Astral Ants

Chapter 87 Shanbei Reservoir (for subscription)

(PS: I was careless last night. I’m sorry, fellow book lovers. 11 chapters were posted on the shelf, and today’s update is 12 chapters)
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The ants are numerous and powerful, and it took more than [-] days to dig out the large pond planned for Mo Lan's Gorgon Seed to take root.

Above the hillside, a reservoir with a side length of about 6 meters was also dug.

Several diversion canals were dug horizontally, and the water can be filled only after two or three spring rains.

The number of specialized chemical ants has reached 300.

In the ant nest, newly cultivated large and medium-sized worker ants are born one after another.

Cypress and Juniper began to direct the ant colony to dig the soil at the mouth of the valley. First, they dug a ditch to divert the river, and then dug deeper. It was necessary to excavate a trench with a length of more than 50 meters, a width of 8 meters, and a depth of 2 to 3 meters. The foundation of the embankment is huge.

The wood felled last year for the planting of silver cypresses has been used, and it is also the material for the construction of embankments, so the quantity is definitely not enough.

Long Bai took the time to find a circle on the mountain, cut around the trunk screen, first killed a group of trees, dried them in the summer sun, and then they can be cut down and transported for use.

Building a dam also requires the most important material: stone
Without hunting in the spring, neither can the juniper be idle.

Are soldier ants up to the job of collecting rocks?
Long Cypress gathered Juniper and it led 150 specialized soldier ants, 30 large soldier ants, and 30 medium-sized soldier ants.

In front of Long Bai, various samples of large rocks, small rocks, off-white, earthy yellow, dark brown, etc., were arranged in rows.

Juniper formed a formation for the soldier ants, a small group of 10 came forward one by one to learn to identify.

Long Bai repeatedly sent out signals: [Go to the mountains and forests to collect these stones and bring them back, no matter the size or shape, bring back the ones that can be moved]

A small team of 10, after simple training, Juniper urged them to go into the forest to search.

The soldier ants set off one after another, and soon after, they came back one after another.

Juniper kept shaking its tentacles, and ordered the soldier ants to pile up the stones brought back together, and then set off with a small team of 10 to continue searching into the mountain forest.

The worker ants and soldier ants bred by the ruling throne are obviously much more spiritual.Most of the soldier ants can return with the stones in their mouths correctly. Only a very few are stupid and run back with their prey, but find that the king of ants is asking for stones instead of food, throw them away quickly, pick a piece of soil from the ground, pretend I was not discovered, so I muddled through.

The obedience and discipline of the soldier ants are stronger, and there are no mistakes after repeated two times.

There are many large and small gravels in the mountains, and soldier ants can undertake part of the stone collection work.

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Too much work, time flies by.

It's another year when the mountains are full of flowers and the arrival of traveling merchants.

Long Bai counted the time, packed his things, took Mo Lan and set off in a hurry.

The goods sold to the caravan this year are still simple, 60 blue seeds and 200 pandan seeds.

"Long Bai, do you want to tell Bai Wei the news about the God-given Seed of Gorgon Seed?"

"Don't tell Bai Wei yet! Let's tell Luochen first next year. Besides, we can't tell them that there are two. My idea is that Molan's God-given seed of Gorgon is circulating in Yunji Continent, and my God-given tree of Gorgon The Gorgon seeds produced by the seeds are sold to caravans.”

"Oh--"

Mo Lan: "So, to the ghost fan, red fox, white rice, and persimmon, I only tell about the seed bestowed by the God of Gorgon."

Long Bai: "Smart!"

Mo Lan: "Don't tell Bai Wei? Then shall we borrow money from it this year?"

Long Bai: "Borrow."

Mo Lan: "Borrow money to buy metal cans?"

Long Bai: "That's worthless. I mainly buy food from the Force."

Mo Lan thought for two seconds, and said: "Our trading capital is already large enough, the goods are rich enough, and the force food for evolution and growth is enough. Why do we need to borrow money to buy it? We need to pay interest."

Dragon Bar: "Borrow some in a moderate amount, and then enrich the goods category. In addition, it is also necessary to properly distribute force food to junipers, junipers, and giant cypresses, at least to ensure that they can complete the evolution of one age every year. Conditions permit, every year Two ages evolve best."

"Oh~ yes!"

Mo Lan skipped the topic and reminded: "The spider silk bags are not enough."

