Time rushed by busily, and soon the autumn harvest came to an end.
After the autumn harvest, farmers ushered in a rare period of leisure during the year.
Since ancient times, autumn harvest was the time to raise armies for a reason: there was ample supply of fodder, surplus manpower available, allowing the launch of a war; even if defeated, one could make a comeback.
Spring and summer warfare were different, as fields would be neglected, food yields reduced; winning could support war through plunder, losing would mean having nothing, never to recover.
Thus, farming is the foundation of the world, neglecting agricultural affairs is self-destruction.
The leisure after the harvest was originally only for a few days; after all, even without wars, the Government Office also had numerous corvée obligations, making it impossible for commoners to have much leisure.
