Daily life with the ship girl

She was a little curious, and then she sniffed Bismarck, who was sitting next to her today:

"Is this how your breakfast is? Do you let the admiral prepare it himself?"

"Well, the Admiral's family is a family of chefs, so he likes cooking very much."

"I really don't understand this admiral more and more." Nuremberg shook his head, a touch of emotion flashed in his eyes. If even Bismarck could say this, then it proved that Li Ran was not just impulsive, but was sincere. You know, she has traveled to so many places in the world, seen many garrisons, and met many admirals, but there are not many who can cook for their own ship girls. However, this is the first time she has eaten Chinese food, and she noticed a detail. The girl sitting opposite her is in a red cheongsam. The tableware she uses in her hands is very peculiar. She sees such tableware in front of her.

"What's wrong?" Pinghai noticed that Nuremberg's hand holding the chopsticks looked a little strange, so she smiled and said:

"That's not how you use chopsticks. Look at how I hold them."

Nuremberg nodded, then looked at the way Pinghai held the chopsticks, but she soon gave in. She didn't expect that she wouldn't be able to use this seemingly simple tableware properly, which made her a little frustrated.

"Don't worry, chopsticks are difficult to use. I can't use them well." Helena was sitting next to Pinghai. She was responsible for teaching Pinghai about air defense and reconnaissance. She also learned how to use chopsticks from Pinghai, but she still felt awkward using them. Seeing Nuremberg's frustrated face, she quickly comforted him:

"Now, apart from Admiral Ping Hai, even Bismarck can't use chopsticks."

"Ahem, eat, don't whisper at the table." Bismarck looked a little embarrassed. As a blind Prussian soldier, after seeing the magic of chopsticks, she always wanted to learn how to use them, but she failed without exception. Either they broke with too much force, or they kept falling off. She felt a little embarrassed when Helena said that.

"Oh, I see." Nuremberg nodded, then put down his chopsticks, took out his notebook, and quickly recorded this kind of tableware.

Everyone was a little surprised by Nuremberg's actions and saluted him.

Nuremberg noticed that the table suddenly became quiet. She quickly stopped writing, and then seeing that everyone looked a little surprised, she quickly put away her notebook and explained:

"Well, sorry, this is an old habit. Sometimes when I hear something interesting, I like to write it down."

"It's okay, it's a good habit." Li Ran felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward, and he didn't want to embarrass Nuremberg, so he smoothed things over for her.

Because there are few opportunities to have breakfast with Li Ran, or it can be said that such opportunities are not many, so everyone cherishes it. Therefore, even the usually noisy destroyers calm down at breakfast.

Li Ran felt a little uncomfortable with the quietness today.

After breakfast, Shengyu took the initiative to take charge of the maid's work.

Li Ran, Bismarck and Nuremberg took a short rest and then arrived at the dock together.

Li Ran also knew that it was time to set off. He thought for a moment and said to Lexington, who was practicing for him:

"I'll leave the affairs of the port area to you while I'm away."

Nuremberg did not plan to bring her companions from the Black Cross Mercenary Group with her on this trip. She instructed Hindenburg:

"Hindenburg, take good care of Z24 and the others. Remember, don't cause any trouble for the admiral."

"I see, you're so long-winded." Hindenburg curled his lips.

After saying goodbye, Li Ran, Bismarck and Hindenburg boarded the Princess Yunyan again.

Bai Nuoyan had just finished her breakfast. She had dark circles under her eyes from yesterday's dinner. She originally wanted to sleep a little longer, but then she heard Hipper say that Li Ran was here again.

"Good morning." Li Ran waited on the deck for a while before he saw Hipper follow Bai Nuoyan out of the cabin. He looked at Bai Nuoyan's dark circles, suppressed a smile and said:

"Why, did you steal a chicken last night?"

"Bah, you're still my head maid. Stop talking nonsense and disturb my sleep so early in the morning. If it's nothing important, I will definitely punish you." Bai Nuoyan felt so angry that she couldn't help but laugh. She said unhappily.

