Lei Yue touched his chin, thoughtfully: "Listening to what you said, it seems that this is really the case."

Hu Pingtao continued: "These women are uneducated and knowledgeable, and so are their parents. When you are half-starved to death, if someone puts a white-faced steamed bun in front of you, let alone asking you to kneel down and kowtow, even if you are offered to eat it,

When you are tired of the harsh requirements of being a cow or a horse, you can only accept it honestly."

"That's what happened to the women who smuggled across the border. They lost everything and paid enough money, and were organized by overseas gangs to cross the border collectively. At the same time, they also brought a large amount of drugs... In total, this is the fifth time."

Lei Yue's thinking state was very active. He lowered his voice and asked: "Xiaohu, you mean, there are loopholes in our border patrol?"

Hu Pingtao smiled bitterly and said: "Does this need to be said? But the current situation is like this. It is impossible for us to achieve an absolute closure of the entire border line. No country in the world can do this."

Lei Yue took out a cigarette from his pocket, stuffed one into his mouth, and sighed: "There are many places on the southwest border where roads cannot be built, especially in the mountains. Almost all patrol roads have to be walked."

Hu Pingtao moved closer and lowered his voice: "Someone is watching us."

A very simple sentence, Lei Yue was instantly moved: "Spy?"

Hu Pingtao shook his head: "They are not spies from abroad, but people from the criminal group on the eastern coast." Nuokang confessed: They have been staring at the Xiluo Border Inspection Station for more than a day or two. From last year to now, they have established a long-term stability.

Mobile monitoring. There are people from the country and people who often pass in and out of the border inspection station. They focus on the personnel on duty at the border inspection station every day, and then judge the patrol team's outing time based on various details."

Lei Yue suddenly felt horrified, and the cigarette in his mouth almost slipped: "No, they can actually do this?"

"Money can make people go around, not to mention that drugs and cross-border business are very profitable. It is very simple for them to arrange a few people inside and outside." Hu Pingtao explained in detail: "They bribed nearby border residents and went to the mountains to collect herbs.

While picking up mushrooms, take the opportunity to observe the patrol’s route and round-trip time.”

"Wait!" Lei Yue interrupted him and asked doubtfully: "Aren't the patrol time and route confidential? How could the border residents know?"

Hu Pingtao smacked his lips: "I had the same idea as you before. Only when I came to the border inspection station did I realize that there is really no way to prevent border residents from going up the mountain. People have to live, and activities such as collecting medicine and bacteria are also legal.

Gui. They have been in the mountains for a long time.

, they are even more familiar with everything here than we are. Let’s just talk about looking at footprints. Many border residents used to hunt. They are really experienced in looking at animal paths and paw prints, even better than the professional teachers at the police academy.

Already."

"Some of them do it for money, and some of them don't understand the law."

Lei Yue frowned: "In that case, why not move the villages on the border to the interior?"

Hu Pingtao looked sternly: "You said this is the border. The nearest county is hundreds of kilometers away from the Xiluo Border Inspection Station. There are mountains everywhere here and there are few people. If there are no nearby villages, there will only be border inspection.

Standing at this lonely pass."

"Although there are boundary markers, the existence of national borders largely requires "people" to maintain them. Just take Shiluo. Both ends of the pass are border lines. If the Burmese people on the opposite side build villages nearby, it doesn't take much.

A small settlement with a hundred or even dozens of people, over time, will

The boundary line will be blurred. Because their people live here, they have formed a fixed area. Boundary markers are a dead thing. Even if one is set up every 100 meters, people will have sufficient reasons to object when demarcating the boundary, saying "our people live here".

Here, this is the border" objected."

"Can a boundary monument be set up 100 meters away? Of course not. It would be too expensive and unrealistic. Therefore, it is best for people to live on the border all year round, so as to stabilize and ensure the stability of the border. Brother Lei, don't look at the border inspection station.

The two villages next to them are inconspicuous, but their existence is very important. In order to allow the local people to live in peace and contentment, the state also provides them with border residents' subsidies every month and takes care of them in life and work."

Lei Yue has a deep understanding of this: "That's right. Let's talk about the Sino-Indian border dispute some time ago! Damn Asan insisted that the boundary must be the McMahon 1 line. It is impossible for us to agree to such unreasonable demands.

.Ah San sneaked the border towards us.

