Chapter 286: Smuggling resumed and people smuggling began (two
Chapter 286 Smuggling resumes and smuggling begins (two chapters combined into one)
The stamp in Li Duoyu's hand has a black picture on a red background, with the words written vertically on the left:
【Chinese People's Stamps, Gengshen Year】
The lower right corner reads:
【1980, 8 points】
is a monkey ticket issued in 1980!
It’s a pity that the postmarked ones don’t seem to be valuable, and the full-page ones are only valuable.
I remember this thing, when the speculation was at its peak, it was said that a set of monkey tickets could be exchanged for a house.
Although Li Duoyu is very confident in making money on his own, who can say for sure what will happen in the future? He only has time to collect a dozen sets.
After the monkey tickets are speculated by them, it would be good to cash out at a high position and earn a few houses.
After all, no one wants too much money.
It seems that when your son gets married, when the price of monkey tickets is the highest, you can definitely give him one or two sets.
Looking at his daughter-in-law, he still dares to be so cruel, but since he has been reborn, his destiny will inevitably change.
It’s not certain whether Xiao Tutu will marry that woman in the future. If it’s still that woman, Li Duoyu doesn’t intend to stop her.
Forget it, never mind.
Find some time to collect a few sets of monkey tickets. After all, this thing is much more valuable than Melody beads.
After getting off the passenger ship.
Li Duoyu got on the shuttle bus and got off directly at the town committee compound.
Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, red lanterns are hung in the yard, and the slogans on both sides of the wall seem to have been changed.
On the left is [Resolutely crack down on smuggling and illegal immigration! 】
The right side is【It’s better to have only one child】
When Li Duoyu came to the gate, he found an old man sitting in the duty room, holding a stove in his hand.
After meeting the uncle.
Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Uncle Chen, it's almost the Chinese New Year, and I still have to be on duty."
After seeing the young man in front of him, the old man in the duty room smiled and said: "I'm tired of working hard, and I have no choice. I have to be on duty even on New Year's Eve."
Li Duoyu took out a bag of Huazi that he carried with him and handed it over: "Uncle Chen, Happy New Year."
"This is impossible. If Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao find out, they will scold me."
“How can a special period like the New Year be compared with normal times? Besides, these are domestically produced cigarettes and not imported, so it doesn’t count as a mistake.”
“Let’s go, I’m going to a meeting.”
The uncle couldn't resist, so he took the bag of Huazi away. Looking at Li Duoyu's leaving figure, he couldn't help but sigh: "Young people are more polite."
Just now, the head of a village was so awesome that he even had a quarrel with him. He called him a guard dog, which made him even more angry.
After Li Duoyu arrived at the town committee compound,
I found that there were many people wearing light blue Chinese tunic cadre uniforms gathered under the banyan tree in the courtyard.
Everyone was smoking and chatting there. It didn’t take much to guess that these people, like myself, should all be village cadres and came here for a meeting.
Most of this group of people are in their forties or fifties, and some are already sixty or seventy years old. Many of them were formerly captains of various villages.
So these people have known each other for a long time and often have meetings together.
And among this group of people, the oldest one feels like he could be Li Duoyu's grandfather.
An old comrade thought Li Duoyu was a staff member of the town committee and asked him:
“Comrade, it’s already half past nine. Why hasn’t the leader come yet? When will the meeting be held? We have been waiting for a long time.”
Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly: "I don't know about this either."
“Why are you like the gatekeeper at the door, who doesn’t know anything about anything? He informed us to come to a meeting during the Chinese New Year, but in the end there was no one there, and he didn’t let us celebrate the Chinese New Year well.”
“That’s right, there are still a lot of things to be busy with in the village.”
At this moment, someone looked at Li Duoyu and said:
“Do you think that the little comrade just now looks a bit familiar?”
“Old Zhao, when you say that, I feel a bit familiar.”
Among this group of people, there happened to be someone who knew Li Duoyu, the village party secretary of Chenjiacun, Chen Haichang.
“He is not a staff member here, but the village director of Xiasha Village on Dandan Island, Li Duoyu.”
After hearing this name, everyone looked at him.
“No wonder it looks familiar. I’ve seen it in the newspaper.”
“I just saw him on the wall of honor in the reception room.”
“This young man is awesome. He seems to be the first to engage in kelp farming in our town. I will pay him a visit someday and ask for advice on kelp farming techniques.”
But some people said sourly:
“What’s so awesome? I heard someone say that he was able to start a business with kelp all because he had a relative who worked at the Fisheries Research Institute in the county. That’s why he got the first prize first, and he could be replaced by anyone.”
