Starting to swallow every day, you think you are a goldfish!
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"Hui Tan" has been very anxious these past two days. After he drank all the 6 drops of crow wine assigned to him in just 2 days, he began to feel sleepy.
After tasting the strong and fragrant crow wine, ordinary water and honeydew can no longer satisfy "Hui Tan"'s appetite. Without crow wine to accompany his rice, even any delicious barbecue cannot appetize him.
However, there is no more crow wine in the entire army. After killing the envoy and deducting 6 snail shells of crow wine last time, the allocated crow wine has been drank up long ago. "Hui Tan" got the most. According to the previous allocation of honeydew, he should have drank it for 6 days, but he drank it all on the second day.
When "Huitan" was tired and organized a military meeting, the participants were also very tired generals. But no one took it seriously. As long as they were given a drop of crow wine, they would immediately become as energetic as locusts flying a long distance.
The meeting discussed a new order sent from the main nest [Black Fire City]. This order was a bit strange. It actually asked the frontline generals to evaluate the possibility of victory after a full-scale war with the Ant Alliance.
Although "Hui Tan" was not in good spirits at this time, he had not become stupid yet. The war was a major matter related to his own wealth and life and the survival of the entire ethnic group, so he had to be cautious.
The generals and the generals also quickly reached an agreement that the God Envoy King's army was not easy to deal with, and it was not a good idea to start a war rashly.
The result of the meeting was quickly sent back to the main nest by an emissary. [Black Fire City], the "Kings' Meeting" quickly received feedback. Some kings who were not involved in military command were very dissatisfied. They felt that the powerful Black Fire Ant Kingdom could defeat any enemy ants and should not be afraid of the enemy like a mantis.
Just yesterday, the King's Meeting held a long discussion, and the topic of discussion changed from how to obtain more Crow Wine to how to directly control the resources of Crow Wine.
The crow wine caused a trend in the country of Black Fire Ant. The large amount of crow wine compensated by the Ant Alliance quickly disappeared into the bellies of the male ants and queens, and then there was no more stock. Nobles at all levels were eagerly looking forward to the new crow wine. The distribution of wine has added a lot of pressure to the king's meeting.
In accordance with the instructions of the King's Conference, the envoys from the Black Fire Ant Nation tentatively contacted the Ant Alliance Nation and asked how they could import crow wine. However, the Ant Alliance made it clear that the Black Fire Ant Nation must redeem the captured male ants with coal and food before they could buy crow wine.
The price offered by the Ant Alliance to the prisoners, converted into coal, was exactly 6 times the total amount of coal burned before. After being reminded by "Flying Eagle", the kings of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom realized that this was a disguised form of compensation and an out-and-out humiliation, and the negotiations between the two parties broke up.
Unable to import crow wine from normal channels, the Black Fire Ant Nation tried to buy some resale goods from the Leafcutter Ant Nation, but the Leafcutter Ant Nation consumed most of its own imports and reluctantly sold some to the Black Fire Ant Nation. It also seems too expensive to use grain as the price.
Relatively speaking, the Black Fire Ant Country is more willing to use coal to trade crow wine directly from the Ant Alliance Country. After all, coal is inexhaustible in the Black Fire Ant Country, as long as the ants are invested in mining.
It's just that the dignity of the kings prevents them from losing face and suing for peace, and the "Flying Eagle" has been blocking the relaxation of relations between the two parties.
The Black Fire Ant Nation then started to discuss the possibility of using military means to seize or force the Ant Alliance to hand over the secret recipe for crow wine production.
Everyone knows how much wealth the Ant Alliance can gain by controlling the production of crow wine. Just look at how poor the Honey Pot Ants, the once very wealthy family of the genuine Honey God, are now. The honeydew and crow wine are enough to squeeze out all the excess supplies of each tribe. Now the honeypot ants can't even drink soup.
Fortunately, there are still generals in the Black Fire Ant who are relatively sober, and the frontline commanders are also strongly opposed. They have all had contact with the Ant Alliance and have a more objective understanding. This makes the King's Council finally undecided to go to war.
At the end of September, after many days of hesitation, the envoys from the Black Fire Ant Nation arrived at the main nest of the Ant Alliance [Xinyang City] and agreed to redeem the captured male ants with the share of coal required by the Ant Alliance. The two sides also agreed on today's meeting Coal trading volume before winter.
In addition, some specific details have been clarified. For example, in order to prevent the Black Fire Ants from betraying the alliance again and sneaking attacks, all walnut ships should be inspected by the flying knights after entering the river of the Ant Alliance. The Black Fire Ants and their vassals accompanying the ships When the ants return, they must be escorted by the Angel King's legion and so on.
Moreover, even after the peace agreement and trade agreement were reached, the troops on the border from both sides still did not retreat, but continued to confront each other...
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Zhu Jue and a male hairy forest ant walked side by side, wandering in the Colosseum.
This male hairy forest ant has a high status in his tribe and is known for his calculation skills. After a quick calculation in his mind, he felt that the other party's proposal was very profitable.
The Maolin ant clan has always been regarded as a profit-seeking alternative by other civilized ant clans, but who knows how harsh their living environment is.
Back then, the ancestors of the hairy forest ants, who were expelled and sent to the most barren and dangerous swamps, had to work hard to develop and fight countless ferocious insects and enemy ants before they managed to find a place to live.
However, threats are still everywhere, and the barren land produces too little. When the hairy forest ants were at their most desperate, there were only less than 10,000 ants left, and their extinction was imminent.
At that time, in order to earn a little food, the ancestors of hairy forest ants had to fly long distances on giant dragonfly mounts to transport some precious materials and important ant members to other allies over long distances, earning a pitiful freight fee.
Later, countless ancestors of hairy forest ants who were good at calculations slowly developed the long-distance trade network in the region that was monopolized by their own tribe. They mastered the technology of making salt and catching food in the water, and the hairy forest ants gradually grew stronger.
Being good at calculation is a skill that hairy forest ants rely on to survive.
This time, Zhu Jue discussed with the representative of Mao Linyi how to use the Colosseum to make profit. This matter can not only bring profits, but also subtly spread the unique culture of the Ant Alliance and enhance the influence of the country.
In Zhu Jue's plan, the Colosseum will hold grand animal fighting competitions regularly in spring, summer and autumn, and nobles of all races can pay high prices to buy tickets to watch them in person.
The Maolin ant clan is responsible for using the huge giant dragonflies to transport passengers, escorting the nobles who come to watch the performances to and from the show, and earn commissions from it.
If some ants are too far away or unable to come due to something, Zhu Jue has also thought about it and can sell the information package for each animal fighting show at a slightly lower price.
Each tribe can even pay to participate in an optional event, which is to organize their tribe's warriors to fight against the victorious beasts. Once they win, they will not only get free tickets, but also receive rich rewards such as crow wine.
But Zhu Jue would not lose. At the same time, he began to prepare a betting plan for the beast fighting competition, in order to absorb and earn more resources within the civilized ant tribe.
