157: Chapter 153 A Walking Money Printing Machine!!

"Yes, I said it!" Liang Teng's expression was very firm.

"Words alone aren't enough; I have to record it." Yang Tian immediately took out his phone, turned on the camera, and pointed it at Liang Teng.

"Leader, could you say it one more time?"

"Ahem!" Political Commissar Fang Yihong immediately gave a reminder, "That's enough, Yang Tian."

"It's fine," Liang Teng said to Fang Yihong. "It's a good thing for young people to have motivation and vigor. I like his whimsical spirit!"

After saying that, he looked at the lens. "Has it started?"

Yang Tian immediately clicked record.

"It's started."

Liang Teng said it once more, "If your Yucheng Police Station can capture the drug lord Liu Shaohua, all illegal income related to him that needs to be confiscated will belong to the Yucheng Police Station's fine and forfeiture quota."

"Great!" Yang Tian clicked to stop recording and saved the video.

"Thank you, Leader."

Liang Teng looked at Yang Tian's serious yet naive expression and couldn't help but smile, treating it entirely as a joke.

But in the absolute worst-case scenario, if he really caught the big drug lord, that would be at least another walking first-class merit.

A major drug lord like Liu Shaohua is extremely harmful to society; the drug industry chain he developed has almost covered the entire Southeast Asia and Western countries like Europe and the United States.

As long as he is caught, it would be like pulling out a radish and bringing up the mud—it's not just one person being taken down, but a massive drug trafficking syndicate.

"Alright, that's all for the meeting. Adjourned!"

Yang Tian immediately ran out of the meeting room with Liu Shaohua's files. Seeing this, Liu Dachui looked at Fang Yihong while tidying up the documents on the table. "Do you think Yang Tian is boasting?"

"He's definitely boasting!" the newly appointed Deputy Political Commissar was the first to interject. "Someone the Ministry of Public Security's Narcotics Bureau has been chasing for decades without catching—what makes Yang Tian think he can do it? Of course, I don't deny his case-solving ability is indeed strong, but catching drug traffickers and solving cases are two different things; they shouldn't be conflated."

Fang Yihong smiled. "Hard to say. Yang Tian has always been good at creating miracles. It's not out of the question that he might actually catch Liu Shaohua this time!"

Hearing this, Deputy County Magistrate Liang Teng suddenly looked at Fang Yihong. "How much confidence do you have in Yang Tian?"

"It's hard to say. After all, it's about capturing a drug trafficker, a top drug lord at that. It really is different from solving cases; it's equivalent to licking blood from a blade's edge, with life-threatening danger at any moment!"

Fang Yihong paused.

"Even if there were a hundred percent certainty, I wouldn't want him to take this risk."

"Why?" Liang Teng and the others looked at Fang Yihong curiously.

Fang Yihong responded without concealment, "After all, there's only one Yang Tian in the whole country!"

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Yang Tian couldn't care less about all that.

There might be only one Yang Tian in the country, but there was also only one Liu Shaohua.

This wasn't just some big drug lord; he was clearly a walking money printing machine. One deal could sustain someone for a whole year.

Where else could one find such a good thing??

After returning to his office at the station, he immediately used the skill [Omni-Perception]. By searching through the information in the files, he locked onto Liu Shaohua's location.

At this moment, Liu Shaohua was at the border of Xijiang and Dongnan Province. Zooming in...

His location was a small mountain village, surrounded by high mountains and dense forests. There were only a few scattered households and abandoned buildings nearby.

The house where Liu Shaohua was currently resting was a two-story building located at the highest point of the village. From a god's-eye view, there was only one winding path leading down the mountain.

But in reality, the house was surrounded by dense woods and the mountain. In case of an emergency, he could easily use the woods and the mountain as cover to escape.

Yang Tian continued to zoom in further and found that Liu Shaohua was currently sleeping in a room on the first floor, next to a window facing the mountain.

He was tightly holding a black Glock pistol in his hand.

At the door of the room, several bodyguards armed with AK-47s were on guard. There were fifteen people in the entire house, and their firearms and ammunition were hard to count.

Seeing this, Yang Tian gasped and turned off [Omni-Perception].

No wonder Deputy County Magistrate Liang Teng looked at him with such an incredulous expression; this was where the problem lay.

Based on the equipment of these dozen or so people, it was very likely a small mercenary team hired by Liu Shaohua at a high price.

Mercenaries were different from ordinary drug traffickers; most of them were retired soldiers from various Western countries who had undergone extremely professional training and possessed rich combat experience.

Once a firefight broke out, ordinary SWAT members would be no match for them. Furthermore, given the terrain they currently occupied—high ground and easy to defend but hard to attack...

Looking at it this way, it wasn't surprising that the Narcotics Bureau hadn't been able to bring Liu Shaohua to justice despite chasing him for decades.

This wasn't just catching a drug dealer; it was clearly capturing a mobile military fortress.

Therefore, capturing Liu Shaohua could only be done through wit, not brute force!

Thinking of this, Yang Tian couldn't help but wonder: why wasn't Liu Shaohua staying at the border? What was he doing back in the central region?

Did he have some purpose??

Could he be trying to open up a marketing network in central cities??

With that thought, he picked up the documents on his desk and began reading them carefully again.

According to the records, since Liu Shaohua started manufacturing and trafficking drugs in Gui Province, his meth was sold directly overseas and never sold domestically.

Thus, a sentence was recorded in the materials, a statement from Liu Shaohua's subordinate, Brother Gui, after he was caught by the Narcotics Bureau.

"Do you know why I follow Brother Hua? Because Brother Hua is patriotic. The drugs he makes are never sold domestically; they're all sold to Western countries. Brother Hua often tells us, 'Back then, the foreigners used opium to force open our country's gates, so I'll use ice to open theirs!' He has a bottom line and principles. Following a big brother like this is the only way to have a future!"

Although Brother Gui was eventually executed, he never revealed where Liu Shaohua's drug manufacturing dens and hideouts were until the day he died.

Yang Tian rubbed his chin, finding it increasingly strange.

If he wasn't here to open up the Xijiang market, then what on earth was he here for??

After pondering for a long time without a clue, Yang Tian glanced at his phone; it was almost lunchtime.

Since things had come to this, he might as well eat first.

"Ding! In such a serious and sacred moment of analysis, you, as the head of a station, are actually only thinking about eating. The 'lying flat' mentality has subtly taken root. Congratulations to the host for obtaining 200 salted fish points."

"Current progress: 3200/5000"

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Inside the cafeteria.

Yang Tian sat directly at the head table.

After a while, others trickled in for lunch, habitually leaving the seat next to Yang Tian empty.

Then, Zhang Jingque sat down in that spot.

Yang Tian picked up a piece of stir-fried fish and put it in Zhang Jingque's bowl.

Zhang Jingque looked up at Yang Tian, feeling flattered.

"Thank you, Station Head Tian."

"Yikes!!" Sun Dapang, sitting opposite Yang Tian, shuddered and then stood up to tease, "I can't stomach this bowl of dog food; I'd better go eat outside!"

Everyone laughed.

Yang Tian and Zhang Jingque also started laughing.

Sometimes, when getting along with colleagues, what's needed is this kind of relaxed atmosphere, rather than feeling uncomfortable during a meal due to status inequality.

After finishing lunch, Yang Tian and Zhang Jingque walked toward the dormitories together.

"Xiao Xique."

"Hmm??" Zhang Jingque turned back to look at Yang Tian.

"Come with me to Qianzhou tonight."

"What are we going to Qianzhou for?"

"To buy a car!!"