Chapter 98 Suspension
"Hey, Mr. Law Enforcement Officer!"
Beside the rickshaw, the lean and dark man grinned, "Where are you going?"
Chen Ling casually took out a few copper coins from her pocket and put them into the man's hand, "Go to Factory Street."
"okay!"
The man collected the money, his eyes lit up, he picked up the rickshaw and ran to the edge of the third district without saying a word.
"We haven't seen each other for a few days, so I should call you Lord Law Enforcement Officer." The man couldn't help but sigh, "I have never even heard of a law enforcement officer like you who was promoted so quickly..."
This man was the same man who drove Chen Ling to Bingquan Street in District 2 when he first became a law enforcer. Relying on Chen Ling's "command" at that time, he earned double the money from Han Meng afterwards. Meeting Chen Ling now is as enthusiastic as meeting a relative.
"Good luck." Chen Ling smiled.
"Are we going to take a detour this time?"
"...No."
Chen Ling spent her own money this time, so of course she couldn't do it like she did then... Hearing this answer, the man also sighed with regret.
A light mist covered the street, and the man drove Chen Ling forward quickly. There were fewer and fewer houses around, replaced by the faint outline of the factory in the distance. On the edge of the aurora, it looked like a creeping black beast.
The factory is the core existence of each region. It not only provides employment for most residents in the region, but also continuously transports a large amount of materials to Aurora City. However, due to the pollution it produces, the factories are located at the outermost part of the region. , close to the domain boundary.
Chen Ling got off the rickshaw and gave the man a few more tips before leaving. Now that he was a law enforcement officer, he would naturally not be short of money. The man immediately thanked him respectfully.
"Sure enough..." Chen Ling looked thoughtfully at the densely packed factories.
"More than half of them have stopped working."
Chen Ling had been to the factory area before. Among other things, the exhaust gas from the chimneys alone was enough to dye the entire sky gray, but this time most of the factories seemed not to be operating, and the air was surprisingly fresh.
Chen Ling went straight into the factory area. As soon as she got closer, she saw a large number of figures crowded in front of the factory area, holding banners and shouting in unison:
“We want to get back to work!!”
“We want to ask for pay!!!”
“We want to get back to work!!”
"we want……"
There were at least a hundred people crowded in front of the factory. Most of them were young and middle-aged people, wearing shabby cotton clothes, waving their fists, and everyone roared with anger.
In the crowd, Chen Ling saw a familiar figure. He was holding a big flag with the word "return to work" written on it in both hands. He gritted his teeth and waved it desperately while cursing in the crowd:
"Why don't you let us work?!"
"The steel plant is closed, what are we going to do for food?!"
"Return to work!! We need to resume work!!!"
That person was none other than Zhao Yi, whom he met last night.
The crowd blocked the entrance to the factory. If the iron door had not been strong enough, they would have smashed it into pieces. At this moment, several figures behind the door were talking in low voices, with ugly expressions on their faces.
"We want to resume work! We want to resume work! We want to..."
Under the roars of the crowd, a figure came from behind. The crowd behind them were stunned when they saw the black windbreaker, and then they consciously closed their mouths and moved to both sides to avoid it.
The shouting became smaller and smaller, and the people in front seemed to feel that something was wrong. Zhao Yi stared back and looked back. Just as he was about to scold them for being useless, he saw that familiar face.
"...Chen Ling??"
The originally angry and crowded crowd had now automatically given way to a road several meters wide. Their eyes looking at the black windbreaker were full of awe and fear.
To ordinary people in District 3, law enforcers are already gods... let alone law enforcement officers?
"You became a law enforcement officer?!" Zhao Yi finally reacted, with shock in his eyes.
Wasn't he still a law enforcer last night? Did he really set foot on the Shinto path in the ancient branch of the art of war? ?
"Yes." Chen Ling nodded calmly, "Stop, I will handle this matter."
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Yi's expression changed one after another. He looked at Chen Ling, and his expression changed from shock to doubt, and finally to helplessness... He took a deep breath and spoke forcefully:
"Chen Ling, you'd better seek justice for us!"
After saying that, he put down the flag for the time being and retreated to the side.
Chen Ling stood at the door and looked at the people inside, "Open the door."
Seeing this, several people immediately stepped forward to open the door. They did not dare to show any disrespect to the law enforcement officer. The leader of the group spoke respectfully to Chen Ling:
"I am Meng Shi, the deputy director of the steel plant...what is your name?"
"Chen Ling."
Chen Ling walked into the factory and got straight to the point, "What's going on?"
Meng Shi grimaced and spoke helplessly, "The factory has stopped working, and they insist on coming back to work... I told them that I can't do it, but I can't do it, but they didn't listen. They have been waiting outside for a long time."
"I'm not asking them, I'm asking you."
"us……"
"Why the shutdown?"
Meng Shi looked at each other and the followers behind him, and sighed, "Come with me."
Meng Shi and others took Chen Ling and walked straight into the factory. As soon as they entered the door, several large gilt characters were engraved on both sides of the steel factory.
The sentence on the left is, [Thousands of times forged steel bones];
The sentence on the right, "The most glorious thing is to endure hardship and stand hard work";
On the top of the factory, a few large horizontal characters are the most conspicuous, "Everything is for mankind";
These fonts are obviously old, and they are a little blurry under the erosion of wind and snow. Some words are even missing strokes. The exterior walls of the factory are also mottled and damaged, with a faint smell of rust.
This was Chen Ling's first time entering a steel plant. Maybe it was due to the fog, but everything was wet. When he walked into the workshop, he saw several huge machines on display. None of them were started. Instead, they were covered with plastic sheets. Like several black hills.
"Sir Chen, look over there." Meng Shi pointed to an empty space at the back of the workshop.
Chen Ling looked carefully.
"What's there?"
"It turns out that those places are used to store ore, coke and other raw materials for forging steel." Meng Shi spread his hands, "Now Aurora City has taken away all the raw materials. I know those people outside want to resume work, but how can they resume work?" Can you turn them into steel out of thin air?"
Chen Ling frowned slightly, "Why did Aurora City take away the raw materials?"
"I don't know, the order was given directly to the factory director." Meng Shi said bitterly, "Mr. Chen, you also know... the factories in the seven major districts are directly managed by Aurora City, and even the factory director is appointed by them. , If they want to take away the raw materials, we can’t stop them.”
"What about the factory director? Call him over."
"Yesterday we followed the raw materials into Aurora City." Meng Shi paused for a moment and added, "It's not just our steel plant... this is the case in all other factories. All the raw materials and finished products were transferred away, leaving us with the remaining A pile of waste.
We don’t want to shut down either…but we really have nothing left. "