Daily life with the ship girl

"Admiral, I need to remind you that although we can confirm that there are resources on the island because we found fairies, we have no money. It's too early to dream of sailing."

Li Ran spread his hands helplessly and teased Bismarck:

"Bismarck, can you support your dream as admiral?"

"Well, of course I support it." Bismarck had a blank expression on his face, a sly look flashed in his eyes, and he said in a serious tone:

"But I think it's more important to face reality. The admiral can't even support a few of us now."

Li Ran's face fell. She looked at Lexington, who was laughing secretly with his hands covering his mouth. He was not discouraged and said confidently:

"Don't worry, as long as you dare to think and dare to do, there is nothing you can't do. After all, don't I have you?"

Lexington and Bismarck looked at each other, and saw a trace of helplessness in each other's eyes. Li Ran's words warmed their hearts. Lexington lifted her bangs and smiled on her gentle face. She said:

"That's right, Commander, we still have you. We will always be with you."

Bismarck didn't say many sensational words. She just nodded heavily, indicating that she was the same as Lexington. Li Ran looked at the two of them and thought:

I'm really under a lot of pressure with you guys like this.

However, this feeling of being trusted is really good.

The three of them talked for a while, and then Lexington went upstairs to accompany Saratoga. The blonde sister-in-law's condition had deteriorated a little, and Li Ran was a little worried.

Li Ran thought about it and decided that he couldn't be so relaxed right now. He said to Bismarck:

"Bismarck, please help me call Pinghai and Firefly. I have something important to say in front of everyone."

Bismarck nodded. As soon as she left the garrison, she saw Firefly running towards her. She turned to Li Ran and said:

"It seems like something happened to Firefly, so he ran back alone."

Li Ran was stunned for a moment. He was about to wash his face, but when he reached the stairs, Bismarck called him. He hurried back and saw the panting Firefly at the gate of the garrison. He said curiously:

"What's wrong? Are you running so fast?"

"Admiral." Firefly panted, her words were a little intermittent:

"Something bad is going on."

When Li Ran heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he was about to ask Bismarck for help.

But I heard the firefly continue:

"There is a large fleet that wants to enter the port. Sister Pinghai and Sister Juno said that these people are of unknown origin and are barging in unreasonably."

"Unreasonable?" Li Ran's face flashed with anger. He looked at Bismarck, whose face had also turned cold, and said in a cold voice:

"Take us there. I want to see who dares to act so recklessly in my port area."

Firefly saw Li Ran's murderous look, she got anxious, knowing that she had said something wrong, and quickly waved her hands to explain, but Li Ran stopped her, thinking that Firefly had been wronged and came back for help, he shouted:

"Lexington, come down for a moment, someone is here to cause trouble."

Lexington was talking to Saratoga when she heard the anger in Li Ran's voice. She said to her sister:

"I'm going to be busy now. You should rest well. The commander is in trouble."

Saratoga pouted and said nothing. She watched her sister close the door. She looked out the window with some confusion in her eyes.

Besides, Li Ran, Lexington and Bismarck, led by Firefly, rushed to the deepwater harbor with murderous intent, but the scene on the coast was quite different.

Chapter 30: Sihai Chamber of Commerce

Li Ran and others came to the deepwater harbor in a menacing manner and saw Pinghai talking to a strange woman. When she saw Li Ran coming, she waved her hand vigorously, motioning Li Ran to come over.

Li Ran looked at Firefly strangely. Firefly felt a little aggrieved. She said:

"Admiral, you misunderstood me."

Li Ran looked slightly embarrassed, because judging from the way Ping Hai interacted with those people, it didn't look like there was any dispute. Since his own ship girl called him, he might as well go over first.

Li Ran brought Bismarck and Lexington to Ping Hai. Everyone's eyes turned to him. Ping Hai said proudly:

"This is my admiral. Whether you can stop the ship in the deepwater harbor is up to the admiral to decide."

Li Ran was a little confused. He hesitated for a moment. Since he was not here with bad intentions, he couldn't put on a sour face. So he smiled in a formulaic way and said:

"Hello, my name is Li Ran, and I'm the admiral of this island."

The woman who was talking to Ping Hai was wearing a thin shirt and a small sword. She looked very tough. She glanced at Li Ran, and a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes. Li Ran was too young, but she didn't realize that she was only twenty years old. She said in an old-fashioned way:

"Hello, I'm Bai Nuoyan, the vice president of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce. Are you the admiral of this island?"

"Yeah." Li Ran responded. The little girl spoke like an adult, which was a little cute. He smiled:

"Vice President Bai is so young, what brings you here?"