Long Bai: "Please ask for more."

Mo Lan: "Then you ask Bai Wei for 10!"

Long Bai: "..."

Mo Lan smiled happily, thought for a while, and said as if chatting with nothing to do:

"Long Bai, there is a question that I have been unable to understand... You see, we only have four trading partners: ghost fan, red fox, white rice, and mountain persimmon, and the food we earn is enough for us to grow and evolve. Wanzu There are millions, tens of millions of Zerg warriors in the mainland, so why is Bai Wei so poor in such a rich place?"

Long Bai thought about it for a while, carefully considered his words, and said: "There are many reasons, I will only tell you the most core two points."

"First of all, the flame spiders are divided into five tribes, namely the round purple flame spiders, the magic color flame spiders, the purple flame spiders, the Watase flame spiders, and the white-leg flame spiders. There are also quite a few. What we have come into contact with is only a tribe of the Watase Flame Spider."

"Traveling merchants pursue profit. When a place is rich, a large number of traveling merchants flock to it immediately. If a tribe is rich, there must be many caravans wanting to enter it and share a share of the benefits. However, those who can finally obtain stable trading rights, It must be those powerful caravans. More caravans without strength can only go to places where the insect population is sparse and the force is barren."

Mo Lan asked: "Bai Wei belongs to... the kind of traveling merchant who can only go to barren areas and trade with poor Zerg warriors?"

Long Bai: "Almost. It partners with Luozhi, and sometimes trades with Luozhi's clients. Luozhi will pay it a certain amount."

Mo Lan asked, "What about the second reason?"

Long Bai said: "In the Ten Thousand Clans Continent, various tribes live in groups, and there are contacts between tribes. Between the same clan and between tribes, they can trade with each other and exchange what they need. Zerg warriors in the Ten Thousand Clans Continent The dependence on the flame spider merchants is much lower than that of the Cloud Continent. Each Zerg warrior needs to sell and buy relatively less force food from the caravan every year."

It's not hard to understand~ Mo Lan: "I see!"

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Bai Wei jumped into the queue and followed closely behind Zeqi Spider King into the flat square under the hill.

Zeqi Spider King found a good location, spit out life seeds, and took root on the ground.

Bai Wei hurriedly moved her position, and then spit out her Life Seed.

"Zeqi Spider King, can I trade?"

This time, Bai Wei learned how to behave, so she didn't rush to run, and asked the Zeqi Spider King first.

"Bai Wei, don't be impatient..."

Zeqi Spider King paused for a moment as if on purpose, and said slowly:
"Last year, Luo Li complained that the little ant king named Longbai was getting more and more cunning. I think it is very necessary to tell you more about the details of the merchant trade."

"No need. Before coming here, Luo Li told me a hundred and one times. I remember it all."

Bai Wei turned around and left.

Walk to the bottom of the hill, speed up the pace to climb up the hill, and run to the grove that was traded the year before last.

"Cymbidium!"

"Little Cypress?"

"Wow, that's the force food produced by your 'Zhenlan God-bestowed Seed'? Blue seeds? Which type of strengthening effect?"

After all, at the mountain master level, Bai Wei found out the contents of the bag Mo Lan was carrying through the flame spider's special sense of the spider silk bag from a long distance away.

"The quantity is a bit small."

Bai Wei muttered, but before Long Bai could answer, she asked again: "The fruit ripened last year? Then your azure blue god-given seed should bloom, right? How many flowers bloomed and how many fruits did they hang this time?"

Long Bai choked speechlessly for a while, and replied methodically: "The seeds bestowed by the Zhanlan gods produce extremely delicious berries, which are different from any kind of fruit on land. The special delicacy is different. The pulp was eaten by Mo Lan and me." , only 60 Zhanlanzi are left."

"The strengthening effect is consistent with the previous guess, which is the comprehensive water element ability strengthening."

"It hasn't bloomed yet this year. It's blooming in early summer."

Long Bai finished speaking.

Mo Lan helped to add: "Longbai is now an intermediate-level ant king, but Zhanlanzi's force content and quality are already equivalent to high-level! A super-grade god-given seed from the ocean!"

Bai Wei: "!!!"

Super product!

Finally it's my turn to get rich!

Bai Wei was ecstatic, and said, "Quick! Let me see!"

(End of this chapter)