New Gods of North America.

Chapter 518 Management
The three of them gave way to each other, and then let Wayne speak first.

Wayne thought of the knowledge he had learned about the indigenous peoples. "The indigenous tribes accepted into the Castallo community belong to a certain language circle in Virginia. Logically, they would burn tobacco during religious ceremonies, so the scene should be filled with smoke."

The immigrants from the Old World brought a lot of shock to the New World, but the New World was not without any feedback. For example, tobacco was originally one of the so-called "New World surprises."

Lina's observations are slightly different:
"In the Truth Church, I have seen beliefs that are likely to have the same origin. Similar to the regular 'worship' of the Holy Spirit Faith, the witch doctors or priests in their tribes also have specific ritual steps, and their preferred method is to use herbs or tobacco to guide believers through 'dreams'.

"I saw their totems tonight, and they still had spiritual power on them, which means their priestly heritage has not been broken. So there should be traces of extraordinary abilities being used at the scene, it wouldn't be so 'ordinary'."

It seemed that what Inessa wanted to say had been said by the two of them first, so she blinked and just gave a slight reminder:
"According to the population census conducted by the City Hall and what Chameleon observed at the cemetery, the population of this community has only grown slightly over the years, even if the hidden population is included. If we combine this with the number of newly registered people each time, it means that there has actually been a long-term negative growth. The residents of the community may have noticed something unusual, so they may not be very friendly to strange white people from outside."

Upon hearing this, Liam immediately raised a javelin beside him and said, "I can testify to this! This is what they use to entertain strangers."

People like you who sneak in in the middle of the night don’t count!

Wayne rolled his eyes at him, then moved closer with curiosity, "Is this javelin fun? Is it accurate?"

Inissa seemed to be more familiar with this thing. "This should be called a 'spear'. It looks similar to a javelin, but it needs to be used with a thrower. The thrower is usually a special short stick that is connected to the tail of the spear. It can provide greater thrust and is easy to throw. The maximum throwing distance is usually around 110 yards, and an experienced person can accurately cause effective damage at a distance of about 30 yards."

When firearms were first invented, the data was probably not as good as this thing. After all, the effective range of today's revolvers is only 50 yards. However, it takes a long time to train a skilled shooter, so novices will definitely be better off with guns.

No wonder when the Windsor colonists first came to the New World, they were able to fight back and forth with the local indigenous tribes...

It is said that in the early days, a colonial governor of Windsor went to the Aboriginal tribe in person to seek peace and married a little princess of the tribe who was a dozen years younger than himself. When the two met, the girl was less than fourteen years old.

Anyway, when Wayne heard this story in class, he was also very amused.

However, the basic situation of the community has been roughly understood. Based on what we know now, armed confrontation does not seem to be a good idea. We should wait until daybreak to negotiate.

……

He officially took on the title of special investigator of the Richmond "City Police Commission". This identity was considered to be somewhat prestigious in the Castallo community. At least the police stationed in the community were willing to provide some cooperation.

Unfortunately, they are not the same as the "police" in the city. They are more like "diplomats" sent here by the state government. Although their status is not low, they cannot directly take action on many matters and have to "discuss" with the leaders of the indigenous people. The first people who heard the news were the "big names" in the community, such as the pastor of the community church, the acting principal of the community school, the chairman of the community hospital, the on-site managers of the two factories, the representatives of the largest purchasers of the workshop products, and the representatives of the suppliers who provide designated industrial products to the community.

As expected, these people all had white faces and usually did not appear in the community outside of working hours. After understanding that Wayne, the special investigator, was only responsible for the assassination case and was not responsible for providing anyone with reports on the internal working conditions of the community, everyone got along well.

As for catching the murderer...

Alas, everyone is busy, and we can only sit down and drink a cup of hot tea and chat for a few minutes occasionally. We don’t really know much about other aspects of the community.

So it was useless to talk to them about the real business. Wayne could only ask them about their work and daily experiences in the community.
These people have quite divided impressions of the indigenous people. For example, when talking about the working conditions of the community's indigenous people in factories, the evaluations of the on-site management of the two factories are quite different.

One said that the natives were actually quite easy to manage. For some jobs, as long as the requirements were made clear, the natives would find ways to solve the problems encountered during the process. Although the results might not be satisfactory, they were not like slaves who had to be repeatedly supervised step by step and had to be watched all the time in order to work well.

Another said that the indigenous people were actually very difficult to manage. When they encountered something they resisted, they would often become passive and lazy. Some people would even collude and secretly disobey. They were not as obedient as the slaves at home. At least the slaves had nowhere to go and no one would care after being beaten and scolded. But if the indigenous people started to make trouble, it would be hard to say.

Anyway, by the time he finished his cup of hot tea, Wayne hadn't gotten any valuable clues.

After these busy and useless people left, it was the turn of the indigenous representatives who were waiting outside the room.
The "sheriff" of the community signaled that they must cooperate with Wayne's work, but the "sheriff" himself had no intention of getting up from his chair. Wayne knew that this guy was probably of no use, so he asked the community "heads" to take him around and not give him a chance to eavesdrop.

As they walked and talked along the way, Wayne and his friends secretly compared the environment in the community with what was on the map.
The community seemed a lot more lively during the day, with black smoke coming from the factories, noises coming from the workshops, pedestrians on the road, and abandoned children playing outside some houses. However, many of the indigenous people quickly walked away or went into their houses after seeing Wayne and his group from afar, but some seemed to be continuing to observe in secret.

It turns out that even in this community, most of the natives and immigrants still do not speak the same language, and the situation usually improves only after the "second generation of the community". Some of these community "lizheng" have come into contact with immigrants earlier, or have similar "English teachers" among their family elders, so they are designated as representatives by the immigrants as a bridge of communication between the two sides.
However, there are one or two older community "headmen" who are the type who "maybe can vaguely understand, but still can't speak". They are really the "headmen" who are more prestigious in the tribe. Their expressions and temperament are different from others. Even when they look at Lina, their eyes are alert, instead of simply looking at the beauty like those useless guys.

Lina also stared at one of them, signaling that this guy was a Beyonder. Liam identified another one who could communicate without any obstacles, and secretly winked at Wayne, indicating that he must have seen this person last night.
Wayne was now very bold. While observing the situation, he explained the situation to several community "lizheng":
"So what we need to arrest now is the murderer involved in the murder of innocent citizens. This case has nothing to do with other residents in the community and will not be tolerated by the law. I hope you can actively provide clues and help to avoid irrelevant people being implicated due to the expansion of the investigation, and to prevent the murderer from being shielded."

Several community "lizheng" mumbled a few words, and then someone turned to Wayne to translate, "We can take you to his home, and let the tribesmen confirm the situation with each other. But it may take time to ask each other, and none of us have seen him come back recently."

At this moment, Inissa and Sanders were each watching from the observation point outside the community, and "Chameleon" had already called for reinforcements from the surveillance. Since last night, no one had been seen entering the community but not leaving. That guy should still be there.

Wayne was more than willing to obey. Even if he couldn't find anyone for the time being, it would be a good way to kill time and eliminate the wrong answers.

(End of this chapter)