Bab 140: Chapter 141: [Apache Tribe]
"I meant 'Apache Tribe,'" Oak added.
After defeating the three-tribe coalition of Comanche tribes, Ma Shao proposed to other tribes to form an "Apache tribe" and incorporate all Apaches into the same tribe.
The other tribes did not respond to this proposal at the time, and Ma Shao did not ask them to respond.
Until today, Oak finally gave the first answer, or asked: "What specific ideas do you have about forming an Apache tribe? Let all Apaches move to Sleeping Bear City?"
Ma Shao: "Almost. I hope most of the Apaches will move to Sleeping Bear City, or build rural areas near the city."
"Rural?" Oak frowned. "But most Apaches are hunters."
Ma Shao: "Hunting is unsustainable. In the future, the Apache people will have to rely on agriculture and animal husbandry as a way to obtain food."
After a pause, he continued, "You may not realize how fast the bison population is going extinct. It won't be long before we can hardly find large herds of bison."
Oak thought for a moment and asked, "How many farmers are there in Sleeping Bear City now?"
Ma Shao: "Almost everyone knows some planting techniques, and most adults work in agriculture."
Like most Apaches, Oak was full of doubts about agriculture: "I heard that the harvest depends on the weather. Sometimes there is a lot, and sometimes there is nothing..."
Ma Shao said, "Don't hunting require the presence of a herd of buffalo? If we fail to find a herd of buffalo for several months, the clan will have a hard time."
"Sleeping Bear is located right next to the Arkansas River, the soil is fertile, and the agricultural conditions are among the best in America."
"Nothing is more suitable for this place than agriculture, and the current development of Sleeping Bear City is proof of that."
If the Indians want to rise, they naturally have to rely on industry.
Strictly speaking, slepping bear city is not very suitable for industrial development, mainly because there are few minerals nearby, but Ma Shao still attaches great importance to it.
Because the agricultural conditions here are so excellent, they can almost be described as perfect.
Although agriculture cannot make the Indians strong, it is more basic than industry. Without self-sufficient agriculture, everything else is out of the question.
For example, in the United States, the food self-sufficiency rate has long remained above 120%. It is on this basis that the secondary and tertiary industries have flourished.
It can be said that the development of Sleeping Bear City is mainly the process of a group of Indians frantically making up for the agricultural era.
The results of the remedial classes are also obvious.
The food produced in Sleeping Bear City can feed tens of thousands of people. For a nomadic tribe like the Apache, a settlement of tens of thousands of people is simply a miracle.
Even though he was completely unfamiliar with agriculture, Oak had to admit its significance.
Then he added carefully: "If I allow the Chiricahua tribe to join here, what positions will my high priest and I take... Of course, the chief will definitely be you, there is no doubt about it."
After experiencing yesterday's Spring Festival event, Oak was sure that he could not compete with Ma Shao. In any field, he was no match for Ma Shao.
But he still cared about his future position and power. At least he didn't want to be an ordinary hunter or farmer, busying himself for a living.
"Tribal councillor," Ma Shao said, "and lifetime honorary councillor."
"Member of Parliament?" Oak didn't quite understand the word.
Ma Shao roughly introduced it to him: "In short, it is a position dedicated to attending various tribal meetings. I will listen to your opinions at the meetings."
"What is a lifetime honorary member?"
"Being a councillor is an honorable position and identity, but it has a term limit of one year." Ma Shao said slowly, "After anyone has served as a councillor for one year, I will re-evaluate him and determine whether he is qualified to continue serving."
"But as long as they don't commit any crime, they can keep this honor forever and receive a certain allowance."
"Of course, it is only the honor that lasts a lifetime, not the power."
In fact, regardless of whether they are lifelong or honorary, the councillors of Sleeping Bear City have no real power.
It can even be said that the parliament is a secretariat of Ma Shao.
In the future, Ma Shao might give the parliament some real power, but it is absolutely impossible now. Firstly, he needs to concentrate power now, and secondly, there are many incompetent members of parliament.
Many of the current members of parliament were former chiefs of various clans.
Most of these chiefs are quite old and have little learning ability. They are good at being mouthpieces but they are not able to do anything else.
Ma Shao asked them to be councillors, which was largely a transitional measure. He gave them the title of councillors so that they wouldn't feel that they would become "commoners" by joining slepping bear city.
This proves to be very effective.
Even Oak, a tribal chief, was tempted by the honor of "Lifetime Honorary Councillor".
He was not very clear about the meaning of this honor, but on the one hand, the title sounded very impressive, and secondly, according to Ma Shao's description, this honor was very rare and high-end.
It's like playing a game. When a novice player encounters a purple item for the first time while killing monsters in the wild, he will be extremely excited regardless of whether the purple item is really valuable or useful.
This is human nature.
People have an instinctive desire for rare things.
Even if it is artificially set as rare, even if it is meaningless rare.
"Okay, I agree to form the 'Apache Tribe' and call on all Apaches of the Chiricahua tribe to move to Sleeping Bear City." Oak finally said.
Ma Shao couldn't help but smile: "Since it's the 'Apache Tribe', let's go talk to the other tribes as well. It would be best if we could get the support of all the tribes at once."
Most of the outsiders who came to slepping bear city to attend the Spring Festival gathering were ordinary envoys, but those from the same tribe were relatively important figures, including the four tribal chiefs, who were specially invited by Ma Shao.
So in the few days after the Spring Festival festival, Ma Shao's main job was to discuss the merger with several other Apache tribes together with Oak.
In essence, other tribes joined the Plains Tribe, but in name, several tribes jointly formed an Apache tribe and unified the Apache.
In view of the current development achievements of slepping bear city, the benefits of the merger are so obvious, and the tribes are of the same ethnic group, so there is not much resistance.
The biggest obstacle may be the personal interests of the chiefs of each tribe. After all, who doesn't want to be the boss?
The second is the cost of relocation, which is not a big problem. The Apaches migrate from time to time, and Sleeping Bear City is wealthy enough to pay for it out of their own pockets.
Under the lobbying of Ma Shao and Oak, three of the four great chiefs who came to slepping bear city in person finally agreed to the merger plan.
The remaining tribes also expressed their inclination to agree to the merger, but they needed to go back and discuss with other tribesmen before making a decision.
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