Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 444 - 313 Salted Fish Goes on a Business Trip!

Han Yu took Xiao Gong on a business trip, and San’er was in charge on the dunship.

At "home", they were again hiring people for tasks. San’er had to both answer calls and be responsible for purchasing materials needed for the repair of the "Old Antique." At noon, she had to buy boxed lunches and in the afternoon, she had to go to Bailong Port market to buy scallion pancakes or rice cakes for everyone to snack on.

While she was busy to the point of distraction, Weasel Huang, who was far away in Hanwu, actually made a call.

"Director Huang, how do you have time to make a call? Are things going well in Hanwu?"

"I’m doing well, just a bit worried about the team. How’s the team doing recently? Busy?"

For him to actually show concern about the team’s work made San’er feel as if the sun had risen from the west. She raised her head to see Zhu Baogen and others sweating profusely while working on the "Old Antique," lifted the phone and said, "The hull of the Old Antique is badly rusted, and there are several places with leaks, so we are doing major repairs on the Old Antique these days, it’s been a bit busy."

"Are you doing major repairs on the water platform?"

"It’s been more than ten days now. We have to dismantle the deck and transfer the ballast stones over to a barge borrowed from Linghai Shipping Company..."

Huang Yuanchang hadn’t expected her and Salted Fish to take on such a big project and suddenly became anxious, "How many more days before it can be repaired?"

He never cared about the work at the unit; his heart wasn’t in Bailong Port or even Binjiang. Why was he so anxious...

The more San’er thought about it, the stranger it seemed. Calmly, she said, "Working on water is different from working on land. We have less space, basic construction equipment, taking costs into account we can’t hire too many workers, so we can’t speed it up. It’ll probably take another half month."

"Half a month won’t work, you need to hurry up."

"Why isn’t it okay?"

"On the second of next month, Marine Administration leadership is going to inspect Binjiang. Think of a way, you must finish before the first!"

"Marine Administration leadership is coming for inspection, I haven’t received any notice."

"You’ll receive one soon."

He was helping in the policy and regulation division of the Marine Administration, so it was quite normal for him to know in advance about the leadership’s inspection visit.

San’er caught on and asked with a wry smile, "Director Huang, are you saying Marine Administration leadership might also come to Bailong Port?"

"I can’t confirm it now, but it’s very likely. San’er, you have to work hard on the ship repairs, if really necessary, hire a few more people."

"We have only so much budget in the team; Who’s going to pay if we hire too many?" San’er muttered, not wanting to end up in debt just because the leadership might come for inspection, "Moreover, just having more people won’t help with the loading of stones. We only set up a simple lifting frame. We don’t have a floating crane, and we really can’t speed up the process."

"Money is not an issue, nor is the construction vessel. I’ll call the Bureau!"

"Would the Bureau agree?"

"They will definitely agree."

Huang Yuanchang was confident in himself, and after thinking it over he added, "Also there’s the public notice board on the dunship. You asked me to put up photos, and I haven’t got to it. I just called my wife; there are negatives at home, and she’ll go to the photo studio soon to develop larger prints. After they’re done, she’ll send them over to you."

Now that the leadership was coming for an inspection, he finally remembered he was the big boss of the Third Team of Port Supervision Bureau and wanted to show off his achievements to the leadership!

San’er guessed the gist and barely holding back a laugh, she asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Check the rules and procedures properly; if anything is missing, make up for it as soon as possible. I seem to be missing from the sign of the sanitation responsibility area, see if you can add me. The achievements we’ve made since the establishment of our Third Team, especially in joint law enforcement with police and firefighting rescue efforts, you definitely have records there, send them to me quickly."

"How should I send it?"

"Isn’t there a fax machine in the command dispatch room? Here, take down my fax number with a pen."

Weasel Huang had never been this proactive, it seemed like he wanted to claim the credit for all the achievements of the Port Supervision Bureau’s Third Team and even the frontier Yanjiang Police Station and the present Water Firefighting Team.

