Azur Lane: I Traveled Through Graduation Port

Things like red and white fish cakes and lobster, yellow fish roe and scallops would be fine.

But what are the red slices of meat, the blue shredded vegetables, and the brown meatballs with intricately carved patterns?

"Commander, you missed the Osetsu cooking yesterday. I asked Jiang Feng to prepare this meal especially for you. I didn't expect that Lord Amagi would also help."

"In addition to the vegetables grown by the destroyer children in the temporary base, most of the ingredients were purchased by Shiranui from Inaba Island, and a lot of them are monster meat that has been confirmed to be edible."

The little loli Nagato introduced him with a dignified look, while Yamashiro showed an innocent look.

With a smile, he stared at his face and added:

"Don't worry, Your Highness. Although these ingredients look simple, I heard from Shiranui that if the people of Liaozhou bring these to Oran to sell, they can be considered luxury goods. There will be no problem."

Well, it’s not that Lin Lan didn’t trust his Sakura Empire shipgirls, he was just simply surprised by the wide variety of sumptuous dishes.

After all, when he traveled to the United States of Oran, the specialty dishes of Liaozhou were no longer available in Oran. In addition, the stacked layers of Sakura cuisine displayed in a square wooden box were the first time he had seen the real thing, so it was very novel.

At the same time, he also understood why this breakfast was so rich and exquisite, and why the dishes were arranged in layers in square wooden boxes.

Like the New Year’s Eve dinner in Donghuang, the New Year’s Eve dinner in Chongqing is called “Osechi Ryori”, but it’s just called differently.

Traditional Osechi cuisine is made by stacking the dishes in layers in a wooden box called a juhako, which symbolizes fate, or luck and good fortune.

"I'm just a little surprised because it's my first time seeing Osechi's food. You guys should eat too. Don't just look at me."

So he smiled and said to everyone, since Nagato said it was specially prepared for him, he was no longer polite, took the lead in picking up a piece of red and white fish cake with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

The moment he chewed the tender meat, the non-greasy aromatic seafood flavor spread in his mouth, which made him feel refreshed.

It's not like he hadn't eaten fish cake on the way here with Musashi and the others.

But it was no exaggeration to say that it was the first time in his life that he had tasted such delicious fish cakes.

No wonder Musashi told him that when he arrived in Liaozhou, he would see the new and improved Sakura cuisine.

The original style of Chongqing cuisine is characterized by natural colors, delicious taste, diverse shapes, and exquisite utensils. The high-quality ingredients of Liaozhou Jiudao can be said to have brought Chongqing cuisine to a new height.

After he picked up his chopsticks, Nagato, Amagi and the others also picked up their chopsticks and enjoyed the food with him.

Fuso and Yamashiro had already had breakfast, so they just asked Jiang Feng to pour a bowl of miso soup for each of them, and then looked at Lin Lan with a smile.

While Lin Lan and everyone else were enjoying this belated Osechi meal, the intellectual elder sister Fuso also briefly explained to Lin Lan and Nagato the arrangements for today's New Year's Day festival.

But through Fuso's explanation, Lin Lan unexpectedly discovered that in fact, today's New Year's Festival only requires going to the shrine in the morning, when Nagato will perform a blessing ceremony for all the Sakura Empire ship girls.

After that, it was time for the Sakura Empire's ship girls to move around freely, and the whole process was not as troublesome as he had imagined.

Originally, he thought that the process of a festival like this would be very complicated. It seems that the Sakura Empire's ship girls do not want to make this format too complicated during the festival.

However, despite this, they still have to arrive at the shrine early, clean the place, and arrange some shrine decorations that represent the new year and new atmosphere.

Fortunately, most of the decorations had been completed yesterday, so it won’t be too busy when we get to the shrine.

The warm breakfast time soon ended. After eating, Lin Lan set off with the other Sakura warship girls. Jiang Feng left the dining table to the mansion.

The barbarians inside were cleaned up by the servants.

Lin Lan had to admit that Nagato's mansion covered a very large area. It took them several minutes to walk from the dining room to the main entrance.

He even seriously doubted that he might get lost if he wandered here alone.

As everyone was talking and laughing as they walked towards the gate, the guard girl Jiang Feng approached him and said to him:

"Commander, Noshiro and Sakuno handed your luggage to me yesterday. I have packed it and placed it in the bedroom prepared for you."

Jiang Feng's words made Lin Lan understand that he would probably live here most of the time on Snow Sakura Island from now on.

Lin Lan was not surprised by this arrangement. After all, when he came back from the shrine last night, he saw that the scope of this temporary port area was not particularly large compared to Iron Blood and White Eagle.

