It didn't take long to say goodbye to his sister-in-law. Their relationship wasn't good anyway, so there was no need to be polite for too long.
Zhang Dingguo then went to see his nephew who was not even ten years old. Before he left, he chatted with Uncle Li for a while before he officially set off for Luoyang.
Zhang Dingguo had only brought one follower with him. This person's surname was Li and his name was Da Niu. He was Uncle Li's eldest son.
Da Niu was as strong as a bull as his name suggested.
Da Niu had been practicing martial arts with Zhang Dingguo since he was young. His talent was not ordinary. Under the circumstances where he did not overdraw his training, he had also reached the level of a third-rate expert. He had already trained his physical martial arts to the limit.
It was just that Da Niu did not like to read since he was young, and his brain was not very bright. Even now, he could not recognize a few words. It could really be said that his limbs were developed but his mind was simple. If not for that, Zhang Dingguo would have planned to bring Da Niu along to participate in the martial arts competition.
Zhang Dingguo had also thought of teaching Da Niu Xiantian skills so that he could master internal energy and advance to the level of a second-rate expert.
However, given Da Niu's comprehension ability, the Xiantian Art was still too profound for him. It was probably very difficult to learn.
Unfortunately, he didn't have any low-level inner force cultivation techniques, such as Quanzhen Cultivation Technique. With Da Niu's comprehension, Quanzhen Cultivation Technique was probably more suitable for him.
However, this was not a big problem. When Zhang Dingguo took some time to simplify the Xiantian skills, he would probably be able to let Da Niu enter the field of internal martial arts first.
If nothing unexpected happened, Zhang Dingguo would definitely have new subordinates in the future, and there would definitely be more than one of them. In view of the fact that he would have to face powerful and cruel organizations like the Snake Spirit and the Iron Hand Gang in the future, it was necessary to find enough capable assistants.
At that time, Zhang Dingguo would be able to use the simplified inner force cultivation method to nurture a group of second-rate experts…
As they had more time and had more money to travel, Zhang Dingguo brought Da Niu along the way, stopping and walking. They enjoyed a lot of scenery and tasted a lot of local snacks.
The journey was relatively peaceful. They did not encounter any bandits or lucky encounters where a hero saved a damsel in distress.
Perhaps it was because the officials all over the country knew that the Emperor placed great importance on this martial arts examination, so in order to prevent any accidents from happening to the martial artists participating in the examination and affecting the smooth holding of this martial arts examination, the officials all over the country strengthened the security management in their jurisdiction, afraid that an accident would cause them to lose their official positions or even their lives!
Under such circumstances, not to mention the bandits who robbed the road, even the hooligans wandering on the streets were strictly watched.
However, this was also good. After all, Zhang Dingguo was not someone who liked to cause trouble for no reason...
After more than a month of trekking, Zhang Dingguo finally arrived at Luoyang, the capital of God.
It had to be said that Luoyang was indeed magnificent and not inferior to the Forbidden City of the later generations.
Although in this world, Wu Zetian seemed to have moved the capital from Chang 'an because of the miraculous Luo River that Yuan Tiangang had personally created.
However, in Zhang Dingguo's eyes, it was just a reason, a reason that could convince the world to move the capital.
At a deeper level, Li Tang relied on the Guanlong Group to start his career. The Li family itself was a member of the Guanlong Group, and Chang 'an was within the Guanlong Group's sphere of influence. Even though the Guanlong Group's power had been greatly reduced over the years, it still had considerable influence in Chang 'an.
Therefore, in order to consolidate the rule of the Great Zhou and eliminate Li Tang's influence as much as possible, Wu Zetian moved the capital from Chang 'an to Luoyang.
Another reason was that the grain production in Guanzhong was already insufficient.
After thousands of years of development, Guanzhong had reached its limit. With the problems of excessive logging and soil erosion, the land in Guanzhong had gradually become barren and not as fertile as before. In addition to the hundred years of peace, the population in Guanzhong had also increased a lot. The per person cultivated land had decreased, and the food in Guanzhong could no longer meet the needs of the people in Guanzhong.
For example, more than ten years ago, there was a famine in Guanzhong due to natural disasters, which actually led Gaozong to let the Crown Prince stay in Chang 'an to supervise the country. He led all the civil and military officials and their families, most of the people in the palace, and the guards to Luoyang to eat.
What was even more terrifying was that because they left in a hurry, there were actually followers who starved to death on the way?
If even the Emperor and his people were so short of food, how miserable would the commoners be?
However, Shen 'du was different. Although the grain production was not much more than Guanzhong, the transportation here was convenient!
Thanks to Yang Guang's overdraft of the entire country's strength to build the Grand Canal, Shen 'du could easily obtain food transported from Jiangnan through water transport.
In this way, there would not be the embarrassing incident of the emperor having to flee from the capital with all his officials to other places to eat when a natural disaster occurred.
In summary, the reason why Wu Zetian moved the capital to Luoyang after becoming emperor was not just because of the miracle of the Luo River. It was at most a direct reason for Wu Zetian to make up his mind.
However, this did not seem to have anything to do with Zhang Dingguo...
There was only half a month left before the Martial Arts Examination officially began.
Fortunately, it wasn't too late. They could still find a place to stay in Fairy's Capital, but the conditions were a little average. The good places were all snatched by those who arrived first.
However, it did not matter. Zhang Dingguo and Daniu were not very particular people. It was fine as long as it was clean.
After settling down, Zhang Dingguo started to travel around.
Not only was he here to admire the prosperity of Fairy's Capital, but he was also here to gather information and find out if there were any top scorers in the Martial Arts Examination.
Although Zhang Dingguo was confident that he would be the top scorer, it was a pity that he had only transmigrated to this world for a short period of time. There was not enough time for him to stabilize his realm and advance to the realm of a first-class expert.
There was still a possibility of accidents happening when a peak second-rate expert participated in the Martial Arts Examination.
Therefore, before the martial arts examination began, it was necessary to know yourself and your enemy…
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