In a very simple izakaya, Lu Ming was drinking and chatting with another police chief stationed at the station, Yamamoto Choji.
In addition, there is the resident translator Ken Nakagawa. Originally, there was only one translator in a branch, but this resident station was special, so a special translator was appointed.
In Japan, there are many schools that offer Central Continental language courses. After all, Japan has various trade exchanges with the East China Sea, where Central Continental people make up the vast majority. Moreover, even from the perspective of nationalists, if they want to get involved in the Northern Territory, they will need talents in the Central Continental language.
Yamamoto Choji can also speak a few words of Nakasu dialect and is working hard to learn it.
Because according to regulations, police captains must know Central Asian language, and even police officers need to pass the Central Asian language test.
It’s just that the Xianquan police system is just in its infancy, so the requirements are not that strict. Not to mention that if you want to be promoted further in the future, you must be proficient in the Central Plains language. Even if you want to be employed for a long time and not be fired, you must pass the language barrier.
Both Yamamoto Choji and Nakagawa Ken had their first private contact with the people of Nakasu. They were curious but also a little uneasy, fearing that they might say something wrong.
Yamamoto is in his twenties or forties and is a senior local police officer. He has the calm personality that is unique to Japanese people. To put it bluntly, he is rather gloomy.
Kensuke Nakagawa is a young man who just graduated from Kyoto University. Dissatisfied with the depressing atmosphere in Kyoto, he came to Sensen to look for free air. His current position is a bit overqualified for him and is also a temporary transition. In fact, he is preparing for an examination for a department assistant position in the Special Administrative Region Municipal Council.
Lu Ming was chatting and laughing with them, and suddenly asked Yamamoto Choji: "Yamamoto-kun, is this the first time you have seen such flyers?"
While patrolling yesterday, we found leaflets in the shantytowns that claimed that the Montenegrins were invaders. The leaflets claimed that there were only a few tens of thousands of Montenegrins in Xianquan, with a few thousand troops stationed there. We, the righteous Japanese warriors, are not afraid of death and will exchange our lives for theirs, so it will be easy to drive them away.
Declaring that all Japanese people should become heroes.
Hearing Lu Ming's words, Yamamoto Changji's heart trembled, and he said carefully: "This is the second time. I have reported it to... the police station, the police station is handling it..."
He could barely understand Lu Ming's words and answered in Zhongzhou dialect.
Lu Ming nodded and looked at him: "Mr. Yamamoto, what do you think about this matter? Do you think those who posted the flyers are organized or are they individual bad elements?"
Yamamoto Choji hesitated for a moment. "I think there is an organization behind this incident, because a total of thirteen leaflets were found. The paper used was very expensive Jinchuan paper, which is a very hard paper. The writing on it will not fade for a long time. But in Xianquan, for high-quality paper, we traditionally use Sankami paper. The paper factory is in Oyue City. In addition, there is Tokai paper that has just been put into production recently. It is cheap and of good quality. So, I think the leaflets were printed in other places and then smuggled in in an organized manner."
He could not express himself fluently in Nakasu language, so Ken Nakagawa translated it.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Okay, Yamamoto-kun's analysis is very good!" He raised his glass and said, "Come on, let's drink!"
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The next day, Lu Ming arrived at the police station leisurely when it was almost time to get off work.
In the office, Gao Yi was scolding Yamamoto Choji because Yamamoto Choji failed to fill out some forms as he requested.
Seeing Lu Ming, his face became even darker: "Didn't I tell you to sign in on time every day?"
Lu Ming walked to Gao Yi's desk and picked up the form that caused trouble for Yamamoto Choji. It was a questionnaire that the police station required the police chiefs to fill out.
Lu Ming frowned: "It's good to investigate the mentality of grassroots police officers, but what's the point of doing this every other day? Formalism also affects the police officers' work." He smiled at Gao Yi: "Of course, this is a request from above, and it has nothing to do with you."
Looking at this lazy guy, Gao Yi was furious. "Leave here immediately and don't come here from tomorrow! I will hand over your file to the police station and ask the personnel department to arrange another position for you."
Yamamoto Choji was stunned for a moment. Seeing Gao Yi waving his hand impatiently, he hurriedly pulled Lu Ming, who wanted to say something, away.
When they got outside the office, he patted Lu Ming on the shoulder and said, "Zhang, I'll take you to plead with him tomorrow. Inspector Gao is a very good person!" Obviously, this was a frustrated Zhongzhou man.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Will you accompany me to drink alone tonight?"
Yamamoto Choji hesitated, "Today is my wife's birthday..."
Lu Ming smiled: "Okay then! Some other time!"
