With Cui Wendong's annoying look, Zhang Heming thought he would get beaten sooner or later, but he didn't expect the beating to come so quickly.

Comfortable!

Zhang Heming was very pleased, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he was distressed, "What happened to Master Cui? What happened?"

"Last night, I was returning home from Ke Lai Xiang Restaurant and was attacked by thieves while passing through an alley."

Cui Wendong said angrily, "How could there be a thief in this world so bold that he dared to beat me? Prefect Zhang must do his best to capture the thief and execute him by slow slicing!"

Zhang Heming touched his nose when he heard this.

According to the laws of the time, anyone who beats and injures others must compensate the other party for medical expenses and losses. In addition, the government will order him to be beaten with forty sticks and fined twenty taels of silver. If the circumstances are serious, he will be sentenced to hard labor for six months to two years.

Lingchi execution...

Wow, you’re so bold.

Seeing that Zhang Heming did not respond, Cui Wendong was immediately displeased, "Does Magistrate Zhang think this is not a big deal? Humph, in this dignified Changzhou Prefecture, where there is a bright and clear world, there is actually a case of beating others in the street. I really don't know how Magistrate Zhang is an official and how he governs the place!"

"This young master has suffered such a great crime this time, but Magistrate Zhang didn't care at all. It can be seen that Magistrate Zhang must be lazy and slack in his work and doesn't do any serious work! It seems that this young master needs to write a letter to my father at home to explain this matter!"

"By then, Magistrate Zhang will probably know what to do!" Cui Wendong shouted angrily and glared at Zhang Heming.

Zhang Heming saw this and chuckled.

Is this threatening him?

Do you really think that he is the prefect of Changzhou City for nothing?

Not to mention that he was a prefect and a fourth-rank official, but he was entrusted with the management of Changzhou City, a city that had just been pacified and was in chaos everywhere. Didn't he think about the reason?
You, Cui Wendong, are just a bastard of the Cui family. You act so arrogantly and domineeringly outside. It is obvious that the Cui family's education is not up to standard and has already gone downhill.

Zhang Heming glanced at Cui Wendong and said quietly, "Mr. Cui, everything requires evidence. Mr. Cui said that he was beaten. What evidence do you have? How do you prove it?"

Cui Wendong didn't expect Zhang Heming to say such a thing. He was stunned for a moment and answered subconsciously, "I am covered in wounds. How can Governor Zhang ask me to prove it? Could it be that Governor Zhang thinks that my wounds are fake?"

"This injury is indeed not fake, but Master Cui keeps saying that this injury was caused by a beating. Do you have any evidence?"

Zhang Heming said, "If Mr. Cui just had a dispute with his family members and got hurt, and he couldn't be held responsible but was still angry, he came to my government office and lied a lot, causing a lot of trouble for our Changzhou government office, and he also wanted to slander me, the prefect."

"Then I would like to ask Master Cui what is the reason and what is the purpose? Master Cui just said that he wanted to write a letter to the head of the Cui family. It just so happens that I have the same idea. Regardless of whether Master Cui will write back or not, I must write a letter to inform the head of the Cui family and question how the Cui family disciplines their children and allows the children of the Cui family to slander the officials of the court!"

Zhang Heming was born with a tall stature and a majestic presence. He usually looked amiable because he always had a smile on his face. But at this moment, his face was full of anger, which made him look even more serious and frightening.

Cui Wendong couldn't help but shrink his neck.

The Cui family is now supporting the second prince. In order to win over the power of the court, they often care a lot about their reputation, especially their reputation in the court. If this ignorant Zhang Heming talks nonsense in the letter, I am afraid that even if what he said is not true, his father will be unhappy.

Then the status he had worked so hard to gain in front of his father would be gone.

This made Cui Wendong a little worried, and his previous arrogance disappeared immediately.

Cui Wendong didn't want to argue with Zhang Heming anymore, so he wanted to leave, but he felt embarrassed, so he just said "We'll see!" and left in a hurry. Seeing Cui Wendong fleeing, Zhang Heming snorted coldly and spat on the ground.

You bastard, you really think you're a dish!

If you stick two green onions on a pig's nose, does it think it is an elephant?

You deserve to be beaten like this!

Zhang Heming cursed for a long time, but still felt unsatisfied, so he simply raised his hand and called his subordinates over and whispered some instructions to them.

The servant frowned upon hearing this, "Is this really necessary? If this matter were to get out, would others think that you are... a little too bandit-like?"

"I'm not a good person anyway!" Zhang Heming disagreed and said, "Do it a few more times!"

This is enough to vent!
When the servant heard his master speak, he said no more and just followed the instructions and went out of the back corner door of the government office.

After Cui Wendong walked out of the government office cursing, he headed straight for Qinglian Villa.

Before it reached the door, the carriage was stopped by a group of people.

Those people covered their faces with black scarves and were very agile. After stopping the carriage, they quickly pulled Cui Wendong off the carriage and pressed him to the ground...

In broad daylight, Cui Wendong was once again covered in bruises.
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After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the mooncake selling business ends.

The business of Yippin Guo and Xia Ji is as usual and is basically back on track.

Xia Mingyue and Manager Fu discussed the current status of all Xia’s businesses, explored solutions to the various deficiencies, and then made corresponding adjustments.

After two days of busy work, Xia Mingyue received three trucks of fruit.

The fruits were delivered by Guo Kanglai from the orchard. They were all freshly picked apples, autumn peaches, duck pears, autumn grapes, pomegranates, etc.

The car was filled to the brim with huge quantities of fruits, and each one was carefully selected by Guo Kanglai, with excellent quality.

Apples are sweet and sour, autumn peaches are crisp, duck pears are juicy and without residue, and autumn grapes are large and thin-skinned...

After tasting each one, Xia Mingyue found them delicious and couldn't stop praising them, "These fruits are very delicious. Manager Guo, thank you for your hard work."

"It's all my duty." Guo Kanglai spoke modestly, but thinking of the bumper fruit harvest this autumn and the good overall profit of the orchard, he couldn't help feeling a little proud. He only reported the income status of this period to Xia Mingyue.

"In addition to the income from the fruit, I also earned a lot of money from entertaining guests and selling lotus roots, chickens, ducks, geese, fish, etc. A rough calculation shows that I can make nearly 200 taels of silver this year!"

Although two hundred taels of silver is nothing compared to Xia Ji’s other businesses, compared to the principal used to purchase the orchard, this rate of return is already very good.

Moreover, fixed assets such as orchards have much longer-term benefits than running a day-to-day grocery store.

In short, this orchard investment is very suitable and worthwhile!

Xia Mingyue was happy, and she did not forget to give credit to Guo Kanglai and his crew. (End of this chapter)