The new year’s travel trading season.
The Edelweiss Spider King arrived two days early. He was still traveling lightly. He only carried three large spider silk bags on his broad back. It was obvious from the look that these were for Hearts and Heliotrope. , Styloma and the 'little gifts' they brought.
There is also a small spider silk bag...
"Longbai Ant King, where is Molan?"
"Southern Jujube Mountain, the god of destiny who takes care of it Where are the seeds given? Our territory is too scattered, and the seeds of life are scattered and rooted in various places of the force. It is very troublesome to take care of them.”
"Oh——"
Edelweiss Spider King untied the spider silk rope, took off a medium-sized spider silk bag, handed it forward, and said:
"I see that you all use boiling water to eat. Boil it and eat it. I put a lot of effort into collecting and making the soup and dipping sauce. I think it's pretty good, but I don't know if it suits your ants' taste. "
"..."
“The Edelweiss Spider King has troubled himself!”
Long Bai waved his tentacles and gave the order:
Xiang Bai, go to the treasure house and get two jars of ant king honey.
Black persimmon, preparing for the banquet.
Juniper, you go to the jungle to hunt for some fresh food and come back.
“Edelweiss Spider King, let’s go up the mountain and chat.”
Long Bai led the way, and together they came to the Shandong Reservoir at the top of the mountain range.
Hei Shi commanded the special chemical worker ants to lift up a large golden metal pot specially made by Long Bai.
The soil of Shake Leaf Island contains a lot of gold particles. When renovating Shake Leaf Island, Long Bai collected some of it.
The inner texture of the pot is still made of iron sand, and the outside is decorated with a layer of gold.
“Huh?”
The Edelweiss Spider King was curious, pointing to the carvings on the pot, and asked curiously: "Longbai Ant King, is this a character created by your Xianglan Mountain Kingdom?"
Longbai: "...Yes. ”
The gold layer that was just painted last winter was filled with characters carved by overfed ants.
The biggest trouble in teaching ordinary ant characters is that after these guys learn it, they carve random drawings everywhere. There is no complete piece of the stone wall of the ant nest anymore.
“It’s very complicated~”
The Edelweiss Spider King looked at it carefully and immediately guessed that it was Long Bai's own creation. He changed his words and said, "The lines are simple and clear. It should be very convenient for internal use."
The Edelweiss Spider King asked curiously: " What is engraved on it? It looks like there are a lot of repetitions. What does it mean?"
Long Bai: "Nothing, just ordinary ants carving it randomly..."
What is engraved on it is:
——The King is Mighty
——The two great kings are mighty
——The three great kings are mighty
——The great king is wise
——The second great king is wise
……
Long Bai turned to Black Persimmon and asked: "Who are the three kings?"
Hei Persimmon: "...Juniper?"
Long Bai silently noted it down and asked the Edelweiss Spider King Explained: "I refer to these characters on the Yunji Continent, the characters left on the cave wall by the ancestors of the flame spiders, deleting and changing them. I found that the specialized ants under my command can all learn them, and can act according to the instructions of the characters. It is used to direct them to complete a single cycle of turning soil and fertilizing, so it was promoted in specialized ant colonies."
Long Bai: "The King of Edelweiss Spiders, I can't think of it. The explanation is that the characters used by Flame Spider Traveler have been around for so many years, but there seems to be no... improvement. If a set of concise and clear characters could be promoted in the mainland, wouldn't it be easier for everyone to communicate? "< br>
Edelweiss Spider King: "It's not that simple. No one is convinced by any of the different races on the mainland. Why use the characters you created? Why can't I create one set of my own? I can also create two sets of my own, on the left One set of paws and one set of right paws.”
Edelweiss Spider King: "We Flame Spider Travelers travel across the continent and communicate with tens of thousands of tribes. Most of these tribes have their own affairs. Some have characters and some do not. So we try to use a set of complicated lines. , but it is intuitive and vivid. Even if you don’t recognize it, you can roughly guess the meaning of the characters by looking at the graphics.”
Long Bai: “Oh——”
Long Bai thought about it and was speechless for a while. .
Edelweiss Spider King: "The core knowledge of the Zerg warriors is recorded in the inherited memory, and there are very few places where characters are needed. The most used one is accounting. The characters used in the account numbers are basically the same. ”
Long Bai: “Yes, and the northern and southern hemispheres are unified. I think the counting characters used by Wanzu Continent Flame Spider Tour are similar to those used by Merchant Land.”
