Li Ran sorted out his thoughts, then pretended to cough and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is an honour to hold the naming ceremony of the islands today in the presence of the Governor of the Far East, and as I promised before, the previous benefits are still valid for the thirty representatives of the comptoirs with whom we have reached an intention to cooperate. ”

The maritime merchants in the audience were silent, waiting for Li Ran's next words.

"I think you know better than me about the business opportunities contained in the ocean, and on this beautiful day today, I hope you will understand a truth, that is, I, Li Ran, have always welcomed people who come to Xiguang Town Shoufu with sincerity to seek cooperation, after all, everyone has money to earn together, so it is a win-win situation. ”

Li Ran's words were unexpectedly easy to understand, which made Chen Yao couldn't help but feel that his eyes lit up, and it was the first time he had heard the word win-win.

After all, in this world, the main golden shipping routes of the sea, all rely on the escort of the town guards along the way to obtain a safe trade guarantee, and due to the strong independent nature of the admirals, few admirals take the initiative to seek cooperation with maritime merchants from all over the world.

Li Ran's approach can be said to have set a precedent.

Although Chen Yao didn't know who the thirty maritime representatives in Li Ran's words were, but seeing that the eyes of so many maritime merchants in the audience lit up, he couldn't help but look at Li Ran with admiration, originally thought that Li Ran was just lucky to have so many ship girls to follow, but now it seems that he seems to think of Li Ran too simply.

Just as Chen Yao was pondering, Li Ran also paused, and then he took the scissors handed over by Bismarck, and then said to Chen Yao:

"Your Excellency the Governor, it is an honour to invite you to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. ”

Chen Yao looked at Li Ran, who seemed to be smiling, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he didn't notice anything wrong for the time being.

Moreover, at such a critical point, no unexpected situation occurred, and the maritime representatives were very calm.

Li Ran and Chen Yao glanced at each other, both wanting to see each other's thoughts from each other's eyes, but Li Ran was not as naïve as he looked, on the contrary, in the past half a year or so, he has grown a lot, and he has also learned some common sense necessary for superiors.

Chen Yao subconsciously glanced at Dadian and Yubari who were sitting in the audience, looked at his ship's mother and shook his head slightly, pondering:

Didn't they notice anything out of the ordinary?

Li Ran noticed that Chen Yao was not moving, and he coughed:

"Your Excellency the Governor?"

"Oh guys, I'm honored to witness the naming ceremony of the Twilight Guardhouse. ”

Chen Yao's words were not much, but they had already made the maritime representatives feel different, after all, they were not sure about the relationship between Li Ran and the governors, but now without any warning, they saw the governor come to participate in the naming ceremony of a major general, which seemed to reveal a lot of unusual atmosphere.

As he spoke, Li Ran and Chen Yao held both sides of the streamer.

Bismarck handed Chen Yao another pair of scissors, and all the maritime representatives waited with bated breath, looking at the two people holding scissors on the stage, one was the governor who was guarding a war zone, and the other was the first young admiral in the world to be promoted to the rank of general no more than thirty years old.

They were all looking forward to witnessing this historic moment, which made the maritime representatives present feel a little nervous.

After all, although the Admiral and the Town Guard Mansion are not strangers to each other, and they have a lot of dealings with each other, they are unique in really participating in the affairs related to the Town Guard Mansion, or rather, some sea merchants are qualified to participate in this kind of activity, they originally only came with the idea of trying, but Li Ran's energy and strength are far stronger than the rumors.

This can be said to make some maritime merchants who failed to win the bid beat their chests.

While the maritime representatives were making their own small calculations, Li Ran and Chen Yao cut the ribbon at the same time, and then looked at each other, and were about to lift the red curtain.

At this moment, at this moment, which had been hidden for a long time, finally revealed its hideous fangs.

Suddenly, there was a cracking sound from the Sovereign Monument, and then a young man wearing glasses, escorted by some strange ship lady, surrounded the venue.

"Looks like there's trouble. Li Ran looked at Bismarck blocking in front of him for the first time, and then looked at the broken sovereignty monument, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Chen Yao was protected by Goben for the first time, and Dadian and Yuzhang also unfolded their ships to protect their commanders.

"Yes, it's just that I didn't expect that the other party would be able to make so many mercenary ship girls obey their orders. Chen Yao's tone was very stern, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong, and the other party was too reckless to act like this.

