Chapter 75: I Want It All

Sun Xiaozhu was very surprised and didn't understand why Lin Lan would say that.

"Lord Lin Lan, even if it's transported to the outer district's dock, it still requires transportation..."

In her view, if oil is not transported by vehicle, it must be planned to be transported by ship.

But here, they also need trucks to transport it to the dock.

Before she could finish speaking, she felt the displeased gaze of the silver-haired girl with colorful eyes sweep over her, causing her to swallow her words.

"It's fine, just watch later. Please lead the way to the storage room."

Lin Lan's words made Elbe retract his gaze; he hadn't noticed Elbe's small action just now.

"Alright, Lord Lin Lan."

Sun Xiaozhu immediately put on a professional smile and stopped saying another word.

Oh my, these ship girls are so terrifying…

The weather had already entered deep autumn, and she felt her back was already damp with cold sweat.

Under Sun Xiaozhu's guidance, it wasn't long before Lin Lan and the Iron Blood girls arrived at a large, tightly locked warehouse.

After the door was opened, Lin Lan finally saw the oil he had been thinking about.

"A total of 45 barrels of oil, about six tons."

As soon as Sun Xiaozhu finished speaking, not only did Lin Lan's eyes reveal a trace of disappointment, but even the ship girls seemed to disdainfully snort.

What a joke, the amount of oil Lin Lan invested in these Iron Blood ship girls alone was immeasurable.

Moreover, the amount of oil they sank from merchant ships in history was counted in tens of thousands of tons.

Just six tons of oil?

Hmph.

"Is that all?"

Lin Lan thought of the oil stockpile he saw at the Iron Blood fortress, and compared to that, the oil here seemed pitifully small.

But even if it's just a little, it's still meat; after all, this could be considered his first pot of gold.

"Elbe, pack up all this oil and take it away."

Lin Lan said casually.

"Hey, to be honest, the amount of oil I transported when I was on cargo ships was dozens of times more than this."

Elbe muttered, stepping forward, and the black and red Iron Blood aircraft carrier's dragon armor appeared.

In just a few seconds, the oil in the warehouse disappeared without a trace.

Sun Xiaozhu stared wide-eyed at the terrifying black-red dragon disappearing again; if it weren't for the fact that all the oil in the warehouse had disappeared, she might have thought it was an illusion.

"This, this is…"

Lin Lan knew that the ship girls' armor in this world didn't have such storage functions, but he was too lazy to explain.

He naturally noticed the disappointment of his girls regarding the quantity of oil and suddenly had a bright idea. He asked Sun Xiaozhu:

"By the way, there should be an oil depot of Tian'ou Group in Lihu County, right?"

"Yes, those oils are the private property of Tian'ou Group's agent here. Wait, Lord Lin Lan, what are you planning to do?"

Sun Xiaozhu instinctively answered Lin Lan's question, but she quickly realized that the port commander…

Seemed to be planning something big.

"Oh, then currently the Tian'ou Group's agent Zhang Wei is missing. If the oil under his name is gone, no one will pursue it, right?"

As expected, Lin Lan, deep in thought, raised this bold topic.

"That's absolutely not possible, Lord Lin Lan." 

"Not to mention that the new agent of Tian'ou Group has not yet taken office, if Zhang Wei returns and finds the oil missing, he might put pressure on the Navy Department under the guise of private property infringement…"

"He won't be coming back, don't ask me how I know."

Lin Lan interrupted Sun Xiaozhu's words with a smile, his tone very certain.

After getting Sun Xiaozhu's answer, he knew what to do next.

If not now, then when to deal with the rich?

"Don't mention anything else, lead the way."

At this moment, could Sun Xiaozhu still refuse? The silver-haired ship girl named Elbe was once again looking at her with rainbow-colored eyes.

However, she also harbored a secret anticipation; having the commander backing them, causing trouble with the consortium… seemed quite nice.

When they reached the warehouse entrance, a few small trucks arrived.

Looking at the small trucks parked at the warehouse entrance, Lin Lan couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

No wonder Sun Xiaozhu mentioned a fleet of vehicles; these transport teams didn't even have a single large truck?

Is it because Lihu County is remote, or because Orlan's land transport capability is too poor?

