I’ve heard that in the last few decades the mood has shifted to the wall being for controlling taxation and internal migrations. Like it was a pita to try to drag a cart over the wall so everyone just sighed and paid the tolls.
A 20,000 km tollbooth wall. “Goddamn wall, fucking 300 wen to go out of town now. I swear, they put in a couple more of these things and I’ll move all the way to Champa.”
I’ve heard that in the last few decades the mood has shifted to the wall being for controlling taxation and internal migrations. Like it was a pita to try to drag a cart over the wall so everyone just sighed and paid the tolls.
A 20,000 km tollbooth wall. “Goddamn wall, fucking 300 wen to go out of town now. I swear, they put in a couple more of these things and I’ll move all the way to Champa.”