The predecessor of the dry port customs was the general tax collection port of the cross-sea Daguan, which existed in 1685 and has a history of more than 300 years.

In view of the vertical management of customs agencies, which adopt the same establishment method as the public security organs, some local governments are not very manageable. In the face of the Inland Port Customs, which is also the main department, the Inland Port Municipal Government has no sense of "leadership".

Nationwide, the southern provinces have the largest number of customs agencies, and the number of personnel accounts for almost half of the national customs, and there are as many as seven customs directly under the department and bureau level, and many coastal provinces cannot be compared with the package combined. This is partly due to the fact that the Southern Province has the longest coastline in the country, accounting for more than one-third of the country's coastline. On the other hand, after the coastal ports were opened to trade, the southern province has been the focus since ancient times.

Among them, the coastline under the jurisdiction of the inland port customs accounts for half of the province, and the land area under the jurisdiction accounts for more than one-third of the province, so it is a veritable boss in so many bureau-level customs agencies, with more than 10,000 staff.

Therefore, the dry port customs is a very strong agency directly under the national ministry.

Therefore, last year, during a patrol, the navy inadvertently seized a smuggling ship and seized a batch of smuggled cars. In this matter, the Lugang City Government, which wanted a piece of the pie, had to play the role of an errand runner.

It can be seen that the dry port customs has a lot of confidence.

Their Commissioner is the First Deputy Director of the Southern Branch, which in turn is the Deputy Director of the General Administration of Customs. In terms of level, the inland port customs and the inland port city government are at the same level, and it is normal for them to often not bird the city government.

If it were not for the large number of foreign trade business of Hongxing Factory and Fenyuan Company, and the period when the country worked together to earn foreign exchange, it would be impossible for such a powerful unit as the Inland Port Customs to build an office for you. The little face of the Lugang City Government is actually not very useful.

The Red Star Wharf Foreign Trade Comprehensive Office is mainly based on the inland port customs, and other units are running with it - the customs are stationed here, and your units and agencies are not in a hurry to come to the joint office?

Therefore, it may be the first comprehensive foreign trade office in the country, one-stop service, including customs clearance supervision, tax collection and management, statistical inspection, as well as entry-exit inspection and quarantine, local tax collection, etc., etc., all the procedures of the process from entering the export process to loading and sending away the goods can be completed in this comprehensive office.

This model has greatly improved the efficiency, so that the enterprises mainly Hongxing Factory and Fenyuan Company can enjoy the fastest customs clearance efficiency in this era.

When Li Yaohua and Liu Guisong arrived on the second floor, they were attracted by the rather intense conversation sound coming from the conference room on the right, and hurriedly went over there.

In the small conference room, the two parties were clearly distinguished, on one side were the customs personnel, and on the other hand, there were several cadres who were stationed at the dock led by Su Tong.

Su Tong argued with reason, and said, "Deputy Commissioner Yang, the vehicles and parts carried by the Huafu are all commodities imported from Japan by our Red Star Import and Export Trading Company, and all the procedures are complete, and we resolutely cannot accept your unreasonable seizure!" ”

Yang Zhuo smiled, looked at Su Tong, and said, "It is said that the leading cadres of your Red Galaxy enterprises are very young, and today I have seen it." Are you thirty years old, lad? ”

He is in his fifties, and he has been sent from the General Administration to serve as deputy commissioner for three years.

Su Tong said, "Deputy Commissioner Yang, do things according to the rules, which has nothing to do with the age of the enterprise cadres. ”

"Director Su, let me correct a little, the seizure of Huafu's goods is not because there is any problem with this batch of imported vehicles and parts, but because there is a serious problem of mismatch in this batch of goods that you want to export to the Middle East!" Yang Zhuo said solemnly, "You are declaring agricultural machinery, there is nothing wrong, but you are loading tanks and artillery!" ”

At this time, Li Yaohua strode in.

