean, when Governor Juárez was a lawyer, I was one of his aides. He used to work as a lawyer. Sanchez explained.

Ma Sentry nodded, and after a while, he said, "Although you were recommended to me by Mr. Governor, I still have to examine you, I hope you can understand." ”

"Of course." "I believe I can pass the inspection, and in fact I came here on my own initiative and as a result of the request of Mr. Governor," Sanchez said. ”

"Oh?" Ma Whistle was slightly surprised, "Why are you asking for this?" ”

"I know the story of the Apache, your story." Sanchez's expression rose and fell, looking a little excited, "I have to say, you are a legend." ”

Ma Whistle smiled, then asked, "Sanchez, can you tell us what you think of the aborigines, or the Indians?" For example, why do you think Indigenous people lag behind white people? ”

Sanchez thought for a moment: "My father is white and my mother is Zapotec...... In my experience, I think it's because the vast majority of Indians have no written language, only a little sign language, without which knowledge cannot be recorded and transmitted. ”

"Then why do you think the Indians didn't have a written word?" Ma Whistle asked again.

Sanchez hesitated: "I don't quite understand this, after all, I don't know how writing was born, maybe the creation of words is just accidental." ”

Ma Sentry didn't ask any further.

To attribute the creation of writing to accident is a good answer for a person who has not been trained in historical materialism.

After all, in the face of such problems, many contemporaries were often more inclined to resort to strange things, such as ghosts and spirits, or racial racism, believing that whites had writing and Indians did not because whites were inherently superior.

Even if it's made up, people always have to find some reason to come out, and the factor of "chance" is not so easy to pay attention to, although many things are accidental.

"Sanchez, do you have a habit of writing?" Ma Whistle hopes that the editor of the newspaper will have at least some love for writing, "Or, do you have any ready-made articles that you can show me and my translators." ”

"Yes, I keep a diary, mainly about cases." As he spoke, Sanchez took out his diary and handed it to the horse whistle.

It can be seen that Juarez is extremely interested in the Apache News Agency, and even has some intention of taking precautions.

Approximately, he has certain expectations about his future choices and encounters.

After all, he had always been a staunch opponent of Santa Anna, and a rather radical reformer.

If you want to fight dictators and conservatives, you should naturally hold back.

Otherwise, even if he commits suicide by being shot twenty times one day, it is not impossible......

In fact, in the original history, after a few years, Juárez would be exiled for a period of time, working to survive.

The Mexicans who entered the news agency, as Juárez said, were excellent authors who could write moving articles in Spanish.

Of course, the horse whistle does not confirm this.

His current level of Spanish is still not high, not because he doesn't learn it carefully, but because he has too many languages to learn.

His role model is a wise man - no matter what country or region he goes to, he can read a manuscript in the local language, and he can take the manuscript off the manuscript in some languages, and talk and laugh freely.

The more you learn, the harder you will be to master it.

Moreover, he had to learn not only the languages of the major nations, but also the languages of the major Indian tribes.

Of all the languages he needs to learn, Spanish is one of the most unorthodox.

After all, in later generations, Spain really had no sense of existence, and the horse whistle was not interested in it in the first place.

So naturally, his Spanish level is like this, not very good now, and most likely will not improve in the future.

Simple dialogue or scripted writing is fine, but appreciating the quality of complex Spanish texts is not enough.

However, the Apache who are more proficient in Spanish say so, which shows that the articles of these Mexican employees should be written well.

The only thing he can confirm is that the attitudes and perceptions of the Mexicans selected by Juárez are indeed more reliable.

They, white and Native American, were champions of the idea of equality and freedom.

Equality and freedom, such ideas or slogans were commonplace in later generations, and even closer to the meaning of whitewashing peace and sanctimony.

Everyone can say two sentences, but there are not many people who really believe, and even fewer put them into practice.

But at the moment, it's not even popular pop culture, at least in North America, where slavery is a remnant, and it's hard to find people who embrace it.

For an Indian-run newspaper, this idea was very important.

If the white man who works here doesn't even have such a concept, it's hard to imagine that he will make any kind of trouble in his journalism.

Subsequently, Ma Whistle mentioned to Juárez about the purchase of artillery.

"Juarez, you know, the Apache tribe is located within the United States, and that makes us uneasy," he said. ”

Juarez nodded and said: "Americans are aggressive and insatiable, and it is difficult not to be next to such a neighbor. ”

"Especially the slave-owning Southern Americans." He added, "They have been particularly aggressive in aggression and expansion, and they have made no secret of it." ”

"Not only did they invade, but they also wanted to turn the territory from which they invaded into the territory of slavery, which is a great crime!"

The horse whistle continued, "Yes. Despite the fact that the professional army in Sleeping Bear City is no longer small, I am still worried about being attacked by the Americans. ”

"Sleeping Bear is a fast-growing Indian city with strict abolition of slavery, which must be regarded as a thorn in the side of Americans who are keen to invade and promote slavery."

"In order to better defend my people, I really need to get some artillery, I wonder if I can buy them here?"

"Artillery......" Juarez groaned.

"Apache can pay a premium price." The whistle said again.

Juarez shook his head: "It's not a matter of price. ”

"The real problem is that we don't have much artillery right now." He sighed slightly.

"I told you that Santa Anna had been weakening the local army before, and the artillery units of the local army were naturally the focus of the weakening, and many artillery units had been eliminated."

"After the outbreak of the war, this weakening was stopped, but the artillery was not replenished enough."

