Tiger Police

Chapter 156 Status Quo of the Border
Lei Yue stroked his chin, thoughtfully: "Hearing what you said, it seems that this is really the case."

Hu Pingtao continued: "These women are ignorant and ignorant, and so are their parents. When you are starving to death, someone puts a white flour steamed bun in front of you, not to mention making you kneel and kowtow, even if it is for you to eat If you are full of the harsh requirements of being a cow and a horse, you can only accept it honestly."

"Those smuggled women are like this. They broke their homes and paid enough money, and they were organized by overseas gangs to cross the border collectively. At the same time, they also carried a large amount of drugs... Calculated, this is already the fifth time."

Lei Yue's state of mind was very active. He lowered his voice and asked, "Xiaohu, what do you mean, there is a loophole in our border patrol?"

Hu Pingtao smiled bitterly and said, "Is there any need to talk about it? But the current situation is such that we can't achieve an absolute closure of the entire border. No country in the world can do this."

Lei Yue took out a cigarette from his pocket, stuffed one into his mouth, and sighed: "Many places on the southwestern border cannot build roads, especially in the mountains. Almost all patrol roads have to be walked."

Hu Pingtao moved closer and lowered his voice: "Someone is watching us."

With a very simple sentence, Lei Yue was instantly moved: "Spy?"

Hu Pingtao shook his head: "It's not spies from abroad, but people from criminal groups along the eastern coast. Naw Kham explained: They have been staring at the Xiluo border checkpoint for a long time. From last year to now, it has become a long-term stable Mobile monitoring. There are people from the country, and people who often pass through the border checkpoints. They focus on the daily duty personnel at the border checkpoints, and then judge the patrol team’s going out time based on various details.”

Lei Yue was terrified, and the cigarette in his mouth almost slipped: "No way, they can do this?"

"Money can turn ghosts around, not to mention that drugs and cross-border business are very profitable. It is very simple for them to arrange a few people inside and outside." Hu Pingtao explained in detail: "They bought nearby border residents and went to the mountains to collect medicine. When picking bacteria, observe the patrol's route and round-trip time by the way."

"Wait!" Lei Yue interrupted him, and asked suspiciously: "Aren't the patrol time and route a secret? How could the border residents know?"

Hu Pingtao smacked his lips: "I used to think the same as you. I only found out when I came to the border inspection station that there is really no way to stop the border people from going up the mountain. People have to live, and activities such as picking herbs and fungi are also legal. Regulations. They have been in the mountains for a long time, and they are even more familiar with everything here than we are. Let’s talk about checking footprints. Many frontier residents used to be hunters. Looking at animal paths and paw prints, they are really experienced, even Much better than the professional teachers at the Police Academy."

"Among them, some are for money, and some are ignorant of the law."

Lei Yue frowned: "In this case, why not move the villages on the border to the interior?"

Hu Pingtao looked stern: "You have said that this is the border. The nearest county is hundreds of kilometers away from the Xiluo border checkpoint. There are mountains everywhere here, and there are few people. If there are no nearby villages, there will be only border checkpoints." Standing at this lonely pass."

"Although there are boundary markers, the existence of the national border largely requires "people" to maintain it. Let's talk about Xiluo. Both ends of the pass are border lines. If the Burmese people on the opposite side build villages and villages nearby, it doesn't take much. For small settlements with 100 people, or even dozens of people, the border line will become blurred after a long time. Because their people live here, they form a fixed area. The boundary marker is a dead thing, even if it is set every [-] meters, the border demarcation Sometimes people also have good reasons to object, saying "Our people live here, this is the border" to object."

"Can a boundary marker be set up at 100 meters? Of course not. That would be too expensive and unrealistic. Therefore, it is best for someone to live on the border all year round, so as to stabilize and ensure the stability of the border line. Brother Lei, don't look at the side of the border checkpoint These two villages are inconspicuous, but their existence is very important. In order to let the local people live in peace of mind, the state also provides them with subsidies for border residents every month, and also takes care of them in life and work."

Lei Yue has a deep understanding of this: "That's true. Let's talk about the Sino-Indian border dispute some time ago! Damn Ah San insisted that the McMahon-Hong line must be used as the boundary. It is impossible for us to agree to such an unreasonable request Ah San sneakily moved the border to our side. Every time it was tens of meters at most, or a few meters at most, our border guards had to re-survey the border every time they beat Ah San back. Ah San knew that we would not open fire. , go back and lick the wound and come back again... Damn it, it keeps repeating like this, it's really disgusting to death."

