The strong searchlight light blinded Liu Qingyu and Guo Chengzhu. Guo Chengzhu could only rely on his feeling to quickly step on the brakes and stop at the prefabricated house.
As soon as the car stabilized, five or six uniformed men came out of the darkness next to it and surrounded Guo Chengzhu's truck.
Seeing these people, Guo Chengzhu was initially a little relieved, but his somewhat fortunate face suddenly turned pale, with depression, disappointment and helplessness written all over his face.
At this time, a young man in his twenties looked at Guo Chengzhu with disdain and said: "Hey, isn't this Guo Chengzhu from Daguo Village? I said Guo Chengzhu, why are you driving out so early? You are in the car What are you pulling?"
As he spoke, the young man waved and said, "Brothers, get in the car and check to see if it is overloaded and if there are any prohibited items on the car."
Guo Chengzhu fell silent immediately. He smiled miserably and said: "Okay, Wu Yongmin, there is no need to check again. I admit defeat. Let me tell you how much the fine will be."
When Wu Yongmin saw Guo Chengzhu's appointed look, his face was full of pride. He chuckled and said, "Still the old rules, fine 600, no vote. If you have to ask for a vote, fine 1,000, which one do you choose?"
"I choose 600." Guo Chengzhu said with a tone full of helplessness. As long as he is a farmer, he will not choose 1,000, because it is impossible for them to have someone reimburse them for invoicing. In this case, they can only try their best to Reduce your losses.
When Wu Yongmin heard what Guo Chengzhu said, he smiled even more proudly: "I'm talking about Guo Chengzhu, I'm not talking about you. Why do you always want to transport food out and sell it? You should know that my brother Wu Yongtai gave it to you The price is not low anymore. Even if you transport this car to the county town and sell it, you will only get one or two thousand yuan more for it at most. If you take into account the road expenses, it will cost more than selling it to my brother. You can’t make much money, you bumpkins, you just don’t have the right brains.”
Guo Chengzhu's face was ashen, but he didn't say anything, but he was thinking in his heart: "Grandma, I have to fight for the one-tenth chance of not being caught by you. I would rather be fined than spend the money on I’m not willing to give that money to your brother Wu Yongtai’s vampire on the way.”
At this moment, Liu Qingyu was watching and listening to the side, and everything in front of him was clear. It was obvious that the uniformed transportation management office worker in front of him should be the younger brother of Wu Yongtai, the grain broker of Tianyu Town. The two brothers The cooperation was quite tacit. One was responsible for purchasing grain at low prices, and the other was responsible for traffic management. They investigated and punished the grain trucks on the road and issued fines for various reasons, forcing the grain trucks not to easily transport grain outside for sale. .
They are really brothers who make money and deceive others like father and son.
Liu Qingyu rolled his eyes, and while Guo Chengzhu was fumbling for his wallet in his pocket, he directly took out 1,000 yuan from his pocket and handed it to Wu Yongmin and said: "Here, here is 1,000 yuan, give us an invoice." "
Now Liu Qingyu was wearing ordinary casual clothes, and his hair style had been slightly adjusted. At this moment, the sky was dark, and under the dim light of the car, Wu Yongmin took the money and counted it. It was exactly one thousand yuan. He looked at Liu Qingyu in surprise. Qingyu glanced at him and found that he didn't recognize him, so he frowned and asked, "Guo Chengzhu, who is this person?"
Liu Qingyu answered first: "I am Guo Chengzhu's cousin. I came here to visit my relatives this time. I happened to catch up with my cousin selling grain, so I followed him. Okay, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and write the ticket, we have to hurry up. Woolen cloth."
Wu Yongmin smiled disdainfully when he saw this: "Guo Chengzhu, your cousin seems to be from the city. His tone of voice is obviously not our local accent."
When Guo Chengzhu heard what Liu Qingyu said, he knew that Liu Qingyu didn't want to reveal his identity, so he said: "Oh, he works in Lanshan City. He came back to visit relatives this time, and I happened to pull him over to sell grain with him. .”
"Oh, I work in the city, no wonder I have to issue an invoice. Well, I'll issue an invoice for you." As he said that, Wu Yongmin took out a receipt that had already been issued from his pocket and handed it to Liu Qingyu and said: " Here you go, take it, here is the receipt for 1,000 yuan."
Liu Qingyu took the receipt, looked at it twice, and found that it had the official seal of the Qingyuan County Transportation Management Office changed on it, so he said nothing more, patted Guo Chengzhu on the shoulder and said, "Cousin, let's drive on the road."
Seeing this, Guo Chengzhu knew that now was not the time to talk, so he shifted gears, took off the handbrake, stepped on the accelerator, and the truck continued to speed forward.
After driving for a distance, Guo Chengzhu said with a wry smile: "Mayor Liu, the 1,000 yuan will not be returned to you until I sell the grain. I don't have much money with me now."
Liu Qingyu smiled and waved his hands and said: "You don't have to worry about this money. How did they collect it and how will they return it to me? Lao Guo, are you fined every time you sell food?"