…
What Yamamoto Choji didn't expect was that in the evening, when he was gathering with his colleagues at home, Inspector Zhang also came.
Nagaji Yamamoto lived on the second floor of a relatively simple apartment building. The area was more than 30 square meters, and it was crowded with his family of five. His parents lived in the countryside, and he and his wife Reiko Yamamoto had a son and two daughters.
There were more than a dozen of his good colleagues, including a few police chiefs from other districts, and the rest were police officers.
Lu Ming arrived unexpectedly, and the originally lively living room became quiet and a little awkward.
Hearing someone whispering who was coming, Yamamoto Reiko hurriedly walked to Yamamoto Choji's side and bowed, saying, "Welcome, Officer Zhang!"
Yamamoto Choji came to his senses and hurriedly bowed to the guests with his wife.
Lu Ming came in with a smile: "Mr. Yamamoto, Mrs. Yamamoto, sorry to bother you. My wife heard that my colleague's family is having a birthday, so she insisted on coming."
At this moment, everyone's attention was attracted by the beautiful girl who came in behind Lu Ming.
Erika was wearing a beautiful kimono and wooden clogs. She bowed to the Yamamoto couple and said sorry for disturbing them, then handed a small exquisite gift box to Yamamoto Reiko.
After coming in, he bowed to the Japanese police chiefs and police officers, and they all stood up quickly.
At first, the atmosphere was somewhat restrained, but soon, as Lu Ming toasted repeatedly, the table became lively again.
Erika helped Yamamoto Reiko in the kitchen, serving various dishes to the table, just like a traditional Japanese woman.
Among the police chiefs there was one called Nomura Daiyoshi, who was relatively young and spoke Nakasu dialect much better than Yamamoto Choji. He was originally a newly recruited police officer and followed Yamamoto Choji, not even being considered an apprentice. But after the Montenegrin people came, Nomura Daiyoshi was quickly promoted to police chief because of his fluent Nakasu dialect, leaving behind many senior police officers in their forties and fifties. It can only be said that it was fate and time.
Daiyoshi Nomura became the translator at the table.
"You have all worked with Chief Inspector Yamamoto for many years. From the files, I can see that Chief Inspector Yamamoto has very unique insights into the case!" Lu Ming said with a smile, "Can you tell me about Chief Inspector Yamamoto?"
Everyone started talking at once, Nomura Daiyoshi translated and looked at Lu Ming thoughtfully.
That night, both the guests and the hosts had a great time.
Erika might be the happiest person. Although she was busy serving others all day, when she returned to her hometown, she was taken by her husband to visit relatives and friends, and she mingled with the wives of her husband's colleagues. She just felt that she was dreaming, a wonderful dream.
…
The next morning, we suddenly received a notice to convene a meeting of police officers above the rank of sergeant at the police station.
Except for the police officers on duty and those who need to stay behind, all other police officers rank of sergeant and above must attend the meeting.
The entire Xianquan police system has more than 1,100 police officers and police officers, and 137 police chiefs.
Xianquan originally had a population of 120,000, but now it has exceeded 200,000. Judging from the trend, the population will continue to soar rapidly.
Basically, the current ratio of police officers to the population is 5 per thousand.
In the auditorium of Xianquan Police Station, police officers were sitting in neat rows.
Yamamoto Choji and Nomura Daiyoshi sat next to each other, neither of them knowing what the meeting was for.
But a lot of things have happened recently, such as the attack on the home of Mr. Ashikaga, the chief director of the Municipal Council, and several police stations reporting the discovery of anti-Montenegro leaflets.
The police officers were feeling somewhat uneasy, wondering if a major purge was about to take place.
Warm applause broke out, and Director Lin Jianxin and others entered the rostrum one after another and took their seats.
Huh? Yamamoto Choji was slightly startled.
Director Lin Jianxin did not sit in the first seat. A middle-aged female military officer sat in the center of the podium.
Lin Jianxin introduced her identity as Tang Caini, the deputy director of the Xianquan Special Work Department of the Principality's General Security Bureau.
Everyone applauded.
In his speech, Lin Jianxin mainly mentioned terrorist organizations such as the New Japan Society and required grassroots police officers to raise their awareness of anti-terrorism, etc.
During the break of the meeting, a Nakasu police officer found Yamamoto Choji and took him to the lounge behind the auditorium.
Yamamoto Choji felt even more uneasy. He walked into the lounge, stood at attention and saluted.
There was a row of senior police officers sitting in the lounge, and the two in the middle were Director Lin and Minister Tang.
