Watching everyone training like this, Qian Ruoyu felt deeply moved for a moment. After all, before this, the palace didn't even have any other guards.

The only thing was that there was a golden lotus next to Qian Ruoyu.

Qian Ruoyu found it hard to imagine that the palace's defenses had been truly weak during this period of time.

However, she smiled inwardly after thinking of this place. After all, although the palace's defenses were indeed poor, there was actually no need to protect the palace at all.

All the things in the palace had already been taken away by the prince, so there was naturally no need to protect them at all.

It can be said that the most valuable thing in the palace now is actually Qian Ruoyu himself.

In the next few days, Qian Ruoyu watched the palace's guards training. Occasionally, when he was bored, he would take out some silver to reward the trainers in the palace so that they could train more diligently.

Afterwards, ten days were almost up, and the bandit-suppression army was completely organized. Qian Ruoyu naturally came to observe the bandit-suppression army as soon as possible, wanting to see what the effect of this temporary bandit-suppression army that cost money was.

A large number of people had gathered in an open space in the northern part of the capital, most of whom had come here to watch the bandit-suppression army.

After all, this incident was so grand, and naturally all kinds of people wanted to come and see for themselves the scale and strength of the bandit-suppression army. Qian Ruoyu was among these people.

Afterwards, the bandit-suppression troops also came out of their temporary village. Some people who were not even wearing military uniforms walked out of the village in a mighty manner.

After seeing the appearance of these people, even Qian Ruoyu was stunned.

Because she simply couldn't believe that this was an army that was hired and trained. Not to mention whether there were more than a thousand people, everyone seemed to be joking. There were even people talking and laughing in the team. There was no seriousness at all.

The person standing in front of them was naturally Liu Dingguo.

Liu Dingguo looked majestic and majestic, wearing hereditary armor. Even under the sunlight, the bright and colorful armor could be seen reflecting light.

"All the generals, listen to my orders!"

Just after he finished speaking, the more than a thousand people behind him also shouted loudly, "Here!"

Liu Dingguo said.

"Today is the day we set out on our expedition. With the blessing of Your Majesty, we will surely return victorious. By then, we will kill all the bandits and make them flee in disarray. Hahahaha, how happy we are!"

Qian Ruoyu had never expected that a dignified Vice Minister of the Ministry of War would actually say such tasteless words. How could he have the nerve to say that?

At the same time, Qian Ruoyu said to the golden lotus beside him: "How is it, did you see anything special? For example, are there 1,200 of these people?"

Just as Qian Ruoyu finished speaking, Jin Lianhua smiled and shook her head.

"My queen, I can guarantee that the number of these people is definitely no more than a thousand!"

After hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu was immediately certain that Liu Dingguo in front of him was drawing a salary without working!

The so-called "eating the empty salary" means that insufficient number of people received the full amount of silver. At least 20% of the silver allocated by the court was eaten up by him!

But the more this happened, the more Qian Ruoyu felt relieved, because this meant that Liu Dingguo was bound to lose this time and had no chance of winning at all.

Thinking of this, Qian Ruoyu suddenly felt a little happier in his heart. Although he suffered a defeat, at least it was not his own defeat. And the most important thing was that this defeat had nothing to do with him. It would also allow Liu Dingguo and the people in the court to give him a chance and a position!

"Comrades, this is an opportunity given to us by His Majesty. I hope you can cherish this opportunity and don't waste it. This is a good opportunity to be promoted to a noble or general!"

"In that case, let's not waste time and get ready!"

After hearing what he said, nearly a thousand people behind him also set off in a mighty manner.

After all, the weapons were obtained from Luo Shanhai, so at least these people looked like decent human beings and not a ragtag army.

But at this moment, Qian Ruoyu noticed that there were several people among the onlookers who looked sneaky and did not look like ordinary people at all.

Especially after they saw Liu Dingguo and others set off, they were actually preparing to enter the woods nearby. Seeing this strange scene, Qian Ruoyu naturally did not intend to let it go, so he immediately signaled to Jin Lianhua beside him.

After all, she had been following Qian Ruoyu for two months, so Jin Lianhua immediately knew Qian Ruoyu's purpose and hurriedly followed those people.

Although the people around Qian Ruoyu were not wearing uniform, it could be seen that they were all of strong build.

These people were the palace guards who had been training in the palace for ten days.

The number of people expanded from the original fifty to seventy, and this also included family members in the courtyard next to the palace.

Qian Ruoyu originally did not plan to have so many people, but seeing that each of them was of sturdy build, he had no choice but to accept them all.

In this case, seventy people would cost seven hundred taels of silver a month, which is a huge amount of money. If it were someone else, there would be no way to support such a well-trained guard team.

Moreover, the seven hundred silver coins were only their wages, and did not even include the food, equipment, and medicine needed for training.

This would amount to at least 1,500 taels of silver.

After thinking about this amount, Qian Ruoyu didn't feel any excitement at all. After all, this was a guard team that could protect his life at the critical moment. Even if he quit his job in the future, he could run away with this guard team.

When she thought of this, Qian Ruoyu's mouth corners slightly raised.

Qian Ruoyu then said to someone next to him.

"How is it? Do you think you can beat those guys?"

After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, several people behind him spoke up.

"My lady, these people look like they are just showing off their skills. It shouldn't be difficult to defeat them!"

"Yes, Madam, it seems that they have trained, but in fact, their training intensity is probably just average."

After hearing them talk, Qian Ruoyu was even more certain that these people he trained did have some confidence.