Since it was a bit inappropriate to discuss these things at the banquet, William and Adolf discussed in a whisper, and then sat back and continued to toast with the generals, and the slightest change in their faces did not make people see anything unusual.

As the banquet came to an end, the guests also finished their meal and got up to thank William.

Under William's nod, everyone touched William's left hand and bowed to say goodbye.

After the guests were gone, William led Uncle Adolf, Sir Hubert, and Baron Osborne to the study to discuss what to do with Baron Richard of Agenthon.

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When they were seated, William handed the letter from Baron Richard to the crowd, "Uncle Adolphus, Sir Hubert, Steward Osborne, this letter is for you to circulate. ”

After everyone finished circulating, William looked at Steward Osborne and took the lead in asking, "Steward Osborne, how is the situation in Barony Alençon statistically in the past few days?" How many people and Ding Zhuang are available for conscription? ”

"Back to Young Master William, the Barony of Alençon has been completely counted, due to rebellion and war, the total population of Barony Alençon (not counting the army) is only 68,000 people, Ding Zhuang is less than 20,000, of which there are 18,000 people in Alençon City and about 7,000 people in Ding Zhuang." Osborne's butler said unhurriedly as if he had a bamboo in his chest.

"Such a small population? With the size of Alençon, the city is not much smaller than the city of the county of Evere! William sighed with a slight surprise.

"Hey, Master William, that's because the rebels forcibly recruited a large number of citizens and serfs, originally there were less than a thousand town militia in this Alençon city, and by the time we fought with the rebels, the number of mercenaries was no less than seven thousand." Steward Osborne shook his head a little helplessly and sighed.

"Hmph... These abominable rebels! William snorted coldly, turned his head to look at Sir Hubert and asked repeatedly, "Sir Hubert, when will our 7,000-man brigade regiment complete its training?" When will the shortfall be filled? Are you fully equipped? ”

"Your Highness William, there is only one week of training time, which is still too short for a recruit, although spearmen do not need to train for long, but in the current situation, time is still very tight." Sir Hubert turned his head to look at William, his expression was a little helpless, and said: "Although there is a shortage of less than a thousand, and the captured and newly manufactured weapons and equipment are sufficient, but without enough longbowmen to support them from a distance, our new spearmen are likely to become targets for others." ”

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William put one hand on his cheek and tapped his fingers on his left side, and these distressed thoughts, "Longbowmen? That's a precious thing, I haven't trained hard for a few years, and I'm not a strong longbowman at all! Even the county of Evreux had only about 300 longbowmen, and it was impossible to explode the longbowmen. ”

Thinking like this, a flash of inspiration flashed in William's mind, and he remembered the decree that caused the number of English longbowmen to explode in history - the "Longbow Decree".

After thinking about it in his mind for a while, William looked at the three of them and said: "There are three ways to quickly increase long-range firepower at the moment, one is to recruit some mountain hunters, town militia captives and mercenary archers and re-arm, although these ordinary archers are not as powerful as longbowmen in terms of shooting and power, but two or three hundred archers are not. ”

As for the second option, we had to urgently train crossbowmen instead, and the levies would only need to train for 10 days to shoot the enemy with crossbows on the walls.

By the way, how did we copy the captured crossbows? How many crossbows were produced? ”

"Back to His Highness William, the weapons workshop has produced one hundred and thirty crossbows in the past few days, and the production rate is expected to reach a maximum of fifty per day." Steward Osborne replied.

After listening to Osborne's answer, William and the others all had a score in their hearts, at least three hundred ordinary archers and two hundred crossbowmen could come in the next two days, which was a big help.

Seeing everyone's expressions relaxed, William turned his head to look at Baron Adolf and said, "Uncle Adolf, I need your help for the third way. ”

"Please, William, I'll do my best if there's anything I can do to help you." Baron Adolf said with a smile.

"That's right, I would like to ask you to issue two decrees in your capacity as Baron Alençon, one of which is the Decree of the Reserve and the other of the Decree of the Longbow." William nodded and said, "Although the issuance of these two decrees cannot increase the number of soldiers and longbowmen in the short term, it can increase the reserve of soldiers and longbowmen, so that we can recruit enough soldiers." ”

"Oh? The Reserve Decree and the Longbow Decree? It seems that William, you are also prepared! Baron Adolf couldn't help but sigh, "Talk to us, William." ”

Hearing this, William spoke his thoughts eloquently, causing the three of them to burst into admiration.

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On the second day, the Baron Adolphus of Alençon and William, the heir of Normandy, jointly promulgated the decrees "Reserve Decree" and "Longbow Decree" that would affect the Normandy dynasty for hundreds of years, and the light cavalry under William carried these decrees to all the counties and towns of the Barony of Alençon, and handed them over to the military attachés and county magistrates stationed in various places to implement in conjunction with the village elders at all levels, and the implementation of the decrees in Alençon City was handed over to the city government.

The town of Esser, part of the county of Le Maire-sur-Salt in the Barony of Alençon, is a municipality of less than 400 people, and although it is sparsely populated, it is located on the banks of the upper Sarthe River, like Alençon, and has excellent conditions for navigation and fishing.

Today, a light cavalry from the Baron's Mansion came to the town and handed over the two decrees in his arms to the mayor and the military attache stationed there, and the whole town came alive.

First, the mayor and military attache agreed with the local gentry and village elders how to enforce the decree.

At this time, the local villagers were less powerful, at most they were the mouthpieces of the officials appointed by William and the local representatives of the people, which were worse than the deputies of the people's congress.

After receiving the decree of His Royal Highness William and Baron Adolf, everyone had to obey the order, and gathered the townspeople and the liaison of the villages everywhere, and read the "Reserve Decree" and the "Longbow Decree" in the town square.

In the town square, the people who were summoned exchanged their heads with each other and discussed the economic convening.

In a few moments, the mayor, the military attaché and the old gentry of the town came over, stood on the high platform of the town square, turned out two pieces of parchment with the contents of the decree, and began to read them aloud.

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