Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 50 - 46 Proactive Attack

Chapter 50: Chapter 46 Proactive Attack

The seniors and elders in the station are so caring that Han Yu can only repay them by doing his job well.

Xu Sanye was supposed to go to the Transportation Bureau to handle ship registration and inspection procedures, but after learning about it, he called the bureau’s leaders and said it would suffice for Captain Wang to go alone.

The following days were very "fulfilling."

During the day, he would repair ships or supervise shipyard dunship construction, and at midday and evening, he would read and reply to letters, completely swamped with work.

Liang Xiaoyu, who had just finished the Civilian Soldiers training, helped as an assistant for two days and was then sent by Xu Sanye to the firefighting team to learn how to put out fires, and she could only return after a month of training with the firefighting team.

The main engine, anchor engine, and shaft system of the Law Enforcement Rescue Boat have been maintained and repaired, and the hull has been derusted and painted with the second coat.

The glass in both the cockpit and the command cabin has been completely replaced with new ones, and the steering wheel and instruments are all new as well, inside and out shining like a brand-new ship.

The work being done is less about maintenance and more about outfitting and even retrofitting.

New masts and radar, as well as radio antennas, were installed on top of the cabin, and both air conditioners were installed. Yesterday morning, we connected shore power and tested it, and it was really cool.

The hook for towing cables in the middle of the hull is still retained, otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to tow stranded or anchors-away ships in the future.

The biggest change is the installation of a high-pressure firefighting water cannon at the bow, capable of rotating 360 degrees. The firefighting pump is installed under the deck, making good use of the previously unused storage compartment.

The water cannon has a flow rate of sixteen liters per second and a spray radius of up to forty meters, which is the main weapon of the Yanjiang Police Station’s Law Enforcement Rescue Boat for extinguishing large fires.

At the same time, it is equipped with four spray-type firefighting water guns, with a working pressure of 0.25 megapascals, which can be used for extinguishing fires or spraying a high and wide water curtain.

This water curtain can to a certain extent withstand the high temperature of the fire source, mainly for protection, allowing the Law Enforcement Rescue Boat to get closer to the fire, protecting a radius of ten meters.

The spouse of Huang Jiangsheng arrived and rented two houses in the village, so she wasn’t as frequent at the shipyard as before.

Today, he came over and saw that the tugboat had completely changed.

He almost didn’t recognize it and joked, "Salted Fish, this is too exaggerated, why didn’t you just install a machine gun at the bow!"

Han Yu came out of 002, looked up at 001 not far away, and laughed, "A water cannon is still a cannon, but Director Xu indeed said before, if it were ten years earlier, he would definitely have a dual-purpose anti-aircraft and flat-fire machine gun installed on the bow."

"Director Xu is really awesome!"

"Who doesn’t know how formidable Director Xu is, you don’t need to tell me."

"What’s that?"

"Radar antenna."

"And that one?"

"Radio antenna."

"This is big, is this still a tugboat?"

"It was before, but not now, it is a Law Enforcement Rescue Boat now." Han Yu didn’t want to talk about this anymore and asked in a low voice, "Brother Huang, have those two guys selling Foreign Exchange Certificates called you?"

Huang Jiangsheng looked back and said helplessly, "No, if they had called me, I would have told you already."

Those two people had an eight or nine out of ten chance of being able to buy tickets for ships traveling along the East Sea Riverfront, and there was no need to make a long trip to Bailong Port.

Waiting like this is not the answer...

After thinking for a while, Han Yu asked again, "If you see them again, can you recognize them?"

Huang Jiangsheng replied without hesitation, "Yes, one is thin and tall, with a very long face and glasses. The other is short and chubby, with a mole on his chin, and the mole even has a hair on it."

The physical characteristics of the suspects had already been grasped by the station, now the only issue was jurisdiction.

Since we could cooperate once with the Bailong Port Police Station, we could cooperate a second time.

Han Yu thought for a while and asked in a low voice, "Brother Huang, in a few days there will be a foreign ship docking, can you spare a day to come with us to Binjiang to have a look?"

"No problem, I’m not so busy at this time. My spouse has come over, and collecting grain and eggs isn’t like repairing ships. I will teach her, and let her keep an eye on it."

"Thanks."

"No need to be so polite, we’re all family here."

What he feared most was the grain station. Han Yu was thinking about which day to ask the Director if he could take him for a round at the Four Factory grain station, subtly reminding the people there not to always trouble him when suddenly, his walkie-talkie transmitted a burst of static.

"Salted Fish, Salted Fish, respond if you can hear me."

"Received, Director Xu, please go ahead."

"Your sister called and said your sister-in-law’s water broke. She has to wait until the child gets out of school to go over. Your brother and your parents are on the ship, you can’t not go. Hurry up and pack your things, come back and change. I have to go to the county town and I can give you a ride on the way."

"Oh, right away!"

Sister-in-law giving birth is a major event.

Han Yu hurriedly packed up his tools, ran over to lock up cabin 001, and rushed back to the station to change clothes.

Sesame cakes, crispy biscuits, brown sugar—these items that could be stored for a while had been bought at Bailong Port a few days earlier.