Guo Chengzhu smiled bitterly and said: "I can't say that I was fined every time, but six or seven times out of ten I was caught by these bastards. Although they usually only get up at around five o'clock in the morning to go to work for inspections. , but they will have a group of people get up an hour or two in advance to do random inspections every now and then, in order to catch some grain sellers like me who want to take advantage of the time before they go to work, although we also know that they will get up every now and then. We have to get up early, but we have no choice but to get up earlier than them, and we can't find any way to avoid the fine."
When Liu Qingyu heard this, his heart suddenly became clear again.
The common people are so simple. Although they know in their hearts that the fine is unreasonable, they dare not resist and have no temper when facing those people wearing official uniforms, because they know that once they resist, , the final result can only be that you suffer even more.
Liu Qingyu's face became increasingly ugly, and his dissatisfaction with everyone in Qingyuan County became stronger and stronger.
The car was still speeding in the dark night. Finally, after driving for more than an hour, at dawn, Liu Qingyu and his grain truck finally stopped on a straight and wide road. There were already people in front of them. There are many grain trucks lined up.
A few hundred meters away, several police cars were parked, and a dozen traffic policemen were inspecting passing grain trucks.
Seeing those traffic policemen, Guo Chengzhu's face turned pale again, and his face became extremely ugly.
Liu Qingyu saw the change in Guo Chengzhu's face and asked with some confusion: "Lao Guo, what's wrong with you?"
Lao Guo sighed and said: "Mayor Liu, it seems that I will be punished again this time."
"Punished, why." Liu Qingyu looked at Guo Chengzhu in surprise. He knew clearly that just over an hour ago, Liu Qingyu was fined 1,000 yuan by the Highway Transportation Management Bureau.
Now, why should I be punished again?
Guo Chengzhu pointed at the traffic policeman a few hundred meters in front of him and said: "Mayor Liu, did you see that the reason why I set off after 4 o'clock is not only to avoid those people at the transportation management office, but also to avoid The important reason is to avoid the traffic police in the county. Have you seen the road in front of you? This road is the only way to the county grain depot. It has only been built for more than two years. This road is very wide. Well, logically it should be to make it easier for us farmers to sell grain, but in fact, since the road was built, it has become increasingly difficult for us farmers to sell grain."
Liu Qingyu was stunned: "Why is this happening?"
Guo Chengzhu sighed and said, "Mayor Liu, do you know what these traffic police are investigating?"
Liu Qingyu pondered for a moment and said, "It should be checked for overloading and traffic violations."
Guo Chengzhu nodded: "Basically, it's almost the same. You see, this road is so easy to walk, but because this road is not only an important passage in and out of the grain depot, but also one of the important passages in and out of the site, so in order to alleviate urban congestion, the county Then we made relevant kneel down. Medium-sized freight vehicles carrying more than 8 tons of cargo are prohibited from entering this section of the road all day long in the county. Moreover, this section of the road has strict restrictions on the number of truck axles. Since our car is a family car, the load capacity is About 4 to 8 tons, plus the grain loaded today is only four or five tons, so it stands to reason that you should not be fined, but other grain trucks are not so lucky, most of the grain trucks carry a heavy load They are all about 40 tons and are vehicles within the prohibited range. Therefore, these vehicles are prohibited from passing through this section of the road. However, if you want to go to the grain depot to sell grain, there is only one way to go. Therefore, many vehicles in order to be able to If you go to the grain depot to sell grain, you can only go there before the traffic police go to work at 8 o'clock in the morning, otherwise, if you are caught by the traffic police, you will be fined."
After hearing this, Liu Qingyu glanced forward and saw that the entire convoy was moving very slowly. However, the question in Liu Qingyu's heart was still unsolved and he asked: "Lao Guo, since your car is not a prohibited vehicle. , then why are you still worried about being fined?"
Guo Chengzhu sighed and said: "Although our cars can pass, fines are still inevitable unless I can avoid the traffic police's inspection. This is also the reason why I set off so early. I just didn't expect that the traffic police would go to work so early today." Generally, after the traffic police go to work, they mainly do two inspections. One inspection is to check whether the vehicle belongs to a prohibited line. If it belongs to this line, it will be fined and deducted points. The fine amount is usually between 200 yuan and 200 yuan. The price ranges from about five hundred yuan. This is nothing, but the demerit points will make many cars uncomfortable. Of course, if you want to save trouble and avoid being fined and deducted points, you can go to the scalpers wandering on the roadside and just pay them. If you pay around NT$200 to NT$500, you won’t have to pay fines and demerits.”
Liu Qingyu was stunned: "Scalper, that's okay, there are more than a dozen traffic police in front of you."
Guo Chengzhu pointed at a bald man wandering not far in front and said: "Mayor Liu, did you see that that bald man is a scalper? You see, he is walking around various car drivers to persuade these people. Pay him the money."
Liu Qingyu took a quick look and saw that in just a few minutes, the bald man successfully persuaded the three drivers to pay him. He then took out his phone to contact them and reported their license plate numbers.
Seeing this, Liu Qingyu's face became extremely serious, but the doubt in his heart was still unsolved. Why did Guo Chengzhu, who complied with the regulations, say that he would be fined?
