Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 161 - 130 I’m Just the Messenger_2

Chapter 161: Chapter 130 I’m Just the Messenger_2

Thinking of how the Director attended Xu Sanye’s Dunship launch ceremony a few days earlier, having just accompanied Secretary Chen from the county committee to inspect the Spring Festival travel rush, Commissioner Ding leaned over and said, "Have Director Yu at the dock arrange for more people to prepare hot water and mobilize surrounding small diners and shops to extend their business hours."

"Commissioner, he is a department-level cadre, and you want me, a police station chief, to direct him? Will he even listen?"

"If it really comes to it...we can report it to the county. This isn’t just a matter for the police alone; the Transportation Bureau should step in at critical times."

"Director Yang, Commissioner, there’s another matter."

"What is it, hurry and tell."

"Not only are foreign vessels and personnel involved in the illegal eel fry fishing, but there are also local vessels and personnel from Linghai, mainly from a few towns along the river."

Director Yang, with furrowed brows, asked, "How many?"

Chief Ding replied with a bitter smile, "No less than two thousand."

"That many!"

"Not only are there many of them, but they also have no sense of risk, no life-saving equipment, they even set out in washing tubs to fish in the river, and people disappear with one passing wave."

Chief Ding was truly worried, as he looked at his notebook, "Xu Sanye asked me to call Director Zhang at the Agricultural Bureau, saying if Director Zhang doesn’t manage this, and someone dies, he would bring the corpse to Director Zhang’s house. He’s a director, and I’m just a station chief, how can I make such a call."

When Xu Sanye says something, he will definitely do it, especially when lives are at stake.

Director Yang took a deep breath and said coldly, "I will make the call myself. Since Li Weiguo and Zhang Junyan are not managing the shore, you need to step up. If the situation on shore becomes chaotic, I will hold you responsible!"

"Yes!"

"I know you’re busy, if there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up."

"There’s something else!"

"What?"

Chief Ding hastily reported the situation about Xu Sanye collaborating with Binjiang Customs and Binjiang City Commerce Bureau to crack down on speculation and smuggling.

Eel fry are very expensive, dubbed as "soft gold."

A small piece, as long as a matchstick, is worth more than three yuan.

The Binjiang Waters are also a main area for fishing eel fry; those traders compete with the Fisheries Department to buy eel fry by the ton.

Director Yang sensing opportunity, couldn’t help but laugh, "You maintain order on the shore first. As for how to handle your relationship with Director Yu at Bailong Port, don’t worry, the Commissioner will be there shortly."

"That’s great, with the Commissioner here, we’ll have a strong backbone."

"That’s it for now, I’m hanging up."

Commissioner Ding clearly understood what the director was thinking and, looking up with a smile, said, "Director Yang, I think the wedding of Xu Mingyuan and Zhang Lan on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month won’t go through, why not let Zhang Lan go with me?"

Director Yang smiled, "Having Zhang Lan go is also fine, I saw her at the policewomen’s dormitory during dinner, Old Wang, go call her."

Zhang Lan is an accountant!

Sending Zhang Lan is to prepare for handling finances with Commerce and Customs...

Director Wang, realizing this, stood up with a laugh, "Alright, I’ll go call her right now."

As Old Wang, who will never ride a boat again in his life and wouldn’t go to the Yanjiang Police Station’s Dunship if there wasn’t something very important, departed, Director Yang flipped open his address book, found the general phone number for the Agricultural Bureau, and dialed.

After being transferred around and waiting for about five or six minutes, he finally heard Shameless Zhang’s voice.

"Director Yang, calling me so late, what are the instructions?"

"You say that as if, I dare to instruct you."

"What’s the matter?"

"Director Zhang, I am just a messenger. Xu Sanye told me to inquire whether you care about the matters on the river, especially the people on shore, do you manage those?"

"Director Yang, what do you mean by that?"

"Xu Sanye said we have at least two thousand people from Linghai fishing eel fry on the river. Whether it’s illegal fishing is not for the police to manage, or even within our jurisdiction. We only know none of those are fishermen, not knowing how to swim, lacking any life-saving equipment, what if someone drowns?"

"Director Yang, I am just an Agricultural Bureau Director, who would listen to me? Not to make you laugh but although the Fishery Administration comes under the Agricultural Bureau, and we established a Fishery Port Supervision Station, we don’t have a single real Fishery Administration enforcement officer."

Director Yang puzzledly asked, "Why set up a Fishery and Port Supervision Station if there are no personnel for it?"

"Driven by higher authorities’ demands, they asked us to arrange staffing for training and certification in Jiangcheng city. The first training session was missed due to restructuring and now has to wait until next year. Besides, we have no personnel, no funds, and not even a law enforcement ship."

The Fishery Administration was just a minor department within the Agricultural Bureau, whose main focus was on agricultural technology promotion, achieving bumper crops and grains, making it extremely challenging for them to manage illegal fishing.

But the higher authorities did not consider these factors, still entrusting them with these functions.

This is all about departmental interests; clinging to power yet lacking the resources, but still wanting to undertake this challenging task.

Director Yang sighed inwardly and said straightforwardly, "It’s your problem if you have difficulties, I only know Xu Sanye has laid out his stance, if you don’t manage and someone dies, he is going to bring the corpse to your house."

"What have I done to provoke him, why is he being so unreasonable! Director Yang, you need to rein him in, he’s out of control..."

"Old Zhang, you might not like what I am about to say, but if it were any other matter, I would definitely scold him severely. But on this issue, my stance is the same as his."

"Director Yang, we are the Agricultural Bureau, not the police. Not to mention the public not taking us seriously, even those local township leaders don’t think much of us... enou