As these were a saving class, while the posterity of the feudal aristocracy were a squandering class, the former by degrees substituted themselves for the latter as the owners of a great proportion of the land.

• 由于这些人喜欢节俭，而封建贵族子弟挥霍成性，前者便逐渐取代后者成为大部分土地的所有者。