Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 89: Chapter 89 Gender Crimes 89

Qin Shuangshuang, with complex emotions, asked her master Fang Zhongyi to select the most talented and suited children for martial arts training from among the orphans. It’s not that Qin Shuangshuang didn’t want to treat them all equally, but the kids with good martial arts aptitude would have a better chance of surviving on the battlefield in the future!

Since arriving at the border city, Fang Zhongyi had been idle for a long time. The land was cultivated by tenant farmers, the houses were built, and he had even married the one he loved. Although he was happy spending his days with Mrs. Bai, he was feeling a bit itchy from lack of exercise. Now, teaching a group of kids martial arts seemed like a decent pastime.

From the hundreds of children, Fang Zhongyi selected a total of one hundred and eight kids with good aptitude, among which there were surprisingly twelve girls.

Since she wanted to cultivate her own team, Qin Shuangshuang could no longer have General Qi spend money to support these children. However, supporting so many kids was no easy task, especially since they needed martial training, which required significant physical energy. Children practicing martial arts must eat three full meals a day, including meat, lest their bodies suffer severe issues!

Fortunately, the money Qin Shuangshuang saved from killing barbarians recently was enough. She could first build a large courtyard for the kids to live in, hire over a dozen tenant farmers, purchase a thousand acres of land, and breed some pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks. This way, her household could be self-sufficient.

Handling all these matters at once was not easy, but fortunately, Qin Shuangshuang had some connections now. In the border city, if there was anything in abundance, it was land. Qin Shuangshuang found buying a thousand acres quite easy and the price was not high: four taels of silver per mu for top-quality fields, three taels for medium-quality fields, which was two taels cheaper than the land prices in the Qin Family Village.

It did take some time to find tenant farmers. It was thanks to Qi Pengju, who, seeing Qin Shuangshuang struggling, relocated ten households of settlers who were building the border city to serve as tenant farmers for her. This prevented Qin Shuangshuang’s thousand acres of prime land from lying fallow.

Qin Shuangshuang also built pig pens and sheep pens, chicken coops, and duck pens with high-quality blue stones. She hired four long-term workers, waiting for spring to come and start raising livestock. Meanwhile, the pens would stand empty during the winter.

After finishing these matters, Qin Shuangshuang began preparing for the new business after spring, when Huyan Babur would no longer be supplying preserved vegetables.

This time, Qin Shuangshuang didn’t plan to have Huyan Babur sell goods, but rather have him purchase wool and make wool products.

In fact, this idea was quite fantastical. Qin Shuangshuang had thought before about training Huyan Babur to be a Hu Shang but didn’t know what he should do. Then one night, she dreamed about people in strangely dressed outfits shearing sheep.

These people sorted the shorn wool, separating coarser wool from finer, softer wool into two piles and washing them clean.

They then spun the wool into yarn, using four bamboo needles of different thicknesses in a miraculous way to knit the soft woolen yarn into clothes, hats, gloves, socks, and more...

Lines of coarse wool were dyed in various colors and crafted into room-sized rugs or small handkerchief-sized pieces, with patterns and designs like Qin Shuangshuang had never seen before, like rugs, cushions, and so on.

Upon waking, Qin Shuangshuang remembered everything from the dream vividly, the various techniques as well, so clearly it felt like she could do it all perfectly if she chose to start immediately.

Regarding this fantastical event, Qin Shuangshuang could only think that it was the woman who gave her a second life enlightening her through dreams.

Since having this dream, Qin Shuangshuang had an idea. In the dream, the warmth of wool clothing was outstanding. In winter, just a thin layer was very warm, and wearing it thicker was even warmer than cotton clothing, without getting stiffer with wear. Once someone tried woolen products, they would love them, so wool clothing would not have problems finding a market. Instead, what needed consideration was the source of the wool.

Qin Shuangshuang planned to have Huyan Babur purchase wool on the grasslands from the barbarians skilled in herding. After these barbarians tasted the benefits of raising sheep and selling wool, they would naturally expand their flocks.

The more sheep raised, the more money made, and the profits could be exchanged for grain, vegetables, or even luxury items from the Central Plains. Once the supply and breeding chain were established, Da Ran would control the lifeline of the various tribes on the grasslands. If the barbarians dared to invade again, Da Ran only needed to cut off trade with them, which would be enough to cause internal chaos among the barbarians!

To promote wool products, they first needed samples. Qin Shuangshuang, confident with her finances, directly bought four big fat sheep. Since it was cold now, she let the mutton get coated with water, left it in a large jar outside, and it quickly froze hard, allowing it to be preserved for a long time.

Qin Shuangshuang tasked Fang Yao with the mutton because she kept muttering about roasting whole sheep. Meanwhile, Qin Shuangshuang worked with Qin Miao on the wool. She had decided that since she would be traveling often in the future, the tenant farmers and hired workers would fall under Fang Yao’s management.

As for wool, Qin Shuangshuang hoped Qin Miao would learn and lead the women she rescued from barbarians and those not chosen initially. Qin Miao was always skillful, and Qin Shuangshuang believed she wouldn’t disappoint her.

Qin Shuangshuang and Qin Miao spent over a month, under bewildered looks from Mrs. Bai, Fang Zhongyi, and Fang Yaoyao, making a set of knitted clothes, wool gloves, hats, socks, and a floral square cushion!

When the items were finished, the whole family was astonished. At first, everyone was infatuated with the cushion. If enlarged to make a carpet, it would be so luxurious! But after everyone took turns trying on the clothes, the cushion was set aside, because no matter how beautiful it looked, it couldn’t compare to the warm comfort of the worn woolen garments.

After the trial fittings, Fang Zhongyi immediately started planning to buy ten large sheep, wanting everyone in the family to have a set of wool clothing. The mutton could be eaten slowly, as there were over a hundred children in the household, and a large sheep a day wouldn’t last long.

This time, spinning the wool and knitting the woolen clothing wasn’t just Qin Shuangshuang and Qin Miao’s task but a family effort. Even Fang Zhongyi got involved, leading a hundred disciples to shear, sort, and wash wool, completing the previously time-consuming tasks in a day.

When it came to knitting the clothing, Mrs. Bai had the sudden idea of inviting a few women she was friendly with to learn the craft and teach other women, allowing everyone to have an extra source of income in the future.

Qin Shuangshuang thought it wise to keep the wealth among family, and since she trusted the character of Mrs. Bai’s friends, she didn’t stop her.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Bai had only been gone for about as long as it takes to drink a cup of tea when the village chief’s eldest grandson Da Hu rushed in and blurted to Qin Shuangshuang, ”Your mother is in trouble!”