Wait, so did he technically run away or did he still grow enough veggies to give to the king versus him being alright that mc does his own thing as long as he puts things into the market/registers with the guild /not fleeing the country
(since going into town it's not like everyone's poor/starving [personal issues aside idk if the king came up again])
Why the heck does he need to open a shop if he can grow money??
I mean, might as well/he wanted to own a business from the start before he got isekai'd to begin with, as opposed to just making a million coins and just spending in town (plus it might draw too much attention/target if he went in a spending spree on all the luxury shops in town) as well as used to living in this world/interacting with others versus being super anti social like some other mcs are
How to ruin economy: the manga
wouldn't it only be an issue if he gave all his money away /distributed it to others for free as opposed to one person just buying stuff for himself and others occasionally versus him somehow getting contracts/buying out all the other businesses and having a monpoly or so. despite the food shortage and undercutting the other businesses ppl were still willing to spend their money after all