“However, Xiasha Village is really big-hearted to choose such a young man. Didn’t Wang Dapao come this year?”
“Old Qiao, you don’t know, right? Wang Dapao suffered a stroke and was hospitalized some time ago.”
“Well, then this young man has the final say in Xiasha Village, and the village is doomed.”
Chen Haichang sighed. Having lived to this age, he has never seen anyone. Naturally, he knows very well the mentality of these people. They are jealous of the young man in front of him.
Actually, he thought the same way at first, until he went for a walk in Xiasha Village, and when he came back, he felt a little sorry for the people in his village.
“I also heard that Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao took great care of him and allocated a lot of money to build public toilets and garbage stations in Xiasha Village.”
“When I mentioned this, I got angry. I thought every village had it, so I came to Secretary Chen to apply. But Secretary Chen said that the project was not declared by the town, and he would not approve it.”
“Who would believe it if you say this?”
“I don’t believe it either. Why does it exist in Xiasha Village and not in our villages?”
“While we are having this meeting today, we must ask Secretary Chen to explain this matter clearly. We must make sure that a bowl of water is balanced and we cannot favor one over the other.”
“That’s right, it must be made clear.”
Li Duoyu originally wanted to say hello to them, but he didn't expect that these people deliberately arranged their appearance.
To be honest, Li Duoyu is no match for them. He is twenty or thirty years older, and his range is at least two to three meters behind.
Li Duoyu was having a rest in the reception room of the town committee. He didn’t expect that the reception room here, like the County Fisheries Research Institute, likes to have a wall of honor.
Li Duoyu took a brief look and found that the first half of the honor wall was filled with information related to the fishing team.
For example: Xiaqi Village Fishery Production Team caught 3,530 tons of marine fish in 1968 and won the title of Excellent Production Team.
In 1970, Xiasha Village Fishery Production Brigade purchased the first single-net tugboat.
By the late 1970s, the Wall of Honor was blank for nearly four years.
Although these four years were the most glorious four years in Shangfeng Town, not a single bit of the glorious content could make it onto this wall of honor.
Next, Li Duoyu saw a newspaper photo of himself with the leader posted on the wall, with the following text:
(Provincial leaders met with Li Duoyu, a farmer in Xiasha Village, and were optimistic about the kelp farming industry in Shangfeng Town.)
Later, there were many pictures related to him, such as the treatment of sperm whales; the kelp harvest ceremony; Comrade Li Duoyu won the title of advanced aquatic worker, etc.
In the second half of the entire wall of honor, he actually appeared more times than Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao.
This made him feel like he was taking the lead. If he met a petty leader, he would probably have his shoes worn out.
Li Duoyu suddenly remembered that when Mayor Gao went to their Dandan Island last time, he obviously wanted to beat him.
It seems that I need to keep a low profile.
But when I think about it, in a month’s time, the inspection team from the island country of Nagasaki will come. By then, there will inevitably be a few more photos of myself behind the wall of honor.
Li Duoyu couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this. Sometimes, it's hard to keep a low profile.
After Li Duoyu watched for a while, he heard the sound of several bicycle bells, and then there was a noise outside.
“Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao are back.”
After Li Duoyu came to the yard, he found that the two leaders had just parked the 28-inch bicycle.
Speaking of which, cars are very expensive in this era, and the town government does not provide cars. Most people go out to do errands by bicycle.
Chen Shulin saw everyone waiting for him and hurriedly said:
“I’m sorry, everyone, the county called us to a meeting early this morning, which delayed the meeting and made everyone wait for a long time. I’d like to apologize to everyone first.”
The group of people who were still complaining just now were all smiling when they saw the two leaders.
“It’s okay, we just arrived.”
“Secretary Chen and Mayor Gao, you have worked so hard and are such good leaders.”
Chen Shulin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's Chinese New Year, so I won't take up too much of everyone's time. Let's just have a meeting."
Following.
Everyone came to the conference room, which only had twenty seats in total, and everyone was showing humility to each other.
Li Duoyu casually found a seat at the back and sat down.
After a while, Chen Shulin sat on the main seat and said: "I'm really sorry, I called everyone here because of the Chinese New Year. Now the town committee doesn't even have any staff, so I can't serve everyone tea. I'll make a long story short and give you the tea from the top. Let me tell you the important instructions.”
“I’m calling everyone here this time because I have two very important things to tell you.”
“First thing first, five days ago, our county’s maritime anti-smuggling team caught five smugglers again after a year.”
As soon as Secretary Chen finished speaking, someone started discussing it below.
“If it’s not already banned, why are there still people smuggling it?”
