I, Azure Commander!

"Let me go through the back door."

"???"

Sirius dropped the tray in his hand to the ground, breaking the cup. He looked over with a shocked look on his face, scaring Peter Strasser who was still trying to figure out the meaning of his words and guessing the purpose behind them.

"excuse me!"

Sirius quickly came back to his senses, secretly kept some things in mind, then cleaned up the mess at the speed of light and left with the tray.

Lin Xiao looked at her back, confused for a moment.

That's not right... Even if Sirius was not good at some aspects as a maid, at least she wouldn't break the cup, right? Or was she upset by something?

Never mind, let’s talk business first…

Chapter 70 Family members, vote to save Dido!

Although he didn't know why Sirius reacted so strongly, and although Lin Xiao wanted to chase him immediately for a moment, after all, the priority at the moment was to deal with business. He resisted the urge to stand up and looked at Peter Strasser who was sitting opposite him.

"Well, Miss Peter, let's continue our conversation... But I hope it will be quick. It is also my duty to care about the maids in the house."

"Okay, so, what exactly do you mean by 'backdoor'?"

Although he didn't know what had happened, nor why the maid suddenly had such a big reaction, Peter Strasser could at least feel Lin Xiao's concern for his own ship girl. On this point alone, the guy in front of him seemed impeccable.

"It's actually very simple... I want to be promoted to a higher rank as quickly as possible after I get my official commander's certificate."

"Is there anything to say about this?"

Peter Strasser looked at him with some doubt. "As long as you develop the port area well and accumulate military merits, your rank will naturally go up. If you want to be promoted faster, just take on more commissions or tasks..."

"Of course I know this, but..."

Lin Xiao shook her head. She had spent so much effort to invite the Maritime Director here. Although Heinrich and Nuremberg wanted to see her and spend the New Year with her, which was also a very important reason, he did feel that it was a bit pitiful for the Director to be all alone during the New Year. However, the most important reason was because of what Tiancheng said before.

Whether it is writing novels or spreading the reputation of the port through entertainment channels, these can only play an auxiliary role in the end. If you want to let the ship girls scattered around the world know that their commander is back in the fastest way, official channels are definitely indispensable.

So, how can they better use official channels to spread news about their port area?

To put it bluntly, it is actually very simple. The easiest way is to create something big enough to shock the world, or to find some gimmicks that are attractive enough.

The method of creating trouble sounds simple, but after careful consideration, many problems will be discovered - first of all, what kind of thing can be said to shock the world?

Capture a high-level Siren ship girl alive? Raise a living high-level Siren ship girl and discover the great secret of the Siren?

If this can be done, it will certainly make the port area famous immediately, and it will also be a great achievement. Maritime authorities around the world will definitely be happy to help promote it. But such a thing actually sounds ridiculous...

Although it is true that their port is very powerful, if a high-level Siren ship girl really appears in front of them, Lin Xiao has no doubt that his own ship girl can knock her down or capture her alive.

But the question is, why did the high-level Siren ship girl appear in front of them?

Even on the front line where the two sides are constantly clashing and fighting, high-level Siren ship girls rarely show up, and always stay in the completely unknown deep sea area. Every time they appear, they bring a large number of Siren combat humanoids and countless mass-produced warships. Defeating a high-level Siren ship girl who is strolling alone is not a big deal for their port area, but facing an entire Siren army, it is impossible to bite the bullet and go ahead.

What about charging into the Siren base alone and capturing the cute ship alive is even more ridiculous... Not to mention that he only has so few ship girls under his command now. Even if all the ship girls are found, Lin Xiao is not sure he can do it. Even if he can, some ship girls will definitely be injured or even sunk.

So after careful analysis, you will find that such a big thing sounds easy, but it is actually unrealistic to do.

Well, then there is only the second way, which is to find a gimmick. To put it bluntly, it is to find a way to establish a character, for example - the most European seal in history, this is a good title.

However, such a name lacks some flavor after all, and the scope of its influence is limited. People far away will not take it seriously, and may even think that you are bragging.

It is impossible for the Maritime Safety Administration to issue announcements or news under such a name...

Then make some adjustments and think of other character settings. Lin Xiao thought about it for a long time and finally decided to make a fuss about the military rank.

The youngest major general in history, the youngest lieutenant general in history... Listen, don't these titles sound much better? Moreover, both the Maritime Administration and other media will be very keen to spread this news. The huge traffic also has great positive significance, and can attract more young people who are interested in the profession of commander.

Moreover, with such a superficial identity, it would be even more advantageous when carrying out other aspects of publicity - the youngest major general in history could also write a novel, and he wrote his own autobiography!

How about it? Are you instantly interested in watching it?

But the problem with this method is that he has to find a way to quickly gain recognition from the Maritime Administration and improve his military rank...

What this means is that his promotion speed must be fast, and it must be abnormally fast, completely unreasonable.

however--

"Captain Peter, I want to ask you, generally speaking, how long does it take to be promoted from an ordinary private to a captain?"

