Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1080 - 703: "Er Ren Zhuan" (Two-Person Comedy)

After finishing the meeting, Zhang Erxiao returned from purchasing outside.

As soon as he got back, he climbed to the second floor and knocked on the small meeting room's door, then glanced at the "Meteorological Support Room." Han Yu understood the hint and nodded slightly.

"Salted Fish, what are you doing, being all mysterious?" Deputy Mayor Shen asked curiously.

"Xiao Yu has a high fever, I asked Zhang Erxiao to buy him something to eat."

Han Yu didn't bother explaining further, stood up, walked out of the small meeting room, picked up a heavy military bag from the Meteorological Support Room, hurried downstairs, and with his senior brother, drove the Iron Dinghy to the water refueling station.

Xiao Yu grew up under the watch of Station Chief Li, and the fuel supply team wasn't as busy as the others. When Xiao Yu fell ill, Station Chief Li took him to the water refueling station to look after him.

After all, compared to the large dunship of Linghai Port Engineering Command, the conditions on the refueling ship were better, at least the office and dormitory had air conditioning.

Xiao Yu was lying on a single bed in the office, covered with a blanket under the air conditioning. His face was flushed from the high fever, and he was weak and lethargic.

"Uncle Li, is he still burning up?"

"Thirty-nine point eight degrees, Mengmeng just came to measure."

"Just measured temperature?"

"Not just the temperature, also gave an injection."

Han Yu walked over and touched Xiao Yu's forehead, indeed it was very hot.

Xiao Yu forced his eyes open, mumbled, "I'm fine, I just miss home, miss Croc, miss Yu Zhen, miss my dad and mom, miss my grandpa."

"You'll go home once you're well, there's no use in thinking about it now." Han Yu looked at the medicine on the table, raised his head and asked, "Uncle Li, hasn't Xiao Yu taken the medicine?"

"He took a few pills and then vomited, vomited everywhere. I just cleaned it up."

"Bitter medicine is hard to swallow, but you have to take it anyway. Senior brother, open the cans."

"Okay, right away."

Xu Mingyuan opened the military bag and took out six cans of fruit.

Two cans of oranges, two cans of pears, and two cans of loquats.

In the past, at Bailong Port, whether it was himself or Xiao Yu who got sick, the master would have Old Wang buy two cans. Han Yu didn't expect it would be his turn to buy for Xiao Yu.

With the help of Station Chief Li, he helped Xiao Yu sit up, reached for the medicine, and coaxing like a child said, "Xiao Yu, time to take your medicine, I bought you canned fruit, the syrup is sweet, you used to love drinking it."

"Salted Fish, did you buy the cans?"

"I asked Zhang Erxiao to buy them, got you six cans. Take the medicine first, wash it down with the syrup, then eat an orange."

Seeing this scene, Xu Mingyuan couldn't help but remember how his daughter always had to eat canned fruit when she had a high fever. Without several cans of fruit, her illness just wouldn't get better, he chuckled and said, "Hurry and eat, once you have it, the illness will be cured."

Everything else lacks flavor, and eating it even makes you feel nauseous.

But Huangyan Mandarin orange cans are different, the syrup is really tasty.

Xiao Yu cooperatively took the medicine, gulping several sips of syrup in a row, and forced a smile, "Delicious."

The fruit in cans, undoubtedly delicious.

When we first arrived, if anyone was sick, canned fruit was plentiful!

But now it has been over a month, and the two million-plus funds from the Yangtze Flood Control Headquarters, Jingzhou City, and Huang Yuanchang extracted from Changhang System units have already been spent. Now the fleet is burning fuel transported by the troops, the food expenses for the entire battalion are all from donations brought by Vice Mayor Qin and Secretary Ye from Linghai people and even Binjiang people.

It's not that the Yangtze Flood Control Headquarters and local government don't want to fund, they simply have no money now!

Previously, to ensure civil dikes, so much was invested, but many civil dikes had to be breached for flood discharge, all the flood prevention funds spent before amounting to billions were washed away.

However, speaking of this, who could foresee the endless floods at that time, who could predict the flood peaks coming one after another?

In short, the emergency rescue assault team must face tough times starting now.

