69novels Chapter 129 The Purple Cedar's Ambition
Chapter 129 The Purple Cedar's Ambition
Chapter 129 The Purple Cedar's Ambition
Upon hearing Zishan's words, both Qingzhu Jiawang and Zili Lord's gazes sharpened slightly, and they stared directly at it.
Rhinoceros beetle warriors are aggressive from a young age, but that's reflected in their combat prowess. To outsiders, they are perceived as mindless and relying solely on brute force.
But Zishan is more meticulous than the other Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors, and he is also very bold. At only the advanced stage, he wanted to change the distribution of divinely bestowed food within a tribe.
After thinking for a moment, King Qingzhujia said, "I also know a little about the methods by which the large tribes on the Thousand Star Islands distribute the divinely bestowed food."
However, our tribe is not wealthy. Even the Force food supplied to our tribe's Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors each year is barely enough, let alone the surplus wealth that some larger tribes accumulate each year to distribute to their Zerg warriors.
Aside from those wild divinely bestowed seeds that were discovered in public forests and difficult to distribute and sow, most of their tribe's wild divinely bestowed seeds were not directly discovered during their growth stage, but were found only after they began to take root and sprout as wild divinely bestowed seeds.
Therefore, although their tribe has nine wild divine-given seeds, most of them have low yields. Even the tribe's only king-level wild divine-given seed only produces an average of 19 raw stones per year.
To establish a complete distribution system as Zishan suggested is indeed a difficult task for Chong.
Hearing what King Qingzhu said, Zishan felt that there was some truth to it, but if the tribe wanted to grow stronger in the future, it had to change the nature of eating from the same pot.
When it had nothing to do on the Thousand Star Islands, it pondered this problem on its own and said, "We can start by changing the smallest things. We can start by setting a work deadline for all the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors."
For example, one must work in the public forest for two months each year, spend half a month at the trade fair, or hold some other position in order to receive a share of the wild divinely bestowed seed yield each year.
This prevents some Zerg warriors within the tribe from reaping the benefits without lifting a finger.
Hearing Zishan's words, Lord Zili waved his antennae and tapped its head in annoyance: "You rascal, the Zerg warriors in the tribe are all quite hardworking. There are no Zerg that reap without sowing."
This plan is far too out of touch with the ways of the insects; if it were announced, the other insects would probably rebel.
This is such a terrible idea, absolutely terrible.
Hearing that Lord Zili had repeatedly rejected his proposal, Zishan felt a little helpless. Even this was not acceptable?
It had no choice but to compromise and say, "Or we could do it this way: the current distribution of the wild divinely bestowed seeds within the tribe can remain the same as before."
The Nephrolepis seed, bestowed by the gods, was given to me to nurture into a life-sustaining seed. Once it produces something in the future, the profits from this life-sustaining seed can be used to lay the foundation for a new system.
"I can forgo my half of the profits from the Nephrolepis exalted seed. I can use it to hire the tribal rhinoceros beetle warriors to cultivate the plantations and create a vast forest for me."
Zishan's words made Qingzhu Jiawang fall into deep thought. In fact, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as there are standards and systems, it will be much easier to discuss the rest.
It also wanted to reform the tribe, but was limited by insufficient funds. Now that the yew was willing to forge a new path, it was very interested.
After all, it's just a yew insect. Even if its reform methods fail, it will only affect that insect and won't cause panic in the tribe.
As for the original statement that half of the output of the Nephrolepis brevis divinely bestowed seed is irrelevant, it doesn't matter. If the Nephrolepis brevis divinely bestowed seed is nurtured as a wild divinely bestowed seed, or given to other Rhinoceros Tortoise Insect Clan warriors to nurture as a life seed, how much raw stone income can be produced each year?
Even if 3000 or 5000 are split in half, it's only equivalent to the output of two ordinary life seeds for a high-level Zerg warrior. The value is negligible, and it wouldn't matter if they were all given to the yew.
As for the yew's idea, it could roughly guess that it wanted to expand the scale of forest planting and increase the probability of the birth of divine seeds. For all the Zerg warriors, this was their lifelong goal.
Zishan is wealthy, so hiring a few insects is nothing to her.
After a moment's thought, King Qingzhujia said, "It's not that we can't try, but the territory within the tribe is currently limited, and there isn't enough space for you to open up another forest."
Moreover, most of the tribe's mountain lord-level Zerg warriors are going to Sang Island to clear the forest. Even if you wanted to hire Zerg to clear the forest for you, you probably couldn't hire too many.