Looking at Sun Xiaozhu talking to the truck drivers, Lin Lan recalled that in this alternate world, almost all trade was conducted by sea.

After all, with so many rivers in Orlan, the poor development of land transport technology was understandable, so he stopped thinking too much about it.

Lin Lan and the Iron Blood ship girls took two small trucks from the transport team and, after a dozen minutes, arrived at the edge of the inner district.

Here, it was obviously a designated warehouse area of the county, with neat and tall warehouses built here.

The truck driver was clearly familiar with the place and drove skillfully to the entrance of these warehouse enclosures.

As Lin Lan got off the truck, he saw that each warehouse door had the large Tian'ou Group seagull logo stamped on it.

"This place is quite decent."

Lin Lan looked at this warehouse area with interest; even a single warehouse could probably store thousands of barrels of oil.

"Hey, this is Tian'ou Group's oil depot. What are you doing here?"

At this time, a few Tian'ou Group security guards in the entrance guard booth saw Lin Lan and his group, and walked over with electric batons.

"Dispose of them, just don't kill them."

Lin Lan said casually and without hesitation, took the lead into the warehouse area.

U101 and U556, the two young girls, received the order and, with excited smiles on their innocent faces, rushed towards the security guards who hadn't reacted yet.

Handling these guys was enough for the two of them.

When one of the warehouse doors was bitten open by Z23's shark armor, the mountain of oil barrels inside made Lin Lan finally show a smile.

Now this is more like it, the Navy Department was so stingy.

Relying on wages and rewards to obtain oil, who knows when that would be accumulated.

"Lord Lin Lan, I dare to ask, how many warehouses do you plan to empty?"

Seeing Lin Lan rubbing his hands in anticipation, Sun Xiaozhu asked with some concern.

"Huh? What are you talking about, what do you mean by moving a few?"

Lin Lan, with a dissatisfied look in his eyes, raised his arm and opened his palm, then slowly clenched it into a fist:

"I want it all."

Ignoring the already intimidated Sun Xiaozhu, he looked at Elbe and Nimi and said:

"Take it all away, take everything, well… leave one warehouse, as there might still be a need in the county."

After giving the order to his ship girls, Lin Lan suddenly thought that taking all the oil might affect the county's livelihood.

However, after coming to her senses, Sun Xiaozhu adjusted her glasses and whispered to him:

"The county's oil has a designated storage area."

"Oh, then it's fine. Don't leave a single barrel, take it all away."

Hearing this, Lin Lan's remaining concern vanished completely.

A few minutes later, when Lin Lan and the others returned to the entrance of the warehouse area, the two little U-boat girls were already waiting outside with cheerful smiles.

Meanwhile, the Tian'ou Group security guards were all scattered on the ground, unconscious.

"Nimi, destroy those cameras."

Lin Lan scanned the surroundings, and after Z23 destroyed all the cameras, the group got back onto the small transport trucks and left.

The truck drivers still didn't know that the group had emptied the Tian'ou Group's warehouse.

The sun had just risen when Lin Lan and his group returned to the familiar outer district dock.

"If there are any matters in the future, just send someone directly to the port area to find me."

"Any commissions should also be sent as documents. You know the conditions at the port area; there's no internet."

After boarding his white yacht with the girls, Lin Lan stood on the deck and bade farewell to Sun Xiaozhu.

"Alright, Lord Lin Lan. Please take care in the future as well."

After bidding farewell, Lin Lan started the yacht and headed downstream to his port area.

"Going home, going home!"

U101 and U556 happily bounced around on the sofa in the cabin.

They were so excited to finally bring the commander back to the port area.

Z23 and Z46 also somehow found cleaning tools and started tidying up the slightly dusty furniture in the yacht.

"Hehe, yes, going home."

Ulrich sat quietly on the sofa, a faint smile on her face, her bronze eyes looking at the man standing on the deck outside the yacht.

Facing the refreshing morning river breeze, Lin Lan wore a satisfied smile and eagerly watched the Lihu County fishing boats fishing in the middle of the river.

"Only when the commander is here does it feel like home to us."

"Ulrich, did you say something just now?"

Elbe, puzzled, looked at Ulrich. She was about to get up from the sofa to go on deck and scare Lin Lan, vaguely thinking she heard Ulrich's voice.

"No, nothing."

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