Riverside police

In the early morning, there was heavy fog on the river.

The fog has spread to the shore and enveloped Bailong Port, as if to prevent the "Jiang Shen" passenger ship that has been plying the East China Sea for decades from suspending its voyage.

For most travelers, taking a boat to the East China Sea is slow and inconvenient.

But for the villagers of Bailong Port, it will be very inconvenient to go to the East China Sea after the passenger ships are suspended. After all, the passenger terminal is right at your doorstep. You can buy a ticket and get on the boat, sleep on it, and then reach the East China Sea. Moreover, taking a passenger ferry is cheaper than taking a long-distance bus.

Principal Gao is here, and Zhang Erxiao is here.

Director Chen from the former Bailonggang Health Center also came.

The village party secretary and village director of Bailonggang and the cadres and workers of the Bailonggang Ship Lock Management Office came. Almost everyone who could come came.

Many villagers who are nostalgic and have relatives in the East China Sea bought their tickets three days ago and planned to take the last passenger ship.

Seeing Principal Gao, Dean Chen and other seniors taking photos in front of the passenger ship, Han Yu couldn't help but think of the scene when he first came to work at the Yanjiang Police Station.

Bailong Port was very prosperous at that time. Baishen, Bailiu, Baizhu and Baiwu, plus the car-passenger ferry of Bainiu Line, had more than a dozen flights every day, and there were boats from morning to night. .

The Baishen Line and Bailiu Line have the most passengers, and tickets are usually hard to find. During the Spring Festival, tickets are even harder to buy, so they breed a lot of scalpers.

However, with the development of road transportation, water passenger transportation is getting worse year by year.

There are so many villagers taking the boat today, but the total number of passengers is still less than 500. The Yangtze River Passenger Transport Company will definitely lose money, and it will not even be able to earn back the gas money, so it will have to suspend sailings.

Xiaoyu finished the handover with the passenger ship police team, ran to the shore with the folder, turned around and looked at the policemen on the passenger ship, choked up and said: "Dried salted fish, Sister Ningning, if I had known earlier that the Baishen was operating at a loss. If the voyage is to be suspended, we should not have taken advantage of the government in the past, and we should not have taken the boat without paying."

Han Yu was stunned, scratched his neck and smiled bitterly: "We have never bought tickets for taking a boat, but we have also not taken a boat a few times."

Han Xiangning was also reluctant to suspend the Baishen and muttered: "I heard that the railway is also losing money, why doesn't the railway stop operating!"

“It’s the shore that’s more important than the water right now.”

"It's true that the country spends so much money building railways and roads, but it just doesn't want to spend money dredging waterways."

"Xiaoyu, the country is not as rich as you think."

Just as he was talking, Chen Zikun and Zhang Ping came over.

Chen Zikun lit a cigarette and said solemnly: "Secretary Han, I just asked Captain Yao. Captain Yao said that after this voyage, the passenger ship will be sold to a shipbreaking company for dismantling."

Unsurprisingly, if you don’t sell it, you will incur maintenance costs.

Han Yu was silent for a moment and said with mixed emotions: "The ship can be sold, but what will happen to so many people? If nothing happens, the suspension of the Baishen Line is just the beginning. It is estimated that Jiangshen and Jianghan will not last long. The suspension of sailing will be a matter of time. .”

Zhang Ping had already experienced this once. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He murmured: "Yes, there are tens of thousands of employees in the long-distance passenger transport system. How to arrange for so many people?"

"Dried salted fish, the Maritime Bureau has also suspended several routes. How did the Maritime Bureau personnel arrange it?" Xiaoyu asked curiously.

"The Shipping Bureau has long since disappeared and is now called China Shipping Group."

Han Yu took a deep breath and continued: "China Shipping has not only suspended passenger ships, but also many old cargo ships. As for the passenger ship attendants and crew, some have been transferred to other jobs, and some have been laid off. There is nothing we can do about it."

Xiaoyu asked: "We must be laid off. Can't we not be laid off?"

"Some crew members are unwilling to be laid off, but now there are not only fewer and fewer ships, but also more and more advanced ships. There are not so many crew members on one ship. Their superiors ask them to wait at home and wait to be rotated onto the ship."

"Are you waiting at home for your salary?"

"There is no job if you don't get on the ship. It seems that you are only paid some living expenses. Many crew members cannot afford to wait and have to fend for themselves one after another. Otherwise, where would Zhang Asheng and his wife find so many crew members?"

…

Lao Qian also came, carrying a plastic bag filled with tea eggs, and came up to him and said, "Salted Fish, Ning Ning, you guys came so early, you must not have had breakfast, just eat some tea eggs."

"Uncle Qian, did you cook it?"

"I raise native chickens. The eggs laid by native chickens are smaller than this. These are the eggs laid by chickens that are fed with feed." Lao Qian turned around and pointed to the east bank of the river and added: "I bought these from Mrs. Liu. She will be laid off as soon as the hard-boiled eggs are sold out today. The passenger ships are all gone, no matter how cheap she sells them, no one will buy them."

"It's not just Mrs. Liu who is affected."

"As for the impact, people doing business in Bailong Port began to be affected as early as four or five years ago. Everyone is used to it and has expected this day."

As soon as Lao Qian finished speaking, Chen Zikun smiled bitterly and said: "The surrounding stores will be closed in a month at most. Boss Wu has written banners saying 'closed for clearance', 'low price' and 'discount sale'. Outside Those small stalls will be closed after the passenger ship has left. Once the stalls are closed, they will not come back again."

The century-old port ceased sailing.

Bailonggang will become a real Bailonggang Village starting from today.

Han Xiangning felt particularly heavy and asked in a low voice: "Chen Suo, where are you?"

