Daily life with the ship girl

Chapter 110: So willful

Li Ran originally had some good feelings towards these sea merchants, but every time he saw them, they would gather together, and since their arrival, his original garrison had become a little noisy.

Li Ran could sense that Bismarck was already somewhat dissatisfied, and because of the arrival of Z24 and Z28, these merchants undoubtedly left him no time to be alone with Bismarck, which was really annoying.

Although making money is important, it is insignificant compared to the happiness of the ship girls.

The merchants looked at each other. They had undoubtedly followed Ganoluo here, but it was obvious that the young admiral was in a bad mood, so the atmosphere became a little awkward.

A trace of anger appeared on Li Ran's face. These sea merchants came again. Everyone was observing the others' words and expressions, and everyone was waiting for others to make a decision. This was just like fence-sitters. No, they were fence-sitters, a bunch of damn speculators.

He Hai felt that Li Ran's mood had inexplicably become a little bad. He was still a little puzzled, but it was obvious that he couldn't get involved with those guys now. He quickly said to Li Ran in a humble tone:

"Admiral, I came here to practice for your shipgirl and Miss Bai. Now that the practice is over, I will take my leave."

"Boss He, please go ahead." Li Ran's expression eased a little. This fat man was more observant of others' expressions. Unlike these guys, he looked coldly at the old man who was leading the group. Now he had a kind face, and his tone was full of indifference:

"Canolio, just say whatever you want to say."

Ganoluo always felt something was wrong, but the value of that batch of mist fragrance wood was too enviable, and he would not allow anyone to interfere. Now that so many sea merchants had arrived, he made a wrong decision in a hurry. He said with a smile:

"Admiral Li, I came here this time to discuss the cooperation with Wuxiangmu. As for the construction of the supply station, I think you don't need to let an unknown person like He Hai take charge. Just leave it to me..."

Li Ran waved his hand and sneered:

"Have you said enough?"

The smile on Ganoluo's face disappeared, and he suddenly felt that he had been smart all his life, but in a hurry he forgot an important thing, that is, although the young man in front of him looked down and out now, he had the identity of an admiral. With this identity, even if this young man was down and out, he could not be threatened by him.

When the sea merchants, especially some small sea merchants of the Black Gold Merchant Alliance, heard Ganoluo say this, they thought that Li Ran had given in. While they admired Ganoluo for his experience, they began to make various demands on Li Ran.

Li Ran just listened, and the anger on his face became more and more obvious, but then he laughed in anger, his tone full of ill intentions:

"Everyone? Do you think Li Ran is an easy target?"

Bismarck didn't understand why the admiral suddenly got angry, but she could also hear that the words of these merchants just now were full of threats. She signaled the destroyers to retreat, and she stood quietly beside Li Ran with her ship equipment unfolded.

The faces of all the merchants turned pale, especially Ganoluo, who felt something was not good. He saw that Li Ran was so close to Sihai Merchants. Originally, Sihai Merchants was almost bankrupt because of him, but the eldest daughter of Sihai Merchants became the admiral, and all the previous plans were ruined. And today, he saw the close relationship between Bai Nuoyan and Li Ran, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. The old fox who has been dominating the business world will always reveal flaws and make mistakes as soon as he gets old.

This time, Canolio wanted to use these ignorant maritime merchants to force the emperor to abdicate, but he chose the wrong person.

As Ganoluo listened to the sea merchants' increasingly brazen words and the young man's increasingly calm expression, his ominous premonition grew stronger and stronger. Just as he was about to explain, he heard Li Ran say coldly:

"Bismarck, show him out!"

"Admiral Li, aren't you afraid of being targeted in maritime trade in the future if you do this?" A short-sighted merchant said with ill intention at this time. He saw that Li Ran became an admiral even though he was younger than him, and thought of his experience of being expelled from the Admiral Academy. Now with Ganoluo's instigation, the flames of jealousy burned out his reason.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present knew that something was wrong. This sentence was simply a rift between the two.

