On July 12, shortly after the completion of the Grand Canal, the protagonist organized and held the first joint conference of all ethnic groups since the establishment of the Ant Alliance in [Xinyang City].
The meeting mainly discussed national policies for the country's next development direction.
In the gorgeously decorated conference room, numerous fluorescent bacteria made this spacious underground space seem as bright as day. However, under the blue light, everyone's body color was darkened no matter what ant tribe they were. It seemed that they were here. Under this environment, equality in body color was achieved among different ant tribes.
In this meeting, there were 80 representatives of big-headed ants, 6 representatives of pavement ants, 4 representatives of hunter ants, 3 representatives of leaf-cutting ants, 2 representatives of red forest ants, 2 representatives of abdominal ants, and 2 representatives of digging ants. Representatives of cave ants and 1 representative of Japanese black brown ants were all present, and the God Envoy King attended as the chairman and decision-maker of the meeting.
The topic of the meeting was proposed by the protagonist, who proposed colonizing the south bank of the river as a national policy for the future.
In the past, in the era of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, such strategic directions were formulated by the protagonist and then implemented.
Now that there is a mature political structure, the protagonist needs to obtain authorization from the United Nations General Assembly. Although doing so seems a lot more cumbersome, it also seems to weaken the protagonist's autocratic power.
But in fact, the joint conference of all ethnic groups is just a rubber stamp. The protagonist can still control the passage of his own issues, and can also use the conference discussion as an opportunity to unify the thoughts of representatives of all ethnic groups.
In the past, if the subordinate ants only carried out mechanical execution, it was inevitable that the policy would be distorted and they would not agree with it. If it became a collective decision of all ethnic groups through meetings, this situation would probably be much better. Implementing other people's orders and executing what you participate in command, the psychological dynamics would be completely different.
At the meeting, the representatives of the big-headed ant clan immediately and unconditionally supported the protagonist's proposal and the southward strategy.
Of course, there are also some objections, led by representatives of the two tribes of burrowing ants and burrowing ants that were newly conquered by the Ant Alliance when they conquered the territory of the red fire ant country.
These two tribes have been forced to integrate into the ants and burrowing ants that were already subordinate to the Ant Alliance before. However, their original leaders or the oldest ants received the gift and became the only two representatives of the tribe. One of them also has a certain say.
The two representatives had not long since joined the Ant Alliance and had a better understanding of the Red Fire Ant Country and its surroundings. They knew that the north also had fertile land and was still close to their homeland, so they felt it was better to go north.
What makes the protagonist a little strange is that the new Minister of Transportation, who has joined the United Nations a long time ago and has always been very cautious, and the old hero "Old Heart" actually supports the minority this time.
The minority felt that they had to cross the rough Qinghe River to go south, which frightened the ants who were afraid of water. Even the representatives who supported the protagonist had some objections to crossing the river. There is no such concern when heading north.
Moreover, many representatives of the ant tribe have lived on the North Shore all year round. They have special feelings for the North Shore and understand the customs and customs of the North Shore. They feel that it is better to continue to develop northward, without taking into account that the route to the north is now blocked by their ally, the Leaf-Cutter Ant Nation.
This point is made clear by the protagonist, but this does not hold true in the eyes of the former representatives of the savage ant force, who firmly believe that there are no eternal enemies.
"Lao Xin" also started from the work of the Ministry of Transport and pointed out that the Grand Canal on the north bank of Qinghe River has been put into use, and the trial operation results are very good. The transportation situation between the territories on the north bank has been greatly improved. In the future, the branch line of the canal can be continued to expand to the north bank. The territories are connected in series.
If the south bank is developed, will new canals also need to be dug for transportation on the south bank? What about transportation between the north and south shores? "Old Heart" only wants to believe in the transportation capabilities of the ant transport team, beetle transport team and raft transport team that he has seen, but has no hope in the transport capability of the flying transport team across the river that he has not seen with his own eyes.
The protagonist explained that after two months of trade, the Ant Alliance paid a huge price to trade a large number of flying beasts from other ant tribes, including 24 star beetles, 6 giant dragonflies and 12 migratory locusts. The transport capacity of the air transport team is already considerable, and the development of the south bank of Qinghe River will not encounter many transportation difficulties now.
Although there were still objections, in accordance with the voting rules of the United Nations Conference of All Ethnic Groups, in which the minority followed the majority, after some discussion and voting, the protagonist's southward strategy easily received 96 votes in support.
The protagonist announced on behalf of the United Nations Conference of all ethnic groups that the next stage of development of the Ant Alliance will focus on moving southward and fully develop the south bank of the Qinghe River.
The southward strategy was adopted, and the procedures were so perfect that even the four opposition parties felt that they were respected and obeyed the order.
The Ant Alliance immediately began to work hard to develop the south bank of Qinghe River. The ten major departments made every effort to ensure the relevant ant colonies and materials. The deputy nests in various places cooperated with the production and transportation of materials and the deployment of ant colonies in accordance with the instructions of the central government.
Even the construction site of the second phase of the canal has received instructions to be ready to mobilize tens of thousands of slave ants at any time to support the southward strategy.
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[Xinyangcheng] The palace of the Divine Envoy King is divided into two spaces, the inner and outer spaces. There is a reception room in the outer room, which is where the protagonist receives reception.
In the small nest room, the fluorescent bacteria shine brightly. The furnishings here are different from most extremely simple ant nests, and more like a human room.
The floor of the reception room is not bare soil, but is covered with white ant felt. The walls are decorated with colored stones, and there is also a hanging calendar paper, with all the dates before July 14 having been crossed out.
There is a wooden table in the middle of the nest room, with nothing on it. The protagonist and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade "Little Flower" were sitting on the soft silk seats on both sides of the table, holding pottery cups filled with honeydew, and discussing matters with their tentacles intersecting.
"Little Flower" came to ask for advice on something.
Ant Alliance's foreign trade mainly uses honeydew and crow honey as means of payment. Although the domestic production of these two commodities is large, they cannot support the increasing volume of foreign trade today.
Not long ago, the leaf-cutter ant kingdom exchanged a large amount of food, honeydew, and crow honey for the star beetle; just yesterday, the giant dragonfly caravan of hairy forest ants just left, and they used the large amount of coarse salt they brought to sell the honey in stock. Almost all the dew crow honeys have been replaced.
Today, another caravan of bullet ants came to trade with goods entrusted by the black fire ant clan to transport. The Ant Alliance had no supplies to exchange.
The Black Fire Ant Clan came here once before, but their main products were simple pottery, the quality of which was not as good as that produced by the Ant Alliance. That time they only traded some tokens.
This time, the black fire ant clan simply brought a brand new product, hoping to exchange for the honeydew and crow honey that the senior leaders of the clan loved.
"Little Flower" felt that this new product was very useful, but there was not much honeydew and crow honey left to trade, so she hurriedly came to ask for instructions.
