The next day.

The octopus space station, which had been lively all day, finally returned to calm, and the officers and men of the ships who had had enough of the trouble also began to join in the busy repair work of the space station, so that the almost abandoned space station was in full swing again.

At the same time, Robin, who is nestled in the conference room of the space station, is struggling with the problem of personnel allocation.

Since the fleet has a new station, the octopus space station, which is the headquarters of the fleet, must arrange stationed personnel, which leads to the fact that some shipboard personnel must be separated from the aviation establishment and become permanent ground staff in the space station. As a result, the entire fleet had to break up the original structure and carry out a new assignment.

Originally, the commanders of each ship meant to transfer a part of the manpower from each ship, so that these manpower from the ship could maintain the normal operation of the space station. But after careful consideration, Robin felt that the proposal was not appropriate. Because the reduction in personnel is likely to lead to a decrease in the efficiency of the actions of each ship, which will increase the danger factor of navigation to a certain extent, and the killing of Martina's father is also a constant reminder to Robin that this northern star field of Proxima Centauri is not as safe as it is seen so far.

So, after combining the current actual situation, Robin decided to adopt a shift system to solve the current problem of insufficient personnel.

At present, although Robin has established Roche Logistics, except for the long-term contract with Byron Heavy Metals Trading Company, Robin has no other transportation orders. Therefore, in the current situation, the fleet's sailing plan is relatively relaxed, and the cargo to be transported each time does not need to be transferred to the entire fleet at one time. This makes Robin have the conditions to break up the fleet, and he can use two transport ships as a formation, and then pair with the TR-735, an armed transport ship with a certain amount of firepower, to take turns to carry out navigation missions.

Under Robin's arrangement, in addition to the TR-735, which needs to perform regular sailing tasks, the other six transport ships will sail in two formations in turn. This allows the fleet to station four transport ships and related personnel on the space station under the condition of meeting the needs of navigation, which not only solves the problem of insufficient personnel stationed on the space station, but also enables the space station to have a strong maneuverability and a variety of options in the face of emergencies.

In addition, Robin also made specific plans for the armed defense of the space station. According to his plan, the Octopus space station, which will be the stationing place of the fleet for a long time, will greatly increase its defensive firepower. In addition to maintaining an infantry platoon at all times, Robin is also preparing to purchase a batch of old rotating turrets and combat shuttles on the second-hand market at the Hermes spaceport to strengthen the Octopus station's defenses in all aspects.

It took five days to carry out a comprehensive restoration of the infrastructure of the Octopus space station. Robin took the TR-735 to the Hermes spaceport again, ready to buy all the supplies that were urgently needed for the follow-up planning.

"Robin, is the Hermes spaceport as lively as you say?"

On the bridge of the TR-735, Cecilia, dressed in civilian clothes, pilots the massive spaceship and asks Robin all kinds of questions about the Hermes spaceport like a curious baby.

At the moment, it's not just Cecilia. All the personnel of the TR-735 had changed into their civilian clothes, and even the usually unsmiling Borg had changed into an extremely fancy plaid shirt and sat in his position as the navigator and navigated the ship's course.

"That's right, it's probably the busiest place I've ever seen, almost everything you can think of can be bought there." Robin replied with a smile.

"Where can you really buy weapons and space shuttles?" Old Jack, who was dressed in bells and whistles, looked at Robin in disbelief: "Those stupid people in the Federation can even sell weapons casually?" ”

It's no wonder that Old Jack has this question, because there is a clear gun restriction in the laws of the Nine Star Republic. According to the laws of the Nine-Star Republic, no one is allowed to secretly hide controlled weapons, except for military personnel. So not to mention buying and selling weapons, even if you secretly hide a tactical knife with high-frequency shocks, it is illegal in the Nine Star Republic.

"The federal system is very different from ours, and there's nothing you can't sell here. And when I registered with the Ministry of Commerce, I learned that logistics companies like ours are already allowed to have a certain number of armed personnel, so we can buy and sell weapons with confidence. Speaking of this, Robin suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Not to mention some old-fashioned rotating turrets and space shuttles, as long as you have money, you can even buy a Titan aircraft carrier." ”

"Thai...... Titan aircraft carrier? ”

Hearing that even the super-jumbo of this kind of spaceship could be bought, Cecilia was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

"Impossible! ~ This kind of thing will be taken out and sold by the federal military? ”

"Hehe, I didn't believe it at first. However, I later learned that the Federal War Office would retire a large number of old ships every year, and spend a lot of military money to buy new ships from arms dealers. And these obsolete ships tend to flow into the trading market and thus be purchased by private individuals. ”

"Then let's buy one too! ~" Cecilia blurted out.

