Chapter 371: Locust Mother
Almost as soon as he saw the change in Zhou Tian's expression, the king immediately spoke out and explained: "Maybe you don't know the Divine Beast of the Locust Mother, it is one of the traditional natural calamity divine beasts, created by the God of Calamity, its strength is not strong, and it is estimated that even a holy beast can defeat it." But the terrifying thing about www.biquge.info the locust mother is that its ability to produce locusts is terrifying, even if there is no corresponding climate, it can easily produce hundreds of millions of eggs, so as long as it wants, to stay in any country for a period of time, it is guaranteed to make its country grain harvest. ”
Listening to the king's words, Zhou Tian was relieved.
Originally, when Zhou Tian knew that the reason why that kingdom would become what it was at that time was because it was harmed by a divine beast, the reason why he retreated was because he was afraid of the combat power of the divine beast. And when he knew that the stake of that divine beast was 'giving birth' rather than fighting, Zhou Tian didn't care about that locust mother at all.
Let's not talk about whether the locust mother will go to Zhou Tian's trouble for today's matter, even if she is really ready to do that at that time, in fact, for Zhou Tian, she doesn't need to care too much about the other party's revenge.
What if the locust mother wanted to take revenge on Zhou Tian? Zhou Tian would care, he was not afraid of the locust mother's revenge!
If what the king said was true, then although the locust mother was a divine beast at that time, the threat to Zhou Tian was really not as great as imagined.
If the locust mother wanted to take revenge on Zhou Tian at that time, what means did it have at that time?
Just like when dealing with that kingdom now, according to its ability, it directly caused the locust plague to break out in Zhou Tian's territory?
For ordinary kingdoms and even empires, the ability of the locust mother at that time was quite terrifying, and it is not difficult to guess just by looking at the current situation in this kingdom, when a country has no food at all, and the whole country is hungry together, it will be a terrible thing. Even if this kingdom can still be fine, it is a miracle, I believe that without a certain amount of luck and strong ability, that kingdom would not be able to hold on until now.
But no matter how destructive the ability of the locust mother was to those countries at that time, if it was placed in Zhou Tian's place, its ability would not be a threat at all.
So that the territory of Sunday will not produce food?
Let's not talk about whether the locust mother would do that at that time, if she really planned to deal with Zhou Tian according to that method, then it is estimated that she will soon find that the effective means she used to deal with other people at that time will not be very easy to use when used on Zhou Tian.
Because even if there was no revenge of the locust mother, in fact, from the beginning, most of the food in Zhou Tian's territory was purchased from the Wanjie supermarket according to Zhou Tian's ability. Otherwise, according to the area and population of Zhou Tian's territory, regular farming and support, with Zhou Tian's territory, he really can't support the people under his hands at the moment.
In this way, anyway, the food needed for Zhou Tian's territory at that time was also purchased by Zhou Tian from the Wanjie Supermarket, so even if his territory was plagued by those locusts in the end, it would not have much impact on it, at least it seemed that Zhou Tian didn't care much about that matter.
Of course, it would be wrong to say that the existence of the Locust Mother had no impact on the development of Zhou Tian's territory, after all, the ability of the Locust Mother was placed there, if it really went all out to deal with Zhou Tian, then it is estimated that Zhou Tian's territory would not want to see green. Although this seems to have little impact on Zhou Tian's territory, whether it is the relationship between Zhou Tian and the elves or the development of his own territory, it will cause some adverse effects.
It's just that if that situation happened at that time, it would indeed have an adverse impact on Zhou Tian's territory. But as long as Zhou Tian does what he can get, then even if there are some risks, then Zhou Tian is still willing to stick to his original plan.
Even......
For the people of the current world, the ability of the locust mother, a divine beast, is indeed not weak, especially for the destructive power of the national unit. But in Zhou Tian's eyes, although the locust mother has a certain threat, if its ability is used well, then in Zhou Tian's opinion, not only is there no great harm, but it can be called a big cornucopia.
