Is this really good?

In Guo Peng's opinion, the answer to this question is absolute.

So Guo Peng sat up and looked at Cao Lan.

"Because there are many things that only I know and only I can do. If anyone else can't do it, I must do it. Alan, do you understand what I mean? I must do it successfully."

"I am a woman. I don't know what to do with these things, nor do I know how to do the best. I just hope you don't feel so tired."

Cao Lan looked at Guo Peng with distress: "Penglang, have you not noticed it? Your temples already have white hair."

Cao Lan reached out to caress Guo Peng's temples.

Guo Peng was slightly stunned, then got out of bed, came to the bronze mirror used by Cao Lan to dress up, and took a look at it.

As expected, you can see white hair on the sideburns.

Cao Lan followed Guo Peng and hugged Guo Peng's neck with both hands.

"Stop being so tired anymore, okay? Penglang, your body is so strong, and your white hair is all tired. You are struggling with the people of the world. You plot everyone tightly, and you will never turn over... This will exhaust you!"

Guo Peng was silent in front of the bronze mirror for a long time.

Until he heard Cao Lan's low sob.

Taking a deep breath, he reached out and grabbed Cao Lan's wrist.

"Alan, I promise you that when I can't hold on, I will abdicate and hand over the throne to Ajin. I will not sit on the throne until death, but as long as I still have the energy to be an emperor, I will continue to do it.

I want to take advantage of my energy and I can still support myself, do everything I can do until I can never reverse it, and then I will abdicate and I will not be the emperor. I will always be with you and your family, okay?"

Cao Lan stopped sobbing, but just nodded vigorously, then continued to hold Guo Peng's neck and buried her face deeply in her arms.

Looking at the self in the mirror who was completely immersed in the past, Guo Peng felt the passage of time and the inevitable fate of mankind.

There is not much time left.

There is not much time left for him to change the times.

In a limited time, he must prepare everything and leave Guo Jin with a stable and sustainable development stall, so that he can successfully inherit the throne and take power.

Otherwise, he would really die with his eyes open.

Now that we have come here, how can we stop moving?

Time has not left a mark on him—

His skin is no longer elastic, no longer shiny, his eyes are no longer bright and clear, but slightly turbid, his youthful appearance has gone away from him, leaving him with a body that is gradually losing vitality.

He smiled self-deprecatingly.

The young man who was passionate and passionate in the past was no longer there.

Now living is a scheming politician and a trader who retreats behind the scenes.

Even so, he will not stop fighting.

The battle belonging to him is far from enough to take a little rest.

He still has to continue fighting.

For this country he has worked hard to build.

Give me a little more time and a little more energy, I can’t lie down and rest!

In a place where Cao Lan couldn't see, Guo Peng clenched his fist, and the flames of fighting in his heart did not weaken at all.

The war in the Western Regions is urgent and must start. It must be done when his energy is still able to cope with it, and not be too tired.

On the first day of May of the eighth year of Yande, Guo Peng personally visited the Staff Platform and began to fully understand the efforts made by the Staff Platform, Linzi Camp and the military in the Western Regions over the years.

From the fourth year of Yande to the current situation, almost four years have passed. The civil war that year injured Wusun's vitality. Wusun lost half of its population and its army could no longer confront the Western Regions garrison of the Wei Empire and lost its threat.

The rest of the Western Regions countries could not confront the Wei army. They could only fight the war, and the Wei army could push them all over the way, defeat them one by one, destroy their countries, set up counties and counties in their hometowns, and manage them.

The main roads of the Western Regions began to be repaired about the third year of Yande.

The main road from Dunhuang County through Yumen Pass to the location of the Western Regions Protectorate, the main road from its Gancheng, was completed in May of the seventh year of Yande and officially opened to traffic. The main transportation routes of the countries in Shanbei have been connected to this main road.

At the same time, at the request of the countries in Shannan, Guo Peng approved the repair of the main road of the mountain road in the fourth year of Yande.

Starting from the fourth year of Yande, the main transportation road in Shannan began to be repaired. It also set out from Dunhuang County, passed Yangguan, and the last country to reach Jingjue City, the Jingjue Kingdom, and passed this main transportation road across half of the Western Regions and directly to the hinterland of the Western Regions.

Shanbei Road was completed in the seventh year of Yande, while Shannan Road was officially completed in the eighth year of Yande.

The repair of the two roads is huge, but through the years of transactions with the Western Regions, the Kushan Kingdom and the Abnormal Kingdom, the money for road construction has actually been made back.

During the years when Guo Peng stopped fighting against the outside world and launched a revolution, the economy of the Wei Empire has always improved, continued to develop and accumulate, and basically earned almost the huge investment in the early stage.

In other words, these accomplished projects did not consume the vitality of the Wei Empire, and initial investment began to make profits, and produced economic benefits for sustainable development.

It is not unreasonable to build roads if you want to be rich.

Because the usage rate of Shanbei Road and Shannan Road is very high, Guo Peng also set up toll stations on these two roads for tolls to maintain the road surface of these two roads.

Therefore, the post stations used by the army were arranged to serve military purposes and hotels run by the people themselves to develop local economy.

It can be said that the completion of these two roads has helped the Wei Empire to fully understand the situation in the Western Regions, military, economic, political and other aspects. All countries in the Western Regions are like no fig leaf, without any cover in front of the Wei Empire.

It doesn't seem to want to block it.

And with the invasion of the civilized power of the Wei Empire, the societies of the Western Regions have basically been assimilated by the Han civilization.

They were also used to wearing Han Chinese costumes, and learned to decorate themselves like Han Chinese, using the same farm tools to serve farmers, using chopsticks and bowls to eat, cooking with pots and iron pots, and sleeping in bed.

Then at the national level, all the buildings in their country were also compared with the buildings of the Han people.

Or it is a construction task contracted by the Han construction caravan, helping them plan, and then building buildings with wood and various other materials transported from the mainland.

The upper class of the Western Regions made high profits from the Silk Trade Road and was very rich, and because they felt that they had become vassal states of the Wei Empire, they were carefree and had no ideal pursuits, so they began to pursue a luxurious life and luxurious enjoyment.

The food and clothing must be the best, and it must be imported from the mainland of Wei in its original flavor.

All I wore were clothes made of Shu brocade.

The bed items used for sleeping are also carefully woven silk fabrics.

All I drink are brewed wine bought from the official hotel in Luoyang.

When eating, you must eat stir-fry dishes. All seasonings are imported from the Wei Kingdom, such as soy sauce brewed from Youzhou soybeans.

Even salt requires the best Qingzhou sea salt and Yizhou Jing salt, which are the same as tribute.

The bowls and chopsticks used are all made by the best craftsmen in Luoyang. It is said that the royal family cannot use the imperial court supplies to sell.

The houses we live in are all replicated and imitated according to the Central Plains system-

Although they are in a wilderness, this does not hinder their yearning for Central Plains culture, so they specially build their houses based on the figures from the upper class of the Han family.
Chapter completed!