"Why not get it treated thoroughly? It's so inconvenient like this," Jiang Ye said.
"It's intentional. I'm not getting it treated for now, so that everyone under me can see. Even though I'm the highest-ranking official in the bureau, I can still face bullets without flinching. What reason do they have to shrink back?" Tang Panlan explained a little sheepishly. "I'll go to the hospital for a complete treatment in a couple of days."
"What did you get injured by?" Jiang Ye looked at the injured person with a bandaged head beside him.
"Reporting to Chief, I am the new police chief of Lianhe City, You Shan Yongdou..."
Jiang Ye's face twitched.
You Shan Yongdou.
What a careless name...
You Shan Yongdou didn't notice the change in his superior's expression and continued:
"The Lianhe City police force has been conducting surprise operations for the past two days. Infantry fighting vehicles, robot police, flapping-wing aircraft, and bomb disposal dogs are all on duty. The police officer attendance rate is 70%. We have cracked two illegal firearm manufacturing sites, arrested 112 people involved in the manufacturing of illegal firearms, dismantled four illegal firearm distribution points, and apprehended 26 related sales personnel. We also arrested 118 workers in a construction team who were preparing for a gang fight, along with 6 bosses and masterminds involved. In all operations, 8 resistors were killed. In the operation early this morning, I was shot in the abdomen by a shotgun and fell to the ground, and then took a shot of shot pellets to the head. Fortunately, the bulletproof vest and helmet were not penetrated, and I only suffered a scalp abrasion."
Jiang Ye's eyebrows furrowed deeper. "How did so many illegal firearms appear in Lianhe City?"
"Preliminary investigations suggest it's an alien immigrant family that moves to a new planet to manufacture guns every few years. Their ancestral business is making private firearms, and the family members are very skilled. They can manufacture high-powered firearms using simple metalworking machinery and scrap materials. The accuracy of their bullets is quite high, and they can be directly used in our guns. This family is currently being interrogated in prison," You Shan Yongdou reported. "Lianhe City is just beginning its development, and many small projects are bid on by private construction teams. In order to compete for business, bosses would buy guns and give them to workers, planning to have a showdown at night. If they could eliminate other companies' workers, they could disqualify them from bidding."
"Deal with them severely. Arrest everyone who can be arrested, and kill everyone who can be killed," Jiang Ye said, in a bad mood. "Send me an electronic copy of the case records. I will review them."
"Yes!"
"And you?" Jiang Ye looked at the last injured person.
"Mine... was beaten by my wife..."
Everyone at the table suppressed their laughter.
Jiang Ye was speechless.
"Why don't you go to the hospital to treat it?" Jiang Ye asked.
"I'm keeping the injury. Perhaps my wife will be gentler if she hits me again..."
Jiang Ye was utterly speechless. He was a formidable chief of police for an entire city, with so many troops and weapons at his disposal, yet he was so humble at home.
There was nothing that could be done about such matters. Every force has its counterforce. In ancient times, generals were afraid of their wives. They could decapitate enemies on the battlefield like cutting grass, but at home, they would still kneel on the washboard.
"Why did she hit you?" Tang Panlan asked curiously, with a gossip-like expression.
"..."
"Alright, let's talk business," Jiang Ye said, coming to his subordinate's rescue.
Before coming, Jiang Ye had already reviewed the resumes of each new police chief. They were all good talents, and Shao Wan had personally vetted them, so he was very reassured. After a brief chat, he handed out appointment letters and bonuses to everyone, and the meeting concluded. The new police chiefs saluted and left.
Shao Wan closed the office door, locked it, and refilled Jiang Ye's tea.
"There's something I think I need to tell you," Shao Wan said with a serious expression. "Do you know about the recent issue with aquatic products in the logistics city?"
Jiang Ye looked blank, his heart skipped a beat, feeling that something major was about to surface. "Tell me in detail, the whole story."
"If you already know, then I won't investigate further," Shao Wan said. "I just want to confirm with you, to prevent anyone from using your name to bully others."
