In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

"Come to think of it... If they run a rice shop and don't give us the rice, how can they leave behind such a large property, sell it for money, and escape from Liangzhou Prefecture?"

After hearing this, Bai Lu could understand.

She nodded and didn't say anything, just smiled.

"okay I know."

Gu Liang continued.

"......Moreover, these three rice shops, plus 5000 shi of rice, and some other small items, such as scattered oil, sesame and other things, I talked to them and they gave them to us without paying."

"Not much, probably worth about 500 taels of silver."

"Also, they asked if we wanted some flour. They have 2000 shi of flour."

Gu Liang said: "These 2000 dan of flour... I don't have enough money, so they asked me to come back and ask you, Bai Lu."

Bai Lu said, "Of course I don't want it. If I have rice, how can I have the money to buy flour?"

"If they are not willing to sell the shop to us and insist that we buy white flour together, we will not buy the rice shop."

"Just go back and tell them."

Gu Liang nodded, and hurried out with his guards to connect with the rice shop.

When he came back in the evening, he said to Bai Lu happily.

"The flour seller took it away himself."

"Look at this shop's business contract. I've already taken it back."

As he spoke, he took out three yellowed deeds and said, "The three shopkeepers have already signed the documents. You just need to sign your own signature."

"We'll get the mayor to stamp the contract later, and the deed to this shop will take effect."

Bai Lu nodded with a smile. She looked at the rice shop deed in her hand, her heart pounding. If there was a rebellion in Liangzhou Prefecture, all the rice shops in Lianhua Town would fall into her hands... Then, when the price of rice in Liangzhou Prefecture soared... she might be able to make a fortune.

The more rice, the more money.

One hundred thousand taels of silver is a small sum, maybe two hundred thousand taels, three hundred thousand taels, or even five hundred thousand taels or more...

And the most important thing is that she holds the rice in her hands. With food, she has control over the artery.

The army of Liangzhou Prefecture would certainly not dare to touch her easily.

Moreover, if the army came and asked her for money, she could say that she had no money and give them rice.

The rice you get can be the one or two cents per pound sold in the system mall. If it is bad rice, then even if you get 5000 stones, you won't have much money.

Some people may not understand these ancient measurement units. One shi is equal to ten dou, and ten dou is equal to ten jin, so one shi is 120 jin of rice, which means... 5000 shi is equal to 60 jin of rice.

She bought it in her own system mall, which cost 1200 taels of silver, or even 1000 taels of silver.

Giving them this money is like pulling out a hair from your own body.

Bai Lu was laughing happily and was in a very good mood.

But... she thought with some pain that she would not let Gu Liang run the rice shop business alone next time.

It was such a waste to spend these four thousand taels of silver.

But this can also be used as a cover. People outside only know that they spent money to buy all the rice in the rice shop, but they don’t know how much rice is actually in it.

If there is any accident and a large amount of rice is needed, they can also say that the rice came from there.

The man selling rice had already fled to another county, and no one knew whether he was alive or dead, so it wasn't a big deal.

Moreover, Bai Lu also secretly told Gu Liang, "These few days, I want to find an opportunity to go outside Huai County and look at other places, buy out the rice shops in a few towns... or buy some more rice back."

Gu Liang nodded without thinking much about it.

Bai Lu counted all the silver she had, and the total amount of money she had on hand was more than 140,000 taels.

After deducting the 10,000 taels given to Gu Liang before, there were a little more than 130,000 taels of silver left.

Keep 50,000 taels for yourself, and you can spend the remaining 80,000 taels as you please.

Then her plan to buy up all the rice shops in the towns of Huai County should be enough.

On the second day, Bai Lu went for a walk in the next town with six guards.

共收购米铺如下：杏花镇2间米铺、梅花镇2间米铺、石榴镇4间米铺、青石镇3间米铺、明月镇4间米铺、螃蟹镇1间米铺。

There are no rice shops in Liushui Town, Changqing Town, Huaiyuan Town, Shizi Town and the remaining four places in Huai County. I heard that they were bought by others.

