The request made by the Floating Leaf King, although ridiculous, did not put himself in the right position at all, and he also wanted to use words such as sacred to decorate his country, as if this would be able to shake the tiger's body and overflow the spirit of the king, so that the protagonist would bow his head and worship.

But the protagonist still carefully analyzes the other party's proposal, and has to admit that there is still a certain attraction in the truce.

Of course, this attraction is only a little bit.

Being able to make a truce with the Paving Ant Kingdom is naturally good news for the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom, and it can also avoid spending a lot of resources militarily for the protagonist and win development time.

But if you look deeper, the Paving Ant Country has lost the threat from the south, and it will naturally shift its focus to the north.

But where will the expansion of the big-headed ant kingdom go?

At present, in addition to some insurmountable terrain on the border of the big-headed ant kingdom, there are only some backward and weak neighbors around, which are unable to resist the expansion of the big-headed ant kingdom.

However, what if the big-headed ant kingdom suddenly feels that the forces under the protagonist's command are not pleasing to the eye after discovering that there are invincible opponents everywhere?

It's not impossible, due to the protagonist's neglect before, the information of the "Dongyang City" base area was clearly inquired by some kings with ulterior motives in the main nest. caused the protagonist to fall into passivity at the king's meeting after the beginning of spring this year.

Later, although the protagonist made amends, he strengthened his control over the territory and shielded himself from outside spying. But there is already a powerful force in the King's Council, and their common interest is to look down on the protagonist's series of reform measures, which they feel are detrimental to the interests of the male ant class, and more importantly, to covet the rich resources under the protagonist's command.

The protagonist also spent a lot of resources to temporarily quell the discontent of the main nest king meeting. In addition, this year's eventful autumn, the lack of a good year, and the war with the Paving Ant Army, made the king meeting temporarily let go of the protagonist.

But if a truce is really reached between the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom and the Paving Ant Kingdom, the protagonist is really worried that he will become a good bow and lackey with no use value, and the protagonist has no sense of belonging to the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, and the King's Conference will not regard the protagonist and his forces as outliers.

On the contrary, it is the best choice to let the two countries continue to fight directly and quietly develop their own forces, and it is also the strategy formulated by the previous protagonist.

Now that the first encirclement and suppression has been broken, as long as the second encirclement and suppression of the enemy army can be delayed, and when the big-headed ant expeditionary force destroys the paving ant army on the south bank of the river and moves north, he will not have to face the military threat of the paving ant country.

Therefore, the protagonist does not plan to let the Floating Leaf King return to their main lair, but is ready to detain him.

The Floating Leaf King is very familiar with the inside story of the Paving Ant Country, which just makes up for the shortcomings of the Divine Envoy King Legion in terms of intelligence.

No matter how powerful the flying knight's aerial reconnaissance is, he can't figure out the secrets inside the Paving Ant Kingdom and the grievances between the kings.

However, limited to the unique social structure of the ant world, the protagonist can't even send spies to the enemy country, and the difference between the ants of two different races is so great that it is impossible to give the alien race a chance to lurk.

After ambushing a paving ant ant ant this year, the protagonist once again ignited the idea of sending spies, but the paving ants hatched and raised in the "bridgehead" also have the smell of the Divine Messenger King Legion, and they can't sneak into the enemy country without hiding from the world.

And the information that the Floating Leaf King has almost become the only source of domestic information for the paving ants.

In addition, the protagonist is also full of curiosity about this special floating leaf king. He really doesn't act like an ant, he doesn't have the straightforward or heartless temperament of an ant, but he is cunning, cruel, and thick.

But it is this kind of character that makes the protagonist full of familiarity, just like in the human world, no matter how honest a person is, he will also show a cunning or witty, slick or chicken thief side.

This trait that is lacking in the ant world is very familiar to the protagonist. And this trait also means wisdom.

The protagonist doesn't think that these tricks of the Floating Leaf King can deceive him, but he can make the other party's wisdom and philosophy of life better serve him.

Therefore, the protagonist refuses the request of the Floating Leaf King, but he does not directly execute him as the other party who has already faced ashes imagined, and report him as a battle exploit.

The protagonist orders that the Floating Leaf King be put in a separate cell, and that he be left idle for two days to sharpen his temperament.

- I'm the dividing line -

Just after the first victory of the "Bridgehead" against the encirclement and suppression, the Flying Knight messenger from the "Dongyang City" arrives and reports to the protagonist:

The salt transport team returning from "Yancheng" has returned to "Dongyang City", and "Dongyang City" has then organized a group of salt transport teams to go north to "Linshui City" and "Bridgehead" to provide salt for these two protagonist territories, and the salt crisis in the protagonist territory has been temporarily alleviated.

The bad news is also that the search for salt mines in "Dongyang City", "Waterfront City" and "Bridgehead" has not yielded results, and the protagonist's idea of directly controlling a salt mine in the territory has failed.

The protagonist has to consider a preliminary plan for direct control of "Salt City".

According to intelligence, the siege of the last stronghold of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army on the south bank of the Great River by the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force once again fell into a tug-of-war after entering the stage of competition for underground nests. Although it was only a matter of time before the enemy would fail, it still involved too much labor and resources in the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom.

At present, salt shortages occur from time to time in various parts of the big-headed ant kingdom, and they are becoming more and more intense.

It would be a good opportunity to propose to the main nest at this time to exchange actual control of "Salt City" on the condition of a stable supply of salt.

It seems that it is necessary to go to the main nest again.

However, before going to the main nest, the protagonist first goes to the "Waterfront City" to inspect the farmland.

As the summer grows longer and the temperature gets warmer and higher, this year's newly cultivated farmland in "Linshui City" is growing well, and it is time for the first sowing and harvest.

The protagonist is now riding "Tampeste", strolling through the farmland like a towering ancient forest, watching the farmland flourish.

The leaves of the cow tendon grass crept on the ground, occupying a large space, and several heavy clusters of green grains on one grass stem bent the grass stalks.

The stems and leaves of the horsetail are more popular with mealworms.

Dogtail and Saxiwea each occupy a piece of farmland, and these plants, considered weeds by humans, are cultivated and tended by ants, and their grass seeds will provide valuable food for the Divine Messenger King's legions in this year of famine.

Looking at the farmland where the harvest is imminent, and looking at the large number of grass seeds and pastures that are about to be harvested, the protagonist's heart is full of joy of harvest just like the farmer's uncle.