Li Ran smiled slightly:

"Not really. ”

Saying that, Li Ran looked coldly at the young man with glasses, who seemed to be one of the bidders, he used Bismarck's block, and then dialed Richelieu's communication, turning a deaf ear to Jin Muyan's shouting, after all, the maritime representatives died and had nothing to do with him.

Originally, when Chen Yao didn't come, Li Ran might have worried about how to explain the accident of so many maritime representatives, but now that Chen Yao was there, he didn't need to worry.

"Richelieu, the snake is out of the hole, the action begins. ”

"Admiral, the fireflies have already made the mercenary ship girls disguise themselves as the ship girls who participated in the operation, but it is not so easy to hide from the ship girls next to them. ”

"I know, but there is no other way now, since someone really wants to disrupt the naming ceremony, the top priority is to take advantage of the fact that the person does not react, and control the person concerned. ”

"Understood, the Admiral can order the mercenary wives at any time, and they're all ready. ”

"Thanks, you are watching the movement of the ship closely, I suspect that he has sensed our intentions. ”

"Understood. ”

After Richelieu finished speaking, she ended the communication, and then she used the crowded merchant ships on the docks as a cover to watch Chen Yao's ship.

After Li Ran hung up the communication, he gently patted Bismarck's shoulder, signaling that she didn't need to be nervous, and then swaggered forward:

"I said, you've been talking so much, have you said it? ”

Jin Muyan laughed angrily, originally thinking that this operation was a bit hasty, and there might be some trouble in dealing with the aftermath, but since the governor of the Far East was in person, it was worth it even if he took a big risk in this event.

Therefore, this time, Jin Muyan did not wait for the ambush team on the outskirts of the island to send back the prepared signal and privately launched the mercenary ship on the island to start the operation.

No, it should be said that the mercenary ship girl he originally arranged on the periphery has been secretly solved by the elusive U47 and U96, and he can't get in touch even if he wants to.

And because the value of the goal this time was too great, Jin Muyan chose an extremely risky way, and the gambler's psychology made him desperate.

However, he made so many declarations in the audience as a victor, but he was ignored, and at this time, seeing that Li Ran didn't care about being exposed under his nose at all, he laughed angrily:

"Major General Li, your arrogance is really beyond my expectations. ”

"Thank you for the compliment, Spicy Chicken, are you done? Hurry up when you're done, you still talk a lot when you're a villain, don't you know what a flag is?"

Jin Muyan didn't know what Li Ran's words meant, but the ridicule on Li Ran's face made him feel insulted:

"Originally, for the sake of the face of the Governor of the Far East, he wanted to spare your dog's life, but if Major General Li gave him a shameless face, there would be no need to exist. Jin Muyan was murderous, and the memories of the past came to his heart, and the jealousy, resentment, and anger for the Admiral group filled his heart at this moment, making his face a little hideous:

"Send Major General Li on his way. ”

When Chen Yao heard this, he was about to ask Goben to help, but he saw that the mercenary ships that were originally equipped with their main guns facing the representatives at sea laid down their weapons one after another.

Then, he heard Li Ran sneer and say:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think you should know better than I do what this scumbag treats, and now that the Governor of the Far East is here, as long as you lay down your arms, I think Your Excellency the Governor will not be guilty of the past. ”

Li Ran said, looking at Chen Yao calmly.

Chen Yao felt that something was wrong, and seemed to have figured out some information at this time, and at this moment, Jin Muyan took advantage of the fact that everyone didn't react, and ran into the crowd and was about to escape.

Chen Yao's face turned cold:

"Everyone, as long as you help me arrest the other party, I will not be responsible for today's incident. ”

Li Ran was waiting for this sentence, and he said meaningfully to the mercenary ship girls:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Governor's orders must have been heard clearly, and you still don't act?"

The mercenary ship girls agreed one after another, and then, on the grounds of protection, intercepted the maritime representatives who wanted to leave the venue and Oyodo and Yubari who wanted to go out to catch up.

Goeben, on the other hand, was stopped by Bismarck.

Li Ran said indifferently:

"Your Excellency the Governor, the next thing is the private matter of our Xiguang Town Guard, not to mention that these maritime representatives need you to calm their emotions, I don't have the appeal to calm them down, so leave the matter of tracking to the mercenary ship girls to solve it themselves, after all, some things are better not to witness, and it's not good if it's too cruel and bloody, isn't it?"

Chen Yao's heart sank, he knew that Li Ran was doubting himself, but he didn't choose to continue to stimulate Li Ran, but sighed:

"Goben, Yubari, Oyodo, come back, we seem to be under suspicion. ”

Li Ran felt a little strange about Chen Yao's reaction, but now, there was no possibility for him to turn back.