Locusts are pests but they are also a treasure, at least on Earth, and they have proven their economic value, not only as an ingredient in snacks, but also as a good medicinal herb in medicine.
In this way, not to mention that after Zhou Tian said its economic value in the current world, it would also be able to change those people's impression of locusts. However, in the case that the Wanjie Supermarket also collects locusts, at that time, after knowing the ability of the locust mother, ignoring the threat of the other party to it, it is not difficult to see the benefits represented by Zhou Tian's ability to look at the locust mother's ability.
According to the ability of the mother locust, how many eggs can it produce in a day? And after those eggs grow into locusts, although the destructive power is not small, if Zhou Tian catches them and sells them to the Wanjie Supermarket, it also represents a lot of income, at least for Zhou Tian, as long as the number of locusts is large enough, then it is not impossible to become a major source of income.
That is, Zhou Tian had other plans in mind at that time, and he remained rational for the time being and did not get carried away. Otherwise, after seeing the interests represented by that locust mother, maybe Zhou Tian would have to talk to that king about cooperation at that time.
But even Zhou Tian didn't immediately talk to the king about that matter, because thinking of the meaning of the locust mother, Zhou Tian couldn't help but smile a little more on his face.
And what Zhou Tian is thinking is not clear to others, and what ability Zhou Tian has, the people of that country do not understand. After seeing Zhou Tian hearing the name of the locust mother, he could still laugh, and the group of people who were originally a little nervous overestimated Zhou Tian's strength at the same time, and also put down their hearts again.
Although those people didn't know where Zhou Tian got his confidence, they could still laugh after hearing about the existence of the locust mother. But no matter what, it was a good thing that Zhou Tian was not deterred by the presence of the locust mother. After all, it seems that the one who has the ability and will help their country at the moment is Zhou Tian, a mysterious person who suddenly appeared. If Zhou Tian was scared away by the locust mother, then there would be no change, and according to the situation of their country, in the near future, maybe one day they would become the people of the country.
Even if Zhou Tian was told about the locust's mother, in the eyes of those ministers, their king did not do it right, even if Zhou Tian asked, he could still hide it, at least he could deceive for as long as he could, as long as he got some food from Zhou Tian, even if he couldn't solve today's matter from the root, it would definitely be able to suspend the crisis of their kingdom.
But at that time, their king directly informed Zhou Tian of everything, even if he did not approve of his behavior, they did not have much to say. Now just looking at Zhou Tian's reaction, while those ministers overestimated Zhou Tian's strength, they began to expect Zhou Tian's ability at that time.
It doesn't matter if Zhou Tian has the confidence to care about the threat of the locust mother, the important thing is that if Zhou Tian has that kind of confidence, then use his ability to help the development of their kingdom, in the eyes of those who were present at the time, not to mention that it must be of much effect, but at least let them avoid the disaster of destroying the country, it should still be somewhat possible.
Even with the mentality of trying their luck, after watching Zhou Tian's performance at that time, those people couldn't help but put their last hope completely on Zhou Tian.
And Zhou Tian didn't know what the people present were thinking, but after learning the basic information of the locust mother, he didn't have the original scruples, and he already had a plan in his heart for the next action.
"You could have kept this from me, but it shouldn't have been long since you could have told me honestly, and that is enough to show your sincerity. If it is an ordinary divine beast, I am still a little afraid of it, but if it is really as you said, the locust mother's combat ability is not strong, then even if it is a divine beast, I am not afraid of its threat. On the contrary, I have a rich gift to you about the locust mother, and I wonder if His Majesty is interested?"
"What do you think, sir?"
Although I didn't know what Zhou Tian was thinking, listening to his tone, I was already quite interested in what Zhou Tian said later. Being associated with the Locust Mother can also bring them benefits, as long as it is not too difficult, then it is considered revenge, and anything that can cause harm to the Locust Mother, the king does not mind doing it.
Although Zhou Tian couldn't confirm the other party's thoughts 100%, as long as he combined the situation of that kingdom at that time, it was not difficult to estimate the reaction of the king and his ministers. In this way, Zhou Tian was not surprised at the time of the king's reply, and according to his own thoughts, he confided his plan at that time.