Edelweiss Spider King: "The flame spiders in the Ten Thousand Tribes Continent are also separated from the merchant continent. The spider king's letter uses counting characters to indicate the denomination. For the flame spider merchants, it is related to the credibility of the tribe, and for the Zerg warriors It’s about wealth. This is something that must not be ignored, and it is normal to achieve reunification.”
Long Bai: “That’s right! Zerg warriors can’t know anything, but they must know Spider King Xinjuan. "
Long Bai then said: "But there is another thing that I can't understand about the Snow Spider King..."
Long Bai raised his paw and pointed at the Hongnanshan Starship. In the direction of the passage, he said: "When I was a child, I went into a starship to explore, and I saw many characters from extraterrestrial civilizations. There were also counting characters among them, and they were almost the same as those used by the Flame Spider merchants."
Long Bai Then he pointed to the south and said: "I have also seen the undersea starship passage."
Edelweiss Spider King: "The Extraterrestrial Civilization has unified and simplified characters. After our ancestors of the Flame Spider deciphered it, they found the counting characters useful, so we borrowed them. So, in the future, when we go to the Extraterrestrial World and encounter the Extraterrestrial Civilization, how can we I know a few words about them."
Long Bai: "Ha~ha~"
Long Bai chatted and said: "The fighting strength of the outer civilization may not be good, but their manufacturing capabilities are very strong. It can create all kinds of whimsical and interesting things that attract bugs. I have always wondered whether our Zerg civilization specializes in plundering those extraterrestrial civilizations and stealing their things..."
< br>Edelweiss Spider King: "I have also thought about it, it is very possible. This is a worry of many insects. When entering the outer world, will they be sent to the battlefield? Rob other civilizations?"
Long Bai : "Yeah~ I have considered this issue a long time ago, so I have always insisted on improving my combat effectiveness."
The Edelweiss Spider King reminded: "Combat power is second, the key is detection ability and the ability to escape and save one's life."
Long Bai clicked his tentacles in approval.
This is a heavy topic.
When in contact with an unknown alien civilization, there is a little bit of expectation, but more of hesitation and worry. Also, most insects are opposed to the robbery business from the bottom of their hearts.
The Snow Spider King changed the topic, raised his paw and pointed at the Shannan forest, and asked: "Longbai Ant King, has a new mutant strain emerged from the silver cypress tree you planted?"
Long Bai: "Yes."
Long Bai briefly explained: "The original silver cypress was mutated from the large-leaf juniper. Later, it mutated into the flat-leaf silver cypress No. 1, which was optimized to silver cypress." Yinbai No. 2 and Yinbai No. 4. Among them, Yinbai No. 2 has mutated into Yinbai No. 3. Last year, it was discovered that there is a new mutant strain of the old version of Yinbai tree, Yinbai No. 5, which is being cultivated. , it is necessary to test whether the strengthening effect is variable, and then decide whether to focus on cultivation."
Longbai: "No matter whether the strengthening effect is variable, it must be cultivated on a certain scale. There are currently Yinbai No. 3 and 4. No. 5, three cultivated varieties are being planted at the same time, and the cultivation scale is getting larger and larger, but not a single god-given seed has been produced."
"You are still young, and you have plenty of time. , persevere, you will always get what you want."
The Edelweiss Spider King gave some perfunctory advice: "You can refer to those top tribes. If you plant multiple varieties at the same time, it is best to plant more. Number of digits. For example, the first cultivated variety that mutates from the native species Silver Cedar is classified into one category, and is numbered Silver Cedar 1001; the second cultivated variety that mutates from the native species Silver Cedar is numbered Silver Cedar 2001 ; The third type of variant is numbered 3001, and so on. If there is another mutation based on the variant, for example, if Silver Cypress 1001 mutates again, it can be numbered as Silver Cypress 1101, and if another mutation appears, it can be numbered as Silver Cypress 1101. Silver Cypress 1201, and so on.”
Edelweiss Spider King: "If you take the silver cypress as the symbol plant of the Pandan Mountain Kingdom, and think about it in the long run, and spend hundreds of years or even more time concentrating on cultivation, various good and bad cultivated varieties will definitely appear. Numbering like this, you can To make the origin and destination of various mutant branches clear, if they are cultivated on a large scale, a stone tablet can be erected at the edge of the field, and the characters can be clearly marked, so that there will be no confusion due to too many types that are similar to each other. "
Long Cypress: "It sounds neat and tidy..."
Long Bai: "Thank you, Snow Spider King, for your advice!"