"The main force will be moved to Sanhe. Xiaoyu and Xiaochen will stay here for the time being."

"What about this side of the dock?"

"Only one person will be left at the dock to guard the gate. Everyone else will go to Linghai Port."

"Going to Linghai Port?"

"Yeah, what are you doing at Linghai Port?"

Han Yu and Han Xiangning were confused.

Chen Zikun was stunned and asked: "You don't know?"

"We don't know anything about what we know or don't know!"

"It seems you really don't know."

Chen Zikun took a deep breath and explained: "Linghai Port has a major shareholder in Shenzhen. That shareholder lost money when he invested in tourism and real estate and was involved in lawsuits. Secretary Qian and Mayor Shen were worried that his debt dispute would affect the development of Linghai Port. , with the coordination of Binjiang City leaders, ask the Port Authority to acquire the shares of that shareholder.”

Han Yu asked in shock: "Mr. Xu from Shenzheng is out of money?"

"Well, not only do I have no money, I also owe tens of millions in foreign debt."

"He transferred the shares to the Port Authority, so Linghai Port becomes the port of the Port Authority!"

"Not only has Linghai Port become a port authority, Gaoru Port will soon become a port authority. It is said that the superiors are counting the throughput of each port. Binjiang Port, as the largest port on the Yangtze River, has unsatisfactory throughput. City The leaders decided to merge and reorganize the Port Authority into Binjiang Port Group, and Linghai Port and Gaoru Port will both be subsidiaries of Binjiang Port Group from now on."

"The throughput of several terminals in Binjiang Port is not enough. How about using Gaoru Port and the soon-to-be-opened Linghai Port to make up for it?"

"almost."

"So the Port Authority is going to be history soon?"

Chen Zikun is the chief of the Linghai Police Station of the Changhang Shipping Branch. He knows more about the reform of the port terminal than Han Yu, who has been busy combating smuggling and training anti-smuggling teams on the water during this period. He explained: "The Port Authority still exists, but the government and enterprises are separated. Become a government department that coordinates, plans and manages port terminals.”

Xiaoyu also knew something about these situations and couldn't help but interjected: "As long as there is a port in Linghai, it doesn't matter who manages the port. I heard that the Linghai State-owned Assets Office also sold the shares of Linghai Port to Binjiang Port. From now on, Linghai will The seaport has nothing to do with Linghai."

Leave professional matters to a professional team and be able to cash out.

Han Yu was very familiar with Mayor Shen's tactics. He had purchased and sold a shipyard invested by two local companies before. He is now the mayor. He not only has to consider the development of the development zone, but also the development of Quanlinghai.

If we want to do a good job in Linghai's economic development, we must have money.

Since the Binjiang Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government want to make Binjiang Port bigger and stronger, he and Secretary Qian will definitely not miss this opportunity. They can make a lot of money by selling the built Linghai Port to the city, and a lot of money can do a lot of things.

Han Yu realized that Xiaoyu was not just hearing this, so he turned around and sighed, "Ning Ning, your senior brother is really good at doing business."

"He and Secretary Qian know how to sell, sell, sell. I heard that all the companies that could be sold in Linghai have been sold out, and even the Luqiao Company is undergoing restructuring."

"Where's the shipping company?"

"It has also been restructured. It is said to be restructured, but in fact it is still for sale."

So many people have been laid off in the past few years, and I didn't expect it to affect Linghai.

Han Xiangning's evaluation of Mayor Shen is not as good as before. He feels that Mayor Shen only knows how to "sell out", unlike Secretary Ye who tried every means to engage in construction.

While everyone was chatting in low voices, an anchor boat sailed from the west river.

Chen Zikun took a look and said with a wry smile: "The brothers from the channel section are here. It seems that they are here to remove the navigation beacon and navigation lights."

If passenger ships stop sailing, just stop sailing. Why do they even have to remove the navigation beacons and lights?

Lao Qian didn't know that removing the navigation beacons and lights meant that the North Branch Channel would no longer be maintained and would become a "natural channel", so he simply changed the topic: "Xianyu, Ning Ning, you guys have finally come back, don't leave at noon. Yes, I’ll go home for dinner later.”

"OK."

"Old Qian, please stop working and come to my place at noon!"

Boss Wu from Linghai Ship Repair Factory squeezed over and said happily: "Xianyu, the first power boat has been launched. You are back just in time. Let's go and have a look later."

"Going into the water so soon?" Han Yu asked subconsciously.

"The power boat is not a big boat, it is just bigger than the iron boat. You will know when you go and take a look later."

"Mr. Wu, how many have you made here?"

"I have three here, and Mr. Wang has three too. A total of six have been built."

…

According to the passenger ferry schedule, the Baishen will sail on time at 8:30.

However, the North Branch Channel was too silted up and the water was not deep enough, so we had to wait for the tide. It was not until 9:30 that the passenger ship blew its whistle and slowly drove away from the barge amidst a huge roar, puffing black smoke.

For Han Yu, the departure of the Baishen passenger ship was equivalent to the end of an era.

He quickly adjusted his police uniform and shouted: "Everyone is here, salute Baishen and send Baishen off!"

Following his order, Changhang Public Security Policemen such as Chen Zikun, Zhang Ping, Xiaoyu and Maritime Law Enforcement Officers such as Han Xiangning who came to see him off all raised their arms and saluted the passenger ship.

Captain Yao saw clearly and blew his whistle again to greet him.

All the police officers on board the Baishen passenger ferry stood on the side of the ship and returned salutes to the people on the shore.

This situation makes people cry.

Han Yu shed tears, and Han Xiangning burst into tears.

The same is true for Xiaoyu, Chen Zikun and Zhang Ping.