When Li Ran heard this, he finally laughed, and then she said:

"Get lost! If we see your ships on the high seas, we will sink them. If you don't believe me, you can try! Bismarck, use force to drive them away. This is my territory and I am the boss. I was thinking of having a patient talk with you about cooperation, but it's a pity that you can't change your ways. You've made too much money and have been blinded by your greed. You don't even open your eyes to see whose territory you are standing on!"

"Everyone, please leave immediately, otherwise I will use violence!" Bismarck didn't understand why Li Ran turned against the merchants, but she didn't need to care about it and didn't want to care about it. As a soldier and as his ship girl, it was enough to obey orders, so she aimed the main gun of the ship at those ships.

Ganoluo was a little embarrassed at this time. He suddenly remembered the back of He Hai who had left earlier. He finally reacted, so his tone was full of loneliness:

"Admiral Li, I was wrong about this matter. Let's leave now."

Li Ran didn't even look at him, but turned and walked towards the garrison.

Guokang and Jilin followed Li Ran, while Z24, Z28 and U47 looked at Bismarck's back, admiration flashing in their little eyes.

Li Ran held the hands of Jilin and Guogan, and then he seemed to be impulsive again, but it didn't seem to be that impulsive. This short day made him understand that it was not a bad thing for the garrison to be quiet. Moreover, dealing with merchants was really a very laborious thing. He gradually understood a truth. Since the merchants came only for the profits, there must be disputes along with the profits, and there were a lot of messy trivial matters. He felt that since he had become an admiral, it would be too depressing if he was still restricted by those guys.

Moreover, Li Ran was not afraid of these maritime merchants stirring up trouble. After all, the country's navy was now in name only, and the escort missions were taken over by the ship girls of the major garrisons and the free ship girls of each mercenary group. If they wanted to take the Death Route, it was necessary to come to Xiguang Island for the last wave of supplies. His original idea was actually very simple, which was to collect tolls.

But not long ago, he was touched by the sensitive nerves of tariff exemption and so on, and then he realized that he was already a stateless person, and now he did not need to be bound by any law, and Xiguang Island was his territory, he was the master here, and he did not need to be polite to others. So, he simply tore off the fig leaf between him and the sea merchants, he felt too annoyed.

This feeling is like you opened a company, but then forgot to bring your access card and were stopped by your own company's security guard and were not allowed to enter. It's too ridiculous. Since you have already said that you want to be the flag of the ship girls, it may not be a bad thing to be a little willful and domineering.

Li Ran felt much calmer as he thought about this. When he returned to the garrison with the others, he received a message from Bismarck:

"Admiral, do we have to expel He Hai as well?"

"Let's drive them all away. But as for He Hai, tell him to wait for the right time. I will contact him again."

Li Ran thought about it and felt that He Hai was not a bad person. However, he had to show some respect to those arrogant merchants. The dignity of a trainee admiral was not something they could tarnish with money.

"Understood." Bismarck hung up the phone.

Li Ran feels that people nowadays are surprisingly relaxed. She originally wanted to make money quickly and then go shopping, but after coming into contact with these sea merchants, she discovered that the hearts of capitalists are indeed black, and the rules of this world seem to be simpler and more brutal, with the strong prevailing.

Li Ran somewhat understood why Bai Nuoyan said that her family's business revived after she became the admiral. This was simply because Bai Nuoyan's identity had changed.

He fell into deep thought. Although he had read some books about this world, he always thought that admiral was just a title without much influence. But he remembered those dotted islands on the nautical chart. Those were garrisons, and the locations of these garrisons were the key nodes of the world's maritime trade, and they were also the first line of defense for mankind against deep-sea invasions.

Li Ran finally understood that there was no need to be polite to these maritime merchants, because they were a group of fat sheep. It can be said that the economy of the entire world was controlled by various countries and business alliances, but in essence, it was a group of fat sheep protected by the admirals that controlled the basic order of the world, and it was these garrisons that were actually fighting on the front line in the deep sea.