"Captain Yamamoto, the police station will set up a detective division to specifically target the Black Mountain terrorist activities. The detective division will be led by both the police station and the special work department. Of course, it will be mainly led by Minister Tang." After a pause, Lin Jianxin smiled at Chief Yamamoto and said, "Do you have the confidence to lead the detective division? The personnel of the detective division will be completely selected by you. The first thing to be solved is the reactionary leaflet case where you were originally stationed."
Yamamoto Choji was stunned, his heart beating rapidly. He gritted his teeth and stood at attention, "Yes, I have confidence!"
Lin Jianxin looked at Tang Caini, and Tang Caini smiled and said, "Look, let me tell you, the person I recommend can't be wrong."
Yamamoto Choji was even more confused. He didn't know how Minister Tang knew him and recommended him for promotion.
At the following conference, Yamamoto Choji felt like he was dreaming. He was first promoted to senior inspector, and then appointed chief of the newly formed detective department.
Afterwards, Deputy Director Zhang announced a group of promoted police officers, all of whom were Japanese police captains and were awarded the rank of trainee inspectors.
There was thunderous applause in the venue. Although most of the Japanese police officers did not get promoted, it was obvious that today's conference gave them hope.
In particular, Officer Yamamoto was promoted to the rank of senior police officer and became the first Japanese senior inspector. Previously, the highest police rank for Japanese was inspector, and there were only two of them.
During his speech, Deputy Director Zhang encouraged Officer Yamamoto to work hard and strive to take over his position in the future.
This also means that, at the very least, deputy director-level police officers will no longer be exclusive to Montenegrins and Westerners.
Moreover, in fact, before the Montenegrin came, even if you were a senior inspector, you couldn't even think about getting promoted without upper-class family blood or connections, let alone the deputy director level.
Now, ability is more important. Take Officer Yamamoto for example. His ability to solve cases is well-known in the Xianquan police system, but he could not be promoted to the position of police chief.
But now it is obviously different, everyone can see hope.
The applause in the conference hall was louder and louder.
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A few days later, Yamamoto Choji found Lu Ming at the Takeshitacho police station of the Fourth Branch, which is also the New District Branch.
The detective department was still in preparation, but Yamamoto Choji and the advance personnel were already investigating the leaflet case. Yamamoto Choji also had the power to review all the documents in the police station, so he discovered that Officer Zhang Moyu had been transferred to Takeshita Town.
The Takeshitacho Police Station is just a sentry box. The small sentry box is the station’s location. Lu Ming is the police chief, and there are four other police officers.
This booth is actually located near Zhengdong Company.
Lu Ming works as a policeman for an hour every night, patrolling the streets with police officers, going deep into the community and chatting with Japanese people. It feels good.
When he is away, Ken Nakagawa will temporarily serve as the police chief. This police station is supposed to have a staff of four police officers.
Under Lu Ming's persuasion, Ken Nakagawa no longer planned to take the examination for a civil servant in the Municipal Council and officially joined the police force. When Lu Ming was away, he served as the acting chief of the police station.
The police station is just a small booth with a table and a few chairs inside, which can accommodate three or four people.
When Yamamoto Choji arrived, it was nine o'clock in the evening and Lu Ming had just entered the booth. Nakagawa Ken and another police officer had arrived earlier and they signed in on time at six o'clock.
This type of booth is mainly for night police, who are on duty from dusk to the early morning of the next day. They patrol several nearby communities in the dusk and work in the booth at night. There are also two police officers on duty during the day, but they do not have to patrol. They only go out when there is a dispute and someone reports it. After the night police are on duty, they rotate to the daytime, which is somewhat like a rest post.
This was also a special system for a special period. This area was relatively prosperous, and there were often thieves at night who would steal or even rob shops.
When he saw Yamamoto Choji, Lu Ming smiled and said, "Commander Yamamoto." He stood up as if to salute.
Yamamoto Choji smiled and pressed his hand, saying, "You're welcome. I'm here to see you."
In fact, no matter how you think about it, you can tell that his promotion and appointment must have a lot to do with this police officer Zhang.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "I can't go drinking with you while I'm on duty."
Ken Nakagawa smiled and said in fluent Nakasu dialect: "Brother Zhang, you go ahead, I'm here!" He was originally on duty during the day, and there are only two people on duty here at night. In essence, "Brother Zhang" is completely an extra-staff member who is here to join in the fun.
Yamamoto Choji also smiled and said, "We have some clues about the organization that will distribute the leaflets, but I have some doubts. I would like to ask for your advice."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "It's pretty fast. I can't say I'm giving you any advice, but I can chat with you. But you have to keep it a secret."