Xiao Mo only hated how he had known such an old man Han in the first place, and now this old man treats the restaurant all day long as his home, eating and drinking for nothing, one person can eat three people's food, not to mention, and he likes to destroy his reputation with gods.

Of course, Wang Ziyao will definitely not spread this matter, Xiao Mo has known that this eldest lady of the Wang family is very cold and arrogant since he met Wang Ziyao.

So as long as Xiao Mo blocks Wang Zhiming's big mouth, this matter will not have any impact.

However, at this time, Xiao Mo took advantage of Wang Ziyao's presence, and Old Man Han seemed to be in a good mood, so Xiao Mo decided to use the curfew to touch Old Man Han's bottom first.

Xiao Mo first touched Xiaobai's head, and then said to Old Man Han: "I said that you, the old man, eat and drink for nothing all day long, and you are idle, do you have something to discuss with you?" ”

Old man Han heard Xiao Mo's words and said with a smile: "Yo! It's rare for you stinky boy to have something to ask my old man, so let's hear it first. ”

Xiao Mo nodded and said: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that my restaurant is about to open, and if you want to create a fairy-like effect, it's best to do it at night."

It's just that the curfew is very strict this night, and I can't carry out this plan at all. So I was going to find Luoyang Lingyi after the Dragon Boat Festival beat the drum and picked the flowers, and temporarily lifted the curfew in Luodu for one night on the grounds of organizing a cultural meeting. Because at that time, Luodu had a garrison to defend the city, so the lifting of the curfew would not cause any trouble.

It's just that when the time comes, you can trouble the old man, you can accompany me to see Luoyang Lingyi. ”

Old man Han heard Xiao Mo's words, frowned and touched his scum, and said, "What do you mean to ask the old man, I will accompany you to the official mansion to see Luoyang Ling Yin?" This idea should have been given to you by Yao'er girl, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have asked the old man for me. ”

Xiao Mo waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter who came up with the idea, the important thing is whether you accompany me or not, you can't just eat and do nothing, right?" ”

Old man Han said very simply: "If you go to the official mansion, I will definitely not go to the old man, you kid should find someone else." ”

Xiao Mo couldn't help but say disdainfully: "I said, you old man is a lot of age, and you can be regarded as a veteran who has been on the battlefield, and you haven't done anything wrong, why did you get intimidated when you mentioned the government?" ”

Old man Han said lightly: "You don't have to worry about this, as for the curfew, I can't help it, old man, you better find someone else to do it with you." ”

Xiao Mo said speechlessly: "Looking for someone else? Who do I know? If I knew everyone and had a friendship, I would just go directly to the current saint, and he would solve this matter for me with a stroke of his pen. Is it just possible? ”

Old man Han actually nodded and said, "That makes sense!" You kid can really go to Your Majesty, as long as you are willing to go back to the Xiao family, as Xiao Ge Lao, it is not difficult to take you to meet Your Majesty, as for whether Your Majesty agrees to temporarily lift the curfew, it depends on your own ability. ”

Xiao Mo listened to Old Man Han's words, and then he understood, it seems that his status as a cheap grandfather is not low. But that has nothing to do with me, okay.

Xiao Mo was a little anxious and said, "Didn't you old man make it clear that you opened your eyes and said nonsense, Xiao family?" Which Xiao family? I have a mother but no father, and I have no relatives, how can I go back and forth to the Xiao family? Why are you so unreliable, old man? ”

Seeing this, Old Man Han spread his hands and said, "Then there is no way, I can't help you, old man." Besides, you stinky boy can't just go to the government by yourself. ”

Xiao Mo rolled his eyes and said: "As the saying goes, if there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, how can you become a family with an old man like this?" ”

Old man Han was silent for a while and said, "It's not impossible if you really want the old man to help you." There are indeed two urgent things at the moment, if you kid can do either of these two things, then the old man will take care of the curfew, and even if the old man can't do it, I will let my uncompetitive son do it for you.

If these two things are done, let alone after the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be no problem even if the curfew is lifted immediately! ”

Xiao Mo knew that this old man had a son, but Xiao Mo had never seen it, and now that this old man was talking so much, then the two things mentioned were definitely not simple.

Xiao Mo asked tentatively: "Let's talk about something first, and then talk about whether I agree or not." ”

Old man Han said with a rare seriousness: "Recently, many places in Dasui have suffered from a major drought, although it is still only the early stage, but if it goes on like this, there will be no harvest after autumn, and hundreds of people will starve to death." More importantly, the north and the Turks were in a fierce war, and a lack of food and grass after autumn would be fatal.

Although His Majesty has personally Qi Yu many times and issued an edict against himself, it has no effect. You kid has swam through the fairy palace, and there are many ghost ideas, I wonder if you can know the secret method of praying for rain? This prayer for rain is one of them.

Another thing is much simpler, now that the empire has just been built, and the north is fighting fiercely, the treasury is seriously insufficient. As long as you kid can make up the military expenses after the autumn, it's not much, it's 300,000 yuan, and after the opening of your restaurant, it's definitely a daily income, and 300,000 copper is nothing to you.

Whichever of these two things you kid does, then the curfew is not a problem. ”

Xiao Mo had only one thought in his mind after hearing these words, this old man was probably crazy.

Xiao Mo didn't know about military spending, but it was indeed recorded in history in his memory that the Great Sui Emperor suffered a continuous drought in the third year of his reign, and Yang Jian personally rained many times, which should be the beginning of the great drought.

