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Shi Huangdi set standards for writing, law, and currancy. He even set standards for weights and measure, including the length of cart axles. A 4,000 plus mile highway network was ordered to be built. This helped trade to grow exceedingly. Irrigation increased farming but large taxes were pushed on the people. "Shi Huangdi had unified China at the expense of human freedom."