1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 78 [Language Genius]

"Square face." Ma Shao read the name and said slowly, "Then it seems to be him."

"He, what's wrong with him?" Chief Shuanglang asked a bit stammeringly. Although the clan of Shuangwolves no longer existed in name, many people would still call him Chief Shuangwolves.

Horse whistle: "Not long ago, the Comanche forest tribe claimed that I had annexed the Twin Wolf clan outrageously, and asked me to let you go. This should be what the missing square face said."

The chief of the two wolves suddenly became nervous: "I think there may be some misunderstanding, Fang Lian should not do this."

"Maybe." Ma Shuo said nonchalantly, then changed the subject, looked directly at him and asked, "You have joined Sleeping Bear for half a year, how do you feel?"

"It feels good, life here is stable, food is plentiful... There are many things we don't have, we are very satisfied, yes, very satisfied." The chief of the two wolves said repeatedly, but this is obviously not the truth, at least not all of them.

"Tell me the truth." Ma Shao said lightly, still looking directly at him.

Under his gaze, the two-wolf chief couldn't help showing a bit of embarrassment. After a moment of silence, he faltered: "There are also some dissatisfaction...mainly the language. Many people can't learn Apache."

"It's not that I can't learn, it's that I don't want to learn." Ma Shao pointed out.For a teacher, this sentence is almost the most common line.

The two-wolf chief hesitated, then nodded in embarrassment: "That's right."

Ma Shao took a deep breath, and then sighed: "It's human nature, no one is willing to abandon their mother tongue. I can understand your thoughts."

The chief of the two wolves did not speak.

The air was quiet for a moment, and the horse sentry stood up: "Call all the Comanches, I have something to say."

After about half an hour.

All the Comanches were gathered together, more than a hundred people, old and young, stood around in an open space.

The horse whistle looked at them: "Residents from the Comanche, I summoned you today to talk about the topic of language - I know you have resistance to learning Apache, this is human nature, I can understand."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Comanches couldn't help but murmur, not because of what he said, but because of his language.

The Whistle spoke Comanche.

Although not yet proficient.

He spent a lot of time learning Comanche in the past six months, more than English. After all, he still has some basic knowledge of English, but Comanche doesn't know anything.

Fortunately, he is much more diligent than in his previous life. Now he can maintain a high degree of concentration almost without interruption throughout the day, and his learning efficiency is far beyond ordinary people.

So after half a year of study, his Comanche has reached a level where he can conduct daily conversations, at least much higher than his English level before his rebirth.

With the help of a small note in hand, it is more than enough to say a few paragraphs to the Comanche.

The Comanche people were naturally very surprised by this, and including the chief of the two wolves, they couldn't help but widen their eyes when they heard the Comanche language of the horse whistle.

The chief of the two wolves looked at the long hair beside him: "He..."

Changmao, as the main Comanche teacher of Mashao, naturally knew about this: "I was surprised, right? I was also surprised at the beginning."

The chief of the two wolves said in a low voice: "He has only learned half a year, and as far as I know, he doesn't have much time to find you to learn Manchi?"

"That's right. He studies with me for up to three hours a day, and sometimes he doesn't come to study for several days in a row, but his one-day learning effect is as if someone else has studied for half a month." Changmao said.

"It took me ten years to become proficient in a language, and he might be able to do it in another half a year."

As he spoke, he couldn't help sighing: "Perhaps this is a genius. I used to think that this kind of person only appeared in stories..."

Horse Whistle didn't pay attention to these whispered discussions, and continued with his speech.

People who master multiple foreign languages ​​are often full of charm. If this person is also a leader, the charm brought by the language will be super doubled.

Ma Shao knew this very well, because he knew such a person in his previous life. He was versatile, humorous, and could talk and laugh in many foreign languages. He was widely worshiped by young people.

So is the current scene.

Some Comanches didn't even care what the whistle said, they were just pleasantly surprised by his Comanche, and those around him talked about his level and some strange accents.

"...as I've always said, Indigenous peoples have to unite, they have to unite. Only then can we stand on this continent and in the world."

"If you want to unite, a unified language is essential. This is a simple truth."

"I have no disdain for the Comanche language, it's the Comanche language I speak now."

"The reason why you learn Apache and not everyone else to learn Comanche is simply because doing so will allow most people more time to work and provide more food and clothing for the entire city of Sleeping Bear and houses, and I've created scripts for Apache, which makes it easier to learn..."

The horse whistle first explained the truth.

The reason is not difficult to understand, but it is not convincing.

Speaking these truths in Comanche and encouraging Comanche people to learn foreign languages ​​by example will be more persuasive, but it is still not enough.

From ancient times to the present, the most convincing things are only gold, silver and swords.

Therefore, after explaining the truth, Mashao moved out these two ultimate truths: "You spend extra time and energy learning Apache, and you are essentially paying for the unity of the aborigines. In order to subsidize and reward you for uniting the original The efforts of the inhabitants, I declare—"

"The top two who are the first to pass the Apache language test will each be awarded one hundred dollars."

"No.3 to No.5, each will be rewarded with fifty dollars."

"No. 6 to No. 10, each will be rewarded with thirty dollars."

Sleeping Bear City has already started to use US dollar coins, and everyone knows the value of US dollars. Even the minimum bonus of thirty dollars is a good extra income.

"After ten passers, each person will receive a subsidy of ten dollars." Ma Shao said, "In addition to subsidies and bonuses, I will personally issue 'certificates' to you."

"What is a certificate?" Someone asked.

"That's it." Ma Shao took out a gold-red paper page, on which his autograph and words of encouragement were written - in recognition of Chang Mao's contribution to uniting the aborigines.

In front of everyone, he handed out the first certificate and a one hundred dollar bonus to Chang Mao, who naturally passed the exam long ago.

People looked at the shining dollar gold coins and the beautiful certificates in Changmao's hands, with expressions of envy on their faces.

After talking about the rewards, Ma Whistle changed the subject, raised his voice and said, "Adults over the age of 30 do not need to enter the school to learn Apache, as long as you are willing to give up subsidies and rewards, and the convenience of communication."

"However, maintaining unity is the most basic law of the tribe. If anyone dares to split the tribe and prevent others from learning the Apache language, he will be guilty of treason."

"As the great chief of the tribe, I will execute the traitor with my own hands in front of everyone!" His voice became stern.

(End of this chapter)