Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 918 Waiting
Evening, in the hotel room.

"What? A 3000 yuan reward for catching a stowaway?"

Jiang Hai was taken aback. Looking at Li Xia, who was sitting nonchalantly on the corner of the bed, he joked, "Brother Xia, this is too exaggerated. It seems that in your line of work, besides hiding from the police, you also have to hide from those bounty hunters who want to earn some pocket money."

After meeting with Consul Li, who was in charge of affairs in northern Myanmar, at the Consulate General, Chen Shu received a promise of help from police liaison officer Wang Yan, and then led everyone to the hotel reserved for them to rest for a while.

Because Zhang Yang was worried that Xiao Zhao, who was still locked up in the park, would not be in the mood to socialize, he went into the room alone.

Everyone else gathered together.

Ma Rongcheng, a local police officer in Yunnan Province, was also sent to support border patrol work for a period of time. He explained, "It's not an exaggeration at all. This really happened here. At first, we spent a lot of effort building thousands of miles of barbed wire, and then we built tens of thousands of thermal imaging cameras and cameras, but we still couldn't stop people."

“We even brought in units from all over Yunnan Province, divided up responsibility areas, and arranged duty shifts and patrols, but many people still escaped. Later, the government didn’t have enough manpower, so we had no choice but to mobilize the surrounding people. And you know what? It worked really well. Villagers who were not farming during the off-season formed teams to catch illegal immigrants, and the overall results were very good.”

Li Xia silently gazed at the large map hanging on the wall and calmly said, "It can be considered that it has left some livelihood for the common people."

After speaking, Li Xia sincerely bowed to the police officers around him.

This is a gesture of respect from those involved in the gray market, nothing more than the fact that it allows people like them, who suffered hunger in their early years, to finally have enough to eat.

Sometimes, reality is even more outrageous than fiction, and precisely because it is so outrageous, such things can actually happen.

The police officers watched silently without saying a word.

Jiang Hai remained unfazed and continued, "Brother Xia, I know the animal; it's definitely a wild animal banned in China. But what about the plant?"

Li Xia chuckled and shook a finger: "Smuggling wild animals is an old story, we don't smuggle those anymore."

"Then what are you smuggling?"

"A live cow!"

Upon hearing Li Xia's answer, Jiang Hai felt as if a thousand alpacas were stampeding through his mind.

Aside from a few local police officers from Yunnan Province, people like Chen Shu, Chen Chuan, and Zhang Yang, who live in eastern China, also showed expressions of surprise.

“A few years ago, before the border was fenced off, beef prices in China skyrocketed for a period of time. If you could drive live cattle from northern Myanmar to the border, and the buyers on the other side would just wait for the cattle to cross on their own, you could basically make 10,000 yuan per head.”

"If you think that the amount of live cattle is too small and the money is too little, some people organize large groups to transport frozen beef. They carry large bags of beef over mountains and valleys to our country. As long as there are enough people carrying it, the profits will definitely increase."

"The risk is low, and the returns are much higher than those for heroin. What we didn't expect was that the Burmese on the other side would sometimes beat people out of their heads just to seize a few passages for transporting cattle."

Li Xia was quite pleased with himself for shocking this group of people, and continued to boast, "But I'm good at smuggling plants, would you like to hear about it?" Jiang Hai swallowed and nodded.

"durian."

After uttering those two words, Li Xia smiled and said, "It's not slang, it's just durian, the kind we usually eat." Seeing the disbelief on Jiang Hai's face, Li Xia smiled slightly: "It's the kind of durian that people who like it can eat every day, every meal, while people who don't like it will throw up as soon as they smell it from a distance."

“Our village used to be a drug trafficking village, but we don’t do that anymore. Now we’re all smuggling durians, all from Myanmar. In your impression, do you think smugglers like us are carrying big backpacks in the middle of the night, crossing mountains and valleys between the two countries? The lighter the goods, the better, right?”

“Currently, the country is strictly controlling the import of heroin. Even if we can successfully import it from Myanmar, it will take more than a month for loose goods. Living in constant fear is not a human life.” As he spoke, Li Xia became slightly proud and held up a finger and shook it in front of everyone. “But for durian, we can import it every day. Once it arrives, we can find a small valley, weigh it, and ship it out immediately.”

"For example, if we bring in a ton of durians from Myanmar every day, well, of course, we could eat even more. Guess how long it would take to finish all that shipment?"

"The goods can be shipped out in one night. Even if the police are determined to investigate, they can only confiscate the goods for one night at most. How much are these fruits worth? Can they compare to heroin, which would get you shot if you put 50 grams in the lurch?"

Jiang Hai counted on his fingers: "So, the advantage of smuggling durians is that the cost of breaking the law is low, you can buy and sell every day, and the cash flow is fast. As long as you increase the production, it can also be a huge profit."

Li Xia waved his hand: "If we can't increase production, this stuff is just something the country doesn't care about. It's just a way for poor families in our mountain village to have a job to eat. We should be content and not cross that line."

Chen Shu stood to the side with his arms crossed and joked, "No wonder it's so addictive; it turns out this stuff is sold by drug dealers."

"I can picture it now." Chen Chuan gripped the knife handle loosely, making a slashing motion, then pulled a piece out of the air with two fingers, chewed it, and shouted to Chen Shu, "Brother, this batch of goods is pretty pure!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

"Hahaha, Chen Chuan, I really don't know what you're thinking all the time!"

Li Xia glanced at his younger brother, who had been standing silently in the corner but was now chatting with Jiang Hai, who was the same age as him, and a slightly unusual ripple stirred in his heart: these policemen were completely different from the policemen he had imagined.

Chen Shu handed Li Xia a bottle of water and said with a smile, "This is a good thing. The local drug dealers have gone to sell durians. Although they will lose some customs duties, it can save many families."

Ma Rongcheng nodded in agreement and said with a smile, "For us police, you guys can really be considered to have turned over a new leaf. After all, smuggling fruit isn't worth risking your lives against us."

Drug trafficking is a very serious crime in China. Even if you carry a few dozen grams of drugs, the amount you get is only a few thousand yuan. Carrying tens of thousands of yuan is unnecessary.

Ordinary human traffickers don't just keep a few dozen grams of high-purity flour on hand; they usually prepare thousands or even tens of thousands of grams, waiting for customers to come to them.

Li Xia, who was originally just making fun of himself, was quite surprised to receive such high praise from the police.

After Chen Chuan's interruption, the atmosphere inside the room became much more relaxed, and Zhang Yang, Li Xia, and Li Qin, the newcomers, were able to integrate into Chen Shu's team.

Instant noodles never imagined that takeout would destroy them, just as wheat flour never imagined that durian would destroy it.