Autumn was the season of an abundant harvest.

For this world that had cultivators and powerful military forces, yet its production capacity wasn’t much different from the cold weapon society Lin Xi was familiar with, this type of season possessed even greater significance.

This year’s autumn harvest, for some comparatively more impoverished Yunqin commoners, signified filled bellies for the coming year, some more meat on their tables, some more dried meat and salted fish hanging from their eaves.

For a massive empire, the abundant harvest of autumn was precisely the blood that supported the operation of an entire empire.

Continuous years of favorable weather could fatten a public purse, while continuous years of natural disasters and disorder could empty a public purse.

During the last three years, from Dragon Snake Border Pass’ Cave Barbarians chaos, Jadefall City’s disorder, and then to the defeat of the southern expedition… these successive great battles already put this empire in a staggering state. The financial support for families with soldiers who lost their lives, large amounts of military recruitment, consumption of stored grains and decrease in strong laborers already made the price of Yunqin’s grain increase considerably.

At this type of time, favorable weather was even more important for Yunqin empire.

Whenever autumn arrived, Yunqin Empire would carry out a great ceremony of sacrifice towards the heavens, their request precisely good weather for crops.

The location of Yunqin’s autumn sacrifice was...