At night.

After washing, Li Xiaofu wrote in front of the desk.

After a toss, the matter of the corn prison still fell on his shoulders, and seeing that the time passed day by day, Li Xiao also had to rush to plant the corn. But after all, it is a trial planting, not a real planting production. The main purpose of the trial planting was to let the emperor and officials know about this new crop.

To let people know that corn can be eaten, that it can be planted, that it can be planted, that it needs to be planted, that it is produced, and so on, which requires all kinds of data, which means that it cannot simply plow a piece of land and sow that little seed.

It is necessary to create one experimental field after another, and even the land with different degrees of dryness and wetness, and different fertility. No one else knows these things, only he knows, he has to write them out and make a plan.

"Official, it's so late, the oil lamp is so dim, it's easy to hurt your eyes. If the officials have something to do, let's leave it until tomorrow. ”

"I've been delayed for many days, so I can only catch up at night, and tomorrow I have to officially start the corn trial planting, and I haven't got any regulations here."

"Official, the concubine thinks that she should give you a small one. The concubine knows that the official has been very busy recently, and now that he has become an official, he must be even busier, in fact, there is no need for the official to be distracted by this matter, the concubine body will come to Zhang Luo, and then let the official come to take a look, just take a decision, what does the official think? Wan Niang asked.

Li Xiao didn't look up.

If you want to say that a man doesn't want to have three wives and four concubines in his heart, in the society of later generations, it is allowed by morality and law. But in this era, as Old Master Yang said, this is normal. If a man does not take a concubine, either he is too poor to afford it, or his wife is too powerful.

And a wife who is too powerful will be commented on or even blamed.

didn't let her husband take a concubine, and even was accused of cheating and extramarital affairs in later generations, thinking about it, Wanniang's pressure is indeed quite great.

After all, today's Li Xiao can be regarded as a big family, with thousands of acres of fertile land at home, which has also been knighted, and Yongye Tian is 400 acres.

"Let's talk about this later, we haven't been married for long, and besides, you are pregnant now, how can I find any new love at this time."

"Official, it is precisely because I am pregnant now that I can no longer serve the official, so I should hurry up and find a concubine, just let her serve the official for me."

Wan Niang is not worried that Li Xiao has a new love and forgets the old love.

After all, concubines are inducted into concubines, but Datang also has quite comprehensive protection for his wife. For example, the laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulate that wives and concubines are sent with very different identities.

From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, in fact, the Middle Dynasty has always been a monogamous system, a husband can only have one wife, although there are concubines, but concubines have never been advocated for commoners, concubines are actually a kind of welfare for the nobles.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty, if a commoner wants to take a concubine, he must meet two conditions, first, he must be at least forty years old, and secondly, he must have no children.

Only commoner men who have reached the age of forty and have no sons are allowed to take concubines, otherwise they are not eligible.

For the aristocracy, monogamy is also the main body, and concubinage is actually just a supplement. Three wives and four concubines, in fact, never existed in ancient times, there was only one wife, and only a few arrogant emperors would do anything about three or four queens.

Concubines are always only after wives.

The wife is married by the Ming media and is protected by the law, while the concubine is bought. When taking a concubine, even the attendant can't make a big deal when he enters the door, so he can only carry a small sedan chair into the door.

Marrying a wife requires a marriage ceremony, but taking a concubine is a deed.

For concubines, husbands and wives can be disposed of or beaten or scolded at will, or reprimanded, sold, or even killed, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it is only a punishment of exile, and there is no need to pay for their lives at all. The son of the concubine will always be the concubine, even if the main room dies, the concubine will not be promoted to wife.

A man who has lost his wife may continue to marry a wife, but he cannot take a concubine as a wife.

Even the status of many concubines is actually slightly higher than that of slaves and maids, and the status of slaves and maids in the Tang Dynasty is more law than livestock, the same as livestock.

It is precisely because of this tradition and law that Wan Niang is very willing to help her husband take a concubine, but she does not have to worry that her husband's status as a wife will be endangered after she takes a concubine.

The wife can beat and scold the concubine at will, and even kill the concubine but not be exiled, but if the concubine dares to beat and scold the wife, the punishment is quite severe. scolded his wife, gave him eighty rods, beat his wife, and was sentenced to one year in prison without asking if he was injured or injured.

To put it bluntly, at home, the husband and wife are both masters, and concubines, like slaves and maids, are slaves.

Even the concubines of some high-ranking officials and nobles, although their status is much higher than that of slaves, they are completely incomparable with their wives.

In fact, the concubines of the nobles are also divided into grades. For example, the high-ranking concubines of the princes often also get the status of concubines, and this concubine has a higher status than the concubine.

There is a rule in Datang that all princes have a maximum of ten wives and concubines. Five products, up to three wives and concubines.

But this wife and concubine refers specifically to wives and concubines, not concubines, and there is no definite number of concubines. In ancient times, concubines referred to women who married into their husbands' families with their main wives, and it was this kind of sisters who married with higher specifications; Medium is a woman of higher status who marries with a woman of the same clan or clans; The lowest specification is the maid dowry. The former who marries in this way is a wife, and the latter is a concubine. The status of concubines is much higher than that of concubines, they have a formal status, they can attend formal banquets, and so on.

In Datang, only officials are allowed to have concubines, and ordinary people can only have concubines.

Li Xiao is a baron, which is the title of Wupin, so it is possible to have two concubines.

Therefore, concubines are generally women from good families, even women from some big families, or official eunuch families, which are no better than concubines, and concubines are mostly bought thieves women.

In many princes and aristocratic families, concubines are also divided into many levels, the highest level is naturally concubines, then concubines, then concubines, concubines, concubines, and then there are girls who have sex with each other.

The status of concubines, concubines, and concubines is very low, and even men like to take concubines, concubines, and concubines to accompany guests, and even if the guests like it, they will give it directly to the guests.

Some girls who have slept with their masters don't even have the status of concubines, and they are still just girls.

Wan Niang said that she would help Li Xiao take a concubine, so she was naturally a concubine.

There is no one else in Wan Niang's family, so it is impossible to find her own sisters to be concubines, but it is okay to find some women from big families, or young ladies from official eunuchs to be concubines.

The concubine who was born in this way is also in line with Li Xiao's current status as a lord.

Otherwise, if you buy one at random, it will be a concubine, a concubine, and a concubine at most, and that kind of thing will not be on the table.

"The concubine body will find someone to look for, and then you will nod when you like it, and the rest of the concubines will come to Zhang Luo to handle it?"

Li Xiao was also a little moved, but after thinking about it, he felt that this kind of thing should not be too urgent, if he really met a heartbeat, it would be almost the same if he felt it. If you say that you have never seen it, you will be accepted into the door as a concubine, which is also a bit too sinful.

"Let's go back and talk about it!"

"Official!" Wan Niang was a little unhappy.

"You, what's the hurry, you're only twenty-one now, and I'm just a young man. This body and bones are still mature, and if a newcomer comes, I am afraid that the body and bones will not be able to bear it. ”

"Huh?" Wan Niang was skeptical, "Then listen to your husband first." ”