Chapter 229: Complex Situation (1)
The protagonist makes great efforts to build the main nest "Qingqiu City", in order to better control the entire big-headed ant kingdom.
As the only main nest of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, "Qingqiu City" is not only huge in scale, but also supreme in status, with a prestige that other secondary nests cannot match.
Just like in ancient China, whoever can control the emperor and the capital is qualified to command the world. Since the protagonist controls the main nest, he naturally has to make full use of this mature position to achieve his goal of controlling the south bank of the Great River.
Moreover, "Qingqiu City" is also a very rich and strategically important nest in terms of its own conditions.
The surrounding land is fertile and abundant, with large plains of sparse trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, which are unique for hunting, gathering and planting.
Although it is not close to rivers and streams, the "Qingqiu City" generation has abundant underground water sources, which is not afraid of water shortage and is not prone to river flooding. After improving the drainage facilities of the nest, the higher terrain of "Qingqiu City" is less likely to be threatened by flooding.
In addition, the main nest "Qingqiu City" is quite far from the four realms of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and if we talk about the territory of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, it is roughly in an almost oval shape located on the south bank of the Great River. Then, the main nest "Qingqiu City" is almost in the center of the circle.
This central position ensures that the main nest has strong control over all secondary nests, and that any courier or army from the main nest can reach any part of the kingdom within a certain amount of time.
From the perspective of transportation, especially for the material support transportation of the main nest, which was originally very important, the main nest is located in the center of the circle, which can also save transportation time and consumption to the greatest extent.
Since he has such a big advantage, the protagonist naturally wants to manage this new territory well, so he has invested heavily and is ready to turn "Qingqiu City" into his new base camp.
- I'm the dividing line -
After living in the main nest "Qingqiu City" for half a month and basically gaining a foothold, the protagonist can't wait to hope that the sub-nests from all over the country can surrender.
He had already sent messengers to the nests, the messengers to the nearest nests had returned, and the farthest should have returned a day or two earlier.
However, the answers that the protagonist receives are not very satisfying.
The most tactful reply given by the males who ruled the sub-nests was that the council of kings formed by the king of the gods was too few and too junior to conform to tradition. These males often think they are qualified to join the King's Council and ask for more seats for themselves.
For these male ants with selfish thoughts, the protagonist is very willing to woo each other, take each other to the main nest to join the nominal new king meeting, and then send his loyal subordinates to take over the secondary nest.
Unbeknownst to these males, the protagonist's newly formed Council of Kings no longer has the supreme power it once had. But when they come, they can't help themselves.
But there are only a few males who make such a statement, and the territory is very scattered.
Most of the secondary nests either refused to acknowledge the control of the main nest by the king of gods, believing that the king of God had attacked the main nest and killed the male ants for his unforgivable sin. To be polite, he asked the king to confess his sins immediately and accept the disposition that the ants discussed together. In extreme cases, they even said that God would make the king throw himself into the fire.
But these male ants are just mouths, and even if they refuse to surrender, it is basically impossible to threaten the current protagonist.
Although the combined strength of all the secondary nests is also objective, these secondary nests lack a unified leadership. All the leaders of the sub-nest are kings, with similar qualifications and prestige, and because of their long-term administrative work and lack of military experience, it is difficult for them to knead each other and form a team with leadership and combat effectiveness.
For the bad statements of the male ants, the protagonist has long expected it, and he doesn't want to let the world obey with just a piece of order.
None of the messengers who went to the Vice-Nest in the remote eastern part of the kingdom returned, an unusual signal that made the protagonist a little wary.
After all, it's normal for one or two couriers to have an accident, and for insurance, the couriers sent by the protagonist to each sub-nest are two that set off one after another.
It is unusual that none of the seventeen sub-nests in the northeast have returned any of the thirty-four messengers.
The protagonist immediately sends another messenger to ask Rambo Fei, who is on a prisoner exchange mission in "Waterfront City", to immediately find out the situation in the northeast region of the kingdom. The protagonist has sent all the flying knights under his command to Rambo Fei, and at present, it is relatively safe for only the flying knights to go to unknown places to investigate.
In addition to the sub-nests in various places, the protagonist has also ushered in the messenger sent by the oldest king these days.
Although they are allies with the most old king, there is a big conflict in the concepts of the two sides, and they are basically irreconcilable.
After gifting the queen ants of the Queen Ant Inheritance faction out of the country, the protagonist deliberately ignores them because he doesn't know how to deal with them, and is wary of hearing more and more news of the faction's expansion in the southern region.
After the main nest is conquered by the protagonist, messengers from the Queen Ant Inheritance faction also travel to the southern side nests, preaching the restoration of the tradition of queen domination. But they also agreed to keep the male's privileges, after all, the right-hand man like the eldest king was also a male, and the queens needed officials to serve their rule.
Compared to the name of the Divine Envoy King's cruelty and murder, some of the ruling males of the sub-nest who were terrified by the great changes within the kingdom have thrown themselves into the arms of the queen inheritance faction.
Based on the information sent back by the tumor in "New Salt City", the protagonist learns that the Queen Ant Inheritance faction has taken control of more than 30 secondary nests in the south and southwest of the kingdom.
Only the expansion to the southeast, because the "New Yancheng", "Dongyang City" and "Nanfang City" were basically connected into a line, that it was blocked.
Now, the Queen Ant's Legacy faction has begun to reach out to the central and western kingdoms, and their rapid expansion has made the protagonist wary. This rapid expansion, which does not require military action, is difficult to emulate while the protagonist is thrilled.
In fact, the protagonist doesn't know that the rapid expansion of the Queen Ant's Inheritance faction does not rely on large-scale military operations, but small-scale operations are very frequent.
In those vice-nests of their new control, there are naturally also die-hard conservatives, just as they reject the new king's council of the Divine Messenger King, and also reject the leadership of the queen ant.
But the eldest king was also decisive, he sent some soldier ants, led by the loyal male ants of the new generation, using the cover of the smell of the same race, to sneak into these secondary nests, control those male ants who refused to obey orders, and then control the nest.
Although the males were not killed, they were also taken to the base camp of the Queen Ant's Legacy faction.