Daily life with the ship girl

"It's okay. It's better to tell the truth than to be polite." Li Ran had been a soldier, so he could understand Tennessee's generous military temperament. He said whatever he thought, and he knew that Bismarck would definitely understand it.

Bismarck also nodded, indicating that Li Ran did not need to worry:

"The Admiral is right. Although the truth may not sound good sometimes, it is always more sincere than some false courtesy."

"Hahaha, look, sister, I'm not such a petty person." Tennessee laughed and was about to pour wine for everyone.

"Sister, you want to drink again." California grabbed his sister's hand and shook his head.

"Okay, okay, really, you are becoming more and more like a housekeeper." Tennessee was a little helpless. She still respected her sister very much. She smiled and said:

"How about this, I'll treat you guys to a couple of drinks tonight."

"At night?" Li Ran looked at Bai Nuoyan with some trepidation. After all, he was an unfamiliar place.

"Okay." Bai Nuoyan smiled and said:

"I'll let Sister Tennessee spend the money tonight."

"No problem, let's go to Mingzhu Restaurant. I heard that they have new dishes." Tennessee patted his chest and said.

California smiled, then made a cup of black tea for Li Ran and others, and said:

"This is the tribute tea of ​​the Xia Kingdom's royal family. It's called Qixia Black Tea. I hope you like it."

Bai Nuoyan was somewhat flattered. Seeing that Li Ran did not react at all, she quickly said:

"This is one of the world's five tribute teas. It's really a waste of your money."

"It's okay. This stuff doesn't taste very good. It's not as strong as alcohol. Only the Governor drinks it sometimes." Tennessee curled his lips and complained.

"You're too polite, Sister Tennessee. I used to be a businessman. This kind of tea is contraband and is prohibited from trading. On the black market, a pound of Qixia black tea is worth more than gold."

"Tsk, no matter how expensive it is, it doesn't taste very good anyway." Tennessee curled his lips and said disdainfully.

Li Ran was a little curious. He picked up the teacup and smelled it. It was indeed quite fragrant. Although his usual knowledge of tea was limited to some ingredients that required tea leaves to be cooked, he took a sip.

He found that the tea tasted plain but had an indescribable sweetness, sweet but not greasy, as if his taste buds were soaked in the unique aroma bomb of tea. He put down the teacup with emotion:

"It is worthy of being the royal tribute tea. It tastes really good."

"Little brother, you know a lot about tea, that's good, but I don't know how well you can drink." When Tennessee heard Li Ran say this, he couldn't help but praise him and then asked.

"I can't drink much." Li Ran smiled apologetically and said.

"Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore." Tennessee looked at her sister and apologized quickly.

Bai Nuoyan suddenly thought of a question, put down the teacup and asked:

"By the way, when we came here this time, we saw that the staff of the Governor's Mansion were all in a hurry. Is there something important?"

"You're talking about this. I've been busy with the affairs of the Far East branch of the Admiral's Academy recently, so the Governor's Office has been quite busy these days." California looked at Chen Yao, who was still busy reviewing documents, with some heartache.

"Far East Admiral's Academy? What? Have those people at the Admiral's Academy headquarters finally come to their senses?" Bai Nuoyan was still a little resentful when she talked about the Admiral's Academy.

"Well, the person in charge just left. Didn't you meet him? That person seemed to know your father, Mr. Bai." California thought for a moment, then asked Bai Nuoyan.

"That guy, I saw him, but he is the head of the Xia Kingdom Admiral Academy branch, so why did he come here?" Bai Nuoyan saw Li Ran's inquiring eyes, she knew she couldn't hide it anymore, she would have to tell it sooner or later anyway, so she simply said:

"Is there a personnel change?"

"There must be a big problem in the Nanyang War Zone. You probably haven't received the news yet. The golden route of the Nanyang War Zone was also attacked by the deep sea yesterday."

"Which route?" Bai Nuoyan and Li Ran looked at each other. It seemed that the deep-sea attack was fierce.

California sighed, then said:

"It is the Blue Cross Line, the lifeline of the South Pacific Theater and the Atlantic Theater."

Bai Nuoyan realized that the problem was a bit serious and asked:

"The Blue Yue Line? Is it the one between the Blue City Port of the Blue Cost Empire and the Yue Port of the Southern Port of Xia Country?"

California had no intention of hiding it. After all, a notice for the entire war zone would be released shortly, so she simply informed the two of them in advance:

"Well, and unlike the Pacific Theater, which has a strong mobilization capability like Governor Xiao, the admirals in the South Pacific Theater suffered heavy losses and a sharp reduction in personnel. In order to ensure that the Admiral Academy can receive more fresh blood, they had to choose the farthest but safest Qiyun City as the address of the new Admiral Academy branch.

