Bringing the Railway to Daming

Chapter 314: The Evil of Human Trafficking, So Cruel [Please Subscribe]

When Tian Wenjun returned to his grocery store after resolving a dispute in an Internet cafe, he found his son Pengpeng missing. He looked everywhere for him, but couldn't find him in any of the streets and alleys!
In a hurry, Tian Wenjun went to his ex-wife Xiaojuan's house, hoping to see his son.

When Tian Wenjun learned that his son was not with his ex-wife, he realized that his son might be lost.

Several people went to the police together, hoping to use the police's help to find their son, but they were told that the person had to be missing for 24 hours before a case could be filed. They had no choice but to look for him themselves.

Seeing this, Lao Zhu couldn't help but pause the movie.

He frowned and asked, "Obviously, the sooner this child is found, the better. Yet, the police in the film say they have to wait 24 hours before filing a case and mobilizing police force. How can the system of later generations be so rigid?"

Liu Kuan explained, "Your Majesty, no matter how powerful and prosperous a country is, its resources are limited. A missing person must have been missing for more than 24 hours before a case is filed. This is to prevent people from rushing to find someone and filing random reports, wasting police resources."

"Of course, the treatment of a missing child is different from that of an adult. Therefore, before I traveled to the Ming Dynasty, the country had already changed the relevant laws to allow for the immediate filing of a case to search for a missing child."

After hearing this, Old Zhu's brows relaxed and he nodded, saying, "That's right. If a child goes missing, a case should be filed immediately."

But at this moment, Old Zhu was thinking: If we talk about the rigidity of the laws of the Ming Dynasty, it is probably even worse than that of later generations. In the future, the Ming Dynasty Law will need to be revised regularly as the world changes. Of course, it cannot be changed easily, otherwise the law will lack deterrent power.

After coming to his senses, Lao Zhu continued watching the movie.

Tian Wenjun embarked on the journey to find his son. He encountered many targeted scams and also met the child-finding mutual aid organization established by Han Dezhong and Fan Yun.

On the other hand, Lu Xiaojuan was always worried about her lost son. Her new marriage could not continue, so she divorced again and went to look for her son with her ex-husband Tian Wenjun.

The two traveled to many places, went through untold hardships, and suffered countless disappointments, but finally got a reliable piece of news and found the family who adopted their son Tian Peng in a remote rural area.

However, when Tian Wenjun ran out with his son in his arms while being chased by the villagers, his son did not recognize him.

The son kept struggling and hitting him, crying "Mom", but this "Mom" was not Lu Xiaojuan, but Li Hongqin, the rural woman who adopted him.

The couple was chased and beaten by the villagers, but they still held on to their son tightly and refused to let go until the police arrived and rescued them. Their son was found.

However, after being adopted for several years, his son Tian Peng not only forgot his biological parents, but also always missed his adoptive mother and his non-biological sister Ji Fang.

The plot of the movie goes on to this point, and then leads to the line of Li Hongqin...
After nearly two hours, the movie will end.

At this point in the story, Tian Wenjun's son Tian Peng finally adapted to his new life and gradually accepted his biological parents.

Tian Peng's family's life is gradually getting back on track, but Ji Fang is still alone in the welfare home waiting for her mother.

Li Hongqin found out that she was pregnant during a physical examination. Only then did she realize that her husband had been deceiving her all those years and that it was not her who was infertile, but her husband himself.

As for the child in her belly, it was naturally conceived with Tang Qingshan that night in the small hotel.

At this time, Ji Fang was still waiting for her in the welfare home, and the next court ruling was unknown.

At the same time, Gao Xia is still pursuing her...

The last scene of the movie shows Li Hongqin squatting in the corridor, trembling and crying. The camera gradually moves away as the corridor extends, and the movie ends with a semi-open ending.

Seeing this, even through the screen, women who had become mothers like Empress Ma could feel Li Hongqin's pain and hardship.

"What a cruel fate." When the movie ended, Queen Ma couldn't help but sigh.

