Chapter 201

"Huang... Director Huang, good morning."

When Mu Zhiyang said this, he completely let go and gave up.

Anyway, it wasn't working hours now. Even if he knelt on the bed and kowtowed eight times to Huang Qiangmin to prove his submission, Huang Qiangmin probably wouldn't believe it.

Even Mu Zhiyang himself wouldn't believe it. Nowadays, when people go to the City God Temple, they kowtow three times. If you see a seven-meter-eighty-three crocodile and you kowtow eight times, who are you trying to fool?

Furthermore, Mu Zhiyang's leg was still suspended; he couldn't turn over or kneel down, which meant his body wouldn't allow him to become servile.

Huang Qiangmin was amused by Mu Zhiyang's "Director Huang."

The 44.4-degree arc of his mouth suddenly changed to 48.48 degrees.

Huang Qiangmin said, "Good morning, Captain Mu. How is your body recovering?"

Mu Zhiyang, acting humble, said, "Captain Huang, we were just bragging..."

"I know, you young people are just chatting." Huang Qiangmin spoke with a smile, as if comforting Mu Zhiyang, and added, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Don't use bragging to cover up ambitions like this, and there's no need to cover them up. 'Captain Mu' sounds pretty good too."

At this moment, Jiang Yuan, having watched enough of the show, smiled and said, "Captain Huang, are you staying for a few days? Are there any cases?"

"Why? Do you want to follow a case?" Huang Qiangmin was still a little dissatisfied inside.

Having his own big beast of burden dragged away by the local landlords to clear wasteland every day—what kind of situation is that?

However, it is already a routine for the county bureau to have elite troops and generals borrowed by the municipal or provincial bureaus.

How many young police officers, only a few years after graduation, are borrowed by higher-level departments? Many young people don't understand yet, thinking they have gained an opportunity, and actively run toward higher-level departments themselves.

In reality, the probability of being able to stay after being borrowed is much lower than the probability of passing the civil service exam to get into a higher-level department, and the effort required is much greater. It's roughly equivalent to being unable to enter university through the college entrance exam, so deciding to enter university by participating in the Olympiad.

Or perhaps, it's the model of being unable to enter the palace through a talent show, so deciding to seduce the emperor by becoming a famous courtesan to enter the palace.

The final outcome is mostly the same: the county bureau gets a damaged body, and online, a post full of dreams and youth is left behind.

Of course, Jiang Yuan's situation is still a bit different.

The nature of Jiang Yuan as a racehorse is too high-end, and the hidden nature of his exploitation is also strong...

It was just a moment of distraction, and Huang Qiangmin's mouth smiled into a 66.6-degree angle. He said sincerely, "There aren't many cases in the county recently; theft cases are almost gone. I just came to report, and coincidentally, if you have time, come over with me..."

"I won't go." Jiang Yuan didn't want to be too far from home.

Huang Qiangmin slapped his palm, "Not going is fine too."

The temperature in the ward dropped slightly, and there was a bit of an awkward silence.

Huang Qiangmin laughed again at this time and slapped Mu Zhiyang on the shoulder twice, "Little Mu, take good care of your body. This time, I plan to have a good talk with the higher-level leaders and ask for some funds; it would be best if we could make up for the owed bonuses."

Jiang Yuan was a bit surprised, "We are owed bonuses?"

Mu Zhiyang, being rubbed under Huang Qiangmin's hand, said obediently, "Occasionally, a few months of overtime subsidies or something are owed, and they are paid out together once they add up."

Jiang Yuan suddenly realized, "No wonder when my dad sent money, there were odd amounts."

As he spoke, Jiang Yuan looked at the text message notification again, sat to one side, opened his phone's notepad, and made a note:

Received salary plus four months of overdue bonuses, totaling:. 16 yuan.

Then, he changed the previous ". 16 yuan" from "Father's WeChat transfer for meal subsidy plus leader's meal subsidy plus second-class merit award" to "yuan."

Looking at it this way, it really is much more pleasing to the eye.

Watching Jiang Yuan finish his work, Huang Qiangmin then asked, "Since we happened to meet, I plan to mention the equipment renovation issue to the municipal bureau. Do you have any thoughts?"

The county bureau's money comes partly from the county government and partly from allocations from the municipal bureau and the provincial department.

For things like equipment renovation and new technology innovation, it is mainly the municipal bureau and the provincial department that pay.

Jiang Yuan thought for a while and said, "I think we can update a batch of our on-site investigation equipment. In addition, if there are conditions, we can also buy some instruments and equipment for fingerprints."

"Okay, I'll find the leaders and mention it." Huang Qiangmin couldn't make the decision directly, so he just recorded it.

Over the next few days, Jiang Yuan followed Wang Lan, finished the autopsies of the last two bodies, wrote the reports, and returned to Ningtai County.

Ningtai is still that small county town where the years are peaceful.

