Because Yan Jin had the intention to test the waters, she deliberately spoke less politely, “Sending a name card takes too much time. I’m afraid you can’t wait that long, Your Excellency.”

The county magistrate narrowed her eyes slightly, “The lady speaks with such a grand tone. May I ask for your esteemed surname and given name? What official position do you hold?”

“My humble surname is Yan, given name Jin,” Yan Jin stood with her hands behind her back, “I’m just a nobody.”

The county magistrate smiled, “A nobody who dares to speak to me like this, it seems the lady is quite confident.”

Yan Jin: “Because I have something that Your Excellency wants right now.”

After saying that, Yan Jin opened the small paper bag containing the ginger candy, “Currently, there are only two types of sugar on the market, brown sugar and white sugar. Brown sugar is cheap, while white sugar is expensive. Although I don’t know how to make white sugar, by a lucky coincidence, I made a new type of sugar.”

“This is?” The county magistrate lightly fanned her hand, and in addition to the sweet smell, a slightly pungent scent entered her nose, “Ginger?”

“I used ginger and brown sugar to make ginger candy,” Yan Jin said, “Ginger can invigorate the meridians and has the effect of assisting yang. Brown sugar invigorates qi and nourishes the blood. When the two are combined, the effects are even greater.”

The county magistrate’s expression turned serious, “Let’s discuss this in detail in the study.”

The maid brought clean chopsticks, and the county magistrate used them to scoop up a small amount of ginger candy and put it in her mouth.

Soon, a spicy sweetness lingered on the tip of the county magistrate’s tongue, followed by a warm current surging into her heart.

The county magistrate originally thought it was because she was happy that the farmers would have a better life this year, but she quickly realized that this was the effect brought about by the ginger candy.

Ginger can treat wind-cold and has the effect of assisting yang; brown sugar is warm in nature and has the effects of invigorating qi, nourishing blood, strengthening the spleen, warming the stomach, relieving pain, invigorating blood, and dissolving stasis. ①

In the summer, the effects might not be very obvious, but if one were to drink a bowl of hot ginger candy soup after returning from outside in the winter, it would be much more delicious than simply drinking spicy ginger soup.

When a woman has her period, perhaps she can also drink some ginger candy to nourish her blood. As for men, they will definitely spend money to buy this ginger candy for its yang-assisting effects.

The more the county magistrate thought about it, the more she felt that the ginger candy Yan Jin mentioned was a good thing.

“This ginger candy is not bad,” the county magistrate nodded, “With this new sugar, I believe the farmers who grow sugarcane will have a better harvest than in previous years.”

After saying that, the county magistrate said with a slight hint of reproach, “How can such a precious thing be casually opened in the courtyard? Aren’t you afraid of leaking the secret?”

This is too strange, Yan Jin thought in her heart.

No matter what, the county magistrate was the third-place winner in the imperial examination back then and had seen many officials in the capital. Even if the high-ranking official who looked very similar to her held power, the county magistrate shouldn’t have this attitude.

Yan Jin decided to take a risk and make a bold move.

If the county magistrate got angry, she would immediately take out the ginger candy to divert her attention. If the county magistrate didn’t get angry, tsk…

Thinking of this, Yan Jin pretended to look at the county magistrate strangely, “This is Your Excellency’s courtyard. If the secret is leaked, it means you are incompetent in governing your subordinates. What does it have to do with me?”

[Damn, fellow workers, don’t learn from Yan Jin! Unless you want to get fired or quit your job.] [Ah, is this the real-life version of the leader taking vegetables from my plate?]

…

[Raising my paw, I’m Yan Jin’s schoolmate. Yan Jin has always spoken in this manner. You’ll get used to it.] [Huh? How can you tolerate such a lack of emotional intelligence?] [Because her excellence makes up for her low emotional intelligence (eating melon seeds). Yan Jin works at the Jiugang Research Institute. Yes, the most powerful research institute in the country.]

The county magistrate laughed, “Miss Yan, you speak so directly. Aren’t you afraid that I will blame you?”

Yan Jin shook her head indifferently, “I am not an ambitious person, and I hate trouble the most. This time, I only wanted to register for a household. If Your Excellency blames me, then the next time I have any new discoveries, I will visit another county magistrate.”

The county magistrate asked, “How much does Miss Yan plan to sell this prescription for?”