After Bruce took Jeffrey's territory, he merged Jeffrey's old territory with his own Glinton, and named it Great Greenton for unified management, so that in addition to the inherited Locke Manor Territory, Bruce directly managed three lands.

"Lord Baron, is there too much territory under your jurisdiction?" The first to remind Bruce was Sir Wayne, a knight who served the Locke family faithfully, and felt that Bruce's greed for land was a little too heavy, so he admonished him.

"Oh, isn't it a good thing to have more territory?" Bruce and Sir Wayne walked in the castle of Glinton, the cloister of the main tower connected to the courtyard, and it has to be said that Jeffrey's castle has been built for generations, and it is much more luxurious than the lord's house in Glinton.

"Lord Baron, the more territory you have, the more income you will have from your land, and the more manpower you can mobilize, but don't forget that if there is no nobles to manage it, the grain will only flow into the pockets of the serfs, and the manpower in the village will not be mobilized." Sir Wayne said this to Bruce.

"I see, you mean we can't send out managers." Bruce understood what Sir Wayne meant, the rule of the Middle Ages was ruled by the aristocracy and the church alternately, because of the lack of a bureaucratic system as mature as the Celestial Empire, so it could only be managed by the aristocracy, and when the land was too busy, the big nobles would divide their land to the small nobles, so that the layers of feudals were reduced and managed, which was also the origin of the vassal system.

"Oh, but don't worry about it, Lord Baron, the three territories are not yet unmanageable, this is just a reminder from me." Sir Wayne counseled Bruce again, saying that he was only afraid that Bruce would be blinded by the desire for the land and make a mistake in the future process of governance.

"Thank you for your kindness." Bruce smiled and thanked Sir Wayne, but what Bruce was thinking about was another thing, the current three territories were just the beginning, and how to effectively manage the territory in the future was the top priority.

The nobles of the former Jeffrey did not leave Grand Greenton Castle after swearing allegiance to Bruce, and they were still waiting for Bruce's orders, although they were apprehensive, but they finally felt a little at ease with their families.

"I wonder what the young baron will do to us in the future?" The old aristocracy lived in the castle's houses, where they gathered and drank wine and talked by the fireplace.

The flames in the fireplace danced, like the hearts of the nobles, who feared nothing more than Bruce to suddenly seize him and strip his family of their land.

"Rest assured, when he swore allegiance, didn't the baron already promise that everything would be business as usual?" There are also aristocrats who think that the unrest is just unfounded, and that as long as they return to their own territory, life will be the same as when Jeffrey was alive.

"Hmph, we are nobles who have lived here for generations, how can a Mega Man deserve to rule us." A drunken voice sounded, which made the nobles frown, not all nobles agreed with Bruce, this land had been ruled by Jeffrey long enough, and the nobles subtly had an unwarranted dislike for the Locke family.

"By the way, have you heard of that rumor?" Suddenly, another nobleman, who was sitting by the fireplace, lowered his head and said mysteriously.

"What rumors?" The nobles all asked curiously.

"There are rumors that Jeffrey, before he died, revealed that there was a problem with the Baron's bloodline." The nobleman deliberately lowered his voice and said to them.

"What, there's such a thing?" The nobles were very surprised when they heard this, and they were also very strange about Jeffrey's death, and with Jeffrey's tough character, suicide was really unconvincing.

"But speaking of which, there were indeed such strange rumors back then." Among the nobles was an older nobleman, who raised his head and fell into deep thought, and spoke slowly.

"What the hell is going on?" The words of the older nobles aroused the curiosity of others even more, like the claws of a kitten scratching, making people want to snoop, especially if this secret was about their new master.

"The previous Baron Locke responded to the call of the feudal lord and gathered an army to join him, and the battle was the famous battle of the black and white towers, and the result is predictable, the Black King won the final victory, but when Baron Locke returned to his territory, he soon announced that he had a second son." The elderly nobleman said slowly.

"Isn't that normal?" There was an impatient young nobleman who was dissatisfied with the other party's tricks, and he immediately said.

"Shh But he was soon booed by others, because everyone knew that things would definitely not be so simple.

"The strange thing about this is that the Baroness was less than six months from her conception to the birth of the child, and there was news from the servants in Locke Manor that the Baroness was not pregnant."

"Is it an illegitimate child?" The nobles looked at each other, and they said as a matter of course.

"Who knows, that incident is a taboo in Locke Manor, but even if it is an illegitimate child, it is half the blood of the baron, as long as the baron admits it, no one can say anything, but it is strange why is there a rumor that the child is not a noble?" The older nobleman was also puzzled, and he said to himself as he looked at the flames in the fireplace.

"Jeffrey was a nobleman who went on a journey with the lords of the previous baron, and perhaps he knew something terrible." Some nobles speculated so.

"Well, this news of yours is worthless, even if the baron has no noble blood, who can prove it, who can prove it?" The young nobleman said disdainfully.

"Tsk, after all, it's not about being ruled by Mega Man." The nobles said dejectedly.

At that moment, there was a strong knock on the door, and the nobles quickly closed their mouths, and when they opened the door, they saw a Greenton soldier standing outside the door.

"Your Excellency has summoned you." The Greenton soldier said to the nobles in the house and turned to leave.

"Bruce is going to summon us."

"I don't know what's going on?"

"Are you going to let us go?" The nobles speculated, but they left the house and walked to the castle tower.

Outside the tower, Glinton's soldiers guarded the castle, crossbowmen armed with crossbows on the walls guarded the castle, and Bruce's dry banner fluttered above the walls and towers.