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Labor Force of Great Wall
The Great Wall is a wonder that the ancient Chinese laboring people created. At that time, there were no machines. All the work depended on manpower.According to historical data, the labor force was made up of three groups: soldiers, common people and criminals. Since the Qin Dynasty, the construction of the Great Wall had been a very large project. The Emperor Qin Shihuang ordered millions of people to finish this project.
Soldiers made up the main construction group. This was the case with the building of the wall of Northern Qi. Also, during the Qin Dynasty, 300,000 soldiers were redirected to build the wall after General Meng Tian conquered the Huns.
Millions of common people were called up to build the wall. Northern Qi's wall, starting from Xiakou to Hengzhou, used 1,800,000 laborers.Criminals were forced into labor as punishment. During the day, they were ordered to take turns patrolling the wall, while at night, building and extending the wall. It's a big burden for ordinary people to build the Great Wall. Sometimes, all the men in the nation were forced to construct. As a result, no men were engaged in farming, women were frightened to have a boy, and widowers dared not to marry a woman.
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