Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

May 1985, Yunlan City.

Time flies, and the days pass in the blink of an eye.

Yunlan City in May doesn't seem to have changed much from last year.

However, a closer look reveals that Yunlan City's permanent population exceeded ten million last month.

This is a very significant improvement.

You should know, Yunlan City has never had so many people before.

Ten million people, that's too many people.

So now when you go out to public places like zoos, parks, supermarkets, and shopping malls, you'll see more and more people.

This is supposed to be a very good thing, but for Yunlan City, it doesn't seem to be entirely the case.

The rapid increase in population is due not only to immigration and tourists, but also to the increase in newborn babies.

People who immigrated to Yunlan City a few years ago, such as Zhou Xiaoqing, Zhou Da'an, and Zhou Datong, have all quickly gotten married and had children.

In April of this year, the number of births in Yunlan City exceeded 10,000 in just one month.

For the first time, the number of newborns has exceeded 10,000, which is still an astonishing figure.

With 10,000 newborns every month, that's at least 120,000 a year.

However, the growth rate of newborns will be faster as time goes on.

Because many new immigrants get married and have children, it's like a snowball effect, with the number of newborns only increasing.

Currently, the number of people who have obtained permanent ID cards in Yunlan City exceeds six million.

If 200,000 couples register for marriage each year, then at least 100,000 newborns will be born this year.

Moreover, the total population has now exceeded six million, with about four million remaining as tourists, people with temporary ID cards, and other similar groups.

So gradually, the population of Yunlan City will surely continue to grow.

With the increase in newborns, parks near many residential areas in Yunlan City are crowded with people.

However, a major event occurred in Niudongping Village today.

A little child has gone missing.

Hou Xiaoqiang rushed to the scene upon hearing the news, and six police officers also appeared at the scene.

"Sir, please calm down. Do you have a photo of the child? What clothes is he wearing? How long is his hair? How old is the child?"

Almost immediately, the police captain comforted the grandmother who had lost her child and carefully inquired about the situation.

Standing nearby were Zhu Qinmei and other villagers, all of whom were shocked by what they saw.

Women, especially those who already had children, such as Zhu Qinmei, held their children tightly, fearing that their children might also disappear.

"Oh, oh." The old lady was still in shock and seemed a little dazed.

After being calmed down by the police, he regained his composure and immediately grabbed the police captain's arm, excitedly saying:

"My grandson is missing! My grandson is gone! He was just here a moment ago, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye! Officers, please help me find my grandson! I'll kneel down and beg you!"

Not far from the park, Zhao Mancang was taking Longze Nanako for a drive when they unexpectedly witnessed such a commotion while using the public restroom nearby.

He didn't rush to leave, but instead took Ryuzawa Nanako forward to inquire about the situation.

By this time, the police captain had already clarified the situation.

The missing child's name is Xiaolong, his full name is Zhou Wenlong, he is four and a half years old, and has short black hair.

However, there are no photos.

The information is not complete.

The police captain and the old lady were probably too nervous and didn't manage to get the most crucial information out of them.

Zhao Mancang, who had strolled over, couldn't help but remind him:

“Children have ID cards too, so we can find them by looking at the photo on their ID cards.”

Upon hearing this, Hou Xiaoqiang, the police captain, and the elderly woman who had lost her grandson all suddenly realized what was going on.

Then he hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Zhao Mancang.

Everyone in Yunlan City, whether a tourist or not, will immediately receive an ID card, temporary ID card, or visa upon entering the city.

The visa must include the photo taken during the visa application process; this is a mandatory requirement.

Even newborn babies have a photo, which is then registered on the baby's birth certificate.

In Yunlan City, a birth certificate isn't just a piece of paper; it's a small booklet.

So a four-and-a-half-year-old child definitely has an ID card.

Of course, children's ID cards are not like adults', which are renewed every ten or twenty years; instead, they are renewed every year.

