Hearing this!
Liu Lei immediately bowed. "This subordinate accepts the order."
In the army, as one's military rank rose, the number of personal guards would increase accordingly.
After all, the higher one's rank and status, the greater one's value in the army.
A thousand troops were easy to find; a single capable general was hard to come by.
This was even more so.
Why had the current emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, remained patient despite his deep dissatisfaction with Huai West? It was all because he still had to rely on Huai West. Other than Huai West's battle-hardened generals, the Ming Dynasty had few outstanding commanders.
Of course!
Liu Lei was even more excited.
He had originally given up the position of Hundred Household and been demoted to a personal guard General Officer.
But now, he commanded two hundred men, and he was also the personal guard of the Commander of the Thousand Households. His status had risen with the tide.
Even the garrison commander and Thousand Household of the Vice Commander's camp would not dare do anything to him, all because he was the commander of the personal guards.
Upon returning to the camp, two large chests came into view.
Clearly, these were additional rewards from the current emperor and the Crown Prince—gold.
Zhu Ying stepped forward and opened them.
Both chests were filled to the brim with gold.
If an ordinary family obtained this much gold, they would never have to worry about food or clothing for the rest of their lives.
"Two thousand gold."
"The current emperor and the Crown Prince really are willing to spend."
Zhu Ying sighed inwardly.
Then, he placed his hands on the two chests and directly stored the gold within them in his storage space.
With the increase to all his attributes, his storage