Chapter 1813: Striving to Overcome Difficulties

Director Liu took a deep breath and said, "I understand, Secretary. I will work hard to overcome the difficulties."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Fusheng continued driving. As long as Chen Zixing and Hai Changchun decided to take action, his plan would almost be successful.

At noon, Liu Fusheng arrived in Yangcheng safely.

The leader in charge of this matter in the province is Tang Shaoying, the full-time deputy secretary of the provincial party committee.

Although Tang Shaoying himself did not want to have too much contact with Liu Fusheng, this smuggling case was very sensitive and he had to solve it personally to feel at ease.

Tang Shaoying knew that Liu Fusheng was good at making trouble out of nothing, and he was a little afraid that his conspiracy would be seen through by Liu Fusheng.

In the provincial party committee's office, Tang Shaoying did not beat around the bush and said directly: "If there is someone else in Chaojiang District who is responsible for this matter, I will not care about it."

Liu Fusheng said in surprise: "Secretary Tang attaches so much importance to me? I am really flattered! Speaking of which, we haven't met for a long time. If I had known that you would become my leader, I would have given you enough face in Fuyuan."

When Tang Shaoying heard the other party mention Fuyuan, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

What happened to Tang Shaohao was something he did intentionally, but no matter what, the incident in Fuyuan was an extremely rare defeat for Tang Shaoying since he became an official.

If we add to this the failed operation of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau, without realizing it, he had suffered two setbacks in a row at the hands of Liu Fusheng?

Thinking of this, Tang Shaoying felt very uncomfortable.

He adjusted his state and said slowly: "Secretary Liu, let's not talk about the past. I attach great importance to the anti-smuggling cases in Jiangtou City. You are very decisive in doing things. I am afraid that you and other leaders will cause any misunderstandings because of this matter."

"Let's get back to the point. I know the cause and process of the case, so you don't have to repeat it. What I want to ask now is, have you found any results from the interrogation of those foreigners suspected of smuggling?"

Liu Fusheng said: "There is no result yet. Those foreigners are habitual offenders. They know how to exonerate themselves after being caught. The comrades of the special task force have been busy all night, but they insist that they did not enter our territorial waters, but only sailed freely on the high seas. They also slandered our navy and pushed them into the scope of our territorial waters."

"Is there such a situation?" Tang Shaoying frowned slightly.

Liu Fusheng said: "Secretary Tang, you don't believe these people's lies, do you? Our warships will never take the initiative to push merchant ships in the high seas."

"The demarcation of territorial waters is not as clear as that of land borders. The repeated probing of these foreign smuggling criminals at the edge of territorial waters is enough to explain the problem."

Liu Fusheng's words have hit the nail on the head.

How could normal free navigation on the high seas come close to the territorial waters of other countries?

The Red Beards have been clamoring that they are being wronged, but in fact, they are not wronged at all.

It is obvious whether the smuggling ship is in our territorial waters.

Tang Shaoying nodded and said, "I understand what you mean. However, the US Consulate will definitely adopt the opinions of the crew members suspected of smuggling and put pressure on our country. Once these things ferment, they will have a very negative impact internationally, especially since our warships are also involved in this operation."

Liu Fusheng said: "I understand that the impact of this incident may be very great, but Secretary Tang also needs to know that we have found the same fuel on the smuggling ship as the one used in the Jiangtou City arson case."

"We believe that these foreign smugglers are likely to be involved in the vicious case that shocked the whole country. Under such circumstances, if we let them go easily, it would be irresponsible for solving the vicious case, and we would not be able to explain to the country and the people."

Tang Shaoying's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Secretary Liu, what you said is a little wrong, isn't it? Solving the arson case is the task of the special task force of the Ministry of Public Security, but the special task force has no connection with smuggling. The one who arranged to arrest these smugglers was the Jiangtou City Anti-Smuggling Bureau and Jiangtou City Party Committee Secretary Chen Zixing."

"If you intervene in every case in Chaojiang District on the grounds that it is 'suspected to be related to arson', do you have to handle all cases specially? Do you want to hold on to the judicial and law enforcement power of Chaojiang City until the arson case is solved? Do you want to do whatever you want under the guise of the country and the people?"

"Secretary Liu, you have just arrived in Chaojiang, but you have already caused a lot of complaints. I have received many complaints against you. Do you want me to hand these reports directly to Yanjing?"

Tang Shaoying is not like Chen Zixing and Gu Hongcheng.

Even if Liu Fusheng held the imperial sword, he could not cut his head.

No matter how important an arson case is, it cannot affect the normal work and life of the local people indefinitely.

After hearing what Tang Shaoying said, Liu Fusheng looked at Secretary Tang with some amusement.

Tang Shaoying and Liu Fusheng looked at each other for a few seconds, then said, "Do you think I said something wrong?"

Liu Fusheng said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, what the leader said makes sense. I came to Yangcheng to seek help from the leader."

Tang Shaoying looked at him, waiting for what to say next.

Liu Fusheng said: "I hope Secretary Tang can help us withstand the international pressure and allow us to detain the foreign smugglers for a longer period of time so that we can get the evidence we want as soon as possible."

Tang Shaoying snorted coldly, knowing that Liu Fusheng wanted to dig out evidence of the smugglers' cooperation with Hai Changchun, Chen Zixing and others. However, as the backer of these two people, how could he possibly let Liu Fusheng do as he wished?

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Jiangtou City.

After a simple make-up, Hai Changchun has transformed into a police officer with a beard and wearing the uniform of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau. He followed Director Liu to the headquarters of the special task force of the Ministry of Public Security.

Director Liu found Qin Guang and explained his purpose.

When Qin Guang heard that they wanted to interrogate the smugglers, he couldn't help but frown and said, "Director Liu, isn't this a bit against the rules?"

Director Liu said righteously, "Team Leader Qin, what you said is a little wrong. First of all, these people are suspected of smuggling, so they should be under the jurisdiction of our Anti-Smuggling Bureau. Secondly, they were captured by our Anti-Smuggling Bureau. We have enough reasons to interrogate them."

"We agreed to hand these people over to you for interrogation yesterday because we cooperated with the task force. Team leader Qin, you have your job and I have mine. You can't stop us from handling the case just because you guys are handling the case, right?"

Qin Guang said: "Director Liu, we have to prioritize things. I understand the work of your Anti-Smuggling Bureau, but the arson case involves more people. The top leaders of the country are keeping an eye on it. When you interrogate these smuggling suspects, I'm afraid there will be something confidential..."