The one I posted at noon was swallowed up again.
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For several days in a row, the protagonist first met with ministers of various ministries, relevant ants, etc. in his palace. The dilemmas and problems currently faced by the country one after another were summarized in his mind and analyzed and considered.
The protagonist later held several meetings with varying sizes of participants, and discussed decisions with representatives of various ethnic groups who already had relatively rich administrative experience.
Finally, the Ant Alliance decided to use most of its national power to carry out post-war reconstruction, and at the same time immediately implemented a national policy "Henan Development"!
The purpose of the "Great Development of Henan" is to turn the south bank of Qinghe River into the rear area of the Ant Alliance.
On the south bank of the Qinghe River, the land is vast and sparse, and there are no strong hostile forces around it. Just like the west to the newly founded United States and the New World to Europe in the Age of Discovery, it is a virgin land waiting to be developed.
This place is vast, desolate, and safe. It is a rear area given by the gods after the Ant Alliance realized that there was no real safe place on the north bank of Qinghe River.
Before the full-scale war with the Pavement Ant Empire broke out, the protagonist originally had a lot of arrangements, including turning the occupied territory of the former Red Fire Ant Kingdom into a buffer zone, such as establishing two lines of defense. The purpose is to keep the enemy outside the core territory.
At this time, the core territory of the Ant Alliance was mainly the old territory before the elimination of the Red Fire Ant Nation.
But none of these defensive arrangements can stop the enemy. The Pavement Ant Empire army is too powerful.
The first line of defense, Banxia City, was quickly abandoned. Although the second line of defense, Chitie City and Beehive City, successfully held on, the enemy's roundabout troops eventually penetrated deep into and destroyed the south of the Black Forest and the north of Xinyang City. A large number of nests in the core territory caused heavy losses to the Ant Alliance.
The enemy's strength is too strong, and the Divine Envoy King's army cannot fortify itself step by step. Even if the enemy forces repeat their old tactics next time, it is impossible for the Ant Alliance to ensure that the hinterland on the north bank of Qinghe River is safe.
There is no real safe place on the north bank of Qinghe River!
In order to cope with the coming war, the plan to develop the relatively safe rear area on the south bank of Qinghe River was put on the agenda.
The only obstacle to the large-scale development of Henan is how to ensure transportation on both sides of the Qinghe River.
The only mode of transportation currently is air transport. Although the current air transport fleet of the Ant Alliance has been expanded several times, it is still not large enough. In addition to the needs of foreign trade, it can currently only carry out limited transportation of ants and materials.
With such transportation capacity, it is okay to maintain a small-scale south bank territory. Once the scale of development increases, the limitations of air transportation will be exposed. It is even possible that even the ant colonies needed to develop the south bank of Qinghe River are not enough to transport them all to the other side of the river before winter!
The protagonist has an idea, which seemed a bit fanciful at first, but after repeated communication with the Ministry of Engineering and the Ministry of Transportation and field research, it was confirmed that the plan is feasible, at least partially feasible.
Today, there are hundreds of temporarily abandoned walnut boats piled up on the banks of the river near Xinyang City.
These walnut boats were carried by allied forces of various ethnic groups supported by waterways. After they arrived near Xinyang City, they would be dragged to the shore by the giant dragonflies, star beetles, migratory locusts and other beasts of the Ant Alliance in the air to land on the shore.
And these one-off walnut boats were abandoned, even if some of them were in good condition.
The Ant United States had no need for water transport fleets before, because walnut ships can go down the river and have no ability to cross or sail against the current, so there is no need for these walnut ships unless one day they need to escape by boat again, but no one wants to One day!
However, the protagonist thought of a way to turn waste into treasure and build a floating bridge.
It is completely possible to connect so many walnut boats to make a pontoon, which can be used as a traffic artery connecting the two sides of the strait. Now is the time when the water level of the Qinghe River is low and the flow is relatively gentle, which is also the best time to build a pontoon bridge.
The director of the Engineering Department and the pavement ant male "Floating Leaf II" estimated that it would take about half a month to repair the damaged ships, fill the ships with floating objects, and make thick ropes to connect the ships.
Finally, the Ministry of Transport will need to provide a large number of flying beasts to pull the pontoon bridge across the river. You only need to pull a rope first, and the ants on the shore can work together to help build the pontoon bridge.
After on-site observation, the construction site of the pontoon was chosen to be east of Xinyang City and southeast of Yueerlan City. Although the river in this area is wide, the water flow is the slowest.
Optimistic estimates suggest that the pontoon bridge on Qinghe River can be used during the dry season for half the year. For safety reasons during the flood season, the pontoon bridge must be stowed away.
In order to protect and manage the pontoon, the Ant Alliance will also build two medium-sized auxiliary nests at both ends of the pontoon, which will be named Qiaobei City and Qiaonan City respectively after completion.
In addition to long-term national policies such as "Henan Development", the Ant Alliance also needs a large amount of food and other material support in a short period of time.
The enemy army previously destroyed the agricultural production-based sub-nest in the core area south of the Black Forest. So far, the Ant Alliance has not been able to restore the food production capacity of its heyday. For the subsequent reconstruction and "Henan Development", the food needed And very impressive.
Fortunately, during the war, the honeydew production in the Ant United States bucked the trend and increased due to various demands and policy support. Now that the war has entered a new stage, the Ant Alliance no longer needs to provide too much honeydew to other allies, and has enough production as a means of payment for trade. In addition, Golden Beach City has not been affected by the war, and the locally produced sand gold can also be used as a means of payment for trade.
Therefore, the Ant Alliance now has relatively sufficient "cash", which is enough to supplement the food and materials needed in international trade.
The protagonist first sends "Little Flower" as an envoy to the Leafcutter Ant Country to discuss trade matters.
The Leafcutter Ant Nation suffered huge losses in the early stages of the war, and consumed a large amount of food and grass in order to rebuild the army, and even needed outside support for a time.
But now their frontline army can rely entirely on seizures for more than a month, and the leaf-cutting ants themselves are excellent "farmers." The protagonist speculates that the leaf-cutting ants already have a certain amount of food in the country at this time, and they have not been outside for a while. "Crying poor".
Moreover, the Leafcutter Ant Country and the Ant Alliance Country are connected by land, so bulk transactions such as grain trade still require convenient transportation methods!
As expected by the protagonist, the Leafcutter Ant Nation is also willing to trade food for some honeydew. Honeydew, a "luxury product", is a "necessity" for the aristocratic class!
However, in the end, the amount of grain that the leaf-cutting ants agreed to sell was less than the protagonist expected. It seems that the domestic grain inventory of the leaf-cutting ants is not as large as expected.
In addition, the Ant Alliance also traded honeydew for hundreds of beetle eggs to expand its air transportation capabilities.
After reaching a trade agreement with leaf-cutting ants, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade "Little Flower" rushed to the next target non-stop.
This trade negotiation may not go smoothly because she is going to the Black Fire Ant Country!
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