"I bought it out of curiosity. It contained a description of how to eat a certain plant. The plant looked a bit like a poisonous root, so I tried it and it actually worked."
Master Luo smiled and nodded: "Being able to discover this and daring to try it shows you have guts. Last month, Ye Lizheng reported this matter, and we tried your method, and it really worked. The higher-ups have also affirmed this discovery and decided to reward you."
When the method of consuming cassava was reported, the magistrate of Yue'an County was so excited that he couldn't sleep for three days.
After the trial, the report was submitted to the prefectural capital, and then passed up through the ranks. Soon, cassava would be promoted throughout the country. This was a great achievement.
The magistrate of Yue'an County was highly commended. Of course, he wouldn't forget to reward the person who made the discovery, so he sent his advisor, Master Luo, to investigate.
"Ye Caiping has made a contribution by discovering a way to eat cassava, and is hereby rewarded with fifty taels of silver." As Master Luo spoke, he took a tray from the official's hand, on which were five ten-tael silver ingots.
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, clerk." Ye Caiping bowed but did not take the tray. "I have a favor to ask."
Master Luo frowned: "Go ahead and speak!"
“My daughter is a divorced woman who has been living at her parents’ home. But it’s inconvenient for her to always live with her brother and sister-in-law, so I would like to use these fifty taels to exchange for a female household.”
Grandma Ye and the others were taken aback. A female household?
But since Master Luo and the officials were still there, they dared not speak.
Master Luo laughed and said, "I thought it was something big, but it's just a small matter. Tomorrow, just take the household registration certificate and come to the back office to find me. Here's fifty taels of silver as a reward."
Ye Caiping breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, what seemed impossible to ordinary people could be solved with just a word if one had connections with the government or made meritorious contributions.
"Thank you, Master Xie. Thank you, officers."
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