The Flying Knights detected the war between the Northern Expeditionary Army and neighboring tribes. However, as the area controlled by the Ant Alliance expanded, the Flying Knights' reconnaissance airspace also expanded, but the establishment did not increase, so the workload increased a lot.
The Northern Expeditionary Army was not the focus of investigation, and the flying knights did not have much energy to observe this area for a long time, so they did not discover the special features of the fire ant tactics here.
After the protagonist received the information that the Northern Expeditionary Army was fighting with his neighbors, he quickly gave it up. He had too many things to take care of. Nowadays, the south bank of Qinghe River is raging, and there are thousands of ant-level wars everywhere. In the huge In the eyes of the Ant Alliance, these tribal conflicts are like playing house.
Even if they have an old relationship, the protagonist cannot pay too much attention to the Northern Expeditionary Army when faced with more pressing matters.
The south bank of the Qinghe River was full of beacon fires at this time, just like after the beginning of spring. There were even some blind neighboring tribes who had the idea of [pioneering the city], but they only attacked the worker ants looking for food. They were unable to get close to the city wall and couldn't see the tall ant mounds clearly.
If we could see the scale of [Pioneer City], I'm afraid these tribes wouldn't have the guts to challenge the Ant Alliance! Those tall ant mounds are the best proof of the strength of the Ant Alliance.
At that time, the red fire ant country built honeycomb-like ant mounds everywhere, which was also a kind of intimidation of strength, making the surrounding Xiaoxiao think twice before coveting them.
The Angel King's army quickly launched a counterattack against these provocations, uprooting the tribes that dared to offend the Ant Alliance.
Nowadays, the military strength of the Ant Alliance is enough to wipe out all the nearby tribes. The reason why they are not in a hurry to expand their territory is to run the [Pioneering City] stronghold first and lay a solid foundation for the future.
Today, there are 100,000 ant colonies in [Pioneer City]. In the entire Ant Alliance, this is the fourth largest city after [Xinyang City], [Hetie City] and [Yueerlan City].
[Pioneer City] has now built a complete industrial and agricultural system. By the spring of next year, [Pioneer City]'s economic foundation will be enough to ensure the logistical supplies needed for long-term battles for at least four legions, and they can operate without relying on transportation on the north bank of the Qinghe River. Under the premise of independently supporting the colonial development on the south bank of Qinghe River.
During the construction of [Pioneering City], a group of young male ants and magical worker ants also emerged. They are a generation that has grown up with new education. Male ants no longer regard military as the only way out, and are no longer so discriminatory with gods. Worker ants and others work together.
This is the situation that the protagonist is happiest to see!
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The development of the Ant Alliance is booming, and the annexation of a large number of new territories has led to a sharp increase in food production and a greatly increased number of ant colonies.
The Ant United Nation now has an area less than half the size of the Homeland, but has regained millions of ant colonies. It is almost the same as the Homeland during its heyday, and has basically returned to the national power of its heyday, and its technological strength is even better.
The reason why they can support so many ant colonies in a small territory is largely due to international trade.
Nowadays, the trade volume between the Ant Alliance and other civilized ant tribes is already very considerable. Because of the profitability, the Bullet Ants have expanded their locust caravans from 2 to 7, while the Maolin Ant Nation has expanded its giant dragonfly caravans to 24 sticks.
Just by collecting transportation fees, the Bullet Ant Kingdom and the Maolin Ant Kingdom have made a huge profit!
With [New Yang City] as the center, countless caravans are constantly exchanging products from various places. Caravans arrive almost every day, and there are even several caravans arriving at the same time, and there is a "prosperous" scene of trade representatives competing for goods. .
In the past, there was trade between civilized ant tribes, but the scale of trade was very limited. Two or three times a year were enough, and the exchanges were all necessities or luxuries for the elite.
After the Ant Alliance joined the trade system, it suddenly provided a large number of novelties, from honeydew and crow honey that the elite couldn't put down, to fermented drinks and mealworm jerky that ordinary ants can also enjoy, to products that can protect against cold and keep warm. fiber cloth and felt, to stone tools, pottery and ropes that can increase productivity, and even hematite powder and onyx needed for religious activities.
Although the Ant Alliance still has many treasures at the bottom of the box that have not been taken out at all, it has already dazzled other countries.
Especially honeydew and crow honey, which are hard needs of all countries. The elites of each country add up to a huge number. The production of honeydew and crow honey in the Ant Alliance country is in short supply.
As a result, the honey pot ants inherited by the Flower God can no longer sell their specialty nectar, which has also attracted quite a bit of criticism.
But now, even the honeypot ant country has followed the "True Fragrance Law" and begun to import honeydew and crow honey. Since the honeypot ants have specialized storage ants with large reserves, their import volume once ranked first in all countries.
The materials used for trade by various countries, in addition to specialty products such as salt, coal, and beast control, are mainly food. Therefore, the Ant Alliance has a large-scale food import and is able to maintain a much larger ant supply than the actual output of the territory. mouth size.
The ant colony is productivity. When the same ant colony grazes aphids and purple butterfly larvae, the honeydew and crow honey produced in exchange for food can be much greater than the amount of food produced by the same ant colony.
Among the countries that supply the most food to the Ant Alliance, the Leafcutter Ant Nation conquered the northern border of the Red Fire Ant Nation this year and occupied a large number of ant colonies for war and tree planting, which affected food production, but even so, they still used a lot of food. The food was exchanged for honeydew and crow honey, and it was not until the second half of the year that the demand became more restrained.
Thanks to the close distance between the Leafcutter Ant Country and the Ant Alliance Country, the two sides can conduct overland trade, so the transaction volume is huge.
Ranked second is the Black Fire Ant Country. They are just a day's flight away from [Xinyang City] on the south bank of Qinghe River. It's not that far away. Flying caravans can arrive in the morning and at night.
Although the Black Fire Ant Country mainly exports coal, it also sells a lot of grain. In addition to honeydew and crow honey, they also buy a lot of stone tools.
Currently, 5 of the 7 flying caravans of the Bullet Ant Clan are exclusively used by the Black Fire Ant Clan, and the trade volume between the two countries is considerable.
But the so-called sweet trouble is that as the volume of foreign trade increases, the protagonist discovers that the production of honeydew and crow honey cannot keep up.
Ant Alliance itself also consumes honeydew. Male ants, female ants, big worker ants, magic worker ants and magic soldier ants all have a daily quota of 3 drops of honeydew, while ordinary ants have a quota of one drop a week. This adds up to a large amount of internal consumption in the Ant Alliance.
Although most of the land in the former red imported fire ant country has been turned into pasture after the expansion of the territory, it takes time for aphids to reproduce. If an area is grazed for too long, it must be rested to prevent the death of the plants that aphids like. The purple gray butterfly that produces crow nectar only secretes crow nectar during its short larval stage.
Nowadays, the output has gradually failed to keep up with the volume of trade, and the protagonist learns that the bullet ant clan and the hairy forest ant clan need to increase their caravans to expand the scale of trade.
The protagonist is reluctant to give up his foreign trade income, so he must find a way to deal with it!
