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

Soon, the governor of Qingzhou received Bai Lu's words.

The prefect of Qingzhou said respectfully to the empress dowager: "To answer your question, Miss Shangguan Yi is graceful and elegant, and she is efficient in her work. All the merchants like her very much. However, Miss Shangguan has always been one of the backbones of the Shangguan family, and she is also a legitimate branch, so this marriage must be handled with great caution."

"The head of the Shangguan family wanted to marry off Miss Shangguan Yi properly at that time. He worried about her and planned for a long time, and even prepared the dowry. But Miss Shangguan seemed to have high standards and rejected the introduction of the head of the Shangguan family. Moreover, she wanted to stay at home and run the family for a few more years."

"......I see." The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, and she probably understood. He was a powerful one.

There was clinking of glasses at the dinner table, and three rounds of drinks were served.

The Queen Mother quietly told Bai Lu these words when Bai Lu was free.

After listening to this, Bai Lu fell into deep thought.

She nodded, but didn't take it to heart.

Just as I thought before, I just wanted to find out a little bit, and whether the two of them can succeed in the future... depends on themselves.

However, the favorability between Bai Liezhao and Shangguan Yi increased too quickly, and they became too close.

Bai Qingze next to him couldn't help but feel puzzled. He looked at Shangguan Yi thoughtfully, then looked at his second brother next to him.

He thought to himself: My second brother rarely gets close to women, so this is really strange.

Well...my second brother and I didn't get married before because I had no intention of getting married, and it was really an accident that I got engaged to Murong Jinshu.

As for Bai Liezhao, he simply couldn't get in touch with girls.

And he is not very good at talking, he is just an honest straight man.

Now it's really strange! Bai Qingze was happy.

Hey...I have to ask Bai Lu to pay attention when I look back.

So, Bai Qingze began to chat more with Shangguan Fusheng.

Since they were both men, they had a very pleasant conversation.

Bai Qingze smiled at Shangguan Fusheng and said, "...I didn't expect the Shangguan family to have so many businesses in Qingzhou, including restaurants, inns, teahouses, cloth shops, grocery stores, rice shops, tailor shops, bookstores, and even musical instrument stores, brothels, gambling houses, etc.... The Shangguan family has a presence in all of them, which covers almost all of the businesses."

No wonder the Shangguan family is the richest family in Qingzhou, how powerful!

The most important thing is that whichever shop they open can make money.

Shangguan Fusheng curled his lips and said to Bai Qingze, "Madam Bai Lu is really amazing."

"Bai Niangzi only needs to open some rice shops and milk tea shops in Liangzhou, and she can become the richest businessman in Liangzhou!"

Hearing this, Bai Qingze smiled. He always felt that compared with the Shangguan family, Bai Lu's business foundation in Liangzhou was much weaker.

Because Bai Lu didn't have much property in total, and most of the money he had was plundered from other wealthy businessmen. If it weren't for Cheng Wang's rebellion, it would be hard to say whether Bai Lu could have become the richest businessman.

But...it's really a matter of time and fate.

Even if his foundation is weak, so what? Isn't Bai Lu still the richest businessman in Liangzhou?

But Bai Qingze thought to himself that he would have to help Bai Lu to develop other businesses and open more shops, and not just do those few types of business.

Alas, Bai Qingze just felt a headache.

However, the shops they prepared in Qingzhou have not opened yet, and now they are thinking about other things. They are really indecisive.

Bai Qingze and Shangguan Fusheng were chatting happily, and Bai Lu was also chatting happily with other wealthy businessmen, and they all looked very friendly.

Bai Lu smiled at the wealthy businessmen and said, "After that, it's settled that I'll open a shop in Qingzhou."

"When the ribbon-cutting ceremony comes, I hope several masters can come and support us."

"This is a must." The wealthy businessmen all nodded, "We must give the Marquis of Anguo face."

Shangguan Fusheng also said, "Okay, when the time comes for these shops to cut the ribbon, we will naturally go there."

"Okay, then let's set the ribbon-cutting date for the day after tomorrow," Bai Lu said.

Everyone looked at each other, they didn't expect it to be so fast.

Bai Lu smiled slightly and said, "We wasted too much time in Kyoto before. Coincidentally, the publicity and promotion in Qingzhou is basically in place, so let's do it the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, no problem." Shangguan Fusheng spoke first.

The other wealthy businessmen all nodded and said, "Master Shangguan has no objection, so we naturally have no objection either."

It seems that these people are all headed by the head of the Shangguan family.

It doesn’t matter. Although I am a latecomer, as long as I am polite and do not infringe on their interests, I will not make them angry.

A strong dragon will not oppress a local snake, so it is better for the strong dragon and the local snake to get along well.

Bai Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, after the meal, he personally saw them out the door. He seemed very polite and thoughtful.

Although Shangguan Fusheng had an icy face, he couldn't help but nodded and softened his expression at this moment.

Not to mention the other wealthy businessmen...they had smiles all over their faces, and their eyes were almost invisible as they laughed.

Several children also said politely: "Uncle, next time you come, you can bring your brothers and sisters with you so that we can play with them."

"Okay, okay." Several wealthy businessmen nodded quickly, rubbed the heads of the little princesses and county ladies, and then left.

Before Shangguan Yi left, he rubbed the heads of several children reluctantly.

She nodded to Bai Liezhao beside her, then turned and left.

Bai Qingze turned his head and glanced at Bai Liezhao, finding it a little funny.

He couldn't help but pull his second brother's sleeve and said to him, "Second brother, the person has disappeared. Are you still looking?"

"!!!"

Bai Liezhao's face turned red all of a sudden and he just smiled dryly.

Bai Lu also smiled.

She turned to the Qingzhou governor and said, "Sir, I will immediately send someone to the bank to prepare some silver and give it as gifts to the wealthy merchants."

"......About 500 to 600 taels of silver per person. Prepare 3,000 taels. Should that be enough?"

"Enough, enough, that's more than enough." The Qingzhou governor nodded quickly and said with a smile, "You have already treated each of us with sufficient courtesy. Five or six hundred taels of silver per person... it's not necessary! Just prepare a gift of three hundred taels of silver! But it should be a little more surprising."

"Most of the wealthy merchants in Qingzhou who are well-known and influential don't care about money."

"The gift should be a little bit surprising, and the amount of money should be just right." In other words, don't just focus on giving money, but think about how to make it surprising.

This stumped Bai Lu.