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

But when his hand was halfway out, he hesitated for a moment before reaching out again, holding Guo Peng's hands and helping him up.

"Little B...... You...... You've grown up......"

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

It was easy to hold back his tears, Guo Peng straightened up and raised his head, just about to speak, but was shocked to find that he could already look down on Cai Yong.

Cai Yong seemed to be taken aback, and it took a while before he smiled.

"You've grown taller too, much taller than the old man."

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 he couldn't stop the tears pouring out, Guo Peng also pursed his lips, his eyes were red, and he laughed for a while.

"I haven't seen you for ten years, it's a great joy, why is Cai Gong crying?"

"Yes, yes, it's a great joy thing, no tears, no tears!"

Cai Yong quickly wiped his tears with his sleeve, and then grabbed Guo Peng's hand and took Guo Peng to the door of the mansion.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Cai Yong shouted uncharacteristically and shouted at his wife, saying that Zifeng is here, hurry up and prepare a banquet, he wants to get drunk with Zifeng or something, anyway, he is quite excited.

Mrs. Cai soon appeared, and when she saw Guo Peng, she was also surprised, and hurriedly beckoned Guo Peng into the main hall, and then instructed her family to prepare a banquet.

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

I haven't seen you for ten years, I have too much to say, I drink while talking, and I can't take anything into account.

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

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

When I opened my eyes again, I found that I was asleep in bed, wearing underwear, my hair bun had been removed, and my head was still a little painful.

"Someone."

Guo Peng propped his arms and got up, sat on the bed, and reflexively called people in according to the rules he had when he was on the border of the Northland.

When he was on the northern frontier, he usually got up in the barracks in the morning, and there were guards at the door.

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

Then he straightened his clothes, wore swords, and led the soldiers to get up early to run and drill for training, and then to take a shower and eat breakfast.

In a trance, he thought that he was in the military camp in Ning County, but it turned out that it was two maids who pushed the door in.

The two maids brought a wooden basin with water and a cloth towel.

"Please wash up."

The two spoke in unison, speaking very softly, and the etiquette was very in place, and then slowly withdrew.

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

Touching the skull of his brain, which was still a little painful, Guo Peng remembered that he and Cai Yong had a big drink yesterday until they were unconscious......

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

When he was in the army, Guo Peng strictly restricted the generals and soldiers from drinking, and was only allowed to drink when he won a big battle, and at other times he was resolutely not allowed to drink in order to prevent a sudden attack by the Xianbei people.

In order to fight at any time.

Guo Peng himself is not interested in wine, of course, he can still drink it if he wants to, after all, the wine of this year is similar to beer, the kind that blows more than a dozen bottles without getting drunk.

This time it was different, I was so happy, so I had a good drink.

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

"Yesterday the master drank too much, and now he hasn't woken up yet, please use the morning food first, and when the master wakes up, he will come to the house."

The old servant of the Cai family explained.

Guo Peng thinks about it, he is young and energetic, and Cai Yong is already old.

So Guo Peng ate breakfast slowly, and after breakfast, under the leadership of the old servant of the Cai family, he went to sit in the pavilion in the small garden for a while, and saw Cai Yong coming over in a hurry.

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

Cai Yong sat down with an embarrassed self-deprecation on his face.

"Yesterday the students also drank too much and got a little carried away."

Guo Peng smiled: "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I am happy and forgetful, isn't it human nature?" ”

Cai Yong also smiled: "That's true, I was drinking yesterday, and I didn't ask a lot of things clearly, how many days does Zifeng plan to stay in Jiangdong?" ”

"Five or six days, I can't stay too long, and then I have to go to Xuzhou, and then return from Xuzhou to see my father and mother, and then go to Luoyang, although there is a holiday, but this vacation is mostly to rush on the road, I'm afraid I can't stay longer."

As soon as Guo Peng said this, Cai Yong's face showed obvious reluctance.

"Just five or six days? You and I have been separated for ten years, and we can only get together for five or six days? ”

"I can't help it."

Guo Peng also wanted to stay for a little more time and complain to Cai Yong, but it was true that time did not allow.

As a result, Guo Peng has become more aware of the link between the inconvenience of transportation and the weakening of the central government's control over local governments.

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

The Song Dynasty could stipulate that officials should be appointed for three years, which was based on the great improvement of transportation compared to the Han Dynasty, which still caused the decline of local government affairs in the Song Dynasty.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty stipulated that the local county guards should serve for a long time, often for seven or eight years, and also strengthened the power of affairs, which is also a realistic consideration.

If the term of office is not long enough, it can take more than half a year just to go to the post and worship the state ceremony, and other things that require the county guard to hurry, and it will take more than a year in remote states and counties.

In addition, the need to ask for instructions, the time to travel back and forth from the table, and the time for the court to discuss disputes, the three-year term, the governor of the remote prefecture and county can't do anything, and he should leave office.

I am worried about the weak trunk and strong branches, but the practical problems brought about by traffic also have to be considered.

The people also have to live, the localities have to be managed, water conservancy needs to be repaired, cities must be built, and wasteland must be reclaimed.

At that time, it will be strong and weak, but the local government will not be able to provide public services, and the people will not be able to produce with peace of mind, so who will provide taxes for the central government to operate?

It was the ancestors who realized the importance of transportation early on, so Qin Shi Huang ordered the construction of the Great Chi Road throughout the country.

The construction of the Great Chi Road has not only military significance, but also strong political significance, and if a perfect transportation network cannot be established, the national order cannot be formed.

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

In modern times, even if you are thousands of miles away, it only takes a day or two to meet, and whether you can meet depends on the mood of the person.

But in the Han Dynasty, even if it was just two adjacent counties, it would take seven or eight days to meet each other, let alone travel from Youzhou to Yangzhou.