The newly fallen rain watered the land of the county town thoroughly.

The streets and alleys of the old town, some paved with blue bricks from one or two hundred years ago, have the most atmosphere of life. Of course, the nearby residents who are still willing to live in their own homes rather than renting them out as homestays were originally inhabitants with the qualifications for life.

Jiang Yuan drove himself, circled the old street once, and then followed the newly built city avenue to the police station.

Ever since he mastered image enhancement technology, Jiang Yuan would drive slowly in the county from time to time, and would stop from time to time, just to observe the blind spots of the cameras.

Image enhancement technology only gave Jiang Yuan the ability to process images; he actually doesn't possess the most basic skills of the image investigation team, such as tracking cameras.

However, it's not difficult either.

Many basic police officers in the image investigation team haven't mastered too many "core technologies"; it's nothing more than watching more, seeing more, and having higher proficiency. For example, the Zhou Kehua case, which was solved through image technology, mobilized over a thousand police officers that year and watched nearly 300T of surveillance video, with a total length equivalent to 830,000 movies.

The image expert watched like this for 15 months before finding a clue.

If an ordinary person worked so hard for 15 months, they could usually pass the civil service exam and get a less strenuous position.

The world of criminal investigation is actually supported by a group of people who didn't think that much, yet thought too much. They might even be owed wages.

Jiang Yuan also didn't have a master from the image investigation team to teach him.

However, he has the foundation and knows the trade.

What he is doing now is the most basic and most troublesome work of the image investigators: recognizing the local cameras.

Recognizing their locations, knowing their orientation and range, knowing the environment around them...

Even if the system gives skills later, the things Jiang Yuan has practiced now won't be lost.

This is like learning footprints and looking at shoe sole patterns all day long.

It's not a secret, nor is it something that can produce results in a day or two; it's just watching day after day, observing whenever he has time.

Slowly, the image system of a county town becomes familiar by heart. It might be updated or rebuilt in the future, but the core content won't change.

Jiang Yuan feels that if he is given a few more months, then updates the cameras in some important locations and positions, then, as long as there are no major cases like homicides in Qinghe City for three or two months, he can wipe out the thieves in Ningtai County.

Not just catching the ones currently committing crimes, but also catching a batch from old cases.

Especially those petty thieves who come out after living in prison for a few months; confirming one more case means living in for another year or half a year. If three or four cases are confirmed, one heavy punishment, and five or seven years will pass.

Among those who are thieves, where is there anyone who only does it once?

Especially those with good skills and nimble hands; they must all be trained through thousands of hammers. If they don't step on two sewing machines until they explode, the development of their upper and lower bodies won't be balanced.

"Uncle Li, busy?" Jiang Yuan arrived at the county bureau's parking lot, opened the car window, and greeted the security guard uncle.

"Oh, Jiang Yuan is back, changed cars again?" Uncle Li walked out of the guard post with a full face of smiles.

Jiang Yuan got out of the car directly, offered a cigarette, and handed over the newly opened pack of Zhonghua.

"No need, no need..." Uncle Li declined.

"Long time no see, making up for before." Jiang Yuan smiled and stuffed the Zhonghua into his jacket pocket.

When the people of Jiang Village weren't so rich before, the job the men did the most was being security guards. Including Jiang's father, Jiangfuzhen, he should have also worked as a security guard for a short time, just didn't tell Jiang Yuan.

After all, even when the first demolition happened, Jiang Village couldn't be called wealthy; it just escaped poverty. Except for a few people who spent excitedly, most people still held the demolition money cautiously and then went to the city to find a job.

The young, strong, and ambitious ones mostly rushed to big cities, while the remaining middle-aged and elderly, especially men like Jiang's father who had children at home but no wife, could only find some work near the county town. Being a security guard is a very smooth choice.

Uncle Li is just a nearby villager, just with worse luck, not having been demolished, or only having been demolished once.

He also offered Jiang Yuan a cigarette and slapped his forehead, "I almost forgot, the notice issued from above two days ago said that a parking space in Area C has become vacant, letting you have it."

Area C is the area between the Criminal Police Brigade and the County Bureau, facing the doors of the two buildings, which is the most convenient. And this area was initially used for the leaders' small cars. Later, when the official cars underwent some small reforms, many leaders would rather walk a few more steps than park here.

Consequently, some old comrades who were taken care of, and the parking spaces of leaders from higher-level units who had their signs taken down, were arranged in Area C. It counts as a small invisible benefit.

Jiang Yuan hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "Is it said to be for me to use? That wouldn't be very good."

Uncle Li couldn't help but look at Jiang Yuan's police rank and also said in a low voice, "It's most suitable for you to use; there's really nothing bad about it."

"Uh... alright. Is a fixed position assigned to me?"

"You can choose from the few empty ones; register C16 for yourself; that position is the largest, and it's also the most convenient for entering and exiting." Uncle Li smiled and made a note in the guard post.