Zhu Yuanzhang said, his tone reflecting a frustration that they weren't living up to his expectations, "You're dim. The Well-Field System is just a name; it doesn't mean you have to divide the land strictly into the shape of the character 'well'."
"The core of the Well-Field System is simply dividing the land into nine portions."
"If you divide it up here and there, isn't it still nine portions?"
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