Li Ran watched the venue being completely hot, then smiled at Rodney and whispered:

"Then the presiding work will be handed over to you, and I will press you on the side, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

After all, Li Ran can't really preside over the bidding meeting, he just paved the way for Rodney's hosting, everything that needs to be said has been said, and now it depends on Rodney's performance.

Rodney paused for a moment, and then saw Li Ran sitting on the sidelines, she looked at Helena and Emden smiling and signaling to herself, she felt like she had been pitted.

After Li Ran came down, Emden pushed his glasses, and then asked:

"Admiral, is what you just said true?"

Li Ran was stunned, then scratched his hair and said:

"What do you think?"

Emden was thoughtful, but didn't ask again, and Helena chose to remain silent.

Rodney looked at Li Ran, who threw herself on the field at this time, and a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes, but she immediately cheered up:

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's continue the topic just now, we are the guardians of the Dawn Town, and now except for the main island, the other three islands are welcome to settle in. ”

"Excuse me, are the policies of the other three islands the same?" a small maritime merchant raised his hand, then got up and asked.

Rodney's pleading gaze looked at Li Ran, which made Li Ran pause, he quickly stood up, looked at the representative of the maritime merchant who asked Dao, and then nodded and said:

"I may not be clear enough just now, this bidding meeting, the three islands under our jurisdiction each have ten places to enjoy the preferential policies just mentioned, by the way, our three islands have not been officially named, if the naming ceremony is held at that time, the winner will be invited first, if everyone appreciates the face, you can also come to watch the ceremony together. ”

Li Ran didn't know what his words meant in the eyes of the maritime merchants, and as soon as his words fell, he obviously noticed that the maritime merchant representative just now was very excited, and said in an excited tone:

"What do you mean by the Admiral, that the winner can participate in your naming ceremony?"

"Well, this is natural, after all, once the cooperation is reached, I prefer to continue the cooperation for a longer time, and win-win is my ultimate goal. Li Ran didn't know why these people were so excited to hear that they could participate in the naming ceremony, but if this naming ceremony could make these people make up their minds to participate in the bidding, then they would not have any loss by letting them watch the ceremony.

It's just that Li Ran didn't know that he was the first admiral to make the naming ceremony of the town guard mansion public, before that, all the admirals of the town guard mansion kept the naming ceremony of the island secret, and it can even be said that the town guard mansion is mysterious in many aspects, this time it may be a good opportunity for these maritime merchants to really contact the admiral and the ship's mother, so of course they were excited.

After Li Ran finished speaking, the maritime merchant sat down, and he said to Rodney on his private channel:

"This bid will be left to you, you don't need to ask me, you make your own decisions, didn't I say you don't have too many concerns? ”

When Rodney heard these words, she felt that although it was a happy thing to have the trust of the Admiral, it was also a heavy responsibility on her shoulders.

However, Rodney has always followed the example of her sister Nelson, although she does not know when she will see her sister, but now she has always warned herself that she must work harder, not to disgrace her sister, not to disgrace the Royal Navy.

What's more, Rodney also wanted to be like Richelieu and Bismarck, and be entrusted with the important task of being entrusted by Li Ran alone, rather than being stationed in the comfortable rear of Island C.

"Got it. Rodney got serious for the first time, she nodded, and then began to preside.

The process of the bidding meeting is not much worth expressing, because it is a bidding, and the rules formulated are that the highest bidder wins.

However, after all, Li Ran exchanged the current funds of these maritime merchants with long-term interests, so not all the maritime merchants participated, and they chose to wait and see.

Soon the results came out, I have to say, the maritime merchants deserve to be one of the richest groups, Li Ran just decided that the maritime merchants who are willing to carry out civil engineering construction in the three islands can assist in the construction of infrastructure on the three islands in place of capital payments, but many maritime merchants seem to have a strong obsession with winning the bid, so they often attach some resource subsidies.

Li Ran watched the bidding come to an end, and most of the people who didn't win the bid withdrew, to be honest, he didn't like this kind of occasion full of copper smell, but there was no way, the town guard mansion now wanted to further develop externally, and he had no more good choices except to enter the unknown sea.

If you want to develop externally, it is not advisable to close off the island, capital is indispensable, and resources must also be considered, which are undoubtedly linked to capital.

Therefore, he still waited patiently until the end of the bidding meeting.

But he didn't care about the specific content, since he gave it to Rodney, he chose to trust her unconditionally.

However, Li Ran didn't expect that Rodney was quite business-minded, and he watched Rodney leave all the winners to talk, and knew that now was probably the time for him to come out and help him.

"Everyone, please be quiet. Li Ran got up, followed by Helena and Emden.

The maritime representatives who had been struggling to get around Rodney consciously moved out of the way.

"Thank you for your sincerity, now you are not outsiders, if you have any questions, you can ask me now, and I will answer them for you. ”

He Hai can be said to be out of the way this time, and he immediately asked:

"Your Excellency, do you remember me? He Hai, we have met. ”

Li Ran smiled, and then said:

"Of course, the last collaboration had to be put on hold for some reason, and I'm still wondering when I can restart my cooperation with you. ”

"Great, Your Excellency, I don't know if you can hand over all the amusement facilities of Mishima to me, I promise that all the works will be undertaken by our bank. ”

He Hai patted his chest and promised, but Li Ran still noticed a trace of distress flashing in the fat man's eyes.

