"What are the two choices?" Du You expressed the curiosity someone in his situation should.
The city lord didn't keep him in suspense, he spoke directly: "The first choice is to return to the homeland and become a hereditary baron. Your descendants would also be nobles. In the system of nobility, if there are no sufficient accolades every three generations, a tier of nobility is reduced. However, accumulating accolades is relatively easy, White Stone City is a place for nobles to do so."
Uh, as a city lord, should you really talk about your city like that?
"Of course, if you choose to return to the mainland, you will not have a territory because nearly all domestic territories have already been distributed and you can't find any new ones. And even if there were, they wouldn't go to you."
"One advantage of returning home is that you can mingle with other nobles. The reason why we can bestow hereditary status is because they want to assimilate you."