Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

"All new commanders are like this, it's normal. But, didn't that guy sign up either?"

The company felt a little curious, and in her opinion, Yang Sikang would definitely sign up.

After all, he has four ship girls following him now, two of whom are battlecruisers, and with their reputation and counterattack, these two ship girls are veteran knights with some status even in the royal family.

Although Counterattack's personality is relatively eccentric, both of them even have a complete set of ship equipment, so their combat power is simply beyond reproach.

"No, I don't know what that guy is doing."

Memphis also frowned. Whether she liked it or not, the fighting effectiveness of Yang Sikang's men was beyond doubt.

Two battlecruiser girls, this is very valuable.

"Otherwise I'll go talk to him. It's not appropriate to let Cleveland go to deal with this matter again."

Qiye sighed helplessly. Ever since Yang Sikang was attacked, due to embarrassment and the fact that a lot of things had happened, they had hardly had any direct contact with Yang Sikang except for visits.

Cleveland basically handled everything.

I heard that Columbia and Counterattack have been playing together in recent days, but neither Enterprise nor Memphis want official business to interfere with their friendship.

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the office door, and they both turned around, only to see someone they didn't expect.

"Miss Belfast?!"

When the two were surprised, Belfast had already approached.

Three applications were placed in front of them, but both of them frowned at the same time.

The two above were exactly what they were expecting, the applications from the two sisters Reputation and Counterattack to take over the escort commission. And the remaining one was actually from Belfast!

"Wouldn't it be a bad idea to leave only the Javelin with your commander?"

Enterprise took the initiative to ask, Belfast smiled and replied:

"The commander has his own arrangements, and as the commander's maid, I must obey his orders."

Enterprise opened his mouth, smiled bitterly and nodded.

She didn't know what Yang Sikang was thinking, but it was not convenient for her to ask these questions.

At least from their point of view, it would be great if Belfast could participate in the escort formation.

In the face of an emergency, Belfast is even capable of temporarily assuming command responsibilities.

Moreover, as ship girls under the same commander, she, Reputation and Counterattack are capable of handling emergencies.

At worst, we can arrange a few more temporary guards for Yang Sikang, or simply let that guy come to work in the office building.

The enterprise thought so and felt a lot more relaxed.

At least in the building where she is, no one can lurk here and do something bad.

Carrier-based aircraft, boy!

Chapter 48: The Stocker Family

The escort mission was accepted, but it was still early to depart.

However, when Belfast, Reputation and Counterattack went to meet and get to know the members of the escort formation of the home port, Yang Sikang quietly left the home port with the Javelin and came to the living area of ​​ordinary people.

The closer to the home port, the more expensive the housing prices are, so people who can live in these places are mostly rich or noble.

Yang Sikang had never thought about this aspect before, but now he knows that he still has to use ordinary people's methods to solve some problems.

The connections you have accumulated in the past can come in handy now.

In such a place where every inch of land is valuable, the types of buildings are mostly independent villas and courtyards.

High-rise apartments and hotels are the minority. There are no small vendors selling carpets on both sides of the street. Instead, there are a wide variety of luxury stores or Michelin restaurants.

After walking through several commercial streets, we saw a butler in his fifties who was still meticulously dressed in a tuxedo standing upright at the gate of a courtyard in front of us, as if he was waiting for someone.

When Yang Sikang and Javelin appeared, the butler's gaze also turned over.

His eyes lit up, and then he came forward enthusiastically and took the gift bag from Yang Sikang very familiarly.

Yes, this is not the first time Yang Sikang has come here.

He had been a guest here long before, when he first became involved with this family. At that time, he was not yet a commander, and he had no intention of becoming one.

As mentioned before, he likes to stay on the shore and watch the sea. He once saved several children who were playing on the beach and almost drowned.

It was from that time that he gradually became the temporary guardian of the children living on the seaside, and among the children he rescued, there was a pair of siblings who were the children of this family.

He didn't take this kind of thing seriously at first, but this family was different.

Ever since he rescued the brother and sister, not only did they often come to play at his place, but their parents were also very enthusiastic and invited Yang Sikang to their home several times.

It was then that he got to know the family a little better.

The couple runs a company that engages in import and export commodity trading, and both husband and wife work in the company.

The company is not very large, but we were lucky enough to get in touch with Azur Lane.

Although it cannot compare with those big companies, the escort fleet under Azur Lane is much stronger than those security companies outside.

Compared with the mass-produced escort fleet and the mixed escort fleet of ship girls and mass-produced fleet, which one is stronger? Even a fool knows it, right?

In addition, this couple is honest in their business and very friendly and easy-going. They have a very good reputation outside and are among the rare people who can have a conversation with the ship girls of Azur Lane.

So their family was able to buy the yard at a lower price and live in this place where every inch of land is valuable.

"Long time no see, Mr. Burton, how are you doing recently?"

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Yang. I'm in good health and have even gained some weight recently. I was thinking about whether I should go to a gym."

"The guys in the gym will have a lot to compete with. A gentleman over 50 will surely give them more motivation to exercise."

"Thank you for the compliment. Please come in. Mr. and Mrs. Stock are waiting for you."

The old man's name was Burton Reed, a proper English gentleman from the royal family.

I heard that he survived a shipwreck a few years ago and was rescued by the Stock family who were traveling on a long journey with their fleet at the time.

He is a real old butler who saved the child of his former employer from a shipwreck.

