Laborers, even more so, because after a national war, the logistical pressure is immense, requiring a large amount of human and material resources to support the front line.
At the same time, the increase in taxes has already begun.
Previously, it was living from hand to mouth; now, taxes are really being collected years in advance.
Large households and families have voluntarily begun "destroying their homes to relieve the crisis," where those with notable names must at least disperse more than half of their wealth and stored grain, otherwise, their stance is considered unsteady.
Vigorous war preparations are already in full swing.
It is said,
Ji Chengjue once sat dazed in his Ministry of Revenue office for an entire afternoon, responding to no one who called him.
For Ji Chengjue, who is adept at financial management, clearly understood in his heart,
that after this national war,
Yan's finances, which were barely maintained, would directly declare bankruptcy.