Although it was attacked by sea monster warriors on its return from Zan Island, it had no intention of abandoning Zan Island.
They have already started investing on Sang Island and have even obtained two divine seeds. How could they possibly give up the opportunity to make their tribe rise up just because of one or two attacks by sea monster warriors?
Don't even mention that a few tribal warriors were injured; we would not hesitate to sacrifice even some of them!
"That's easy," Zishan said confidently. "Sang Island is vast, and even with the current number of Zerg warriors in our tribe, it would be difficult to develop even one-tenth of it in another hundred years."
How about I lease a piece of land in a pest-free area as my private pest-run business?
Lord Zili questioned, "Private leasing? Yew, how large a forest do you intend to create?"
According to the rules, the private insect territory allocated to the Mountain Lord-level Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors on Sang Island is 10 square kilometers. If it were a little larger than that, even around 15 to 20 square kilometers, it wouldn't matter. After all, the land is now vast and mostly barren, so there's no need to make it so detailed.
But if Zishan says it wants to lease land for operation, it can't possibly lease ten or twenty square kilometers, right? What's the point of that? The three brothers can easily manage such a small amount of land themselves once they advance to the level of mountain lord.
Zishan responded: "There are large tracts of land on Sang Island that are barren. If possible, I would like to lease one or two thousand square kilometers of land to cultivate a forest and increase the chances of the birth of divinely bestowed seeds."
The yew is not stupid; it is well aware of the special nature of its destiny seed. It can nurture ordinary seeds into divinely bestowed seeds, and the value of its destiny seed output is twenty to thirty times that of other Zerg warriors of the same kind.
If a divinely bestowed seed is nurtured into a life seed, there is a chance to obtain a super-grade divinely bestowed seed similar to the Red Heart Cherry Divinely Bestowed Seed, and the value of the fruit produced can be hundreds of times that of ordinary life seeds of the same kind.
Don't be fooled by the fact that they say they'll use all the future yield from the Nephrolepis exalted seeds to expand the forest; it might sound like a huge loss.
However, if a divinely bestowed tree seed could truly be born in the forest, it wouldn't need to be many; it only needs to be similar to the divinely bestowed seed of the red cherry, and it would immediately recoup its costs.
Not to mention that there is a chance of obtaining a divine item from the God-given Seed. If this happens, the reward will be a hundredfold or a thousandfold.
It sacrifices the yield of a single seed, but expects to receive a return that exceeds its expectations.
"1000 square kilometers?" Before King Qingzhu and Lord Zili could say anything, Lord Zizhu exclaimed, "Such a large area, even if all the insects of the entire Rhinoceros Golden Turtle tribe were mobilized, it would not be possible to open it up in three or five years."
"Even if you three brothers and some hired rhinoceros beetle warriors worked for 100 years, you still wouldn't be able to open it up."
This brings us to Zishan's second idea: "Actually, this is what I think: Although the Snow Lotus Bee Queen is a Lord-level Bee Clan Warrior and has six Assistant Kings under her command..."
However, it was clear that it was overwhelmed with managing both the territory of the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe on Xiangjiao Island and sending Zuo Wang to manage the public forest on Sang Island.
I'd like to buy a queen bee or queen ant from the Flame Spider Trader. While queen bees and queen ants manage their territories in a somewhat rough manner, the area they can manage is large enough.
Although the territory managed by our ordinary Zerg warriors is small, it is meticulous enough to increase the probability of obtaining and protecting the Divine Seed within the territory.
If I could have a queen bee or queen ant to help me manage my territory, and also hire some rhinoceros beetle warriors to help me with the management, the probability of obtaining the divine seed would definitely increase greatly.
The Lord of Purple Pearl Mountain was speechless. Purple Locust and Purple Ai had told him that they wanted to adopt an ant king to manage their territory. The Lord of Purple Pearl Mountain thought they were being lazy and didn't want to work, so he scolded them.
Unexpectedly, the yew trees also had this idea, and even wanted to lease 1000 square kilometers of land from the tribe to develop and operate. I don't know whether to call them fanciful or ambitious.
At this moment, Lord Purple Plum remained silent, turning his gaze to King Green Bamboo Armor to see what it planned to do.
King Qingzhu was somewhat hesitant, but one thing was certain: "Then, you will be given the divinely bestowed seed of the Nephrolepis to nurture as your life-giving seed. Once it produces something in the future, half of the profits will be given to the tribe."
