Throughout June, the leafcutter ant nation was busy pacifying the northern part of the red fire ant nation, while the Angel King's army was busy making reforms.
By the end of June, the leaf-cutting ant army finally achieved a decisive victory, and the military and political reform of the God Envoy King's army was basically completed.
Although there are some resistances in the reform, for example, the male ants are not happy that the magic soldier ants have obtained many administrative positions in the Ministry of Military Affairs and can intervene in military command, and some subordinate ant tribes are dissatisfied that their queens are under the management of the Ant Mouth Department, etc.
However, the protagonist has the oldest qualifications, the support of the vast majority of the army and commanders, and the higher prestige brought by the recent victory over the fire ant country, so the opposing voices are generally insignificant.
In terms of the administrative system, the framework of the ten-department system is basically determined. Although many of the subordinate departments are still empty or lack professional talents, it is at least a good start. The framework is set up and the vacancies can be filled slowly in the future.
United conferences of various races and ant clan conferences have also been established one after another, and special conference rooms have been built. These conference rooms are luxuriously decorated, especially the special conference rooms for the joint conference of all ethnic groups with the highest status. Onyx, gold, obsidian, and white pebbles are inlaid on the walls to create beautiful and solemn geometric figures. Fluorescent bacteria and free-of-charge The same seeds cover the walls and ceiling. The representatives meeting here naturally have a sense of solemn ceremony.
The army has also completed its reform. As the second-generation males of the Divine Envoy King's Army such as the Spade Elephant, the Armored Ox, and the Centipede Python have retired and transferred to administrative positions, the conservative forces in the standing army have completely lost power. The oldest ones are also the fourth generation. The male ants simply cannot compare with the qualifications and prestige of the Divine Messenger King. The obedient youth faction supported by the protagonist took control of the army, and the magic soldier ants finally entered some legions and served as squad commanders, breaking the stereotype of male ants monopolizing army command positions.
At the end of the reform, on July 1, the protagonist announced that the official name of the country of the Divine Envoy King’s Legion was changed to the “United Nations of Ants”, or “United Ant Nation” for short.
The major ant tribes generally do not have official country names. Names such as the Leafcutter Ant Nation and the Red Fire Ant Nation are based on the names of the ant tribes they rule. They are conventional names. For example, the Leafcutter Ant Nation does not call itself The Leafcutter Ant Nation is just what other ant tribes call it.
If you encounter several countries with the same ant tribe, such as the Pavement Ant Barbarian Country in your hometown and the current Pagoda Ant Empire, it will be more difficult to distinguish them in the names. The Barbarian Country and the Empire are all made up by the protagonist himself. In fact, both of them are called Pavement Ant Kingdom.
There are many identical ant tribes in the Civilized Ant Tribe Alliance, and they will be distinguished by a certain tribe inherited by a certain god. However, there are often the same ant tribe with the same inheritance, and it is still easy to get confused.
The protagonist did not care about the affairs of other ant tribes, but the God Envoy King Legion did lack a country name that could represent itself. When the protagonist went to attend the Ancient God Heritage Conference, he said that he was from the God Envoy King Legion. He always felt that this was not a country, at most. Even though he is a separatist warlord, he seems to be inferior to other countries.
Therefore, the Legion of the God Envoy King needs to determine an official country name, and the situation of the Ant Alliance is different from that of other ant tribes. Although the big-headed ant tribe is the main ant tribe, in name, other ant tribes are not slaves, or even have vassal status. It should be higher. We cannot directly call it "Big-headed Ant Country so-and-so" or "Big-headed Ant Country So-and-so". That would be too narrow-minded and not conducive to united front.
Finally, the name "United Nations of Ants" was chosen by the protagonist himself. Although most of his subordinates were full of questions about this country name, they found it quite good once they got used to it.
As a result, the "Ant Alliance" officially appeared in the ant world, and July 1st was also regarded as the National Day of the Ant Alliance. Banquets and sacrifices were held at this time every year. This is the second statutory holiday in the Ant United States besides New Year.
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The Ant Alliance was officially launched, but the name of the Divine Envoy King's Legion was not lost. The standing army of the Ant Alliance was still called the Divine Envoy King's Legion, with the Divine Envoy King as the sole and highest leader.
Specially prepared armed forces, such as the Queen Ant Guards of the Ant Mouth Department, are not allowed to use the name of the God Envoy King's Legion.
After "Xiaohua" became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, her first task was to send flying knights to various civilized ant tribes in the region to announce that the God Envoy King's Legion had been renamed "Ant Alliance".
During this period, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was the busiest, organizing and organizing departments to cope with increasing trade demands throughout the year.
The leafcutter ant kingdom's military operations and subsequent occupation and construction consumed a lot of national power. In order to plant trees in the new territory, they even mobilized food-producing ants.
Of course, they dare to do this because their country has always produced a lot of food, and this year it imported a large amount of food from the Ant Alliance.
"Little Flower" receives food trade requests from the Leafcutter Ant Country almost every week. After reaching an agreement, it has to coordinate with the Ministry of Transport to organize a transportation team to transport the food to [Chitie City] for delivery.
The leafcutter ant country now has very few goods that can be used to trade food. They don't have enough food themselves, and they have no hematite resources. In the end, the goods obtained by the Ant Alliance were mainly star beetles and ant silk.
Star beetles are useful for transportation in the Ant Alliance, especially transportation across rivers. The Leafcutter Ant Nation has no means of payment and can only reluctantly send its sacred beast out in exchange for food.
The ant silk produced by leaf-cutter ants is stronger than the ant silk produced by the ant alliance, and it is also a commodity that can barely be exchanged.
The second busiest thing recently is the Engineering Department. With the arrival of a large number of slave ants captured during the conquest of the red fire ant country, the Grand Canal project has been accelerated. Thousands of deaths every day have led to the imminent completion of the Grand Canal.
On July 8, all excavations of the Grand Canal section were completed, and the connection with the western stream was about to be blasted to collect water.
This blasting operation was relatively unsuccessful. The construction team who had no experience in directional blasting made a mistake in blasting and failed to completely explode the connection. The water flow weakly and slowly entered the canal, which was far from being able to provide sufficient water, and it was difficult to continue construction due to water intrusion. .
The Minister of Engineering was ordered by the protagonist to personally attend the construction site, and without any hesitation, he sent slave ants to wade through the water for construction. At a four-digit cost of casualties, he planted another mysterious ball bomb in the water, and finally blew up the blockage.
At this point, the Grand Canal project lasted for more than half a year and cost 300,000 dead construction ants (mostly slave ants who were invested in the later construction) before it was finally completed. The Ant United Nations now has a major artery for east-west transportation within its territory.
The Ant Alliance then launched the second phase of the Grand Canal project, planning to extend branch lines to other important sub-nests. The remaining more than 200,000 slave ants who were lucky enough to survive the first phase of the project once again embarked on a road of blood and tears. This is What’s next!
