Li Ran curiously took the book jacket and found that the annotations on it were becoming more and more dense, and he couldn't read Richelieu's French font.

However, the font is still very good-looking, Li Ran looked at the book, although the annotations are dense, but the pages are not obviously damaged, and it can be seen that it is very well maintained.

“…… The waters near the offshore recharge reef are often rich in fishery, minerals, oil and gas resources......"

When Li Ran saw this, he suddenly had an idea, it seems that the world's scientific and technological level, the offshore drilling platform has not yet been developed, well, this is an opportunity.

He meditated, closed the book, and then stood up, here you can't see the surface of the sea, but you can smell the salty smell of the ocean, the world is not too polluted, so to speak, the industrial system of this world is somewhat deformed.

It seems that the existence of the goblin clan has led to the fact that the level of human technology is not the top.

Having seen the deep black technology, he also knows that the deep sea of this world is probably not only the enemy, but also the object of learning for all human beings.

Due to the influence of the deep sea, the development of the ocean can be said to have stagnated compared to the earth, and the navigation of this world is still stuck in the primitive stage of reselling raw materials, special products from various places of the dwarf, and other initial goods.

Capital has not yet formed a system that circulates all over the world, but there is a unified currency.

"It seems that relying on the sea to eat the sea, the ancestor said this reasonably. ”

Li Ran felt that he should be busy in the future.

The source of resources in the Xiguang Town Guard Mansion was too narrow, so when he saw this sentence recorded in the book, the idea of the offshore drilling platform in his mind gradually became stronger.

However, he didn't understand this at all, and he frowned at the thought of it.

"I just hope the goblins will understand this. ”

Li Ran watched himself come out for a long time, got up and walked to the office building, walked to the door, and met the representatives of the maritime merchants who won the bid to greet him.

"Major General Li, stay. ”

Li Ran sighed, he was only a few minutes away from avoiding these people, but now, he could only stop, and then said:

"Good morning, everybody. ”

"Major General Li, we are here to discuss the cooperation treaty, you see, are you free now?"

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he seemed to have told them that he would formulate a cooperation treaty as soon as possible, and after thinking about it, he contacted Helena through the Admiral's personal network, and he knew that Helena did not have the task of going to sea to inspect today:

"Helena, are you busy right now? If not, take a trip to the office building right away. ”

Helena and Pinghai were handling the handover ceremony of some goods, and when they heard Li Ran's inquiry, she said to Pinghai:

"The Admiral has something to ask me for, I'll leave it to you first. ”

Ping Hai nodded.

Helena walked out of the dock area, and then replied to Li Ran:

"I'll come right over. ”

Li Ran nodded, hung up the communication, and then said to the delegates with a smile:

"Ladies and gentlemen, my assistant will be here later, and you can talk to my assistant about the contract. ”

Li Ran walked into the office building with these delegates, and then opened the conference room, he motioned to the delegates to wait a while, and then said with a little apology:

"Wait a minute, everyone, I'll go get some tea ready. ”

"Don't bother Major General Li. ”

"It's okay, it's a guest, you wait for me for a while. ”

li ran smiled, he just didn't have anything to do, the ship girls all had tasks, except for Richelieu, who was on the night shift, to rest, everyone else either went to sea to perform patrol missions or

I am in charge of the chores of the island now.

It's been a long time since he's done these hospitality jobs with his own hands, and he has a reputation in the town guard's mansion, and the head maid has always cooked everything properly, but the cooking is a little unsatisfactory.

Getting back to the point, Li Ran went downstairs to prepare tea, only to find a very embarrassing thing, there is no disposable tableware in this world.

That's right, disposable paper cups!

Li Ran knew that plastic products might have a very bad impact on the world, but paper cups were different, paper cups could be degraded, and he thought of a good idea to make money, and he was in a surprisingly good mood.

Although there are no disposable paper cups, there are still a lot of teacups on the tea table in the living room on the first floor, he boiled water, looked at those tea leaves, and sniffed at the tip of his nose.

It seems that there is also a lot of room for improvement in the processing of this tea.

Li Ran's divergent thinking at this time continued to spread.

No way, he is short of money, looking at those maritime merchants in suits and leather shoes, and they are generous, although it is very comfortable to kill people, but he still hopes that the wealth is earned by himself, after all, he has a little bit of a man's self-esteem.

While he waited for the water to boil, Helena returned.

"Admiral, leave this to me. ”

"No need, it's okay to make some tea, but you'll have to serve it for me later, there are a lot of people coming. ”

Li Ran smiled bitterly, and it happened that the kettle made the sound of water boiling, and he was making tea, and then looked at Helena as if she was distracted.