However, Nagato had told him yesterday that the main reason was to protect the primeval forest around Snow Sakura Island.

The Sakura Empire camp was not the island country on Blue Star where he had a good life before he traveled through time.

The kind-hearted Sakura Empire shipgirls all take protecting the natural environment very seriously.

Since Nagato's mansion has many vacant rooms, living here would save him the trouble of setting aside an extra area to build a house.

Moreover, this is the center of the temporary port area. It is very convenient to go to the office area of ​​the temporary port area, to the riverside dock, or to visit other Sakura Empire ship girl dormitories.

Most importantly, Lin Lan felt that if he lived alone in a house, it would likely lead to a very scary situation:

That means it is basically impossible for him to sleep well at night.

Yesterday, when he was chatting with the Sakura Empire shipgirls at the shrine, he had already felt countless burning and greedy gazes.

Even the lovely Lady Miko would sneak into his bed at night, so what about Atago, the most senior driver of the Sakura Empire? What about the extremely possessive Sakura Empire shipgirls, such as Hayabusa, Taiho, and Akagi?

This place is recognized as a dangerous place for commanders, and a holy place for tempering kidney function in the Sakura Empire.

It turned out to be safer for him to live here with Nagato. Otherwise, even if he had the passive skill of a hero, his body would be drained out.

Chapter 639: There is no need to look at the rubbish in the warehouse

After the group walked out of the main gate of the mansion, Lin Lan also changed into wooden clogs at the entrance.

To be honest, he was not used to wearing shoes made of such a hard material, but he thought that he would only have to wear them for one day, so he just regarded it as an experience of the traditional culture of Sakura Empire.

As it was still early and the sun had not yet risen above the sea, the streets were still very deserted.

Looking at the surrounding wooden buildings and white-leafed trees planted along the roadside, Lin Lan felt that this place was more like an ancient town full of Japanese style than a temporary port area.

A breeze blew, and the white leaves on the trees made a rustling sound. Under the breeze, they fluttered and fell like snowy cherry blossom petals, which was particularly beautiful.

In addition to these white-leafed trees, Lin Lan also saw pink real cherry trees in full bloom interspersed among them.

These beautiful plants, paired with the white lanterns used for roadside lighting and the quaint buildings, together create a peaceful and beautiful atmosphere.

"On the way here from the shrine, we saw Shiranui and the children of the destroyers setting up a stall outside the shrine. I think it will be very lively today."

Walking on the street, Fuso smiled and said to everyone.

Curious baby Mutsu discovered something suspicious and asked Fuso in confusion:

"Eh? Didn't Akashi come back yesterday? When Akashi was here, she would always rush to be in charge of setting up the stalls at every festival, right?"

"Well, now that you mention it, my sister and I did not see Akashi. Could it be that she and the commander were too tired after the long journey back, so she took a rest today?"

Yamashiro wagged his black cat tail and put his hand to his mouth as he pondered a response.

She also thought it was very rare for Akashi to give up such a good opportunity to make money. This was not like the style of that small profiteer.

"Why is Akashi tired? She doesn't have to fight. It's so strange, why is that?"

"Will she be miserable if she misses this opportunity?"

Mutsu seemed very curious about this matter. He jumped around the crowd and thought about it over and over again.

Lin Lan naturally knew the reason. He smiled and reached out his hand to hold Mu Ao, holding the short-haired little witch in his arms, and said with a smile:

"Akashi was assigned by me to deliver goods to the sacred tree barrier. If she hasn't returned yet, I guess she will come to the shrine with Musashi and Unzen."

After answering Mutsu's questions, he pinched Mutsu's cute little round face and put the curious little baby down.

Last night at the shrine, he had asked Akashi to send the still sleeping demon king into the sacred tree barrier.

I'm afraid that Akashi is now feeling the pain of missing out on the opportunity to make money by setting up a stall at the New Year's Festival, just as Mutsu said.

However, just as Lin Lan put Mutsu back on the ground, the little girl seemed to have found her backbone, looked up at him and continued to ask:

"Then why didn't the commander let Akashi deliver the goods into the Imperial Sacred Tree Barrier last night?"

"Forehead……"

Lin Lan and Mu Ao looked at each other with innocent eyes and were stunned.

Yes, why didn’t he just let Akashi send the Demon King into the sacred tree barrier last night?

Mutsu's question really stumped him.

However, Mutsu's questioning session was far from over.

There is an end.

The lively little witch blinked her innocent eyes and launched a series of whys and whys at him:

"Does the cargo have to be delivered this morning? Why? Can't it be delivered at noon or after the New Year's Day festival?"

