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

"White Lady, please forgive me if I have offended you before."

Bai Lu smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's nothing."

She just felt that Shangguan Fusheng was indeed a smart man, and such smart people were really rare.

It would be better to cooperate with Shangguan Fusheng. No matter whether the marriage succeeds or not, it will be a win-win.

However, someone like Shangguan Fusheng is obviously a good businessman. If it fails, he may take the shop back later.

Oh, never mind, let’s do business first.

Now that it has fallen into the hands of the Bai family, there will naturally be countless explanations. Can Shangguan Fusheng still take it?

However, Bai Lu didn't plan to get involved in this matter anymore. She planned to hand the shop directly to Bai Liezhao and let Bai Liezhao run it himself.

If he and Shangguan Yi could succeed, then the two of them would keep the shop; if they couldn't succeed, Bai Liezhao would make the decision himself and return the shop. Anyway, this matter had nothing to do with him and it was Bai Liezhao's own decision.

Shangguan Fusheng felt relieved when he saw that the matter was settled, so he said goodbye to Bai Lu and prepared for the ribbon-cutting ceremony tomorrow.

Bai Lu looked at the figure in front of her and felt inexplicably emotional.

If I had a sister who was about to get married, I would probably worry about her marriage like Shangguan Fusheng.

Shangguan Fusheng may look cold and aloof on the surface, but he is actually a brother who loves his sister very much.

At this time, footsteps sounded behind her, and the prefect of Qingzhou appeared behind Bai Lu and smiled at her, "Lady Bai, why are you standing here and not going back to the house?"

"...You look dull, are you sick? Did the wind make you feel sick?"

He cares about Bai Lu very much.

When Bai Lu saw the prefect of Qingzhou, she smiled at her and said, "My Lord, I just came out of the house."

"I talked to Patriarch Shangguan a little late."

"Oh, you two just finished talking?"

The Qingzhou governor was a little surprised, "It's already half an hour."

I originally thought it would only take the time of a stick of incense to complete.

The two of them are so slow, maybe they have some important business to discuss.

When the Qingzhou governor saw that Bai Lu hadn't told him, he smiled at Bai Lu and said, "Lady Bai, I'm going to get Qingzhou's account book for this year. Would you like to come with me?"

"I heard that you are very good at reading account books. I can't understand some of the account books. Can you help me to read them together?"

Hearing this, Bai Lu nodded: "Of course I am happy to do so."

She said with a smile, "My Lord, the prefect still has trouble understanding the account book of the prefect? ​​Let me help you to look at it together."

The Qingzhou prefect and Bai Lu got along quite harmoniously.

Soon, officials and yamen runners under the Qingzhou prefecture brought the account books over.

Seeing a woman next to the Qingzhou prefect, they were all startled, and then heard the Qingzhou prefect introduce to everyone: "This is Anguo Hou Bai Niangzi, she is here to help me look at the account book."

Everyone nodded: "I see."

They knew it, but they didn't expect that the Qingzhou prefect could actually invite Bai Lu to come and help.

They were all a little envious for a moment.

One of the officials said with a smile: "Didn't Gu Liang always help the prefect to check the account books in the past? Why is it that the Marquis of Anguo is helping our prefect to check the account books today?"

When Bai Lu heard Gu Liang's name, she was silent for a moment.

The prefect of Qingzhou immediately glared at the official. When the official saw the prefect of Qingzhou's expression and turned to look at Bai Lu, he thought to himself that something was wrong. He seemed to have said something wrong. They all seemed to be very reluctant to mention Gu Liang.

The Qingzhou governor coughed twice and said to them, "All of you go down."

The people below nodded quickly and went down.

Seeing them leave and only two people were left in the room, the prefect of Qingzhou said to Bai Lu: "I am so sorry, Lady Bai, it's all because I didn't discipline them well enough and let them talk nonsense, making you sad."

"This is something."

Bai Lu smiled and shook her head, then said to the Qingzhou governor, "Gu Liang and I used to have a good relationship."

"It was only because of his mother that the relationship became bad."

"Moreover, the reason why Gu Liang and I broke up was not because of his mother, but because Gu Liang said that he wanted to make a name for himself and come back to marry me. I disagreed, so Gu Liang and I broke up."

When Bai Lu thought of this, she felt a little sad.

Afterwards, Bai Lu smiled and asked the Qingzhou governor, "How is Gu Liang doing recently?"

She asked the question not only to inquire about Gu Liang's recent situation, but more importantly, she wanted to convey a message to the governor of Qingzhou that she didn't care about this matter. She didn't shy away from mentioning Gu Liang.

Hearing this, the Qingzhou governor breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Bai Lu, saying, "This child is very smart and willing to learn. Moreover, he knows how to study hard. Now he has become my adopted son... Next spring, he will go to Beijing to take the exam. I wonder how he will perform. If he is still so studious, I believe he will do well."

Listening to the Qingzhou prefect praising Gu Liang, Bai Lu knew that Gu Liang must be very much liked by the Qingzhou prefect. He liked him very much in terms of his studies, character and the way he dealt with people.

Gu Liang has made great progress. Bai Lu felt relieved when she heard this. She nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

The prefect of Qingzhou was tactful and didn't say too much.

He just smiled at Bai Lu and said, "Mrs. Bai, look at this account book... Qingzhou has a large amount of money for military supplies every year. However, for three consecutive years, the higher-ups have not approved money for Qingzhou to purchase military supplies. We have to raise money on our own."

"The army didn't have much in reserve, so we bought some cotton clothes, armor, etc. for the troops, but many of the swords were already broken."

"Look... you have a very good relationship with His Majesty. Can you talk to His Majesty about replacing the military supplies?"

Hearing this, Bai Lu nodded and smiled at the Qingzhou governor, "Then how much would it cost for Qingzhou's military supplies every year if you paid for it yourself?"

"In our area... at least five thousand taels of silver will be required."

Bai Lu nodded, and then said to the Qingzhou governor: "This is normal."

"But you don't have to worry about this. Our Bai family will take care of your military supplies this year."

"really?"

The governor of Qingzhou was very surprised and his eyes widened in joy.

Bai Lu smiled faintly. This year's military supplies must be allocated by the imperial court, because there will be a war this year.

But I can't just tell the Qingzhou governor that we are going to fight a war this year and ask the emperor to allocate money, so... I'd better tell the Qingzhou governor this for now.

When the money is allocated and the war starts, I will explain the situation to the governor of Qingzhou.