Daily life with the ship girl

Chapter 67: Black Gold Merchant Card (Part 1)

Li Ran looked at Ping Hai wearing an apron, and his eyes lit up. Looking at Ping Hai who was cooking seriously, he smiled and said:

"What should I do today?"

"Hmm? Let me think about making vegetable and meat wontons, ginkgo cake, and quail eggs. How about that?

"Vegetable and meat wontons. Let me think, we need flour. If we want minced meat, let's use wild boar meat. There should be some in the freezer." Li Ran thought about how to make vegetable and meat wontons, then frowned and asked:

"But do you have pickled Chinese cabbage? And do you have mushrooms and ginger?"

"I have them all. Admiral, you may not know that when you were recuperating, you found a lot of food in the forest. What you said just happened to have them all. I have also prepared the cabbage. Look." Ping Hai said, walked to the freezer, squatted down, and took out a sealed ceramic jar. She smiled and said:

"I prepared it three days ago. I originally wanted to make something sour for everyone to eat, but the kitchen has been used by Lexington these days. It just so happened that the admiral mentioned it today, so it can be put to use."

"Well, what about the glutinous rice and polished rice needed to make white rice cakes? And ginkgo nuts, walnuts, and raisins, I think you don't have them in your house." Li Ran said as he opened the freezer, took the ginger and mushrooms out of it and put them on the chopping board, and asked:

"And there are steamed quail eggs. This dish requires mung bean sprouts and shredded green peppers. These ingredients are hard to get right now."

Pinghai listened to Li Ran's words and thought for a moment:

"Yes, we have everything. When Miss Bai came here, she actually gave us quite a lot of food. Xiaguo's food is similar to our Chinese food, so the freezer now actually has everything the admiral mentioned, but the quantity is not large. By the way, admiral, I want to focus on vegetables on the island in the lake, but I haven't told you yet. I wonder if it's possible."

"Of course you can, but we don't have any vegetable seeds." Li Ran said after thinking for a while.

"Hehe, there's nothing to buy."

"Well, I can help you with the vegetable garden when I have time. Now we should cook, otherwise they will wake up soon."

"Know it."

……

Ping Hai and Li Ran were busy together for more than half an hour. It must be said that although Chinese food is complicated to cook, it is healthy because there are quite a lot of people in the garrison. However, Li Ran has seen the unscientific appetite of the ship girls, so he is not afraid to cook too much.

By half past seven, the ship girls of the garrison had come downstairs one after another. Seeing the Chinese food that she had never eaten this morning, Firefly came over and was about to reach out for the food on the plates, but she saw Li Ran shaking his head. She pouted and obediently withdrew her hand.

Because today's breakfast is wontons, the ginkgo cake and steamed quail eggs are just side dishes. Although there are not many dishes, Li Ran is confident that the taste is first-class.

He took off his apron, looked at everyone who had arrived, and said with a smile:

"Let's eat."

"Oh." Firefly picked up the chopsticks impatiently, but she had just learned how to use chopsticks, so her gestures were awkward. Li Ran was amused. He served bowls of wontons to the destroyer girls, then saw Lexington and the others looking at him. He touched his nose and had to serve everyone a bowl.

After breakfast, Pinghai, Guokang and Walker were responsible for cleaning up the dishes.

Li Ran walked out of the garrison with Lexington and others. He thought of what he wanted to do today and said:

"Lexington, come here for a moment."

Lexington was a little surprised, but Li Ran would not stop her for no reason. She talked to Saratoga and others and they were responsible for the preliminary work of preparing for the attack on Mishima.

Li Ran looked at Lexington with a puzzled expression. He also knew that they were busy preparing for the attack, so he decided to make it short. He thought for a moment and said:

"Come with me to meet Miss Bai."

Lexington walked side by side with Li Ran towards the port pier. She hesitated for a moment and asked:

"Is it about resources?"

Li Ran nodded slightly and said:

"Well, there is also the matter of the cooperation. Of course, there is also the origin of this business card. After all, you are my secretary ship. I need you to help me with these matters, so that I won't make strange decisions impulsively."

"Does the commander care much about the export of timber?"

"Well, there are so many trees on Xiguang Island. It would be a waste if we don't make use of them. Besides, I have to do something that can make money. Not only for the garrison, but also for you."

"Commander, have you thought of anything?"

"Well, I have a big plan, but let's wait until you capture the three islands. I just have a bold idea now because of this card, but it may take some time to sort out a preliminary plan."

