Years of continuous warfare had depleted the male population in the Kang dynasty. To stimulate population growth, the imperial court mandated that men aged eighteen and above, and women aged seventeen and above, were required to marry. Failure to comply would result in a threefold increase in land tax.,At the end of spring and autumn, the county government would organize two matchmaking events called "Sending Brides" to send unmarried eligible women to various villages and towns, where men could choose their brides.,The four great bodhisattvas, as the village children called them, were: a camel that couldn't do heavy work, a cripple, a rogue who liked to tease young girls and daughters-in-law, and a pompous but incompetent Jin Feng.。