Outside Dongshan City, a private estate owned by the Xue Family.
After Xue Chunlai was granted a title, he bought up a lot of good farmland in Dongshan City and rented it to farmers from nearby villages and towns to cultivate.
Every year, thanks to the rental income from these farmlands, the Xue Family lived without any worries about food and clothing.
The Xue Family had a lot of land outside the city, including a forest, iron mines, and coal mines, which were all acquired after Xue earned his title.
The Da Li Dynasty had rules stipulating that only nobles could operate industries related to mineral resources like iron and coal mines; common folk had no such opportunities at all.
Thus, nobles were very powerful in the Da Li Dynasty, and most nobles started out as military leaders. After the Da Li royal family established their rule, they shared the realm with these noble military leaders. Naturally, the most lucrative deals in this realm were given priority to the nobles.
