Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 248 - 183 The Troubles of the Shipping Company_4

Chapter 248: Chapter 183 The Troubles of the Shipping Company_4

Commissioner Ding cautiously asked, "Can’t it be sold locally?"

"Coal is produced there, can you imagine getting a good price over there?"

Vice County Chief Gu retorted, and then continued, "Moreover, the county has to consider the situation of coal shortage. If we face the same scarcity of various production materials and price hikes as last year, and our own mines are abandoned, and all our miners have dispersed, what shall we do then?"

Leaders are leaders for a reason; they stand taller and see farther than others.

What they consider is employment and whether the coal supply throughout the county can remain stable.

Commissioner Ding had nothing to say and lit a cigarette, staying silent.

Han Yu believed that Commissioner Ding had a point, after all, the northern section of the Grand Canal was too chaotic, otherwise, his parents would not have been adamantly against shipping goods in that direction over the years.

At this moment, Xu Sanye crushed out his cigarette, tapped on the table, and said, "This matter is indeed troublesome, but not impossible to resolve."

Commissioner Ding instinctively asked, "Sanye, how do you plan to solve it?"

"Old Ge came here today too. A few months ago when he came to survey the ferry sites, I told him that my Yanjiang Police Station doesn’t owe anything to the county, nor to the Transportation Bureau, but we owe the shipping company because 001 is owned by the shipping company."

Xu Sanye pointed at Manager Jiang and Captain Fan, then at Captain Wang and Han Yu, and said seriously, "Publicly, as a member of the Linghai Police, I cannot turn a blind eye to Linghai Enterprises being extorted time and again, nor can I ignore Linghai Enterprise workers being beaten by criminals.

Privately, Linghai Police Bureau has taken great advantage of the shipping company. Without spending a penny, we took a tugboat from the shipping company. Moreover, Captain Wang and Salted Fish, one of them is a retired official from the shipping company and the other is the offspring of the company’s employees. Now when the shipping company faces trouble, I cannot just stand by and do nothing."

"Director Xu..."

"Manager Jiang, let me finish first."

Xu Sanye pointed again at Han Yu, and, with a rise and fall in his voice, said, "Salted Fish is currently learning to pilot sea vessels at the East Sea Shipping Bureau. Not only do they have passenger ships, but they also have ocean-going cargo ships. Ocean-going cargo ships are equivalent to moving territory, inviolable and sacrosanct.

Specifically, the same applies to the shipping company, the shipping company’s fleet is the mobile jurisdiction of the Linghai Police Bureau. As the Chief of Yanjiang Police Station and the Big Commander of the Water Police Station, I, Xu Sanye, have the right to enforce the law!"

It seems this trip wasn’t wasted...

Vice County Chief Gu couldn’t help but ask, "Comrade Sanye, how do you plan to manage it?"

Xu Sanye weighed his options and said with a clenched fist, "I plan to tackle the issue from four fronts. First, we must organize forces for armed escorts. If those criminals dare to extort again, we’ll arrest them one by one, first take them into custody and then talk!

Second, to assign investigators from the Criminal Investigation Team to investigate and gather evidence to find out exactly which criminals were behind the previous extortion of the shipping company’s fleet.

We can’t let past events be overlooked; once we have enough evidence, we will settle accounts with them, doing our utmost to recover the losses for the shipping company."

Vice County Chief Gu, newly transferred here this year, had only heard that Xu Sanye was rather wild. Seeing it first-hand today, he pressed further, "What else?"

"Then, through our City Bureau Water Division, we report to the Provincial Department, striving to draw the attention of superiors, just like dealing with water bandits. Lastly, we need to engage the media. Reporter Wang from Binjiang People’s Broadcasting Station has worked in the coal mines; he has a connection with them and will be interested in such news. We’ll ask for his help to expose this!"

After pondering for a while, Xu Sanye looked at Han Yu again, "Salted Fish, you don’t need to go to the Water Division for on-the-job training. Focus on repairing the ship. Once 001 is fixed, change the ship’s name and number back to Linghai Tuo 012, remove the police lights, and disguise it as a regular tugboat to go to Xuzhou for coal."

Han Yu quietly asked, "Disguise it as a civilian tugboat for armed escort?"

"Mm, we can’t scare those bastards away. Our trip can’t be without gains; we need to catch some water bandits and bring them back, otherwise, it would be unjust for the beaten workers of the shipping company!"

Xu Sanye slammed his hand on the table and turned around saying, "Manager Jiang, this time I’ll personally lead the team and accompany you. We’ll use 001 to tow the barges, you’ll cover the fuel costs, okay?"

"No problem, we still burn fuel with our own tugboats."

"Then it’s settled. The Fourth Squad is currently assisting Customs with a case and can’t spare any investigators. Old Ding, you arrange the investigation and evidence collection.

As for the escort police force, I’ll call the Water Police Station later and ask Director Yu to arrange ten officers. I want to see who dares to extort the fleet I’m escorting!"

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PS: Apologies for the delayed update, offering this 6000-word giant Chapter as atonement.