Although William did not ask Claude and the craftsmen of the Royal Arsenal to immediately improve the arquebus according to his request, he made a few demands:

"Claude, while the barrels and bolts of this batch of arquebuses used to train firearms units do not require immediate improvement, there are some requirements that I would like to explain here."

"Your Majesty, whatever you command, I will do as it is." Claude said respectfully.

"You can see that the front end and the middle and rear parts of the barrel can be equipped with a crosshair and a gate, which can greatly improve the progress of the shot, but it will not take too much time." William picked up an arquebus, which had been assembled, and pointed at the bare octagonal barrel.

"Your Majesty, I remember." Claude nodded his head in humble acceptance.

"And the wooden handle of the arquebus." William flipped the arquebus over with the muzzle facing down and the handle facing up, and pointed to the curved crank, saying, "I ask you to design the crank so that it can be supported by the shoulder, and not by hand."

Claude, is the butt clear, just like this, enlarge the tail of the crank, which can fit the shoulder to borrow force.

And this kind of butt can be used as a blunt weapon, you see, if you turn the arquebus over and swing it with the barrel in your hand, isn't this a long-handled hammer? ”

"Your Majesty, your wisdom is unmatched by us, and you not only inspired us to design powerful arquebuses, but also put forward effective suggestions for improvement from all sides, and we are so sorry for ourselves." Claude complimented with a sincere expression.

William, though he was very impressed with it, showed nothing on his face, and after putting the arquebus back in the gun rack, he told again: "Claude, I need to see five hundred arquebuses, sixteen six-pounder guns, and all kinds of ammunition in a week, can you do it?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister will definitely be able to become bigger, otherwise I will resign from the post of chief director of the Royal Arsenal." Claude swore solemnly.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when William, Richard and others left the Royal Arsenal, and even William was a little tired after such a long inspection, but his son Claude was still so energetic.

Richard, who is so strong and energetic, is William's ideal heir, you must know that being a ruler is very energy-consuming, otherwise the emperors in history would not be so short-lived.

Although the feudal monarch in Europe did not have so many things to deal with, it was still very draining, so a healthy and strong heir was extremely important.

"Aren't you tired, Richard?" William asked his son, who was riding on his horse with Richard in his arms, in his arms.

"Father, I'm not tired at all, can I go to the royal hunting ground for a walk?" Richard asked out loud.

"Forget it today, it's dusk in two hours, and even the royal hunting ground is not very safe." William shook his head and refused, and when he saw Richard's expectant eyes, he changed his tone and said, "Why don't I take you to the deer park in the palace to have a look, there are dozens of elk and sika deer, and I will have a good time with you later." ”

"Great, father, you're so nice." Richard hugged William and cheered happily.

In the Royal Deer Park, William affectionately hugged Richard and watched the deer.

"Give me some of the tender grass that sika deer love to eat." William instructed the guards beside him.

"Yes."

In a few moments, the guards respectfully presented William with bundles of tender and delicious and juicy grass.

He grabbed a handful of tender grass, stretched out his hand and shook it outside the fence of the deer park, and within a moment, several sika deer came running over smelling the fragrance of the tender grass, competing to nibble on the tender grass in his hand, and sometimes their moist lips almost wrapped his hand into it.

"Richard, come and touch its ears." William lured a smaller doe with the tender grass, slowly lowered Richard in his arms, squatted down and even said to him.

"It's so cute and soft." Richard seems to like the ears of the sika deer, which are soft and comfortable.

......Suddenly, the young sika deer called twice and quickly ran away, William saw that it was Richard who accidentally pulled the sika deer's ear out of curiosity, and the other party was frightened and ran away.

At the same time, a sika deer with antlers like a crown ran towards here with hooves, but fortunately, William quickly picked up Richard and stayed away from here, plus there was a double fence protection, so no one was injured.

"Hahaha..."William disagreed, and said to Richard, "Richard, you should be careful, sika deer, especially male deer in heat, are very fond of attacking people, be careful of those guys with horns." ”

"I'm not scared at all, father." Richard didn't have a scared expression, and said with a smile: "I think this sika deer is like His Majesty the King here, guarding the sika deer in the entire deer park, once they are hurt, they will immediately attack with the antlers on their heads." ”

"That's right, Richard, this stag is indeed the king of the sika deer in this deer park, and all the doe are his courtiers and his wives, and it is his duty and his right to protect them.

As a king, you must have the courage to defend the power in your hands, no matter how powerful the enemy is. William used the sika deer to educate Richard in his arms.

"Hello, Your Majesty King Sika Deer." Richard raised his hands and greeted the swaggering stag in a childish voice.

However, the stag ignored Richard and concentrated on escorting the petite doe back to the herd.

"Haha, Richard, come and see here." William laughed, turned around with Richard, stretched out his hand and pointed to another deer park and said, "Look here, there is a group of deer here that are different from the sika deer in Fangcai, it is called moose." ”

"Wow, that's big, what a horn." Richard looked in the direction William was pointing, and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as he looked at the moose.

"That's right, Richard, the moose is the largest and tallest deer in the world, generally 2-2.6 meters long, taller than a rhinoceros at the shoulder, most can weigh up to 700 kilograms, and the highest record is about 1,000 kilograms, which can be called a behemoth among deer.

Its horns are also very different from other deer, not only are they larger, but they are also shovel-shaped, and the length and weight of the horns increase with the number of forks, especially the area of the palm-shaped horns.

In addition, the horns of the moose are changed once a year, and the old horns are shed from mid-February to the end of March, and new horns are grown after about a month. William said to Richard as he introduced the moose.

"That's really big, much bigger than the sika deer, but why don't I think these moose have the spirit of the sika deer?" Richard's bright eyes blinked, and he looked at William and asked.