Chapter 158: Hot Springs
Speaking of Zou Like, Yan Feng also learned about Zhao Zichuan before he came.
He was also a member of the Frontline Guards, and was active in the vicinity of Pfikyang's defense line eight years ago.
However, the sudden death of his wife 8 years ago has made a major change in his life, after the death of his wife, only his son who is less than 10 years old lives in the interior, although the old neighbors around are also enthusiastic to help take care of it, but after all, the child is inseparable from his parents.
So Zou Like, with the support of the front-line commanders, resolutely applied for transfer to the rear, and took his son to the new town guard to take care of him personally.
I have to say that Zou Wenya's ability to grow into such an outstanding newcomer as today's admiral is all due to his father's words and deeds from childhood to adulthood. Since the death of his wife, Zou Like has never remarried, and he has not even had a marriage ship, he brought Zou Wenya up with a handful of and urine, and taught him the principles of being a man and the responsibility of being a commander.
Maybe Zou Like's town guard mansion can't compare to some other first-generation bigwigs in terms of strength, but when it comes to his character, even Zhao Zichuan, an undisciplined pseudo-Lori, has to give a thumbs up to praise.
On the way to the Admiral Building with Zou Like and his son, Yan Feng also observed the layout of this town guard mansion.
Dormitories, training grounds, and shopping streets can all be seen here, and there are some unique buildings in addition to the first time. For example, a wooden building that looked like a Jiepen-style dormitory, Yan Feng had been staring at it for a long time, and behind this room could still be seen faintly emitting water vapor, and there seemed to be a slightly pungent smell in the air.
After Zou Wenya noticed Yan Feng's gaze, he introduced to him with a smile, "That is an open-air hot spring pavilion, there is a small extinct volcano on my father's island, so there will be hot springs flowing out of the ground, if you are interested, we will go to bubble later?" β
"It's a hot spring, so it's no wonder that there is water vapor emitting, and this smell is sulfur!" Yan Feng suddenly realized after hearing Zou Wenya's words, and he was also a little moved by his invitation to the hot spring.
"Admiral! Let's go later! I've never been in a hot spring! When the raider heard the hot spring, his eyes lit up and he looked at the quaint Jiepen-style building with great interest.
Yan Feng, who turned his head, saw that Helena also had some expectation in her eyes, so he pushed the boat down the river and said, "Okay, then let's go together when we finish our business." β
"Wenya, you can come together later, I have a lot to talk to you about after a long time." Yan Feng said to Zou Wenya with a smile.
Zou Wenya turned his head to look at his father, and after Zou Like nodded encouragingly, he said, "Okay, I'll take you with me later." β
Yan Feng politely invited Zou Like at this time, "Uncle Zou, do you want to come along?" β
Zou Like smiled elegantly and shook his head, "I won't go, you young people have a lot to say, and if I go, it will make you feel restrained." β
On the way forward, Zou Wenya also introduced the landscape of the town guard mansion to Yan Feng.
"Because it is located in the Jiepen Sea, we have also been influenced by a lot of Jiepen. Just like my father, there is a high probability that some of the ship girls he built in the early days are all J country ship girls, and later under their influence, my father's town guard mansion also has a lot of J country style buildings. β
"And look at the cherry blossom trees around ......," Zou Wenya said, pointing to the bare cherry blossom trees on the side of the road.
"The girls of the J country ship have an extraordinary love for this kind of tree, so my father planted a lot of it. Unfortunately, you didn't come at the right time, but every year when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, it becomes a fantastic beauty. Zou Wenya proudly introduced.
After hearing his son's introduction, Zou Like smiled lightly, "Hehe, don't sell melons and boast about yourself." There are many more beautiful towns than I have here, and looking at the bare tree trunks, how can Xiaofeng imagine the beauty of spring. β
While speaking, everyone had already come to the Admiral's Building, because Zou Like, as an old-timer, didn't have any idea of drying the boat for Yan Feng, a newcomer, so he didn't make a scene where everyone was welcomed, he directly took Yan Feng and others to the reception room on the third floor.
"Speaking of which, I really want to thank Xiaofeng." After sitting down on the sofa, Zou Like suddenly said to Yan Feng.
"Huh?" Yan Feng was stunned.
"Uncle Zou, where did you start with this?"
After receiving the tea brewed by Xianghe, Zou Like smiled and said, "It's the matter of the last Jiepen armed coup d'Γ©tat, before that, the people of the Admiralty have been putting pressure on the surrounding town guard mansions, trying to make the admirals stand on their side, but none of the surrounding town guard mansions agreed. β
After taking a sip of tea, he continued, "So since then they have been making small moves on supplies, and every time we send a ship to buy supplies, we get more or less troubled, and those guys really can't agree with what the ship's mother does. β
"Fortunately, now that the Admiralty is gone, our lives are much better now, so I want to thank you, Xiaofeng." Zou Like solemnly expressed his gratitude to Yan Feng.
