The protagonist is confused about the intention of the Big-headed Ant's remnant queen's visit, and has been self-righteously trying to avoid the so-called "negotiation trap".
The queen of the Big-headed Ant survivors is completely unable to understand many of the protagonist's words, especially those fresh and rich vocabulary.
Both parties were wasting time in a pleasant, friendly and full exchange.
In the end, the more patient protagonist won out. After some exchanges without any practical meaning, the queen's pragmatic, true-social insect gene as an ant began to make her feel dissatisfied, and she finally began to throw out Purpose of this visit.
The queen's expression is ant-like with a straightforward euphemism, or a little euphemistically straightforward. If the male ants from the old king's meeting were negotiating, it might take time to learn and master this ant-like language art.
But for a person like the protagonist, who has experienced countless subtle languages in the human world, he immediately captured the key information and understood the other party's intentions.
The Queen came here on behalf of the Big-headed Ant family for two purposes:
The first one is to ask when the already powerful Divine Envoy King Legion will fulfill its promise to the survivors of the Big-headed Ant to assist in the restoration of the country.
The second is to hope that the Envoy King Legion can provide a batch of food to help the Big-headed Ant survivors tide over the difficulties.
The first proposal was unexpected by the protagonist. He had imagined this request from the other party before coming to negotiate. He also temporarily rejected the request as he had imagined before.
The protagonist pointed out that although the current Angel King Legion has inherited the legal principles and territory of the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom and has greatly improved its strength, the surrounding environment it faces is far more complex and dangerous than that of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom.
Through the information package, the protagonist reported the situation of the parasitic ants and the mysterious ants. Of course, he concealed the fact that the parasitic ants had not yet been able to break through the defense line of the indigenous hunting ants, and the mysterious ants were far away on the north bank of the river.
Although she was able to understand the threat of these two ants, the queen was obviously not satisfied with the answer. In order to appease this rare friendly neighbor in the ant world, the protagonist also said that he has begun researching technology to assist the survivors of the big-headed ants to return to their homeland, and passed the information package of the walnut ship to the queen.
The Queen is very interested in this kind of "ship" floating on the water. When the Big-headed Ant survivors were desperate, they were lucky enough to climb up a stranded driftwood on the water's edge, and then floated away with the help of waves and tides to get out of danger. .
The rotten wood carrying the Big-headed Ant survivors drifted all the way. It ran aground near the western border of the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom more than two years ago. The Big-headed Ant survivors took the opportunity to land.
At that time, to the west of where the Big-headed Ant survivors landed was a barren, rocky hilly area with sparse vegetation and some indigenous ants that were extremely protective of their food and territory. To the east was the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, which was ruled by the King's Council faction at that time.
The Big-headed Ant survivors tried to contact the border sub-nest of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom of the same clan, but the male ant ruler of that sub-nest was unwilling to pass on the wishes of the down-trodden Big-headed Ant survivors to the King's Council, and refused to help them. Criticize the poor ants. That is to say, because of the natural closeness of the same race, they did not kill the messenger who entered the country rashly.
The remnants of the big-headed ants that hit the wall were weak at the time and did not dare to offend the ants on both sides of the landing site, so they went south along the relatively safe border of the big-headed ant kingdom, and finally settled in the current nest.
The vegetation here is relatively rich, and it is outside the border of the big-headed ant kingdom that cannot afford to offend. The indigenous ants are not good at fighting, so the big-headed ant survivors, who have only a thousand ants left, can breathe.
Although the survivors of the big-headed ants came to this land on driftwood similar to boats, as a civilized race, the Queen also understands that you cannot return to your homeland just by floating on the water. The flow of the river is fixed and will only push you. The drifters drifted downstream to the east.
The protagonist showed her a picture of a walnut boat moving against the current driven by a simple sail. As for the bee pulling part, it was omitted. Even the allies had to save a hand.
The Queen was finally impressed by the unknown and powerful technology of "Sailboat", and agreed with the protagonist's guess that it would take another two years to assist the Big-headed Ant survivors to return.
After all, in the past, the Big-headed Ant survivors considered returning upstream along the river by land. The journey was difficult and dangerous, and the speed and difficulty were much greater than taking the waterway. As long as the Divine Envoy King Legion can provide walnut ships, it is not a problem to wait for two more years.
As for the second request for food assistance, this is actually the main purpose of the Queen's visit. The Queen also knew that the first request would be difficult to achieve in the short term, and food shortage was already a short-term life and death issue faced by the Big-headed Ant survivors.
From this, we can also see the negotiation skills of the Big-headed Ant Survivor Queen. First, put a request that is difficult for the other party to meet, and then make a second request. Naturally, it will be easier to be agreed to because of the compensation mentality.
These are some experiences that the Big-headed Ant remnants, as a civilized race, have summarized in their long-term dealings with other similarly civilized races. They are simple and effective.
The food shortage of the Big-headed Ant survivors is mostly due to the inheritance faction of the Queen Ant. Last year's war greatly weakened the strength of the Big-headed Ant survivors. Throughout the autumn, the Big-headed Ant survivors lacked ant hands to collect food for the winter.
During the war, the Big-headed Ant survivors mass-produced worker ants and soldier ants regardless of the cost. When these young ants grew up, winter was approaching and they were unable to forage and instead consumed a large amount of stored food. As a result, the Big-headed Ant survivors were in food shortage throughout the winter.
After the beginning of spring, the situation originally improved, but recently there has been drought in the territory of the big-headed ant survivors, food production has dropped, and the food reserves have almost bottomed out. The desperate Queen of the Big-headed Ant survivors had no choice but to seek help from her allies.
Speaking of drought, the protagonist remembered that it seemed that it had not rained for a long time, which was not a good thing in the season where "spring rain is as expensive as oil". Almost all of my territory is in the plains and is nourished by large rivers, so there have been no negative impacts. Hilly terrain with shallow soil that cannot hold water is very prone to drought.
Now that the God Envoy King's army has abundant food reserves in various places, the protagonist is also happy to do a favor and immediately agrees to allocate enough food for ten thousand ants from several nearby sub-nests for three months to be given to the survivors of the big-headed ants.
The Queen immediately and sincerely expressed her gratitude. This batch of food was enough for the Big-headed Ant survivors to consume for half a year. If they lived frugally, it would last until winter. It could be said to have solved an urgent need.
The subsequent exchanges between the two parties were not negotiations, but polite greetings. At this time, the queen mentioned another thing: their species also saw mysterious ants when they were in their homeland!
