Chapter 19: The Queen's Visit (2)
The message from the queen is a proper gesture for an exchange of greetings on such a diplomatic occasion.
However, because the protagonist has been thinking about the past when the "simple" messenger of the oldest king was pitted by the queen, he is always worried that the other party will deliberately put such a trick in his words, and he has been intent on the embankment.
But in this way, some originally simple words and meanings, under "careful consideration", may become overthinking, causing unnecessary misunderstandings.
The protagonist worded, and only replied cautiously after a while: Thank you for the queen's concern, the Divine Legion is an inseparable part of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and the original main nest ruling class of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom has been abandoned by all classes of the kingdom from the main nest to the secondary nest, from the queen ant, male ants to the professional ants, because it is not in line with the fundamental interests of the development of the kingdom. The Divine Envoy King Army, which represents the development direction of the advanced productive forces in the ant world, finally conformed to the trend and the voice of the ant crowd, expelled the faction of the original Great King Conference, and became the new dominant force of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, which is the choice of the ant people and the general trend of history. The jurisprudence of the territory of the Divine Envoy King's Legion was inherited from the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom, and it was the legitimate ruler of the territory on the south bank of the Great River. In the future, the new kingdom will be committed to the peaceful development of both sides of the river, and will continue to maintain bilateral relations with friendly neighbors.
These are all diplomatic words that the protagonist thinks of temporarily, and they are really a bit dramatic, as if this is no longer in the ant world. But the so-called diplomatic vocabulary, the protagonist's understanding is to mention it lofty, so that the other party feels very reasonable and does not know what to do, in fact, the words often only express a very limited meaning, and will never let the other party find out the mistake.
The reason why the protagonist answers this way is because he subconsciously feels that the queen's previous words are playing a trick on himself.
Although the queen is only a simple blessing, who knows if she is secretly mocking herself to seize the power of the faction that originally belonged to the Council of Great Kings, or sympathize with the queen inheritance faction to which the expelled king belongs?
After all, the original alliance between himself and the Big-headed Ant Relic Clan was actually a three-way alliance, and the allies also included the Queen Ant Inheritance faction. The big-headed ant remnants do not have a friendship with the old king's meeting faction, but they have a great friendship with the queen ant inheritance faction.
Although the Queen Ant Inheritance faction later took the initiative to attack the Big-Headed Ant Remnant Clan, it was also a last resort after the war broke out between the Queen Ant Inheritance faction and the Divine Envoy King Legion, and the covenant had been de facto broken.
The queen of the Big-headed Ant Relic Clan has known and dealt with the Elder King for longer than herself, and the Queen still knows about the Divine Envoy King's legion from the Elder King. At that time, the nest of the Big-headed Ant Remnant was very close to the [real main nest] of the Queen Ant Inheritance faction, and there were frequent contacts.
Unlike after acquiring the technology of the Big-headed Ant Remnant Clan and making a blank check to provide military protection and help restore the country in the future, he rarely interacts with the Big-Headed Ant Remnant.
What if the other party is already dissatisfied with this?
Therefore, the protagonist's tongue-twisting diplomatic rhetoric, the meaning he wants to express is very simple, that is, he is reasonable and legal to lead the God Envoy King Legion to obtain the ruling power of the big-headed ant kingdom, although he controls a large territory on the south bank of the river, but it is all originally belonging to the big-headed ant kingdom, and he just inherited it, which has a legal basis, and ants from other countries or races should not think about getting involved.
But when the queen received this message, she was confused. The protagonist's answers are presented as much as possible with information that the ants can understand. For example, the word "productivity" is blurted out in the mind of the protagonist to pass on the past, and the brain automatically changes to the language of ants, and the message received by the queen of the big-headed ant remnant is "the ability of ants to gather food and all other goods", and profit is "something or business that is beneficial to the country".
What does regime change have to do with food gathering? It is difficult for the queen to understand this kind of content.
The queen had never been exposed to such expressions and new words, and her words were simple introductory remarks, an expression of goodwill, in preparation for the negotiations that followed.
The queen is thinking about the protagonist's words, although the big-headed ant remnants are already a civilized group compared to the big-headed ant kingdom, but compared with the cloud-covered diplomatic rhetoric produced by thousands of years of human civilization, the big-headed ant remnants are still simply like a child.
So the queen still needs time to analyze and understand the meaning behind those words little by little, and I don't know if she can accurately understand the true meaning that the protagonist wants to express.
There was a moment of silence in the conference room, the protagonist did not send a message, and the queen was silent.
In the end, I don't know if the queen gave up, she decided to start explaining the purpose of her visit, of course, according to the civilized style, before adding a paragraph.
The queen stated: Last year, the Big-headed Ant Remnant was attacked by the Queen Ant Inheritance faction that broke the covenant, and paid a certain loss. Previously, the Divine Envoy King had promised to provide military protection for the Big-Headed Ant Remnant, and the Great-Headed Ant Remnant also noticed that the Divine Envoy King's flying ants were constantly coming in the sky (the queen had previously learned about the existence of the Flying Knight from the Elder King). But in the end, why didn't the Big-headed Ant Remnant wait for the help of the Allies?
The protagonist's heart sank, thinking that the queen wouldn't be here to ask the teacher, right? It is true that the Divine Envoy King Legion did not have a single soldier to go to the territory of the Big-headed Ant Relic Clan to support, but he definitely couldn't just follow the other party's words.
Diplomatic negotiations are to grasp the initiative, and you must not follow the other side, otherwise those people will be able to lead you to the ditch sooner or later. Therefore, even if what the other party says makes sense, you have to refute it by three points.
So, the protagonist immediately retorts:
No, the Queen's statement is not true, the Legion of the Divine Envoy has fulfilled its due duty as allies.
Look at the flying knights who appear in the sky above the territory of the Big-headed Ant Remnant every day, doesn't it show that I and the Divine Envoy King's Legion are very concerned about the safety of your ally. And the allies' flying knights come every day, doesn't it give you more confidence to persevere, so that you know that there are allies out there who can help at any time, and have the will to continue to resist.
This part of the content is basically the protagonist is talking nonsense, and he sent the flying knights in the past to collect military intelligence.
The protagonist continues:
Moreover, the Divine Envoy King Legion also sent the main force to continuously attack the main nest of the Queen Ant Inheritance faction, and finally forced the enemy to withdraw from the territory of the Big-headed Ant Relic Clan, which was a tactic. You see, the territory of the big-headed ant remnants has not decreased at all.
This passage is partly true, after the main nest was breached, the remnants of the Queen Ant Inheritance faction did retreat due to military pressure, but the protagonist's original purpose was not to save the allies.
In the end, the protagonist concludes that the Divine Legion has fully fulfilled its obligation to protect its allies.