Bai Lu frowned. It seemed that there was someone who thought the same as she did. He was also a powerful figure. He actually bought the other four rice shops.

Then, I will be responsible for the other rice shops here.

She bought 16 rice shops and spent taels of silver. As for the rice, flour, grain, oil, etc., she didn't buy too much...

Together with the remaining rice, flour, grain and oil, which the merchants required them to buy, the total amount was only 35,000 taels of silver.

This number surprised Bai Lu.

Bai Lu felt something was wrong and went to inquire about it.

All of them said to Bai Lu in unison: "These rice, flour, grain and oil were bought by another mysterious young master."

The other mysterious young man seemed to be the owner of the rice shops in the other four towns.

I guess that young man wants to buy all the rice shops in Huai County, including the rice.

But unexpectedly... she met Bai Lu, who bought most of the properties in Huai County. Together with the three rice shops in Lianhua Town, Bai Lu now owned a total of 19 shops.

After buying the rice shop, Bai Lu felt relieved.

She felt a little excited in her heart. It would be great if that was the case.

She can buy rice from the system mall and then sell it in various rice shops.

If outsiders want to ask where her rice comes from, it goes without saying that she controls almost half of the rice shops in Huai County, and she has nearly 20 rice shops. Whoever asks this is asking a stupid question.

Even if one rice shop is out of rice, does that mean other rice shops have no rice?! They can just say that they got it from other rice shops.

If all else fails, you can say that you have channels and that they shipped the goods from outside.

However, she cannot sell rice now. She plans to wait until the rebels send people to her house to go through the motions before she opens the business.

Otherwise...it will be a bit chaotic when the rice shop opens.

After sealing all the rice shops, he returned to Lianhua Town and asked Gu Liang to customize a plaque for the Seven Fairies Rice Shop overnight.

Bai Lu prepared to take a rest.

She had been really exhausted lately, her body tired from running around the past few days.

Madam Luo saw it and felt sad, but she couldn't go out with Bai Lu and travel together.

Bai Lu is not very confident about herself.

She could only stay at home and make some delicious food for Bai Lu.

Fortunately, Mrs. Luo’s cooking skills are quite good.

Bailu tastes delicious.

She stewed sweet and sour fish, stir-fried bacon with garlic chives, steamed egg custard, and stir-fried river shrimp tonight.

The dishes are all nutritious and not greasy. Bailu likes them very much.

Especially the sweet and sour fish, the taste is very appetizing.

The seven children are now almost two years old and can eat some simple complementary foods.

But simple complementary foods cannot satisfy the seven little ones. They always want to eat this and that... but they can't eat them, and they feel very uncomfortable.

So she secretly bought a lot of easy-to-digest medicines from the system mall and fed them to them.

Now, on the surface they look like children under two years old and have limited food to eat, but in fact, their digestive abilities are comparable to those of children aged five or six.

Things like fish, meat, vegetables...you can eat them, but in smaller quantities.

Bailu gave them a taste one by one, and the seven little moons all liked it very much.

They waved their hands and smiled: "Sister Luo's cooking is so delicious!"

Bai Lu couldn't help but laugh when she saw their cute appearance.

Leng Bingnian smiled when he saw that they were happy.

Recently, the children have been looking really sad and cold, and I don’t know how to coax them.

How can he, a boy, know how to coax a girl?

They were laughing when suddenly, they heard a knock on the door outside.

Moreover, you can hear the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground.

Bai Lu was basically certain in her heart that there were troops coming outside.

It must be the rebels.

Bai Lu frowned, turned her head to look at the six guards who had changed into servants' clothes, and winked at them, asking them to hold their weapons.

Moreover, the knives were hidden under their bedside cabinets. Since the rebels knew that she was a wealthy woman, they would never break into her inner room without permission.