"It's a small thing. Even if I don't say it, by that time, you will know it yourself. They will discover and make timely adjustments."
Edelweiss Spider King: "Based on my three hundred years of experience as a businessman and my innate super-sensitive intuition about plants, I feel that silver cypress planting has great potential. You can support a kingdom and a tribe!”
Long Bai always thought so, and for a moment he didn't know how to be humble.
Edelweiss Spider King added: "Longbai Ant King, when I first came to Xianglan Mountain, I noticed that there were a lot of weeds growing under the orchard. At that time, I thought it was because you were busy farming and didn't deal with them in time. However, according to my observations in the past two years, this is not the case. Is it planted intentionally?”
Long Bai: “Yes, mainly chickweed and Qianshan vetch, as well as chicory that I have bred. . These plants have shallow roots and will not compete with trees for underground nutrients. This has many benefits. First, the drying and blooming cycle is short, and the dead stems and leaves rot into ground nutrients; second..."
Unconsciously, the topic shifted to plant cultivation and territory management.
……
At noon, a simple banquet was held to eat and drink.
Organize the team and prepare for the transaction one day in advance.
Have a day off and arrive on time.
As always, Hong Tao, Heliotrope, and Styloma were waiting in the starship channel early.
This year,
Heliotrope brought ordinary white-legged little flame spiders over.
Hashira Madara also led a small group of Watase Little Flame Spiders.
When they met, the Edelweiss Spider King first gave a small gift and then took the little flame spider over.
The Watase Little Flame Spider is of the same lineage as the Whiteweed.
The Snow Spider King looked quite satisfied.
Styloma kept thanking her.
Long Bai just wanted to laugh when he looked at it.
When flame spider warriors are born in the future, most of them will be grass dragon Ludou. This small columnar spider is not a serious spider.
The Edelweiss Spider King said that the caravan with the best development of the Phytolacca Fernandase Flame Spider Tribe is probably going to have some fun.
Trading begins,
Heliotrope communicates with the Edelweiss Spider King and goes back and forth.
Longbai and Heart Styloma are traded normally.
It took turns, and one day later, the communication between the Snow Spider King and the Spider Kings in charge of the Flame Spider Kingdom in the Ten Thousand Tribes Continent ended.
Pillar Spot suddenly said: "King Longbai Ant, it's time for me to plan to evolve into the Mountain Lord level. The plan is to evolve into an 8-year-old advanced warrior next winter. You won't see me the year after that."
Long Bai: "Styloma, what are you anxious about? Stay a few more years."
Stud Spot: "Lords Luo Li and Bai Wei are competing for the leadership of our Watase Flame Spider tribe! I want to help Bai Wei!"
Long Bai: "???"
Long Bai : "Leader?"
Hubara: "Leader!"
Long Bai: "Aren't there a group of steward spider kings handling various affairs in the ancestral land?"
Zhuban: "That's right! The old Spider King is huddled in his ancestral land and doesn't move around. They can't take care of things on the mainland."
Zuban: "The world under our feet is so big, and there are so many benefits. , there are caravans under the command of different spider kings from the same clan, caravans from different tribes, our trading partners often overlap, it is inevitable that there will be competition and interest disputes..." Zhuban elaborated on the matter of reorganizing the tribe and selecting a younger leader.
After hearing this, Long Bai asked: "What are the benefits?"
Hibiscus: "From now on, the divine Wujia fruit will no longer be on the surface. It was auctioned and sold directly to the five leaders of the Five Flame Spiders at a minimum price of 1 million, which is equivalent to getting stable trading rights for a divine fruit, and there are five elemental abilities to choose from. "< br>
There are only about 84 divine seeds in the southern hemisphere.
The land area in the Northern Hemisphere is wider, but the total number should only be around 100 trees.
In the entire Force Star Realm, the total number of divine grade and divinely gifted seeds should not exceed 200.
Every tree is precious.
Long Bai clicked his tentacles and praised: "It's pretty good! It's worth fighting for."
The Edelweiss Spider King: "..."
The Edelweiss Spider King was open-minded and roughly guessed what was going on, so he said nothing.
Long Bai looked at Heliotrope again and asked: "Hediomite, Lord Qiye also wants to compete for the leadership position?"
Hediotrope: "Of course! The Grass Crow Spider King has spoken. , if the competition fails, kill it."
Hubara immediately said: "Poor Lord Qiye, his life is in danger~"
Long Bai swung his tentacles, and struck Studal through the cracks in the starship, "How do you speak?"