"I won't tease you anymore. I'm here for urgent business." Li Ran also knew that Bai Nuoyan, who was indeed his ship Nyonya last night, was like this today. He straightened his tone and said:

"Ms. Nuremberg, please speak to Miss Bai in person about the details."

Bai Nuoyan felt a little strange, she yawned, and then a gust of sea breeze blew towards her. She felt more energetic, stretched her body and said:

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Nuremberg looked around to see that there was no one else on the deck. She lowered her voice and said:

"I want to meet your father, Mr. Bai Kuangbai!"

Chapter 157: Sihai Trading Company’s Connections

"Oh, to see my dad. Wait, what did you say?" Bai Nuoyan was still a little confused from sleep. She just came to her senses and wondered if she had heard it wrongly:

"You said you wanted to see my dad?"

Li Ran was also stunned. What was going on?

"That's right, I want to meet Mr. Bai. Admiral Li Ran is in big trouble and can only ask for Mr. Bai's help." Nuremberg said seriously, but he didn't mean to joke.

Bai Nuoyan patted her cheeks to sober herself up, then asked Li Ran in a somewhat strange tone:

"What do you want to do?"

"I don't know. I don't know your father. What can I do if I have nothing to do with him?" Li Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He turned to Nuremberg and asked:

"Miss Nuremberg, you are not kidding me because you see that she is still asleep, right?"

"I'm not kidding, Admiral. If you want to stop Tirpitz from entering the North Sea, you can only ask Ms. Bai for help. That's why I said Ms. Bai would definitely agree to my request."

"Wait, what did you say? Tirpitz is going to the North Sea?"

"My sister may have arrived in Nuan Port now." Although Bismarck was also surprised that the person Nuremberg was talking about was Bai Nuoyan's father, she could only place her hopes on Nuremberg now.

Bai Nuoyan looked at Bismarck's serious face and sighed:

"Okay, but I have to contact Butler Li first. My dad might be off to discuss business somewhere right now."

"No problem, thank you for your help." Li Ran nodded quickly.

Although he didn't know what Nuremberg was up to, up to now, apart from trusting her, Li Ran couldn't think of anyone else who could help him stop Tirpitz from entering the North Sea.

"Then wait for me. I'll go send a telegram." Bai Nuoyan yawned. This time she couldn't take a nap. She thought for a moment and said to Hipper:

"Go wake up those guys and tell them we're going home."

"Understood, Admiral." Hipper nodded.

"You can do whatever you want on the boat. I'll be back soon." Bai Nuoyan and Li Ran are acquaintances. After all, they have signed an agreement and are partners.

"Please wait a moment. Please give my regards to your father in the letter and tell him that I have found the thing."

Nuremberg seemed to know Bai Kuang, but at this moment her face was calm and no extra emotions could be seen.

"Oh, I see." Bai Nuoyan had never heard her father talk about knowing certain ship girls. Although her father had helped the Governor of the Pacific, she knew her father's taciturn character and thought, maybe her father knew the free ship girls but didn't tell her.

Li Ran watched Bai Nuoyan enter the cabin. He and Bismarck looked at each other. Seeing Nuremberg staring at Bai Nuoyan's back in a daze, he asked tentatively:

"Does Miss Nuremberg really know Miss Bai's father?"

"I know him. Admiral knows the origin of Sihai Trading Company." Nuremberg withdrew her gaze from Bai Nuoyan's back, her tone full of emotion.

"I really don't know about that." Li Ran took a look at the flag of Sihai Trading Company. He really didn't know what kind of organization Sihai Trading Company was where Bai Nuoyan worked. He thought about it and thought that since he got up so early and had nothing to do for the time being, he might as well listen.

"Si Hai Trading Company was named Si Hai because its business covers the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Indian Ocean. Although it suffered a heavy loss due to some reasons, it is now back to normal. After Miss Bai became the admiral, Mr. Bai's trading company has started to pick up again. It can be considered a coincidence.

"I only heard Bai Nuoyan's housekeeper, whose name seemed to be Li Sanyan, say that Sihai Trading Company was indeed in big trouble. But later I heard Bai Nuoyan say that these problems were solved after she became the admiral. Do you know what kind of trouble Sihai Trading Company encountered?"