The food standard has drastically declined, from initial buffets to a meat and a vegetable dish with soup, no more daily iced beer, watermelon, pears, and other fruits have disappeared, but a satisfying sour plum juice with ice cubes suffices.

Xiao Yu also knows it's tough now, lying down and looking at the empty can, murmuring, "When I used to get sick, the master bought me this brand of Mandarin orange cans."

"Not only did the master buy it for you, I bought it for you at Bailong Port too." Xu Mingyuan, leaning against the chair, recalled the scenes when he and Salted Fish were still kids.

"Senior brother, I can't remember."

"You've burned yourself confused, of course, you can't remember. Close your eyes, rest well."

Xiao Yu, dazed and confused, asked, "Old Guo, he's okay, right?"

"Guo Weitao's situation is not like yours, he doesn't have a fever, it's just diarrhea, stomach cramps severely. Dr. Zhang from Changhang Hospital and Master Dai sent him to the hospital for examination, suspecting schistosomiasis." Han Yu walked over, picked up a towel, soaked it in the cool water of the wash basin, squeezed it dry, and placed it on Xiao Yu's forehead.

Station Chief Li asked in surprise, "How did Xiao Guo get schistosomiasis when he didn't drink contaminated water?"

"He did, drank inadvertently."

"When was this?"

"During the Mengxi Embankment breach, they went to evacuate the people, picking up a family from the rooftop. An old grandma insisted on holding her grandson, she ignored warnings and stood up on the assault boat, trying to transfer onto the glass boat behind. The assault boat wasn't stable, and when the grandma stood up, the boat capsized."

"And then?"

"Then we had to rescue people. At that time, the water was rushing rapidly. Although Guo Weitao is a good swimmer, he drank quite a few mouthfuls of floodwater."

"What about the people? Did they get rescued?"

"Everyone was rescued, or else only one person wouldn't have died when the breach at Mengxi Embankment occurred."

These things Xiao Yu knew, and he groggily asked, "Salted Fish, why didn't Brother-in-law Xiao Jun take Old Guo to the hospital for a check-up?"

"He's busy." Han Yu suddenly remembered something and instinctively looked at Xiao Yu's left leg, "By the way, the serum and snake medicine that you suggested Liang Xiaojun bring from home were used."

Once bitten by a snake, one fears ropes for ten years.

This saying couldn't be more appropriate for Xiao Yu, who suddenly became much more alert, opened his eyes, and asked fearfully, "Salted Fish, someone got bitten by a snake?"

"Yes, but it wasn't someone from our camp or our assault team. It was a civilian soldier who was doing rescue work at a nearby dike section. They knew we had a medical team and brought the dead snake they killed on the spot. It seemed like a short-tailed viper, and Liang Xiaojun said the serum from his hometown happened to be useful."

"What about the Ji Desheng Snake Medicine?"

Ji Desheng was a well-known figure in Binjiang, though he passed away long ago.

He was known for playing with snakes, catching snakes, and treating all sorts of snake bites. It was said he once went to the People's Hall with a snake, playing with it at a state banquet!

The Binjiang Pharmaceutical Factory used his secret formula to produce tablets for treating poisonous snake bites, and they used his name as the trademark, making it a household name in Binjiang. When Xiao Yu was bitten by a snake, he used Ji Desheng Snake Medicine, so he had a deeper impression than others.

Han Yu looked at the scar on Xiao Yu's leg and explained, "Ji Desheng is long gone, and the Binjiang Pharmaceutical Factory isn't as profitable as it used to be. Plus, the sales of snake medicine are too low; it's not the main drug of Binjiang Pharmaceutical Factory. No one knows if today's medicine is as effective as before, so it's safer to use anti-venom serum."

Actually, there's another story about Ji Desheng Snake Medicine that involves Beihu.

In that special era, there was no such thing as intellectual property.

The Beihu area has many venomous snakes, and each year people are bitten, sometimes fatally. At that time, people from a Beihu pharmaceutical factory were drawn to the Binjiang Pharmaceutical Factory by its reputation. The head of Binjiang, thinking they were all proletarian brothers, taught them how to produce Ji Desheng Snake Medicine.

This incident was just a small episode, and many have nearly forgotten it. The leaders of Binjiang Pharmaceutical Factory have changed multiple times.