Now that we have confirmed that we have photos, we can contact airports, ports, and other places to help us find the person.

At the same time, it is necessary to contact more police officers to search for the person in the vicinity.

The loss of a child is, of course, a major event for Yunlan City.

According to the old lady, she was chatting with her neighbors when her grandson, who was playing nearby, suddenly disappeared.

She has searched the entire neighborhood, including parks and her home, and has also asked other children, but none of them have seen Zhou Wenlong.

Therefore, it has been confirmed that the child is missing.

Zhao Mancang took this matter quite seriously, so he wasn't in a hurry to leave.

Yunlan City is not very large, and its population is not large either.

But now it seems that this has led to many unexpected events involving a population of over ten million.

The next day, the child still hadn't been found, and the family was nearly driven mad.

They might have been taken away by human traffickers.

If there really are human traffickers in Yunlan City, that would be truly terrifying.

After contacting the local police station, Zhao Mancang immediately called Lü Yangui.

"Xiao Lü, have someone write some signs and warnings, and have them posted in all parks and village entrances within Yunlan City."

"Furthermore, convene other responsible persons at all levels to discuss the matter of Zhou Wenlong's disappearance."

Zhao Mancang's meaning was simple: this matter must be taken very seriously by everyone.

First, we need to assign frontline "village officials" like Hou Xiaoqiang to regularly educate villagers on fraud prevention, theft prevention, and other related topics to raise their awareness and ensure they take good care of their children.

In particular, it is necessary to be wary of unfamiliar strangers.

In Yunlan City, where the economy is developing rapidly, some people will always think that there is profit to be made.

Although Zhao Mancang still doesn't know if anyone intends to do anything, this incident has reminded him that he needs to prepare in advance for many things.

As time passed, several more days went by, but Zhou Wenlong was still nowhere to be found.

The local police station has searched the entire area around Niudongping Village, but they haven't found him at all.

After Zhao Mancang inquired further, he immediately offered his help.

Because this child was very likely taken away by human traffickers.

So he used the supercomputer in his villa to start reviewing surveillance videos of the roads near Niudongping Village.

Once a suspicious vehicle is detected, it is extracted and enlarged for facial recognition.

This is not an easy task, and the technology is not yet fully widespread.

After a long while, nothing was found.

"It seems we'll need to use a satellite then."

After searching the highway surveillance footage without finding anything, Zhao Mancang turned to satellite imagery. He was clearly serious about finding out where his child had gone, utilizing every available resource.

But just like before, nothing was discovered.

So, Zhou Wenlong, the missing child, either died or something else happened to him.

Zhao Mancang was a little unwilling. Even high technology couldn't help. Could something have happened near Niudongping Village?

According to the police officers at the local police station, there are no culverts or deep wells near Niudongping Village, so the child could not have fallen in.

If that's not the case, then where did it go?

Just then, the system suddenly notified Zhao Mancang that someone had appeared near the Great Wall in the forest.

"Hmm? Could it be that someone is trying to cross the border and leave Yunlan City?"

Thanks to Ethiopia, the area of ​​Yunlan City has expanded by 400,000 square kilometers.

There is a long forest wall near Ethiopia.

However, due to the further expansion of the area, a section of this forest wall has become useless.

In this newly added area, hundreds of thousands of people have been planting trees and carrying out other projects year-round, but as a result, some sections of the border fence have not yet been built.

However, Zhao Mancang installed a warning device on this newly demarcated border line, and satellites are also closely monitoring this border line.

The system will alert anyone who is unidentified and approaches the border.

Because if workers setting up fences along the border appear, their identification information has already been recorded, so there will be no notification.

Regardless, everyone who gets close to the border will be recorded by satellites.

There's no escape!

"Arrests!"

Yunlan City is such a wonderful place, yet someone actually wants to escape?

However, there are all kinds of people in this world.

Some people have no choice but to do all sorts of messy things instead of living a perfectly good life.

