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You're assuming that Korean political/economic system was the same as the one of Europe. It was not. Nobles didn't own all the lands or people around them. Som

You're assuming that Korean political/economic system was the same as the one of Europe. It was not. Nobles didn't own all the lands or people around them. Some of non-noble people owned their own lands, others didn't and had to rent lands from landlords. So the story that you quoted means that Grandma Jang was generous to poor people who have neither lands nor money to rent lands, and allowed them to work on her lands.

xenihn 6y ago
How is that generosity and not exploitation?
- jinwoo68 6y ago
  Those who worked not just did the work but also got paid. That's what I assume. I don't really know what the truth was (nobody would know), but the intention of the story is that she provided a "job" to those poor people.