Hu Pingtao agreed with this very much: "Yes! If there were enough natural villages on the northwest border, the situation would be much better. There is no man's land over there. If there is no original survey record, even if Ah San sneaks in some , no one will know the actual situation, so now the only way to strengthen the concept of national borders is to garrison troops.”

Lei Yue sighed: "These villages next to the Xiluo border checkpoint seem to need to exist for a long time."

After standing for a long time, my legs and feet are numb.Hu Pingtao moved his feet, walked to the window, looked at the mountains covered by dense vegetation in the distance, and said seriously: "Some time ago, the prefecture sent people to help the poor, and I followed them for a few days. The road goes southeast, and there are several villages that are more remote than here. They are very small, and each village has [-] to [-] households."

"That place is really poor! The per capita arable land area is small, and there is a virgin forest next to it. Bobcats often come out and take chickens and ducks from farmers' homes. There are also many snakes. Adults and children are bitten every year. It is really a poor country... I I don’t know much about the situation there. Liu Guangbei, the station manager, has been in Xiluo for many years. At that time, I asked him: This kind of place is not suitable for living at all. Since it is for poverty alleviation and there are funds from it, why can’t it be like other places? , Relocate these villages to the plains and inland as a whole? Not to mention every household, even if each person is given a house, the cost of poverty alleviation is not so high, and the effect is good."

"Brother Lei, think about it, in order to connect those remote villages, roads are directly built on it, starting from the Xiluo border checkpoint, and going all the way to all the natural villages in the surrounding area!"

"Now it is a large-scale construction. A two-story small building is built in a livable area on the outskirts of the city, which is about 10 yuan. If the whole village is relocated, the cost of housing construction can be even lower. Roads can be repaired and built. Houses are two different things. The road was built according to the first-class standard, and the cost per meter was equivalent to a house. I couldn’t figure it out at the time. Later, Liu Zhan told me: both poverty alleviation and border issues must be covered as a whole Let’s see. When dealing with the natural villages on the border, we can’t use the same method of poverty alleviation in the interior. Not only can’t they relocate as a whole, but they even have to pay monthly subsidies to the residents of these border villages. As long as they are active in the border area, farming, harvesting, Even if you don’t do anything at ordinary times, as long as you walk back and forth in a fixed area every day, it’s enough.”

Lei Yue took a deep breath: "It is only meaningful when there are people in the place, and the sovereignty can only be declared with the addition of boundary markers. Hehe, it is nominally a subsidy for border residents, but it is actually a disguised salary. But this money cannot be saved, it must be Gotta spend."

Hu Pingtao continued: "Our country used to be poor, and our neighbors also looked down upon us in various ways. Now it's different, let's say last month! I was on duty at the border checkpoint, and a few Burmese people came from the eastern gate. Chinese people are all old, in their 60s. They hold tourist passports. When they pass the customs inspection, they look around the machinery and equipment for a long time. After the inspection, they stay in the rest area and refuse to leave. I find it strange, so I go Ask. Brother Lei, guess what, they feel comfortable with the air conditioner on in the rest area, and there is free mineral water, so they simply make up the floor and say they want to sleep there for one night before leaving the next day."

"In the early years, Burmese people were richer than us. At that time, the coffee from Burma could be sold at a high price, and there were also fruits from that side. In the past, all the motorcycles and cars smuggled on the border came over there, and Burmese Elephant belts, plastic slippers, headache powder, cosmetics, small jewelry and various handicrafts... At that time, people who did border trade between the two countries made a fortune."

Lei Yue puffed out a puff of smoke and said with a smile: "The jade in Myanmar is famous all over the world. I heard that the richest people are those who do jade business."

Hu Pingtao shook his head: "That's the old calendar. Myanmar is ruled by the military government, and the jade public market is controlled by the military, and ordinary people can't get in at all. Their side is different from us. In order to ensure power, the military government uses jade public Most of the funds obtained from the disk are used to buy arms. In this way, ordinary people will not get benefits, and coupled with the turmoil in the current situation, life will become more and more difficult."

