Of course, the follow-up reaction Zuo Houde did not expect.

The twelve in the city, seeing that the Li family's hotel business was very good, also came to the door to cooperate with Zuo Houde, these twelve have taken root in the city for a hundred years, and naturally they also have their own foundations.

Like the Zhao family running a gambling house, the Zhang family running a green building, each family has its own main business, and they have taken the initiative to come to the door, and Zuo Houde can't refuse the door-to-door business.

Since then, small merchants and small households in the city have found that no matter what they want to do in the city, they must go to the designated place, such as teahouses, hotels, gambling houses, and green houses.

Of course, not only these twelve companies came to cooperate, but also some merchants came to the door, Zuo Houde thought that monopoly was not a good thing, so he chose a few more businesses in various industries.

Of course, as soon as he entered Zuo Houde's General's Mansion, he had to bleed heavily, and these merchants regarded Zuo Houde's General's Mansion as a place where he wanted money.

Zuo Houde thought this was very good, and he also asked Yao Ping to open a tooth shop, and specially asked the little guys in the tooth shop to lead the way for these merchants entering the city and take them to different places.

In Zuo Houde's opinion, at least this has made the order in the city a lot better, and even if there is really a Ming Dynasty's meticulous work, Zuo Houde will let him know how uncomfortable it is to have a small servant following and staring at every moment in Dingcheng.

As for some small businesses in the city that are about to be squeezed and unable to survive, Zuo Houde also specially opened the fang market, allowing merchants who entered the city to do business there.

Not to mention the rest, in the eyes of these traders from the north and south, Zuo Houde just wants money, so they are restricted from going to the designated place, and as for what Zuo Houde said is very detailed, they also take it as an excuse.

Over time, these merchants spread everywhere, and Zuo Houde had another title, "Death Wants Money"

Zuo Houde knew that it would definitely be transmitted to Youzhou, but it was okay, it happened to fulfill Zuo Houde's purpose of self-defilement.

Of course, the self-defilement is done, and the next step is to seize power.

In fact, it is actually very easy to seize power, as long as you shout your generals to your big tent, tell them that from tomorrow, there will be only one voice in the barracks, and then start to promote their cronies, and the disobedient are idle.

Even many of Dayan's generals did this, it was as simple and rude as that.

Of course, in Zuo Houde's opinion, this is completely unacceptable, not only will it provoke the emperor's jealousy, but also it will not be able to subdue his subordinates, and the result is that the emperor can nullify all your efforts with an order.

Zuo Houde, as a history teacher in his previous life, also knows how some heroes in history seized power.

Zuo Houde thought about it and planned to learn from Yuan Shikai's practice.

Yuan Shikai began to determine his status from the training of the small station, and Yuan Shikai has always instilled some of his own ethics and the way to get promoted and make a fortune in the new army when he was training the new army, and Yuan Shikai can be said to have won the hearts of the people at that time.

In the dormitories of the new army, each new army was offered an immortal tablet. People now sound very strange, so what is the longevity card, it is the tablet where people prayed for their benefactors in the past, the longevity card is not a spirit card, it is for the living, the purpose is to be grateful to Dade, and pray for the benefactor for longevity.

What is written on each new army's longevity card is not his own parents, nor his beloved wife, nor the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but Yuan Shikai. The new army all believed that Yuan Shikai was their food and clothing, their great benefactor, and a person who was closer than their parents and girlfriends.

Of course, although Zuo Houde understands Yuan Shikai's practices in his previous life, Zuo Houde also understands that he still needs to improve them.

Zuo Houde rushed to the army and immediately recruited several generals in the army.

From time to time, a group of people rushed over, there were seven generals in the army under Zuo Houde, four of them were from Dingcheng, Zuo Houde and their families also cooperated, and the remaining three were from Youzhou, and the rest of the counties were born.

Zuo Houde was a little jealous of the general in Youzhou, because he was most likely sent by Hong Zaixing, not only Zuo Houde, but also every border general had similar characters around him.

Zuo Houde looked at the people around him and then said: "Generals, you also understand that there will be a battle between my Dayan and Nanming, if the war starts from my Dingcheng, the matter of strengthening the army cannot be postponed, I decided to compete in the army after January, and then every six months in the army, take the top fifty, each with a reward." ”

The seven generals did not dare to object, and they all clenched their fists and said, "No! ”

……

A month later, in the Dingcheng Army, it is now the day of martial arts.

Since the news of the imminent military exercise in the army came out a month ago, there is no shortage of 50,000 soldiers in the army, and there are warriors who feel that they are superior in force and have long been ready.

Zuo Houde walked to the high platform, looked at the soldiers in the army, and then said: "The army has produced heroes since ancient times, and it is also the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. ”

After Zuo Houde finished speaking, the soldiers in the audience cheered: "Cai! ”

Then someone said, "The general is wise! ”

Zuo Houde raised his hand and pressed it, and said: "The top fifty strong men, Ben will give you a chance to challenge Ben General!" ”

For a while, the soldiers in the audience were even brighter, and those who had the ability wanted to see Zuo Houde's power, and those who did not have the ability also wanted to see the strong man compete with his own general.

Not long after, this first contest began, and there were not many people in the army who participated in the contest, only more than 2,000 of the 50,000 soldiers, and most of them knew that they did not have that strength, so they did not participate.

Of course, there were no high-ranking officers to participate this time, and even there was only one Sima in the army, let alone a lieutenant general. Of course, Zuo Houde can also understand, after all, Sima is considered a middle and high-level in the army, and if he loses to someone with a lower rank than himself on stage, it will not be good to command his subordinates in the future.

These more than 2,000 people competed, Zuo Houde was also watching, he was mainly watching the older soldiers, after all, the older the more likely they were to mix in the army, such a person, Zuo Houde is easier to recover.

In the duel between the two of them, there were dozens of rings, and the top fifty in the army were selected in one morning.

Of course, the top-50 showdown hasn't started yet.

Zuo Houde sat on the stage, and at this time, General Li next to him asked: "General, I don't know who you are more optimistic about?" ”

Zuo Houde glanced at this General Li, this General Li's name is Li Yu, he is a native of Dingcheng, and his family also cooperates with Zuo Houde, Zuo Houde smiled and said: "They are all strong men in the army, and they still have to fight to know." ”

Li Yu said again: "I'm optimistic about Du Cheng under me." ”

From time to time, the rest of the generals from Dingcheng also said their suggestions, Zuo Houde smiled when he saw it, he knew that these four people were moving closer to him, and the other three also said a few words from time to time to make themselves less isolated.