Chongzhen was silent, he did know very clearly.

The only crops that the farmers who occupied the main body of the Ming Dynasty could harvest from the fields.

But when a family lives, it is impossible to be satisfied with only crops.

They also need chili sugar, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. When they are sick, they have to go to see a doctor and get medicine, and they also have to tell their son to prepare a bride price for their daughter-in-law, etc.

The bride price is not something that is found in the modern world, it really has a long history.

During war, the population ratio is naturally unbalanced.

But in peaceful times, there have always been more men than women.

There are many reasons for this, such as drowning baby girls, and the powerful occupying a large number of concubines and maids, so I won’t list them one by one.

True equality between men and women will not arrive until the Chinese stand up.

So there were many bachelors in the Ming Dynasty, and there were really many.

If you want to get married, you have to pay a high bride price. Basically, you can only work for a long time without eating or drinking.

When the output of the field is not enough to support so much expense, it can only be borrowing money.

Borrow money from the gentry and landlords, and then fail to pay back the high profits, and in the end they can only use the land to pay off their debts.

When all the land is sold out, they can only be tenants and serfs who are gentry landlords.

The land of the gentry and landlords of the Ming Dynasty was basically obtained through this method.

Under the avalanche, no snowflake is clean!
Chapter completed!