Bai Nuoyan hesitated for a moment and said:

"The thing is, our ship got lost, and we happened to see an island here, so we wanted to come up for supplies. Don't get me wrong, I know it's a bit rude to make such a request."

Li Ran was a little confused. He didn't quite understand some of the existing rules of this world. He contacted Lexington through the admiral's personal network and asked:

"Why would she say that?"

Lexington was looking at the other party's attire, which was indeed the uniform of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce. She and her sister had accepted two commissions from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, but this was the first time she had met Bai Nuoyan in person. When she heard Li Ran's question, she responded in the channel:

"It's like this. When an island has a garrison, the owner of the garrison, that is, the admiral, is considered the owner of the island by default. In other words, it is a private territory. Except for the shipgirls and the admiral, ordinary people are not allowed to go on the island without permission."

Li Ran nodded, and he understood something. So he coughed, looked at Bai Nuoyan who looked nervous, and smiled:

"Of course, but I don't think I can provide much fuel or anything else except fresh water."

Bismarck looked at these people calmly. She was not afraid of them picking on her. Bai Nuoyan noticed Bismarck in military uniform and felt a strong aura. She was a little nervous and said:

"To be honest, our ship had some problems and the compass and wind vane malfunctioned, so we mistakenly entered your island. I hope Admiral Li Ran can forgive us for our recklessness this time."

Li Ran was a little surprised as to why Bai Nuoyan said such a thing. He glanced and found that Bismarck was emitting a very strong aura, so he smiled bitterly and said on the admiral's personal network channel:

"Bismarck, you're scaring them like this."

Bismarck was stunned. She was just afraid that something might happen to Li Ran. After all, he was carrying weapons and the ship looked like an armed merchant ship. Although the ship girl was not afraid of these, her admiral was just an ordinary person after all. However, after hearing Li Ran's words, she restrained her aura.

Li Rao scratched his head, and seeing that Bismarck no longer looked like he didn't want strangers to come in, he sighed and said to Bai Nuoyan:

"No problem, but I'm afraid we can only provide you with some simple supplies such as fresh water. Repairing the ship may be..."

When Lexington heard what Bai Nuoyan said, she suddenly thought of a good idea to help the admiral make money, so she contacted him through the exclusive channel between the ship girl and the admiral and said:

"Commander, if we want to repair the ship, as long as the other party has the tools, don't we have magical fairies on our island? Fairies are professional repairmen."

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, looking at Bai Nuoyan who looked disappointed, he coughed:

"I'm afraid you'll have to provide the tools to repair the ship. After all, you've seen the current situation of my port. We've just started, and we don't have any tools. We do have professional repairmen, but the cost..."

Bai Nuoyan's face lit up with joy. As long as the ship could be repaired, her cargo would not be delayed, and she would not have to worry about huge liquidated damages. In comparison, the repair fee was just a small amount of money. She quickly said:

"The cost is not a problem. As long as you can help us fix the compass and wind vane, the price is negotiable."

Li Ran didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward. He was a little confused and asked Lexington through the exclusive channel:

"But is this the price for the repair?"

Lexington responded:

"Don't worry, as long as the magical fairies can help, their offer will satisfy the commander."

"So, how come I seem to have become a criminal capitalist?"

"Commander, you are really humorous. But Bismarck, the goblins seem to be more friendly to you. I'll trouble you to repair the ship."

"No problem." Bismarck was still very frugal with words and responded on the exclusive channel.

The three of them finished their conversation. Li Ran straightened his collar, adjusted his tone, and nodded:

"Vice President Bai, you can call your ship into the port now."

Bai Nuoyan nodded and said to the butler beside him:

"Uncle Li, tell them to bring the boat in."

Li Sanyan's old face flashed a trace of relief. His daughter was so young and independent, and she was also able to establish a friendship with an admiral. This was really a blessing for the Sihai Chamber of Commerce. He said in a hoarse voice:

"Leave it to me, young lady. Come on, signal everyone to dock with the flags. Remember to tell those little bastards to put away their weapons. This is a garrison, don't make things difficult for yourself."

Lai Li was a big, burly man, and he said:

"Don't worry, Steward Li. If these little bastards don't obey me, I will beat them so hard that their parents won't recognize them."

……

Li Ran was responsible for receiving Bai Nuoyan. As for Li Sanyan, as the steward of the Bai family, he knew the hierarchy very well and did not follow. Instead, he was responsible for negotiating some specific transaction matters with Lexington on the shore.

