Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 41 - 37: Grand Opening

Chapter 41: Chapter 37: Grand Opening

"You little brat, you’re from the police station, but I’m from the Police Bureau. Give me back the crank handle, and do it quickly!"

"I’m warning you one more time, don’t move!"

"Are you out of your mind? I told you not to move."

"Try and move, I dare you to get off the boat, I’ll throw this crank handle into the river!"

A single-cylinder diesel engine requires a vigorous turn of the crank handle to start if it isn’t equipped with a starter motor.

If the little brat down there throws the crank handle into the river, the diesel engine won’t start, and the boat won’t move. For a moment, the boat owner was dumbstruck.

Huang Jiangsheng didn’t know what Han Yu suspected, but worried that Han Yu would be at a disadvantage, hurriedly said, "Xiao Han really is with the police, so if he tells you not to move, don’t move, or you’ll be facing legal trouble!"

Shifty looking and clearly not a good sort.

From the accent, he’s not a local either.

Why would the boat owner be afraid of Huang Jiangsheng? Pointing at him, he cursed angrily: "Who the hell do you think you are to interfere? Mind your own business and get lost."

Huang Jiangsheng was about to turn around and call for help, when Han Yu bent down, took a walkie-talkie out from under his coolie hat, and held it to his mouth: "Uncle Zhang, Uncle Zhang, this is Han Yu, please respond if you hear me."

"Received, what’s the matter?"

"I’ve found a cement outboard boat at the shipyard with potential contraband, boat number Linghai 1089, the owner is uncooperative, you better come quickly."

"We’ll be right there, you be careful!"

"I’m fine, there are so many people at the shipyard."

The boat owner was taken aback, unable to believe that the kid below was really from the police.

The ship woman and their children were petrified, standing at the bow at a complete loss.

Huang Jiangsheng couldn’t help but laugh, raising his arm and pointing south: "Look where we are, the police station is right here, just a few steps away."

The boat owner glanced in the direction of the Yanjiang Police Station, and quickly started to flatter, "Young brother, I’m a local, I’m from Bailong Port Team Three, I know Boss Wu."

The ship woman also said anxiously, "My home is just up ahead, not far from here."

Seeing Salted Fish and Huang Jiangsheng arguing with the people on the boat, Xiao Jiang and the other workers hurried over to see what was going on.

Suddenly, more than a dozen people came, and Han Yu was no longer scared. He handed the crank handle to Huang Jiangsheng for safekeeping and climbed back onto the boat.

"Little brother, sorry, I really didn’t know you were police."

"Go stand over there."

"Alright, I won’t move."

Han Yu jumped down to the cargo hold and lifted the tarpaulin.

Xiao Jiang and a few other hot-blooded young guys, afraid that Salted Fish would be at a disadvantage, also climbed onto the boat, only to find six Phoenix bicycles hidden in the corner of the cargo hold.

The boat owner was lost for words, not knowing how to explain.

Han Yu bent down to check and saw that all the bicycles had identification stamps, and two of them even had round license plates, he looked up and asked:

"Where did these bicycles come from?"

"Bought them."

"Where did you buy them?"

"East Sea."

"East Sea is big; be more specific!"

The boat owner was filled with regret, thinking that if he had known this would happen, he wouldn’t have docked to repair the boat, or allowed the little cop on board.

However, there’s no medicine for regret in this world.

As he was at a loss for words, suddenly he heard someone shouting on the dock: "Where’s Salted Fish?"

"Director Xu, Salted Fish is on the boat."

"Is Salted Fish alright?"

"There are so many of us here, how could he be in trouble?"

"That’s good."

Xu Sanye finally breathed a sigh of relief, climbed onto the boat with Old Zhang and Zhang Lan who had come with him, and after a glance at the bicycles in the cargo hold, pretty much guessed what was going on.

"Who is the boat owner?"

"Me." Suddenly faced with three police officers—a formidable sight in uniform—Wu Youfu was terrified and quickly raised his hands.

"What’s your name?" Xu Sanye asked chillingly, staring at him.

The boat owner falteringly said, "Wu Youfu."

Xu Sanye pressed on: "Where are you from?"

"Bailong Port, Bailong Port Team Three."

"How many people are on the boat?"

"Three."

"Where?"

"There, my wife and my son."

Xu Sanye stared at him intently and asked, "Are there any valuables on the boat?"

Wu Youfu carefully replied, "No."

Xu Sanye glanced over, confirmed that the hold only had six bicycles and a pile of tarpaulins and nothing else, then turned back and said, "Old Zhang, Zhang Lan, check the sleeping cabin."

"Alright."

"Salted Fish, come up first and help check."

"Yes!"

The boat wasn’t big, and the check was completed quickly, with nothing else suspicious found.