After the reform and opening up, the pharmaceutical factory leaders went out for conferences and found that there was a pharmaceutical company in Beihu also producing and selling Ji Desheng Snake Medicine, so they started a lawsuit that lasted for years but eventually won.

But what good is winning?

Not to mention that now most poisonous snake bites are treated with anti-venom serum, even if not, how much snake bite medicine can you sell in a year? After all, whether an enterprise can survive depends not on these niche products.

Han Yu didn't want to talk about this and comforted Xiao Yu a few times before taking the iron dinghy back to the dunship.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the rope was tied, Xu Mingyuan suddenly said, "Salted Fish, Director Wu has been transferred to the Procuratorate."

"Which Director Wu?"

"Director Wu from our Linghai Police Bureau!"

Turns out it was Wu Ren Guang...

Han Yu suddenly realized and asked in a low voice, "Was he squeezed out by Director Zhang?"

"Yes and no."

"What exactly happened?"

Xu Mingyuan turned around to look at their surroundings, smiling as he explained, "Director Ge said Director Zhang seemed to have been criticized by Secretary Ye and Mayor Qian. Considering he was placed in Linghai by superiors, Secretary Ye and Mayor Qian hesitated to let him leave. But the conflict between him and Director Wu was so intense that it was affecting work, so they transferred Director Wu from the Police Bureau to the Procuratorate."

Han Yu didn't think highly of Zhang Yidong either and curiously asked, "What is Director Wu going to do at the Procuratorate?"

Director Ge brought this news today, and Xu Mingyuan was happier than the last time he got a commendation. He couldn't help but laugh, "Promoted to Director, now he's the Deputy Prosecutor and also the Anti-Corruption Director!"

"So you could say Director Wu benefited from a misfortune!"

"This suggests that in the minds of the city leaders, Director Wu is capable, and the fallout with Zhang Yidong wasn't his fault."

Han Yu couldn't help but say, "Director Zhang was transferred from the Procuratorate to the Police Bureau, and Director Wu went from the Police Bureau to the Procuratorate. The city leaders are really good at their job, it's like playing Northeast folk opera."

Xu Mingyuan thought more about it and, feeling a bit pleased, said, "The City Committee's heavy use of Director Wu indicates dissatisfaction with Zhang Yidong's work, and the days ahead for Zhang Yidong won't be easy. With Director Wu keeping an eye on him, it'll be difficult for him to engage in corruption and abuse of power in Linghai." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Although Wu Ren Guang was tough with his master and seemed to always be bossed around, he only feared his master but not others.

He started as an investigator in the Criminal Investigation Team, worked up to captain and then chief commander, eventually becoming the Deputy Director in charge of Criminal Investigation. Having worked so many years in criminal investigations, he is meticulous and experienced, so switching to anti-corruption work poses no technical challenges.

Zhang Yidong has been giving him trouble since taking office, even sidelining him, but now that Wu Ren Guang is Deputy Prosecutor and Anti-Corruption Director, he can't possibly ignore him.

Even though Zhang Yidong is a city-managed official, and even if he engages in corruption, the Linghai District Procuratorate Anti-Corruption Bureau doesn't have the authority to arrest him, it doesn't affect evidence gathering.

Xu Mingyuan was definitely joking earlier, but it's hard to say whether Secretary Ye and Mayor Qian arranged this with the intention of letting Wu Ren Guang monitor Zhang Yidong.

Han Yu felt it was all so absurd, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Who's going to replace Director Wu then?"

"Old Shi, Old Shi has been transferred back to the bureau, in charge of criminal investigation and economic investigation."

"Director Shi is replacing Director Wu, what about the Development Zone Branch?"

"Yang Xihui got lucky and went along with it into the bureau's party committee. He is now the Deputy Director and also Director of the Development Zone Branch."

Xu Mingyuan laughed and added, "If we talk about qualifications, Uncle Jiang is fully qualified to be promoted to Deputy Director to replace Yang Xihui as the Instructor of the Development Zone Branch. But he's too old to meet the requirements for a Deputy Director promotion. Now the Instructor position is temporarily vacant, Director Ge said maybe it's reserved for Wang Yan, and after the flood is over he'll be promoted to Deputy Director and serve as the Instructor of the Development Zone Branch."