During this journey, Guo Chengzhi was always very happy.

Even if he had to do his homework and was tested on the road, he was still very happy, as if the vast land was full of things that could make him happy.

A caravan, a camel, a fox, and a small insect. As long as he can see it, he will talk to Guo Peng with great enthusiasm for a long time.

The Western Regions have infinite scenery and infinite beauty.

As long as you can eat, wear warm clothes, and spend enough money, and don’t have to worry about hunger, you can always see any beautiful scenery on this vast land without any omissions.

But in this era, there are probably very few people who have the leisure to appreciate the vast beauty.

Even merchants spread all over the Western Regions hate this vast land very much.

They felt that the road was too far and too difficult. Every time they went out to do business, it felt like dancing in front of the gate of hell. If they were not careful, they would jump into the gate of hell.

Even if you are lucky, you can't avoid repeated jumps. Not everyone likes the thrilling feeling.

Guo Peng often put on the clothes that long-distance vendors like to wear, pretended to be a long-distance business trip, and had a chat with foreign merchants from the past Wei Kingdom and foreign merchants.

Anyway, the more you go west, the fewer places where humans live, and the fewer cities you see. Apart from the inn, you rarely see other official institutions. Merchants often set up tents on the side of the road, and dare not be too far from the side of the road.

This created a good opportunity for Guo Peng to talk with merchants.

At this time, he would take Guo Chengzhi to talk to these knowledgeable businessmen and ask them about their interests.

For example, what do they think about all this now and what they have?

"If you want to talk about this life, you naturally have a much more comfortable life than before. In the past, we traveled around the world and traveled around the world had to write a suicide note in advance and hand it over to the clan elders.

If you can’t come back, you will publish your suicide note? If you can come back, you will burn it and write it next time you go out? Is it much better now? At least you don’t need to write your suicide note in advance if you go through the domestic trade routes of Wei.”

A bearded businessman said with a smile: "In the past, I was just trying to do business. If there were no 180 people to set out together, would you dare to leave? Anyone who encounters a few bandits can kill you!

There are many bandits in some places? Do you have very good weapons? There are even horse riding people. They are not afraid of the team of 180 people. They will fight with you when they come up. Now at least you don’t have to put your head on your belt to do business.”

"So dangerous?"

Guo Chengzhi asked curiously.

"Young people have never experienced the chaotic times decades ago."

The bearded businessman showed a little vicissitudes of vicissitudes: "At the time? When I was as young as you, I followed my father to travel around the world. How many risks did I encounter? I won't talk about ordinary bandits and bandits. We are also armed, and we are lucky enough to get through it.

But if we meet groups of Huns riding horses and Wuwan people? That's all. They have many horses, and they are crowded and black. They hold up their swords and kill people, fast and fierce? We can't avoid them at all. If we are not careful, our heads will be gone.

The knife slashed? The human head fell down, the head fell down, and the body was still standing, and then the blood spurted out. That scene... It's been more than 30 years, and I can't forget it at all. Now, thinking about it, I'm still trembling all over."

The bearded merchant's hands were trembling, but he still tried hard to lift the gourd-shaped wine pot and pour wine into his stomach.

Then he sighed heavily, his eyes full of fear and recollection.

"I remember the most dangerous time. I don't remember which year it was. I remember that the world was very chaotic and the whole of Hebei was very chaotic. My father and I went out for business and were not lucky. We caught the Huns together, and there were many people arrested together.

If you catch the Huns, you will be killed on the spot if you are not lucky. If you are more lucky, you will also take them to the territory of the Huns as a cattle and a horse. It will be difficult to survive. Anyway, my father and I felt that it was over at that time."

Speaking of this, the bearded man suddenly became energetic.

"If we say it's because of the smoke from our ancestral graves, we were all desperate. My father and I hugged our heads and cried bitterly, and we were waiting to die. Suddenly, an official army came to drive the Huns away, killing them.

At that time, we felt that we had just left the wolf's nest and entered the tiger's mouth. Who would have thought that the generals of the official army pointed us in the direction and asked us to escape, and then gave us some food. With that little food, my father and I insisted on going home.

That time I really escaped from death. I still remember clearly that in those times when the war was in chaos, I could meet such an official army and general, let us go and give us food. It was really a smoke from the ancestral grave, and I was very lucky.

It's much better now. There is an official road built by the government. There is no need to worry about danger on the official road. The entire Wei State does not allow anyone to carry weapons. Of course, there is no need to worry about being injured. If you are hacked to death, business transactions are much safer, so you don't need to hire many people to protect us."

After the bearded man finished speaking, he recalled for a long time before he noticed that there were other people around him.

