Chapter 64 Clean Up
Three days later, the time came.

The nine families in this city are still thinking that the twelve of their own will join forces and will soon dismiss Zuo Houdela.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Houde used them to fish these days, and found out a lot of unrest factors in the city, and secretly sent people to monitor the Jiujia.
Zhengdong General's Mansion, Zuo Houde played with the clay figurine in his hand, listening to Yao Ping's report beside him.

After Zuo Houde finished listening, he said leisurely: "Close the net!"

Yao Ping immediately took orders and led the army to arrest the restless Jiujia and other unstable people in the city.

Zuo Houde looked at Yao Ping's back, heaved a long sigh, and said, "Greedy is not enough!"

With Zuo Houde's order, the city does not know how many bloody storms will arise.

In fact, three days ago, even if Zuo Houde gave them the last chance, the power of these twelve families is really great. They have been rooted in Dingcheng for a hundred years and are so deeply rooted that Zuo Houde will worry at any time. In the future when Zuo Houde is not in the city, sell Zuo Houde!
From the perspective of Zuo Houde, who has the memory of two generations, these twelve companies are already big capitalists. For capitalists, capital must flow in order to generate sufficient benefits.

Zuo Houde is also a capitalist, but he is also a ruler. He has the memory of his previous life. Zuo Houde naturally understands that once the capital in the hands of capitalists flows, it will not only generate benefits, but also generate powerful power. Overwhelm the power of the ruling class.

So capital does not flow, but must flow in the hands of Zuo Houde, so that Zuo Houde can use the power of this capital. Only capital in the hands of the ruling class is stable capital!
For any ruler, it is unacceptable for such unstable factors to appear under his hands, just like "Zhu Yuanzhang killed Shen Wansan" in the previous life.

Of course, Zuo Houde has other goals. Zuo Houde has taken a fancy to the accumulation of these nine families over the past century. It is estimated that each Zuo Houde's net worth is not less than tens of millions, plus shops and land.

Just ransacking the house is enough for Zuo Houde to raise soldiers for decades, how can Zuo Houde not be tempted?
……

July [-]th, the people of Dingcheng should have a hard time forgetting this day. This day was Qixi Festival, but Zuo Houde's order filled the whole Dingcheng with blood.

Thousands of people were dragged to the center of the city to be beheaded. These are the direct descendants of the nine families, and Zuo Houde will definitely not let go of any of them.

As for some people who didn't have a greater participation, Zuo Houde was merciful and spared their lives.

Of course, what made Zuo Houde most gratified was that there were only dozens of people involved in the army, and these dozens of people originally wanted to win over the rest, but the rest of them reported these dozens of people in a blink of an eye.

After Zuo Houde knew about it, he was also quite happy, after all, no one wants to be betrayed by his subordinates who have worked so hard to cultivate them.

……

In the General's Mansion, Zuo Houde listened to Yao Ping's report on the harvest of this house raid.

Holding the ledger in his hand, Yao Ping reported to Zuo Houde meticulously: "Patriarch, we copied a total of 3704 million taels of gold, 430 million taels of silver, plus some jewelry, the total value is 7803 million taels of silver. , As for the rest of the houses, shops, and land, there are too many to count, and they are still being counted."

Hearing this huge number, even Zuo Houde couldn’t help but be surprised. Zuo Houde’s 20 troops cost about 150 million taels a year. year!

Although Zuo Houde had expected it in his heart, he never expected that the nine families would be so rich.

Of course, Zuo Houde understands that real estate, shops, and land are the big ones. Generally speaking, especially in ancient times, most of the wealth of the rich is real estate, such as land and shops.

So Zuo Houde immediately ordered Yao Ping: "Immediately count the shops and land, this is the big head, so the number of these companies can be [-] million?"

Hearing Zuo Houde's words, Yao Ping nodded and said: "The owner, the land and the shops, I just estimated it to be two to three hundred million taels, especially the land in some villages around Dingcheng, almost all of which are owned by these families. of."

Zuo Houde nodded, people have always loved the land like this.

However, Zuo Houde has obtained such a huge wealth, so he can develop his own rule well. In this way, Zuo Houde should thank these few families for their dedication.

Zuo Houde also ordered: "You arrange people to take over these nine shops. You can continue to use those who can be used. If you can't use them, recruit people. Try to find the family members of the soldiers!"

After Yao Ping cupped his fists, he left.

After Yao Ping left, a middle-aged man appeared from behind the curtain. The man's face was ordinary, except for his sharp eyes.

Zuo Houde looked at him and said indifferently: "How is Yao Ping's performance recently?"

The man clasped his fists and said, "My lord, Director Yao has noticed the existence of the Shadow Guard, and these things have always been in order!"

"I have always been the manager by my side. It would be strange if Yao Ping couldn't detect your existence! Just follow the rules!" Zuo Houde said lightly.

This man is Shadow—the leader of the Shadow Guard.

A few years ago, Zuo Houde dug Ying out of the army. Ying is a talented person. Although he looks ordinary, no one can pay attention to him in the crowd. At the same time, Ying is meticulous and never makes mistakes.

At that time, Zuo Houde was still forming his own private army, so he was very concerned about all the troubles in the city, so he asked Yao Ping to recruit all kinds of teachers and nine talents, and monitor the news in the city.

Secretly, Zuo Houde let Ying set up a shadow guard. Zuo Houde regarded this shadow guard as his "Jinyiwei", recruited manpower, organized spies, and surrounded all high-level figures in the city. Zuo Houde probes for private information.

At the same time, Zuo Houde didn't just put the shadow guards in the city, Zuo Houde's shadow guards gradually grew stronger with Zuo Houde's support, and trained a lot of spies. Zuo Houde's idea is that within ten years , Shadow guards will spread all over the world, serving as eyes and ears for Zuo Houde.

Of course, this shadow guard is still a private army, not known to outsiders, and only responsible for Zuo Houde.

Zuo Houde looked at Ying, and said calmly: "Back off, and immediately send more shadow guards to Jiangling, Daming is the enemy, we can't be blind in the south!"

Shadow clasped his fists and retreated.

This power makes people intoxicated. Since Zuo Houde took power, he has gradually become suspicious, and he has lost a little trust in the people around him. Of course, Zuo Houde understands that this is the quality that every person in power must have. Even Cao Cao said, "I like killing people in my dreams!"

(End of this chapter)

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