Chapter 957 You are right, but this is Volut
Ajie and Li Mo talked in the car until midnight.
He finally understood the other party's purpose.
The family behind Li Mo is interested in the ant-herders in the Volut area because of the [Bird Claw Fruit].
The local species were difficult to transplant and could only grow and mature locally, so they investigated this group of people born with strange diseases and wanted to hire local people to build orchards in the area.
“That can be difficult.”
Ajie told him, "The average life expectancy of the local people in Volut is 31 years old. After the age of 20, their health will decline sharply and their appetite will increase dramatically. They also like fruits very much. For example, the tribe of Gu Ma eats bird claw fruit all year round. It is also possible that this is the reason why they can relatively suppress hunger diseases."
"It takes at least 10 years from the time the bird's claw tree is planted to the time when the fruit can be harvested. The fire ants can't wait."
"Hunger makes the ant keepers irritable and anxious, making them difficult to manage. If the amount of food transported here is small, it's fine. They will exchange it with labor and goods. If the amount is large, they will eat up all the food. The people here have no sense of saving."
Li Mo added: "What if the White Bone Ancestors come to replace them?"
"It's certainly possible to plant trees. The White Bone Ancestors' farming skills are beyond words. But in order for these fruits to flow into the Mystic Kingdom, or even the Yao Clan World, fire ants are needed to remove the poison sacs, which is very difficult to do."
Ajie pointed in the direction of the orchard and said, "There is also the selection of bird's claw fruit. If it is not ripe enough, both the taste and the ability to eliminate negative effects will be greatly reduced."
"You need the ability of the ant-keepers [fruit hunters] to find the ripe fruits inside. It is said that before the gods fell here, they ate fruits all year round, but after the hunger disease, fruits were not enough to fill their stomachs, so they looked for food everywhere. They also hunt animals, but the prey they can hunt is far from satisfying their food needs."
Li Mo also frowned when he heard it: "It seems to be very difficult indeed."
“This place is very complicated.”
Ajie said: "That's why the ant breeders want to leave here, even if it means selling their children to people in the outside world. This is more or less a way out. The children born from their marriages with outsiders have a certain probability of not suffering from hunger diseases. But people outside are very smart now, and no one will let themselves get this terminal disease for excitement."
"Actually, there is a way. Master Mo, you have already given it to them. It is to give them a place to stay, like the UFO worlds created by the UFO God of your Yao clan. I think it is called UFO Island, right? Can you really get it?"
"The UFO island is not a problem. Although the relevant jurisdiction and application method have not been announced to the public, I have a special channel to apply for it." Li Mo asked: "You said that the UFO island can allow them to plant trees?"
"Young Master Mo is indeed capable."
Ajie gave a thumbs up and said, "If we can apply for permanent residency on the UFO Island, the ant breeders of the Fire Ant Tribe here can send their offspring over there. There is no curse over there, so it will be much better. It's hard to say whether the new world on the UFO Island will tend to be normal, but this is the best chance. For the ant breeders, this hope is very important."
"Give them hope and the children's weakness, and they will certainly work hard."
"As long as you, the Yao Clan, open up the UFO Island and give them a place, even if you only allow a small number of people to go there, the ant keepers will definitely work hard and become the most hardworking fruit farmers."
These are also what Ajie really thinks.
He had no grudges against the fire ant tribe. Although the ant keepers had bad tempers, doing business with them was actually very simple and effortless.
When Ajie saw the miserable state of the local people, they were so hungry that they were tied to trees to avoid hurting others and drooling. People who have not seen it cannot understand the misery of that kind of beastly state.
"We are the Yao clan?" Li Mo looked strange: "You are also from the Yao clan."
"I?"
Ajie laughed at himself: "I wish I was."
"The Mystic Kingdom is under the administration of the Resurrection Kingdom, and the Resurrection Kingdom is part of the Yao civilization. Why are the people of the Mystic Kingdom not part of the Yao clan?" The other party sounded puzzled.
It can be seen here that the young master really has no idea about the lives of ordinary people.
Ah Jie had no choice but to tell him this common sense: "The Yao Clan only has nine realms and two cities. The nine realms are the headquarters, the Cloud Temple, the Abyss, the Island, the Blood Hill, the Sun-casting Bay, the Ghost Realm and the Zhulu Kingdom Alliance, the Resurrection Kingdom, and the Alsophila World. The two cities refer to the Xiangke City and the Jewelry City."
"In the Mystic Kingdom, only people from Jewel City can call themselves Yao people."
The other party looked surprised: "There is such a division? Who came up with it? I've never heard of it before?"
"Businessmen all know it, and everyone thinks so."
Ajie stuffed a piece of sweet gum into his mouth and chewed it slowly. This thing can refresh the mind and relieve fatigue.
"Things produced in the Nine Realms and Two Cities are easy to sell, and people from these places are more popular. They are given priority no matter what they do. Most people think so."
"Not to mention other places, our Wanli Chamber of Commerce will also look for partners in the two cities of Jiujie when we meet with the same conditions. My brother wanted to transfer the goods to the Yao clan's headquarters, Tree Crown City, a few years ago, so that he could expand his business. As a result, he was caught forging his identity and is still in jail."
He paused and said, "To be practical, as long as you have proof of identity, you can travel between the two cities in the Nine Realms without any obstacles. But our Mystic Kingdom is different here. We are not from the Jewelry City, so we have to fill out forms and go through audits and security checks. We have to go through the procedures in advance. From application to reply, it will take about a month. This is reality."
