When Li Ran returned to the banquet, the originally noisy venue cooled down. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li Ran didn't care, he found a seat and was about to sit down, when suddenly the venue burst into warm applause.

Immediately, in the case of Li Ran's somewhat confused, several generals wearing a lot of Xia Guojun merit medals came over, yes, Xia Guo is the real manager of Qiyungang after all, although Chen Yao is nominally the governor of the Far East, but his right is still licensed by the Xia royal family, otherwise, such a large foreign trade port cannot be the office of Chen Yao's Far East Governor's Mansion anyway.

The relationship between the Admiral and the state is not completely severe, maybe I said before that the Admiral is not bound by secular laws, that means that after the Admiral breaks the law, the countries have no right to judge, let alone arrest, you know, the Admiral's ship girls can overthrow a small ordinary human army.

Therefore, this banquet, although nominally the commanders' ship wives have made meritorious contributions, the logistics support still relies on the strong support of various commercial houses and the Xia government.

Therefore, for such a large-scale celebration banquet, Chen Yao, as the governor of the Far East, that is, the representative of the group of Far Eastern governors, must invite General Xia Guo to the banquet, which is not only a practice of mutual respect between the two sides, but also a regular means that can make Qiyungang more united.

After all, these ports bordering the land, the country's influence is still everywhere, although the islands of the ocean can only be handed over to the admirals because of the heavy damage to the navy, but the politicians will not give up the sea, they watch the admirals open the town guard on the various islands to protect the route has become the most able means to guarantee maritime trade, so they will not rashly break this stable situation, but these ports bordering the land are different, countries spend a lot of money, it is enough to ensure the safety of nearby land ports, such as the large number of coastal defense equipment they purchased, these are the general admirals can not buy, therefore, land port city construction is generally better and more prosperous than inland cities, this is also to attract more admirals to come to trade, after all, where there is a commander, there is a ship girl, and if there is a ship girl, if there is a ship mother, in the event of a deep-sea attack, it will not suffer a great loss.

Therefore, these provincial-level cadres of Qixia Province, who are also veteran generals of the Far Eastern Military Region of Xia State, rushed to the banquet as soon as they received Chen Yao's invitation to the banquet, and the purpose of their trip was actually to meet the probationary admiral from the Pacific who was listed first by Chen Yao in the commendation regulations.

"Mr. Li Ran, hello. "Xiahou Yu is the current commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Military Region, one step away from the rank of marshal, and his predecessor is even more amazing, he is the dean of the Royal Naval Academy of Xia Kingdom, which has been renamed.

Although Li Ran is not from this world, he has been in the Marine Corps, even though the merit medals in this world are different from when he was on earth, but looking at the row of merit medals on the chests of these old men, he immediately stood up and replied without humility or arrogance:

"Hello old gentlemen, that, may I ask what is the matter?"

"It's bold, it's good. Xiahou Yu smiled heartily, and then said:

"I am the current commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Military District, with the rank of general. ”

"It turned out to be an old general, disrespectful and disrespectful. Li Ran's face was still respectful, but he pursed his lips in his mouth, what a general, after seeing this air raid, he already has enough understanding of the decline of the navies of various countries, and a country with a weak navy is not worthy of his awe here.

After all, Li Ran is a Chinese soldier, especially since he was a child, he has been nurtured and knows how bumpy the road to the motherland's navy was, so when he came to this world, he still has the dignity of a Chinese naval soldier, so in fact, he looks down on the so-called army of Xia State.

Especially after the end of this surprise attack, Li Ran found that the fastest reaction was not the so-called Xia army, but the gendarmerie ships belonging to the Far East Gendarmerie Branch, that is, the patrol ship girls who sent Li Ran to a safe area, so he respected the generals of Xia State, but he had no awe in his heart.

Xiahou Yu, as a veteran, has been on the battlefield for a long time, and is old in the world, how can he not hear the faint disdain hidden in Li Ran's calm tone, but he is not angry, after all, he also knows that his so-called general is simply an ornament in the eyes of other admirals.

But there is no way, this world is like this, they have already accepted it, the corners of Xiahou Yu's mouth flashed a trace of bitterness, but when he thought of the matter, he still nodded and said:

"Actually, I came to disturb Mr. Li Ran today for your meritorious reward. ”

"Meritorious rewards?" Li Ran was a little dazed, didn't Chen Yao get this thing again? He was a little strange:

"Won't my meritorious service reward be distributed uniformly at that time? Is there a change? ”

"No, it's because you saved Qiyungang from the retaliation of the Deep Sea Fleet this time, and we thought that if you need it, the meritorious reward can be transformed into a material reward, after all, you have contributed to this battle and deserve a privilege. ”

"Privileges?" Li Ran seemed to be smiling, this old fox seemed to be quite yin, and he deliberately chose to say something about rewarding privileges at this time, did he want to isolate himself?

