It’s the spring of the third year of the Chu Empire.
Yongkang County.
"Dear fellow villagers, today is another day for young people over the age of 18 to choose their wives..."
Choosing a wife? What a mess, thinking this is ancient times...
The dream was too unreliable.
He Linyou woke up and opened his eyes.
The scene in front of him made He Lin scream.
The place he was in was a market, and a middle-aged man in official robes on the stage was talking earnestly.
Behind the middle-aged man are all women, countless women...
Those women either wore cool gauze or coarse linen clothes...
The expression on the face is either full of confidence or sad...
The surrounding buildings were also full of ancient charm, and He Lin thought he was in a film and television base.
There was a stabbing pain in his head, He Lin pressed his head and shook his body.
A flood of memories flooded into my mind.
The Chu Empire has been in turmoil for years, and a hot-blooded man in his prime is fighting to the death on the frontier.
In order to encourage childbirth in the Chu Empire, young people over the age of 18 would be forced by the government to choose a bride...
"I traveled through time..." He Lin looked at his rough hands in disbelief.
The middle-aged man on the high platform frowned and shouted loudly: "He Lin, what are you doing? Is there something wrong?"
Some middle-aged people laughed loudly and said, "Xiao Lin is a young boy, so he will inevitably be a little excited when he hears this kind of thing."
People around him burst into laughter. He Lin knew that he had lost his composure and sat down quickly.
At this time, He Lin also knew that the speaker was Tang Bing, the Yongkang County government official.
Tang Bing ignored He Lin and continued: "The imperial court said that if everyone has a concubine, he can get help from the imperial court with three coins..."
He Lin is still sorting out the memories in his mind.
By the time Tang Bing finished speaking, He Lin roughly knew what was happening now.
This is the Great Chu Empire, Yongkang County.
Yongkang County is located in the southwest of the border. Because it is located near the mountains, it has avoided war.
Although this is not a battlefield, there are indeed few strong men.
The male to female ratio even reached one to fifty, and there were even many women serving as officials in the imperial court.
And the big day today is to choose a wife.
Young people over the age of eighteen must choose a woman to mate with.
This is a mandatory requirement. If someone fails to comply, the county government has the right to arrest and bring him to justice. In the lightest case, he will be fined two taels of silver, and in the most serious case, he will be detained for forced labor.
Anyway, the result is very serious.
On the contrary, the county government encouraged men to get married more often. If they did not choose one more woman, they could receive a subsidy of three cents.
But this is simply a losing business.
Nowadays, the Daxia Empire pays heavy taxes, and the annual head tax for each household is more than copper coins.
If there are three concubines in the house, then three more money will be paid in vain.
In Yongkang County, most of them are eaten by digging into the soil.
It would be a good idea to choose a boy who is white and fat.
How can I have extra money to pay taxes? Even the gentlemen of Yongkang County are extremely restrained in this regard.
After Tang Bing finished speaking, some people could not wait to step forward.
He Lin's eyes widened when he saw the person he chose.
The chosen woman looks to be over thirty years old, with dark skin and a thick figure...
If it weren't for the obvious features on her chest, He Lin would have thought the woman was a man.
But the man seemed very happy, holding her hand and leaving.
The next men all chose women who were stronger and had obvious feminine features.
The women followed the men with a slight blush on their faces and looked proud.
The remaining women are all relatively thin and have no charm...
Their sad expressions broke He Lin's heart.
Such a good woman, no one wants her...
But it’s normal. Men in Yongkang County only have two criteria for choosing women.
The first one can give birth, and the second one must be able to do rough work.
Those fair-skinned and beautiful women are naturally not within their consideration range.
He Lin licked his lips, his heart filled with passion.
In my previous life, I was a hard-working science student. Although my monthly salary was more than 30,000 yuan, I was looked down upon by all kinds of women...
Nowadays, women of various beauties are waiting for you to choose, so what are you waiting for?
He Lin just wants to embrace the beauty now. As for the number, of course the more the better.
After all, money, He Lin has the knowledge of the 21st century, making money is of course easy to come by.
"He Lin, what are you doing standing still?" Tang Bing shouted loudly, holding the roster.
Only then did He Lin realize that there were not many people around him.
He Lin walked up to Tang Bing with a smile on his face: "Master Tang, I choose, right?"
Perhaps because he had just traveled through time, He Lin seemed a little awake.
Even the smile on his face was a little forced and looked very pitiful.
Tang Bing sighed deeply in his heart and reminded lightly: He Lin, I know the situation at your home. But this is the court's decision and there is nothing that can be done about it.
"We must recruit him!"
He Lin was confused, what a mess.
"Master Tang, then I will start."
"Yeah." Seeing that He Lin was more sensible, Tang Bing's face softened a little.
He Lin walked up to Yingying Yanyan, his eyes glowing.
"Brother, choose me. I can do laundry and cook."
"Little brother, choose me. I can weave and am very capable."
"Ms. sir, I've been waiting for you for a long time..."
The remaining women are all beautiful and light-bodied.
They have crimson faces and lack the reserve of girls, and they work hard to promote themselves.
He Lin was surrounded by women, the corners of his mouth cracked, and he waved his hand:
"This, this, this, and this..."
"I want to take them all home."
Everyone was frightened by He Lin's arrogant appearance and looked at He Lin one after another.
Tang Bing was a little shocked, and his jaw dropped to the ground.
"He Lin, do you know what you are doing?" Tang Bing couldn't help but scolded.
He Lin looked relaxed and said indifferently: "Master Tang, don't you think I can do my best for the imperial court and Chu?"
Tang Bing was choked by He Lin and almost had a heart attack. How could He Lin, a farmer, be so good at talking?
"Then...then you can't choose ten?"
Tang Bing's words caused an uproar among the surrounding crowd.
"Ten? Who?"
"He Lin, that orphan at the east end of the village, does he want to die on a woman's belly before he dies?"
Ten? You heard that right. He Lin can't make more than three cents a day now. Can ten women support him?
"He must be crazy. The county master is furious."
"But those women have suffered! As long as He Lin chooses, they have no reason to refuse."
