Chapter 10: The Poorest Branch in History

  After hearing Liu Li's words, the middle-aged policeman and several auxiliary police officers all came to Liu Li's side: "What do you do? Was it you who reported the alarm just now? Do you know that false reporting is subject to public security punishment?"

  "Hehe... Who made you hide in the house and not come out? I knocked on the door several times just now, but you didn't open it for me. I thought to myself, since you won't open the door, the command center has assigned a task, you'll have to open the door eventually." Liu Li replied with a smile.

  Upon hearing Liu Li's words, the middle-aged policeman looked at him with some surprise and asked: "You're very familiar with this place? What do you do?"

  Upon hearing this, Liu Li took out his own transfer order from his pocket. He had two copies of the transfer order on him. One was the order from the Ministry transferring him from Fujian Province to HB Province.

  Liu Li handed over the transfer order issued by the department to the leader of HB Provincial Public Security Department, and then the other party kept the attachment of the transfer order and re-issued a new transfer order in the name of HB Provincial Public Security Department.

  "Haha... I'm not talented, I've just been transferred here to serve as a community police officer. From now on, we're all colleagues, so please take care of me."

  After taking a look at the transfer order handed over by Liu Li, the middle-aged policeman identified it without error and let out a sigh of relief: "So you're Liu Li. I just heard this morning that our department is adding a new police officer named Liu Li. I didn't expect you to arrive so soon."

  After listening to the middle-aged policeman, Liu Li felt a bit depressed in his heart and secretly said: "The order from the department, how dare I not hurry? This place is not accessible by plane, otherwise, I would have arrived even faster."

  After learning of Liu Li's identity, the middle-aged policeman first made a phone call to the command center, saying that the person who reported the case was a drunkard and requesting the command center to lift the police situation. Then, he warmly invited Liu Li into the dormitory and introduced him to everyone one by one.

  Through the introduction, Liu Li had some understanding of these four people. It turned out that this middle-aged policeman was named Tian Hu, a second-level police officer, and was the deputy director of the bureau and the household registration police officer. He was thirty-four years old this year.

  Three young men were left, all of whom were auxiliary police officers in the station. They were Zhang Liang, Li Cheng and Zhao Ming, all twenty years old this year. The four of them had been drinking in their dormitory earlier and heard a knock on the door, thinking it was an undercover officer coming to check on them, so they hid inside and didn't dare open the door.

  After introducing the people in the dormitory, Tian Hu told Liu Li that apart from these four people, there were three more people in the station: Director Du Zhiqing, Instructor Feng Yong, and auxiliary police officer Bai Feifei. Bai Feifei was helping out in the household registration office because she was a young girl, so she didn't have to do night shifts.

  After Tiantiger finished introducing the situation in the office, Liu Li also made a brief self-introduction. However, his introduction was somewhat vague and did not mention his previous position, but instead claimed that he had been working for a short time and was very happy to be able to work here.

  Then, Liu Li told everyone that he was unable to meet with the county bureau leaders because he arrived after working hours. He had planned to come to the police station first and meet with the leaders there, but except for Tian Hu, the director and instructor were not present.

  It wasn't until then that Tian Hu realized why Liu Li had come to the police station at this time. After thinking for a moment, he made a phone call to the director and told him that Liu Li had already arrived at the police station.

  After hanging up the phone, Tian Hu said to Liu Li, "Later, all the directors and instructors will return to the office. One is to welcome you and clean up the dust, and the other is to help you arrange your accommodation."

  Half an hour later, a Wuling bread car drove into the police station. After the vehicle stopped, two middle-aged men got out of the car. Through Tianhu's introduction, Liu Li finally knew the identities of the two men.

  The man on the left with a slightly thin build and a scholarly face is Director Du Zhiqing, 39 years old, a first-class police officer.

  The tall and majestic man with a stern face on the right is instructor Feng Yong, 38 years old, first-class police officer.

  After a simple exchange of pleasantries with Liu Li, Du Zhiging took out 100 yuan from his body and handed it to Zhang Liang: "Xiao Zhang, Liu Li just arrived, definitely hasn't eaten yet. At this time, I guess you haven't eaten either. Go buy some meat dishes at the familiar food store, I'll stir-fry two dishes in the cafeteria, let's entertain Xiao Liu."

  When Du Zhiging called himself Xiao Liu, Liu Li knew that his identity had not been made public. As a result, Liu Li felt somewhat relieved in his heart, because he liked this feeling of starting from scratch again.

  Liu Li didn't mind others calling him Little Liu, after all, he was young to begin with. Watching Du Zhiqing roll up his sleeves and chop vegetables, Feng Yong helping to peel scallions on the side, and Tian Hu crouching down to wash dishes with ease, he thought to himself: "Damn... won't be poor to this extent, right? The welcoming banquet was even cut back like this."

  At dinner time, Du Zhiging and Feng Yong respectively used water instead of wine to toast Liu Li two cups, encouraging Liu Li to do a good job. After eating and drinking enough, Du Zhiging called Feng Yong, Tian Hu, and Liu Li to his office.

  After a meal, everyone became more familiar with each other and chatted for a while. Du Zhiqing then asked Liu Li to take charge of handling security cases in the jurisdiction from now on. This task was previously handled by Feng Yong, but it has been transferred to Liu Li. From now on, Feng Yong will be solely responsible for key enterprises and personnel in the jurisdiction.

  At this time, Liu Li couldn't help but ask: "Du Suo, didn't you say I was coming to be a community police officer? Now in charge of law and order, is it suitable?"

  Upon hearing this, Du Zhiqing and the others all burst out laughing. After a pause, Feng Yong told Liu Li that there were no communities in Dizhen Township. Seeing Liu Li's confusion, Feng Yong continued to explain. Through Feng Yong's explanation, Liu Li finally understood.

  Originally, building a community first requires taking out a piece of land to build unified community buildings, which can accommodate residents from several surrounding villages. After completion, the villagers around will be relocated into the community buildings, and the houses previously built by the villagers will be demolished and converted into reclaimed farmland.

  But the Deying Township has been in a semi-merged state for several years. Because of concerns that Deying Township will merge with other towns, there are no investors coming to develop and build the area now, and the township's finances cannot afford this expense, so this matter has been dragging on.

  Although there are no communities in the Dizhen Township, the county government requires that townships must demarcate communities. Under pressure from the county government, the township government divided its 28 villages into two communities based on their locations along rivers.

  The 14 villages on the east bank of the river are a community under construction, and the 14 villages on the west bank of the river are also a community under construction. The township government claims to the outside world that the community is under construction, as for when it can be completed, it depends on when the township has money. In short, these two communities are nominal only.

  After understanding all this, Liu Li sighed and said: "I thought I would be like a community police officer in other places, going to the community every day to visit, but it's not that simple. It's okay, at least it's more convenient."

  After saying this sentence, Liu Li paused for a moment and then asked: "Du Suo, how do we calculate our case handling expenses? How much is it per month?"

  Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Du Zhiqing directly hung his head down: "Old Tian, the financial affairs of our department are your responsibility, you introduce it to Little Liu."

  Du Zhicheng let Liu Li introduce the financial situation of the police station, Tian Hu sighed and said: "Liu Li, to be honest with you, our police station is probably the poorest among all the police stations in China."

  Up to now, on the books of our office, not only is there not a single cent, but we still owe over 180,000 yuan in external debt. Every time it's a holiday, I, Du Suo, and Comrade Feng all hide at relatives' homes and don't dare return home, because at that time, the doors to our three homes are surrounded by those coming to collect debts."