Regarding your question about leasing territory, I need to think about it carefully and discuss it with the other lords.
You're only at the advanced stage now, so there's no rush. You have plenty of time to plan.
If you're looking for a queen bee or queen ant to help you manage your territory, you can also ask the Flame Spider Merchant.
"It would be best if you had it; if not, then you need to reconsider managing your territory."
"I know."
Having said all that, King Qingzhujia didn't say anything more. Zishan was already a high-level warrior capable of independently managing its territory; it had its own path to follow.
In these small tribes, elders can only give younger generations a general direction; they cannot control how they will act in the future.
The Green Bamboo Armor King handed the spider silk bag containing the divinely bestowed seed of the Nephrolepis to the Purple Yew: "In that case, you should evolve quickly!"
After evolution is complete, you can then incorporate the Nephrolepis seed into your life sac to nurture it into a life seed. I just wonder if the Holy Fern seed will consume a lot of your time, like the Red Cherry seed?
Yew took the spider silk bag containing the Divine Fern Seed, and said somewhat uncertainly, "I'm already an advanced Zerg warrior, and besides, I have Purple Locust and Purple Ai, who are also advanced warriors, assisting me. Nurturing a Divine Seed as my life seed shouldn't be as difficult as nurturing the Red Cherry Divine Seed back then, right?"
Moreover, even if it takes some time, it doesn't matter. Advanced warriors have a lifespan of a hundred years, so what if they waste three to five years? It won't affect their growth.
"Once you reach the third-age advanced warrior stage, you will nurture the Nephrolepis seed into a life seed. Next year, stay on Elephant Banana Island and do not go to the Thousand Star Islands for training. Let Purple Locust and Purple Artemisia assist you in completing the nurturing of the life seed as soon as possible."
One thing it didn't say is that it also fears a repeat of this year's situation.
The reason they were able to escape unscathed this year without any casualties was entirely because the sea monster warriors were not familiar with the powerful defense of the rhinoceros beetle warriors, so they did not inflict much damage on them.
If we encounter another sea monster attack next year, the enemy will certainly be better prepared, and who knows what will happen then.
Of course, the Green Bamboo Armor King wouldn't be that stupid. Knowing that the sea beast warriors had ambushed them there once, they would still take the same route at roughly the same time the following year.
Next year, it will definitely bring more Lord-level Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors and fewer high-level warriors to the Thousand Star Islands. The timing and routes will also be staggered to avoid encountering sea monster warriors as much as possible, so as to reduce losses and the risk of being isolated and helpless in battle.
As for the yew tree, it's definitely not going next year. After all, it's too important to go there at a higher level, and there's no need to take such a risk.
Although Zishan was somewhat dissatisfied with this, she also knew that at her current age, she was nothing more than a burden to the Green Bamboo King and the others at sea, so she did not insist on it.
Zishan was determined to break through to the Mountain Lord level as quickly as possible, at least to have the combat power to protect herself.
The trade fair had already begun, so King Qingzhu didn't linger. After giving a few instructions, he left with Lord Zili and the others.
Seeing that the Green Bamboo King had left, Purple Locust and Purple Ai, who had been silent until now, said with some concern, "Purple Fir, you want to manage 1000 square kilometers of land? Even with the help of the Queen Bee or Queen Ant, you probably won't be able to manage so much land, will you?"
Zishan retorted, "How can you not be busy? The queen bees and queen ants on the Thousand Hills Continent, their kingdoms span tens of thousands of square kilometers, aren't they managed perfectly well?"
"Those are all Lord-level and King-level Zerg warriors. You can't exactly find a Queen Bee to manage your territory, can you?"
Yew swayed its antennae, not wanting to say more about this: "It's still early, let's talk about this later. I need to break through my evolutionary age first."
Zishan entered the nest with the bag containing the divinely bestowed seed of the Nephrolepis cordifolia for its breakthrough. Seeing its reaction, Zihuai and Ziai were somewhat helpless. However, as Zishan said, it was too early to discuss this matter.
The purple locust tree guarded the outside of the yew's nest to prevent it from breaking through and causing an accident.
Zi Ai also had some other things to do. This year, its life seeds had also produced some. It needed to gather up the original force food produced and either trade it with its own kind or take it to Da Qingfeng and sell it to the Flame Spider Merchants at a fixed price.
Everyone is very busy at this time of year.