After the six guards came with ordinary sticks and weapons, Grandpa Li and Zhao Cuicui both held brooms, and Gu Liang also calmly picked up a dung fork and protected the children.

He thought about it, protected the children behind him, and told Leng Bingnian to take the children back to the house.

"Go inside and don't come out."

He followed Bai Lu forward, quickening his pace and protecting Bai Lu behind him.

Looks very responsible.

Bai Lu looked at Gu Liang in surprise. He actually had the character of a scholar.

After the door was opened, the rebels outside were grinning and were about to break into the house.

Suddenly, Bai Lu looked gloomy and shouted loudly with great authority.

"Stop!"

"What are you going to do?!"

"!"

The people outside were stunned, then smiled.

"So...it's a young lady."

Their words were very frivolous, "The richest person in your Lotus Town must be a woman, and her name should be White Lady."

"I wonder which one it is?"

"stand out!"

When Bai Lu stood up, her beautiful face stunned all the officers and soldiers present.

The officers and soldiers present were stunned.

They looked at the girl who was only 17 or 18 years old in front of them, and couldn't help but feel shocked and obsessed... How... How could a girl of 17 or 18 years old be the richest person in Lianhua Town? !

It seems that her background is not simple.

They looked at each other, bewildered, and this time they didn't dare to be as presumptuous as before.

The leader was a young man in his 20s with a scar on his face. He looked at Bai Lu and sneered at her, "I didn't expect that the richest man in Lianhua Town, the founder of the Seven Fairies Milk Tea Shop, is actually a or -year-old woman."

"We have heard of your reputation throughout Liangzhou."

"We are polite here."

"......Um."

Bai Lu bowed to the young general, then nodded slightly and said calmly: "What are you doing here today?"

The young general was stunned again when he saw that Bai Lu was not afraid at all and looked very calm.

In his heart, he admired Bai Lu a little.

They didn't dare to act rashly like before. He smiled at Bai Lu and said, "My name is Lin Canghai, and I am the commander... the deputy commander beside Lord Dongfang."

"I came here today just to invite the richest people from each town and county to come to Liangzhou Prefecture to have a meal and have fun."

"!!!"

Bai Lu was shocked. Eating? Having fun? Maybe it sounds good, but in reality, it's not a good thing, right?!

Gu Liang also immediately gave Bai Lu a look, telling her not to go.

Madam Luo also shook her head at Bailu. She was very anxious. She didn't know what would happen if a young lady like Bailu went out.

Even if Bai Lu is rich now, so what? She is no safer than a man after all.

Zhao Cuicui, Grandpa Li, and the guards were all very anxious. They didn't want Bai Lu to go.

But right now... there is a group of soldiers surrounding this place outside. If we don’t go, we will probably die.

Bai Lu naturally knew this, even though she was so nervous that her heart was pounding and her calves were cramping, but as the saying goes... people won't move when they are extremely frightened.

She took a deep breath and said to the young general.

"General Lin, why are you going? Can you explain your purpose?"

Lin Zanghai smiled meaningfully, "Of course... I want to discuss with you about the grain and grass problem in Liangzhou Prefecture."

"The soldiers on the front line will naturally need money and food to fight. The battle may even last until winter, so they will need cotton clothes in winter."

"Liangzhou is a remote and cold place, and the food produced is scarce, so food, cotton clothes, and silver are the most urgent military needs."

"Lord Dongfang specifically asked me and other subordinates to look for people with lofty ideals among the people to help us overcome this difficulty."

"If I can overthrow Dawu in the future, I will definitely not forget your kindness and will definitely reward you with some official positions."

"Maybe... women like White Snake can become officials, haha."

When Bai Lu heard this, she was indifferent, with no expression on her face.

There was no panic or surprise at all.

She is totally unpredictable.

After saying this, Lin Zanghai secretly observed Bai Lu.

He kept muttering in his heart... He didn't know how much silver and food this young lady had, but it didn't look like it had much.

After all, he is just a wealthy family in a small town.