Luoyang Agricultural and Pastoral Affairs

Fu Ruyi traveled back in time to the Northern Wei Dynasty, settling in Luoyang—a place where nomadic and agrarian civilizations deeply intertwined—and living in a rural area where literacy was scarce but martial prowess thrived. During the Northern Wei period, ethnic groups intermingled, with Hu and Han cultures blending together. In the countryside, farming was arduous, and taxes and corvée labor were heavy. Fu Ruyi suffered from the hardships of slash-and-burn farming, resenting the backbreaking labor of toiling under the sun. When she reached marriageable age, she vowed to herself that she must find a husband as strong as an ox—someone robust, well-versed in farming, and willing to wo...