Chapter 18: Liu's Big Trouble II

  After the loud noise, a black smoke suddenly spread in all directions. Liu Li and others were caught off guard and were all smoked by this black smoke. When they ran out of the smog, they found that everyone had been smoked into big black faces, one by one, like Africans.

  "Cough, cough, cough... What the heck is this? How can it be so choking? And where did all these fumes come from?" Liu Li crouched on the ground, coughing while looking up at the smoke above his head.

  "It smells like something's been burnt." Li Cheng coughed a few times, squatting on the ground and sniffing the air in all directions as he investigated the origin of the smell.

  At this time, the two people heard Zhang Liang's anxious voice: "Don't analyze it anymore, turn your head and take a look, the scrap collection station is on fire. Just now when Liu Ge fired his gun, the bullets ignited the two gas cylinders in the corner."

  "After the air cylinder exploded, it blasted down the brick wall in the corner. It's estimated that was where Tian Liangzong stored plastic foam. As a result, the sparks from the explosion ignited those plastics and foams."

  When Liu Li heard this, he turned his head and saw that a big fire had started at the scrap collection station. The workers who were busy cutting up vehicles were desperately moving gas cylinders, while those inside were busy looking for water to put out the fire.

  "Don't just stand there, hurry up and put out the fire!" Seeing that one shot had caused such a big fire, Liu Li was also stunned, and quickly called Zhang Liang and three others to call 119 to notify the fire department to come and put out the fire.

  More than half an hour later, the fire was finally extinguished. Looking at the western half of the gas station turning into a piece of charcoal, Liu Li hurriedly sent away the firefighters who were inquiring about the cause of the fire, saying that the police station had already intervened in the investigation and would inform the fire brigade as soon as the results came out.

  Just after sending away the fire brigade, Liu Li saw an old man in his sixties with a dark face, disheveled hair, and an angry expression coming to find him: "Was it you who fired that shot? Because of your gunshot, my place has become like this. This fire has caused me a loss of over 1 million yuan, and you must compensate for my losses."

  "Over a million? Are you kidding me? This is a scrap collection station, not a wholesale market for small commodities. That pile of broken plastic and rotten foam is worth one million RMB? You really have the nerve to open your mouth so wide." Liu Li curled her lip in disdain.

  "Do you know who I am?" The old man asked, and after seeing Liu Li shake his head, he continued: "I am Tian Liangzong, the chairman of the inheritance waste collection station, and I am also the village branch secretary of Tianzhuang Village.

  As for you, you came to our village with a gun in your hand, disrupting the normal operation of enterprises within the village and indirectly causing economic losses to the villagers. You must take responsibility for your actions.

  "As for me, you are wearing a police uniform and driving a police car, but you have misused your gun and shot at the gas cylinders used by our company, causing the plastic and foam products stored by our company to be reduced to ashes. You must compensate our company for its losses."

  "No wonder this scrap metal collection station occupies such a large piece of land, it turns out you're the village head, and indeed having power makes things easier." After sighing, Liu Li said something that made everyone's eyes widen: "This fire was clearly caused by your employee operating the cutting machine improperly, what does this have to do with me?"

  As soon as Tian Liangzong heard Liu Li's words, he immediately became anxious: "I've seen many rascals, but I didn't expect that you police would also be so shameless. It seems that it's necessary for me to temporarily detain the four of you and wait for your leader to come and negotiate compensation."

  After finishing speaking, Tian Liangzong waved his hand and the dozens of employees behind him quickly ran to the front and surrounded Liu Li and the other three.

  "Damn it...... You've got some guts." Seeing that they were surrounded, Liu Li calmly pulled out his gun again. Earlier, he had shot and exploded several gas cylinders in the corner. Now, he set his sights on the gas cylinders that the workers used to power their cutting machines.

  "No... not... you... what do you mean? Are you going to shoot again? I'm telling you, there are surveillance cameras here, everything that happened earlier and now has been recorded. The west side just finished burning, do you want to set the east side on fire too? I'll go report you to the authorities."

  At this time, Tian Liangzong was really a little flustered. Earlier, Liu Li had already set off a fire, and now he saw Liu Li pointing the gun at the air pipe again. He was worried that if this shot went down, the air tank would explode, and the remaining scrap metal would turn to ashes.

  "I now have two methods to resolve the current situation, a civilized method and a military one. The civilized method is that you let these people back down, I'll put away my gun, and then we'll rely on our respective networks to solve this matter, see whose relationship is stronger? If your relationship is strong, I'll yield to your handling, but if mine is strong, we'll handle it in a fair and just manner."

  "As for the method of resolving this with force, it's simple. You let these people continue to surround us, and I'll fire two more shots. After that, you can go and complain about me, and I'll expose your business on TV. Then, I'll be dealt with by my superiors, while you and your son will be investigated by the discipline committee." Liu Li said calmly, looking at him.

  When Liu Li made the proposal, Tian Liangzong felt a bit of a headache. Previously, other police officers had also come to investigate the purchase of motor vehicles, but those police officers first showed their badges, then inquired, recorded, and finally looked at the relationship.

  But now this Liu Li is not following the routine, after coming, he didn't say a word and fired a shot, causing a big fire, and then played dumb, refusing to admit his own responsibility for preventing fires, and now he's come up with such an absurd proposal.

  Looking at Liu Li's fearless expression in front of him, Tian Liangzong pondered for a moment. He had previously heard his son say that the Public Security Bureau was very strict with gun control, and apart from criminal police, only police officers who had reached a certain rank could carry handguns.

  If Liu Li's police rank was high, then he was too young, only in his early twenties. How high could a young man like him climb? But if his police rank wasn't high, where did that handgun come from? Tian Liangzong couldn't quite get a read on Liu Li for the time being.

  "Alright, you're a cop and I'm the village chief. We both work for the public. Since that's the case, let's each rely on our own abilities." After saying this, Tian Liangzong took out his phone: "Hey, Tian Jie, hurry back home and take a look. Our house has been set on fire by a police officer from the local station."

  After hanging up the phone, Tian Liangzong looked at Liu Li who was standing there as if nothing had happened: "Why didn't you find someone? Could it be that you don't have any connections to rely on?"

  "It's always others who pull strings to find me, I never pull strings to find people." After finishing speaking, Liu Li looked at the somewhat tense Li Cheng and three others: "Prepare paper and pen, later we will make inquiry records for these people. For every worker engaging in illegal operations, each person will be fined 1,000 yuan.

  Seeing Liu Li still being so careless, Zhao Ming couldn't help but advise: "Liu Ge, Tian Liangzong just called Director Tian Ke, I estimate that Director Tian will arrive soon. Why don't you call Du Suo and tell him about the situation here, let him come over?"

  "No need, if I, as a village head, can't even handle this, then what's the use of being a police officer? Don't worry about it, let's get to work." With that, Liu Li got into the police car himself.

  About twenty minutes later, a Jetta police car arrived at the scene. When the police car stopped, a man in his thirties got out of the car. The man was wearing a police uniform and had a second-class police rank badge on his shoulder. His face carried a faint official air.

  This man was Tian Jie, the son of Tian Liangzong, who served as deputy director of the finance department at the county bureau. After taking a look at the scene, a hint of gloom flashed across Tian Jie's face. He didn't speak to Tian Liangzong, but instead walked directly towards Liu Li in the police car.