Although the protagonist is curious about the answer to the "talisman" of the Leaf-cutting Ant Kingdom, he also knows that now is not a good time to pursue the truth.
On the one hand, the military threat from the red fire ant country still exists, and this time the protagonist does not want to escape anymore - if he can't even deal with the red fire ants, how can he counterattack his homeland and avenge the destroyer?
He will lead the Legion of God's Envoy King and use iron and blood, fighting and victory in an upright manner to win the living space for his clan.
This land is vaster and more civilized than the homeland. It is the perfect place to use it, and it is also an excellent base for the Divine Envoy King's army to counterattack back to their hometown!
This is the reason why the protagonist expands his army like a fish in the lake, completely disregarding the economic affordability of the territory, and even takes risks to establish contact with the leaf-cutting ant country.
The protagonist doesn't know when the fire ant army will launch its next attack, but they will come sooner or later!
The Legion of the God Envoy King is always preparing for war, and its desire for high-quality iron weapons is unprecedentedly strong. Since the leaf-cutting ants are willing to trade, the Angel King's army must rush to hoard as much hematite ore as possible before the next siege.
With such a busy time and an urgent military threat, it is not a good time to explore the truth.
On the other hand, the protagonist also knows that the friendliness of the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom to the Angel King Legion is based on a wrong understanding - they believe that the Angel King Legion is a system ruled by female ants and queens, and that there are also "gods" Talisman" created a sense of closeness that should not have existed.
What if instead of the protagonist sending "Little Flower" as the team leader, he sent a male ant; if the leaf-cutting ants explored further; if "Little Flower" took the initiative to tell the truth. But without this coincidence, the current bilateral relationship would not exist!
But it may only take a few more interactions for such misunderstandings to come to light.
In the future, trade teams will inevitably need ants to lead the team, and the protagonist can only let female ants take on this responsibility. In order to prevent the truth from being exposed, the protagonist wants "Xiaohua" to serve as the leader of the mission and trade group for a long time. At the same time, she also needs to be trained on how to conceal the truth about the God Envoy King's army in the communication with the leaf-cutter ants. It is possible to maintain friendly relations with leaf-cutter ant countries for a long time.
After training, the protagonist believes that "Xiaohua" will not leak secrets in simple communication. There are corresponding plans for some questions that the other party may ask. Some questions that are difficult to answer can be covered with fake information packets.
But as the saying goes, one lie needs countless lies to make up for it. It is easier for "Little Flower" to passively respond to the other party's questions. If you want to explore the secret of the "talisman", you will definitely need two-way communication. There are too many variables in the content of such communication, and it is impossible for the protagonist to have a perfect and rigorous plan despite racking his brains. The possibility of revealing the truth is too high.
Then we can only settle for the next best thing, let "Little Flower" play the role of a taciturn ant, and not take the initiative to learn the secret of the "talisman" of the leaf-cutter ant country for the time being.
——I am the dividing line——
"Little Flower" only rested for one night in [Xinyang City], and led the team again the next day to the Leafcutter Ant Country.
This time, there were five hundred ants following her, all of them workers and soldiers. They were responsible for carrying honeydew from a dozen snail shells and a small amount of crow honey in small containers on the way there, as well as hematite ore on the way back.
The supplies used for trade with the leaf-cutter ant country were prepared overnight, and the ant hands were also deployed last night.
The protagonist knows that before the fire ant army attacks, the trade opportunities with the leaf-cutting ant country are limited, and he must take the opportunity to stock up on more vital iron ore.
Therefore, the Divine Envoy King's Legion took out almost all of their possessions of honeydew and crow honey this time, wanting to see how much hematite ore they could exchange.
The last time "Little Flower" and the other party only reached a trade tentacle agreement and did not agree on a specific exchange price, so the protagonist had no idea. But hematite ore is very important to the Angel King's army, so the protagonist naturally hopes to get as much as possible.
If it weren't for his gender that was not suitable for dealing with the leaf-cutter ant country, the protagonist would have been willing to go there in person to lower the price.
This time, the team led by "Little Flower" does not need to go to the main nest [Holy Tree City] of the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom, but only needs to go to the secondary nest [Hematite City] on the border of its territory. The hematite ore is in this secondary nest. beside.
Therefore, this time the trade team is expected to be able to return in two or three days, without having to delay for many days like the last mission.
However, because he did not go to the main nest, the protagonist's original plan for "Xiaohua" to form a military alliance against the red fire ant country was shelved.
Let’s talk about it next time, the protagonist can only think this way, I hope there is still time for such trade and diplomacy to be carried out several more times!
The protagonist raised his head and looked north.
There, under the pure and washed blue sky, there is a dark forest, giving people a sense of oppression, just like the oppression of countless red fire ant warriors!
The protagonist's sight passes through the black forest, passing through countless trees and leaves, and seems to see the main nest of fire ants that is like a honeycomb on the other side of the forest!
——I am the dividing line——
After the trade team left, the protagonist inspected the iron-making blast furnace.
Since the last furnace of iron ore was smelted here in winter, it has been turned into a charcoal furnace and a large amount of charcoal has been burned.
Most of this charcoal is stored up, waiting for the next use of iron-making, and now that day is almost here. There are also some high-quality charcoal, which will be used as fuel for the holy fire, or given to the protagonist to occasionally open a small stove.
In the iron-making blast furnace, the heat of the last charcoal burning has completely dissipated, and some worker ants are getting into the enlarged hole to clean up the residue inside the blast furnace.
The hematite ore that the Divine Envoy King's Legion had previously traded from the Belly Ants was smelted in this blast furnace and cast into iron weapons to arm the two legions.
The protagonist earnestly hopes that the remaining five legions will all be equipped with new weapons, and all necessary tools in the lair will be replaced with iron tools.
He knew what drastic changes a large number of iron weapons and tools would bring to productivity and combat effectiveness.
——I am the dividing line——
On the last day of March, the trade team successfully returned from the leaf-cutting ant country.
The soldier ants and worker ants led by "Little Flower" each hold a hematite pellet in their jaws.
According to "Xiaohua", this time they exchanged as much hematite ore as a hill, and it was impossible to move them all. All the ants moved it with their big jaws, and this time only a small part was moved. If we don’t add more ant hands, we will have to move three or four more times!
The protagonist did not expect that the exchange price offered by the other party was so favorable. He was originally worried that hematite powder would be very expensive if it was used as a pigment for the Leafcutter Ant Kingdom to draw "talisman" and it was related to religion!
The excited protagonist arranged for the trade team to rest, ordered the blast furnace to prepare for iron smelting, and organized a new transport team to transport all the iron ore back as soon as possible!