Old Zhu snorted, "If you ask me, it's all the fault of that human trafficker Yang Mingfu—he's infertile, yet he lied to his wife and said she couldn't have children, leaving her feeling guilty for the rest of her life."

"He kidnapped two children and caused two families to suffer the pain of losing their children. Even if such a person is dead, his bones should be dug up and his ashes scattered as a warning to others!"

Zhu Biao also lamented, "Child trafficking is indeed a heinous crime—luckily, Yang Mingfu sold both children to his wife for adoption. If he had used them for profit, I'm afraid the two children would have suffered even more misfortune."

Zhu Di said, "I think Li Hongqin is pitiful but also hateful - she believes whatever her husband says, but I don't believe it. She never doubted that the child was stolen by her husband?" No one argued with Zhu Di about whether Li Hongqin was right or wrong.

Empress Ma looked away from the screen and asked Liu Kuan, "In the movie, there was a large group of people searching for their child. Could it be that the disappearance of children is very common in later generations?"

Liu Kuan pondered for a moment and said, "If we talk about the probability of losing a child, it should be lower than it is now. However, most people in later generations only have one or two children, and more than three are rare. In addition, many people have children later in life, so they attach great importance to their children."

"So, if a child is lost, many parents find it difficult to let go and will spend a lot of time and money looking for them."

"And China has a population of over a billion. Even if losing a child is a small probability event, with such a large population base, there will be many such families."

"Add to that the fact that transportation and communications are so advanced in later generations, and naturally these families will gradually form groups to help each other find their children."

"I see." Empress Ma nodded, then sighed, "It's also because the people of later generations were more affluent. If ordinary people back then were busy working to feed their families, even if their children were lost, they probably wouldn't have the time or money to look for them."

Old Zhu wanted to say, "The government can help the people find it," but he didn't say it in the end.

Because he knew that in the Ming Dynasty, cases of missing children like this would be difficult to solve once a certain amount of time had passed.

It can be said that in most cases, lost children will be difficult to find again.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhu decided to change the subject and said, "Liu Kuan, don't you have a video that you haven't played yet? Play it."

"Yes."

Liu Kuan responded, picked up the tablet, and played the video.

At the beginning of the video, the Zhu family's eyes widened slightly because of the title.

"Slave labor, slavery, organ harvesting: 5000 million people reduced to modern slavery. How terrifying is the human black market?"

"Another content about human trafficking?" Zhu Yuanzhang immediately realized, "A movie, a video, it seems that Liu Kuan wants us to pay attention to human trafficking."

Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered the "child abduction case" reported by Jinyiwei yesterday morning.

He originally did not take this matter seriously and was only planning to severely punish the group of human traffickers after the Ministry of Justice opened its session.

Now I want to hear what suggestions Liu Kuan has for this case.

After these thoughts flashed through his mind, Zhu Yuanzhang's attention was attracted by the content of the video.

"In 2000, a horrifying scene occurred at an airport in the Middle East. A customs officer encountered a cute baby girl during security checks, but no matter how he tried to tease her, the baby girl wouldn't move."

"It was then that the customs officers realised that the baby girl in the woman's arms was actually a corpse."

"After examination, it was discovered that the baby girl's body was filled with poison pills. The woman holding the baby girl was not her mother, but a human trafficker - she stole the baby girl and killed her to use as a container for transporting the poison pills."

Watching the video footage and listening to the eerie background music, at this moment, even though the whole family was gathered together, many concubines and princesses felt a chill and even got goose bumps.

Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and others also showed expressions of astonishment.

They didn't expect that human traffickers in later generations would be so cruel - not only would they steal children, they would also brutally kill them and use them as containers for drug trafficking!

This kind of cruelty was almost beyond their imagination!
Only Zhu Yuanzhang, who had experienced and witnessed many tragedies when he was a wandering monk, remained calm, but he also frowned.

　Second update.

　　Good night~
　　
　　
　
(End of this chapter)