If they had some genuine hardship to explain their situation, that would be one thing.
But take a look at these people. None of them were particularly strong, perhaps, but they were all healthy and whole. Most importantly, they weren't sick.
After all, this was the capital of Rick's Territory.
If you fell ill here, people would probably think you were a spy sent by Nurgle.
Once anyone found out, you'd be thrown out of Aldorf that very day—or even killed on the spot.
If you weren't sick, and you wanted to be a beggar, you could at least make yourself look the part. Break a leg or cut off a hand, and you might seem a little more convincing.
Though if you did that, you probably wouldn't last long here.
After all, this was the world of Warhammer. When it came to ordinary people, the standard of morality was practically zero. If you went and crippled the very limbs you needed to "earn your bread" with,
then even if someone took pity on you and gave you alms, they'd be snatched away from you in no time.
And in the end, you'd probably still starve to death.
If you were healthy and whole, then why not get a job? This era didn't have machines replacing human labor like the era Lin Yun came from. There was plenty of work—as long as you were willing to put in the effort.
It could be said that the people begging here were, for the most part, either afraid of hard work or simply lazy.
All they wanted was to get something for nothing.
On that point, in fact, even the Shallya Church didn't encourage this sort of thing. Otherwise, they wouldn't be begging here.
It was because the Shallya Church had directly