Jiang Ye's expression turned serious. "I'm not aware of this matter. I don't know what you're talking about. Is someone using my name to do bad things? Report it truthfully."
"I have stationed plainclothes informants in various cities, similar to spies. They conduct normal work on the surface, such as teachers, waiters, movers, salesclerks, small business owners, and even students. In private, they collect information on local illegal and criminal activities and report it to me. I submitted a report to you about this, and you signed and approved it," Shao Wan said in a low voice.
Jiang Ye nodded. "Of course, I remember. A thousand personnel, with a considerable operational budget. I read the important intelligence submitted every month."
"One of the informants in the logistics city, Shen Tong, is a very beautiful and intelligent police academy graduate. She gave me intelligence two weeks ago, saying she discovered some imported food products with serious hygiene deficiencies. I didn't take it seriously at first, but then the intelligence quickly escalated," Shao Wan said with a serious expression.
"To obtain accurate data, Shen Tong specifically paid to find work in imported food inspection. She was responsible for testing parasites, antibiotics, and bacteria in alien aquatic products. She quickly discovered something peculiar: after the aquatic product loading area closed at 10 PM, some workers would secretly climb over the wall. The security guards clearly saw them climbing over the wall on the surveillance, but pretended not to see. Usually, around midnight, one or two transport trucks would come and go, and then the workers who had climbed over the wall earlier would climb out again.
"She reported to me, suspecting a theft situation involving quite a few people. The workers who climbed over the wall, the security guards who watched the surveillance, and the truck drivers were all in cahoots. They would steal some aquatic products that had not yet been inspected and paid for and sell them, then split the money. I thought this was a major issue, affecting import and export credibility, so I dispatched a few more informants to the logistics city for support.
"Unexpectedly, the intelligence escalated again soon."
"To understand what happened at night, Shen Tong hid in the aquatic product loading area during the day and waited until 10 PM when it closed. At 10:30 PM, those workers climbed over the wall again, all with small flashlights. When they reached the loading area by the water, they simultaneously pried open four dried fish containers. However, they didn't steal the dried fish inside. Instead, they used large shovels to scoop out a lot of dried fish and shovel them directly into the sea. Those dried fish quickly disappeared into the seawater. In over ten minutes, at least a hundred pounds of dried fish were thrown away for nothing."
"She witnessed this scene and couldn't understand it. They weren't stealing it, but throwing it into the sea. What was the point of such a self-defeating act? They weren't even releasing the dried fish! As she was pondering this, a worker's flashlight shone on her, and he shouted, 'Who's there?' She turned and ran. Those workers dropped their shovels and chased her desperately. Fortunately, she was a police academy graduate and had practiced running every morning and evening during her studies, so she managed to outrun those workers."
"The next day at work, Shen Tong specifically paid attention to those dried fish containers that had been thrown away."
"The hygiene inspection of those containers was not handled by Shen Tong; it was personally handled by her group leader. Therefore, she didn't know how the hygiene inspection was, but the report issued by the group leader stated that there were no problems. Thus, they were sold successfully. When selling, they would give the merchant a slip stating the product, the weight, and the price per pound. She deliberately asked the merchant to verify the information. The merchant looked at the slip and said it was correct, the quantity was right.
"This matter was very strange. So much cargo was shoveled into the sea, yet the merchant said the quantity was correct. There must be a hidden reason. Interstellar freight is very expensive, and these merchants keep track of every pound of goods. If they didn't know the weight of their goods, they would have gone bankrupt long ago."
"Shen Tong noted down the name of this merchant and waited quietly. Four days later, it was the same merchant, with the same six containers of dried fish arriving in the afternoon. There wasn't enough time to inspect them and clear customs, so they had to be temporarily stored in the loading area to be inspected the next day. Shen Tong went to the loading area to stake out during the day and waited until night. Sure enough, around 10:30 PM, those workers came in again, carrying shovels, climbing over the wall.
"Shen Tong changed her hiding spot this time, thinking it was sufficiently concealed, but this time she almost got into trouble."