Seeing Guo Peng, Cai Yong stretched out his trembling hands and wanted to help Guo Peng up.

But when he reached halfway through his hand, hesitated for a moment, then reached out again, held Guo Peng's hands, and helped him up.

"Xiao Yi...you...you have grown up..."

This sound of Xiao Yi almost called Guo Peng back to Luoyang ten years ago, and immediately made Guo Peng's nose feel a little sour.

After finally holding back the tears, Guo Peng stood up and raised his head. He was about to speak, but was shocked to find that he could look down at Cai Yong.

Cai Yong seemed to be shocked, and after a while he smiled.

"You have grown taller, much taller than me."

Cai Yong held Guo Peng's hand tightly: "I haven't seen you for ten years, little... Zifeng, very good, very good!"

Cai Yong pursed his lips, but couldn't stop the tears from gushing out. Guo Peng also pursed his lips and his eyes turned red, and it took him a while to laugh.

"It's a great joy to see each other for ten years. Why did Mr. Cai cry?"

"Yes, yes, it's a big joy. Don't cry, don't cry!"

Cai Yong quickly wiped his tears with his sleeves, and then grabbed Guo Peng's hand and brought Guo Peng into the mansion.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Cai Yong shouted at his wife in an abnormal manner, saying that Zifeng was coming, and he should prepare a banquet quickly. He wanted to get drunk with Zifeng before he could stop. Anyway, he was quite excited.

Mrs. Cai appeared soon, and she looked surprised when she saw Guo Peng. She hurriedly called Guo Peng into the main hall and then ordered her family to prepare a banquet.

At the banquet, Cai Yong and Guo Peng talked about past events, praised Guo Peng's current achievements, asked about Guo Peng's experience in the north and his story of leading troops, as well as the dangers of the battlefield, etc.

I haven't seen each other for ten years, and I have too many things to say, drinking while I'm talking and not caring about anything.

I drank this time for more than two hours, and I was still drinking until it was dark, and I was still drinking on a table, and then I drank too much.

I don’t know when, but Guo Peng fell asleep in a daze and lost consciousness.

When I opened my eyes again, I found myself asleep on the bed, wearing underwear, and my hair was taken off, and my head hurt a little.

"Come."

Guo Peng climbed up with his arms, sat on the bed, and called in as he reflexively as he was guarding the border in the north.

When he was guarding the border in the north, he usually got up in the barracks in the morning, and there were guards at the door.

According to his rules, the personal soldiers would bring him water for washing, and he would wash in the tent.

Then he dressed up his clothes, took a sword, led the soldiers to get up early and trained, and then took a shower and had breakfast.

In a trance, he thought he was in the military camp in Ning County, but two maids were pushed into the door.

The two maids brought a wooden basin, which contained water and cloth towels.

"Please wash your clothes."

The two of them spoke in unison, their voices were very light and their etiquette was very appropriate, and then they slowly withdrew.

Guo Peng was a little confused at first. After a while, he looked at the bedroom he was in, and then he suddenly realized that he was not in the military camp of Ning County, but in the Cai Mansion of Wu County.

After touching his head, Guo Peng remembered the fact that he had drunk Cai Yong yesterday and had an unconscious thing...

I was so excited that I drank too much before I knew it.

When Guo Peng was in the army, he strictly restricted the generals and soldiers from drinking. He was allowed to drink only after winning a big victory. At other times, in order to prevent sudden attacks by the Xianbei people, he was determined not to drink.

To fight at any time.

Guo Peng himself is not interested in alcohol. Of course, he can still drink it if he wants to. After all, the wine is similar to beer these days, and he can't get drunk if he blows a dozen bottles.

This time it was different, so I was so happy that I drank very happily.

After washing up and tidying up his face, Guo Peng was about to go out when a servant said outside that he would bring him breakfast.

"I drank too much yesterday. I haven't woken up yet. Please use court food first. When the master wakes up, I will come to see the uncle."

The old servant of the Cai family explained this.

Guo Peng thought about it, he was young and energetic, while Cai Yong was already old.

So Guo Peng slowly ate breakfast. After breakfast, he led the old servant of the Cai family to sit in the pavilion in the small garden for a while, and then saw Cai Yong walking over in a hurry.

"I drank too much yesterday, and I really lost all this old face."

Cai Yong sat down and laughed at himself with embarrassment on his face.

"The students also drank too much yesterday and were a little lost."

Guo Peng smiled and said, "Isn't it human nature to be happy and forget about it after a long time?"

Cai Yong also smiled and said, "That's true. I was drinking yesterday and didn't ask any questions clearly. How many days does Zifeng plan to stay in Jiangdong?"

"It's about five or six days, and I can't stay for too long. After that, I'll go to Xuzhou and then go back to Qiao County from Xuzhou to meet my father and mother, and then go to Luoyang. Although there is a leave, I'm mostly going to rush on the road. I'm afraid I can't stay for longer."

After Guo Peng said this, Cai Yong's face showed a clear reluctance.

"Just five or six days? After ten years of separation, we can only get together for five or six days?"

"There is no way."

Guo Peng also wanted to stay for a while and talk to Cai Yong, but time did not allow it.

Therefore, Guo Peng also increasingly understood the connection between inconvenience of transportation and the weak central government's control over local areas.

Due to the extreme inconvenience of transportation, it takes a lot of time for officials to take office and ask for instructions, etc., and the time is calculated in months.

The Song Dynasty could stipulate that officials were appointed for three years, which was based on the great improvement in transportation compared with the Han Dynasty, and that would still lead to the decline of local government affairs in the Song Dynasty.

Emperor Xuan of Han stipulated that local county magistrates should be appointed for a long time, and they should be strengthened for seven or eight years, which was also realistic.

If the term of office is not long enough, it will take more than half a year for the matter that requires the county magistrate to travel, such as taking office and paying homage to the state ceremony, and it will take more than half a year for remote prefectures and counties.

In addition, the time for requests for instructions and time for commemoration, the time for disputes in court, and the time for office of each term per year. If the chief of a remote prefecture and county magistrate cannot do anything, it is time to leave.

Worrying about weak trunks and strong branches, but the actual problems brought by transportation have to be considered.

People also need to live, local governments also need to manage, water conservancy needs to be built, cities need to be built, wasteland needs to be reclaimed, and there is not enough time, and officials cannot do anything.

By then, the strong and weak branches will be strong, but the local area will be in chaos. The government cannot provide public services and the people cannot produce with peace of mind. Who will provide taxes for the operation of the central government?

It was precisely because our ancestors realized the importance of transportation early that Qin Shihuang ordered the digging of the Great Rail across the country.

The construction of Dachidao not only has military significance, but also has strong political significance. If a perfect transportation network cannot be established, national order will not be formed.

The distance between people is just like Cai Yong and Guo Peng. They have been scattered for ten years, but they have to get together for five or six days.

In modern times, even if it is thousands of miles apart, it will take only one or two days to meet. Whether you can meet depends on the person's mood.
Chapter completed!