Bruce looked at the drawings in front of him, three days after he handed them over to Marcus for the design of his uniform, which depicted a well-proportioned soldier wearing a topped iron helmet with the rear wings of the helmet extending to his neck, which at first glance looked a bit like a German helmet from World War I.

"Did I give the message that leans too much towards the stick?" Bruce smiled wryly, rubbing his temples with his fingers, but when he turned his gaze to the soldier, he couldn't help but admire how right it was to leave this to Marcus.

The upper body of the soldier is red riveted cloth armor, which is not bloated, but fits the body well, with wide shoulders, leather belts at the waist, iron bracers on the wrists, and lower body cloth leg armor that covers the legs, and leggings wrapped around the legs.

"What is this, Lord Baron?" Marcus asked curiously, and while he was drawing the blueprint, Brewster asked him to add it.

"It's leggings, a must-have for every soldier." Bruce said to Marcus, don't look at the two leggings, which proved to be the most advantageous protection for soldiers on the march.

"I've almost painted the armor, and even according to your orders, there are two kinds of summer and winter, and the winter armor will add a thick linen cloak to the outside." Marcus explained to Bruce that it would be nice for an average soldier to have a thick linen cape, but Bruce decided that it was not enough, and he decided to provide each soldier with a woolen blanket as far as his finances allowed.

"Very well, it's time to prepare your weapons." Bruce touched his chin and nodded in satisfaction, but just then Anne walked in.

"Lord Baron, there is a messenger." Anne walked in and said to Bross.

"Emissary?" Bruce was a little baffled, but he decided to meet the uninvited guest anyway.

The messenger had been sent by Countess Randall, but the messenger had brought a message from Sir Hilton, and Bruce remembered that he had had a relationship with the knight.

"Greetings from the Honourable Patriarch of the Locke family, Lord Baron Bruce, my master's friend, Sir Hilton." The messenger was a polite young man who respectfully saluted Bruce with a noble salute, and Bruce smiled and nodded.

"Salute Sir Hilton, and your master." Bruce said to the messenger, wondering what the messenger was coming for.

The envoy was not too polite, and he offered Countess Randall to act as a mediator, so that the dispute between the Duke of Bemessy and the Locke family could be settled, which surprised Bruce.

"What's in it for your master?" Bruce's first reaction was that the countess had a trap, and there was not much intersection between the two, why the countess was willing to act as a mediator.

"My mistress thinks that the peace of the principality is the most important thing." The messenger used a high-sounding reason, but Bruce only smiled, he didn't believe it in his heart, after a series of things, he understood that in this era, the nobles did not hesitate to fight openly and secretly for their own interests, just look at the Duke of Bemessi.

"I see, I'm willing to accept the countess's kindness." Although Bruce could not figure out the countess's intentions, what he needed at this moment was time, and this reconciliation was right in the middle.

"That's good, then according to the agreement, I hope that the Baron can leave for the Duke of Bemessi's castle immediately, as long as he swears allegiance to the Duke in person, the Duke says that he will not be guilty of the past, and the Locke family will also return to the Duke's command." The messenger breathed a sigh of relief, and he was also worried that the young baron, because he was so young and vigorous, could not swallow the anger in his heart, and refused the countess's kindness to his face.

"This~~." Bruce rolled his eyes, thinking that this could not be the duke's trick, tricking himself into the castle and smashing the cup to take himself down as a sword and axeman.

"What's wrong?" The messenger looked at Bruce in wonder, he didn't know why Bruce, who had just agreed, hesitated at this time.

"I, ahem, so be it! Anne, you immediately arrange a lodging for the messenger, he must be very tired from the long journey. Bruce turned to Anne.

"Yes, Lord Baron." Anne, who was standing on the side, was suddenly ordered by Bruce, she didn't react for a while, but she quickly agreed.

"Your Excellency, please reply as soon as possible." The messenger did feel tired, but he still wanted to reply to the countess as soon as possible, so he emphasized to Bruce as he left.

After sending off the messenger, Bruce carefully considered going to the Duke's castle, if he did not go, he would definitely give the Duke of Bemessi an excuse, but if he did, it would be dangerous, and in hesitation, he gathered his retainers.

Stukov, Edward, Eve, Warren the Elder, Danny Splitter, Phoebe, and Ken arrive at the Lord's house, where the already small room becomes even more crowded, with some people standing next to them without seats.

"I miss the castle chamber." Edward said to Stukov with a playful smile.

"Don't talk nonsense." Stukov picked up his blindfold with his hand, rubbed his fingers against the hollow sockets, and then lowered the blindfold again.

"What's wrong?" Ken stood by the fireplace and asked Phoebe curiously, but the other shook his head to show that he didn't know anything.

"Quiet, there's one thing I can't make up my mind about, so I want to ask you." Bruce sat down in a wooden chair as he said to his retainers.

When Bruce recounted the words of Countess Randall's emissary, the retainers began to discuss, and they soon split into two factions, with Warren the Elder, Eve, and Danny Splitter all seeing this as a good opportunity for reconciliation, while Edward and Stukov thought it might be a trap and a ploy by Duke Bemessey to trap Bruce.

"Oh?" Watching the arguments of his retainers, Bruce frowned slightly, his fingers flicked on the armrests of the wooden chairs, in fact, the arguments of the retainers were exactly what he hesitated about.

"We don't have to pay attention to the messenger, Countess Randall and the Locke family are also quite at odds, this may be a trap." When Stukov was talking to Sir Wayne, he learned that the Locke family had a part of the estate, and that they often fought with Countess Randall over the water problem, so he could not believe this reconciliation even more.

"Phoebe, what do you think?" Bruce knew that what Stukov said made sense, but he suddenly saw Phoebe and Ken in the room without saying a word, so he asked them.

"Me?" Phoebe didn't expect Bruce to suddenly ask herself that he and Ken had joined Glynton after being captured, so he tried to keep a low profile, but it seemed that Bruce didn't intend to let him go.