A few more days passed in the blink of an eye.

Since the last meeting, Zhu Shencone has summarized and sorted out the information he collected, and after careful consideration, he decided that it would be more appropriate to start from within the Liu family.

Since you want to do this, you have to figure out the situation of the Liu family, and the more detailed the information gathered, the better.

But it is not so easy to do this, some ordinary news does not sound difficult, but it is difficult to figure out the internal information of the Liu family, and it is difficult to meet Zhu Shencone's requirements.

In the past few days, Zhu Minfeng and the three of them have been doing this, but the effect is not great, after all, some news in Liu's mansion is difficult for outsiders to know.

On this day, Zhu Shencone got up early and went out after practicing boxing in the courtyard, anyway, he had nothing to do, so he simply went to Liu's mansion today.

Walking in the car, Zhu Shencone took a while to get to the place, and the location of Liu's Mansion and Zhu Shencone's courtyard were half of Pingyang Mansion, and the distance between them was not close.

This is also very normal, after Lao Zhu established the Ming Dynasty, he divided the people into the four people of Shinong, industry and commerce, in addition to the military households, artisan households, lowly registrations and so on.

According to Lao Zhu's hierarchy, merchants, that is, merchants, belong to the lowest category of the four people, only better than lowly people.

In the early years, the Ming Dynasty also made strict regulations on merchants, the residence, clothing, etc. of merchants must be distinguished, and the political status of merchants is very low, even if you have money in your family, you can't wear silk clothes, let alone officials.

However, these rules were set in the early Ming Dynasty, and it has been more than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and many of the rules established by Lao Zhu have long been taken seriously.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the rule that merchants could not be officials was broken by the policy that the children of merchants could participate in the imperial examinations, and the families of officials were even more likely to do business. During the Wanli period, merchants in silk clothes abounded, where else would anyone care about this?

But even so, the restrictions on merchants cannot be said to be completely relaxed, and the residence of merchants is one point.

If you're out of town, it doesn't matter, no one cares how you want to live, and it's no problem to build a manor. But in the city, especially in a prefecture like Binh Duong, there is still a lot of attention to these.

Zhu Shencone is a clan, and the identity of the clan is naturally noble, and among the four people of Shinong, industry and commerce, the status of the clan is higher than that of scholars.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the residences in the city are also divided into areas according to this level, so the areas where Zhu Shencone and his clans live are different from those where ordinary people live. In terms of the division of later generations, it is the difference between high-end communities and ordinary communities.

Old Beijingers know that there is a difference between the south city and the north city, as well as the difference between the east city and the west city. Where the dignitaries live, and where the ordinary people live, these divisions are very clear, and the same is true for Pingyang Mansion.

Just like Zhu Shen's house, even if it is broken, the place where he lives is still the best area in Binh Duong Province. And Liu Shancheng's family, no matter how rich they are, it is impossible to move the yard to the area where Zhu Shencone and them live, and they can only build a house in the urban area where ordinary people live.

For this side, Zhu Shencone doesn't come much, because this is not the scope of his regular activities. However, they are all in Pingyang City, and Zhu Shencone is no stranger here, plus Liu Shancheng is quite famous in Pingyang, so it is easy to find the location of Liu's mansion.

When I arrived at the place, although it was more chaotic than Zhu Shen's residence, it was also more popular.

The rules of ordinary people are not as particular as those of the clan and dignitaries, as ordinary people are comfortable, how to come, plus the people of Jingshi are nothing more than running around for life every day, and it is very lively here early in the morning, and all kinds of people can be seen coming and going.

The location of Liu's house is here, and the area of Liu's courtyard is not small, compared to Zhu Shencone's courtyard, it can't be compared at all.

The entire Liu family occupies almost half of the territory here, and the high-walled compound looks quite magnificent. If it weren't for the fact that the Liu family was a merchant's house, and the mansion included the gate and door wall were restricted, it might not be the first time that people who didn't know would have thought that this was the mansion of that adult.

The main entrance of the Liu family is closed on weekdays, and it is impossible to see what it looks like behind the high wall outside. A small door on the side was open, and from time to time the servants of the Liu family came in and out.

Whether Liu Shancheng's family is at home or not, these are unknown, and if you want to know, you have to come to the door in person. However, Zhu Shencone didn't have this plan, although he could come to the door in the name of the clan, but he didn't have this idea at all, he wanted to investigate Liu Shancheng to target the Liu family, but he didn't want to show his face in front of the master of the Liu family.