Move. It can range from dozens of meters to several meters at a time. Every time our border guards push Ah San back, they have to re-conquer the border. Ah San knows we won’t fire, so he goes back to lick his wounds and comes back again... Damn it.

Yes, it keeps repeating like this, it really makes people sick to death."

Hu Pingtao agreed very much with this: "Yes! If there were a sufficient number of natural villages on the northwest border, the situation would be much better. There is no man's land there. If there is no original survey record, even if Asan sneaks in some

, no one will know the actual situation, so now we can only strengthen the concept of national borders by stationing troops."

Lei Yue sighed: "It seems that these villages next to the Xiluo Border Inspection Station are necessary to exist for a long time."

After standing for a long time, his legs and feet were sore. Hu Pingtao moved his feet, walked to the window, looked at the mountains covered with dense plants in the distance, and said seriously: "Some time ago, the prefecture sent people down to carry out poverty alleviation. I

I followed for a few days. Walking along the highway to the southeast, there are several villages over there that are more remote than here. They are very small, with only 20 to 30 households in each village."

"That place is really poor! There is very little cultivated land per capita, and there is a primeval forest next to it. Bobcats often jump out and snatch away chickens and ducks from farmers' homes. There are also many snakes, and adults and children are bitten every year. It is truly a poor place... I

I don’t know much about the situation there. Stationmaster Liu Guangbei has been in Xiluo for many years.

At that time, I asked him: This kind of place is not suitable for living at all. Since it is for poverty alleviation and there is funding from the government, why can't these villages be relocated to the plains and the mainland like other places? Not to mention every household, even per person

By providing a house, the cost of poverty alleviation is not that high and the effect is good."

"Brother Lei, think about it. In order to connect those remote villages, roads are being built directly from the Xiluo Border Inspection Station to all the natural villages in the surrounding area!"

"Nowadays, it is a large-scale construction. It costs about 100,000 yuan to build a two-story building in a livable area on the outskirts of the city. If the whole village is relocated, the cost of building the house will be even lower. Roads and buildings can be built.

Houses are two different things. The road was built according to first-class standards, and the cost per meter was equivalent to a house. I couldn’t understand it no matter how I thought about it at the time. Later Liu Zhan told me: Whether it is poverty alleviation or poverty alleviation,

Border issues must be looked at as a whole. When dealing with natural villages on the border, we cannot use the poverty alleviation methods in the mainland. Not only cannot they be relocated as a whole, but the residents of these border villages must even be given monthly subsidies. As long as they are at the border

Regional activities, planting, harvesting, or even doing nothing at ordinary times, just walking back and forth in a fixed area every day is enough."

Lei Yue took a deep breath from his cigarette: "Only when there are people in a place is it meaningful, and only when boundary markers are added can sovereignty be declared. Haha, in name it is a subsidy for border residents, but in fact it is a disguised salary. But this money cannot be saved, it must be

Gotta spend it.”

Hu Pingtao continued: "In the past, our country was poor, and our neighboring countries also looked down upon us in various ways. It is different now, let's just say last month! I was on duty at the border inspection station, and several Burmese people came to the eastern pass.

The Chinese are all elderly, over sixty years old. They have tourist passports, and when going through customs inspection,

I looked around the machinery and equipment for a long time, and after the inspection, I stayed in the rest area and refused to leave. I felt strange, so I went over to ask. Lei Ge, guess what, they think the rest area is very comfortable with the air conditioning on, and there is free supply.

Mineral water, I simply made a bed on the floor and said I would sleep there one night before leaving the next day."

“In the early years, people in Myanmar were wealthier than us. At that time, the coffee coming from Myanmar could be sold at a high price, as well as the fruits from there. In the past, the motorcycles and cars smuggled on the border came from there, and the Myanmar

Elephant belts, plastic slippers, headache powder, cosmetics, small jewelry and various handicrafts... At that time, people who were engaged in border trade between the two countries made a fortune."

Lei Yue puffed out a puff of smoke and said with a smile: "The jade materials in Myanmar are world-famous. I heard that those who are in the jade business are the richest people."

Hu Pingtao shook his head: "That's old history. Myanmar is ruled by a military government, and the jade public market is controlled by the military, and ordinary people cannot enter it. They are different from us. In order to ensure power, the military government uses the jade public market to ensure its power."