San’er really didn’t want to deal with him, but thinking that as the Big Commander his achievements would be the team’s achievements, she could only say reluctantly, "Alright, I’ll go look for them."

Just as she climbed up to the second floor command dispatch room and opened the cabinet to take out the documents, Old Jia and Chen Zikun came back from the Bailong Port lock.

Due to the shortage of police force, Four Factory Police Station handed over the security checkpoint set at the lock to the Water Police Station.

Since the number of cargo ships passing through the lock from the Ship Lock Management Office was decreasing, considering the cost, it was not viable to open the lock for every single ship but wait until a certain number of ships had accumulated to do so.

As a result, Old Jia and Chen Zikun didn’t have to stay there all day long, and checking in once in the morning and once in the afternoon was sufficient to inspect the ships and crews coming in and out of Bailong Port from the Yangtze River.

Today was a lucky day as they caught six crew members without a seaman’s certificate and fined them thirty dollars.

Old Jia opened the drawer to take out the ledger to do the accounting.

Chen Zikun curiously asked, "San’er, what are you busy with?"

"Weasel Huang said that the leadership of the Yangtze River Navigation Administration is coming to inspect at the beginning of next month, they might come to Bailong Port. He asked us to repair the Old Antique before the first of next month and also told me to fax over the achievements we have made over the years to him."

"What does the Marine Administration do?"

"It’s the administration that oversees all affairs on the Yangtze River. The Changhang navigation police, Yangtze River Navigation Bureau, Yangtze River Communication Administration responsible for high-frequency construction, the Yangtze River Navigation General Hospital, China Water Transport Newspaper, and the Three Gorges Project Shipping Office established last year all fall under the Marine Administration."

Seeing the astonished faces of Chen Zikun and Old Jia, San’er laughed and further explained, "The ship inspection in our area is externally known as the Ship Inspection Bureau, but to align with international standards, it also carries the sign of the ship classification society. The China Ship Classification Society Hanwu Branch is also managed by the Yangtze River Marine Administration. The several Port Authorities along the Yangtze River are all under the supervision of the Yangtze River Marine Administration in terms of business."

Chen Zikun was not aware of all this and asked incredulously, "Aren’t you part of the Transportation Department Port Supervisor? How come you are under the Yangtze River Marine Administration?"

"Yes."

Old Jia also felt it strange and asked, lifting his head: "The Changhang Police Bureau is subordinate to the Ministry of Transport Police, then how come it is under the management of the Yangtze River Navigation Administration?"

"The Ministry of Transport is in the Capital, and it has too many tasks to handle. Take the Ministry of Transport Police, for example, they have to manage not only the Changhang Police Bureau but also the Marine Police Bureau at the East Sea, as well as many other port police bureaus. How could they manage all of that?"

Han Xiangning countered with a question and then said with a smile: "The Yangtze River Navigation Administration is an agency dispatched by the Ministry of Transport, akin to the party committee and government of the over two thousand kilometers of the Yangtze River’s mainline. Whether it’s our Port Supervision Bureau or the Changhang Police Bureau where San’er is, both their party and governmental relationships are managed by the Yangtze River Navigation Administration on behalf of the Ministry of Transport."

Old Jia caught on and asked in astonishment: "The Navigation Administration is bigger than the Changhang Police Bureau and your Port Supervision Bureau?"

"Of course, it’s bigger than us."

"What’s the rank of the Navigation Administration then?"

"It’s the same provincial hall level as our Yangtze Port Supervision Bureau, but they have the authority to manage us. The leaders of the Yangtze Port Supervision Bureau and Changhang Police Bureau are appointed by them."

"So, the one coming to inspect is a big leader."

"To us, they are big leaders, but for you local police, not so much. No matter how high their position is, they cannot manage you."

...

At the same time, the Changhang Bureau office had just received a notice issued by the Changhang Police Bureau.

Director Li, who served as both director of the Political Office and the office, immediately reported to the bureau chief upon receiving the notice.

