Binjiang Police Affairs

Actually, in the morning, large and small sand dredging boats and four sand transporting barges were temporarily confiscated.

The small sand dredging boat, which was only about thirty tons, was obviously modified from a regular cargo ship.

The large sand dredging boat weighed over two hundred tons with formidable horsepower and from the design, it seemed to have been specifically built for dredging, oddly shaped just like the small one.

In the morning, while dredging in the Sanhe Waters, they were "crawling" at full power on the surface; the loud engine noises echoed to the skies, black smoke covered the river, and the large sand-sucking pipes penetrated the riverbed, swallowing the swirling sands, devouring the body of the Yangtze River like a "bloodsucking worm."

To temporarily confiscate these boats and their crews, Han Yu, Ma Jintao, Yang Yong, Yang Yuan, and Old Jiang were fully armed, carrying assault rifles to assist with Port Supervision law enforcement!

Since they decided to find fault with them, there was no need to rush handling it.

Since the Port Supervision Bureau decided to establish the Gaoru Port Supervision Office, Changzhou Port Supervision Office, and Linghai Port Supervision Office, a new round of institution reforms began, continually strengthening grassroots like the Police Bureau.

With power decentralized, personnel from the bureau should be deployed as well.

Han Xiangning welcomed four new colleagues, and next, according to the bureau's requirements, they would establish five deputy-level internal departments: an office, ship and crew supervision, waterway management, Sanhe Port Patrol Law Enforcement Team, and North Branch Channel Port Patrol Law Enforcement Team.

With more departments, there will be more personnel to come, too many to fit on a barge.

If they all crammed onto a barge for work, it would be inconvenient for the public to handle affairs with everyone staying on the river.

The Port Supervision Bureau established a Port Supervision Office in Linghai, which was beneficial for Linghai's development, particularly the economic development of the development zone. The Transportation Bureau was asked to coordinate, borrowing a floor from Lingda Car Ferry, and after settling in, Secretary Ye would even attend the inauguration ceremony of the Binjiang Port Supervision Bureau Linghai Port Supervision Office.

Han Xiangning confirmed that the detained boats were being watched by the Cooperative Defense Team members under Old Jiang. Some sand dredging workers didn't have ID, Seaman's Certificate, or even a Crew Certificate; they were all detained by the Water Police Fifth Company in the reception room for a slow investigation, while he and Old Jin were busy with unit construction.

When Han Yu returned to the barge after sending away several hydraulic engineers, he was greeted by a short and chubby boss, clutching a large Boss bag.

"Comrade, I own that boat. May I ask where the port supervision offices are and whom I should contact for handling this?"

"Are you the shipowner?"

"Yes, here's my business card."

"Wang Xingchang, General Manager of Changzhou Xingchang Building Materials Co., Ltd."

"That is me."

Wang Xingchang pulled out a box of Zhonghua cigarettes, hastily offering one.

"Thank you, I don't smoke." Han Yu took the card, looked back, saw the security door to the second floor tightly locked, realizing he might have been there for a while since Sister Ling and others obviously avoided him.

The barge was different from before; the second floor was all offices, the first floor only had a reception room and a public security duty room, and the other compartments were dormitories.

Inside the reception room, six or seven crew members without identity documents were detained, watched over by two Cooperative Defense Team members sitting at the end of the corridor.

The Cooperative Defense Team members, being part of the division, quickly stood up upon seeing the return of the director.

Han Yu gestured for them to sit, about to invite Mr. Wang into the public security duty room for a discussion when Ma Jintao came out of the engineering command barge duty room.

"Director Yu, could you come over for a moment?"

"Is there something?"

"Yes."

"Alright."

Han Yu took off his life jacket, handed it to Zhu Baogen who just tied the rope, and walked to the anchored engineering command barge on the west side.

Wang Xingchang wanted to follow, but after taking a few steps, a Cooperative Defense Team member stopped him; he could only wait sulkily outside the police duty room door of the port supervision barge.

Han Yu looked back and asked, "What's the matter?"

Ma Jintao touched his mouth corner, whispering, "I just asked, the small sand dredging boat was bought by three fishermen pooling money together, all from Linghai, and they all know Xiao Yu."

"They know Xiao Yu?"

"They also know Old Qian. Xiao Yu once took time to visit them when he brought students back for training last year."

"Where are they?"

"Squatting on the sand dredging boat, waiting to be dealt with."

No wonder I recognized their somewhat familiar faces when we went to catch them in the river this morning; they were all fishermen from Linghai.

Unexpectedly serendipitous, Han Yu weighed his options silently and said, "Ask them to come over, I'll talk to them first."

"Okay."

Fishermen have a hard life, especially those on the river.

Ma Jintao felt some sympathy for the three fishermen who found themselves in hot water, immediately grabbed the walkie-talkie, instructing the Cooperative Defense Team members watching over the detained boats to bring the three fishermen over.

After waiting about three or four minutes, the three fishermen entered the engineering command barge duty room nervously.

Han Yu greeted them to sit down and asked, "What are your names?"

"My name is Zhang Youyu."

"I am also surnamed Zhang, my name is Zhang Dafu."

"I'm Li Shuisheng, this is my Seaman's Certificate."

"I also have certificates, both Seaman's and Fisherman's."

The three men were short and skinny, looking honest and simple.

From their Fisherman's and Seaman's Certificates, the oldest among them was only forty-nine, but they seemed to be around sixty, indicating how tough it is to drift on the river, facing storms and rains every day.

Han Yu put down their certificates and asked, "Do you recognize me?"

Li Shuisheng hesitated a bit, carefully said, "I recognize you, Old Liang invited me to his house for a meal when he went to Hanwu, I sat at the table near the door while you were inside."

"So, you know my name."

"Yes, you are Salted Fish, Xiao Yu always talks about you every time he comes home."