For example, gambling, drug use, treason, and defection to the enemy.

The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds.

Police officers in the vicinity were quickly dispatched and arrived at the scene immediately.

However, no one was seen on this side of the border.

Because the person had already left the border and entered Ethiopian territory.

Even if they cross into another country's territory, they must be brought back.

Yes, helicopters and drones were deployed.

Under the threat of so many aircraft, the two fugitives, who had just entered a section of road in Ethiopia only seven or eight kilometers away, had no choice but to lay down their weapons.

After these people were brought back, Zhao Mancang discovered that they were not human traffickers, but rather gold thieves.

Stealing gold?

Their status is that of a tourist, holding a Yunlan City visa, not an undocumented person.

But now, their actions will definitely land them on Yunlan City's blacklist, and they will certainly no longer be able to enter Yunlan City at will.

Of course, given the weight of gold they were carrying, death was certain.

To Zhao Mancang's surprise, the two gold thieves actually confessed to some things.

They provided information about all their superiors and subordinates.

This is an entire industry chain.

It turns out that the financial market in Yunlan City has been exceptionally active in recent years.

The price of gold differs significantly from that in other countries.

Yunlan City is a very peaceful and stable region, so gold is very cheap here.

Outside of Yunlan City, the price of gold is much higher.

The price difference is at least twelve dollars per gram.

Such profitability is certainly a great thing for those merchants.

However, if you want to take the gold out of Yunlan City, you will need to pay a relatively high tax.

And there were also restrictions on the purchase of gold.

Each person may purchase a maximum of 500 grams of gold, and the gold must be gold jewelry.

Gold jewelry naturally incurs processing fees, and when taken out of Yunlan City, taxes are levied, which further increases the cost.

On the other hand, for example, if you bring gold purchased from Yunlan City into Sam, you will need to pay taxes again.

For a businessman, that's definitely not an option.

This is how smuggling teams came to be.

Gold produced within Yunlan City is cheaper than gold produced at the Central Gold Mine of Land.

This is clearly one of Zhao Mancang's methods to attract foreigners, and also a benefit for the locals of Yunlan City.

Who made Zhao Mancang so poor that all he had left was gold?

Gold, a precious metal, is a luxury in many places, but in Yunlan City, it is a relatively common item.

By distributing wealth among the people, Zhao Mancang gained greater public recognition of Yunlan City, and thus put in a lot of effort in many aspects.

I just didn't expect something like this to happen.

A price difference of twelve dollars per gram of gold is enough to tempt greedy people to take the risk.

For example, taking 10,000 grams of gold from Yunlan City would be equivalent to earning $120,000.

It’s so profitable.

That's profit!
Profits that make people dare to take risks.

"Arrests!"

Without Zhao Mancang issuing any orders, the police immediately began making arrests after obtaining the specific information.

At this point, Zhao Mancang didn't want to continue paying attention to the matter.

Unexpectedly, on the way to arrest the person, they happened to run into a mysterious group of people.

The police captain immediately ordered to check the other person's ID, but the other person actually ran away, indicating that he had something to hide.

Chase!
She ran, he chased her, but she couldn't fly.

After bringing the person back to the police station, while the police captain was still interrogating him, Zhao Mancang had already received a system notification.

It turns out that the suspect who was brought back had actually been in a park near Niudongping Village.

However, this person seemed very natural at the time, and did not appear to be in any distress.

Furthermore, he looked very honest and simple, so Zhao Mancang overlooked this person during the investigation.

Unexpectedly, the woman's honest and simple demeanor was just a facade; she might actually be the woman who took Zhou Wenlong's child away back then.

Many people know that there are surveillance cameras in many places in Yunlan City.

But there are no surveillance cameras in the park.

Therefore, this person most likely took advantage of a blind spot in the surveillance system to successfully take the child away.

But if they didn't take the road, how did this person manage to take the person away? (End of Chapter)