Genius.
Liu Jian did not know who had devised this method. Even if it was a scam, it had at least objectively saved many people and eased social tensions.
He had been able to grow up safely in this impoverished family thanks to that person.
He knew very well what infant mortality rates had been like during this period in history.
When he was ten, his mother injured her waist while washing clothes by the riverbank.
For some reason, their family received no more assistance after that.
He was no child. He immediately guessed that, because his parents had lost the ability to have children, they had naturally been removed from the list of people the masters supported.
He secretly asked around some more.
Sure enough, couples who could no longer have children, unmarried bachelors who could not find wives, and old maids who could not get married received no assistance whatsoever.
They supported the poor so that, after they reincarnated in the future, they would not starve to death and could safely reach the age of fourteen—the age when one could undergo the capping ceremony and be recognized as an adult.
At first, they had scattered money everywhere. Later, it became more targeted.
It was said that a scholar had researched it and written an article precisely explaining how to accurately support the people around oneself, spend the least money, and ensure that one received the most assistance after reincarnation...
It covered everyone from newlywed couples to couples still of childbearing age, essentially those under forty.
As soon as it was published, it was sought after by the wealthy. The scholar received more than ten thousand taels of silver in writing fees alone.
After receiving the silver, the scholar made some preparations and hurriedly reincarnated.
Yet after reincarnating, he