After all, Li Sanyan had a deep impression of Lexington. He had seen this aircraft carrier ship girl several times and had been commissioned by the company for several major commissions. He had witnessed with his own eyes that this gentle-looking woman could defeat the invading deep-sea black fleet with one move. However, he did not expect that with the passage of time, such a powerful ship girl would find an admiral. He respected Li Ran's identity more and more. Although there were many people who had ship girls following them, the admirals who had aircraft carrier ship girls were all famous people. The commissions of these people were often ridiculously expensive and extremely difficult to get along with. However, he saw an opportunity in Li Ran, and thought to himself that he had to find a chance to talk to the lady and make friends with this admiral.

Lexington was staring at the old man in front of her in a daze. She felt that the old man was somewhat familiar, but it was just a feeling of familiarity. In fact, the ship girls rarely remember the names of ordinary people. This is meaningless to them, unless that person is their admiral. So she did not ask, but said to Bismarck:

"Bismarck, go call the goblins and ask them to help."

Bismarck nodded. She hesitated for a moment, watching Pinghai and Firefly following Li Ran. She was still a little worried about the woman named Bai Nuoyan.

Lexington smiled:

"Don't worry, Pinghai and Firefly are only light cruisers and destroyers, but I believe they can protect the commander."

Li Sanyan listened to the conversation between the two beautiful women. Although he had already guessed that the two women were ship girls, he did not expect that the little girl in the red cheongsam was also a ship girl. Even the little blonde loli who looked harmless was actually a ship girl. He lowered his attitude even more.

Bismarck thought about it and withdrew his gaze from Bai Nuoyan. This made Bai Nuoyan, who had been following Li Ran, feel the pressure relieved, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Ran felt a little strange and was about to ask Bai Nuoyan, but he heard a cry of surprise from behind. He turned around curiously and found that all this was caused by Bismarck's deployment of the ship's equipment. He was a little amused and said:

"I'm sorry to have made Vice President Bai laugh."

Bai Nuoyan felt very embarrassed by her people's reaction. She was about to scold them, but when she turned around, she saw the Bismarck's ship equipment unfolded. She opened her mouth and her face was a little pale. Is this the ship girl? As expected, she is worthy of being called the strongest fighting force on the sea. She finally let go of her contempt for Li Ran, showed a stiff smile, and asked:

"I didn't expect Admiral Li's shipgirl outfit to be so domineering. Is she a heavy cruiser shipgirl?"

Li Ran just happened to see Juno and Quincy trotting over, and he said softly:

"That one just now wasn't a heavy cruiser girl, it was a battleship girl. Look, these two running over are the ones."

"Bai Nuoyan?" Juno and Quincy were originally helping their senior schoolmate Lexington on the shore, but Lexington told them not to work so hard. They didn't really know how to communicate with ordinary people, so they followed Li Ran. After all, the circle formed by the ship girls and the admiral belonged to them. However, Juno just caught up and finally recognized Bai Nuoyan. She was a little surprised:

"You didn't become admiral?"

"I failed the exam. I couldn't awaken the initial ship." Bai Nuoyan didn't expect to meet Juno. She was fortunate enough to visit the First Ship Girl Academy once, but later she went to attend the branch of the Admiral Academy headquarters in the Atlantic Kingdom of Bluescott. She was eliminated because she failed to awaken the initial ship. Then she came out to inherit the family's Chamber of Commerce. Her smile was a little forced.

Li Ran was a little surprised:

"Juno, do you know each other?"

Juno thought for a moment:

"I have seen her once, because I recognized her sword."

Bai Nuoyan sighed. She thought she could make the ship girl remember her, but she didn't expect that she would remember her through her sword. She felt so disappointed.

Li Ran looked at Juno helplessly. He couldn't help but complain in his heart, "Girl, is it really okay for you to speak so bluntly?"

Li Ran coughed, feeling the atmosphere was a bit awkward, and said:

"Vice President Bai, please follow me to visit the garrison. I see you are a guest. Perhaps we will have a chance to cooperate further in the future."

Bai Nuoyan didn't feel lost for long. After all, she was able to stand on her own at such a young age. Although she couldn't become an admiral, she was still a successful person. She smiled:

"Admiral Li, just call me Nuoyan. Vice President makes me sound very old."

Li Ran shrugged and said:

"Then you can just call me Li Ran."

Pinghai and Firefly followed Li Ran silently, watching their admiral talking to the other party about some very profound topics. The two kids felt a little confused, while Juno kept talking to Quincy.

Li Ran brought Bai Nuoyan into the garrison. As soon as he entered the door, he said:

"I'm sorry, my place is very simple and I don't have any tea to serve you. Pinghai, go get a glass of water."

"Oh." Pinghai responded obediently.

Bai Nuoyan looked at Li Ran's garrison, which was clean and tidy, with gorgeous and stylish decorations, but there was no furniture. So she came up with an idea to establish a good relationship with this young admiral.

Chapter 31: Escort Commission