"What's wrong?"

"Admiral, I'm thinking about the treatment of the hired ship girls. ”

"Well, is there anything wrong with that? I think we didn't pay them very badly. ”

"No, I mean, there seems to be a lot of disagreement between the maritime merchants and the mercenary shipwives on the issue of treatment, and I heard the complaints of several mercenary shipwives when I was directing the handover of goods today. ”

"Oh, what did you say?"

Li Ran didn't raise his head, cleaned the teacup with hot water, and then brewed the tea leaves, he didn't know much about tea art, so his movements seemed a little stiff.

After making tea, he didn't hear Helena's answer, he was a little strange, and then raised his head and asked:

"Helena?"

Helena reacted at this time, she was so distracted that she quickly reacted, and then said:

"I'm sorry, Admiral, I was too engrossed, what did I just say?"

"Alas, the treatment of the hired ship's wife. Li Ran looked at Helena like this, obviously caring about the treatment of those hired ship girls, and he didn't mean to blame too much.

"Well, the treatment problem, those little sisters told me that they often meet some businessmen who have done tricks on the employment contract, but because they don't have a commander, and the gendarmerie doesn't accept these things, it is the customs of various countries that have the right to deal with maritime merchants, and the mercenary ship girl is only protected by the ship girl academy and the admiral college, and is not a citizen of various countries, so they often encounter unfair treatment, and there is no way to appeal, I was thinking, should we do something, admiral?"

Li Ran subconsciously frowned, and was about to say to Helena that these things were too much, and he couldn't manage them, but after thinking about it, it seemed that this was a good opportunity to win the hearts of the mercenary ship girl.

He pondered for a moment, then divided the tea, and then said:

"I'll talk to the seven governors, but I'm not sure how far I can go, so don't expect too much. ”

"Admiral......

"Don't be too busy thanking me, let's not talk about this for now, those guests are waiting for us now, you don't have to worry later, if the contract is made. I'll be there to help you, remember not to worry about being cheated by them, these maritime merchants are all fat and flowing, let them spit out, just to give the mercenary ship girls out of anger. ”

"Well, got it, Admiral. For the first time, Helena didn't think that Li Ran was doing too much, and after she heard the mercenary ship's confession, the only good impression she had of these maritime merchants in suits and leather shoes was gone.

She could also understand why Li Ran didn't like to deal with these maritime merchants, these guys were really bad.

That's right, the ship girl is this kind of simple-minded creature, and it is natural that they will be resentful of what happened to the hired ship girl, after all, they are all ship girls, and the difference is only whether there is a commander or not.

Empathy applies to human beings, and of course it is the same for ship girls.

Li Ran looked at Helena and got angry, it seems that this treatment problem is a bit serious, he frowned, he originally wanted to save some face for these maritime merchants, but looking at Helena's appearance, it seems that there is no need to show mercy.

It's just that he is a little curious, why are these maritime merchants who have been running on the ocean all the year round so stupid, although the mercenary ship girl is not as powerful as the ship girl, but their group is the largest, and they are also the most powerful security guarantee in the seven major war zones on the ocean.

The maritime merchants treated these hired ship wives unfairly, and he also suffered from Leipzig, but the other party was a admiral at the time, and now it seems that people still have a certain contempt for the ship wives.

This may be a good opportunity for yourself.

Li Ran originally had no ambitions, but now, it seems that there is a God-given opportunity in front of him.

Li Ran didn't realize that the incident that Helena accidentally mentioned turned out to be an important turning point in his later fate.

Of course, that's all later.

At this time, Li Ran and Helena said with the brewed tea and walked up to the conference room on the second floor.

The representatives of the maritime merchants had already started talking, and when they saw Li Ran and Helena coming in, they all got up to greet each other.

Helena was in charge of bringing the tea to each of the delegates, and then returned to Li Ran's side and stood still.

Li Ran looked at these deputies with some restraint, and he smiled:

"You've been waiting a long time, we can start now. ”

The negotiation meeting of the cooperation agreement of Twilight Island was held in such an inconspicuous early morning in such a slightly humble conference room.

And a new era slowly lifted her charming skirt.

Li Ran motioned for Helena to start, and then watched as she took out the paperwork she had sorted out last night from the ship's space.

Seeing the surprised gaze flashing in the eyes of those maritime merchants, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Everyone, I'm sorry, don't blame me for being too black this time, who told you to be unkind.