Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1240 - 87: A Blessing in Disguise (Part 2)

"So, we need to establish an Intelligence Department."

Zhou Huixin, while urging Old Gu to finish his meal quickly, said meaningfully, "Moreover, once the anti-smuggling boat is handed over, Salted Fish might not even have the time and energy to continue handling cases. You could say this is just a transition period. We not only need to adjust our mentality but also seize this opportunity."

"Let Xu Haoran quickly familiarize himself with the situation, take over Salted Fish's connections?"

"Not only do we need Xu Haoran to quickly familiarize himself with the situation, but we also need to use the transition period to handle a few major cases, to raise the reputation of our branch."

Salted Fish doesn't seem much like an anti-smuggling police officer no matter how you look at him.

Thinking further about Salted Fish being "busy with other things" despite needing to handle so much, Gu Guofu suddenly realized Salted Fish isn't interested in outshining the Investigation Department, and it's unlikely he'll stay at the branch for long. He quickly said, "Understood, Commissioner, don't worry, I'll adjust my mindset."

...

At two in the afternoon, Gu Guofu and Wang Changjiang convened a meeting with all the police officers from the Investigation Department to brief them on the case and assign tasks. Then, they split into four groups to carry out investigations according to Jiang Xiaojun's instructions.

Wang Changjiang, being from Jiangcheng and familiar with the area, personally led a team to Jiangcheng to ask for assistance from Jiangcheng Customs, Jiangcheng City Bureau of Industry and Commerce, and the National Tax Bureau, among others.

Gu Guofu personally handled the investigation of the companies involved in the case on the Binjiang side.

The investigators were all on the move, leaving the Investigation Department empty.

After visiting the Procuratorate, Deputy Port Director Ma was quite satisfied. Although the branch office became very quiet, he felt that's how a case handling unit should be. If everyone just sat in the office waiting for phone calls, what would it look like?

"Commissioner, did Old Gu personally step in?"

"Yes, he led a team to the freight company and customs brokerage."

"Being led around by Salted Fish, does he have any thoughts?"

"He had some initially, but after I talked to him, he doesn't have any thoughts now." Political Commissioner Zhou took a cigarette from Deputy Port Director Ma and couldn't help but laugh, "Even if he has thoughts, what can he do? After all, they're outmatched."

Deputy Port Director Ma thought giving Old Gu and the Investigation Department "a lesson" wouldn't be a bad thing. He lit a cigarette and smiled, asking, "Why did the National Security Team call Salted Fish this morning? What was the matter?"

"Just to understand the situation, nothing particularly important."

"Where's Salted Fish?"

"He returned early and is now setting up surveillance on the river."

"What is he surveilling?"

"He collected several clues suspecting that there are criminals smuggling refined oil products. The surveillance plan was devised by veteran police officer Jia Yongqiang from the Water Police Station, but it requires assistance from several law enforcement departments and enterprises. Salted Fish is busy deploying police officers, workers, and cooperative armed police to designated locations."

Zhou Huixin tapped the cigarette ash and continued, "At the same time, he needs to contact several units with law enforcement vessels. Once any criminals smuggling refined oil products are discovered, he will ask for assistance to catch them in flagrante."

Capturing them in flagrante on the river differs from doing so on land and requires assistance from both units on the river and possibly those across it.

Had it been a few days ago, Deputy Port Director Ma would have doubted whether Salted Fish had this capability.

But now it's not a few days ago; he had attended the Water Fire Fighting Association's third council meeting of the first session and personally saw how extensive Salted Fish's connections as the "Binjiang Water Army Commander" were. He couldn't help but laugh, "It seems Salted Fish wants simultaneous action on water and land."

"He mainly wants to train the team, considering water anti-smuggling police are also anti-smuggling police and can't just operate boats."

"By the way, any issues with communication and command when he deploys so many people on the river?"

"No issues; the cadres and staff from the Water Anti-Smuggling Department and Jiang City Smuggling Crime Investigation Branch who trained under him, although not everyone has a mobile phone, the personnel from various collaborating units for the water anti-smuggling action do, and Salted Fish has arranged for that. Communication and command won't be a problem."

...

Meanwhile, Tang Wentai, Deputy Director of the Linghai Development Zone Management Committee, had just left the National Security Team at the City Bureau.

As one of the officials who had interacted with Xu Chenhui, he was also questioned by the National Security Team.

Recalling the words spoken by Branch Chief Huang, he felt quite apprehensive, and upon entering the car, he took out his mobile phone to call Han Yu.

"Brother, if it weren't for your prompt decision, I don't know what kind of trouble I'd be in this time!"

"Did the National Security Team reach out to you?"

Han Yu stood on the afterdeck of Yangtze Police 110 and instinctively turned to look in the direction of Binjiang Port.

Tang Wentai gestured to the driver to start the car while smiling wryly, "I just left the City Bureau. I'm going to the City Committee and Municipal Government to report to Secretary Qian and Mayor Shen. It turns out that Secretary Qian and Mayor Shen knew about Xu Chenhui coming to find me in Binjiang yesterday. They were worried I'd get involved but couldn't say anything to me."

Who would have thought Xu Chenhui joined X religion? Who could have imagined Xu Chenhui would turn out to be a "bomb"?

Han Yu sighed lightly, speaking with mixed emotions, "I saw Xu Chenhui, and both Secretary Lu and Director Chen from the City Bureau were aware of it. Secretary Lu and Director Chen are worried I'd get embroiled unknowingly.

My brother-in-law came back today. Tomorrow he'll report to Yang Jianbo in Jiangcheng, and the day after, he'll go to the Capital to attend the commendation conference. Secretary Lu, who is also the first secretary of the Military District, is throwing a farewell party for him and his team tonight and has invited me along. I initially didn't want to go, but on second thought, I need to go and explain to Secretary Lu in person."

Tang Wentai agreed deeply, "Who would have thought what that boy Xu Chenhui did would affect social and political stability? This isn't a small matter. Secretary Lu cares about you so much; you need to report to Secretary Lu in person."

...

Night fell, and Han Yu hurried to the Military District guesthouse.