The next morning, shang asks the doctor why he hasn't paid him back for the money he lent him. The doctor explains that he collected three months' worth of tax from the merchants to buy the guns, but that the man had already left town by then. . He also explains that the soldiers haven't yet put on their winter clothes, and that he's not sure what else he needs to help them out. He gives the doctor the money and tells him that the reporter zhou is going to visit soon to advertise the factory and tell about the good deeds of the factory's workers. The man tells the doctor that he sees hope for the country, but he can't get revenge on the man who really hurt him. He says he doesn't want the man to hate him, because he knows that siblings have to repay each other's debts. He tells the man that he wishes things would stay the way they are.