It's just because the admiral is not allowed to get involved in politics, power struggles and other trivial matters, so ordinary people don't have much respect for the admiral. This leads to some people often becoming self-inflated and self-righteously looking for trouble with the admiral.

Li Ran figured out why the book said that the admiral's circle was very small. Birds of a feather flock together. Only admirals have common topics to talk about. As for those sea merchants or anyone else, they all want to be protected by the garrison.

Now these protected people are turning around and threatening their protectors. This is what makes Li Ran most angry.

However, after driving away these sea merchants, Li Ran's face fell again. He leaned back in his chair, looking as if he had lost all desire to live.

Seeing that the admiral looked unhappy, Guogan shook his hand gently and said:

"Admiral, are you unhappy?"

Li Ran looked at the ceiling and said, "No, I was just thinking how stupid I was. I always thought you would like the garrison to be more lively."

Jilin took off his shoes and stood on the sofa, put his arms around Li Ran's neck, and said:

"I don't like it. Admiral, you are such an idiot. If those guys come, how can we go swimming at the beach?"

Li Ran was held by Jilin. He was stunned for a moment, sat up straight, and rubbed her cheek:

"Then we have to make money in the future, otherwise how can we buy you nice clothes and resources?"

Keelin frowned.

"I don't understand. Anyway, the Admiral is here, so Gillin won't worry."

Li Ran smiled bitterly. He picked up Keeling and put him on the ground. Then he heard Bismarck's steady footsteps. He looked back and said with a self-deprecating smile:

"It seems that I was impulsive again this time. Last time I got angry at you, this time I got angry at outsiders. I don't know who will suffer next time."

Chapter 111: Maybe the time is right

Bismarck looked at the tiredness on Li Ran's face and felt a little distressed, but the decision Li Ran made this time made her feel that the admiral had finally come to his senses.

Bismarck walked behind Li Ran and said:

"Whatever decision the admiral makes, Bismarck will support it."

Li Ran turned around, sat up straight, stretched himself and said:

"There is no regret medicine in the world. I was willful this time, but I don't know what to do in the future."

"Don't worry, Admiral, we are here." Bismarck was not very good at comforting people. She had always been more straightforward. Now when she heard the admiral say this, her words were very concise.

"Well, it's good to have you here. By the way, those guys didn't cause you too much trouble, did they?"

"No, several ship girls from the Thunder Garrison stayed behind to escort them."

"That's enough. Let's not talk about this anymore. What do you think about Z24 and the others?"

Li Ran watched Guo Gan and Ji Lin take the three kids out to play. He waited until they were alone with Bismarck at the garrison before he said:

"If you want to send them to your sister, I can give you a vacation."

"Well, no need. The three of them are safer in our port area now. As for helping them find the other members of the Black Cross Mercenary Group, let's talk about it when we return to the port. I believe in the strength of Nuremberg and Hindenburg. There is nothing that the two of them can't overcome together."

Li Ran was silent. He didn't have a deep impression of Nuremberg and Hindenburg. After all, it was normal for new ship girls to appear after traveling through time. He asked curiously:

"What do you know about Nuremberg and Hindenburg?"

"Well, I don't know much. Nuremberg is my sister and I's predecessor, but there has been no news of her waking up. Even in my memory, my impression of her is very vague. But Xiao Zhai may know her, but I don't know if my current sister is what Xiao Zhai looks like when she grows up. If not, I'm afraid that sister won't have any impression of Nuremberg."

"Can the Ship Girl still grow?"

"Yes, generally speaking, Battleship Girls will grow through transformation, but there are exceptions. The young Tirpitz and the adult Tirpitz may be two Battleship Girls who awaken independently, or they may be one Battleship Girl."

"It feels a bit complicated, but what should we do now?"

"Is the Admiral thinking about resources?"

"Yes, I've been to an oil field. The daily output of oil there is at most 100 units. As for steel, it's only 150 units a day. As for aluminum, there is not enough equipment now, so it's only 40 units a day. As for bullets, there is no production line, so the output of ammunition is zero. At this rate, our warehouse will not last more than half a month."