"Why Commander... wuwuwu!"

Faced with a series of questions, Lin Lan chose to stretch out her hands and rub Mutsu's fair and tender face vigorously, successfully interrupting the fox-eared little loli's continuous casting of spells.

A hundred thousand whys, so terrifying.

If Mutsu were to continue asking questions, he would definitely be embarrassed.

He also personally experienced the embarrassment and shame that Nagato felt in the morning.

When Tiancheng and others saw Lin Lan and Mutsu playing together, they all smiled happily.

They haven't experienced the relaxed atmosphere that everyone used to have in the port for a long time. It's great that the Commander is finally back with them.

Walking on the spacious street in the morning light, Nagato and Amagi also introduced the various areas of the temporary port area to Lin Lan.

"Commander, that five-story tower is the temporary port office area here. We usually discuss important matters, hold combat meetings, and coordinate fleet resources there."

Nagato pointed to the tallest ancient-style tower not far from them and introduced it to Lin Lan.

Lin Lan looked over. He had noticed this ancient white five-story tower last night. It looked like an ordinary landscape, but he did not expect it to be the central building of the temporary port area.

In the history of Blue Star, this five-story pagoda architectural style was introduced to Chongqing from the Tang Dynasty of ancient Donghuang, which inevitably made Lin Lan feel a little nostalgic.

"My Lord, this is our warehouse. The supplies that Shiranui purchased from Inaba Island, the monsters we killed, and the various fleet supplies we brought from the port area are also stored in the warehouse."

After walking for a while, Tiancheng pointed to the Sakura-style building surrounded by white walls on the side of the road and said with a smile.

Lin Lan looked at the warehouse with the main door closed and asked Tiancheng curiously:

"I heard that many parts of Liaozhou's monsters can be used as weapons or armor materials. Have you tried using them?"

"If you are referring to the crystals in the monsters' bodies, or those hard scales and bones, they are of no use to us."

Tiancheng heard Lin Lan's question and patiently explained it to him:

"Our sabers are made of a unique alloy created by Manchu and Bri using the energy of the magic cube, and are forged through multiple processes. Moreover, some of the children's weapons are derived from ship armor."

"As for armor... well, sir, you don't think there is any material that is stronger than our ship armor, do you? Hehe~"

Well, Lin Lan just realized that what he thought were valuable monster materials might actually be just a pile of useless junk for the Sakura Empire's ship girls.

Compared to the powerful ship equipment and various +13 equipment of the Ship Girls, the materials dropped by these monsters can neither increase the damage of the Ship Girls' attacks, nor do the Ship Girls need such armor to protect themselves from the Sirens' fire.

But what he didn't expect was that the melee weapons used by the Sakura Empire shipgirls were also made by Cube Technology.

A weapon specially made to fight Sirens.

When he was on the Shinyo artificial island, he carefully admired Noshiro's sword. The blade was so sharp that it could be described as cutting through iron like mud, which was already a derogatory term. It could even cut through the armor of a siren.

Just by looking at the blade, he could vaguely feel that the space around the blade had a sense of being torn and twisted.

Before that, the most lethal melee weapon he had ever seen was the ancient naval sword of the Orlan Navy when he made the Red Leaf Covenant.

But when he saw the swords of the Sakura Empire's ship girls, he realized that the naval sword was just a toy.

The swords of the Sakura Empire's ship girls are definitely considered to be artifacts among artifacts in this different world, and it is not an exaggeration to even worship them.

All in all, for the Sakura Empire's shipgirls, the most useful thing from monsters is the delicious meat.

Tiancheng saw Lin Lan's thoughtful expression, smiled confidently, and continued:

"So most of the monster materials we collected were sold by Shiranui to the Liaozhou people of Inaba Island. Even so, before I fell ill, there was still a large amount of materials piled up in the warehouse."

"From what Shiranui said, she seems to be planning... well, the word seems to be 'hunger marketing'."

"If you are curious, you can come to the warehouse to check after the New Year's Day ceremony is over."

Lin Lan was also amused when she heard Tiancheng say with a smile that Shiranui was planning to use the marketing method of "hunger marketing".

I can only say that she is worthy of being called Shiranui. She is truly a profiteer from the port area who is on par with Akashi and is in cahoots with him.

He thought for a moment, then smiled and said to the Sakura Empire strategist:

"There's no rush. Today is the first day of the new year, and the most important thing is to have fun with everyone. There will be plenty of time to visit the warehouse later."

Since he already knew that the monster materials in the warehouse were all useless junk, he certainly wouldn't waste his precious time accompanying the ship girls to go to the warehouse today.