"We?" Robin shrugged his shoulders with a smile: "It costs money to buy things, where do we get so much money." ”

"Didn't you make a deal with that Martina and get a lot of money?"

"Don't talk about buying Titans, I'm afraid you can't buy an engine."

Hearing Robin say this, Cecilia couldn't help but sigh in disappointment. However, when she saw the Hermes spaceport at the end of her sight through the window of the bridge, she screamed in surprise at the bustling scene.

The large ship that berthed the TR-735 into the Hermes spaceport was moored to the harbor, and Robin left some of the men to guard the ship, while the others followed him out of the hatch to experience the bustling business district of the Hermes spaceport.

Most of the people on this trip, except for Robin, hadn't been out of the cabin for months, so now that there was a chance to go out shopping, everyone seemed in high spirits.

However, considering the wide variety of materials that need to be purchased this time, Robin divided the group into arrays when he was on the ship, and asked them to go to different areas to buy the corresponding supplies.

Like the group of Kristen and Borg. As a navigator, Borg is required to purchase star charts for the entire Commonwealth, as well as relevant voyage information. Christine, on the other hand, has become the communications core of the entire fleet with his superior electronic information technology and computer technology. So now with the Octopus space station, the fleet headquarters, Christine will build a powerful communication platform on the space station, and he also needs to build a central computer on the space station that can directly connect to the onboard computers of each ship. During his visit to the Hermes spaceport, his main task was to purchase equipment related to electronics.

In addition, Angus and Lee were grouped into a group, and they were mainly responsible for the purchase of weapons. In this regard, both Angus and Lee were experts in their respective fields, so Robin left the future of the fleet to their own decisions.

As for the rest, they all followed Robin. They have all kinds of things to buy, so in order to save time, Robin also contacted Martina, hoping that she can find time to arrange a suitable shopping guide for herself.

Martina naturally met Robin's request unconditionally, and the person she sent was Robin's old acquaintance, Nishizawa.

Seeing Nishizawa, who was covered with fat like a ball of meat, panting in front of him, Robin was really a little crying and laughing.

"Yes...... Miss sent me here......" Holding his knees and gasping a few times, Nishizawa wiped the sweat from his head with his fat palm, and smiled at Robin flatteringly: "Boss, just tell me what you want to buy, I will guarantee you good quality and low price." ”

"Boss?" Robin's eyes widened in surprise when he heard Nishizawa call him.

"Yes, Miss arranged for me to come to you and told me to be your business advisor." Sneaking a glance at Robin's face, Nishizawa nodded and said, "Miss has been busy with the company's affairs recently, and she really can't take a break, so Miss hopes you won't mind her arrangement." ”

With only a few days left before the deadline for the delivery of the goods, it's not uncommon for Martina to be too busy to take a break. As for Martina arranging Nishizawa to Robin's side, Robin also knows that she has no ill intentions. Because Robin has a general understanding of Nishizawa's surname through the last contact, and from Robin's personal point of view, he really needs a business consultant, so instead of looking for someone else, the current Nishizawa is obviously more suitable.

"Well, then you can follow me from today onwards. By the way, I'm not going to pay you. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't have a salary...... Nishizawa wrenched his fingers and asked shyly, "Is there a subsidy?" ”

"Subsidies?"

Looking at Nishizawa's pitiful appearance, Robin was angry for no reason and yelled: "What, you won't do it without subsidies?" ”

"Of course not." Nishizawa was frightened, shrunk his head aggrievedly, scratched his head and smiled: "Hehe...... I'll just ask...... Just ask! ”

"Alright, let's go. Take me to the machinery market first. Robin strode ahead with a stiff face.

Behind him, after greeting Cecilia and Old Jack one by one, Nishizawa hurriedly caught up with Robin, who was walking in front, and began to nod and introduce the relevant market of the machinery trading market to Robin. After only listening for a while, old Jack, who was holding a cigarette and wearing a pair of big sunglasses, began to light up his eyes.

This kid is definitely a talent, just look at his analysis of the surname price ratio of the old machinery in the second-hand market, as well as the calculation of the total price of the whole cargo and bulk goods, you can know that this kid is careful and will never suffer a loss. Looking for him as a business consultant, this is definitely a treasure.

(To be continued)