After harvesting the rice and wheat and drying them in the sun, the farmers would have to pay taxes. Only then would they be able to keep the rest for themselves.
In this dynasty, the taxes were 30 catties of grain per acre of land. Currently, the average output per acre of grain was 200 catties. If the weather was good that year, the output would be higher, and the people would receive more grain.
However, if the Heavens did not give them face and some disaster occurred, the harvest would be greatly reduced. However, the tax would not change, and the people would suffer this year.
Therefore, the people's greatest wish was for the weather to be good. Due to the drought last year, Shifeng County had another heavy snowfall at the end of the year.
