Of course, Zuo Houde is not short of money now. The twelve families still have to give Zuo Houde 200,000 taels every year. When Zuo Houde worked with them before, he also occupied 10% of the shares, which made Zuo Houde not short of money.

Of course, these twelve businesses have not been honest at all this year. Under the protection of the entire Dingcheng military, not only new businesses make money, but each of these twelve businesses also makes a lot of money.

If, a year ago, Zuo Houde could not see the future clearly because of the opposition between the Dayan and the Ming Dynasty, and the uneven rewards and punishments of Hong Zaixing, he had the idea of ​​gaining military power.

A year later, Zuo Houde had already built Dingcheng like a iron connection and controlled the military and political power of Dingcheng. At this time, Zuo Houde's idea changed again.

Now Zuo Houde's ambitions are a little stronger, Zuo Houde just wants to say, "Is there any kind of king, prince, general, and minister?"

Qin lost his deer and the whole world chased. He Hong Zaixing, who was the position of the Nine Five Priest, could I, Zuo Houde, be able to sit?

Of course, Zuo Houde still remembers the nine-character mantra in his previous life, build high walls, accumulate grain, and slowly become king. What Zuo Houde has to do now is to hide his ambitions and accumulate his own strength at the same time.

Although Zuo Houde dared to say that he had already controlled the 50,000 troops in Dingcheng, Zuo Houde knew that it was not realistic to ask these people to accompany him to rebel. After all, he could not see any hope of victory at all.

What Zuo Houde wants to do most now is to expand his army, of course, what he expands is his own private army. Zuo Houde's most important idea now is to build his own private army in a suitable way.

Zuo Houde didn't think of a suitable method. The first method was to recruit guards and guard their own business, and his business recruited hundreds of thousands of thugs. This was completely reasonable, but the number of people was completely in line with Zuo Houde's wishes.

The second method is to meet your own requirements - thieves.

This Dingcheng is a fortress in the north and south, with prosperous business, and naturally there are thieves. Even if Dingcheng is a hundred miles apart, there are no less than dozens of thieves that Zuo Houde knows.

These thieves often occupy high mountains and ridges, easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are more than a hundred 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, even if he raises an army of 100,000 people, it is not impossible!

The way Zuo Houde thought of was to keep his private army in the mountains. He could usually pretend to be a thief, but he was the guard of Dingcheng and was wiped out without any shooting.

Of course, this matter needs to be discussed for a long time. After all, this is not a trivial matter. Zuo Houde still has to think about who is better to leave this matter to.

...

After thinking about it, Zuo Houde still felt that the matter was most appropriate to hand over to his department. After all, these department was originally his own private army, especially the department recruited by Zuo Houde in Dingcheng, which was originally a depressed and unsuccessful person, and Zuo Houde gave them enough benefits.

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

Zuo Houde recruited Gao Ming and Yao Ping, who were the leaders of Zuo Houde's personal guards. Yao Ping was usually busy with business affairs, but Gao Ming was always idle by Zuo Houde on the city gate.

From time to time, the two of them came to Zuo Houde, and Zuo Houde looked at them deeply, as if they wanted to see through them.

When Zuo Houde was watching, the two of them didn't dare to speak for a while, and the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

Finally, Zuo Houde spoke and broke the deadlock. Zuo Houde's voice was hoarse and he said lightly: "How do I treat you and the two of you?"

Gao Ming and Yao Ping immediately knelt down: "Where is the head of the family saying this? The head of the family is as kind as a mountain. Not only does he give me a generous salary, but he also entrusted all the family members we waited for, completely leaving me without any worries."

"I want you to do something." As soon as Zuo Houde spoke, their hearts hanged.

Zuo Houde said next: "Next, I will order troops out of the city to suppress the thieves. When I eliminate the thieves, you will lead your brothers to occupy the mountains and become kings there."

Hearing Zuo Houde's words, Gao Ming did not react for a moment. Instead, Yao Ping asked: "Head of the family, do you want to raise the bandits to respect themselves?"

Zuo Houde first glared at Yao Ping, then stood up and said excitedly: "At this time, the world is divided into two parts. It is the time for us to make achievements. Will the kings, princes, generals and ministers still have a good fortune?"

Gao Ming and Yao Ping were extremely excited when they heard Zuo Houde's words. They were originally unsuccessful people in the army, and it would be a joke to say that they were a bit loyal to Da Yan.

Of course, Zuo Houde would not 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, our smuggling of weapons is a serious crime. If you pursue it, it will be difficult to be good."

Yao Ping and Gao Ming were shocked when they heard Zuo Houde's words, and then they realized that he and others had committed the crime of smuggling weapons, and they were not so resentful of the matter of raising bandits for a time.

Zuo Houde continued, "No obstacle! At that time, it's not possible, so I will take Dingcheng to the Nanming. If things really happen, the future generations you wait for will be prosperous and wealthy, and enjoy endlessly!"

As soon as they heard this, the two of them immediately bowed and said, "I wish to listen to what the head of the family said!"

Zuo Houde also looked satisfied, after all, it would be much easier to do if someone under him did this.

...

In early October, a bandit suppression campaign began. Zuo Houde personally led his troops to suppress the bandits, and of course, he wiped out more than ten parishes in a row. Only then did Zuo Houde withdraw his troops and return.

No one noticed that Zuo Houde's subordinates had more than a hundred fewer people, and Gao Ming was gone. Yao Ping knew that they occupied the largest copycat, and from time to time, the caravans under Yao Ping were snatched the last time - this was a daily necessity for food and clothing.

Gao Ming and others expanded their troops in this copycat to raise the private army for Zuo Houde!

...

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has been four years since Zuo Houde came to Dingcheng. In the past four years, Zuo Houde often suppressed bandits. The private troops under Gao Ming and others gradually occupied dozens of parodies with the support of Zuo Houde, with a total of 70,000 people.

Zuo Houde still has high requirements for these private troops. Zuo Houde also sent the elites from his personal guard camp to these parody cottages to train them and train them into a qualified army.

Of course, in recent years, it is not unbelievable that the bandits around Dingcheng were private troops run by Zuo Houde. After all, Zuo Houde has suppressed bandits countless times, but there are more and more bandits. Zuo Houde has not yet wiped out the newly emerged bandits. For example, the twelve families in the city and several generals in the army have their own guesses.

But they also helped hide. After all, everyone is a person on the same rope. The "smuggling" business has become increasingly bigger and bigger in recent years. Everyone has begun to worry about the discovery of the court. It just so happened that Zuo Houde expanded his strength, and everyone also liked it!
Chapter completed!