Years of continuous warfare had depleted the male population in the Kang dynasty. To stimulate population growth, the imperial court mandated that men aged eighteen and above, and women aged seventeen and above, were required to marry. Failure to comply would result in a threefold increase in land tax.,He had already gained a reputation for idleness in Xihewan. It was obvious that he would die soon, so who would marry their daughter to him,Jin Feng could only bear the hunger in his stomach and walked to the village entrance.。