Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 317 - 225 The Flood Hits the Dragon King Temple_2

Han Yu, with a reminder from the Director of the Comprehensive Governance Office, noticed a man in his early fifties standing nearby, wearing a wrinkled short-sleeved shirt and police pants, who at first glance looked somewhat like the secretary’s driver.

"Hello Secretary Lu, hello Agent Li, sorry, I..."

"It’s okay."

Secretary Lu took the tea cup from Director Zhou’s hand, unscrewed it and took a big sip, then took the cigarette hurriedly offered by Old Zhang, lit it with a match he was holding in both hands, and inquired in the local dialect: "Are you from the Binjiang City Police Department Water Police Team?"

"Yes, here is my work ID." Han Yu quickly produced his credentials.

Secretary Lu put down his tea cup, saw Old Zhang lighting his cigarette, took a couple of puffs, then took the work ID and letter of introduction to inspect before handing them back to Han Yu.

"Here to make an arrest, right? Whom are you looking to apprehend, and from which village?"

"..."

"Captain Han, if you make arrests in Liangzhuang, you need to report to Secretary Lu."

Seeing Han Yu and Old Zhang hesitant to speak, Agent Li stepped forward to remind them, his Mandarin being even harder to understand than Secretary Lu’s.

Han Yu hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Reporting to Secretary Lu, we are here to arrest Huang Jianping, who lives in Group 2, Shengli Village, Liangzhuang Town."

To the surprise of Han Yu and his team, this local township leader, who looked more like a Boss, pondered and said: "Victory Second Team, Huang Jianping... Comrade Xiao Han, are you sure you have the right person?

Huang Jianping, I remember him, he’s an individual who operates water transportation, hauling bricks for brick factories and refractory materials for refractory material factories. His water transportation business is doing well; it’s unlikely that he would commit crimes."

"Secretary Lu, he indeed runs a water transportation business. Six days ago, while his boat was passing through the Bailong River in Linghai City, it collided with a cargo ship from Salt Sea which led to a verbal argument and eventually, he physically assaulted a ship owner from Salt Sea."

"How serious are the injuries?"

"He broke two ribs."

"Breaking ribs is not that serious, he didn’t even need to go to the hospital for surgery."

What do you mean by that? Are you trying to protect a criminal?

Han Yu was unsure how to continue, when Secretary Lu turned around and said: "Old Li, make an announcement on the radio to see if Huang Jianping is at home. If he is, have him come to the township government office; I want to ask him what happened."

"Okay."

"Zheng Fa, have Comrades Xiao Han and Zhang Mingyuan requested the procedure for inter-jurisdictional collaboration?"

"No, they insisted on waiting for Agent Li’s return."

"Get it done quickly."

At that moment, the mobile phone rang.

Secretary Lu took out his mobile phone, looked at it, and said with a raised head: "Comrade Xiao Han, you and Director Zhou go and handle the procedures; I will take a call next door. You are from the City Bureau Water Police Team, your timing is perfect. Once the procedure is done, I have something to discuss with you."

We are just local police, what could a local township leader possibly have to discuss with us... Han Yu wanted to say they did not want to proceed with that procedure, but before he could speak, the wealthy, domineering, even slightly gangster-appearing Secretary Lu had already left for the office next door.

"Director Zhang, Captain Han, did you hear that? Hurry up and handle the procedures!"

"Director Zhou, sorry, we’d like to wait a bit longer for Agent Li."

"You don’t want to pay the cooperation fee, is that it?"

"..."

"Fine, you wait then; I’m about to get off work anyway."

Director Zhou said this and then locked his office door, carrying his briefcase and pretending to go to the bike shed to get his bike.

Old Zhang, realizing that Agent Li seemed to be colluding with them and not really acting like a public security police, thought that this 500 yuan could not be saved and hurriedly prompted Han Yu.

Han Yu had heard his second aunt mention Secretary Lu more than once, knowing only of Lu’s capabilities, but had not expected that Secretary Lu would be so unreasonable.

Just as he was thinking that each issue should be dealt with on its own and they mustn’t pander to their bad habits, a furious roar from Secretary Lu could be heard from the next office.

"You treat the people as if they are leeks, harvesting them batch after batch! This standardization, that standardization, issuing this brand, rating that star, in the end, it’s all just reaching out for money!"

"Don’t tell me about that, I have a pile of those standardizations three feet high here. School standardization, radio station standardization, health center standardization, elder care home standardization, family planning office standardization, Party member home standardization, youth home standardization, Civilian Soldier home standardization, and even rural toilet standardization!"

"A school is just two floors, painted six times, with brick walls and iron gates beautified into a garden. This is the countryside; being able to provide schools for the children and ensure teachers get their salaries is already good enough, what need is there for a garden?"

"And the Civil Affairs Bureau, asking our Civil Affairs Office to undertake the 4311 project—four people, three rooms, one color TV, one video recorder. What do I need so many people for, who pays their salaries? What do I need a color TV and video recorder for, has the Civil Affairs Bureau started selling home appliances?"

"They also want to do door number plates, law-abiding plates, family planning plates, pushing this ’star’ and that plate. Every household has to buy them, costing five to ten yuan each, are you selling plates and stars? What use do the people have for these plates and stars?"

"You need to meet the standards..."

Han Yu could hear that Secretary Lu was furious, pounding the desk and roaring inside: "Everyone says that, you meet the standard, he meets the standard, our farmers can’t bear it! This big event, that big event, all built on the blood and sweat of the farmers!

Don’t talk anymore, other places are other places, Liangzhuang is Liangzhuang, we don’t need so many plates, we don’t want to meet these standards."

No wonder Liangzhuang can ensure teacher’s salaries; it turns out that he resisted the impositions from the upper levels.

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