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As soon as the Chaochang farmers sold their fields, they all became rich overnight, but very few managed to use the money to make more money and rise against the tide.
It's said that wealth does not last three generations, and these farmers, who suddenly acquired a fortune from selling their land, lacked the ability to manage it, with most indulging in the pleasures of lively entertainment and nightly revelry.
After all, Chaochang, a city filled with desires, can always provide just the right temptations at the right time.
The money from selling the fields would soon end up back in the pockets of the merchants, and the people, having lost both their good land and their wealth, were left with only two choices.
One was to work for the noble merchants, and the other was to open up new land or mine.
The most talented among them might be employed by noble merchants as shop assistants or long-term workers, but most had only manual labor to turn to.