Trust is like a piece of paper, crumpled may not be smoothed.

Li Ran didn't know if he was right to do this, but he looked at the disappointment on Chen Yao's face at this moment, as well as the anger that faintly appeared on the faces of the three ship girls, and he regretted it a little.

However, even so, he could only bite the bullet and persevere.

There is no need for Hindenburg and Nuremberg to deceive themselves, even if Chen Yao really wants to provide intelligence to help him, but the plan has been implemented, and it is useless to regret it.

What's more, the maritime representatives are all waiting for him, the major general, to deal with it, and if the distrust with Chen Yao is put on the table at this time, I am afraid it will not be beneficial to anyone.

"Bismarck, I need to speak to Governor Chen Yao alone, you are in charge of maintaining order, Miss Goeben, I don't think you mind. ”

Goeben was no longer the easy-to-see expression she had just now, but she glanced at Chen Yao, waiting for her commander's decision, and there was no request from Li Ran.

"Goeben, you and Miss Bismarck are responsible for maintaining order on the scene, and I will have a good talk with Major General Li, it's okay, you and Yubari will stay too. ”

Li Ran shrugged his shoulders, looking at Oyodo, Yubari and Goben, who were dissatisfied with his approach, he sighed slightly in his heart, and his face returned to calm:

"Your Excellency the Governor, please come here. ”

The obvious estrangement in Li Ran's words made Chen Yao feel a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't understand what caused Li Ran to suddenly distrust him, so he could only say:

Major General Li was polite. ”

The atmosphere between the two was slightly dull.

Li Ran and Chen Yao came to the vicinity of the Sovereign Monument, and then Chen Yao saw a cute blonde ship girl running over:

"Admiral, I'm amazing. ”

Chen Yao was stunned, then looked at Li Ran, hoping that he would make an explanation.

Li Ran touched the head of the firefly, and then said:

"Well, Firefly, this is the Governor of the Far East, say hello. ”

"Oh, hello. The firefly shook the magic wand in his hand, and then said proudly:

"I'm the destroyer USS Firefly, and it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Chen Yao frowned, and then nodded, he didn't understand Li Ran's thoughts.

Li Ran saw that Chen Yao did not show dissatisfaction, on the contrary, he was calm and terrifying, he thought for a while, and then said to the firefly on the Admiral's personal network:

"If they were caught, they were immediately transferred to the cave in the repair dock and kept under close care. ”

"Understood. Firefly replied in the channel.

Then in reality, the firefly says:

"Admiral, the fireflies still have a mission, let's go first. ”

Li Ran nodded, and then said to Chen Yao:

"I'm sorry, Governor, I didn't believe that this happened to you, but I'm prepared, and I hope you don't get offended. ”

"You don't trust me?"

Chen Yao's tone was calm, he was not the kind of person who was easily fooled, he just asked Li Ran calmly.

"Your Excellency the Governor is too worried, how can I be that kind of person? It's just that I have given my shipwives a great deal of power, so they sometimes choose some riskier plans for my safety, and if it affects your plans, I'm sorry, and when I bring that guy back, I will give it to Your Excellency the Governor as soon as possible." ”

Chen Yao already understood that Li Ran didn't trust him at all if he really came to provide information to seek cooperation, and he was a little helpless:

"I don't know what you listened to, but there is only one sentence that I didn't lie to you, that is, about our election of you to the position of major general, on the one hand, there is indeed a consideration of taking advantage of your unique geographical advantages, on the other hand, I can only tell you that we will not harm you, but there are some things that you are not suitable for too early contact. ”

"Do you want to say that the more you know, the more dangerous it is?"

Li Ran was silent for a long time, and then asked in a calm tone.

"That's right, I know you don't fully trust us yet, and I know that this plan won't be so easy, but it's over, I hope you don't care too much, since you don't like this kind of cooperation, I'll try to avoid it next time. ”

Li Ran looked at Chen Yao, and then looked at the other party's eyes with a trace of deep exhaustion, he felt a trace of guilt flash in his heart, but he still pretended to be cold and said:

"I appreciate the kindness of Your Excellency the Governor. ”

Chen Yao knew that Li Ran might not be able to listen to other words at this time, so he sighed:

"That's it, I'll leave later, the Great Voyage will continue as always, I won't tell the other six about what happened here, don't worry. ”

Li Ran was silent, he and Chen Yao glanced at each other, and saw from each other's eyes that they couldn't help themselves.

……