. Their services where usually distributed throughout the year. The "free man" did not receive any reimbursement of any kind for food or lodging. In addition, labor could be required at anytime for special needs.
             In 1848, there was a change to try to make more monetary taxes. A free man could differ his labor for a payment of six baht (3.60 U.S dollars) per person, per month. Much of the corvee labor was put to use by making canals for better irrigation, monasteries or to expand the capitol itself.
             The Thai people never lacked a rich food source. They became excellent rice farmers, many yielding up to three crops a year. The average pheasant worked in a rice plantation, to provide food for their
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