"I know that the situation in the kingdom is not very good, and even if it is estimated at market prices, there will not be much food. For the time being, you can support yourself in this way, but after a long time, I am afraid that it is unlikely that you will be able to pay that expense according to the current situation in the kingdom. Therefore I have decided to give the kingdom a concession, that if you bring something to me, I can exchange it with you for the same weight of food. Even as long as you take enough money, I am willing to pay directly to buy it, so that not only will you not be short of food, but you will even have the spare energy to improve the situation in your kingdom. ”
"What does the gentleman like?"
After listening to Zhou Tian's words, the king at that time actually thought that what Zhou Tian was talking about was a mineral or a plant, after all, natural resources can be treated as hard currency under normal circumstances. And the situation of their kingdom was already there, and apart from selling the resources of those kingdoms, the king couldn't think of anything else that could attract Zhou Tian.
However, even if the king misunderstood Zhou Tian's words at that time, in fact, he was still ready to respond to Zhou Tian's proposal at that time. After all, Zhou Tian's words were not wrong at that time, their kingdom had reached the point of almost exhaustion, and at that time, if the people's living problems were not solved, the country might be destroyed, even if they knew that selling materials at the moment would definitely suffer a big loss, but they still had no other choice.
So after making a decision in his heart, the king gave that reply to Zhou Tian.
It's just that when the king thought that Zhou Tian would take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of their kingdom, Zhou Tian's next words made him blush at once.
"Locust!" As if he hadn't heard the hidden meaning of the king's words, Zhou Tian directly mentioned to the other party at that time what he was thinking: "As long as your kingdom can provide a large number of locusts, then I can get not only food, but also other materials and even cash." ”
"Thank you Mr. for your help, there will be a great reward in the future!"
Obviously, both the king and the ministers had a misunderstanding about this at that time, and in the eyes of ordinary people, what could those locusts do?
In this way, even if Zhou Tian bought those locusts from them at this time, theoretically speaking, it would only be smashed in his own hands. No matter how you look at it, even if those locusts were taken back at that time, it didn't make much difference.
And at that time, when most people thought that locusts could not play much role even if they received them, Zhou Tian was willing to buy locusts from them. Without thinking of Zhou Tian's purpose, those people would mistakenly think that Zhou Tian was secretly helping them when he said something like that.
Even if Zhou Tian didn't know what those people were thinking at that time, he could probably guess after looking at their expressions at that time. And for that matter, he was happy to pretend to be confused.
Does it really matter if it's really useful?
It is not an exaggeration to say that no matter whether Zhou Tian bought those locusts at that time whether he really needed them or wanted to help the other party, for the people of the kingdom at that time, Zhou Tian's current decision was a great news. And according to the situation at that time, after Zhou Tian gave them such a favorable help, if they were not grateful to them, then Zhou Tian needed to consider whether it was necessary to continue his plan.
So, since the people of that kingdom had misunderstood their decision, Zhou Tian was happy to let them misunderstand. Just while using this transaction to make a profit, Zhou Tian can also brush up on their goodwill in front of them.
As a result, there was no accident, no matter what the original perception of Zhou Tian was, after listening to Zhou Tian's words at that time, all the people in that kingdom supported making that deal with him. Not only was selling locusts to solve the problem of lack of supplies in their kingdom at the time, but it was also a form of revenge for the locust mother.
Whatever the reason, the locust mother did a series of actions that brought that kingdom to misery. And according to the situation at that time, it was natural that the people of that kingdom hated the mother locust. In this way, if there is an opportunity to take revenge on the other party like the current one, no matter how you look at it, the people of that kingdom at that time should not refuse.
In this way, since Zhou Tian created such conditions for them, and they could benefit and avenge the enemy, under the circumstances at that time, no matter from any point of view, how could those people refuse their proposal.
As a result, when Zhou Tian made his decision known, he quickly gained the approval of the people of that kingdom at that time. And on that deal, the two sides quickly reached an agreement.