The lady's cries were like needles piercing Soshiyang's heart. It also made the well-dressed representatives around him restless. They wanted to say something, but they did not dare to speak.
After a while, Soshyan looked at the other person, his eyes soaked in despair and sadness, and nodded.
"I believe, I believe everything I hear and see."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.
"May I have your name?"
"I...my name is Melia."
"Ms. Melia, I am very grateful to you for bringing all this to me today. Please get up first."
After hesitating for a moment, she put her hand on Soshyan's gauntlet, and they both stood up at the same time.
"Your school is located in a factory, right?"
"Yes, sir. On weekdays, I mainly teach the children of managers and supervisors in nearby factories."
"How did you get to know these kids?"
"One day...I was packing my things after evening classes. I found a child peeking out of the window. When I walked over and asked, I found out that his name was Aznar. He was only six years old at the time and was wearing a slave collar around his neck.
, he was very curious about the things on the blackboard... I asked him to come into the classroom, and after asking, I found out that he was an orphan. His parents died in a factory accident when he was 6 years old. He also had an uncle, but he only adopted him for a month.
Just sell him to the factory... He said that he wanted to learn to write. I asked him why. Aznar said that he wanted to write a letter to his uncle and ask him to take him away, even if he went to the bottom of the nest to pick up garbage.
..”
"So you teach them for free?"
"Um..."
"Does your family support it too?"
After hearing this, Meliya was silent for a moment and replied in a low voice:
"My husband thinks I'm wasting my time, but he... Although he is very tired after get off work, he always tries his best to find ways to collect food for the children."
"Do you have any children?"
Melia nodded.
"Two boys, one is eight years old and the other is nine years old..."
After listening, Soshyan raised his head slightly, turned around and walked up the stairs.
When he came to the gorgeous marble throne, he suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist and split it in the middle while everyone's bodies were trembling.
Then he turned around and looked at Hao Mo.
"Go ahead and do what you want."
Hao Mo nodded, handed the photo back to Meliya, and then strode out of the reception hall.
"Others, please go back first. Ms. Meliya, please stay here for now."
After letting the five trembling representatives leave, Soshyan immediately summoned the leaders and management of all aspects of the hive city, and asked Melia to read the letter in front of everyone, including the governor——
The governor's face was pale throughout the whole process, his forehead was covered with fine sweat, and he seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if he wanted to defend himself but did not dare.
But Soshyan didn't bother to listen to any explanation, he was waiting for someone.
A few minutes after Melia finished reading the letter, Haomo left and returned to the reception hall, but he had a woven bag in his hand that was very common in factories.
When he threw the bag to the ground, all the dignitaries present screamed in fright.
Inside were more than fifty bloody heads that were even connected to the spine.
These heads come from the factory where Asnar works, including all managers including the factory director and supervisors...
Many people finally had a clearer understanding of Soshyan for the first time. This "gentle" looking Chapter Leader was still an Astartes in essence, a man who had absolute killing power in the empire and could dominate the entire empire.
The Astartes of most people's destiny represent the angels of war and death, and they usually choose the most direct way to solve problems.
Afterwards, Soshyan told the Legal Marshal to immediately conduct a thorough inspection of all factories, enterprises, and assembly lines in the capital. All factory owners who use child labor under the age of 7 and slave labor of children under the age of 12, regardless of their background, will be arrested.
Accountability and imprisonment. If there are more than ten fatal accidents of young child workers or more than twenty accidents of disability of child workers in the factory, the factory owner will be sentenced to life-long hard labor, together with the supervisor and workshop leader, and all property and factory will be confiscated.
ownership.
In addition, raids will be conducted on all orphanages and welfare homes. If records of child trafficking are found, the person in charge will be executed on the spot. All pornographic entertainment venues will also be raided. If child prostitutes are found, all persons in charge of the place will be executed.
Managers and thugs were all executed, and the boss's family members were also sentenced to hard labor.
At the same time, Soshyan promulgated several temporary regulations as the governor of the Nessen system——
It is prohibited for any factory, institution or enterprise to use children under the age of 16 as slave labor for any reason. Once discovered, the Ministry of Justice can directly execute them, confiscate all property, and impose hard labor on their families. Supervisors, team leaders, etc. will also be imprisoned if they fail to report the information.
It is prohibited for any factory, institution or enterprise to use child labor under the age of 12 for any reason. Once discovered, the factory will be fined half of the factory's profits for the year. If the supervisor, team leader, etc. do not report the situation, they will be sentenced to hard labor.
Any transaction of personal ownership rights of children is prohibited. If discovered, both the buyer and seller will be charged with a third-degree felony.
Any crime of bodily injury, inducement, or sexual assault against a child will be punished with a fourth-degree felony, usually resulting in a prefrontal lobe removal and transformation into a servitor.
Child workers under the age of 16 must not work more than 6 hours, and their remuneration must remain at the original level. If there is any violation, a child worker will be fined 100 times his personal remuneration.
If a child worker under the age of 16 dies due to an accident at work, the supervisor and direct manager will be directly handed over to the Ministry of Justice for sentencing according to the crime of dereliction of duty. The factory owner must compensate the parents of the child worker. If the child worker is accidentally injured at work, he or she must be provided with medical treatment.
If the worker becomes disabled, he must provide prosthetic limb installation services and compensate for a series of losses. If a child worker dies due to delayed treatment, all managers will be handed over to the Ministry of Justice and sentenced for dereliction of duty.
These are just temporary drafts. Soshyan ordered the judges of the Ministry of Justice to immediately formulate a complete set of bills to protect the rights and interests of children and child laborers. The only requirement is that the penalties are more severe than adult laws.
After these announcements, many people tactfully dissuaded Soshyan, saying that the impact was too great and that it might affect tens or even hundreds of millions of people. Even the legal marshal believed that these might be too hasty or too fast.
And some of the penalties cannot be found in imperial law.
But Soshyan told them that this was a campaign-style law enforcement, and told everyone very straightforwardly——
"If anyone thinks the impact is too big, then I can tell you one thing. In the process of unifying Terra, the great Emperor wiped out nearly one-tenth of Terra's population at that time! And this is to save Terra.
Humanity, the price we have to pay in order to shape the empire! Since the Emperor has this determination, then as his messenger, I also have the same determination! In order to change the appearance of Nathan No. 5, in order to give everyone a bright future
, in order to prevent more similar tragedies, I am willing to be a butcher. Let alone 40 million people, even if it affects 400 million or 4 billion people, I am still determined! What everyone has to do is to try to avoid becoming one of them.
Members, remember, everyone, including everyone present!"