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The guardsman recited the law.
"See a fight and do not stop it, everyone within fifty steps fined a thousand in money, one suit of armor as penalty."
"Crimes by neighbors, ten families held jointly accountable, sentenced to become wall builders."
"Unemployed vagrants, exiled to the borders, neighbors sentenced to become wall builders."
The Gou Chen Dynasty's laws were harsh, minor offenses punished as major crimes, with penalties replacing rewards. Even if you did nothing, you could be implicated by the actions of others.
Theoretically, everyone could climb to the highest rank, but for the vast majority of soldiers in the Gou Chen Dynasty, they strove all their lives merely to avoid punishment and could never become superiors.
Soon, many were aggravated in their offenses due to lack of money and most were sentenced to become wall builders.
Wall builders were the most laborious group in the Gou Chen Dynasty, with an extremely high mortality rate.