"When our country first started reform and opening up, many people thought that as long as they were abroad, everything was better than at home. Even a poor place like Myanmar seemed to them a paradise. Many border residents ran out, and of course stayed in the country. There are not many in Myanmar, and most of them use it as a transit point and continue to smuggle to other countries.”

"Now it's the other way around. Burmese people are trying to run to our side. In fact, there is no shortage of food on their side. The crops in the fields are at least twice a year, but they can't stand the toss. A lot of political groups are making trouble. I want to be the ruling party, but the real power is in the hands of the military, so words really work.”

Lei Yue smiled and said: "I didn't see it! You have been outside these years, and you have put a lot of thought into these things. Your whole person is different from before."

Hu Pingtao waved his hand: "I'm just discussing the facts. This case really needs to be investigated as soon as possible. There are too many uncertain factors in this kind of syndicated crime. Brother Lei, don't think that Nuo Kang is the leader of the smuggling syndicate, but he is involved in the whole case. At most, it is a small boss. Transportation is the most important link, drugs and foreign women, and the quantity is so large, there are several batches before and after, not to mention the amount involved, just the size..."

He kept shaking his head, but didn't continue to speak.

Lei Yue looked stern.

"I understand what you mean. Well, I won't tell you anymore, hurry up and make a statement, and I will find you later if I need anything."

……

The handover of materials and those involved in the case was completed quickly, and the subsequent detection and search work was completed by Lei Yue's team.

Hu Pingtao resumed his normal work as usual, after all, this is the point.

Liu Guangbei, the station manager, acted quickly. On the same day, he convened a meeting with the main leaders of the station, and reached a resolution: to hold short-term training courses in Burmese and Annan languages, with Hu Pingtao as the main one.

The textbooks are very simple, and there are ready-made ones at the Foreign Language School in the provincial capital.

On Wednesday morning, it was Hu Pingtao's turn to be on duty.

Early in the morning, there was a long queue on the road outside the customs clearance port.In addition to the freight vehicles waiting for inspection, most of them are Burmese with passports.

Electronic locks have been placed on all passages, and the inspectors are maintaining order while guiding immigrants to pass through in order.All the inspection windows are open, and the uniformed staff are busy, carefully comparing the photos on the passport with the facial features of the holders to ensure that nothing is missed.

Wearing an armband, Hu Pingtao patrolled back and forth between windows and passages.

Liu Zhong was the vice-captain of the fourth team. He was fat and dark-skinned.He is older than Hu Pingtao, watching Hu Pingtao busy back and forth, Liu Zhong said with a smile: "Little Tiger, do you have a motor on your leg? It turns like a spinning top early in the morning." .”

Just kidding, no malice.

Hu Pingtao took out two bottles of mineral water from behind the temporary inspection workbench, handed one to Liu Zhong, twisted the cap, and poured down half of the bottle in one breath. Feeling much better in an instant, he put down the bottle and let out a long breath. Take a breath.

"The weather is really too hot." Looking at the dense crowd and vehicles outside the passage, he felt very tired, and he was also a little puzzled: "What's the matter today, there are not so many people usually!"

Liu Zhong said with a smile: "It's a holiday, it's normal."

"Festival?" Hu Pingtao was taken aback: "What festival?"

"The Banyan Bathing Festival is a festival for Burmese people." Liu Zhong raised his finger to the crowd of people in the distance: "After 2000, more and more Burmese women have married. The main reason is that they are not stable there and often have coups. Our side is different, it is very safe, and the standard of living is much better than before. Many smart Burmese people go here, mainly for business, and if they have money, they simply buy a house in the state capital and settle down.”

Hu Pingtao suddenly realized.When he was an officer of the "Northern Security Force" in the mountains, he had indeed heard the name "Banyan Festival".However, the "Northern Security Force" is mainly composed of Annan people, and the Burmese people in the mountains are in a controlled position, and festivals and the like are ignored.

He asked seriously: "According to this, there are many Burmese living in Zhoucheng?"

Liu Zhong explained: "I'm not very clear about the exact number, but it should be quite a lot. They used to mainly do jade business, and when they married women from our side, they had the right of permanent residence. Nobody here used to bathe. The Banyan Festival has only emerged in recent years."

(End of this chapter)