Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 618 Nine Islands Alliance

When Luo Yuande mentioned the familiar terms of the Nine Islands Leader Hui An Taisi and the Nine Islands Alliance, Lin Lan's brows hidden under his sunglasses raised.

Not to mention the Chief Hui An, this Nine Islands Alliance is the official force of Liaozhou Nine Islands mentioned in the information provided by Jian Qianou.

The members of the Nine Islands Alliance are the hereditary island owners of the nine main islands in Liaozhou. The co-leader of the Nine Islands is the island owner with the strongest comprehensive ability jointly selected by them.

This means that the position of co-leader of the Nine Islands is not actually fixed to a certain island owner family, but a lifelong position until the end of his life.

So, why is it that there is a Shouzhou Island that sounds like the capital of Liaozhou, even though all nine island-owning families should have the opportunity to serve as the co-owners of the Nine Islands?
Regarding Lin Lan's question, Jian Qianou explained the reason in detail in the information provided.

It turns out that since Oran arrived in Liaozhou 200 years ago, the co-owner of the nine islands in Liaozhou has been the Chief Hui An.

In order to centralize power, the Shadow Snake Clan's Chief Hui An directly changed the name of the main island where his family is located to Shouzhou Island.

In order to fight against the powerful enemy Oran, the other island owners agreed to the move of the Great Master Hui An.

But later, as the United States of Oran changed its attitude towards Liaozhou, other island owners gradually discovered the ambitions of Chief Hui An:

That is to abolish the system in which the island owners have elected the co-leader of the Nine Islands for thousands of years, with the intention that the co-leader of the Nine Islands will always be hereditary by his family, and even abolish the hereditary system of island owners.

This is exactly why Tianou Group was able to control the owners of the four main islands so easily, making them willing to sign soul contracts with Jian Qianou.

For no other reason than simply because Hui An Da Si has such ambitions and is so alive, the other main island owners feel a strong threat.

So since you are so ruthless and intend to give us no chance to become the co-owner of the Nine Islands, then why don't we find another way and use the power of Oran?

However, it is naturally impossible for the four island owners to disclose this to the public. On the surface, they are still obeying the orders of the Nine Islands Alliance.

"So, how did this conflict end?"

Lin Lan thought of this and interrupted Luo Yuande.

As far as he knew, these four main islands were all important resource islands in Liaozhou.

Based on his speculation, the reason why Chief Hui An chose to suddenly turn against him a year ago was probably because the brave summoning ceremony failed and he was not successfully summoned to Liaozhou, so he became angry from shame.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lurker, although our Tianou Group branch is not as strong as it used to be, it is still not something that the Liaozhou natives can bully."

Hearing his words, Luo Yuande straightened his back, looked at Lin Lan's face and said proudly:
"Although I don't know the specific circumstances of that conflict, the final result was that Chief Hui An took the initiative to surrender and withdraw the fleet, and compensated us with a lot of supplies."

Although Luo Yuande said this, it seemed because Chief Hui An was afraid of their Tianou Group.

But Lin Lan always felt that this was too anticlimactic for Hui An Dasi.

As the leader of the Nine Islands for more than 200 years, how could such an ambitious old man give in so easily?

The Liaozhou branch of the Tianou Group, whose strength was greatly damaged, was not like the Iron-Blooded Ship Girl, who could make Jian Qianou surrender immediately after showing its crushing strength.

Even if Chief Hui An chooses to fight to the death with the Tianou Group, he feels it is very reasonable.

What is the reason why Hui An Dasi would rather choose to lose his reputation, pay compensation for supplies, or surrender and withdraw his troops?
Lin Lan keenly felt that there must be something fishy in it, but the inside story of that conflict was definitely out of reach of Luo Yuande's level.

He had a vague intuition that Hui An Dasi's sudden withdrawal was probably related to the revival of the Demon King's army.

He could only find out the specific situation after Amagi recovered and took the time to go to the Tianou Building on Zhubian Island and question the director Lu Feng face to face. "Well, you've done a good job. Continue to tell me about the changes in Liaozhou over the years. I see why there were some Liaozhou combat personnel on the ship just now?"

After confirming this, Lin Lan continued to ask Luo Yuande.

"Back to Lord Stalker, this is mainly because our fleet suffered heavy losses, resulting in insufficient cargo protection force."

"In order to deal with those ocean monsters, pirates or sirens, the four general agents have chosen to sign long-term contracts with the Adventurers Association, so that the Liaozhou adventurer team can take over the commission and serve as cargo escorts."

Tianou Group would have recruited a large number of Liaozhou people as employees, so Luo Yuande had nothing to hide and directly told Lin Lan about it.

Later, Lin Lan asked about the situation of other Tianou groups in Liaozhou, as well as the situation on the nine islands of Liaozhou in the past ten years.

And he gradually understood why the Tianou Group was called an evil organization by his Chongsakura Ship girls and those Liaozhou people.

In fact, in the final analysis, this is all caused by the longing of the Oran people to return to their hometown.

There is no Oran person in Liaozhou who doesn’t want to return to their homeland, return to the comfortable modern life, and reunite with their families.

In addition, the Tian'ou Group now has no supply assistance from Oran itself. In order to re-accumulate the resources of a powerful fleet and other reasons, the Tian'ou Group will naturally force the four island owners to increase their efforts to rule the island. tax.

In contrast, ordinary people in Liaozhou also miss their family members who were hired by Tianou Group to go to Oran and have not returned yet.

Lin Lan could imagine that in the eyes of ordinary Liaozhou people, the backbone of their family was gone, taxes were getting heavier every year, and monster intrusions had become more frequent in recent years, and they could not guarantee the safety of their lives.

This is not difficult to explain why the Tianou Group is now criticized as an evil organization. If it were him, he would also hate the Tianou Group.

After all, the former Tianou Group had a good reputation in Liaozhou. It even opened the Liaozhou Chamber of Commerce and brought various modern technologies to enrich the lives of many Liaozhou people.

Otherwise, he would not have seen so many Liaozhou residents in the United States of Oran who took the initiative to work in Oran.

When the routes between the two countries are restored in the future, all these problems will be solved.

Before going to the Siren Fortress, he would definitely put the blame on the Siren.

But when they were in the Siren Fortress, he and the Chongsakura Ship Girls saw the Demon King Army monsters who were imprisoned in the fortress experimental area by the Purifiers and Cleaners, and they already knew the culprit that caused all these tragedies.

That is the mysterious enemy X.

To him, what the Siren's host did was like a machine without emotions.

It doesn't bother to communicate with anyone or cooperate with anyone. Instead, it efficiently and ruthlessly executes what it thinks is the right thing to do.

In order to protect the entire world, the Sirens have chosen to divide various regions. This has not been done twice.

After collecting the information he wanted, it was almost half an hour, and the orange sun of sunset had already touched the horizon and was about to set.

After Lin Lan looked at Dafeng beside him, he knew it was time to return to the Chongying Fleet.

So he casually asked Luo Yuande the last question:
"What is this cargo ship of yours carrying, and where is its destination?"

(End of this chapter)