"Well, Commander, no matter what trouble you encounter, you can always rely on me."

"Then I will definitely trouble you more in the future. I hope you don't find it annoying."

"This is Lexington's duty, no trouble."

……

Li Ran was chatting with Lexington when they arrived at the port terminal. He saw Bai Nuoyan directing the crew to unload the cargo and greeted him from a distance:

"Good morning."

Bai Nuoyan was just finishing her instructions with the waiter when she heard Li Ran's voice. She said to Hipper:

"See, I told you he would come."

Hipper didn't say anything. He walked behind Bai Nuoyan and followed her to greet Li Ran.

Li Ran looked at Bai Nuoyan as if she had expected him to come. He touched his nose and said:

"Why, you don't seem surprised at all?"

Bai Nuoyan held Hipper's hand, and then looked at Lexington who was following Li Ran. A trace of envy flashed in her eyes, and then she thought of the business:

"Of course. Didn't you say yesterday that you were going to hold a military meeting? I thought you must be in urgent need of these resources. However, I haven't seen your ship girls all morning. I can only hand them over to the fairies on your island first."

Li Ran nodded, then said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, but Helena's radar is enough to cover a range of ten nautical miles offshore, so I don't have the habit of having them guard the port dock at night."

"That's a bit dangerous. After all, it's such a large island without a navigation lighthouse. Is it really safe to rely on the ship girl's radar at night?"

"I've taken note of what you said. Well, let's not talk about that for now. I thought about it last night. If the cooperation with you goes smoothly, it will be possible in about a week."

"If it's a week, then I can afford to wait. By the way, here is a list of the four resources."

"Is there a contract?"

"There is a contract, but these resources are my support for you, so there is no need for a contract."

“Two different things. You said yesterday that this was a deposit for cooperation, so it’s better to sign a contract.

Bai Nuoyan looked at Li Ran with a serious expression and sighed:

"Okay, you really don't want to owe anyone a favor."

"The debt of favor is the hardest to repay, and I am most afraid of trouble."

"I can't argue with you, Hipper. Go get the agreement documents."

Li Ran shrugged. He had no choice. Although he was very grateful for Bai Nuoyan's generosity, it was better to owe less favors. He said to Lexington:

"Do you have a pen?"

Lexington nodded slightly, took out a pen and handed it to Li Ran.

In a few minutes, Xiguang Island's first external cooperation agreement was officially established. The date was April 2017, 4 in the Star Calendar. The name of the agreement was "Xiguang Island's Advance Agreement on Resource Deposits". It mainly mentioned that Li Ran was only borrowing this part of the resources first, and then if the war went well, he would not have to repay it through further cooperation. If the war did not go well and the cooperation failed, Li Ran must repay twice the deposit as compensation for the loss.

The latter part was proposed by Li Ran himself. Lexington looked at Li Ran signing such a silly-looking agreement and asked in a low voice:

"Commander, this is not good for us, right?"

Li Ran signed the agreement confidently, and then he and Bai Nuoyan each took a copy of the contract. Hearing what Lexington said, he asked back:

"Don't you have any confidence?"

"Yes, I have."

"That's fine. I have confidence in you. As long as we take over Mishima, won't this agreement be in our favor?"

Lexington listened to Li Ran's words as if it was a matter of course, and she fell into silence, thinking, is this trust? Commander, Lexington will definitely not let you down.

After signing the temporary agreement, Li Ran remembered the black gold business card. She handed the agreement to the Lexington man, then took the black gold business card and asked her:

"Do you know the origin of this thing?"

"Black Gold Merchant Card?" Bai Nuoyan was a little surprised. She frowned and said:

"Can you show it to me?"

Li Ransong shrugged, handed the Black Gold Business Card to Bai Nuoyan, and asked:

"Do you know the origin of this thing?"

Chapter 68: Black Gold Merchant Card (Part 2)

Bai Nuoyan flipped through the entire black card, nodded and said:

"Yes, this is a business card of the world's largest business alliance, the Black Gold Business Alliance. In English, it is called [Black gold business coalition], abbreviated as BGBC. It is a business alliance organization led by the six most powerful countries in the world, Xia Kingdom, England, New England, Blue Cost Empire, and Brumia Empire. There are tens of thousands of formal members. I have seen this Ganoluo several times. He has a very high reputation. This kind of Black Gold Business Card can only be used by big businessmen with good reputation in the Black Gold Alliance. You are lucky this time."