But the record of this drought in the history in Xiao Mo's memory is just a passing pass, and there is no mention of any serious consequences at all. Xiao Mo really didn't expect that the actual situation would be like this.

Just let Xiao Mo pray for rain, isn't that? Xiao Mo is not an immortal, how could he do such a thing that does not conform to scientific logic?

Xiao Mo almost howled and said, "Are you crazy old man?!" Qi Yu, is that kind of thing I can do? Sleepwalking in Asgard doesn't mean I've become a fairy! Do you old man think I'm the Monkey King? Know the Dragon King of the East China Sea? Just ask it to come and sneeze a few times?

And the military spending is even more unreliable, 300,000 yuan? That's 300 million coppers! 300,000 taels of silver! Equivalent to a weight of fifteen tons! I want 300,000 copper, and I still open a fart restaurant!? That's fifteen tons of silver, I can build a building out of silver, and I just lie on the silver mountain every day and eat until I die. What else to worry about?

For the sake of a curfew, you actually want to do these two things, I promise you that I am crazy! It's really not good, I'll wait until Tanabata to open again! ”

After Xiao Mo said this, even Wang Ziyao on the side nodded and said: "Old man, what Xiao Mo said is indeed true, the two things you always said, if they are done to benefit the country and the people, it will be a great good thing!" But this kind of thing is not something that can be done by one person. ”

Old man Han waved his hand and smiled: "Old man, I'm just kidding, this stinky boy has a lot of ideas, maybe there are some ways, even if he can come up with some ideas, it's good." Now it seems that it is an old man, I think too much. Ahaha, you talk, you talk, old man, I'll go first. ”

Old man Han raised his feet and walked out as he spoke, and when he was about to walk out of the door, Xiao Mo, who was howling on the side, seemed to think of something.

Xiao Mo suddenly called out to Old Man Han and said, "Wait! The two things you said are not completely impossible, old man. ”

Old man Han was already taking a step forward, and he was about to walk to the door at this moment, but at the moment when Xiao Mo finished saying this, Old Man Han suddenly arrived in front of Xiao Mo. Two hands tightly grasped Xiao Mo's shoulders.

Xiao Mo was shocked at first, and he didn't see how Old Man Han got in front of him at all. That's a few meters away.

Then Xiao Mo just showed a look of pain on his face, and the strength of this old man's hand was inevitably too great.

Old man Han said with a serious and vicious face: "You stinky boy are serious? Not kidding me? You have to think about it clearly, but don't be too long! ”

Xiao Mo said with a discounted mouth: "Tap and tap, if you have something to say, you have something to say!" My shoulder is almost no longer mine! ”

When Old Man Han heard this, he changed to grabbing Xiao Mo's clothes with one hand and bringing Xiao Mo in front of him.

"Stinky boy, tell me quickly, is there a way in the end, if you take this matter as a child's play, don't blame the old man for not talking about friendship."

"I don't know Qi Yu's magical tricks, but I've seen artificial rain! I don't have military spending, but there are many rich people in this world, so it's okay to let them pay for it. ”

"What nonsense are you kid? What is artificial rain? Do rich people want you to say more! If there is a way to let them pay for it, it has long been used, but which of these powerful families is easy to bully? Dare you stinky boy tricking me? ”

"Hey, don't do it, you're still so rough at your age. Just because you old man don't understand doesn't mean there is no way! I'm serious! ”

Old man Han also slowly let go of his hand when he heard this, and stared at Xiao Mo with a serious face, which means that if you kid don't give an explanation, you will suffer it.

Xiao Mo grinned and rubbed his shoulders while opening his mouth and said, "Qi Yu's matter involves the secret art of the Immortal Palace, and you old man still don't know about it." But after all, it was in the mortal world, and Qi Yu could not achieve the same effect as the Immortal Palace. I don't have any Taoism at all, so I can only rely on the right time and place and external objects, so only in places with high mountains can I get the rain smoothly. You old man, don't think that Qi Yu can be everywhere, it's not possible! ”

Xiao Mo was obviously full of flickering and nonsense, but Old Man Han actually listened to it seriously, and even Wang Ziyao kept nodding while listening. It seems that this secret method of Asgard should be like this.

In fact, Xiao Mo didn't really know how to rain, but Xiao Mo thought of the artificial rain in the future. In the later generations, artificial rainfall first needed to have clouds, and then by aircraft or ground shooting, some special substances were dispersed into the clouds, and cloud reactions were generated to achieve the effect of rainfall.

Xiao Moke didn't know what those special substances were, but there was one thing that could achieve the same effect of artificial rainfall, and that thing was salt powder. Xiao Mo remembered such a method of artificial rainfall when he was in school, although the effect may be worse, but the salt powder does have a very good artificial rainfall effect after hitting the clouds.

And salt, although precious in this era, is not lacking, at least compared to the great drought, such a price is insignificant.

And the reason why Xiao Mo chose Qiyu in the high mountains was because only then could Xiao Mo send salt powder into the clouds.

There were already clouds and mist on the high mountain, plus the gunpowder that Xiao Mo was about to make. When the time comes, some strongholds will be arranged on the top of the mountain range, and then the salt powder will be sent into the clouds with special large-scale fireworks, and the fireworks will explode to scatter the salt powder into the clouds, so as to achieve the effect of artificial rainfall. Although Xiao Mo didn't know the actual effect, the method was correct.

However, Xiao Moke would not tell Old Man Han the scientific principles here. I only felt that only by flickering the old man in front of me could I relieve my anger.