Compared with the control that the main nest had over the country's deputy nests under the rule of the King's Council in the past, the protagonist now has no confidence in whether he can still command each deputy nest.
Judging from the reactions of the male ants in the king's meeting, even if there is a threat of death, they find it difficult to agree with the protagonist's rule and philosophy. It is also conceivable what the ruling male ants of other sub-nests will choose.
Without the support of the deputy nest and the loss of external food supply, the food reserves in "Qingqiu City" will soon fall below the warning line.
The protagonist does not have a good idea on how to subdue the sub-nests in various places. Whether it is military or political means, or a two-pronged approach, subduing other sub-nests will be a very long battle.
The protagonist can only plan to mobilize food from his most stable bases, namely "Dongyang City" and "Southern City". Although these two places are very prosperous and have high food production under the management of the protagonist. But after adding 100,000 mouths to the main nest for nothing, it is obvious that the pressure is also great, and food production will be squeezed to the limit.
The protagonist also plans to introduce agricultural planting and animal husbandry to "Qingqiu City". This is the fundamental way to solve the food problem. With the fertile land around "Qingqiu City", as long as agriculture starts, it can support a house worth 300,000 to 400,000 yuan. Human ant cities are not a problem.
As for honeydew, just play the role of a luxury product and a hobby product when the time comes. As a staple food, it is really not a qualified product.
The implementation of the food self-sufficiency plan will take some time to take effect. The technical team sent by "Dongyang City" will soon arrive at "Qingqiu City". In a short period of time, the protagonist still needs to lead everyone to tighten their belts.
——I am the dividing line——
The big city disease faced by the main nest "Qingqiu City" is not just food shortage, but a series of mutually reinforcing problems, of which food shortage is just one.
In this regard, ant "cities" are very similar to human cities.
Big city diseases in human cities refer to "symptoms" such as population expansion, traffic congestion, housing difficulties, environmental deterioration, resource constraints, and high prices that appear in big cities.
As for the ant "city", if it is too large, in addition to the unbearable food supply, there are also many other problems.
For example, there is the garbage problem. A large number of ants produce excrement, corpses, food residues and other garbage that need to be dealt with. In the past, "Qingqiu City" would discard these in an open-air garbage dump not far from the nest. This was also a common practice among ants. However, this approach may pollute the environment around the main nest and bring plague.
Especially when the protagonist remembers that parasitic bacteria can also lurk in this kind of garbage dump, waiting for opportunities to give the ants a fatal blow. The protagonist does not want to face this kind of parasitic bacteria like a zombie virus again.
For these organic wastes, mainly excrement and corpses, rotten food, food residues, etc., they are good fertilizers for future farmland development, and the protagonist has found a place for them.
Another example is the problem of crowding. Although the ant city can theoretically expand indefinitely underground, rather than deploying ants to dig new nests to reduce density, the original King Conference preferred to invest the ant power in food production. After all, it is none of the kings' business no matter how crowded the worker ants and soldier ants live, and the worker ants and soldier ants will not complain about it.
But the protagonist knows that excessive ant colony density is a paradise for the breeding and spread of plague. There are many sick people in the ant world, and in order to keep most ants alive and healthy, the ants treat these sick people extremely cruelly, killing and discarding them to avoid infection.
This problem is not obvious in places such as "Dongyang City" where there are slightly fewer ant colonies, but it is very acute in the main nest.
The protagonist knows that in fact, most ants are not infected with infectious diseases and can recover after being nursed back to health. Therefore, the protagonist wants to establish a simple medical and health system to protect and save the resources of the ant colony.
And he doesn't want the ants to lose their obedience and support to him and drive them away or kill them just because he gets a disease in the future.
It is also very simple to solve the problem of excessive ant colony density. One of the simplest ways is to expand the size of the underground nest. But it's not just about construction.
Construction requires a lot of ant manpower, not only to build new nest chambers and passages, but also to consider issues such as ventilation and drainage. Loose soil layers need to be avoided. Considering these technical issues, the ant manpower resources needed to expand the nest will be very large. considerable.
These ants only consume food, but cannot produce food. Without a certain amount of food storage support, it is really impossible to implement.
For safety reasons, the entrances and exits of ant nests will be relatively few and concentrated. Whether the expanded nest is a horizontal expansion on a horizontal plane or a vertical expansion on a vertical plane, it will be far away from the entrances and exits, and the ants living in it will spend a lot of time They are all wasted in running around, and the time that can be used for work will be reduced accordingly.
This is just like in places such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Although white-collar workers theoretically only need to work eight hours a day, considering the outrageous time consumption such as commuting, they often devote about half a day to work outside the home.
Solving these problems is not an easy task, nor does it happen overnight. Before conquering the main nest, the protagonist did not even consider these social and livelihood issues. He only considered political and military matters.
——I am the dividing line——
March 18, 2018, the third day after the protagonist conquered "Qingqiu City".
On this day, after he crossed off the date on his calendar, he received a hurried report from the messenger:
problem occurs! ! !
The male ants from the old king's conference camp who were imprisoned in several remote nests were not restless. The male ants in one of the places where they were imprisoned actually escaped for some reason. They summoned a group of worker ants that originally belonged to the main nest and began to gather together to attack Attack the main entrance and exit, trying to escape.
There are about ten male ants in this group, and there are hundreds of worker ants trapped in them. Due to the sudden incident, the Angel King's Legion is actively investing in the expansion of the nest, the construction of breeding farms and the construction of farmland ordered by the protagonist. The troops are extremely scattered and difficult to suppress for a while.
Fortunately, these male ants seemed to know that the little strength around them was not enough to regain the main nest. They chose to break out, killing many scattered ants that smelled like the Angel King's army along the way.
The protagonist was furious. He kindly spared the lives of these male ants, but he did not expect that they would dare to stir up rebellion.
The protagonist allowed himself to calm down quickly. Fortunately, the Imperial Guard team was all here because they were helping the protagonist dig out the palace. The protagonist immediately gathered them and headed out. Along the way, he continued to collect the scattered warriors and commanders of the God Envoy King, and quickly gathered them together. Several teams were formed and hurried towards the main passage and entrance and exit.
