Pei Mingli's movements were very fast, and in just about an hour, he had found 20,000 free labor for the cement workshop to be expanded.

Compared with the purely mechanized factories in later generations, manpower is the primary productive force in this era. With the joining of these 20,000 people, Xi Yunfei will be much easier whether it is building a new village or building roads and bridges.

When Pei Mingli found Xi Yunfei, Mu Ziyi was rectifying the Drama Academy. After all, some mouse shit were fired, the Drama Academy, which was originally full of staff, was lacking in teaching.

"Mingli, which brothel in Shuofang West City is more powerful, find a few to help Ziyi."

Xi Yunfei walked in front and casually gave Pei Mingli, who was reporting work behind him.

"There are also the girls who have just been sent to the army to check their past."

Pei Mingli nodded, picked up a charcoal pen and recorded the matter one by one in his notebook. This is a habit I learned from Ma Zhou. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen.

"Do you have any other instructions?"

Xi Yunfei shook his head: "It's gone, let's go to the banquet first. I should give some benefits. We can't just eat but not give it to you."

Pei Mingli nodded respectfully and walked towards the restaurant with Xi Yunfei.

As for why he asked him to check the origins of those girls, Pei Mingli would not ask. Since Xi Yunfei had arrangements, he would try his best to dig. If he found out that those girls were really bad for Xi Yunfei or the people around him, Pei Mingli would not mind giving them a few ruthless things.

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As the former capital, Shuofang West City is larger and more prosperous than Shuofang East City. However, that was before, and today's Shuofang East City is many times more lively than here.

The largest restaurant in Shuofang West City is Yangliuqing. You can tell that it is Yang's industry by the name.

As the host, Mr. Yang and his two sons have been waiting for a long time.

Cao Gang and his sons were also waiting aside, and then the second row was the heads of some small and medium-sized families.

Xi Yunfei and the elderly Yang Gong and Cao Gang each exchanged a few greetings, and the group walked into the restaurant in a mighty manner.

After reaching the large private room on the third floor, Xi Yunfei sat down in the main seat without hesitation.

Wine is good wine, and vegetables are good dishes.

Although Shuofang West City is not as prosperous as the East City, the level of wine and food is similar.

After drinking and eating, Xi Yunfei wiped his hands with a hot towel and said with a smile: "The expansion of the cement workshop has made you worry."

When Mr. Yang and Cao Gang saw Xi Yunfei going to talk about business, they hurriedly put down their wine glasses and bowls and chopsticks, and put the flattering words in their mouths into their stomachs.

"My husband is just a joking job. If it weren't for the busy farming work now, I would have collected more people."

"Haha, Mr. Yang is polite. Five thousand people are no longer a small number. And you are always right. Food is the most important thing for people. At present, agriculture, animal husbandry and farming are important moments. If the expansion of the cement yard is affected, then I will be a great sin."

"Great charity, it's great that my husband can understand. I'm going to wish you a cup."

As he said that, he didn't care whether Xi Yunfei drank or not. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all, but he couldn't tell that he was already in his early seventies.

Cao Gang and Pei Mingli looked at each other, and the latter shook his head slightly at him. It was best not to interrupt at this time, because Xi Yunfei hated someone interrupting him, so he deliberately tried to get close to him.

Sure enough, Xi Yunfei did not give Yang Gong a face. He smiled and watched him finish the drink, and then continued: "I believe you all know what it is for, so I won't say much nonsense. Today I have prepared some careful considerations, just to thank you for your support to the Chamber of Commerce over the past few months."

After a pause, Xi Yunfei glanced around and finally stopped at Wang Dahui who was waiting on one side.

Wang Dahui understood and slapped his hands hard.

The door was pushed open, and then large objects covered with red cloth were moved in by the guard team. Judging from their difficult expressions, these things were probably not light. They stepped on the floor and the wooden boards even made a creaking and creaking sound.

"This is?"

Mr. Yang stood up and observed with some curiosity, but the red cloth was well wrapped and could not see clearly what was inside.

