In this chapter, we learn that the king of the Ming nation, also known as the Ming Emperor, signed a series of treaties with the rulers of the People's Republic of China in order to reduce the number of people living in the country. The first treaty stipulated that the people of the country should receive a large amount of medicinal materials, but the second stipulated that they should receive only a small amount. The king's son, the Ming prince, is shocked at the amount of medicine that has been sent to the country, but he is also pleased that he has a medicine capsule that repels insects so that he cannot be bitten by them.