Xiahou Yu knew that he must have misunderstood again, so he hurriedly waved his hand to signal Li Ran not to misunderstand, and then said to his friend:

"Shangguan, come on, I'm afraid that when I wait for my stupid mouth to cause misunderstanding again. ”

Li Ran is a little strange, isn't it?

I saw that the lieutenant general named Shangguan said to Li Ran with a little apology:

"I'm sorry, Xia Hou has always been straightforward, what he means is that if your merit rewards are only exchanged for those resources, it will inevitably be a bit of a disadvantage to you. ”

"Don't, don't keep calling you that, it's going to break me. Li Ran waved his hand, and then said:

"I appreciate the kindness of several old gentlemen, but this time I promised Governor Chen Yao to help, if a few want to thank him, I should thank him, after all, I am not the commander of the Far Eastern Theater, if I take so many rewards, it will inevitably make Governor Chen Yao difficult to do. ”

After speaking, Li Ran blinked his eyes, Shangguan Lingyun knew in his heart, he immediately understood the meaning of Li Ran's words, after all, if Li Ran accepted the reward from the Xia State official, it would inevitably violate the Admiral's Regulations, he thought that Li Ran was worried about this, and then said:

"Understood, then we old guys won't bother your Yaxing. ”

"A few people walk slowly. ”

Li Ran stood up, and then said to a few old men.

The other admirals didn't listen to the discussion of a few people, after all, although they looked down on the generals of the Xia Kingdom, they were the managers of the city, not to mention, most of their supplies this time were sponsored by the official departments of the Xia Kingdom, and they had a soft mouth.

However, Li Ran was also in the limelight this time, so a few people came forward to greet Li Ran after several old generals left.

Li Ran also responded one by one, after all, it is better to make a good friend than to offend an enemy.

The banquet continued, and Chen Yao finally appeared at the end of the banquet, talked some nonsense, and also named Li Ran's name and listed Li Ran's achievements, and Li Ran could only go on stage to introduce himself.

As soon as these admirals in the Far Eastern Theater heard that Li Ran was in the Pacific Theater, their hostility in their hearts was put down a lot, although Li Ran won the first merit in this battle, but fortunately, he would not stay in the Far Eastern Theater for a long time, not to mention that they didn't like the war to be protracted, and if their girl could return safely, it would be too late for them to be happy.

Therefore, some of the originally hostile admirals also let go of their hostility, and the atmosphere of the banquet became more enthusiastic.

Li Ran was unknowingly poured a lot of wine, and he also made a lot of admiral friends, plus Chen Yao promulgated the list of meritorious awards on the spot, and the atmosphere was pushed to a climax.

And after the banquet dispersed, Li Ran, with the help of California, finally got rid of those enthusiastic admirals.

"Whew, finally relieved. Li Ran was taken to the governor's office by Galelenia, and he shook his dizzy head, and then said with a wry smile:

"Thank you. ”

"It's okay, this is what the Admiral specially explained,"

"He's really good at picking the time, I'm almost dazed. ”

Chen Yao pushed open the door and heard Li Ran's complaint, he shrugged his shoulders, and then said:

"There's no way, after every big war, if you don't appease the emotions of these admirals who participated in the war in time, there will be a big mess. ”

"Well, I know you have your problems. ”

"Honey, help me get some sobering pills, these boys are getting more and more noisy. Chen Yao rubbed his head and said to his secretary.

"I want one too. Li Ran didn't want to be polite to this guy who had cheated himself at this time, and said to California.

"You kid really don't know how to be polite. ”

"No way, you're the governor, you won't be so stingy. ”

"I can't talk about you. ”

California saw that the two men were a little drunk, bickering like children, and didn't say anything, took a bottle of sobering medicine, and consciously went to make tea for Chen Yao and Li Ran.

After taking sobering medicine, Chen Yao said to the secretary ship:

"I have something to say to Li Ran, you help me send those admirals. ”

"Got it. Gallevonian nodded, then was silent for a long time, and said in the ear of Chen Yao, who was also her admiral and husband:

"I'll reward you well in the evening. ”

Chen Yao slapped his wife's buttocks, causing California to roll her eyes, and Li Ran almost sprayed a mouthful of tea on Chen Yao's face.

When California went out, Li Ran said shyly:

"I didn't expect you to be such a governor!"

"Haha, the true nature of a man. Chen Yao drank too much and talked more, but jokes aside, he took a sip of strong tea, then the wine subsided a little, and said with a solemn face:

"The joke is over for now, it's time to get down to business. ”

Li Ran also drank the strong tea, and the person was much better, he nodded and said:

"Listen up. ”