Late Ming Soul System

Tu Shan: “Old man, why aren’t you growing crops?”

Old farmer: “The taxes are too high. Everyone in the neighborhood has fled, and the yamen runners say I have to pay all their taxes too. I can’t afford it.”

Tu Shan: “My lord, I see you have a lot of farmland lying fallow. Why aren’t you growing grain?”

Prince: “I lost a bet with the other princes. The loser has to leave his land uncultivated this year!”

Tu Shan: “Master Wang, the grain in your storehouses has all gone moldy. Why don’t you sell it?”

Master Wang: “Hahaha! Scarcity makes things valuable, especially grain people need to survive.”