Opinion on The Bridge

The building of this new bridge awed many people opportunities they did not have before such as trade and family affairs.   It was built to stand permanently so that the workers would not have to rebuild a new bridge after each of the spring floods.

After talking to some of the many people who trade by crossing the bridge are very happy with the results.  They are even happier with the emperor then they were before.  All the trades’ people are happy about the fact that they can go back and forth as they please.  They are also talking about how the taxes and how they have risen but it does not seem to bother them too much.

On the other hand many people who don't have good paying jobs think that it is outrageous that they used so much of the iron to build the bridge.  They are also very angry about the raised taxes, they think that the emperor is trying to take over and by raising taxes he is trying to make people more vulnerable to getting in grave trouble for not being able to pay the taxes.

After much work we were able to talk to the emperor and ask him about his opinion on the bridge and its benefits for china through its trade units.  He is very excited that the trades’ men can come back and forth all the time and think that the use of iron is very useful.