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Chapter 3875 Fisherman

Upon hearing this, the communications team immediately opened the radio again and started sending messages. By the time Zhen Bao finished speaking, they had basically finished sending messages.

Seeing that they had finished, Fan Keqin said, "Okay, let's get on the boat and go downstream." Everyone obeyed and returned to the boat and began to go down the river. This is the Leigongzui turn. They had to make a big turn in a few minutes, and the bow was basically heading south. In this way, after driving for ten minutes, they saw a tributary extending to the west. Fan Keqin pointed through the cabin and said, "Go in!"

Zhen Bao was right next to the rudder in front of him. Hearing this, he immediately told the driver to draw an arc on the water and drive into the tributary. Then, as the boat continued to move forward steadily, Zhen Bao came over and said, "Director Fan, what did you find?"

"It can't be considered a discovery." Fan Keqin said: "There are several types of people who can enter and exit the main waters of the Yangtze River. There are powerful fishermen. There are also passenger ships that solicit passengers, and cargo ships that transport goods. There are roughly three types. But all of these three types are moving back and forth, and they will not stay in a fixed area. These people move back and forth, and we may not be able to find them at this time. But there is a kind of fisherman, their boats are not so good, and they can only sail manually. So in the waters of the Yangtze River, although they will solicit passengers and big fish, soliciting passengers basically operates in a certain water area, and the same is true for fishing. After all, such ships cannot travel far in the Yangtze River waterway."

Zhen Bao understood what Fan Keqin meant. These boats really didn't have the ability to travel far. After all, the Yangtze River wasn't always calm. There were areas with fast currents in every section, so it was unlikely that these manual boats could go to these places. That is to say, these boats could only go to a nearby area, usually taking passengers across the river. Then they could go fishing nearby. And these boatmen nearby were more likely to find out about the situation.

So, if Fan Keqin asked them to sail into this smaller tributary, they would be more likely to run into these boatmen nearby. In fact, after entering here, the boat had been sailing for less than five minutes when they ran into several people living on the shore nearby. There were some small boats floating on the water.

So Fan Keqin immediately asked them to approach and directly inquire about the situation. The boat stopped at the side, leaving one person to watch the boat. Fan Keqin and his men all got off the boat, and after a brief assignment, they began to distinguish which houses to go to. Fan Keqin, Hua Zhang, and Zhen Bao were naturally a group. After all, Zhen Bao must follow Fan Keqin, so that if there is anything else, Zhen Bao can directly give orders to these subordinates of the security division. Especially when sending a telegram, only Zhen Bao has the highest communication code to directly contact the security division.

Although this thing cannot be used frequently, it can be sent directly to the telecommunications group of the security division. But if there is something big, he can directly contact his father Zhen Zhimin. The other party is the chief of staff and must have an independent set of codes.

Fan Keqin and Hua Zhang were actually willing to bring Zhen Bao along under such circumstances, which was equivalent to being their own witness. Who knows if something will go wrong later because of the golden ship? Not to mention the problem of exposing their identities, the responsibility of the Security Bureau will be involved again. When asked later, it was always Fan Keqin and Hua Zhang acting alone, which was itself a point of doubt. So it was a good thing that Zhen Bao followed.

When the three of them came closer, they saw a man with dark skin from being exposed to the sun for a long time, using several ropes to dry fishing nets in front of their house. The man was a little thin, but his arms were very muscular. Without asking, you can tell that he was lean and had been engaged in fishing and other labor for a long time. He was not strong, but he should be a strong type.

When the man saw three strangers, all dressed well, he immediately stopped what he was doing, smiled sincerely, and said, "Are you gentlemen looking for a boat?"

Fan Keqin said, "I'm not asking for a boat, I'm asking you something. Are you living here long term?"

"Yes." The fisherman nodded and admitted, "Ask me anything you want."

Fan Keqin said, "Seven or eight days ago, did you hear any firecrackers or gunshots? Not far upstream, near Leigongzui." "No." The fisherman answered directly. He looked at the few people with some doubts, but he didn't suspect that they were bad guys. It was a normal person's defensive mentality. After all, there was a beautiful woman named Hua Zhang next to him, so it was just like this at most.

Seeing that he answered straightforwardly, Fan Keqin asked, "Have you ever seen anything strange? For example, groups of people walking together, or several boats sailing on the river together, but the people on them don't look like passengers and know each other, or they are quite nervous, carrying weapons, etc.?"

"No." The fisherman answered again simply.

"Think it over first." Zhen Bao frowned and said, "Think carefully about it."

"Really not." The fisherman said, "I just hung my fishing net out to dry. I dry it a certain number of times every month. I usually go out fishing or ferry passengers across the river. I have no free time. What you said about being suspicious or carrying weapons, I definitely didn't see anything. If I saw it, there would be no need to hide it."

At this point, the fisherman seemed a little curious and asked, "What's wrong? Who are you?"

Fan Keqin said, "We are from the National Government Investigation Team, and we are here to investigate some situations. Brother, do you know of any boats nearby? Oh, I mean small steamers, not the hand-cranked ones? Boats that can be rented out? Sold? All is fine."

The fisherman thought for a moment and said, "You've come to the wrong place. About ten miles down the river, there is a Wang family on the river bank. They have several boats that they rent out and transport goods."

Then he pointed to the tributary in front of the door and said, "It's useless for you to come in here. You are basically the same as me, relying on human power to row the boat."

"Oh. OK, thank you, brother." Fan Keqin said, and turned around and asked, "How long have you lived here, brother?"

"More than ten years," the fisherman replied.

"Oh, okay, thank you." Fan Keqin said, and led Hua Zhang and Zhen Bao back.