“Old Qiao, don’t you know this? Large-scale smuggling is prohibited, but small-scale smuggling continues, otherwise you would think where those imported cigarettes come from.”
"Uh-huh."
Secretary Chen cleared his throat and continued: "The smugglers caught this time are different from previous smugglers. They are more covert and fraudulent. They specialize in smuggling small items such as imported cigarettes and watches, adding more resources to the anti-smuggling team. It’s a very difficult job.”
"This smuggling incident happened to happen in our town. Here, I will not criticize the village by name. I hope that after our meeting today, the village cadres will strictly investigate and control every ship going to sea. The fishing boats must be aware of the situation and report it truthfully if there are any signs of smuggling.”
A village cadre asked: "Secretary Chen, how do we manage this? We don't know what the fishermen are doing when they take their boats out."
Some village cadres echoed: "Yes, I don't think I can control it either. There are thirty boats of various sizes in our village, so it's possible to be aware of them."
Mayor Gao, who was sitting next to Secretary Chen, frowned on the spot when he saw these village cadres complaining:
“Do you really think that the position of village party secretary is just for decoration? When you encounter difficulties, you have to find a way to solve them instead of just waving your hands and saying that you can’t do it without even thinking about it. Then why are you the village party secretary?”
Mayor Gao said seriously: "Secretary Chen may feel that he doesn't want to lose his temper with you during the Chinese New Year, but I want to emphasize one thing to you here. This is not asking for your opinion. Once discovered by the anti-smuggling team, someone in your village will If you are involved in smuggling, you village leaders are also responsible."
After everyone heard this, the conference room was very quiet, and everyone lowered their heads.
Li Duoyu also frowned. After smuggling was banned, everyone no longer smuggled large goods, but switched to smuggling small, highly profitable items such as cigarettes.
The amount is not very large, and it has not reached a large scale, but at this time, it seems that there is something more serious than smuggling.
Seeing that the atmosphere at the meeting was a bit awkward, Secretary Chen continued: "Let me tell you about another thing. There have been several smuggling incidents in the neighboring county recently. Everyone must have heard about it."
Some village cadres responded: "I heard that in one village, half of the villagers ran away."
Secretary Chen sighed: “In fact, in our town, many people have been found smuggling abroad. There was even a very bad incident in which a village cadre misappropriated the village committee’s money and used it for smuggling.”
“Now, the organization has issued clear instructions. Once the smuggling is confirmed, we will cancel his household registration as soon as possible.”
As soon as Chen Shulin finished speaking, the village cadres present at the meeting asked: "Secretary Chen, I would like to ask if you can just cancel your household registration, and will it have any impact on your children?"
After hearing this question, Chen Shulin was helpless. It was obvious that these village cadres did not take these punishments seriously.
But when it comes to smuggling, big cities are taking the lead. Even if he talks about it, these people won't listen.
The two people sitting in front of Li Duoyu whispered to each other: "Lao Zhu, there are channels in your village, can you contact the snakehead?"
“Have access to free countries.”
“How much does a person cost and how many days does it cost?”
"Almost, fifty thousand per person. If you go to a free country, you have to visit four stations in total, which takes about a hundred days."
“Is it going to be by water? How many days will it take?”
“Now it’s definitely a waterway. Flying is very expensive, and if you fail, you will be deported immediately.”
“Okay, I understand, we’ll talk about it later.”
Li Duoyu knows very well that catching people smuggling is still effective, but when it comes to smuggling, it is probably impossible to stop them even if they want to.
At that time, in Xiasha Village, nearly 400 people were smuggled into Xiasha Village in less than ten years. Those who succeeded in smuggling established themselves and immediately took over the whole family.
As a result, in the originally large village of three to four thousand people, there were only a few hundred children and elderly people left behind.
As the meeting was about to end, a village cadre suddenly asked: "Secretary Chen, can you ask me how I can get the funds to improve the sanitation environment like Xiasha Village?"
“Yes, we want to ask about this too.”
Chen Shulin has also been annoyed by their questions recently, and said seriously: "This matter was originally supposed to be kept secret, but since you keep asking, I might as well tell you directly that the money for Xiasha Village was specially approved by the city."
“Why did the city specifically approve this money?”
Chen Shulin said seriously: "I can't tell you the specific reasons, but what I want to tell you is that if you don't cry, there will be milk for you to drink. If you want to have milk to drink, you must at least learn from Sha Cun and achieve results, otherwise I want to apply for some projects with you, but I can’t apply.”
After Chen Shulin finished speaking, he said to Li Duoyu: "Director Li, after the meeting is over, don't be anxious and come to my office. I have something to ask you."
(End of this chapter)