Yes, it was only after Aeryon learns of the origin of this person, only then he understood why that person would give him such loyalty
In the ancient times, food is power. What is the heart of the people? Food!
As long as you have food, you could win the hearts of the people. And winning the hearts of the people is winning the world.
These farmers that he had bought are also not ordinary farmers. Many of them are ordinary farmers but the farmer that have bow and kneel to him come from a Shennong sect.
It is one of the one hundred school of thoughts during the time of Xun dynasty
That farmer who kneels and worship him came from the Shennong sect. The Shennong sect dwindled during the time of Xun where Legalist scholars hold powers
It has some opportunity of resurgence during the reign of Jiang Han who advocated Huang Lao doctrine but fell into obscurity again during the time of Emperor Wu of Yan
