Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 87: Chapter 87: The Crime of Gender 87

Fang Zhongyi said, if you go out later and make your mother angry and I don’t help placate you, just keep going like this! Qin Shuangshuang, who was hit in her weak spot, was forced to retreat, and could only secretly bite the handkerchief and curse her master to eat without salt! Bathe without water!

Actually, even if Fang Zhongyi didn’t find her, Qin Shuangshuang wouldn’t have much time to cling to her mother, Mrs. Bai, acting as their little sun, as her thoughts lately have been constantly focused on Huyan Babur.

It’s not easy to cultivate a Great Hu Merchant. Firstly, the salt and tea, which are welcomed by the barbarians, must not be sold to them, as these are strictly controlled by the court and cannot be sold to barbarians.

But besides these, the barbarians are only interested in Da Ran’s fine wine. However, wine consumes too much grain, and the court has also firmly prohibited the common people from opening distilleries, only allowing state officials to brew.

This isn’t about competing with the people for profit, but out of fear that the common people, lured by the high profits of wine, would brew all the grain into wine, leading to no grain left for eating and eventually starvation! So even though the court doesn’t control the selling of wine to barbarians, there might not be much wine reaching them.

Qin Shuangshuang has been perplexed lately about what Da Ran doesn’t control that can be sold to barbarians and would be liked by them. It finally dawned on her when she saw her family’s dried vegetables!

The Qin family has two hundred acres of land, producing a large number of fast-growing leafy greens. Qin Shuangshuang originally planned to dry them into preserved vegetables, storing them until the Mutual Market opens to sell to the visiting barbarians at high prices, ensuring a supply shortage.

The barbarians live on the grasslands, relying solely on livestock instead of farming. Their long-term diet consists mainly of dairy products; those who think barbarians only eat meat are mistaken.

For barbarians, livestock represents the entirety of a family’s assets; no barbarian would slaughter them easily, while the milk produced endlessly by cattle and sheep becomes the barbarians’ staple food. So, what barbarians eat most often isn’t meat, but various dairy products.

However, neither a perpetual diet of dairy products nor meat can fulfill all human needs; people must eat green leafy vegetables, or else they will suffer from various diseases.

This is why Da Ran’s tea is in constant demand among the barbarians. It’s not that they love tea, but because compared to vegetables, tea allows them to extract more nutrients.

But vegetables are undoubtedly more appreciated by the barbarians than tea, as vegetables can be cooked in various dishes, while tea can only be used to make milk tea, which is quite monotonous!

If Huyan Babur can bring back a lot of dried vegetables to the barbarian grasslands for trade, he could rapidly become a Great Hu Merchant!

The more Qin Shuangshuang thought about it, the more feasible she found the idea. Of course, Qin Shuangshuang wouldn’t continually supply vegetables to the barbarians. But in the short term, this strategy could definitely make Huyan Babur the most popular Great Hu Merchant among the barbarians.

As for how to sustain Huyan Babur’s status as a Great Hu Merchant after stopping the supply of dried vegetables, Qin Shuangshuang already had a plan, but it would have to wait until the following spring to implement. Before spring, Qin Shuangshuang planned to let Huyan Babur first use the much-needed vegetables among the barbarians to open up the market!

However, using just her family’s vegetables wouldn’t be enough. Fortunately, all the families that came with her were now growing vegetables too. Combining everyone’s vegetables should suffice.

Even though there are many barbarians and these dried vegetables seem substantial, they would still be but a drop in the ocean. But for a merchant, this represented an astonishingly large figure, and Qin Shuangshuang wasn’t so benevolent as to really solve the barbarians’ vegetable-eating problem.

Qin Shuangshuang had already made up her mind to exchange these dried vegetables for the barbarians’ dairy and leather products. As the barbarians rely heavily on dairy products for living, their cheese, dairy cakes, yogurt, etc., are exceptionally delicious and fetch a high price in Da Ran without a lack of demand.

As for leather goods, they are strategic materials that can be used to make leather armor. The traded leather goods would be turned over to General Qi, as Qin Shuangshuang didn’t intend to profit from them, but considered it a contribution to the country.

After Qin Shuangshuang considered everything, she rang the bell to gather everyone without a word wasted, directly telling them to dry the vegetables from the fields as she had a high-priced market for them.

No one doubted Qin Shuangshuang’s words; everyone immediately responded to her call, going home to dry the vegetables with full force. Qin Shuangshuang’s keen insight and correct decision-making have been proven by facts.

To this day, there are still many who regret not listening to Qin Shuangshuang about opening more fields back then. Now, would anyone dare doubt Qin Shuangshuang? As soon as she speaks, everyone works with full vigor—and why question it! Following Qin Shuangshuang, when have they ever suffered a loss?!

While everyone was bustling with activity, Qin Shuangshuang’s home welcomed two esteemed guests—her little benefactor Qi Pengju and his brother, Qi Pengfei!

When these two arrived, Qin Shuangshuang was riding horses in her backyard threshing field with Qin Miao and Fang Yao, who had been working for a while, relaxing their minds.

Qin Miao, with her quiet nature, rode like a lady, Qin Shuangshuang, riding the Black Whirlwind, exuded an impressive presence, while Fang Yaoyao was completely in her wild girl persona, shouting and laughing while riding, playing to her heart’s content with no one watching at home!

Just as Fang Yaoyao was having a wild time, she ran into the Qi brothers, brought over by Fang Zhongyi to find Qin Shuangshuang, who were stunned by Fang Yaoyao’s uncharacteristic wild style!

Fang Zhongyi, seeing Fang Yao in her crazy state, almost covered his face with his hand. He had forgotten that though his daughter appeared ladylike in public, she was a wild girl in private. This was truly an epic embarrassment.

Fang Yao also noticed Qi Pengju and Qi Pengfei’s shocked expressions and was instantly blushing. She had always maintained composure outside, only revealing her true nature in front of close people, yet here she was, caught by outsiders!

Hastily jumping off her horse, Fang Yao, too embarrassed to utter a word, pulled Qin Miao, who had also dismounted seeing the visitors, and ran away together.

Qi Pengju had come to invite Qin Shuangshuang to meet his father, General Qi. As for his brother Qi Pengfei, he tagged along to have a look at this girl who his brother kept talking about, and who shared the same innate divine strength as his father, General Qi!

Since General Qi wanted to see her, Qin Shuangshuang naturally didn’t dare delay. She tidied herself up and hurriedly left with the Qi brothers.

The residence of General Qi was large, yet not luxurious, exuding a frank and free style of a military man, with weapon racks placed in each courtyard.

Unlike their previous brief encounter, this was Qin Shuangshuang’s first real interaction with this scholar-like figure who didn’t seem like a military general, yet was a contemporary famous figure who made barbarians tremble.

General Qi had summoned Qin Shuangshuang to discuss Huyan Babur’s matter with her.