There was a pause: "So, even if you really need artillery, in a short period of time, Oaxaca will not be able to provide much." ”

"There are only three doors for you...... Well, four-door, that's the most. ”

"Four doors." Ma Whistle couldn't help frowning slightly, this number is indeed a little small.

If you want to defend Sleeping Bear City, you need at least ten cannons.

Juarez changed his words at this time: "However, there are more artillerymen and gunsmiths. ”

"After the local artillery units were cut, many gunsmiths and artillerymen changed careers, and you can find some in the city."

"For example, I knew a gunsmith in the city, who used to be a skilled gunsmith. People like this are not only found in Oaxaca, but also in other states. ”

"If you can pay them a decent salary, I think they'll be willing to go back to their old jobs."

Ma Sentry nodded: "It's not bad to recruit gunners and artillerymen." However, the Apache may have lacked some materials to make the cannon. ”

The Apache had previously asked Clark Town to purchase a variety of industrial raw materials and tools, including those used to make weapons.

This is obviously risky.

Maybe one day the U.S. government will notice it and close the gap.

If he could, Ma Whistle would like to have a few more ways to get products from industrial society.

"You can buy materials from Chihuahua or Coahuila." "I'll introduce you to a few companies, and they should have what you want." ”

Whistle: "Thank you then, Juarez." ”

Juarez smiled: "We are friends. ”

"Let's go see the guns."

After a while, the two of them came to a place that looked like a blacksmith's shop, which was in fact a gunsmith's shop, and the gunsmiths who were responsible for making the artillery worked here.

"These four cannons can be sold to you." Juárez pointed to the four cannons in the room.

"These two cannons are six pounder." He pointed to two small cannons.

"The other two are twelve pounds." There are also two larger ones, which look similar to those captured by the horse whistle at Fort Sutter, California.

Four cannons.

Two six-pounder, two twelve-pounder, neither of which is a cannon.

But for Sleeping Bear City, these four guns are undoubtedly an important start.

At the same time, he also found a number of artillerymen and gunsmiths, including many Indians, and hired them to Sleeping Bear City.

Naturally, the salary for hiring them is not low, and it also includes a large amount of settling-in expenses.

If it weren't for the deep pockets of the Apache, who were sitting on the gold mines, this expenditure would have been enough to hurt for a while.

It is precisely because of this that these artillerymen and gunsmiths willingly dragged their families and families to work in Sleeping Bear City.

With four cannons and a dozen hired artillerymen and gunsmiths, the Apache army set out for Sleeping Bear.

Of course, they did not have to turn back, but they also had to contact the companies in Chihuahua and Coahuila to buy raw materials and tools for the production of artillery and other important industrial goods.

This made Ma Whistle sigh that the hardships of industrial development.

With the unique agricultural conditions, the agricultural development of Mianxiong City is very smooth, and the yield per mu and total output of grain are increasing every year.

If it weren't for the rapid expansion of the population, Sleeping Bear City could have exported a large amount of grain and become an agricultural base like Kansas in later generations.

In contrast, industry is much more difficult to develop and insecure, with many tools and raw materials dependent on imports.

The industry of Sleeping Bear City seems to be relatively prosperous, with simple household utensils that can be self-sufficient, and Browning pistols can be manufactured in large quantities.

But it's all built on Clark Town's daigou.

If you are drawn from the bottom of the U.S. kettle and choke your neck, you will fall apart in an instant.

To make matters worse, Ma Whistle has so far failed to find coal, iron or copper for the Apache, which are the basis for its own industrial development.

Without coal and steel, it would be impossible to develop an independent industrial system.

Therefore, before having its own coal and steel, Ma Sentinel's only choice is to expand the import route, and cannot rely too much on Clarktown, the American import channel, or smuggling channel.

Thanks to Juárez's help, the Mexican side is going well.

When Juárez becomes president of Mexico in the future, Ma Whistle will receive even more support.

The next step is to go to Europe.

"You're going to Europe?" Juarez was a little surprised to learn of Ma Whistle's intentions.

"Yes."

"Now?" "I mean, you've probably heard that Europe has been a bit unquiet lately. ”

"There was a revolution in Italy, and the people of Sicily drove out the army of the Kingdom of Naples and established their own government. Of course, I am not optimistic about the outcome of this revolution. ”

"Then there is France, where they are moving even more, and other European countries seem to be starting to be affected."

Juarez mused, "Tell you the truth, Ma Whistle...... I have a feeling it could be a storm. ”

"I think so, too, it's going to be a storm." Of course, the horse whistle knew, and had known for a long time, "but I don't intend to stand still in the face of this storm." ”

It's 1848, the year the revolution swept across Europe, and the famous February Revolution in France has broken out.

But that didn't stop him in the slightest.

Not only could he not stop him, but he even wanted to go even more because of it.

Behind the chaos, there are also opportunities.

The impact of this European Spring was quite far-reaching, and the ascension of Napoleon III and the unification of Germany had its own factors.

Moreover, he could not wait for the revolution to subside before going to Europe to publish Thermodynamics.

It won't be long before the first and second laws of thermodynamics will be clarified one after another, leaving him with little time to grab his head.

"I'm leaving tomorrow to take a boat to Villacruz or Villahermosa to Europe." ”

If it's peacetime, just go to Veracruz and take a boat.

However, now that the war had just ended, he was not sure if he could find a ship in Veracruz, which had just finished a big battle last year.

Juarez could see that he had made up his mind: "Well, then good luck, my friend, I hope you can get what you want in this storm." ”

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(End of chapter)