Long Bai asked again: "Heliotrope, will you help too?"
Heliotrope: "I'm too weak to help. I just need to continue to help spread the word. The Grass Crow Spider King has selected four partners for Lord Qiye who meet the conditions for participation."
"Oh——"
Long Bai looked at Zhuban, "Where are Luo Li and Bai Wei? Caolong? Yu Dou? Nan Di? Xiao Zhuban, are you also participating? Oh! You are planning to hold Bai Wei back. , give Luo Li a chance?”
Zhuban: "...No way."
Zuban: "Luo Ji and Bai Wei have separated again. The Zeqi Spider King selected the four most outstanding young flame spiders from among the younger generations. Shang, team up with Luo Li."
Long Bai: "Is the Zeqi Spider King too biased?"
Zhu Ban: "Yes. The position is too strong. Luo Li is unlucky."
Long Bai: "..."
Long Bai glanced at the back of the Snow Spider King, and solemnly moved his tentacles, "That's right! Luo Tribulus is finished."
Stylus Spot: "Long Bai Ant King, there is another good news. Because Luo Tribulus is finished. The caravan has added four new members, and it refuses to give up the Force Honey trade no matter what, and plans to open up more sales channels. Therefore, this year’s share of Force Honey has reached 30 million rough stones, and it is estimated that in the next four to five years , the amount will increase year by year.”
Hey——
It’s really a good thing!
Long Bai: "Then I will be very busy!"
Long Bai secretly rejoiced and secretly said that the leader selection event was well done.
A flash of inspiration flashed through Zhuban's eyes, and he said shyly: "Longbai Ant King, when will your ash tree's god-given seed... be produced? Will it be in two years? Just in time, at that time I will I’m going to do business independently.”
Long Bai said cheerfully: “Okay! Xiao Zhuban, as a gift for you to go into business independently, I wish you all the best wishes for your future travels. The road to business is smooth, rising steadily, surpassing Zeqi and Caowu Spider King, becoming the richest spider in the mainland."
Zu Ban cheered: "Thank you, Longbai Ant King!"
Long Bai said seriously again: "On the Yunji Continent, the share of God-given seeds previously allocated will be fixed and will not be changed. In the future, all new God-given seeds that will appear in the Yunji Continent, including the short-pod Inca Bean God The seeds given by the gods and the seeds given by the Sophora japonica tree, Aesculus chinensis, and Baiwei each have a 30% share, and I do not favor any party. I create a fair competitive environment for everyone.”
"..."
Hatao, Heliotrope, and Styloma were speechless at the same time.
Heliotrope: "Thank you Long Bai Ant King!"
Hong Tao: "I wish Long Bai Ant King and Lord Mo Lan to be promoted to king level soon."
Long Bai and Mo Lan Lan was promoted to the king level, and the output of the god-given seeds was at least 10 to 20 million per year, which was a powerful help that could not be ignored.
Long Bai changed his mind and asked: "Hashira Madara, Heliotrope, how many spider kings are under 200 years old in your Watase Flame Spider Tribe?" It was discovered that there were actually 11 people."
Long Bai: "..."
The Watase Flame Spider tribe is developing really well!
Long Bai thought of another question: "Heliotrope, when will the Grass Crow Spider King retire?"
Heideko: "Lord Nanaba plans to break through to the king level in five years. The Kusaragi Spider King must be considering retiring after Lord Nanaba is promoted to Spider King. But he is not sure whether he can trust Nanaba to give his life's work to Nanaba. The key is, no Determine whether Qiye can take it."
Long Bai was happy, "Everyone, please advise King Caowu. With a junior like Lord Qiye taking over, it's good to retire early. Don't worry so much. "
Long Bai: "Help me remind you, the divine fruit that gives you the gift of life!"
Heliotrope: "...Okay"
Long Bai turned to look. To the Edelweiss Spider King.
Edelweiss Spider King: "Longbai Ant King, you and Mo Lan have priority for this. My plan is for the 7th age wood type and the 8th age wind type. I have to time it to evolve the 9th age Spider King, take one It may be one or two hundred years before the divine fruit that gives you the gift of life leaves."
Long Bai: "Okay! You're welcome to me and Mo Lan."
Heliotrope: "Longbai Ant King, as per the old rules, Caowu Spider King helps find the divine fruit that gives life talent. You need to pay 1 share of the divine Meranzi, which will be counted in the name of the Seven-leaf Lord."
Hida jumped up when he heard this, "It's against the rules!"
