Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 212 - 107: Profits Secured, Ominous Signs!
Meanwhile, two guards quickly stood one on each side of the truck.
"Friend, please step out of the vehicle and wait until it’s your turn to get back on."
"Oh, okay!"
The driver in the cab sensed something was off, tightened his grip on the steering wheel, but had no choice but to follow the guard’s orders and stand by the front of the truck.
Turning to look towards the inspection area, the distance was far, and the rain was affecting visibility.
Jin Dafei clearly didn’t notice anything unusual and had no idea that the second truck had already been detained.
She walked in and nodded slightly.
"Next one!"
Cheng Ye shouted, and his gaze fell on the third truck slowly entering, and he had a rough idea of what was inside the compartment.
The truck was weighed, showing a weight of 14.7 tons.
As soon as it stopped in the inspection area, Hei began barking at the compartment, attracting everyone’s attention.
"Sir, there are some Mutated Crystals inside, it’s written on the cargo manifest!" Jin Dafei shouted loudly across the isolation net, his tone carrying a hint of deliberate straightforwardness.
Mutated Crystals?
Everyone stayed calm, knowing in their hearts that this was just the toll.
After the driver finished the inspection and went to the corner, he opened the rear compartment door, and Hei darted up, barking wildly at the wooden crates in the corner.
"Calm down, Hei!"
She patted the dog’s head and led people to open the wooden crates, which indeed contained neatly stacked, pale white Mutated Crystals, with a mist-like swirl inside the crystals.
"Sir, these are the most common Moonbird Crystals, with a market price of about 42 points per kilogram."
He half-squatted to weigh them, not light.
Placing them on the scale, after deducting the weight of the crates, the net weight was 44.3 kilograms, totaling 1860 contribution points.
With a 20% inspection tax, it brought 372 points of revenue to the checkpoint.
"Sir, you see, we’re doing business by the book, and we’re paying the inspection tax in full."
Jin Dafei called out again, his face wearing an appropriately submissive expression.
Cheng Ye turned slightly and nodded. This guy was indeed clever.
Or perhaps it could be said that all the heads of these trading teams are shrewd people, whether or not they are hiding things, they put on an impeccable front.
According to what She said, yesterday Inspector Qiao inspected three caravans larger than this Red Mountain Merchant Team and only found 2100 points in total.
Yet this Red Mountain Merchant Team handed over 1860 points of crystals on their own. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
"In this light, they’re quite sensible; they’ve smuggled a lot but are willing to give up quite a bit too."
Cheng Ye nodded slightly, and an extra thought suddenly popped into his mind.
Whether or not this thought would work out depended on Jin Dafei’s next reaction and attitude.
The third truck was quickly inspected, and it was carrying various small items from other shelter cities, some industrial, some artisanal, all of them rare commodities.
The prices couldn’t be estimated, but they were all within the tax-free category, not considered high-value goods.
"Alright, go on!"
Cheng Ye raised his hand to let them pass, leaving only the last truck in line at the checkpoint.
This time, Jin Dafei didn’t continue waiting; he clung to the truck door and entered with the truck.
This guy really had nerves of steel; despite having 5,000 points worth of smuggled goods in the truck, he didn’t show any tense feelings and became even more relaxed.
The truck was weighed at 10.9 tons.
The weight of the four trucks was decreasing in order, with this one not even reaching half its load capacity, excluding the vehicle itself.
Hei’s nose was indeed sharp; as soon as the truck stopped, it started barking at the rear compartment door again, its tail stiff as a rod.
It was visible to the naked eye that Jin Dafei’s expression finally changed, putting on an air of nervousness.
After getting off, he mumbled under his breath, eyes mixed with surprise and panic.
"Sir, I didn’t know someone else loaded stuff in there; perhaps it was missed during loading, but we definitely registered it... all the items are recorded in the manifest, we can prove it!"
"Is that so?"
Cheng Ye gave a faint smile and signaled the staff to conduct a basic inspection on Jin Dafei and the driver first.
For no reason, Jin Dafei shivered, reading something from that smile.
It was confidence, it was calm.
After the complete procedure, neither had any issues and retreated to the corner as instructed.
"Good thing Old Lv insisted I prepare some toll money, otherwise this young inspector would be really hard to fool..."
Jin Dafei was secretly relieved.
When he saw Cheng Ye from afar earlier, he had regretted it.
The crystal powder in the fourth truck was meant as "Path Money" for the inspectors.
In most medium-sized or larger shelter cities, inspectors would typically let this go when they saw it.
Even in a Super Shelter City, where the inspectors became stricter, they would still go easy if they took a bribe.
He had thought that with Cheng Ye being so young, he might not have needed to spend that money, but now it seemed fortunate he didn’t save it.
Damn, his smile was terrifying.
It gave him the illusion that all his tricks were seen through.
"Open the door!"
Hei was impatient, wagging its tail rapidly against the ground, a low growl in its throat.
As soon as the rear compartment door opened a crack, it dashed forward like an arrow, fiercely biting at the wooden planks on the truck floor, its teeth leaving shallow marks on the wood.
This black dog was truly impressive!
Jin Dafei watched from the corner, his eyelids twitching; he’d heard other merchant teams say that Happiness City had a black dog, and as long as things weren’t completely sealed or their scent covered, nothing could escape.
Seeing it today, it truly lived up to its reputation.
She signaled her subordinates to go forward and use crowbars to pry along the seams of the wooden planks, and the whole movable floorboard rose in response.
Below were neatly arranged dozens of bags of scattered crystal powder, all crushed finely from Moonbird Crystals.