How could Li Ran not know that this guy must have a follow-up, thought for a while, and then said:

"Since Your Excellency is so sincere, then I also have to pay some sincerity, Rodney, the term of the gold trade license is three years, and then give His Excellency He Hai a ten-year license." ”

Li Ran's words made He Hai simply ecstatic, he came for this license this time, at this time to be able to get such preferential treatment in front of so many maritime merchants, he had already foreseen his bright future, and he was a little at a loss excitedly:

"Thanks to His Excellency the Rear Admiral's generosity, I will definitely build the amusement facilities of the three islands into the whole Pacific Ocean, nay, into the most high-level amusement island in the world. ”

Li Ran stretched out his hand with a smile, and then said to He Hai:

"It was a pleasure to work with. ”

He Hai watched Li Ran stretch out his hand, he was a little at a loss, and quickly wiped his hand on his clothes vigorously, and shook it excitedly.

Li Ran and He Hai reached a cooperation so quickly, and the eyes of other maritime merchants were red.

After Li Ran and He Hai finished talking, the others couldn't wait to start speaking.

"Your Excellency, we can take care of helping you build the dock infrastructure......"

"Your Excellency, our bank can help you build a road around the island......

“……”

The enthusiasm of the maritime merchants can be said to be surprisingly high, Li Ran really didn't expect that he could let these maritime merchants pay out of their own pockets just by holding the so-called license and the one-year tax exemption policy, and he always felt that something was wrong.

However, seeing that the merchants had left, he didn't think much about it, everything that should be said was said, these thirty maritime representatives contracted various engineering construction projects on the three islands, of course, some stones can be collected on the island, but others such as steel need to be spent on Li Ran's side.

However, it doesn't hurt.

Li Ran stretched his waist, looking at it before he knew it, it was getting dark, he didn't keep the maritime merchants to stay overnight, and now Island A is seriously understaffed, and he thinks that the ship ladies will not allow him to leave these maritime merchants on the island.

"Admiral, it's been a great job. Rodney kept a full list of the maritime representatives just now, and she could be said to have acted as Li Ran's clerk just now, recording a lot of important information on the side, such as the number of years of the golden trade license issued by each maritime merchant, as well as the islands that the maritime merchants were responsible for, the projects they were responsible for, the price they were willing to pay, and the remuneration they had to pay.

These are all preparations for the work that must be done in order to draw up the contract later.

"It's nothing, the contract will be formulated later, Helena, you are an intelligence expert, you can help Rodney, try not to let there be any loopholes in the contract. ”

"Got it, Admiral. Helena nodded.

Emden looked at it was getting late, and she waited for Li Ran to finish the business before she said:

"Admiral, are we going back to the office building now?"

"I've forgotten to go to Bismarck, and I don't know if it's too late to get there. ”

"Rest assured, Bismarck should still be repairing the dockyard, and by the way, at this time, the submarines should also be back from the unknown seas. ”

"What? You said the submarines have come back from the unknown sea?" Li Ran was stunned, he immediately became a little angry, and looked at Emden and lowered his head, Rodney obviously knew this, and he walked out of the tin house angrily:

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Emden knew she was losing her words, but she didn't intend to hide it, so she explained:

"You remember that Leipzig and I encountered the golden-veined deep sea before, at that time, the two of us escaped back to the port area only at the cost of breaking in time, and immediately after that, we were attacked by the deep sea, after the battle, Leipzig and I once again reconnoitred the edge of the unknown sea in the east through radar, and found a lot of suspicious targets, so ......"

Li Ran understood, I'm afraid Bismarck was not worried about the safety of Island A, so he let the submarines act as scouts, but thinking of the vulnerable bodies of the submarines, he was still a little angry:

"Why don't you explain such an important matter to me in advance. ”

Rodney watched Emden fall silent, she was anxious, and hurriedly explained:

"The Admiral was notified, but when the Admiral was told through the communicator, Lexington said that the Admiral had just departed from his home port, so Bismarck ......"

Li Ran was stunned, it was really unfortunate, most of his anger suddenly disappeared, after all, the ship girls were also thinking about their own safety, and his tone softened:

"Let's go, go meet Bismarck, I'm going to talk to her face to face. ”

The three shipwives couldn't hear whether Li Ran was angry or not, so they could only silently accompany Li Ran to the repair dock in the south of the island, which was not far from the customs office, but there was a reef area in the middle, so the dock and the repair dock were not connected.

Moreover, the coastline of Island A is not dangerous to defend, but some areas have formed a cliff-like terrain, from the customs office of the dock to the island, to repair the dock, you must bypass the cliff terrain in the coastal area, and the natural waterway formed in the cliff area can only allow the ships to enter and exit freely, but the merchant ships cannot enter.

Therefore, in the vicinity of the cliff area, relying on the only natural danger on Island A, Bismarck built a repair dock here.

Li Ran and the others walked around, and finally when it was completely dark, they rushed to the vicinity of the repair dock, which was brightly lit and many mercenary shipwrecks were working intensively.