"Hmm... about five years?"

"What about the colonel? What about the major general?"

"It takes at least ten years to become a colonel, and about seventeen or eighteen years to become a major general... Why are you asking this?"

See, here’s the thing…

Lin Xiao shrugged helplessly. The promotion of military rank is very slow and takes a long time. After more than ten years, the opportunity will be gone. Who knows, some ship girl will not wait and sink herself, such as Dido, and Dido and Dido...

That's why you need to go through the back door, open a channel, and find a way to quickly improve your military rank.

It is difficult to say, of course, but it is also easy to say, and it is not impossible to do...

To put it bluntly, the way to get promoted in military rank is seniority plus contribution. Excluding seniority, the next step is to find a way to make significant contributions. The more you contribute, the faster you will be promoted. But normally speaking, contribution is not something you can do just because you want to.

Even if the ship girls under your command have 100% of their strength, but only give you 1% of the work to do, you can only get 1% of the contribution. To put it bluntly, there is not so much to do... Are you going to directly break into the Siren's base?

This leads to the same difficulty as the first method. It is impossible to break into the Siren base and catch the cute little monster.

Under such circumstances, if you want to quickly improve your military rank, you must have more resources, more commissions and tasks to do, and if there are any good opportunities, you must seize them as soon as possible to make more contributions; in addition, for the same contribution, the speed of promotion may be completely different - to put it bluntly, everything must be done through the back door, and it must be done through the back door of Peter Strasser, who is in charge of everything in this area. Only with her green light can things be relatively easy...

Chapter 71: Win-win cooperation, everyone is happy

It is precisely because of the difficulty in promotion of military rank that Lin Xiao tried his best to invite back Peter Strasser, the Director of the Maritime Administration, and tried every means to build relationships with the other party. There is no other way, when it is time to go through the back door, you have to find a way to go through the back door.

"You mean... you want me to help you get promoted?"

At this time, after Lin Xiao's further explanation, Peter Strasser finally understood the other party's purpose and frowned.

"It doesn't necessarily mean you have to be promoted in rank. If there are other methods, I'm happy to try them, but..."

"This is impossible!"

Peter Strasser seemed to have no patience to listen to Lin Xiao anymore. He directly and decisively rejected him with an extremely firm attitude.

"As the Director of the Maritime Affairs Bureau, you must ensure fairness and justice in all relevant matters within your jurisdiction. Commander Lin Xiao, this is a matter of principle."

"Don't get excited, Director Peter. I don't think you fully understand what I mean..."

Lin Xiao smiled bitterly with some helplessness. How should I put it? Such a scene was foreseeable, right?

Peter Strasser frowned, but she was still a relatively calm ship girl after all, and she did not impulsively get up and leave - the most important thing was that she couldn't leave even if she wanted to.

The smiling Azuma was still sitting next to her, Nuremberg and Heinrich had conflicted expressions, and there was a maid holding a tray with an expressionless face next to them. There was no doubt that as long as the commander gave the order, these people would immediately push her back.

Want to leave? It's easy to come, but it's not that easy to leave.

But even so, Peter Strasser could not go against his principles, so he just took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and waited for Lin Xiao's next words.

"Well, although we said we were asking you for help and using the back door, we are still following the rules. We are not asking you to help me get promoted for nothing."

"Then you mean..."

"I know that if you want to be promoted in military rank, you need to make corresponding contributions. For other ports, the difficulty lies in how to make those contributions, but for our port - I think you should also know that the difficulty lies in whether there is an opportunity to show it."

"so?"

"So I'd like to ask you to take care of our port area in this regard. If there is anything that can accumulate a lot of merits...even if it's not in Area C, you just need to tell us the news and help us get an opportunity. This will not affect your normal work. As for the commissions and task arrangements for newcomers in the port area, we don't care about those trivial things."

"..."

After hearing this, Peter Strasser fell silent, and after thinking carefully for a long time, he did not seem to think that there was anything illegal or unreasonable about this.

"Then, if I get military merit, I will have to ask Director Peter to help communicate with the higher-ups to promote a promotion in military rank. Are these in accordance with the rules?"

Peter Strasser nodded silently, and finally said after a while: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood just now."

In fact, the main reason was that she was a little unhappy with Lin Xiao's series of traps today. She was holding back her anger, so she got angry before she could understand what was said. But she had to admit that although it did not violate the principles, this kind of thing was still easy to cause misunderstandings and it was indeed not suitable to discuss it in the Maritime Administration. If someone heard it, it would definitely have some negative impact on her.

She also had to admit that if it weren't for this series of traps, she would never have thought of visiting the home of a trainee commander, and it would have been difficult to have the opportunity to talk about this matter so freely.

The only doubt is... is this guy so smart that he can consider so many things?

She looked at Lin Xiao with some suspicion, not believing it, no matter what he said.

Lin Xiao certainly didn't consider things so carefully, but he was not alone. It was hard to say before. He was steady and prudent, but he was not very good at wit. But now that he had gone to District J and found Datiancheng, things were different.