After saying that, Bai Nuoyan returned the Black Gold Merchant Card to Li Ran, but she remembered an important thing and warned him seriously:

"But don't be too happy too soon. In the past few years, there have been many factions within the Black Gold Business Alliance, and there are deep grudges between the six countries. Moreover, as an admiral, although it is inevitable to deal with these people, I cannot open my heart to them. I have been a businessman for so long, and I understand better than you that there are only interests and no friends in the business world."

"Got it. The blood and sweat of workers are in the pores of every capitalist, right?" Li Ran shrugged and put the black gold merchant card back into his pocket. He saw a seagull landing on the sail of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce. He looked away and asked:

"Is your Sihai Trading Company also a member of this alliance?"

Bai Nuoyan looked at the agreement, then replied without raising her head:

"No, they are members of our Free Trade Alliance. Well, you won't understand even if I tell you. Anyway, you should remember this: when you cooperate with a tycoon like Ganoluo, you should be more cautious. It is not accidental that he became a furniture tycoon. Don't help count the money after being sold. Although these big businessmen dare not use force against the admiral, they are calculating. That's about it. Hipper, let's go for a walk."

After Bai Nuoyan finished speaking, he handed the contract to a waiter and then took Hipper away, probably to visit the facilities on the island.

Li Ran did not call Bai Nuoyan again, but fell into deep thought.

"Commander?" Lexington looked at Li Ran in a daze and called softly.

"Yeah, I'm here, what's the matter?"

"About the cooperation with this businessman..."

"Since the other party will be here in a few days, let's just see what he is interested in. By the way, find some time to ask Chief Ruo Duoruo about the types of wood on Xiguang Island. I don't want to be ripped off."

"Got it, Commander. I'll be busy now."

"Go ahead. Don't save resources for this operation. Your safety comes first."

"understood."

Li Ran handed the agreement to Lexington, then watched her walk away. He also watched the busy sailors at the dock finish their work, and the goblins transported the resources to the warehouse in an orderly manner.

Li Ran suddenly wondered how he became the most idle person in the garrison?

"So boring. Oh, by the way, it should be time for the big construction again, hehe..."

Li Ran whistled and walked towards the direction of the construction device. More than ten minutes later, he stood outside a small courtyard and looked at the wall built around the construction device. There were engineering goblins busy at work. He greeted them and walked into the courtyard.

"But what should we build?"

Li Ran was a bit embarrassed. He frowned. He now had five destroyer girls, two light cruiser girls, two battleship girls, two aircraft carrier girls in his garrison. Quincy was one of the heavy cruiser girls, but he had to finish his studies for the time being. So he was probably lacking battlecruiser girls, light carrier girls, and submarine girls.

However, the port area now has more than enough self-defense capabilities but insufficient aggressive capabilities, which is a bit difficult to deal with. So he thought about it and realized that he seemed to have insufficient manpower no matter what, so building any kind of ship girl would not have much impact. This was actually the most difficult part for him.

"Huh? What is this place?" Bai Nuoyan's voice came from outside. Li Ran suddenly looked nervous. He said to an engineering fairy, "Hide the construction equipment. I will take care of it."

After Li Ran finished speaking, he quickly walked out of the room where the construction equipment was placed. He stopped Bai Nuoyan who wanted to go in to find out what was going on, and said with a smile:

"Sorry, this place is not open to the public."

Bai Nuoyan looked at Li Ran's nervous expression. Although she was curious, she did not force her way in. Instead, she pursed her lips and said:

"You are so mysterious. What's going on? Is there something shameful?"

"Um, military secrets, ha, I hope you can understand."

"Tsk, let's go Hipper, ignore this stingy guy, let's go."

Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted to Bai Nuoyan who was walking away with some apology:

"Just visit the island and have fun..."

Li Ran felt relieved after watching Bai Nuoyan and Hipper disappear in the distance. However, this experience also reminded Li Ran that there is a risk of exposure when building the device, which made him feel vaguely uneasy. Although the admiral is not afraid of any threat of force, what if it is a delegation or investigation team from the Admiral Academy Headquarters or the KanColle Academy Headquarters?

Li Ran frowned, looked at the construction device, and whispered softly:

"It's time to find a better place for you big guy."

However, before that, let’s build a lot first. Building a lot will create miracles! ~~

So Li Ran turned around and walked into the house again, rubbing his hands excitedly. Just as he was about to tell the construction formula, he heard Ping Hai's voice coming from a distance: