Guo Peng did not stay in Chang'an City for too long, so he quickly rectified his team and crossed the Qinling Mountains from the Baoxi Road, intending to go south to Hanzhong and further arrive in Yizhou.

Walking on the road, Guo Peng was still in a bad mood.

From what happened before, Guo Peng saw a trace of bad signs.

Although the signs are not obvious now.

Guo Jin is a qualified emperor, but only a qualified emperor, and he cannot bear more expectations from Guo Peng.

He became more and more like a real emperor, a real emperor who could control power and fight against his ministers, and a feudal emperor.

There is nothing else other than that.

Guo Peng knew that he shouldn't have more expectations, but occasionally, he still had some expectations.

Now that he knew that the expectations were likely to be disappointed, he was a little disappointed.

Feeling Guo Peng's loss, although I don't know the reason for the loss, Cao Lan knows how to relieve Guo Peng's loss.

Cao Lan took the initiative to speak to Guo Peng.

"It is said that the road to Qinling Mountains is difficult to move forward. When you led your troops to Hanzhong, I was nervous for a long time."

Guo Peng turned his head and looked at Cao Lan, then laughed a few times.

"At that time, not long after I finished packing up Ma Teng and Hansui, someone took the initiative to offer Hanzhong to me. The terrain of Hanzhong was too important. The Qinling road was difficult to move, and Hanzhong was easy to defend and attack. Liu Zhang could use Hanzhong as a barrier to resist me. Then in the future, I would go south to take Yizhou, and the difficulty would increase infinitely.

If I take Hanzhong, the difficulty of attacking Yizhou will be reduced by half. I can repair the roads in advance and save food and supplies in advance. At that time, the army will be more, go further, and save many lives."

"Then don't you worry about yourself?"

Cao Lan looked at Guo Peng's face that was no longer young.

"Of course I'm worried, but the opportunity is right in front of me. If I stop, I will suffer from chaos."

Guo Peng took a deep breath and looked at the repaired Qinling Avenue outside the car window: "Look, although Qinling Avenue is still not absolutely safe, after the repair, more people can communicate with Guanzhong through this road.

Hanzhong connects the past and the future, linking Guanzhong and Shuzhong together. The specialty goods from Shuzhong can reach Guanzhong through this road, and then go to Liangzhou or Guandong through the spacious and flat Guanzhong Avenue, and the entire Shuzhong will be revitalized."

Cao Lan looked in the direction Guo Peng pointed.

"The situation in Shuzhong was originally a trapped situation. If you can't get the Hanzhong and can't open the Qinling Avenue, Shuzhong will be trapped here. Only when the road traffic is improved can Shuzhong truly play a role. Therefore, it is no problem to pay a little price to build the road."

Cao Lan turned her head and looked at Guo Peng.

"Do you remember how many people died to build this avenue?"

"Remember, so far, there are about 110,000, but most of them are prisoners of war and few locals."

Guo Peng nodded.

"110,000...that's a lot."

"The road needs to be built, and this kind of terrain cannot be done without death. Even so, the road must be built. Like the Grand Canal, the Great Shu Road must be fully built!"

Guo Peng's will was as firm as he was back then. He had never had any doubts about building canals and building Shu Road.

Cao Lan was silent for a while and sighed very much.

"Is it almost finished?"

"It's almost done. The roads in Hanzhong and Shuzhong have been built. Now there are only roads in southern Yunzhou. The Shu road runs from Guanzhong to Yunzhou, and then connects from Yunzhou to Jiaozhou. Boning is in Jiaozhou and Yuan Hao is in Yunzhou. The important figure of the two is to connect the roads in Yunzhou and Jiaozhou together."

Guo Peng made a gesture of combining two into one: "In this way, Yunzhou connects Yizhou and Jiaozhou, and it will no longer be a wild place, but a place that businessmen must pass through. The traffic is prosperous, and the place will inevitably develop, which is what I expect."

As he said this, Guo Peng held Cao Lan's hand: "As long as the road can be repaired, the price paid will be taken back sooner or later. If the road cannot be repaired and business travel cannot be done, Yunzhou will inevitably be abandoned decades later, and the blood of the soldiers who fought for me will be in vain."

Cao Lan stared at Guo Peng deeply.

"It's said it was a long trip, it's said it was taking us out for a trip, but in your heart, it's still the world."

Guo Peng was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly.

"How can I not care about the country I have built with my own hands? No one wishes it better than me, although I know it is unlikely..."

"Abdicate as the Supreme Emperor, Penglang, are you really willing?"

"What if it's otherwise?"

Guo Peng looked at Cao Lan: "I don't want to, and there is anyone who can take the throne away from me? Alan, I didn't lie. If I continue to be this emperor, I will have to die on the throne. It is more beneficial for the Wei Kingdom to live than to die of exhaustion on the throne."

