Great Wall

So I'm hanging out with my buddies at poker night and the table talk is that Shi Huangdi is rounding up the citizens of China to build something he calls the "Great Wall." Everyone is saying that although it would be a great construction to keep invaders out of China and the people of China in, it would have huge consequences. Shi Huangdi is forcing all the men to help him consruct this wall. Large groups of men have died builidng the Great Wall. I don't know if Shi Huangdi's architectural idea will pay off. But he does say that the Great Wall will become an important symbol to the Chinese people, dividing and protecting their civilized world from the nodmadic bands north of the wall. We'll see.