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

The Qingzhou prefect was a good official and had a very good relationship with them. It was rare to find such an elder who was so easy to talk to.

The elders that Bai Lu meets are usually people like Bai Yansong, or the emperor, and above them are grandfathers like the emperor emeritus.

It’s a bit weird to talk about seniority between myself and the emperor… But never mind, just call him that anyway, Bai Lu doesn’t think it’s a big deal.

Then I heard Bai Qingze and the Qingzhou governor ask, "Why did I see your second brother just now, following the head of the Shangguan family and Miss Shangguan?"

Bai Lu smiled and told the Qingzhou prefect and the other two about her plan to do business with Shangguan Fusheng.

The Qingzhou governor pondered for a while, then smiled at Bai Lu and said, "I didn't expect the Shangguan family to take the initiative to extend an olive branch to you, and the olive branch is so thick... This is really unusual."

"But did the Shangguan family make any requests to you?"

The prefect of Qingzhou was very smart. He immediately realized that the reason why the Shangguan family extended such an olive branch must be not simple.

Bai Lu smiled and nodded, without saying much.

Upon seeing this, the Qingzhou prefect and the other two looked at each other and stopped asking questions.

Then Bai Lu smiled and said to the Qingzhou governor: "The event here is almost over, and business is pretty good. It looks like we should have a good start. Let's go back to the main hall and wait to see how much silver we can sell today."

Naturally, she would not calculate the net profit in front of these people, but she would definitely calculate the total turnover.

Some things are hard to explain. For example, the rice and corn purchased from the system mall are sold at two cents or one cent per pound. You can't just tell them directly, right?

You must say that it is a losing business.

There are also necklaces bought from the system mall, as well as cheap jewelry made of pearls. We cannot simply say that the total cost of those items is less than five cents, but they are sold for dozens or hundreds of taels of silver.

Bai Lu shook her head, and then smiled at the Qingzhou governor and Bai Qingze and said, "Also, Governor, I have a gift for you."

"Oh?" The Qingzhou governor was stunned, then asked with a smile, "What gift?"

"Come on, let's go to the warehouse first."

Bai Lu took the Qingzhou governor and Bai Qingze to the Bai family's treasure pavilion.

She turned around and greeted the wealthy businessmen that Shangguan Fusheng had left behind, and said with a smile: "Dear wealthy businessmen, the head of the Shangguan family is busy now, so I will continue to entertain you."

Several wealthy businessmen nodded and smiled. They didn't think it was a big deal that Shangguan Fusheng abandoned them, so they followed Bai Lu in.

As soon as they entered they were very excited.

"Oh my god, this is the Bai family's treasure pavilion! I haven't been to the Bai family's treasure pavilion for such a long time. I didn't expect that the Bai family's treasure pavilion would have so many good things!"

"Oh my god, such a big pearl!"

They pointed at the plastic pearl and walked forward to compare it with their hands. They found that the large plastic pearl was as big as two thumbs. "Pearls this big are rare even in the palace!"

A wealthy businessman immediately pointed at the big pearl and said to Bai Lu with a smile, "Oh my God, Madam Bai Lu, you actually have such a good thing here, it's really precious!"

Bai Qingze and the prefect of Qingzhou were dazzled by the sight. There were pearls of all sizes, piled up in piles. The smallest pearl was about the size of a person's thumb.

This size was extremely rare in ancient times, but this pearl does not look that shiny. Instead, it is very full and round, as if it was naturally grown.

They looked at these round pearls and thought they were very beautiful.

In fact, although such pearls are not so shiny, they are very round and can be sold at a high price.

They turned around and asked Bai Lu: "I wonder how much this pearl, which is as big as two thumbs, will cost?"

Bai Lu smiled and said, "The things in the Treasure Pavilion are all from the Western Regions, or they are some of the inventory in my house. We won't be going to the Western Regions for the time being, so there are only the current supplies in the Bai Family Treasure Pavilion. There are still some in the warehouse, and they will probably only be sold for a while. So, the price is relatively expensive. We want 100 taels of silver for one of these big pearls."

"100 taels of silver? Is that expensive?"

When they heard that one pearl cost 100 taels of silver, they immediately jumped up and said to Bai Lu, "You know, a pearl that is only half the size of a thumb, if it is better quality and rounder, it will also cost 100 taels of silver. A pearl as big as yours is the size of two thumbs, and it only costs 100 taels of silver. It's really too cheap! Give me a few, and it's also okay if you want limited quantities!"

Bai Lu smiled and waved her hand, then immediately asked the shopkeepers and servants to help serve these wealthy businessmen.

Then, the Qingzhou governor picked up a piece of crystal stone next to him. It was irregular in shape and did not look like it had been carefully carved.

For example, the stones inlaid on the Bai family's carriage were carefully carved.

This type of business is to directly sell raw materials, and then let the merchants below use these crystal stones to make various things.

The governor of Qingzhou asked Bai Lu curiously, "How much is this crystal stone?"

Looking at the crystal in the hands of the Qingzhou governor, Bai Lu responded, "This kind of crystal is very expensive, and there are only a few pieces in total. It is much more expensive than those pearls. The piece in your hand is about the size of a fist, and it costs 1200 taels of silver."

Bai Lu thought that she had bought these from the system mall for 20 cents each, and she felt guilty for a moment.

Then the Qingzhou governor looked excited and said to Bai Lu with a smile: "Then I'll buy it!"

"It's only 1200 taels of silver! My God, if such a large crystal stone is broken into pieces, how many pieces of jewelry can be made?!"

"???"

"!!!"

Bai Lu almost fell down.

At this time, Bai Qingze pointed at two diamonds and asked Bai Lu, "How much are these two stones?"

Seeing the diamond sparkling brightly, even brighter than the crystal next to it, these wealthy businessmen and the prefect of Qingzhou all came over, listening attentively with sparkling eyes.

Bai Lu then slowly said, "These two stones are called diamonds. The one on the left is only the size of a little finger. It is cheaper and costs 1000 taels of silver. The one next to it is twice as expensive. This one is more expensive and costs 2000 taels of silver."

"Look, the craftsmanship of this diamond is very delicate. It has 72 facets and it is so big... It would be a great deal if I took it back and kept it as a heirloom."