The Lord's Empire (Part 3)

Chapter 1082-1086

Chapter 1082: Do You Hate Great Qin

"Big brother, are you really giving this to us? That's a gold coin, and it can buy so many things," a little girl with braids asked as she looked at Zhao Fu with wide eyes.

Zhao Fu smiled and nodded.

Just as the little girl was about to take the gold coin, an older boy stopped her and said seriously, "Don't forget what father and mother said; don't get too close to those who are dressed well because they're all important people. We can't take things from them or else we'll make trouble for father and mother. Do you want father and mother to suffer because of this?"

Hearing this, the little girl thought about her father and mother getting into trouble because of this and withdrew her hand.

Zhao Fu looked quite awkward, but the foreman beside him smiled, took out a few copper coins, and gave it to them, telling them to go and play.

These children knew the foreman, so they happily took the money and hurriedly said, "Thank you uncle!"

As such, Zhao Fu gave the gold coin to the foreman, who smiled and profusely thanked Zhao Fu.

Following this, the foreman continued to lead Zhao Fu around the construction site. Zhao Fu soon saw some elderly people also working on the canal.

"Why are these elderly people here?" Zhao Fu asked curiously. Zhao Fu had given elderly people special treatment. Even though they were Criminals, Zhao Fu had ordered for them to be given easier work; they should not be here.

The foreman sighed and replied, "It's mainly to earn some extra points to raise their family's children's statuses. Ordinary Criminal children can't go to school, and even if they make it in, they'll be discriminated against. Only by raising their status can they live a decent life. However, points can be bought with money, and because their families are in financial difficulty, they can only come to work here."

Hearing that there were people trying to profit from points, Zhao Fu could not help but feel a bit angry and asked, "Points can be bought with money?"

When he had established the points system, Zhao Fu's goal was for these people to serve Great Qin and truly become loyal to Great Qin. That way, they could become subjects of Great Qin, and Zhao Fu would acknowledge them.

That had been Zhao Fu's goal, and using money to buy points completely went against Zhao Fu's purpose. Zhao Fu remembered that he had clearly forbidden this, and points could only be exchanged among family members. As such, he asked the foreman about this.

The foreman smiled, "It's quite simple. When exchanging points, they just say that they're part of the same family."

"Do the officials not check this?" Zhao Fu asked angrily.

The foreman had never thought that Zhao Fu would become angry and asked, "How can we check this? With how chaotic the world has become, barely anyone has identity documents anymore. Moreover, in this new environment, no one knows each other, and because it's impossible to confirm, the officials just let them do what they want."

Hearing this, Zhao Fu felt less angry. He walked over to those elderly people and said, "Go home, there's no need to come here anymore. Your family's children are now Citizens."

The elderly people all looked at Zhao Fu in disbelief because the only person who could casually raise a person's status like this was Great Qin's Majesty. Even the important Ministers had to find a good reason to do this because Great Qin was ruled through laws.

Even though this young man was dressed quite well, he evidently was not an important Minister because he was far too young. Since he did not have that status, no one believed him.