Cao Lan nodded.

"So for me."

Guo Peng was stunned and then laughed out loud.

"How old is it? The old couple is almost forty years old. I don't feel embarrassed to say such words."

"I think I'm old?"

Cao Lan suddenly put away her smile and looked at Guo Peng.

Guo Peng was stunned, pursed his lips, and then grinned.

"How is it possible? I am like you. I am old, and I am one year older than you. How can I think you are old?"

"Then I'm still old. I'm in my fifties like you, anyway, I'm old, right?"

Cao Lan took a breath and looked at Guo Peng quietly.

Guo Peng smacked his lips and looked around, feeling a little regretful that Guo Chengzhi didn't let him in when he wanted to get in.

With a grandson here, Cao Lan can restrain herself. Without an outsider here, wouldn’t she just open fire on herself?

Cao Lan has a bad temper recently.

Guo Peng was a little confused at first, thinking that this was not the case when he first left Luoyang, so why did he be like this after he arrived in Chang'an?

Then Guo Peng thought about it and found that Cao Lan was almost in menopause. Her temperament changed from her usual calmness, became a little talkative and a little bad temper, and became angry when she disagreed.

Cao Lan's anger is different from that of ordinary people.

When people are angry, they are blushing and yelling, and often vent their anger, which makes them seem very uneducated.

Cao Lan is different. She is very well-educated. Her years of career as a queen have made her more pampered. She is generally not angry with others, but only angry with Guo Peng.

When she was angry, she stared at Guo Peng quietly, without saying anything or acting. She just stared at it, staring at her dark eyes staring straight at it.

Cao Lan's eyes were as round as before, with her eyes bigger than ordinary people and darker, and her dark eyes were as bright as gems.

When she was happy, her eyes were full of brilliance and looked particularly beautiful, so when she was angry and quiet, her eyes were particularly cunning.

No one can scare Mr. Guo - except Cao Lan.

To be honest, Cao Lan is already over fifty years old. She can’t be said to be a young girl no matter how she should have crow’s feet, and there are also many signs of aging.

However, she has a good living environment, rich nutrition, and a calm personality. She has continued the good fitness habits that Guo Peng taught her in her early years to this day, so she is still in good health.

Guo Peng himself does not attach much importance to women. What he cares more about is whether he is relieved, relaxed, and comfortable in the process of getting along with them.

The struggle for power is too tiring, and exercising power is even more tiring. What Guo Peng needs is rest, a quiet woman, rather than a passionate and happy love.

His energy was used up in the struggle and he had no more needs. He wanted to live a stable life now, without any other requests, nor did he feel that it would be a pity to live without being frivolous in his youth.

As a result, Cao Lan entered menopause.

Good guy, he got angry when he had disagreement. He stared at him when he was angry. If he went out to ride a horse, he would open the curtain and continue staring at him. He just didn't give up. Guo Peng was very devastated and didn't dare to speak out.

When the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress have a conflict, which entourage can intervene?

If you put Guo Jin here, you will be overwhelmed. Who else dares to interfere with the small conflict between the most noble couple in the world?

So Guo Peng was really depressed.

After several conflicts, I finally got over it, but accidentally made a mistake. Cao Lan began to inexplicably get into old problems again.

Guo Peng thought, she wouldn't think she could still talk about a young man and find a young girl to get into trouble, right?

Although men always like young and beautiful people, their physiques are really different.

Some people are still crazy when they are in their 70s and 80s, and they are so slutty that they can make a tree of pear blossoms over the crabapple. Some are not good. For example, Guo has already used up all his energy, so where can he continue to cause trouble to the young girl?

At this point, I have to mess with Guo Jin for many younger brothers and sisters to make him feel upset?

Of course, Guo Peng didn't want to do this and wouldn't do it.

But Cao Lan obviously wouldn't let Guo Peng go like this, just want an explanation.

So Guo Peng could only bite the bullet and quarrel with her.

"I'm not saying you are old, Alan, I'm saying that we are old husband and wife, it's almost forty years, right? Old husband and wife mean long-term."

"It's still old."

"This... I can't say that we are long-lasting husbands and long-lasting wives, right? We can't just ignore the word "old"? Veterans and old ministers all refer to rich experience and profound qualifications. Like old couples, they all mean praise, and there is no reason to blame!"

"But I am really old, I am in my fifties, can I still not grow old? Ordinary people are considered old in their fifties, but I don't think I am not old."

"Then... what you said yourself is not what I said."

"So you still think I'm old, right?"

Cao Lan smiled slightly, staring at him and then stopped moving.

Guo Peng was speechless and had no idea what to say.
Chapter completed!