I have a military advisor named Tiancheng, who has made every possible plan. All he needs to do is follow Tiancheng's instructions, including some key wordings, which have all been carefully polished and pointed out by Tiancheng. Otherwise, with his dumb mouth, he might be regarded as an unforgivable villain even though he has no bad intentions...

"That being the case, it's not impossible..."

After the matter was settled, there had to be an explanation in the end. Peter Strasser briefly summarized it and said, "In fact, if we put aside our own interests, your idea is actually very good. As the saying goes, those who are capable should do more work. The situation in your port area is special. You are willing to take the initiative to make contributions. As the director of the Maritime Administration, I should feel gratified."

——It’s you, little brat, who always teases me and makes me very unhappy. I thought you were trying to do something bad.

Peter Strasser would naturally not say this out loud. In fact, there was nothing wrong with this kind of "backdoor" approach. Just like what she said just now, it was just that those who are more capable should do more work... From her point of view, the other party was so timid because he was actually considering her reputation.

Of course, for them themselves, perhaps because this is essentially not for the public but for private interests, at least they do not think it is a very upright thing.

But actually...

Sometimes people tend to have many unnecessary worries. With such strong fighting spirit at work, how can you not use it?

After all, it is nothing more than a win-win cooperation, a matter of mutual consent. No one has any moral rights, and no one is qualified to stand on the moral high ground and criticize anyone else.

After finishing the serious business, they simply exchanged pleasantries and chatted about some random topics. After chatting for a few sentences, Lin Xiao said goodbye to a few people and left.

He also wanted to see what was going on at Sirius... As for Peter Strasser, she was going to stay here and had no intention of leaving, so he could just let Nuremberg and Prince Heinrich talk to her first.

I don’t know what happened to Sirius just now... Is he feeling unwell?

That shouldn't be the case. Logically speaking, the Ship Girl shouldn't have these problems. Anyway, let's go and take a look. After all, she is our own Ship Girl. As a commander and a master, we should occasionally care about our lovely little maid.

So where did she go? Anyway, let's go to her room first...

Chapter 72 I can also use the back door for my master

What on earth had happened to Sirius just now?

This was a doubt that had been lingering in Lin Xiao's mind for a long time. Although he had been talking about serious matters just now, he was still very worried about his little maid.

Although they had not been together for a long time, he had always seen Sirius's diligence and dedication, and... he had also "learned" a lot from Sirius.

To be honest, the one who has been promoted the most times among all the ship girls, apart from Noshiro, should be Sirius. She has extremely rich theoretical knowledge and seems to have studied it a lot. Even now, she seems to be maintaining the good habit of lifelong learning and has been constantly replenishing her knowledge reserves.

Lin Xiao is not a real feudal tycoon. Although she is a maid, she is still his ship girl. She is his legitimate wife with the ring. Sirius is in a wrong state, so of course he has to care about her.

"咚咚-"

When he reached Sirius's door, he hesitated for a moment before raising his hand and knocking on the door.

"Sirius, are you there?"

"scare!"

A clear voice of someone who was obviously frightened was heard from inside the door, followed by the sound of something falling to the ground.

"Sirius, are you in there? What happened?"

As Lin Xiao spoke, he pushed open the door, and saw... well, a rather subtle scene.

Come to think of it, he had never been to Sirius' room recently. It was always Sirius who took the initiative to find him. He had been there some time ago, but it seemed that Sirius had taken the initiative to invite him to come. From what he remembered, the room was very tidy. There were not many things in the room, but there were quite a few cabinets. This was normal, after all, she was a girl...

But now, the scene before his eyes made Lin Xiao really unable to hold back.

The room was generally clean, after all, it was a maid's room, but as for tidiness... well, actually if you excluded the magazines or comic book discs that looked terrible just by looking at the covers scattered all over the floor, it was still pretty tidy.

Of course, considering that this is Sirius after all, it’s not that strange. The problem is…

In addition to these learning materials to supplement knowledge, there were obviously worse things in Sirius' room.

For example, the syringe she was holding was filled with some strange liquid, and another example was the tail that suddenly appeared behind her...

Looking to the side, you can see a lot of things like chains and handcuffs. The worst thing is that when you glance at the bathroom inadvertently, you find an execution platform hidden inside!

"Ah this?"

Lin Xiao was shocked. No, you are not in a bad mood? Are you not in a good state? Is this your way of relaxing?

"Master, hello... welcome?"

Should we say that Sirius is worthy of being Sirius? Even though he was seen in such a terrible scene, he quickly recovered his senses, stood up from a rather bad posture with a normal look, and greeted Lin Xiao.

"Um, Sirius, what are you doing?"

Sure enough, the saying was right, as long as you are not embarrassed, it is others who are embarrassed. Lin Xiao has now become the embarrassed person. Looking at Sirius in front of him with a calm face, he always feels that he doesn't know where to look.

"Have you finished talking to Miss Peter?"