The next day, around noon, the phone rang.

Glancing at the caller ID, Chu Tianqi connected the phone: "Lao Qu, you say." ”

Qu Gang said excitedly: "Mayor, arrest, arrest those guys who are cunning and robbing." ”

Chu Tianqi said "oh": "Tell me specifically." ”

After answering "yes", Qu Gang reported: "When I was about to get off work yesterday afternoon, the city bureau notified me that I could act." I immediately called in a few right-hand men to make arrangements, but there was no announcement, and people went home from work as usual. In the early hours of this morning, Gao Feng led the team and directly rushed to the main stronghold of those people, and two other groups went to the two sub-strongholds. These groups are concentrated operations, and further search operations are continuing at the police stations in various jurisdictions. The reason for the separate arrangement is that it is worried that the news will leak in advance and the main personnel will escape.

When Gao Feng and the others arrived, those people were still eating and drinking, and the men and women at the scene were disheveled, and the scene was chaotic. Sixteen members of the gang collecting protection fees were arrested on the spot, all of whom were main members of Chengkang City. The other two groups went to the township direct toll collection base, and a total of 18 members were arrested.

In addition to the arrest of the gang members, some accounts were also found in the main base, although they were not clearly labeled, but they were supposed to be related to the collection of data. After several rounds of interrogation, little by little, the gang members have now admitted to collecting protection money, but they are not clear about the distribution of the fees. Although these sixteen people are the absolute main force, the core members of the 'Big Bell' and 'Erma Pole' are nowhere to be found, and these two are the bosses and second of Chengkang's gang.

According to the confession, the 'big bell' and 'Erma' are not locals, and they entered Chengkang City three years ago. However, at that time, he did not immediately make a living in this area, but acted as an 'intermediary' in the highway project, hiring local construction trucks for the construction company to transport stone or asphalt clinker, and extracting intermediate costs according to the number of square meters. At that time, they did not force them to buy and sell, but they were the only ones who could organize their own convoys.

According to them, after the mobilization meeting held by the city bureau, the 'big bell' and 'erma' disappeared, but they have been using the telephone to remotely direct the entire illegal collection of fees. After the fee is charged, they will remit the funds to the designated card, and they will also receive the allocated remuneration on time, and they are making a second or third distribution. The distribution principle is basically calculated according to the amount of the charge, but it is not exactly, and there are also incentives, penalties and other measures. If they do a good job, it is likely that the income of the main boss will be doubled, and if they do too well, not only will it be difficult to guarantee their income, but they will also be punished in other ways. ”

"So who are these two people, and where did they come from?" Chu Tianqi asked.

"Most people confessed that they were from Yanyun City, the provincial capital, and there were also other cities, but there was no basis for them, and it was also their internal hearsay. These two people have never told them where they came, let alone show their documents or anything like that, and they suddenly appeared in Chengkang at the beginning, relying on their 'strength' to subdue the local social personnel. Regarding the identities of the two and what kind of organization is behind them, we are still investigating further and are also looking for the whereabouts of the two. Unless they don't appear in Chengkang, as long as they show up, they will never let them run again. Qu Gang's last sentence was very confident.

Chu Tianqi then asked: "What is the reaction of stone merchants and construction companies, and when can the supply price be adjusted?"

"Mayor Guan took someone to follow up on this matter, and I sent the police to follow up and protect it. I went out early, and I called in the middle to say that I had gathered people together, and I guess it should be no worse now. After a pause, the other party said, "Someone knocked on the door, and the voice should be the mayor." ”

"Come in...... It's really the mayor...... I was reporting to the mayor, who asked about the supply. After Qu Gang said a few more short sentences, there was no sound on the phone for a short time.

Soon, a female voice came: "Mayor, I'm Guan Liying, I just came back from the scene." ”

"Mayor Guan, hard work. Chu Tianqi replied.

"It's not hard, it should be. After Guan Liying responded, she said, "Soon after the toll gang was caught, we notified the relevant stone yard suppliers and construction companies, and all of them went to the 'Xingsheng Stone Yard' on the outskirts of the city to concentrate." After they had finished concentrating, I led people over and briefed them on the results of today's concentrated crackdown, which once again demonstrated the city's determination to crack down on these illegal acts.

Both stone dealers and construction companies appreciate this action and are very happy to keep stone prices at normal levels. At present, they have already begun to work on the adjustment of the supply price, promising to fulfill the new supply price within a week, that is, 32 yuan per party, which is 13 yuan lower than the original price, which is the fee extracted by the charging gang.

They are still a little worried, worried that the evil will not be eliminated, and even more worried about a gust of wind, worried that those people will become even worse. I have reiterated to them the city's resolute attitude, and now I am ready to discuss with Mayor Qu more detailed specific actions to maintain and consolidate the results achieved. ”

"Good, good. Mayor Guan, you and Mayor Qu have done a good job, all the personnel who participated in the war have worked hard, and I salute you. Chu Tianqi praised again and again.