Su Tong looked back and greeted, "Factory director." ”

He pointed to Yang Zhuo and introduced Li Yaohua, "This is Deputy Commissioner Yang Zhuo." ”

Immediately, he introduced Yang Zhuo, "Deputy Director Yang, this is Comrade Li Yaohua, the director of our Red Star Factory. ”

Li Yaohua walked over with a smile and stretched out his hand, "Hello Commissioner Yang, I'm Li Yaohua." ”

Yang Zhuo didn't get up, glanced at Li Yaohua lightly, and said, "Excuse me, since the person in charge is here, let's sit down." ”

He gave the others a look, and they all went out.

On the Red Star side, the others also went out, leaving only Li Yaohua, Liu Guisong and Su Tong.

Yang Zhuo said, "Director Li, according to the instructions of the General Administration, we conducted an inspection and found that there are serious problems with the goods you are going to export to the Middle East. ”

Li Yaohua said in a deep voice, "Commissioner Yang, I already have a general understanding of the situation. I think it's hard for me to explain this. Red Star's foreign trade situation, you are clear. Regarding this aspect, we cannot explain. ”

"Director Li, I know the situation, but now the situation is different from before, there is an order from above, and it must be strictly enforced. You have to understand our difficulties. Yang Zhuo said.

Doesn't he know what's going on here, obviously, everyone was tacit in the past, and he also knew that there was no problem with the procedures on the side of the Red Star Factory, but if it was more serious, it was a big problem.

Li Yaohua heard the meaning of Yang Zhuo's words - I am also acting on orders.

After pondering for a while, Li Yaohua said, "Comrade Chen Xiuping, the first vice president of the Red Star Defense Company, is already on his way here, and he is the representative of the Zhenxing Company to the Red Star Defense Company. ”

Yang Zhuo shook his head and said, "Red Star Defense belongs to Red Star Defense, and now it's about the problem of your Red Star Factory." Director Li, you should hurry up and prepare the materials again and declare the customs realistically. If you export agricultural machinery, you have to be agricultural machinery, do you understand? ”

Su Tong said at this time, "Deputy Commissioner Yang, this batch of goods is an order from Iraqi Daram Company, and you also know that the relevant departments attach great importance to it, if there is a problem with delivery, it will affect hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign exchange." ”

Yang Zhuo frowned and said, "Director Su, although it is the first time you and I have met, I still know about the foreign trade situation between the Red Star Factory and the Middle East. I know what you're saying. But it didn't work. I have already said that this is an order from above. ”

The room fell silent, and the atmosphere froze frighteningly.

Li Yaohua asked in a deep voice, "Commissioner Yang, what do you mean, what should we do?" ”

Yang Zhuo shook his head helplessly and said, "To be honest, I personally know very well how important the arms foreign trade order in the Middle East is. I also know that there are many departments that value these two orders very much. But now the situation has changed. The Red Galaxy Enterprise is the industrial pillar of the Inland Port Area, and I personally don't want to see anything happen to the Red Galaxy Enterprise. Li Lu is gone, and many of your things need to be changed. Since the Red Star Factory has a military research and development license and the qualification for the import and export of precision machinery, then you should prepare the materials for re-declaration and stop engaging in agricultural machinery. ”

It can be heard that Yang Zhuo has a hard time, and he is also biased towards the side of the Red Star Factory in his heart. The development of Hongxing Factory, like Fenyuan Company, is based on frequent foreign trade, so the relationship with the inland port customs is good. Although Su Tong and the others had never seen Yang Zhuo, Yang Zhuo and Li Lu were relatively familiar, otherwise he would not have said these words so clearly.

Su Tong said solemnly, "It will take at least three months to re-declare customs, and it is too late to send the goods over according to the established time, and we will be required to pay a high amount of compensation." ”

There was a war going on over there, and a transoceanic telegram came almost every few days to urge the delivery, and the Red Star Factory was also working overtime to speed up, and the time was even accurately calculated for a time. The war in Iraq was tight, and an additional incentive for early delivery was introduced, which was $100,000 a day in advance. But if the delivery is not made within the stipulated time and delayed by one day, the Red Star Factory will pay a million dollars.

Yang Zhuo shook his head and said, "To tell the truth, there is no other way. Even if Comrade Chen Xiuping comes, it will be the same. ”

Li Yaohua's hearts suddenly sank.