August, the first year of Emperor Jingdi's reign
The weather was good and the Huns did not disturb the border. The border counties had a good harvest and the people had plenty to eat.
After the autumn harvest, border residents worked tirelessly, wielding flails, threshing the millet, drying it in the sun, and then packing it into sacks and rattan baskets to send to government temples to pay grain taxes.
In front of the official temple, the clerks set out the measuring instruments, the clerks were responsible for recording, and the county magistrate was responsible for supervision and inspection of the millet delivered. He urged the clerks to act strictly in accordance with the laws and not to allow any deception of the people to occur.
At the same time, large carts came from western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning. The men driving the carts were big and strong, with bulging muscles in their arms that seemed about to burst through their short brown clothes.
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