Reincarnation Guest of All Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms

Chapter 60
Of course, Zuo Houde is not short of money at all now. The Twelve Family still gives Zuo Houde 20 taels a year. Germany is not short of money.

Of course, these twelve merchants this year were not honest at all. Under the protection of the entire Dingcheng military, not only the new merchants made money, but each of the twelve merchants also made money.

If we say that a year ago, Zuo Houde had the idea of ​​controlling the military because of Dayan and Daming's confrontation between the North and the South, and he could not see the future clearly, and Hong Zaixing's uneven rewards and punishments.

And a year later, Zuo Houde had already built Dingcheng like a railway, and at the same time controlled the military and political power of Dingcheng. At this time, Zuo Houde changed his mind again.

Now Zuo Houde's ambition is stronger, Zuo Houde just wants to say, "Does the prince and general Xiangning have kindness?"

Qin lost its deer, and the whole world chased it. Hong Zaixing took the position of the Ninth Five-Year Lord, so I Zuo Houde can't take it?
Of course, Zuo Houde still remembers the nine-character mantra of his previous life to build walls high, accumulate food widely, and become king slowly.What Zuo Houde has to do now is to hide his ambitions and accumulate his strength at the same time.

Although Zuo Houde dared to say that he had already controlled the [-] troops in Dingcheng, Zuo Houde knew that it was not realistic at all for these people to accompany him in the rebellion, after all, there was no hope of winning at all.

What Zuo Houde wants to do most now is to expand the army, of course the expansion is his own private army.Zuo Houde's most important idea now is to establish a private army of his own in a suitable way.

It's not that Zuo Houde didn't think of a suitable method. The first method is to recruit housekeepers for his business firm. It's completely reasonable to recruit hundreds of thugs for his business firm, but the number of people is totally not in line with Zuo Houde's wishes. .

The second method can meet my own requirements - thieves.

This tripod city is a fortress in the north and south, with prosperous commerce, and at the same time, there are naturally thieves. Even if the tripod city has a radius of a hundred miles, Zuo Houde knows that there are no less than dozens of thieves.

These thieves often occupy high mountains and mountains, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are hundreds of people with a small number, and even thousands of people with a large number. If Zuo Houde can occupy these places and raise his own private army, it will be considered a 10 An army of tens of thousands of horses is not impossible!

The method Zuo Houde thought of was to raise his own private army in the mountains, which could just pretend to be thieves at ordinary times, but he himself was the guard of Dingcheng, and he would be wiped out if he didn't shoot at all.

Of course, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run, after all, this is not a small matter, Zuo Houde still has to think about who should handle this matter.

……

After much deliberation, Zuo Houde still feels that it is most appropriate to entrust this matter to his own trilogy. After all, these trilogy are considered to be his own private army, especially the trilogy recruited by Zuo Houde in Dingcheng. Zuo Houde gave them enough benefits.

In addition, their hometowns are all in Dingcheng, and their family members are also here, so Zuo Houde can control them even more.

Zuo Houde recruited Gao Ming and Yao Ping, these two were the commanders of Zuo Houde's personal guards, Yao Ping was usually busy with business affairs, but Gao Ming was always left idle by Zuo Houde at the city gate.

From time to time, the two came to Zuo Houde's side, Zuo Houde looked at them deeply, as if he wanted to see through them.

Being watched by Zuo Houde, the two dared not speak for a while, and the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

Finally Zuo Houde opened his mouth to break the deadlock, Zuo Houde said in a hoarse voice, "How do I treat you two?"

Gao Ming and Yao Ping immediately knelt down: "Where does the Patriarch say that? The Patriarch treats us both with great kindness, not only giving me a generous salary, but also entrusting my family members to take care of me, completely letting me wait without any worries. .”

"I want you to do one thing." As soon as Zuo Houde opened his mouth, the hearts of the two hung up.

Zuo Houde then said: "Next, I will send troops out of the city to suppress the bandits. After I have wiped out the bandits, you and your brothers will occupy the mountain and become king there."

Hearing Zuo Houde's words, Gao Ming didn't react for a while, but Yao Ping asked: "Patriarch, do you want to raise the bandit's self-respect?"

Zuo Houde glared at Yao Ping first, then stood up, and said excitedly: "At this time, the world is divided into two, and it is time for me to make meritorious deeds. Do princes and generals have any kindness?"

When Gao Ming and Yao Ping heard Zuo Houde's words, they couldn't help being very excited for a moment. They were originally unsuccessful people in the army, and it would be a joke to say that they were somewhat loyal to Dayan.

Of course, Zuo Houde didn't think that just a few words would make them follow him wholeheartedly, so he said: "Of course, this is also a way out. After all, it is a serious crime for me to smuggle arms. It’s hard to be kind.”

Yao Ping and Gao Ming were startled again when they heard Zuo Houde's words, and then realized that they and others had committed the crime of smuggling arms, so they were not so repulsive to the matter of raising bandits.

Zuo Houde continued: "No problem! At that time, if it doesn't work, I will take Dingcheng to vote for Nanming. If it really works, your descendants will be rich and prosperous, and enjoy it endlessly!"

Upon hearing this, the two immediately cupped their hands and said, "I would like to listen to what the Patriarch has to say!"

Zuo Houde also had a satisfied expression on his face, after all, it would be much easier to have someone under his command do this job.

……

At the beginning of October, a campaign to suppress the bandits began. Zuo Houde personally led troops to suppress the bandits. Of course, they wiped out more than ten cottages in a row before Zuo Houde withdrew his troops and returned.

No one noticed that Zuo Houde's group had lost more than a hundred people, and at the same time Gao Ming disappeared. Yao Ping knew that they occupied the largest cottage, and Yao Ping's caravan would be robbed from time to time— —This is daily necessities for food and clothing.

Gao Ming and others are expanding their troops on this cottage, raising private troops for Zuo Houde!
……

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has been four years since Zuo Houde came to Dingcheng. During the four years, Zuo Houde often suppressed bandits, and the private army under Gao Ming and others gradually occupied the There are dozens of cottages, with a total of 7 people.

Zuo Houde still had very high requirements for these private troops. Zuo Houde also sent the elite of his personal guard battalion to these cottages to train them and turn them into a qualified army.

Of course, these years, it is not impossible to guess that the bandits around Dingcheng are private troops raised by Zuo Houde. After all, Zuo Houde has suppressed bandits countless times, but there are more and more bandits. The thieves, Zuo Houde did not go to exterminate, like the twelve families in the city and several generals in the army have their own guesses.

But they also help to hide. After all, everyone is on the same rope. The "smuggling" business has become bigger and bigger in recent years. Everyone is also worried about the discovery of the court. It happens that Zuo Houde is expanding his strength, and everyone is happy to hear it!
Of course, it's not that Dayan and Daming haven't fought in the past few years, it's just that they haven't fought in Dingcheng.

(End of this chapter)