In the Daxia Dynasty, men with good family backgrounds could naturally have three wives and four concubines.
Not to mention that the government has set rules that if no one wants a widow who has not given birth to a child, she must be forcibly betrothed to someone else.
Lin Xiao protects Lan Lian like this and arranges her in his own home. Anyone who sees it will think that Lin Xiao likes Lan Lian.
The village chief, Lin Xiaowu and others are naturally no exception.
This time they went to the government and not only got Wang Le's death certificate, but they also took Lan Lian as their concubine for Lin Xiao.
In other words, Wang Le's family does not need to pay taxes in Linjia Village next year because his family is gone.
Lin Xiao's family needs to pay taxes for three people, her and her wife and concubine.
Lin Xiao looked at the concubinage document brought back by the village chief and was stunned.
She couldn't figure it out. She obviously had good intentions and was willing to help others, so why did she take a concubine?
Lan Lian, on the other hand, already had a good impression of the kind-hearted Lin Xiao, and with Lin Xiao being able to eat well and wear warm clothes every day, she was naturally very willing to be a concubine.
"Lan Lian, I'm the one who said the dirty talk first. If you follow me, I will ensure that you have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life, but I will never touch you."
Lin Xiao said calmly.
Lan Lian replied in a panic: "I know that the head of the family has a deep relationship with Sister Yuyan. I will not destroy you. I just hope that I can take care of the housework and take care of you as before."
"Yu Yan, what do you think?"
"Well, just be the same as before."
When he said this, Li Yuyan had no expression on his face. In fact, he was already happy in his heart.
A woman is forced to marry one wife and one concubine. What is this?
Since she is a concubine, she cannot treat Lan Lian badly.
In addition, the incident between Wang Le and Lian Huzi came to an end, so Lin Xiao took this opportunity to invite the whole village to drink wedding wine and eat wedding candies.
The focus of the women in the whole village fell on Lan Lian again.
I envy her for being a blessing in disguise, being a concubine is better than being a wife of a poor family.
Time flies, and it’s late April in a blink of an eye.
This is the time for transplanting rice seedlings.
Every household began to get busy with this.
Lin Xiao looked at the thin seedlings Lan Lian bought and shook his head.
What kind of good rice can be grown from this weak seedling?
No wonder people in the Daxia Dynasty couldn't afford white rice.
Lin Xiao decided to leave the production of salt to Li Yuyan.
The purchase of rock salt water was handled by Mazi.
She continued her old profession and strived to cultivate the first batch of hybrid rice on the land of the Great Xia Dynasty, so that everyone could eat fragrant white rice.
If you want to hybridize rice and cultivate excellent rice, you must find rice seedlings of other varieties, plant them together in the field, and artificially pollinate them, so that you can hope to plant the first batch of hybrid rice.
But, where can I get other varieties of rice seedlings?
This really stumped Lin Xiao.
Neither the memory of the original owner nor her now knows where there are other varieties of rice in Jiuzhou Town.
"Do I really have to go to other towns to look for it?"
In modern times, it is convenient to go anywhere.
But now in the backward ancient times, many places have not been developed, and it takes a day to go to the town, let alone to other towns.
I don’t know how many years have passed since the search came back.
Lin Xiao ate her dinner with a frown on her face.
"Master, why are you unhappy?"
Lan Lian is a girl after all. She noticed something strange about Lin Xiao early in the morning and asked with concern.
"Hey, where can I find seedlings?"
Lin Xiao sighed and muttered helplessly to himself.
"Seedlings? Master, aren't the seedlings in our field? I just planted them today."
"The seedlings you planted are all of the same variety. I need seedlings of different varieties."
"Different varieties of seedlings?"
Li Yuyan looked at Lin Xiao, who was frowning, and was very puzzled. What did this girl want to do?
"Well, different varieties, even wild ones will do."
"I know where to find wild seedlings!"
Lin Xiao, who had no hope at all, jumped up with excitement when he heard Lan Lian's words:
"Lan Lian, where are the wild seedlings? Take me to see them quickly!"
"Don't be impatient. It's night now and you have to get up before dawn to go."
Li Yuyan looked at Lin Xiao who was smiling lovingly and persuaded softly.
"Sister Yuyan is right. My boss, I will take you there when it gets daylight. It is by the creek on the cliff. Going there at night may cause accidents."
Lan Lian echoed.
Early the next morning, Lin Xiao couldn't wait to let Lan Lian take her to look for wild seedlings.
Li Yuyan, who was making salt at home, met Zhou Dajun, who had found out about the wooden token.
"How about it?"
"Ninth Prince, we found out that this token is exclusive to the Yingzui Mountain bandits."
"Bandits from Yingzui Mountain?"
Li Yuyan's heart skipped a beat.
Bandits are existences comparable to invading foreign nations.
They were all desperadoes, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil, and the people were deeply disturbed by this.
In the past, there were villages that formed a bandit-suppressing militia in order to resist the robbery of bandits. As a result, the whole village was massacred, and no one, male, female, old or young, was left behind.
For this reason, the government once dispatched a large number of manpower and material resources to suppress the bandits.
"Is it any wonder that the pattern is so familiar? They were on the list of bandits that my father personally ordered to suppress, and they reappeared so quickly?"
Li Yuyan played with the token of the Yingzui Mountain bandits, thinking thoughtfully.
"Ninth Prince, my subordinates also found out that the hairy bearded man you killed should be the brother of the head of Yingzui Mountain."
"oh?"
Zhou Dajun paused and continued to report:
"Lian Mao Huzi, whose original name is Hu San, is the Bearded Brother from Yingzui Mountain. Although he has no position, he is the brother of the big boss and saved him once."
"But this guy likes visiting brothels and gambling houses. He doesn't go back often unless he runs out of money."
When Li Yuyan heard this, he knew in his mind that they had provoked a guy with a background.
"Okay, I understand. Ask your brothers to pay more attention to me and come over and tell me if there is any trouble."
"My subordinate understands!"
"You should pay more attention to selling salt."
"My subordinate understands!"
After Zhou Dajun left, Li Yuyan threw the token into the stove where salt was being cooked.
Even if the master of Yingzui Mountain finds this place, he won't be afraid. Anyway, people and things have been reduced to ashes, and there will be no evidence of death.
In the evening, Lin Xiao came back covered in mud, with a sad face, and her whole person seemed to have lost all energy.
"What's wrong? Didn't find the wild seedlings?"
Li Yuyan asked while getting her clean clothes.
"I searched a lot and found nothing."
Lin Xiao replied disappointedly.
"I'm sorry, boss, it's all my fault."
Lan Lian said reproachfully.
"It's none of your business, I'm just too impatient."
Lin Xiao smiled at Lan Lian, and she also thought about it. Instead of doing hybrid rice now, it would be better to find ways to increase the fertility of the land.
It is not impossible to cultivate a batch of strong seeds first and crossbreed them later if there is a chance.
Tell a sweet story.
She was followed on her way back from her night shift.
She was scared and quickened her pace.
However, when they walked into a small alley with no street lights, the bad guy felt that an opportunity had come. He took a running start and kicked the girl to the ground.
The girl was so scared that she forgot to call for help, and looked at the bad guy who was approaching her step by step with tears in her eyes.
At this moment, a sharp "woof" sound broke the tranquility of the night.
After this "woof" sound, dogs barked one after another, whether in the alley or elsewhere.
The sound was louder than the sound, and the bad guys ran away quickly when they saw it.
The girl who was lucky enough to escape cried. She remembered the sudden "woof" sound, which was clearly the sound of her dog that died a few days ago.