"We are in business, and we know what everyone likes. Everyone recognizes these places. I think I am a member of the Yao tribe, but it is useless if others do not recognize me. The Mystic Kingdom is the Mystic Kingdom, and everyone hopes that it can be directly managed by the Yao tribe instead of being managed by them as it is now."
"Of course, the Mystic Kingdom is definitely much better than this place. We have choices."
Ajie grabbed the water bottle and inserted it into the breathing port of the helmet, then drank a mouthful of water from the hose inside. "If you save some money, you can buy a house in a city in the Resurrection Kingdom, and in a few years you can get the identity certificate of a citizen of the Resurrection Kingdom. Many powerful people in the Mystic Kingdom do this, and in the future your children can also study and live directly in the Nine Realms and Two Cities of the Yao Clan, and their future will be much brighter."
Li Mo seemed to understand: "Everyone has their own difficulties."
"It's not bad. At least there's hope, so saving and putting money away is useful. We have hope, unlike here."
Ajie looked into the distance and saw the bonfire in the forest gradually dying out.
After a brief moment of joy, the men and women of the Fire Ant Tribe sank into darkness again.
…
The next morning, before daybreak, Gu Ma came to the car and knocked on the glass.
The chief, who was 26 years old and in the prime of his life in the area, looked extremely anxious.
Ajie put on protective clothing and a helmet, took a sip of water, and then got out of the car.
"Five people died in the village. They were killed." said Gu Ma.
"Killed?"
Ajie was startled and suddenly woke up: "What's going on?"
Lone Horse looked towards the tribe behind him and said, "They were all young and strong men who were guarding the food. They died from the venom of the cone snails. They were all stabbed in the neck. By the time they reacted, they were unable to speak or move. A lot of fire ants died, and most of the food was taken away."
Ajie immediately responded: "Ant Planting Department?"
Only the same kind of ant herders can move underground, approach the fire ants without being discovered, and steal the granary guarded by the fire ants' nest.
Ajie knew that the Fire Ant Tribe and the Seed Ant Tribe were two hostile groups, each with its own territory, but he had never seen the ant herders of the Seed Ant Tribe.
He only knew that the base camp of the Ant Tribe was usually in underground caves or by the water, and if they couldn't reach an agreement, they would have nowhere to run.
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In addition, the Ant Tribe has more people, and their culture and style are extremely conservative and radical.
"Who else?"
Gu Ma cursed and slapped the roof of the car with his big hand: "Those damn guys, in order to make other tribes around them obey them, they do everything, killing people, stealing food, setting fires, and poisoning ant nests. Damn it, why haven't they starved to death yet."
Li Mo, who had been silent, spoke up at this time: "In order to unify and integrate into a country?"
"The whole fart."
Gu Ma spat, "Those damn guys think that fire ants are heretics and that species ants are the world's orthodoxy. They want to exterminate all fire ants. In nature, fire ants protect us, but among tribes, we protect fire ants."
Li Mo was a little incredulous: "Just for this? You are already in this state, suffering from severe hunger and not having enough food... This is not in line with common sense and logic."
Applejack smiled bitterly, "You're right, but this is Volute."
"As long as there is one group of people in this world who recognize fire ants and another group who recognize seed ants, the conflict will continue."
“…”
Li Mo suddenly understood something: "So that's how it is. Different ants represent different beliefs and different living cultures."
"Don't say those useless things."
Gu Ma looked annoyed: "The seed ant tribe wants to eliminate the fire ant tribe, because seed ants are naturally prone to attacking their own kind. All ants are food for the seed ants, and fire ants are the most tenacious, so seed ants always attack fire ants first. Those damn guys use this to take advantage of the opportunity to steal our food."
Li Mo looked confused: "But don't ants grow all kinds of seeds?"
"The seed ants collect seeds and just dig them up to raise their larvae." Gu Ma frowned: "How come you don't understand anything?"
Li Mo was so stunned by this sentence that he couldn't say anything else.
Ajie beside him quickly smiled and tried to smooth things over: "This is Volute. Mr. Mo, you can't use the Yao society to measure them."
“We need food!”
Gu Ma looked at Ajie and said, "Without food, we will starve to death. Jie, we can only survive for five days at most. Then the whole tribe will collapse. Those bastards will show up and use the food to take people away and destroy this place. We have no blood medicine to sell now."
"You help us, and we will help you in the future."
Ajie thought for a moment and said, "I'll go get the food."
Li Mo did not raise any objections this time. He asked, "Can you find a seed ant? I can take it back to show the family."
Ajie quickly explained: "Young Master Mo's family is very rich... In short, if Young Master Mo can help, there will be a way to get food and land."
“This one is available.”
Gu Ma put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a palm-sized bug: "I was going to use it as a snack, I'll give it to you guys."
Li Mo's eyes suddenly widened: "Is this an ant?"
"That's how the seed ants are."
It was also the first time for Ajie to see the seed ants.
It looks like a large black beetle with many thorns on its shell, two powerful pincer-like jaws, four dexterous antennae on its head, six strong and powerful legs with sharp claws at the front, and a stinger under its spherical abdomen.
The name "seed ant" is really misleading.
It is a powerful predator.
"Thank you. I will go back and try my best to get resources." Li Mo put the seed ants into a box.
Before leaving, Li Mo gave Gu Ma two palm-sized stone statues: "These are the statues of Lord Yao and the Big Bear Satellite. If you are in a desperate situation, pray to them."
Gu Ma waved his hand: "I don't believe in your God, but I believe in you, I believe in friends. I will wait for you."
(End of this chapter)