Heliotrope: "It's not against the rules. The leader of the competition, the divine fruit is not included in the statistics."
Styloma: "Divine fruits can indirectly bring about the trading share of ordinary god-given seeds."
Heliotrope: "It depends on your ability. The spider kings discussed this carefully when formulating the rules. Within the scope allowed by the rules. Besides, isn’t the Zeqi Spider King planning to do the same? It plans to transfer its share of divine products to Luo Li, indirectly gaining a share of ordinary god-given seeds for Luo Li.”
< br>Hushima retorted speechlessly.
Competing for the leadership, how many spiders are nominated to the stage without the support of their elders with strong financial resources?
The rules only prohibit direct help, but indirect benefits cannot be tolerated.
Moreover, according to the tradition of the Flame Spider Traveling Merchant, the Old Spider King will hand over the resources he controls to his successor sooner or later, and there is no reason to prohibit it.
Bai Wei is in a bad situation...
Styloma is depressed.
Heliotrope asked: "Longbai Ant King, could you please let me know? How many shares of the divine grade Melanzi are there? The Caowu Spider King said that perhaps, there is still a big deal that can be done. ”
“Big deal?”
Long Bai said truthfully: "The last production, 6 pills were distributed, and there are 6 pills left. The Baiwei Luojun caravan exchanged 1 pill, the Seven-leaf Lord wanted to exchange 1 pill, and the Edelweiss Spider King must have 1 pill. Mo Lan and I want to keep 2 of them for free exchange, so there is only 1 share left."
Heliotrope: "..."
Heliotrope looked at the velvet spider. The king thought for a while and said: "King Longbai Ant, the two shares reserved for you and Lord Mo Lan are not necessary. Your needs are limited, so if you need anything, we can help you get it."
The answer is no. It is better to have the autonomy in your own claws. In the future, you and Mo Lan will evolve into insect kings, and there will be a huge demand for divine fruits...
However, from what you hear, the Grass Crow Spider King is Want to win 3 shares of the divine grade Melanzi at once?
What incredible thing could be worth this price?
Long Bai asked: "Heliotrope, what's the big deal? Let's make it clear first."
Edelweiss Spider King: "You guys talk! Farewell!"
Edelweiss The Spider King guessed what was going to happen next, turned around and left.
Heliotrope hurriedly shouted: "Wait a moment, King Edelweiss Spider."
Heliotrope turned around and asked: "Hong Tao, Stud Spot, can you please avoid it? I'll have a private chat with Lord Longbai."
Stud Spot: "No!"
Heliotrope: "Business secrets."
Hubara: "This is the Borderlands, the starship passage. I like to lie down here."
Heliotrope turned around and said: "Snow Velvet Spider King, you know this. Please help me inform Long Bai Ant King.”
Stylus Spot: "..."
Edelweiss Spider King: "..."
Edelweiss Spider King: "Okay-"
Edelweiss Spider King: " Let me be fair. Is it unfair for the Caowu Spider King to do this? Luo Li and Bai Wei are both half-blood descendants of it, right? Isn’t it appropriate for such an elder to interfere like this?”
Heliotrope: “I don’t understand. I am only responsible for spreading the word.”
Heidi: "The Caowu Spider King has a problem with the Yujiu Spider King. The Yujiu Spider King is eyeing the Caowu Spider King. Now, everything the Caowu Spider King does is within the scope allowed by the rules. Once it violates the rules, Yujiu Spider King will The Jiu Spider King refused to agree.”
The Snow Spider King said: “…”
The Snow Spider King sighed: “Forget it.”
The Edelweiss Spider King said leisurely: "Heliotrope, please help me tell a message to the Grass Spider King. This sentence is not what I said, it is the ancestral teaching. As intelligent beings, the only indispensable thing for us is wisdom. , everything else is external, including power, status, wealth, and strength, they are all fleeting, so don’t be too obsessed.”
Heliotrope: “…Remember.”
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"Ancestor's teaching! It's not what I said."
The Edelweiss Spider King emphasized again and greeted: "Longbai Ant King, you give me a ride, and we will talk while we walk."
Heliotrope hurriedly added: "King Caowu Spider said, Dragon Cypress Ant King, you only need to exchange 3 divine grade Meranzi without compensating the price difference, but at the same time, Seven Leaf Lord needs a share of 3 divine grade Meranzi. ”
What can be exchanged for three with the divine Mo Lanzi?
Cypress, red peach, and column spots are awe-inspiring. (End of chapter)