Although it's a bit better compared to the west and north, overall, it's quite strange.
"I've done some calculations, and in these cities of the Eastern Lands, it's almost as if countless revenues of Silver Tael are evaporating every day. In other words, these people are doing business, earning Silver, but the Silver they've earned has disappeared into thin air."
"For instance, there's a woman who opened a Cloth Store; she started her business ten years ago, and lived in an ordinary courtyard at the time. Ten years later, her living standards remained the same as back then."
"Over the years, she's earned more than a million taels of Silver, but aside from leaving a little change for daily needs and necessary cash flow, the rest is completely invisible, not helping or improving her life at all. Wouldn't you say it's peculiar?"
According to Shujun, this is called evaporation.
The Silver was clearly earned, yet it's completely invisible.