Yan Feng scratched his hair embarrassedly and said, "Uncle Zou, in fact, you don't need to thank me, in fact, I did very little in the military coup. It's just a simple defense of the Admiralty Academy, and it's all the credit of the Prime Minister's arrangements in advance. β
"You'd be wrong to think so." Zou Like smiled and disagreed with Yan Feng's statement.
After seeing Yan Feng's puzzled expression, Zou Like put down the teacup and explained to him: "Not to mention what will happen after they occupy the Admiral Academy and enslave all the newcomers, just the arrest of the head of the Takeshita Academy is a major impact on the regular army and the governor's palace, you must know that the head of the Takeshita Chongzhi Academy can be one of the only remaining 7th-level admirals." β
Yan Feng had a really like this expression after hearing this, and Zou Like smiled when he saw it.
"Looks like you've already guessed it, maybe you've also thought of another retired Rank 7 Admiral, right? That's right, it's Fan Pengwu, the head of your Zhouchuan Academy. β
Yan Feng nodded, "Some time ago, I also discussed this issue with my ship girls, so I had this guess." Then in addition to the five major admirals, the other 3 7-level admirals are also clear, and the last person is Admiral Guderian, the secretary of the Governor's Palace, right? β
"True, but you're missing a person." Zou Like reminded with a smile.
"That's you, you're also a level 7 admiral now. You must know that when you broke through, Admiral Zhao Zichuan was happy to show off in front of our group of old guys for a long time. Zou Like also sighed amusefully when he mentioned the pseudo-Lori who had no image at all.
Yan Feng covered his face and looked faceless, "That pseudo-Lori who has no discipline...... I really don't know what a reserve is. β
Zou Wenya smiled and said, "Actually, Admiral Zhao Zichuan has really worked very hard over the years, and compared with the commanders in charge of other regions, her sense of responsibility is heavier. Therefore, every time there is a deep-sea invasion, she will take the initiative to take over a large number of deep-sea elites, and it is because of this that the battle loss rate of our Pfik Yang is much lower than that of other oceans. β
Zou Like also nodded in agreement, "But at the same time, the burden on her shoulders is heavier than that of other supervisors. β
"Admiral Yan Feng, I hope you can help Zhao Zichuan where you can, if this continues, I'm afraid that she will collapse herself sooner or later." Zou Like said to Yan Feng with a straight face at this time.
Yan Feng also nodded solemnly and promised, "I will, now I am sending my own ship girls to assist her in attacking the deep-sea stronghold." β
"I've also heard about this matter, it's about the heavily defended stronghold on the edge of the deep sea, but I didn't expect that the large-scale team sent by Zhao Zichuan couldn't take it." Zou Like's father and son were solemn when they talked about this.
"Well, Zhao Zichuan predicted that this stronghold was the secret of the acceleration of the restoration of the deep-sea flagship, so he hurriedly came to me for help. Except for the people left behind, I have sent all the shipwives who can fight to help, but I don't know how much of a role they can play in the battle. Yan Feng said this, showing a somewhat uneasy expression.
Zou Like sighed and said regretfully, "It's a pity that if you want to enter the deep sea, even a pseudo-level 7 like Lao Yang can't do it." We can only watch the two of you work hard, and it's a shame to say that we old guys want to watch you young people work hard......"
Zou Wenya looked at his father's expression and the dull atmosphere, and hurriedly changed the topic, "Father, don't you have important news to tell Yan Feng?" Tell him about it now. β
After Zou Like was reminded by his son, he also came back to his senses and said, "That's right, Xiaofeng." I heard from the Governor that you've been looking for the lost shipwives, right? I received a message the day before yesterday about the ownerless ship lady in Jiepen's country.,I just don't know if it's the ship girl you got separated.γ β
Yan Feng was suddenly startled when he heard this, stood up and asked, "Really?" What's the message? β
Seeing Yan Feng's excited appearance, Helena comforted him and said, "Admiral, don't be excited, let Admiral Zou Like finish speaking." The Raider nodded as well.
Under the comfort of the ship's ladies, Yan Feng calmed down, and then apologized to Zou Like, "I'm sorry Uncle Zou, I'm too excited." β
Zou Like shook his head disapprenously, and quipped rarely, "Young man, it's normal to have a little bit of blood and qi, I hope Wenya can have this kind of excitement like you, but maybe I led him crookedly, he has always been this light and breezy smirk." β
"Poof......" Hearing his father's complaint to himself, Zou Wenya squirted out the tea in his mouth and began to cough violently.
"Ahem...... Ahem, father, you ......"
"Haha, Uncle Zou, you don't have to worry about it, when you are in the academy, Wenya is very happy, but Tingfei is deeply affected." Yan Feng saw Zou Wenya's rare embarrassed appearance and said in a downhole.
Zou Like seemed to be interested in the topic: "Oh? Then the next time I go to Lao Yang's door, I have to take a good look. β
"Ahem, my father is down to business." Zou Wenya couldn't resist the ridicule of the two, so she could only remind her father that it was time to do the right thing.
Zou Like nodded and said, "Well, presumably Xiaofeng is also in a hurry, so I'll tell you directly." Recently I got an intelligence ......"