"Come with us to the station to talk," Xu Sanye grabbed Wu Youfu’s arm, then turned back and said, "Salted Fish, find a few people to help push the bicycles to the station."

"Yes!"

"Officer, I’ll go with you, but my wife and child don’t have to, right?"

"Where’s all this nonsense coming from? Did I tell you to talk?"

"..."

Xu Sanye was tall and big, always naturally imposing, and became even scarier when he got angry.

Wu Youfu didn’t dare to speak again and obediently followed along. Zhang Lan called the ship woman, and Old Zhang took Wu Youfu’s child, following behind them.

Han Yu quickly asked Huang Jiangsheng and workers who were not from Bailong Port Village like Xiao Jiang to help carry the six bicycles ashore and park them in the yard.

Considering the wall wasn’t high and bricklayers and carpenters had been constructing houses these days.

He ran back to the shipyard and found a thin iron chain, linked the six bicycles together, and with Old Qian locked them up, so there was no worry about them being stolen.

The three family members brought back were separately interrogated by Xu Sanye, Old Zhang, and Zhang Lan across three offices.

The situation was quickly clarified; these bicycles were bought by Wu Youfu looking for a bargain in a town in East Sea Baoshan, from two out-of-towners who didn’t sound like they were from East Sea.

Knowing full well that these bicycles were stolen goods and still buying them, even planning to resell them at a high price to those in need, this was receiving and selling stolen property!

Usually, Xu Sanye wouldn’t hesitate to detain him for a few days.

But his boat was still docked at Boss Wu’s shipyard, and not sailing away would occupy dock space, affecting Boss Wu’s business, so after completing the statements, he was allowed to go back first and return in three days for processing.

After sending Wu Youfu and his family away, Xu Sanye walked out of the office, looked at the bicycles locked in the yard, and finally showed a smile.

"Salted Fish, not too bad, this is your official opening day, we should celebrate tonight!"

"Director Xu, what opening?"

"Solving the case, that boat ticket scalping incident doesn’t count, this one does."

Han Yu indeed felt a sense of accomplishment, and couldn’t help but laugh, "It’s just luck."

Old Zhang wasn’t as happy as Xu Sanye, pointing at him and said, "If you encounter this situation again, you can’t respond like you did today. Facing a family of three alone, what if they get desperate?"

Han Yu laughed, "I had the throttle in my hand, they couldn’t escape."

Xu Sanye patted his arm, "As long as you remember his face, the boat type and number, even if you don’t have the throttle, they can’t escape. This is the same as in war, only by protecting yourself can you better fight the enemy."

A wise man does not court danger.

What if the other party really did start a fight? Definitely couldn’t win.

Han Yu dared not be complacent and quickly said, "I’ll be more careful in the future, I won’t be so impulsive again."

Zhang Lan curiously asked, "Salted Fish, how did you get the throttle?"

"He had two diesel engines on board, one was broken, and he wanted to ask Manager Wu to arrange for someone to fix it. Manager Wu wasn’t there, and I just happened to be by the river, so I went aboard to help him check."

"And then?"

"At that time, the bikes were covered with a tarp; I didn’t pay attention at first, just felt that it was dangerous to sail an empty ship, it drew too little water and couldn’t withstand strong wind and waves..."

After telling the story, Han Yu thought about it and added, "He claimed it was a favor to relay goods for a relative from East Sea, but I noticed the front wheel sticking out wasn’t new, the tire was very worn, so I knew he wasn’t telling the truth."

Thinking of the details from the interrogation, Xu Sanye nodded, "He indeed wasn’t a boatman before, and he bought this boat last June, not only dealing in stolen goods, but also lacking awareness of safe sailing, ignorance being bliss refers to people like him."

Han Yu was more concerned about how this case would be investigated next, and curiously asked, "Director Xu, should we go after the two who sold him the bikes?"

"Those two suspects sold six bikes just to Wu Youfu, you can imagine they’re certainly not first-timers, the case value won’t be low, they must be arrested."

"When are we going?"

"Next week, I don’t have time this week, I need to arrange the work at the station before we go."

"Director Xu..."

"You want to go?"

"I do."

Xu Sanye laughed, "You must be missing Lin Xiaohui, she’s in Xuhui, and where we’re going is Baoshan, that’s far off."

Han Yu became anxious, "Director Xu, why do you say that, she’s my neighbor."

"I’m just teasing you, it’s not that I won’t take you, or think you won’t be of help. Mainly because the shipbuilding and repair work can’t do without you, the technical expert, and there might be news from Huang Jiangsheng at any moment, so only Old Zhang and I will go, you and the instructor have to stay behind."

Xu Sanye patted his shoulder, and laughed as if coaxing a child, "Catching small thieves is no fun, at the end of the month, during the Civilian Soldiers training, I’ll take you to the shooting range. Have you played with pistols, Type 56 semi-automatic rifles? Playing with those is really fun."