Using delicious food to attract and conquer the Queen of the Big-headed Ant Survivor is a cultural export strategy that the protagonist has already "planned".
In the human world, culture is a more effective weapon for conquering and assimilating other nations and countries than military warfare. Since ancient times, some more developed forces have exported their own culture intentionally or unintentionally, which has achieved good results. .
During the prosperous times of the Han and Tang Dynasties in ancient China, a large number of foreigners who admired Han culture served the central government, even held high positions, or led troops and even fought against their own people.
For example, Jin Rixi of the Han Dynasty, Gao Xianzhi, An Lushan of the Tang Dynasty, etc.
The same is true in Europe. Many senators and generals in the late Roman Empire were not the most traditional Latin residents of Rome, but came from conquered areas such as Gaul, Greece, Carthage, Egypt, and Syria.
Aetius, the general at the end of the Roman Empire who was known as the "last Roman", had Vandal ancestry. With his manipulative diplomatic skills and superb military capabilities, he became the pillar of the increasingly unstable Roman Empire.
What attracts these foreigners to abandon their blood ties and join them willingly is largely due to the attraction and assimilation power of advanced culture.
The assimilation of culture generally shows the pattern of advanced assimilation and backwardness.
After the culture of a relatively weak and backward party comes into contact with the culture of a relatively strong, advanced and perfect party, it gradually introduces and learns the strong and advanced culture, is influenced by the strong culture, and possesses the characteristics of the strong and advanced culture. Some individuals with a weak culture may even abandon their own culture and join a strong culture.
When a weak culture has the characteristics of a strong culture, we say that the weak culture has been assimilated by the strong culture. When an individual from a weak culture integrates into a strong cultural group, the individual is assimilated into the strong culture.
The previous examples of Jin Rixi, Gao Xianzhi, An Lushan, and Aetius who improved were all individuals who were assimilated.
Chinese ethnic minorities such as the Northern Wei Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, and Qing Dynasty were quickly partially or fully assimilated after establishing political power in northern China or across the country. This is a typical case of the assimilation of an entire nation. In China today, the Manchus are indistinguishable from the Han in many aspects, and the Dongyi, Qiang, Xiongnu, Wuwan, Rouran, Xianbei, Khitan, Dangxiang and other ethnic groups that were prominent in history have long since disappeared and have completely integrated into the mainstream. among the nation.
In Europe, the barbarians who overthrew the Western Roman Empire, such as the Franks, Goths, and Vandals, all regarded themselves as the successors of the Roman Empire, and they were also deeply affected by cultural assimilation.
Precisely because of the powerful power of culture as a weapon, which can even achieve the effect of defeating others without fighting, many countries in the human world have consciously exported culture since modern times.
In the human world of the 21st century, there is a common view that the true sign of becoming a great country lies in whether its ideology and culture are recognized by the world. First-rate countries export culture, and only second-rate countries export products.
When China's Han and Tang Dynasties were prosperous, the influence of Chinese culture spread throughout East Asia. Even after hundreds of years of social changes and changes in world affairs, obvious elements of Chinese culture can still be seen in countries such as South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
When the Roman Empire was at its peak, Latin was popularly spoken throughout Europe and Christianity was spread throughout Europe.
During France's heyday, nobles and intellectuals in European courts were proud to speak French, and all diplomatic documents were written in French. French is known as the most beautiful language, and Paris has become the political, economic, and cultural center and intersection of Europe.
After Britain became the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets," English quickly became popular all over the world, and Shakespeare's works became well-known to the world. It is now popular in many countries and regions to drink afternoon tea and drive on the left side of the road.
The strength of the United States in today's world does not only lie in its military power. Hollywood movies account for 80% of the world's market share, American TV series are influential all over the world, and American values are recognized by the world.
Some cultural exports are unconscious, but in modern times, many cultural exports from the United States are conscious and purposeful, and have clear strategies, making an indelible contribution to maintaining the United States’ world hegemony after World War II.
The protagonist now commands the Army of the God Envoy King. Although the territory is vast, the ant population is numerous, and the strength is powerful, the original Big-headed Ant Kingdom was originally a relatively backward race and did not have any impressive culture.
However, from the protagonist's contact with the queen of the Big-headed Ant remnant, from the clothes, hats, drinks, and interior furnishings, he can see that the culture of his race is far ahead of his own.
According to the law of cultural assimilation, the culture of the Big-headed Ant survivors should gradually assimilate into the God Envoy King's legion. In fact, after contacting the Big-headed Ant survivors, some male ants have already expressed that they can learn from each other's behavior.
Fortunately, the Legion of the God Envoy King has a "gold finger" like the protagonist. The world he comes from has a degree of development of material and spiritual culture that may exceed the most exaggerated imagination of the wisdom of all the ants in the world combined.
Although the protagonist can greatly improve the culture of his tribe as long as he takes out some random things, it is hard to say what kind of impact this kind of cultural transformation from the human world will have on an ant collective. Will it be acclimatized?
In particular, the Divine Envoy King's Army is now facing a huge external threat, and rash internal cultural upgrades may affect the army's combat effectiveness.
For example, after ethnic minorities in northern China are sinicized, their combat effectiveness often declines quickly. People at that time thought it was because they were contaminated with the luxurious style of the Han people. In fact, the bigger reason is that after the ethnic minorities were Sinicized and adopted the Han people's production and lifestyle, they naturally lost their most powerful weapons-the nomadic or hunting life. It is understandable that due to the hard work and proficiency of archers and horses, the combat effectiveness dropped rapidly within a few generations.
If ants quickly accept human culture, will it be difficult to maintain their current fighting will and absolute obedience? The protagonist dares not take risks.
At least as far as is known, although the troops of the more culturally advanced Big-headed Ant survivors are assisted by beetles, their overall combat effectiveness is not much better than the troops of the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and their fighting will is even weaker.
Fortunately, the protagonist also has a cultural card that has almost no side effects to play, and that is "food".
Distinctive food is a natural business card of a culture, and it is also a gift that any life in need of food cannot refuse.
Therefore, there was the scene where the big-headed ant survivors were impressed by the delicious food.