Most of the funds obtained from the market are used to purchase arms. As a result, the people will not get benefits, and coupled with the turmoil of the current situation, life will become increasingly difficult."

"When our country first started to reform and open up, many people thought that everything was better abroad than at home. Even poor places like Myanmar were considered paradise to them. Many border residents ran away, but of course they stayed here.

There are not many people in Myanmar, and most of them use it as a transit point to continue smuggling to other countries."

"Now it's the other way around. The Burmese people are trying their best to come to us. In fact, they have no shortage of food there, and the crops in the fields are at least twice a year, but they can't stand the trouble. A lot of political groups are making trouble, and everything is going wrong.

If you want to be in power and be the ruling party, but the real power is in the hands of the military, words will really count."

Lei Yue smiled and said: "I didn't see it! You have spent a lot of time on these things when you were outside these years, and your whole person is different from before."

Hu Pingtao waved his hand: "I'm just talking about the matter. This case really needs to be investigated as soon as possible. There are too many uncertain factors in this kind of group chain crime. Brother Lei, don't think Nuokang is the leader of the smuggling group, but he is in the whole case

At most, he is a small boss. Transportation is the most important link. Drugs plus foreign women, and the quantity is so large, there are several batches before and after, not to mention the amount involved, just this size..."

He kept shaking his head and did not continue speaking.

Lei Yue looked grim.

"I understand what you mean. Okay, I won't tell you anymore. Take the time to record your confession. I'll come back to you if I need anything later."

…

The transfer of materials and persons involved was quickly completed, and the subsequent detection and search work was completed by Lei Yue's team.

Hu Pingtao returned to his normal work as usual, after all, this is the point.

Station manager Liu Guangbei acted quickly. He convened a meeting with the main leaders of the station that day and made a decision: to organize short-term training courses in Burmese and Annamese languages, focusing on Hu Pingtao.

The teaching materials are very simple and are readily available at foreign language schools in provincial capitals.

On Wednesday morning, it was Hu Pingtao's turn to be on duty.

Early in the morning, there was a long queue on the road outside the customs clearance port. In addition to the normal freight vehicles awaiting inspection, more of them were Myanmar nationals holding passports.

Electronic locks have been placed on all passages, and inspectors maintain order while guiding immigrants through in order. All inspection windows are open, and uniformed staff are busy, carefully comparing the photos on the passports with the facial features of the holders.

Make sure nothing is missed.

Hu Pingtao, wearing an armband, patrolled back and forth between the windows and passages.

Liu Zhong was the vice-captain of the fourth team. He was fat and dark-skinned. He was a little older than Hu Pingtao. Seeing Hu Pingtao busy going back and forth, Liu Zhong smiled and said: "Xiaohu, what's wrong with your legs?"

Is it equipped with a motor? It spins like a top so early in the morning."

Just kidding, no harm intended.

Hu Pingtao took out two bottles of mineral water from behind the inspection workbench, handed one to Liu Zhong, screwed on the cap, drank half the bottle in one breath, and felt better instantly, then put down the bottle and took a long breath.

Take a breath.

"The weather is really too hot." Looking at the dense crowds and vehicles outside the passage, he felt very tired and a little confused: "What happened today? There aren't usually so many people!"

Liu Zhong smiled and said: "It's a festival, it's normal."

"A festival?" Hu Pingtao was stunned: "What festival?"

"The Banyan Bathing Festival is a festival for the Burmese people." Liu Zhong raised his finger and pointed at the crowd in the distance: "Two thousand years later, more and more Burmese women have been married. The main reason is that they are not stable there and often have coups.

. Our place is different, it is very safe, and the living standard is much better than before. Many smart Burmese people have gone here, mainly for business. When they have money, they simply buy a house in the city and settle down."

Hu Pingtao suddenly realized. When he served as an officer of the "Northern Security Army" in the mountains, he had indeed heard the name "Yu Rong Festival". However, the "Northern Security Army" was mainly composed of Annan people, and the Burmese people in the mountains were under rule.

Status, festivals and so on are ignored.

He asked seriously: "So, there are many Burmese people living in Zhoucheng?"

Liu Zhong explained: "I don't know the exact number, but it should be a lot. They used to mainly do jade business, and they married women from us, and they had the right to settle permanently. No one here used to have a bath in the past.
Chapter completed!