Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Xiang Liang marveled inwardly, then bitterly said: “The people from our camp in the Earth-digging Realm are mostly quite old now, the oldest is nearly forty, and the youngest is about thirty. Four years of servitude are indeed too long for them.”

The average lifespan in the Ice Abyss World is only about forty years, and Earth-digging Realm hasn’t surpassed this range. For the people at Hefeng Camp at their age, four years of servitude is indeed too long.

“I have already inquired; the coal and iron collected during the servitude have no fixed standard quantity, meaning four years is the standard four years. The key is, that these four years of servitude can only be served by the direct relatives of the convicts, not others, so…”

Seeing the young man pondering with lowered brows, Xiang Liang feared he had displeased him, and dared not speak further.

The young man looked up with a smile and said: “It’s fine, I had many opinions during my servitude too, go ahead and speak your mind.”

Only then did Xiang Liang relax and continued: “It is too inhumane!”

Four years of time amount to about a tenth of a human Ice Abyss lifetime.

It is indeed somewhat inhumane!

“If the servitude could be standardized, like setting targets for how much coal and iron must be mined each year to meet standards, and lifting the restrictions on others serving the labor, it would greatly reduce the burden on these people. The final output of the servitude would remain unchanged, and things would be much better.”

Xiang Liang sighed lightly after finishing, knowing that while this suggestion is undoubtedly good, he is uncertain whether Great Xia imposes servitude on these people for resources or as punishment.

Most crucially, he has little influence, and even if he voiced out, no one would listen.

Or to put it more plainly, he doesn’t even have the opportunity to say it.

Xiang Liang failed to notice that after hearing his last remarks, the young man’s eyes lit up while looking at him.