Comparing the rapid development of the new territory in the south with the war and continuous decline of the northern territory, the native ant colony on the south bank of the Qinghe River is becoming increasingly saturated and productivity has reached its limit, one can understand the strategic significance of this new territory to the Ant Alliance.
This is the growth point of the national power of the Ant Alliance, the supply place of food, the supply of resources, and the source of recruitment of soldiers.
Due to historical reasons, the Southern Territory adopts a governor-general system. The governor has very great power. He can form local armies and colonial development teams on his own, and has command and taxation rights over all nests in the territory (each nest still adopts the assembly of all ethnic groups). form of autonomy, but most of the new settlements have a temporary local governor to take charge of the overall situation), it can be said that in addition to the need to regularly pay heavy taxes to the mainland of the Ant Alliance, it has great autonomy, and its status is already relatively similar to that of the Black A vassal like the Fire Ant Nation.
The governor-general system allowed the southern territory to expand rapidly, but it also had disadvantages. Although it has not been revealed yet, Zhu Jue had already taken many measures in advance to prevent the southern territory from becoming too large and prone to separation.
Since the three major governors were already full-fledged and their status was respected and special, Zhu Jue felt that he could not easily abolish the governor-general system or remove the governor, so he could only find a way from other aspects. For example, although the Southern Governor-General can produce iron weapons and armor and tame insects, high-precision technologies such as artillery, fluorescent bacteria extracts, and large machinery are still monopolized by the main nest. From this point of view, the Southern Territory's economic status is more like a colony of the Ant Alliance.
After previously splitting the southern territory into three governor-general areas, Zhu Jue exchanged the positions of the three governors last year. The southwest governor "Centiper Mang III" was transferred to the southern governor, and the southern governor "Lamboser III" was transferred to the southeast Governor-General, the Southeast Governor "Daxiong III" was appointed as the Southwest Governor. He took office alone, which can be regarded as weakening his wings. The three governors did not understand the complex political rules of the human world, so the exchange was successfully completed.
But Zhu Jue was still dissatisfied. There was always a kind of fear in his heart. The fear of the new southern territory was just like the fear of the colonies in the human world.
Recently, Zhu Jue even took a break from the war and flew for several days to the hinterland of the southern mountainous area. This was in order to smoothly implement a more important policy to further weaken the governor-general in the south without arousing opposition from him and other nobles in the country. Big rebound.
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After flying close to the landmark Matterhorn in the southern territory, Zhu Jue and his party stopped to rest on a big tree.
Zhu Jue was escorted by 12 cavalry on this trip, all of them were the most elite wasp knights. Zhu Jue's own mount was also replaced by a golden-ringed wasp.
In recent years, catalyzed by wars and frequent trade with other ant tribes in other areas, the insect storage industry in the Ant Alliance has developed greatly. Wasp mounts, which were rarely seen in the past, have been popularized by half of the combat flying knight squads. , followed by a huge increase in the army's demand for meat.
Fortunately, the mealworm breeding industry is also developing rapidly. Many mountain nests in the southern border are not suitable for planting and honey harvesting, and have been turned into insect nests. The insect storage industry is now the largest economic industry in the three major governorates in the south. The second is the planting industry, which is mainly located in the valleys. The third is the crow honey industry. The crow honey supplies the needs of domestic vassal ants and foreign trade.
The wasp mount has good endurance, fast speed, strong load-bearing capacity, and excellent combat effectiveness. A combat flying knight riding a wasp can often easily defeat ten times or even more bee flying knights. So now, bee bug beasts have been gradually eliminated from the air force and turned to civilian use, such as walnut boat fiber pulling and so on.
Putting aside these thoughts, Zhu Jue continued to take off after his mount and subordinates recovered their strength, and arrived at a small town at the foot of the southern foot of the Matterhorn before nightfall.
This [Triangle Peak City] is named after the triangular appearance of the Matterhorn. It is just a small nest built in a pile of rocks. A one-meter-high slender ant mound made of gravel mixed with ant concrete stands on the ground. , like a smaller version of the Matterhorn.
[Triangle Peak City] is within the territory of the Southern Governor, and is roughly located at the geometric center of the current southern territory. Zhu Jue had already chosen the destination here before setting off, but he did not inform "Lamboser III" in advance. When they flew into the southern border, they sent a messenger to notify the three governors to meet here.
When Zhu Jue entered the city, he learned that the three governors had arrived yesterday or the day before yesterday. After receiving the decree from the Divine Envoy King, they did not dare to delay. They all set off immediately. The farthest "Centiper Python III" even flew overnight. Arrive early. After learning about this, Zhu Jue was a little satisfied.
The size of the nest is not large, and the conference room has just been expanded after receiving the report a few days ago. However, the local ant workers are limited, and there is no time to build a new palace that is suitable for the status of the divine envoy king and governor, so we have to drive the local male ant nobles to other nests, vacating four rooms. The largest one in the room was temporarily accommodated by the God Envoy King and the three governors, and was slightly decorated.
Zhu Jue didn't care about the poor conditions. He had been fighting for the past three years. After fighting in the east, he fought in the west, and after fighting in the west, he fought in the north. He has been on the front line of the battlefield all year round, relying on his own prestige to twist the originally scattered civilized ant tribe into a ball. I fought with two Destroyers who were comparable to natural disasters, and my reputation for being good at fighting has even spread to other regions. The price is to live in the open air for a long time. I am satisfied with having a stable bedroom today.
However, the three governors were a little unaccustomed to it. Over the past three years, they had indulged in pleasure little by little. They drank luxuriously, and some even secretly drank crow honey and Zhujue. There were rumors on the front lines. This sudden summons, without any arrangements for the reception in advance, Zhu Jue had his own intention of testing.
That night, during a meeting with three governors, under the light of fluorescent fungi, Zhu Jue looked at the three male male ants in front of him. The male male ants had almost the same body as his own now. They all had a pale golden body color that other ants did not have. , so noble no matter in the sun or under the light. At this moment, Zhu Jue seemed to suddenly realize where his wariness against "Lamboser III" and the others came from.
More than ten years of military service have not made Zhu Jue show any sign of aging. He is still as energetic as ten years ago, and his physical strength is even worse, and he can control the power of "gods descending to earth" for a longer period of time. .
The three ants "Ramboser III" are young adults of four or five years old. As the leader ants among the first batch of male ants, as one of the six governors with divine blood, their status is respected and respected in the entire ant alliance. The second only to the great Divine Envoy King in the country, his appearance and temperament are almost the same.
Father and son of ancient emperors were suspicious of each other, not to mention the ant civilization that didn't care about specific blood relationships. Zhu Jue felt unprecedented pressure when faced with three young and powerful male ants, his "sons" in the sense of blood.
