The protagonist first proposes a plan that is definitely unacceptable to the Black Fire Ant Nation, and then proposes a more feasible plan. This sequence of actions is not a whim, nor is it to humiliate the Black Fire Ant Nation, but a psychological strategy. .
This strategy is to first put forward a condition that the other party cannot agree to, and then put forward another condition after being rejected. Out of compensation, the other party's probability of agreeing to the latter condition will be greatly increased.
Although this kind of psychology is based on human psychology, it should also be useful for the protagonist to think about ants with more primitive minds.
Looking around the meeting place where people were chatting with each other, the protagonist noticed the heartbeat of many representatives, at least no representative publicly objected in the meeting room. Apparently, the strategy worked!
Even the representative of the Black Fire Ant did not express any objection, even though the "Flying Eagle" was always trying to interfere.
Ants are naturally afraid of water, but the method in the information package provided by the protagonist seems feasible, and it does not require the ants to soak in the water. If there is a boat, the ants can give it a try.
In fact, many of the distant legends of the ant tribe include legends about floods and ancestors who survived with the help of floating objects. The walnut boat is just a reenactment of the legend. With precedent, the ants are less resistant to new things like boats.
Some representatives began to stop talking and openly asked some details in the conference room. The protagonist had a plan in advance and answered them one by one, convincing more representatives.
In fact, the most critical thing is to convince the representatives of the five tribes of black fire ants, army ants, flat-headed ants, bullet ants and honeypot ants in the upper reaches of the Qinghe River and its tributaries. Only they have the possibility to go down the river to support. Even if other representatives were moved, they could not provide support in this way and could only remain verbal.
Representatives of the bullet ant clan were the first to agree to this plan. Their clan has a history of long-distance migration and is the most adaptable to navigation.
The original pioneers of the bullet ant clan in this area were another branch of the bullet ant clan from the far south. They traveled long distances on migratory locusts to settle here and established a branch.
Although hundreds of years have passed since their migration, the Bullet Ant clan still maintains the tradition of spreading a group of bloodlines with the help of migratory locusts every 12 years.
Today's bullet ant clan has long lost contact with its main family due to the long distance, but some branch families that spread out from their own still maintain contact.
The bullet ant clan is no stranger to long-distance migration. In their view, this time's walnut boat operation is just replacing migratory locusts with boats. It is also migration, and there is nothing unacceptable.
In addition, the Bullet Ant clan has always been "anxious for justice", so every time the civilized ants in the area ask for help, they will basically receive a response from the Bullet Ant Nation. Most of their warriors are active on battlefields everywhere, and most of them are buried in foreign lands.
With the support of representatives of the bullet ant clan, representatives of army ants and flat-headed ants also agreed, saying that they would report to the authorities of their countries and facilitate the matter. However, the Honeypot Ant representative said that the place where he lives in his country is too far away and declined.
Even the representative of the Black Fire Ant Country did not express any objection after weighing the matter. He also wanted to repay the highest authority in the country and was willing to facilitate this matter.
The protagonist immediately stated that he would use the migratory locust or giant dragonfly caravan to spread the walnut boat-related technology to the several ant tribes that agreed to this plan as soon as possible.
The protagonist's method is to directly ask several large worker ants who have mastered this technology, in groups of two or three, to go to these allies to teach the skills, and then return after the task is completed.
The walnut boat technology itself is not difficult. The materials required are all natural. Some ants do not have the metal tools required for processing, so they can use gravel tools or other methods instead.
The boating technique is also very simple, just retract and lower the sails, and leave the rest to the current and wind direction. As for the landing after arrival, just leave it to the Ant Alliance.
After basically reaching an agreement, the representative of Flat-headed Ant suddenly raised another question:
The reinforcements they sent could go to the war zone on walnut ships, but after the war, how would these troops return home?
Even ants know that the river cannot flow backwards! It is impossible for ships to send these soldiers back!
The protagonist also had a plan already. He waited for the signal to discuss the matter in the venue to weaken, and then gave his answer:
These troops don’t have to go back!
In an instant, a large number of emotions of surprise, anger, and doubt came from the protagonist's tentacles, making his mind almost noisy to death.
Seeing that representatives of the four tribes including the bullet ants and black fire ants expressed their intention to reject the military aid plan, representatives of the other ant tribes who did not directly participate in the war also expressed that it was too ridiculous.
At this time, the protagonist slowly proposed his complete plan:
The walnut ship definitely does not have the ability to send reinforcements back home against the current; returning by land is too dangerous and has to pass through the territories of countless barbaric ants; the efficiency of air transport is too low, and it is impossible for tens of thousands of troops to return without three to five years.
But why go back?
The protagonist suggested to the Leafcutter Ant Nation that after defeating the Pavement Ant Empire, a piece of land could be set aside in the northwest of the Black Forest of the Ant Alliance and east of the Leafcutter Ant Nation's homeland, and allocate it to the reinforcements based on the strength and performance of the support. Several ants.
Several ant tribes can completely establish a branch or overseas territory on this land. These territories are closer to the "Holy Tree", and the troops of these civilized ant tribes can also become a standing military force to help protect the "Holy Tree". Doesn’t this kill two birds with one stone?
After the protagonist's plan was finished, there was a dead silence in the venue. All representatives were stunned for a long time, and then continued to talk.
Soon, the representatives of each ant clan expressed their excitement. As a civilized ant clan, they were very happy to protect the "Holy Tree", and they did not pay much. They just sent tens of thousands of ants to establish a branch or overseas territory. What's more, you can get a fertile new territory for nothing.
According to the ants' thinking, they suddenly got a prey. They didn't eat it, but other ants in the same nest did, so it was equivalent to eating it themselves!
Now, only the representative of the Leafcutter Ant Nation is dissatisfied. Protecting the "Holy Tree" has always been the glorious mission of the Leafcutter Ant clan. They don't want other ant clans to get involved, but their support is not enough.
The protagonist then used other ant forces to jointly exert pressure, and coupled with the imminent external military pressure from the Pavement Ant Empire Army, the representatives of the Leaf Cutter Ant Nation could only report to the Queen Ant Conference.
The meeting was adjourned, and it was not until the evening that news came from the leafcutter ant country's queen ant conference, which agreed to the military aid plan by a narrow margin.
The meeting was reconvened overnight, and after a heated discussion and dispute, the details were just finalized.