Xi Yunfei did not explain, but stood up with the table, walked around the wine table with a smile, walked to the first piece of red cloth, and lifted it hard...

"These are five oil presses. You can operate by asking someone to step on the pedal. The oil yield rate is more than five times that of ordinary manual labor. If there is sufficient materials, it is not a problem to produce hundreds of stones of oil every day."

“Oil press?”

Many people were confused when they looked at the iron lumps in front of them. Of course, some of them knew what they knew. Several of them were in the grain business and looked at the five oil presses and seemed to see gold. The oil prices in this era are not cheap.

Xi Yunfei said to Yang Gong and Cao Gang who were walking over: "You have been using sesame oil before, but the cost of sesame oil is still too high. In the future, I suggest you use soybeans, that is, beans, to squeeze oil. If you are interested, after a while, you can go to Shuofang Dongcheng to see the output of rapeseed oil, which is the real huge profit."

"This oil press?" The Yang family does not have as large a ranch as Caojiabao. Unlike Caojiabao, they rely more on farming, so Mr. Yang is well aware of the value of these five oil presses.

Cao Gang was not stupid either. Knowing that the things Xi Yunfei sent were definitely not simple, he hurriedly stood up: "Langjun is so polite. My Caojiabao just responded to the call of Director Tian and planted nearly 10,000 acres of rapeseed flowers. Hahaha, I didn't expect Langjun to give this magical artifact to Cao. I am so grateful."

"You..." Mr. Yang didn't expect that Cao Gang was so thick-skinned and frowned slightly. He was about to say that he had a share of the oil press, so he heard Xi Yunfei say, "Don't worry about this. You two families will take one of them and share the other three with others. Of course, if you have the ability to imitate, I won't mind."

When Mr. Yang heard this, he was stunned at first, and then his hands were trembling with excitement: "What Mr. Lang said is true?"

Xi Yunfei knew what he was concerned about and nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, if your Yang family can really imitate it, I will give you 10,000 acres of rapeseed seeds for free."

"Hahaha, my husband is really generous, okay, I will definitely not disappoint my husband."

Xi Yunfei just smiled when he heard this. It would be great to imitate it. I am afraid that the craftsmen in your family will be autistic. Just don’t blame me the other way around. After all, although the oil press is simple in structure, there are some parts that cannot be created in this era.

The things were given, the favors were bribed, and the matter was basically done.

When Xi Yunfei returned to the university town, he found Mu Ziyi waiting for him at the door of his room.

"Why don't you sleep so late?"

Xi Yunfei took off his coat as he took it, and Mu Ziyi took it easy and hung it on the screen beside him.

There was a bowl of steaming sober soup on the tea table. Xi Yunfei sat down and picked it up and drank most of it.

Mu Ziyi stood quietly beside him, watching Xi Yunfei's increasingly mature side face, feeling a little at a loss.

"What's wrong? I have something on my face?" Xi Yunfei looked up at her, reached out and touched his cheek.

Mu Ziyi bit her lower lip, her eyebrows and eyes frowned slightly, and she looked cute and eager to speak but stopped.

Seeing her so cute and silly, Xi Yunfei felt funny, but he still looked at her with a puzzled expression on his face.

Mu Ziyi finally couldn't hold it in and asked softly: "Don't you ask me anything?"

Xi Yunfei raised his eyebrows. In fact, he was a little curious at first, otherwise he wouldn't have asked Pei Mingli to investigate the girls who were sent to the army by Mu Ziyi. But when he saw the sorrow between Mu Ziyi's eyebrows, he suddenly felt that he had done nothing.

He stood up with a smile, reached out and touched Mu Ziyi's cheek as big as a palm: "Why should I ask, did you do something that is sorry for me?"

"I don't!" Mu Ziyi shook her head quickly, then lowered her head shyly, and said in a voice like a mosquito and flies: "I'm still clean, don't believe you can test it... test it!"
Chapter completed!