North of Seoul, the official road leading to Gangwon Province in the east is full of pedestrians. www.biquge.info However, as the road deepened, fewer and fewer people went to the east, and more and more people went to Seoul from the east.

Liu Yingcai rode a horse and galloped all the way, stopping at a country inn.

Perhaps this is the time of day when the sun is at its strongest, and there are few pedestrians on the road, and the people in the inn are also sparse.

Liu Yingcai regained her women's clothes, heroic, with a sword at her waist, not smiling, and very frightened called to the store to lead the horse to feed the bean grass, took the silver and called the store to prepare the wine and food.

The villagers' craftsmanship is very rough, because there is little salt, and the taste of the food is very light.

Liu Yingcai is a lover of food and delicacies in the mountain gate, but when she goes down the mountain, she is not enjoying it, she is performing a task, and she is not very particular. What's more, Yoo Young-chae kept thinking about the amount of information contained in that day's letter.

"Unexpectedly...... His biological father is still there. It's just that my father has become a monk...... Will you still recognize me? Or...... My mother is probably gone. "A monk's father, Liu Yingcai is sad when he thinks of this section.

This used to be an untouchable taboo for his own background.

But now that he is getting older, his once sensitive mind is gradually relaxed, especially when he heard Zhu Cihong mention the son who went home, it made Liu Yingcai, who began to imagine his retirement life, infinitely melancholy.

Thinking like this, Yoo Young-chae misses the master who is like a mother.

Thinking a little crazy, my thoughts are also a little divergent, and somehow, Liu Yingcai actually misses the messy stew made by the master. The master's cooking skills are exquisite, and the simple pot stew is fragrant and mouth-watering.

Thinking like this, Yoo Young-chae lost any appetite for the food on the table.

Suddenly, Liu Yingcai was slightly vigilant, and found that not far away, an old woman in simple clothes and carrying a small bag on her back looked at Liu Yingcai's table in a daze, and most of the food was left.

"This lady, I think I have a fate with you, so let's have lunch together." Yoo Young-chae smiled and beckoned.

Liu Yingcai walked the rivers and lakes, did not formalize etiquette, and did not look down on the weak. At the same time, the experience of walking the rivers and lakes over the years has also made Liu Yingcai have a deep grasp of human nature. He understood that if he looked at people pitifully, he would not be able to give money and charity. Later, if you really want to help someone with sincerity, you must not do it with a high-minded attitude of charity.

This kind of kindness is more used to motivate oneself to recognize goodness, but it will be extremely embarrassing when it falls on the person being helped.

Of course, in the event of a famine, there is no need to worry about this situation.

Hungry people will eat everything they can eat, and they don't care what way you do it. Merely...... After such hunger, what is the taste in each other's hearts, that's another story.

Skimming these gossips, seeing that Liu Yingcai invited herself to the table instead of asking Xiao Er to give him the meal, the eldest lady's eyes bloomed, and she came closer to salute and said, "Thank you, son-in-law." Actually, I also brought some dry food from the road, if you don't dislike it, you can enjoy it together. ”

As she spoke, the lady took out a small clay pot from the package, and as soon as the clay pot was unscrewed, she immediately smelled the fresh fragrance. This made Yoo Young-chae, who had eaten enough of the lackluster meal, shine brightly.

She looked at the old woman carefully, although she looked very old on the outside, but on closer inspection, it was more of an aging of long-term labor, rather than the traces of time carried away by natural years. It makes sense to say that she is an old woman, but maybe she is just an ordinary middle-aged woman.

Of course, what makes people feel even more is that this lady's speech and demeanor are obviously not ordinary poor people. At least, it is a child who has been raised in the family and has skimmed a few books.

Perhaps, this one is after two classes of nobles.

Unlike China, where the phrase "princes and princes will have a kind of peace" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, North Korea can be said to be a rather strict hierarchical society. The most well-known is this two-class aristocratic system.

The term "two classes" is generally believed to refer to the period when the king sat north to south, with the king as the center, the civil officials were arranged in the east (Dongban), and the military attachés were arranged in the west (Xiban). The Goryeo Wen class is called the Dragon class, and the Wu class is called the Tiger class. The civil class is in charge of politics and the military class. The nobility who lived in the countryside was called the village class.

In today's Joseon Kingdom of the Lee family, the class system is very strict, and people of the same class are not allowed to intermarry, and the law of subordination is implemented, and the same is true for children of the mother's class.

So much so that some people in later generations directly said that Korean society was a two-class society, and the country was almost dominated by this class.

Even the king, in some weak times, has to be subject to the strength of the two classes.

Of course, just as there is never a perfect system in the world, the two-shift system has been in place for hundreds of years and has already faced many great challenges.

Although there are policies such as the imprisonment of the concubines to try to control, no matter how hard you try, you still can't avoid one point, that is, the population of the two classes of nobles has expanded.

In later generations, most of the people of the Korean Peninsula went back to their ancestors, and six or seven times out of ten they had an ancestor of two classes of nobles. This shows the rapid expansion of the population of the two classes of nobles.

The cake is always limited, even if the land annexation continues to the uprising, even Gyeongbokgung Palace is burned, and Seoul is burned, but vested interests will not easily let go of their rights.

With a series of turmoil such as the Imjin Rebellion, the Dingmao Rebellion, and the Bingzi Rebellion, North Korea had to make changes under the huge pressure of the country's demise.

Chief among them is the fiscal crisis.

The government needs enough silver to organize an army to defend the country, and this requires enough silver.

For this reason, the Joseon Kingdom began to sell official titles. They began to open the qualifications of the two classes of nobles to purchase, and a large number of wealthy landlords, merchants, and even some wealthy craftsmen joined in the purchase, and they became two classes of nobles.

With the addition of new members, there is naturally the fall of old members.

In the midst of the turmoil of war, a large number of families quickly went bankrupt, or even directly slaughtered, and the population withered. In the face of war, who would show mercy to a so-called nobleman of two classes?

Obviously, the woman in front of her may be after a declining two classes of nobles.

For North Korea, this is nothing new. After all, if you really count it, the majority of the population in this country is only two classes of nobles.

Skimming these distractions, Yoo Young-chae focused on the clay pot.

"It's shredded chicken sauce with cabbage. This is my magic weapon. The most important thing is to eat, and it can also be sold at a good price in the market. The lady said, slightly proud.