Mother Liu also followed up and said: "Yes, many noble families have proposed the idea of marriage openly or secretly, but neither your father nor I have experienced this battle, and we can't think of a way at the moment!"
By this time Liu Haojia had come to his senses, and he immediately said: "You can't agree casually! Especially those veteran nobles can't ignore it!"
Father Liu breathed out a sigh of relief after hearing his words and said, "I want to come with you. I don't want to get married to those big families! After all, our family's foundation is too weak. If someone else gets involved, will Gu Ning do it?" The uncle's house still has two opinions!"
Liu Haojia snorted and said, "That's the truth! But I suddenly remembered, why didn't you ask me about the engagement? And why didn't you tell me about the engagement before?"
Mother Liu sighed and said: "At that time, I wanted to be a matchmaker for your eldest brother, but my family was poor, and your father couldn't let go of his honor, so he delayed it year after year until now! Your brother is 19 this year. The marriage is not settled yet!"
Father Liu said impatiently: "Don't say these useless things, let's go back to what happened just now! Among nobles, marriage is a normal method! Xiao Er, you said just now that you couldn't find a big family to marry, are you going to do it? Two brothers can't find a way to settle down? That won't help either!"
Liu Haojia said: "Yes, what I mean is to find an honest and obedient family from the poor nobles to marry the eldest brother, and then select some concubines or girls from other families to take concubines for the eldest brother, and then our family will fully support These families. In this way, these families will look up to me, the Liu family. Although it is not of much use in the temple, at least the momentum cannot be weakened! And over time, more people can be driven through them, and it will not be difficult to become a trend! "
Father Liu thought about it carefully and said, "It's okay, but the candidates need to be chosen carefully!"
Liu Haojia said: "You really have to choose carefully! But you don't have to choose too carefully. Let's support them. Their family's economic lifeline is in our hands. It only takes a few seconds to bring them down. No, Worry about their disobedience!"
Father Liu nodded and said, "Then it's settled! When the time comes, let your eldest brother take the girls from the Zhang family as concubines, and your Uncle Zhang will feel at ease!"
When Liu's mother heard this, she sighed and said, "Oh, it's a pity that such a good girl is from a low background! But your father and her father are friends, and it would be humiliating to give her the title of concubine. Can’t touch her!”
Many people think that in ancient times, the wife a man married was called his wife, and all other women he married were concubines. This view cannot be said to be wrong, but there is a big difference in status between concubines and concubines.
First of all, the first-class concubine is called a concubine, which generally refers to the woman whose natal family will prepare a dowry for her when she gets married in ancient times. Some are concubines in the family, and some are sons of side branches. This kind of woman who marries the main wife is called a concubine.
This kind of concubine has a high status and can participate in formal banquets. If the head wife dies, she will usually be promoted to the head wife and become the head wife. To put it bluntly, it is to ensure that the relationship between the men and women's families is stable and to maintain the maximum benefit relationship.
Another type is the side room. The status of the side chamber is much higher than that of other concubines! The name can be entered into the family tree, and the tablet can also be enshrined by the family after death. She is also qualified to be straightened up and become a head wife. In many concubine dramas, these two types of concubines are basically the ones who can make the main wife angry to death, because they have a high status and are not afraid of being dealt with.
The rest are also called assistant chambers, side chambers, etc., and their status is getting lower and lower. These concubines are just a doormat in front of the principal wife, and beating them to death is almost in vain! Therefore, Liu's mother said that giving the concubine status to a merchant's daughter was very generous at the time, and it was a sign of great importance!
But Liu Haojia suddenly said: "Wait a minute, the girl from the Zhang family cannot be my eldest brother's concubine, I want to marry her as my wife!"
Father Liu was stunned when he heard this, and Father Liu said: "The Zhang family girl is only from a merchant family, and her status as your head wife is too low!"
Liu's mother joked: "Why, are you attracted by the beauty of this girl?"
Liu Haojia said: "How is it possible! Can't you find a beautiful wife based on your son's status and appearance? Actually, I think so. Uncle Zhang is very important to my future plan, so it is not obvious to take his daughter as a concubine. I don't care about him! Secondly, I won't inherit the title, so I'm just a white man, so marrying a daughter of the Zhang family is barely considered a match."
Father Liu thought about it and said, "Although I don't know what your plans are for the future, I still feel a little wronged by you! Also, don't be tempted by someone else's girl just because you think she is beautiful! Judging from our family's situation, no matter how beautiful she is, I can marry any girl! The main wife is a matter involving two families, no joke!"
Mother Liu said happily: "That would be the best! That girl chatted with me all night, and I like her from the bottom of my heart! It would be a good thing to be the mistress's first wife!"
Liu Haojia said: "This will trouble my mother!"
Father Liu stared! Mother Liu said: "Tomorrow I will send a message to the two concubines of the Zhang family. When they come to talk about it, it will be done! But even if you are engaged, you can't get married too early. After all, your eldest brother is not married yet! "
Liu Haojia said: "I'm not in a hurry about this matter, just follow my brother first."
Then he turned to Father Liu and said, "Father, you have to select a few families in the next few days. I will send people to investigate the situation of these families. If necessary, I will send some people in in advance."
Father Liu took a breath, feeling that his son had been beaten and disobedient, but he still said: "This is easy, I will write a list for you tomorrow. To be honest, I have been thinking about your marriage over the years, but At that time, my family was poor and had no choice but to finally get rich, but those who pounced on me were all people with ulterior motives, so it has been delayed until now!"
Liu Haojia said: "In that case, I will go back to sleep. I drank a lot today and my head is still a little dizzy!"
After hearing this, Liu's mother hurriedly sent someone to serve Liu Haojia and returned to the room. She pulled Liu's father and talked for an unknown amount of time. For Liu's mother, the big things now are not as big as her sons' marriage! As for Liu's father being drunk, drowsy and unable to sleep, it was no longer within the scope of her consideration!
The next day, Liu's father wrote him a list. Liu Haojia didn't hesitate and threw the list directly to Yu Weili, asking him to lead the Beggars Gang to check it out. As for the official side, he still has more than thirty imperial guards available, it's just a matter of spending some money.