The leadership of the Yangtze River Navigation Administration is coming to Binjiang City for inspection, accompanied by a deputy patrol inspector from the Changhang Police Bureau. Upon seeing the notification document, Director He raised his head and asked, "Director Li, when the Navigation Administration leadership comes for an inspection, which unit usually hosts?"

"It depends on what they are mainly inspecting, but if they come to Binjiang, it’s usually the Port Authority who hosts."

"Have you called the Port Authority?"

"I did, but Director Liu from the Port Authority office might be busy, I couldn’t get through. Then I called the Port Supervision Bureau, and Deputy Director Zhu Chunmiao said they also just received the notice."

Although the Port Authority was transferred to local management, it still receives dual leadership from the Ministry of Transport and Binjiang City, with the primary leadership coming from the Ministry of Transport.

The Ministry of Transport cannot manage Binjiang Port directly, after all, it is still under the leadership of the Yangtze River Navigation Administration.

Thinking further that besides the Port Authority, Port Supervision Bureau, and Changhang Bureau, Binjiang also has the Jiangcheng Branch’s Binjiang Waterway Section of the Waterway Administration, Director He contemplated: "Call the Waterway Section later and ask if they have any inside information, try to find out what specifically the Navigation Administration leadership is coming to inspect."

"Understood."

"Since Director Guan is also coming, our bureau must make all the necessary preparations as usual."

Binjiang Branch is different from other branches, having been incorporated into the Changhang Police Bureau not many years ago. Director Li had only been to Hanwu three times and was not very familiar with the situation at the Changhang Police Bureau.

Director Li did not know Director Guan, but he was almost certain that Director Guan mentioned by the chief referred to the deputy patrol inspector mentioned in the notice, and he hastily said: "I will arrange it this afternoon, starting with the hygiene of the office departments and some police stations, then the police appearance and discipline, and finally preparing the relevant ledgers and reporting materials. We cannot let the leaders come and find us completely unprepared."

Director He nodded satisfactorily and then laughed, thinking: "The superiors will not only come to Binjiang, they will definitely also go to the Guzhou Branch across the river. You’re more familiar with the other side, call them to see if they have any inside information."

"Understood."

Director Li smiled, and suddenly remembered something: "Director He, I almost forgot, Director Zhu from the Port Supervision Bureau said the Navigation Administration leadership might also go to Bailong Port."

Director He was puzzled and asked instinctively: "The leadership hasn’t arrived yet, and their itinerary is already arranged?"

"No."

"Then how does she know?"

"There’s an official from the Port Supervision Bureau, who is the Big Commander of their Third Team; he was seconded to the Navigation Administration to help out. That official just called the Port Supervision Bureau, mentioning that the Navigation Administration leadership might go to Bailong Port. Considering that Salted Fish and his spouse are repairing the water platform, they worried that the leaders would find it messy there and asked Director Tang and Director Zhu to quickly arrange personnel and construction vessels to help with the repairs."

The party and government relations of the Changhang Police Bureau are all managed by the Navigation Administration.

In other words, the Navigation Administration has significant say in the appointment and removal of the party committee members of the Changhang Police Bureau. It can be said that they are the superiors of the superiors, and the inspectors are the leaders of the leaders!

Director He didn’t dare to be negligent, stood up and said: "Call Liu Xinmin and Salted Fish, tell them to come to the bureau immediately."

"Yes!"

"Don’t go back to the office, make the call here."

"Alright."

Director Li picked up the phone on the bureau chief’s desk and dialed. After about ten or fifteen seconds, the call went through.

Liu Xinmin, the Chief of Bailong Port Police Station, hesitated after understanding the situation and said, "Director Li, Salted Fish is out of town on business. Shall I come to the bureau later?"

"What business is Salted Fish on, where did he go?"

"Well, it’s like this, the employees at Bailong Port Passenger Pier..."

With superiors coming for an inspection, Salted Fish actually went to help someone find their child, and he went to East Guang, thousands of miles away from Binjiang!

Director Li saw that the bureau chief’s expression was very serious and realized the trouble was significant. He quickly questioned: "Old Liu, how could you not report such a critical issue to the bureau?"