After all, the relationship between the Governor-General of the Nanyang Theater and the Governor-Generals of other theaters is not good. Apart from the Governor-General, he has rarely shown up in public. This may also be the result of compromise among the other marshals. "

Li Ran seemed to understand, and was about to ask for more information. Although the Nanyang Theater was thousands of miles away from his Xiguang Island, he might have to deal with this theater in the future. However, he was interrupted by Chen Yao's slightly magnetic voice:

"I'm sorry, you two. I've been busy lately. Honey, can you please send the notice for me?"

"Okay." California nodded and got up to go to work.

Li Ran and Bai Nuoyan stood up quickly. After all, the other party was the admiral and an elder, so this should be respected.

Chen Yao waved his hand and said:

"Don't be shy. Everyone, take a seat. Tennessee, go get ready. I'll treat you to dinner tonight. I just heard you say that. I've wronged you for so long."

"It's okay. I'll go prepare it too." Tennessee looked at Chen Yao's tired face. She rarely showed a distressed expression, and then left the office.

"You two, I'm sorry that I've been so busy until now and might be a little rude." Chen Yao stretched and said with a hint of apology.

"It's okay. The Governor is very busy. I understand." Bai Nuoyan said quickly.

Chen Yao shook his head, poured himself a cup of tea, and filled up Li Ran, Bai Nuoyan and others' cups. He was not arrogant at all. He drank a sip of tea and said:

"Don't say that. It's just busywork. By the way, who is this?"

"Hello, Governor. My name is Li Ran." Li Ran replied quickly.

"Are you the trainee admiral Li Ran who provided the physical evidence of the core fraud case mentioned by Xiao Xiao? Heroes emerge young." Chen Yao put down his teacup, exclaimed, and then asked:

"Are these two your ship girls?"

Li Ran was about to explain that he and Nuremberg had not officially confirmed their relationship yet:

"in……"

"Your Excellency, Governor. I am the light cruiser Nuremberg, and this is the battleship Bismarck. We are both Li Ran's ship girls. Please give us your guidance, Governor."

"As expected, heroes emerge from youth." Chen Yao sighed, then thought for a moment and said:

"You should have met Shangguan Ming when you came here."

"I met him." Bai Nuoyan sighed and said:

"I don't think anything good will happen when he comes. This guy should be the ship girl with bad luck."

"Don't say that. That guy would probably be so mad if he heard that. Haha." Chen Yao couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard Bai Nuoyan say that.

Li Ran felt something was wrong. Although the Governor of the Far East spoke lightly, there was a cloud of worry between his brows. He thought for a moment and said:

"I just heard from your ship girl that the South Sea theater of operations has also encountered a massive deep-sea invasion?"

Chapter 162: A Lot of Information

When Chen Yao heard Li Ran say this, he looked at everyone with curiosity and said with a wry smile:

"Yes, these days are really eventful. The incident on the White Crane Line has not yet passed, and something happened in the South Sea Theater. I wonder what the Deep Sea Flagship is thinking?"

"Well, since His Excellency the Governor is so busy, we would like to not disturb him any further." Bai Nuoyan didn't know how to respond for a moment. After all, she was just visiting Li Ran as usual. After thinking about it, she decided to speak.

"Don't leave just yet. You two came just in time. Wasn't the Dawn Exercise postponed because of the White Crane Line incident? The newly discovered islands have also been put on hold. Xiao Xiao also told me about your situation. I can arrange the location of the garrison for you, but before that you have to agree to a small request of mine."

Chen Yao said to Bai Nuoyan, scratching his head a little embarrassedly.

"Please speak, Governor."

Chen Yao hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Actually, it's like this. The opening ceremony of the Far East branch of the Admiral Academy will be held in two days. Didn't you two just come from the Pacific Theater? I need you two to be there. After all, many admirals in the Far East Theater don't know the situation on the White Crane Line. Now the admirals in the Far East Theater are a little uneasy, and you two are the only ones who have contacted Xiao Xiao. I hope you can help me calm the morale of the admirals."

"We?" Li Ran was stunned. He felt a little strange:

"But aren't we both trainee admirals? Can anyone believe what we say?"

"It's because you are trainee admirals that I need you to do me this favor." Chen Yao smiled mysteriously.

"Okay then." Bai Nuoyan actually didn't like trouble. After all, there were still a lot of things to do here, but she still had to give the governor's face.