"Admiral, the letter in your hand, the troubles encountered by Sihai Trading Company are actually related to the great defeat thirty years ago, and it can be said that innocent people are affected. I can travel around the world, and a large part of the funds are actually funded by Mr. Bai, because Mr. Bai entrusted me and some free ship girls to investigate the whereabouts of the former Governor of the Atlantic around the world..." Nuremberg was about to reveal Bai Kuang's identity when he heard Bai Nuoyan's voice:

"I have made the contact and will be leaving soon."

"Admiral, please promise me for now that you will not tell Miss Bai about this. Mr. Bai does not want her to be involved in this matter. If you have any questions, take the letter in your hand and ask Mr. Bai in person. He should be able to tell you more information."

Nuremberg seemed to know a lot of things, but looking at the other party's pleading face, Li Ran glanced at Bai Nuoyan who had returned to the cabin. He frowned, then nodded solemnly.

Princess Yunyan weighed anchor a dozen minutes later and left the Xiguang Island Pier. Li Ran and Bismarck stood at the bow and waved goodbye to the shipgirls who were practicing for them on the pier.

Bismarck also sensed a different message in Nuremberg's words. She said with emotion:

"I didn't expect that this matter is actually related to Miss Bai's father."

"Yeah, I can't think of it either. Who knows what happened in the great defeat thirty years ago? It really gives me a headache just thinking about it." Li Ran hated this kind of trouble the most, but thinking about Nuremberg saying that only Bai Kuang could help, he could only get involved with this history that he didn't want to be involved in again.

"Admiral, if it weren't for my sister's matter, you wouldn't be so troubled."

"It's okay, I just have a headache, don't talk about it, Bismarck, you know what?"

"what?"

"I am able to meet you all thanks to the ocean."

Bismarck was somewhat confused by Li Ran's incoherent words. She looked at Li Ran's profile. This admiral, the man who had taken her first kiss, had a darker skin these days. A trace of tenderness flashed in her eyes, and she whispered:

"Admiral, I am also very fortunate to be your ship girl."

"Don't say such corny things. You two really don't mind corny things. I'm already covered with goose bumps." Bai Nuoyan acted as a light bulb at an inappropriate time, and then seeing that Li Ran looked a little unhappy, she quickly said:

"Don't be angry yet, I have something serious to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Li Ran always had his good things ruined. He finally created some atmosphere to stir up emotions. Now, he looked at Bismarck's face which had returned to expressionless state, and then walked to Nuremberg. A trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, and then he took the letter handed to him by Bai Nuoyan.

"Eh? What does this mean?" Li Ran spread it out and found that it was full of garbled characters.

"Oh, I got the wrong one. This is the translated letter." Bai Nuoyan was stunned for a moment, then realized that she had got the wrong one. She hurried back to the cabin and brought back a letter after a while.

Li Ran took the letter, which read:

Admiral Li Ran, hello, I am Bai Kuang, the father of Bai Nuoyan. I heard about you from Butler Li Sanyan. I was surprised to receive a letter from Nuremberg. Please give my regards to Miss Nuremberg. I hope you will keep the item properly. We will discuss the details after we meet.

President of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, Bai Kuang.

"What does my dad mean? Why should I thank you for no reason?" Bai Nuoyan looked at Li Ran with a frown. She had no idea what the letter meant.

"I don't know either. By the way, where is your home?"

"I'm not going home this time. My dad isn't home. He's in the Far East war zone now."

"Huh? The Far East Theater? Has your business expanded there?"

"You forgot what the Pacific Governor said last time. He said hello to the Governor of the Far East Theater. Maybe my father went there just for this matter."

"Okay then, but how long will it take to get there?"

"About three days. If the journey goes smoothly and we don't encounter the deep-sea fleet, we will arrive soon following the current southward current."

"Well, three days is a bit too long. By the way, your family is so rich, why do you want to go so far to the Far East to be an admiral? If you ask me, you can go to the Atlantic Ocean and it's safe, why do you want to go so far?"