Later, they found Azur Lane through the Stocker family, and with the help of the ship girls, the employer's children were successfully sent back to the Royal Family.

From then on, in order to repay the life-saving grace, the old man stayed in White Eagle and took care of the daily life for the Stock family.

However, having said that, the old man is actually more like a new family member to the Stockers. After all, the Stockers do not live in a manor, and the identity of the butler is mostly due to the old man's own insistence.

Speaking of which, if the old man had not been discovered by Yang Sikang while seeking help everywhere, Yang Sikang might not even have been able to save the two children of the Stock family.

The Stock family is small, consisting of father Herman, mother Emma, ​​and two children: sister Cathy and brother Will.

The whole family has blonde hair, and Hermann and Emma's parents went on a royal tour. Mr. Burton's previous employer warmly entertained them and all expenses were reimbursed!

"Haha, Mr. Yang, you're finally here! Come in and try Emma's cooking today. She just learned a few new dishes."

Hermann welcomed him in warmly at the door. Casey and Will, who had been waiting for a long time, also waved excitedly at the javelin.

Javelin is a destroyer after all, so it’s easy for him to play with these two kids.

After seeing that Yang Sikang had obtained permission, he went to play javelin with the two of them.

Although the port area is not bad, it is much worse in terms of entertainment.

The Stock family has a large number of toys of various kinds, and the siblings are people who are willing to share. Once the three children go into the room, they won't come out for more than an hour.

"Mr. Yang, you are a rare guest. You are from Donghuang. I just happened to purchase some tea recently. Can you help me take a look?"

Hermann took out the tea, and as soon as Yang Sikang saw the packaging he knew that this was definitely not ordinary stuff.

As expected, after opening it, the aroma of the tea in the jar alone was refreshing.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but the tea Hermann bought happened to be his favorite Maojian.

However, since he came to this world, he has neither drunk green tea nor talked about anything related to it. Even Cleveland doesn't know that he likes tea.

"It is indeed good tea. Where did you get it?"

"Haha, I'm lucky. I knew this must be a good thing, but you also know that not many people drink green tea here in White Eagle, and I don't know how to drink this tea. Since you like it, Mr. Yang..."

"I do not want."

Yang Sikang's refusal without hesitation stunned Herman for a moment, but then he heard Yang Sikang say:

"Hermann, we have known each other for quite some time. You always call me like this. I dare not accept your gift."

Hermann understood what he meant and suddenly relaxed and laughed.

"You're right, Yang. But this tea..."

"Don't worry about the tea business, Hermann. I came here today to ask you for help with something, and to ask if you are interested in investing some money. Let's do a business."

Chapter 49 A Risky Small Business

"Business?"

Hermann suddenly became interested.

For any businessman, a reliable partner is very attractive.

Although Yang Sikang is not a businessman, his ability is unquestionable.

In the months before this, with the help of Belfast on the business side, Yang Sikang obtained a lot of first-hand information and authentic inside information.

He collected fragmented information, combined it with recent political news and other information, and deduced a lot of reliable content, which he used as investment to support several medium-sized enterprises.

There is no shortage of such businessmen near the port area, and he has enough time to choose who he wants to support.

Of all the people, the Stockers were the most sincere and reliable company he had ever met.

So, the Stock family also made a lot of money in these months.

Now that he mentioned that he hoped Herman would invest, Herman was naturally very interested.

"There have been some minor problems in the Azur Lane recently. A route to Donghuang has been temporarily diverted. My ship girl will also participate in the escort formation and has already signed up."

"Donghuang? I haven't heard any news about it. Does that mean I can't follow him?"

The so-called following means following other people's team, in layman's terms, it means riding on other people's escort fleet.

This kind of thing happens very rarely, and most of the time it's just the Azur Lane team that's trying to take advantage of it.

And it will only appear on routes where safety can be guaranteed.

However, there are not many cases where others are allowed to take advantage of the escort. Every time it is done, there will basically be a prior statement to prevent too many people from taking advantage and exceeding the escort capacity.

This is not because Azur Lane is generous, but it is almost impossible to stop this kind of behavior. There will always be people who take such risks, so it is better to make rules in advance rather than causing trouble afterwards.

There was no announcement or notification on this occasion, so it certainly does not meet this standard.

"Yes, I can't follow. But I have three ship girls who want to go, so..."

Yang Sikang smiled.

"So a small amount of high-value goods?"

Hermann understood what Yang Sikang meant and nodded.

It is normal for the commander in charge of escort missions to smuggle goods, especially in White Eagle. As we all know, as long as you pay the taxes you should pay, smuggling is just a small problem, let alone such a well-known small matter?

Hermann was naturally interested. With the ocean being heavily occupied by Sirens, the commodity exchange between White Eagle and Donghuang was a very profitable business.

Having made up his mind, Hermann looked at Yang Sikang:

"Yang, do you have any suggestions?"

"Of course, Herman. Otherwise I wouldn't have asked you to invest.

I found a batch of good goods here, which can be sold at a good price if I take them there. And I think this should leave a good impression on the merchants there. "

Hermann's eyes lit up and he took the document handed over by Yang Sikang with great interest.

Then...a smile froze on his face.

After a few seconds, Herman looked at Yang Sikang, scratched his hair with mixed feelings, and said incoherently:

"I, I don't know... This, um. I don't know how you got all this stuff, but... Yang, I knew you were capable and courageous, but I didn't expect it to be this... This is crazy."