Chen Yao looked at Bai Nuoyan and saw that she obviously didn't like these things. He smiled and said:

"Don't be so reluctant. These two letters are invitations. Remember to come to the Governor's Mansion at 2 pm the day after tomorrow. Someone will pick you up and take you to the Far East College branch first. When this matter is resolved, I will give you two some rewards."

"You are too polite, Governor. If there is nothing else, we will take our leave." Li Ran didn't know what Chen Yao was up to, but being able to establish a good relationship with the Governor would help him prepare in advance for importing aluminum from Qiyun Port in the future.

"Thank you both in advance. I won't see you off now." When Chen Yao saw Li Ran say the same thing, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Governor, please stay." Bai Nuoyan and Li Ran stood up to say goodbye, and then Bai Nuoyan said.

……

After leaving the Governor's Mansion, Li Ran held the letter in his hand, on which was a blooming rose pattern. He shook the envelope in his hand:

"What do you think the Governor means?"

"I don't know. Let's not talk about this for now. My father is still waiting for us." Bai Nuoyan looked at the rose on the letter and didn't quite understand what the governor meant by this sudden statement.

"Well, let's not worry about that for now. Nuremberg, thank you this time." Li Ran didn't know why Nuremberg directly told the Governor that she was his ship girl, but he was still very grateful to Nuremberg for not embarrassing him, so he thanked her.

"It's okay, Admiral." Nuremberg gently tidied her white hair, smiled softly, and shook her head.

Li Ran felt a little embarrassed. He suddenly didn't know what to say.

Bismarck didn't want Li Ran and Nuremberg to have a rift because of this little thing today, so she said quickly:

"Nuremberg, the admiral..."

Nuremberg waved his hand and said:

"I know, it's okay."

Bai Nuoyan was somewhat envious of Li Ran. She didn't understand why this man could make a free ship girl say such words in front of the governor, but it was a bit awkward to do so along the way, so she quickly changed the subject:

"Nuremberg, do you know my father?"

"Well, I guess we know each other." Nuremberg nodded slightly.

"Let's go quickly. We've been delayed for three days. I'm afraid that if we don't stop Bei Zhai, it will be too late." Li Ran put the invitation letter in his arms. He looked at the towering Qiyun Lighthouse, then at Bismarck, and said worriedly.

"Bei Zhai?" Bai Nuoyan was a little confused, but she didn't ask any more questions. She nodded and said:

"Well, let's go to the hotel where my dad is staying."

……

After more than ten minutes, Li Ran and Bai Nuoyan finally arrived at the hotel where Bai Nuoyan's father Bai Kuang was staying. Li Ran looked at the name of the hotel - Baiyunjian Hotel.

"This is it, let's go." Bai Nuoyan shouted as she saw Li Ran staring at the hotel in a daze.

"Oh, here we come."

Li Ran responded, came to his senses, and followed Bai Nuoyan into the hotel.

Li Ran followed Bai Nuoyan into the hotel and rested for a while. Then Bai Nuoyan came back after asking questions and said:

"My dad hasn't left yet, let's go upstairs."

Bai Nuoyan said, and then said to the waiter:

"It's troublesome."

"Miss Bai, please come this way. Your father has already instructed." The waiter was still very polite. He made a gesture of invitation and then led the way.

A few minutes later, the waiter took Bai Nuoyan and others to the ninth floor of the hotel, which is also the top floor of the hotel. This is a VIP area where only some well-known large sea merchants or government officials are qualified to stay.

"I can only take you here. I am not qualified to go in."

"Thank you." Bai Nuoyan nodded and stuffed the tip into the waiter's hand.

Li Ran noticed this detail and thought that Bai Nuoyan was quite a good person.

Following Bai Nuoyan into the most luxurious area of ​​Baiyunjian Hotel, I found it to be magnificent.

"My father should be in Room 909. Let's go there now." Bai Nuoyan didn't like such magnificent decoration. She didn't stay in the hall for long, but took Li Ran and the three ship girls directly to Room 909.

"Ding Dong!" Bai Nuoyan pressed the doorbell and waited for a while.

"I'm here." Bai Kuang was thinking about what the Governor of the Far East had said about the Far East branch of the Admiral's Academy the day after tomorrow. When he heard the doorbell, he put away the special invitation in his hand and opened the door.

"Dad." Bai Nuoyan looked at Bai Kuang and smiled sweetly.

"Yan'er, why did you come just now?" Bai Kuang frowned, but then rubbed his daughter's head.