"Thank you, thank you mayor, we must live up to the mayor's expectations, we must let the healthy development of the stone building materials market in Chengkang City, and strive to achieve a healthy and orderly situation in the entire highway materials market as soon as possible. The other person's voice was full of excitement and confidence.

"Ding Bang Bang", the ringtone started again, this time the phone was ringing.

Chu Tianqi picked up the mobile phone and said into the phone receiver: "I'm calling here." Tell everyone, stay safe!" and put the handset on the phone.

As soon as the mobile phone was connected, an excited male voice came from inside: "Mayor, I'm Meng Ke, and I'll report to you the results of the Xuyuan County Bureau's actions." ...... early this morning"

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Within a day, Chengkang and Xu Yuan reported successes, reporting a strong crackdown on the collection of protection money. It not only grasped many backbone elements, but also explained the policy and attitude to stone merchants and construction enterprises.

The next day, news also came from Qiaoshan County about the arrest of people who collected protection fees. The operation in Qiaoshan County was directly supervised by Wang Yongxin, secretary of the county party committee, and personally commanded by the county magistrate.

In the following days, further news came from Chengkang, Xuyuan, and Qiaoshan, and some backbone personnel who had escaped the net were arrested one after another, and many thugs were arrested and brought to justice. And most of them returned to normal within five days, from about 45 yuan to less than 33 yuan. These actions have not only been praised by the construction companies, but also by the active cooperation of the stone merchants, and the public has also applauded, and people are reluctant to often shuttle on inferior highways.

Hearing these reports, Chu Tianqi was very happy, affirmed and encouraged all the leaders in charge of the relevant counties and cities and the personnel participating in the war. Acknowledge their positive and correct practices and encourage them to redouble their efforts to consolidate the results of the fight against lawlessness and prevent the recurrence of such matters.

The relevant leaders and department heads of these three places have expressed that they must strictly guard against it, continue to intensify the crackdown, and take practical actions to prevent the resurgence of collecting protection fees.

It's a new day, and Li Ziteng once again reported on the crackdown on the collection of protection fees.

Li Ziteng said: "The price of stone in Chengkang City, Xuyuan County and Qiaoshan County is stable, the regulatory department is closely monitored, and the market supply is good and orderly. The stone dealer said frankly that there is no additional pressure now, and the work is more energetic, and the construction company said that this greatly reduces the production cost and can ensure the reasonable investment of other expenses. At the same time, construction companies also have a new will, hoping that the government will help adjust cement prices, stabilize cement supply, and solve greater material cost losses.

Although the price of stone is very reasonable, there are still fears that the core elements who have fled the country to collect protection fees will make a comeback, or that they will retaliate covertly. Up to now, although most of the core members have been eliminated in the three places, and the illegal gangs have collapsed, the core of the core has left Dingye ahead of schedule and hid, and most of the illegal gains have been hidden.

Except for these three places, no other cities, counties, and districts have taken substantive action and have not cracked down on these lawless gangs. In some places, the price of stone has been reduced to a certain extent, to less than 40 yuan per party, and everything in the rest of the places is still the same as before, and it is still the original price. ”

"What do they say, there has to be an explanation, right?" Chu Tianqi asked.

"Most of the reasons of the city bureau are still in the previous stage, or they say that the illegal people are hiding, it is difficult to refund the advance fees, and the stone merchants cannot sell at a loss. Alternatively, some regions are implementing it in phases to mitigate the negative impact of sudden and large price cuts. Li Ziteng replied, "I called some county mayors in charge of public security, but they were evasive and vague, and pushed these matters to the district bureau." ”

"Okay, I know, you can get busy first. As he spoke, Chu Tianqi waved his hand.

Li Ziteng replied and walked out of the house.

Looking at the closed door, Chu Tianqi muttered to himself: "There are only a handful." ”

It is indeed a handful, and the few are pitiful. There are more than 10 cities, counties and districts under the jurisdiction of Quandingye City, and there are more than 10 of them involved in the supply of stones, but now less than 30% of them are actually taking action. It seems that the rest of the places are not only not acting now, but are not prepared to act at all in the future. The three cities and counties that are now operating are all due to their own reasons, and all of them are supported by local public security leaders or government officials.

Why didn't there be any movement in the rest of the places? Why didn't the Dingye City Public Security Bureau supervise it, or why didn't it support the action? What problems did they have here? Is it a pure interest relationship, and what interests will Sun Tingwu have in it? Where did the core personnel of the lawless gangs in the three places go and where do they come from, how can they all run away in advance?

One question after another came to mind, and Chu Tianqi slowly answered them one by one.