"I don't want to rely too much on my family. After my mother passed away, my father has been running the business. At that time, the business was in a critical situation, but I didn't pass the exam to become an admiral. I swore that even if I didn't become an admiral, I could still bring the business back to life.

But I was wrong. Although I have been running around outside in the past few years and others call me Miss Bai on the surface, I know how many people are eyeing the assets of Sihai Trading Company. But all this is in the past.

Now, I've finally become an admiral. As long as my garrison is confirmed, my father's situation will be even better. You don't know that some maritime merchants in the Far East war zone have already signed cooperation agreements with the trading company, but with my current identity, it is not easy for me to help my father deal with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce.

So I thought, if my garrison can be very powerful, then I will let my own ship girls escort my merchant fleet in the future, and I wonder who dares to look down on Sihai Trading Company. "

"Is this why you became admiral?"

"It's not just this. Xixi is also an important reason for me to make up my mind. Let's not talk about this. How come I didn't realize that your method of salvaging the boat was so clever?"

"What do you mean by salvaging a boat? I'm treating you with sincerity."

"Forget about that. By the way, when you go to the Far East Theater this time, I suggest that if you have time, you should check out the route. Your Xiguang Island is in a special location. I don't know if other fleets will see the value of the Death Route in the future, but I will let the ships of Sihai Trading Company pass through your Xiguang Island, and then transfer to the Far East Theater in the south and to the Port of Nile in New England in the north, so I don't want you to hinder our cooperation."

"When did I say I agreed to cooperate with you?"

"You guy, believe it or not, I will throw you off the boat." Bai Nuoyan was angry.

"I'm angry. It's just a joke. But are you sure that my place has as much trade value as you say?"

"Of course there are. You don't know that Xia's porcelain, tea, and silk are all luxury goods in New England. When the profit is high, it can be as high as 300%. It is a highly profitable industry. However, don't be too happy too soon. With such high profits, there will definitely be people who will pay attention to the Death Route. Not to mention the distant ones, I suggest you don't have too close contact with Lei Ming. He is too cunning. As for the three islands you have taken, I hope you can consider developing them yourself, or cooperate with the people of Sihai Trading Company, but I don't want you to go to the people of Black Gold Merchant Alliance."

"By the way, you are so outspoken, aren't you afraid of scaring me away?"

"(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk~~, if you are such a useless man, then Bismarck's vision is too poor. I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to go back and catch up on some sleep."

"Hey, you're the captain, how can you sleep?"

"Don't worry, those sailors are all veterans. I won't talk to you anymore. I'm so sleepy, ha..."

Bai Nuoyan waved her hand and went back to the cabin to sleep.

Li Ran shook his head helplessly, and then watched the Princess Yunyan sail around the Xiguang Island to the west side. He looked at the base of the abandoned lighthouse on the island and remembered the conversation with Helena at that time. He felt that time was really a magical thing. He had unknowingly adapted to the life in this world, as if time travel was just a dream.

Chapter 158: A Little Awkward

About three days later, in the early morning, Princess Yunyan arrived at Qiyun Port, the largest northern port in the Far East War Zone.

This was the first time that Li Ran saw the dock of Xia Country, one of the six most powerful land countries in the world. As he expected, the figures of ship girls could be seen everywhere.

The Princess Yunyan followed the route reserved for armed merchant ships to the port anchorage.

Along the way, ships of various chambers of commerce can be seen everywhere, and many ship girls can be seen walking on those merchant ships, but he basically doesn't recognize many of them. After all, there is a big difference between the character portraits in the game and in reality, and the ship girls usually don't wear ship girl uniforms unless they unfold their ship uniforms. Therefore, the ship girls wearing ordinary clothes are basically the same as ordinary people, except that the beauty of the ship girls is more prominent.

"Admiral, this port is so big." Bismarck looked at the noisy crowds around her. The dock was already crowded with merchant ships in the early morning, but she was more concerned about Li Ran's safety. So when the Princess Yunyan entered Qiyun Port, she had been staying by Li Ran's side.