"I'm sorry, what am I thinking about by myself... Hahaha, come on, it's fate to meet. My wine is brought from Kushan. It's very mellow and tastes very different from the wine in our Wei Kingdom. Let's try it together?"

Guo Peng looked at the wine gourd that was stretched out and nodded with a smile.

"Okay, let's have a bowl."

Guo Peng smiled and tasted this Kushan wine and gave some praise.

Guo Chengzhi was very interested in a detail that the bearded man said.

"You said just now that the government army killed the Huns and saved you. Why do you think that they had just left the wolf's nest and entered the tiger's mouth? Isn't that a good thing for your family to be rescued by your own government army? Can you survive?"

The bearded man smiled and looked at Guo Peng.

"Who is this little boy?"

"My eldest grandson, fifteen years old."

"No wonder, this happened more than 30 years ago. At that time, when Emperor Liu of the Han Dynasty was the decision, the world was in chaos."

The bearded man shook his head: "Xiaolang, don't think that the army at that time was the same as the army now. The army at that time was just a group of bandits in military uniforms. They did something more ruthless than the bandits, and they were no better than the Huns.

The bandits will kill you, if they are captured by the Huns, if they fall to the hands of the government, if they are killed, they will kill you, if they are killed, they will kill you, kill you, kill you, kill you, kill you, kill you, kidnap and extort you, not to mention that we ordinary merchants are suffering from seedlings, and many of the wealthy families cannot escape, and they have suffered military disasters."

Guo Chengzhi knew that the word "Military Disaster" had been written specifically in the school's textbooks.

It is said that the military discipline of the previous dynasty was scattered and did not look like an army. He could not fight, but was a good player in doing evil.

They do everything they have to do, and there are no chickens and dogs left at the transit. The people call it "military disaster", which can be ranked alongside drought, flood, and locust plagues.

It shows the people's fear and hatred for military disasters.

So much so that the officials passing by the county and county officials were afraid of them and placed the supplies outside the city. The gates were closed, and the city was also arranged on the city to be full of servants, militias, and strong men. They held weapons to be deterred. This was the only way for the military disaster to dare not enter the city rashly.

Officials are also afraid that they will go around, rob and destroy facilities, and the army will run away and leave a bunch of messes for the officials to deal with. Are the officials crying without tears?

The enemy must be guarded, and the people must be guarded, and they don’t know what they are guarding against.

"In those days, it was a vassal of vassals that caused great chaos in the world. This army and that army fought hard. In the end, it would be said that they were suffering. Anyway, we are suffering.

The house was destroyed, the fields were destroyed, the family was killed and caught, and a large army passed by was like locusts coming. They ate no crops, not only eating them, but also robbing them, and robbing them if they like them."

The bearded man looked back with a disgusting face: "The gold, silver and fine materials at home, the household utensils, and women, I robbed them when I like it. My father suffered a military disaster and was beaten to death by the rioters in Jizhou earlier."

After saying that, the bearded man took several sips of the wine.

Guo Chengzhi lowered his head and was speechless.

He had only heard of the disarray of military disciplines in the former Han army and knew the existence of military disasters, but he had never seen or experienced it with his own eyes. Now a witness told him in front of him, he felt a little touched.

That night, Guo Peng talked a lot with this bearded merchant.

I talked about the geography and humanities of the whole country, as well as the toll stations, cities along the way, some things that he still remembered, and some illegal and disorderly behaviors that he hated.

The next morning, two teams walking towards each other said goodbye.

The bearded man went to Yumen Pass. He wanted to go home. He was a layman businessman for more than a year and made a lot of money. It was the time to go home to recuperate for a while.

Guo Peng said goodbye to him and embarked on the road to continue traveling west.

On the way, Guo Chengzhi kept lamenting the wonderful experience of this bearded businessman, lamenting that even if he was just an ordinary person, he could accumulate such a rich life experience after decades of traveling around.

These are things he could not learn in Luoyang.

"I always feel that I have learned it from the paper. I have to practice it myself. The words that Dafa mentioned for the Taixue are truly understood by me."

Guo Chengzhi told Guo Peng about his feelings, and wrote them on the letter to tell Guo Jin.

He wrote this feeling to Guo Jin in a diary similar to that of a diary, so that his father knew what he was doing.

Although serious people do not write diaries, the Guo family’s grandparents and grandchildren are not serious people and are destined to be serious people, so it will not be strange if you write anything.

Just like Mr. Guo is also writing along the way, but he doesn’t write a diary, he writes more like an inspection report.

He planned to write down all his experiences and experiences that he had seen and heard along the way, compiled them into a book, and handed them over to Guo Jin as his reference for governing the country.
Chapter completed!