Chapter 430

Qin Ge looked at the bewildered Mingshi and said, "Does that mean all my future shipgirl breakthroughs won't need supplies?"

"Meow! That's impossible, meow!" Mingshi's fur stood on end as she jumped and shouted at Qin Ge.

Qin Ge rolled his eyes and said, "You didn't say before that all breakthrough funds were for Buri? I think letting her three sisters reunite, this favor should be enough to offset these supplies, or are you saying these supplies are what you earned?"

Mingshi instantly blushed, "No, not at all! I was just speaking for Buri, meow!"

Qin Ge chuckled, "How about we go to your shop together? I'm sure if they knew, they'd definitely agree."

Mingshi's expression turned grim, because what Qin Ge said was true—if the two Buris in her shop knew their little sister could come over, they'd definitely be willing to let Qin Ge break through all his shipgirls.

After all, breaking through a shipgirl is just a trivial matter for them. As for the funds gained from breaking through shipgirls being given to Buri, that's purely a lie from Mingshi.

The contract between Mingshi and Buri is that she provides food, drink, and lodging for the two Buri sisters, and in return the sisters must break through any shipgirls that come to the shop.

So the Buri sisters are pure laborers with no profit; all the earnings are taken by Mingshi. Thus, after Qin Ge proposed this condition, it's equivalent to sucking Mingshi's blood.

Mingshi looked at Qin Ge, whose expression seemed to see through everything, knowing she couldn't escape this time—either she would keep earning that much money and never again have the chance to lure Cai Buri into the shop, or she would give up earning Qin Ge's money and thereby obtain the purple-gold three-colored Buri sisters.

After not long of consideration, Mingshi reluctantly nodded at Qin Ge, "Meow, you won, meow!"

Qin Ge smiled faintly, then turned to look at Cai Buri, "Cai Buri, when you're free, go help out at Mingshi's shop. Besides, we'll often be out for long periods and won't return, so staying here alone would be a bit too lonely."

Cai Buri nodded, "Burin! Okay, burin~"

After hearing Cai Buri's reply, Qin Ge turned his head to look at the nearby Mingshi, who looked blood-depleted, and smiled, "Alright then, you take Cai Buri back first. Later today, I'll bring the shipgirls I need to break through to your grocery store."

"Okay, meow!" Mingshi nodded and said, looking at Cai Buri before her, she still breathed a sigh of relief—after all, compared to losing so much money, she had ultimately managed to lure Cai Buri over, which could be considered a gain.

"See you later." Qin Ge smiled, waved at Cai Buri beside him, and went upstairs.

At that moment, Mingshi immediately took Cai Buri and left, fearing Qin Ge might change his mind.

After going upstairs, Qin Ge discovered Belfast already waiting in his room.

"When you just came up, Master, you should have seen Mingshi, right?" Belfast smiled.

Qin Ge nodded, "That's right. I sent Cai Buri to Mingshi's grocery store. Anyway, she's not of much use to us now, and each of our sorties takes many days; leaving her alone here would be boring, so it's better to let her go find her two sisters."

Belfast smiled faintly, "I think no one would arrange it like that, Master, so I didn't have anyone drive Mingshi away."

Qin Ge smiled, walked to Belfast's side, lightly embraced her, and said, "I've noticed you understand me more and more; if this continues, I really feel I won't be able to part with you."

Belfast said with a blooming smile, "Master, isn't it from the moment I walked out of the Construction Device that we two are destined to never be apart in this lifetime?"

Qin Ge smiled and nodded, "Indeed, I'll go wash up first."

"Yes, my Master."

After washing up and eating, Qin Ge didn't immediately take his shipgirls to Mingshi's grocery store for a breakthrough; instead, he went to the office area, found Li Chenming, and had everyone present hold a meeting.

Actually, the main purpose of this meeting was to learn about the recent sea conditions around the stationed area, and to explain to all the commanders the situation in the Corrosion Level Four sea zone.

Furthermore, it covered the events that occurred within the Gangqu, and the deployment of the Fleet for a future period.

Since none of them were particularly serious, the meeting proceeded very pleasantly. After the meeting ended, Qin Ge kept Li Chenming behind.

"When we next apply to the Maritime Affairs Bureau for supplies, request more oil," Qin Ge told Li Chenming.

"Does the Corrosion Level Four sea zone consume that much oil?" Li Chenming looked bewildered.

Qin Ge involuntarily coughed dryly, "Actually, the Corrosion Level Four sea zone consumes somewhat more oil than the Corrosion Level Three zone, because the Siren Fleet inside is more numerous than in the Corrosion Level Three zone, so the combat frequency is higher, making it more oil-consuming."

But I wasn't aware of this the first time I went there, and because I wanted to intensively train my fleet at the time, the combat frequency was very high. So I brought a month's worth of oil, but it ran out in over ten days.

Li Chenming was dazed, then gave a wry smile, "I said Commander, I know you're under great pressure, but you don't have to go all-out like this."

Moreover, those shipgirls are all delicate beauties; how can you bear to let them fight without rest?

Qin Ge gave a dry cough, "My own heart is rather impatient, plus Weineituo's thinking is more erratic, eager to conquer that sea area, so the combat intensity is also higher."

Not to mention Bisimai—she leads her Iron Blood shipgirls, each a warmonger. Especially Qibolin, when Bisimai told her she could unleash combat, she never wanted to stop.

Lisailiu is somewhat better off, so she still has plenty of oil left.

Li Chenming was speechless, "No wonder those books say the Iron Blood Camp is more aggressive—this is indeed the case."

I understand the Commander's idea; these days I'll apply to the Maritime Affairs Bureau for resources, and when the time comes I'll request more oil so you can sustain combat in the Corrosion Level Four sea zone.

Qin Ge smiled, "Then please do that, right, you count whether anyone in our Grand Fleet's shipgirls need a breakthrough, this afternoon I will go to Mingshi's place to breakthrough shipgirls, then together, free, no money."

Also this? Li Chenming excitedly said, "My Z1 has been stuck at the third breakthrough stage, lacking supplies for breakthrough. Moreover, Sālātuōjiā needs breakthrough, other several members' shipgirls also need breakthrough, then we'll do it together at that time."

Alright, that's decided!