Bismarck frowned, thought for a moment and then said:

"As for aluminum, we can have the destroyers go on an expedition to Island C to transport it. Because there are blue fairies on Island C, the production of aluminum is not a problem. However, oil, ammunition and steel all rely on importing some large equipment, which does require a lot of money, which can only be earned slowly by accepting escort commissions."

Li Ran smiled bitterly:

"I've really been asking for trouble this time because of my willfulness. I originally wanted to play along with these sea merchants, but I found that I don't have the patience."

"It's okay. Building the port is not just your responsibility, Admiral."

"I understand. From now on I can only rely on you."

Bismarck saw that Li Ran was being naughty again. She rolled her eyes at him and then thought of a more serious question:

"But Admiral, the funding issue is easier to solve, but there are still too few people in the port area right now."

"You want me to build a big one?" Li Ran smiled bitterly.

"But we have less than a thousand units of the four resources. I'm afraid that if we continue to build, you and Richelieu may not have many opportunities to go on expeditions."

Bismarck was silent. She knew that the cost of her expedition was too great, but she still felt that this matter must be resolved:

"Then Richelieu and I will not go out to fight, so that the destroyers can have a chance to exercise. Besides, after the three islands are taken, the deep-sea threats facing our port area will be greatly reduced."

"Well, that's all I can do for now. Let's not talk about this anymore. I feel like I've been busy all day for nothing. Can you go for a walk with me?"

Bismarck heard Li Ran's invitation, her cat ears moved, and then she responded:

"Ah."

Li Ran stood up, feeling that his clothes were a little hot. He had been wanting to change into casual clothes, but the sudden arrival of the merchants left him no time. Now he was the only one on the island with the ship girls, so he decided to wear simple clothes for comfort:

"I'm going to change into casual clothes. It's so hot wearing this admiral uniform today."

"Well, I'll wait for you downstairs."

Li Ran nodded, looking at Bismarck sitting upright, he walked and said:

"You, don't be too hard on yourself."

When Bismarck heard Li Ran say this and looked at the admiral's back, a trace of confusion flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Li Ran went upstairs to wash up, then changed into a short-sleeved sailor shirt, put on beach pants, and went downstairs in slippers:

"Let's go. By the way, look at my head. Bismarck, do you want to change your clothes too? Will it be hot in the ship girl uniform?"

Li Ran saw Bismarck still wearing the military uniform. Although he looked very handsome, he looked very hot.

Bismarck shook his head:

"No need, our shipgirl uniforms only look thick, but they actually have a built-in temperature-changing function."

"Automatic temperature change?" Li Ran's mouth twitched. Well, it turns out that there is black technology everywhere in this unscientific world.

Li Ran and Bismarck walked out of the garrison side by side. The sunlight was no longer so glaring.

Li Ran saw that the sky was just right. He could finally be alone with Bismarck. He had always been concerned about Bismarck's worries. As they walked along the forest path, he said:

"What kind of ship girl is Tirpitz?"

Bismarck didn't know why Li Ran suddenly mentioned her sister who was hiding somewhere. She thought for a moment and said:

"She likes to read books, is lazy all day, doesn't like to go out, and is a stay-at-home girl. She is a worry for me. She has never wanted to be serious and doesn't like to go to battle. But I don't want to see her get serious."

Li Ran scratched his head as he heard Bismarck's somewhat contradictory words:

"Hey, Bismarck, don't think so badly of Bei Zhai. She is your sister after all."

"Admiral, you are wrong. She is not bad. She is a homebody. She is a very homebody. But I heard from Z24 that she has grown a lot. Although I have expected my arrival and she will definitely feel it as a sister ship, she has grown a lot in the three months when I was away."

"I don't quite understand, but you should want to meet her sooner, after all, she is your sister. Since you have a connection, you have to meet her to feel at ease. Although you know that both of you are doing well, if you don't meet, don't you always feel that something is missing?"

"Yes, indeed. I really want to see her, but I also don't want to see her. Admiral, I am very conflicted."