On July 12, shortly after the completion of the Grand Canal, the protagonist organized the first joint meeting of all ethnic groups since the establishment of the Ant Union in [Xinyang City].

The meeting mainly discussed the national policy of the next development direction of the country.

In the gorgeously decorated conference room, many fluorescent bacteria make this spacious underground space seem to be as bright as day, but under the blue light, no matter what ant tribe, everyone's body color is illuminated black, it seems that in this environment, the equality of body color between different ant tribes has been realized.

In this meeting, 80 representatives of big-headed ants, 6 representatives of paving ants, 4 representatives of hunting sickle ants, 3 representatives of leaf-cutting ants, 2 representatives of red forest ants, 2 representatives of belly-lifting ants, 2 representatives of burrowing ants, and 1 representative of Japanese black brown ants all attended, and the king of divine envoys attended as the chairman and decision-maker of the meeting.

The topic of the meeting was proposed by the protagonist, who proposed to colonize the south bank of the Great River as a national policy for some time to come.

In the past, in the era of the Divine Envoy King Legion, such a strategic direction was formulated by the protagonist single-handedly, and it was just implemented below.

Now that the political structure is in place, the protagonist needs to obtain the authorization of the United Ethnic Assembly, although this seems to be a lot more cumbersome and seems to weaken the authoritarian power of the protagonist.

But in fact, the joint congress of all ethnic groups is a rubber stamp, and the protagonist still has the means to control the passage of his own agenda, and he can also take the opportunity of the discussion of the congress to unify the thoughts of the representatives of all ethnic groups.

In the past, if the subordinate ants were only mechanically implemented, it was inevitable that there would be policy distortions and disapproval, but if it became a collective resolution of all ethnic groups through the form of a meeting, the situation was estimated to be much better, and the psychological motivation of executing other people's orders and implementing the orders of one's own participation would be completely different.

At the venue, the representatives of the big-headed ant clan immediately and unconditionally supported the protagonist's proposal and supported the southward expansion strategy.

Of course, there are some objections, led by representatives of the two tribes of bellied ants and burrowing ants that were newly subdued by the Ant Alliance during the conquest of the territory of the Red Fire Ant Country.

The two tribes have been forced to merge into the group of belly-lifting ants and burrowing ants that were already subordinate to the ant alliance before the ant alliance, but their former leader or the oldest ant has been gifted as one of the only two representatives of their tribe and has a certain right to speak.

Not long after these two representatives joined the Ant Alliance, they knew more about the Red Fire Ant Country and its surroundings, and knew that the north also had rich land, which was still close to their homeland, and they felt that it was better to go north.

What makes the protagonist a little strange is that the new Minister of Transportation, who has long joined the Ant Union and has always been very cautious, actually supports the minority this time.

The minority felt that they would have to cross the choppy Qing River to the south, which frightened the ants who were afraid of the water, and even the representatives who supported the protagonist were quite complaining about crossing the river. Going north has no such concerns.

Moreover, many ant clan representatives live on the north shore all year round, have special feelings for the north shore, and also understand the customs of the north shore, they feel that it is better to continue to develop north, without considering that the route to the north has now been blocked by the ally Leaf Cutting Ant Country.

The protagonist makes this clear, but this is not very true for the representatives of the former Barbarian Ant Forces, who are convinced that there are no permanent enemies.

Proceeding from the work of the Ministry of Communications, "Lao Xin" pointed out that the Grand Canal on the north bank of the Qing River has been put into use, and the results of trial operation have been very good, and the transportation situation between the territories on the north bank has been greatly improved.

If the south bank is developed, will new canals also be excavated for transportation on the south bank? What about the traffic between the north and south shores? The "old heart" only wanted to believe in the capacity of the ant, beetle, and raft convoys he had seen, and had no hope in the capacity of the flying convoys across the river that he had not yet seen.

The protagonist explains, saying that after two months of trade, the Ant Alliance has paid a huge price to trade a large number of flying beasts from other ant tribes, including 24 Star Sky Beafers, 6 giant dragonflies and 12 flying locusts, and the capacity of the flying transport team is already considerable, and now the development of the south bank of the Qing River will not encounter too many transportation difficulties.

Although there were still objections, according to the voting rules of the joint assembly of all ethnic groups, the minority obeys the majority majority, and after some discussion, the protagonist's southward expansion strategy easily won 96 votes.

On behalf of the joint congress of all ethnic groups, the protagonist announced that the next stage of development of the Ant United Kingdom will focus on southward expansion and full development of the south bank of the Qing River.

The southward strategy was adopted, the procedure was perfect, and even the four opposition parties felt respected and obeyed orders.

The Ant Union immediately began to operate in full force for the development of the south bank of the Qinghe River, and the ten major ministries made every effort to ensure the relevant ant populations and materials.

Even the construction site of the second phase of the canal has received instructions and is ready to dispatch tens of thousands of slaves and ants to support the southward expansion strategy.

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[Xinyangcheng] the palace of the king of the gods, divided into two spaces, inside and outside, and there is a reception room in the outer room, which is the place where the protagonist is entertained.

In the small nest room, the fluorescent bacteria shine brightly. The furnishings here are different from most of the unusually rudimentary ant nests, and more like a human room.

Instead of bare dirt, the floor of the reception room was covered with white ant felt, the walls were decorated with colored stones, and a hanging calendar with dates up to July 14 crossed out.

There was a wooden table in the middle of the nest room, and nothing was placed on the table. At this time, the protagonist and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade "Xiaohua" are sitting on the silk soft seats on both sides of the table, holding a clay cup with honeydew, and their tentacles intersect to discuss things.

"Little Flower" has something to ask for.

The foreign trade of the ant union mainly uses honeydew and crow honey as a means of payment, although the domestic production of these two commodities is very large, but it cannot stand the fact that the foreign trade volume is getting higher and higher.

Not long ago, the Leafcutter Ant Country exchanged a large amount of grain and honeydew and crow honey with Xingtianniu; Just yesterday, the dragonfly caravan of the Maolin ants had just left, and they had exchanged almost all of the honeydew crow honey in their stock with the large amount of coarse salt they had brought with them.

Today, there is another caravan of bullet ants to trade with the goods entrusted by the Black Fire Ant Clan, and the Ant Nation has nothing to exchange.

The Black Fire Ant clan had come once before, but their main product was simple pottery, and the quality was not as good as that produced by the Ant Alliance, and that time it was only a symbolic transaction.

This time, the Black Fire Ant Clan simply brought brand new goods, wanting to exchange them for honeydew and crow honey, which were liked by the top brass of their clan.

"Little Flower" thought this new commodity useful, but there weren't many honeydew and crow honey to trade anymore, so she hurried to ask for instructions.