Thinking about the Liu family, he had to rub it secretly, and Zhu Shencone and Zhu Minfeng had carefully explained this request. What's more, although the status of their clan is not low, the imperial court is also strictly restricted, and it is also a trouble for the clan to go to the merchant's house and be known by the magistrate.

Walking around the high wall of Liu's house, Zhu Shencone really felt a little emotional. This Liu family is really a big dog, not to mention the rest, just this Liu house is not simple from the outside.

It is not an exaggeration to call the Liu Mansion, which occupies half of the street, the door of the mansion, as for the inside, although Zhu Shencone has not seen it, he can also imagine the luxury and grandeur inside the Liu Mansion, all of which are piled up with silver, where can ordinary people have this condition?

Not to mention Zhu Shen's family, I'm afraid that the general's mansion of Zhu Minfan, the auxiliary general, is not as good as it.

The area of Liu's Mansion seems to be larger than that of the General's Mansion, even if it is not as good as the location of the General's Mansion because of the location, but in terms of wealth, Liu Shancheng must be richer.

Zhu Minfan relies on Zuyin, and has the most wealth in the clan of Pingyang Mansion, with shops in the city and a lot of real estate outside the city. But the Liu family is a wealthy family, where can the money from shop rent and farming be compared with doing business? Not to mention that the Liu family is still engaged in smuggling business.

How big the profit of this smuggling is, Zhu Shencone, who took salt himself, knows very well, and the income he gets from a trip is probably far more than that of the General's Mansion for a year, and the two cannot be compared at all.

After a circle, return to the main entrance of Liu's house.

On the other side of Liu's house, there are high-walled compounds, while on the other side of the street are ordinary houses and shops.

The street opposite Liu's house is very lively, there are a lot of people coming and going, and the business of several shops looks good.

The shops here are not big, after all, this area is full of ordinary people, and the shops are just ordinary things.

Along the way, after going around again, Zhu Shencone was also a little tired, just a fragrance came along the wind, Zhu Shencone glanced over there, and saw that one of the shops was very lively, and many people were sitting and eating, so they walked in that direction.

When I got closer, I saw that ordinary people were eating breakfast, and the food was very simple, nothing more than freshly baked cakes or something. In addition, this shop is a workshop that sells tofu, and at this time, it happens to supply bean curd, so he gnawed on the cake with the bean curd, and smelled the aroma again, Zhu Shencong, who had not had breakfast today, suddenly became a little hungry.

As soon as he found a vacant seat and sat down, a young man greeted Zhu Shencone warmly.

"What do you use, old guest? In our shop, we have freshly made bean curd and soy milk today, as well as freshly baked cakes from the neighborhood next door....... ”

"Let's have a bowl of bean curd and add a piece of cake." Zhu Shencone said casually.

"Okay! Wait a minute. The young man hurriedly answered, and after a while he brought bean curd and cakes.

Needless to say, this cake is fragrant when it is just baked, and it is sprinkled with sesame seeds on it, and it smells very good. As for the bean curd, it is full of bowls, and there are braised seeds sprinkled with green onions, white bean curd, black braised seeds, plus green green onions and red spicy seeds, which are appetizing to watch.

The young man put the things in front of Zhu Shenchong, and then said that there were seasonings on the table, if Zhu Shenchong felt that it was not suitable for saltiness, he could add it himself, and he would just greet him if he had any other needs.

Zhu Shencone nodded to indicate that he knew, and the young man smiled and asked him to use it slowly, and then he was busy greeting the other guests.

Reach out and pick up the cake, tear off a slice and put it in your mouth, although this cake is not a white flour cake, but it is also very fragrant to eat. Then I tasted a mouthful of bean curd, and after a bite, Zhu Shencone's eyebrows rose, and the cake was forgotten, but this bean curd was very good, it can be said that Zhu Shencone had eaten the best bean curd.

The seasoning in the bean curd is ordinary, but the taste of this bean curd is different. Generally speaking, the bean curd has a strong beany smell, and once the heat is not well grasped when boiling, it will have a bit of a burnt taste.

But this bowl of bean curd is not ordinary, the bean smell is very light, and there is no burnt smell, the craftsmanship of the marinade is excellent, the bean curd is not old and not too tender, it is very delicate to eat in the mouth, the slippery taste is sucked into the stomach, and there is a trace of sweet fragrance in the aftertaste.

A bowl of bean curd, Zhu Shencone who ate it smiled, it was the first time he knew that there was such a shop selling bean curd in Pingyang Mansion. After eating, Zhu Shencone was still a little unsatisfied, stretched out his hand to greet the man, pointed to the empty bowl and asked him to have another bowl.