Considering the need for nutrition during childbirth, he gritted his teeth and bought two bottles of malted milk.

There are several thermos flasks in the station, and a new one they got as a reward for participating in the Civilian Soldiers’ training was not needed, perfect to give to his sister-in-law.

Han Yu clumsily packed everything up and hurried downstairs to see Old Qian had already scooped up a large Crucian Carp from the net by the river and placed it in a white plastic bucket.

Xu Sanye had already started the jeep’s engine and jumped out to help open the gate.

"Thank you, Director Xu, thank you Uncle Qian."

"What’s there to thank, put the fish in the front, the other stuff in the back seat. Salted Fish, you also sit in front, hold onto the bucket so the water doesn’t spill."

"Oh."

Han Yu loaded everything into the car, quickly climbed into the passenger seat, bent over to look, and asked in surprise, "Uncle Qian, isn’t this fish too much?"

"Not too much, we didn’t have to pay for it." Qian Dafu chuckled, helping to close the car door.

Xu Sanye walked around the front of the car, got into the driver’s compartment, glanced at the rearview mirror while reversing, and teased, "Salted Fish, you’re going to be an uncle soon. Now you’re sending postpartum presents, and over the New Year, you’ll have to give red envelopes as a gift money too."

"Director Xu, this is my first time being an uncle, but I’ve been an uncle for several years already."

"Almost forgot, your sister has kids too."

Xu Sanye laughed, then changed the subject: "Salted Fish, your parents aren’t home, and your brother is on the ship, so you’ll have to take charge. What comes next, sending sweet porridge and red eggs, these things should be handled by your family, not left for your sister-in-law’s side to worry about."

According to Linghai customs, when a baby is born in the family, it’s customary to send sweet porridge and boiled red-dyed eggs to friends and neighbors, and indeed these rituals should be carried out by the man’s side.

Han Yu quickly said: "I brought money with me, when we reach my sister-in-law’s place, I’ll go buy eggs."

"That’s more like it."

Xu Sanye nodded in satisfaction, and then reminded, "If you’re going to organize the Baptism Wine ceremony, I can give you a few days off. Help your parents and brother get everything done nicely before you come back; you can’t let your sister-in-law’s family talk."

People from ships were already looked down upon.

If these things weren’t taken care of, they’d be looked down on even more.

The sister-in-law was giving birth, and the brother wasn’t there to earn money, Han Yu felt an unpleasant feeling inside and said softly, "Thank you, Director Xu, when we get there, I’ll ask my sister-in-law if she wants to hold the Baptism Wine ceremony."

Now is different from the past, when only one child might be born, who wouldn’t hold the Baptism Wine ceremony?

That’s what Xu Sanye thought but did not say it out loud, after all, throwing a party costs money. And although Salted Fish had begun working, he was still a child, and it wasn’t right for him to take on so many family responsibilities at his age.

At home, parents had the say, ashore it was the sister who had the say.

Han Yu had long been used to listening to his parents and sister at home, never had the thought of "taking charge," and naturally he couldn’t consider too much.

Thinking of the station’s budget for repairing and building ships being seriously overrun, he quickly took this opportunity to report the plan of waiting for the foreign ships to dock soon, then taking Huang Jiangsheng to Binjiang to try his luck.

Xu Sanye had been worrying about money these past few days; otherwise, he wouldn’t have gone to the riverside gas station and the ship lock management office to seek sponsorship.

After weighing the options, he held the steering wheel and said, "We can’t just sit and wait, we need to take the initiative. When the time comes, you and Zhang Lan take Huang Jiangsheng and see if you can tail those two men, then split up to act.

One will quietly watch the sailor who sells Foreign Exchange Certificates, waiting for us to come and collect evidence. One will quietly follow the suspect who resells Foreign Exchange Certificates to see where they actually go. Meanwhile, have Huang Jiangsheng call the station ASAP, we’ll get the call and join you guys."

Catching criminals and helping the station solve its urgent financial needs excited Han Yu, who promptly said, "Yes!"

"If you discover someone exchanging Foreign Exchange Certificates with foreign sailors but it’s not those two people that Huang Jiangsheng knows, just keep an eye on them, don’t spook them."

"Director Xu, what if they’re locals and they don’t go to the docks to board ships, what do we do then?"

"You’re worried about jurisdiction?"

"If they don’t go to the docks, Director Zhang has no jurisdiction. If Director Zhang has no jurisdiction, we are even less justified."

Seemed his studies in laws and regulations hadn’t gone to waste, to actually think of these things.

Xu Sanye was pleased and said lightly, "I don’t only have Director Zhang Junyan as a friend. If we can’t work with him, I can collaborate with friends from Binjiang."

Han Yu asked subconsciously, "Director Xu, you know people from Binjiang Police Department?"

"I was a Criminal Investigation Captain for four years, everyone in Binjiang City Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Department knows me."

Xu Sanye chuckled and continued, "Not just the City Bureau, I have friends in several district bureaus too. The Deputy Director of Criminal Investigation at the Port District Bureau, Old Wei, is an old friend; every time I go to Binjiang, he insists on treating me to drinks."