Beginning of Summer.
Two old farmers were inspecting the wheat in the fields. The weather was getting hotter, and in another month, this year's wheat would be ready for harvest.
"I'm afraid this year's yield won't be enough to pay the grain tax again."
"Exactly. My younger son just returned from the county and said the rebellion over in Qinzhou can't be suppressed. The rebel army has joined forces with the barbarians from Yunzhou, and they've already taken over half of Qinzhou. Consequently, the grain tax in our Jinzhou keeps increasing, it's truly unbearable."
"They say the rebel army has people skilled in summoning ghosts, as well as Gu Masters and Ghost Witches from Yunzhou. The people in the Evil Suppression Bureau in Qinzhou are simply not enough, and ordinary soldiers are dying in droves. Now they have even started conscripting soldiers over here in Jinzhou."
