Chapter 358: Chapter 219, Purge Operation_3

But the people suffered greatly. The same E5 level farmers could end up doing twice the amount of work.

The eight-hour workday was still in place, and according to the most preposterous production plans, Gu Hang could tell at a glance that the farmers under that guy's control would all be worked to death without being able to complete his agenda.

Is this corruption?

Objectively speaking, the increased production advanced the province's agricultural development plans, but one must understand that most of the laborers in Beiqing Valley Province were proletarians, not proprietors. The land wasn't theirs; it belonged to the Alliance. They were agricultural workers, not farmers.

Agricultural workers are a kind of worker who essentially go to a job; their rank benefits and allowances can be considered a salary, and they live on wages.