In fact, in addition to the fact that crossbows are easy to imitate, there is another reason why Otto did not say it directly.

That is the possible situation in which the lower nobles and the church resist the crossbow together.

Historically, after the advent of the crossbow, it was resisted by the majority of the middle and lower class aristocracy, especially the knight class, and the church also banned the use of crossbows among fellow religions for its own benefit.

But for the great nobles, the appearance of the crossbow did not affect their interests. To put it bluntly, what if a crossbow can penetrate armor, is it cheaper to raise a knight or a crossbowman?

Not to mention, crossbows have limitations, and there are ways to deal with them. It's a big deal, just let the soldiers use a little better shield material and a little more thickness.

Dead point ordinary soldiers are distressed, or dead knights are distressed, and the big nobles naturally have the answer in their hearts.

Although Otto is not a big nobleman, he thinks that it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to win against the number of knights with the big nobles, but to the point where all the people are soldiers, the gap will be narrowed a lot.

After all, in terms of developing territory and increasing population, Otto is still confident that he is still ahead of others in this world.

Otto didn't want the Crossbow to be banned. Therefore, while the church has not paid attention to it, spread the crossbow early, so that the nobles can taste the benefits, so that the pressure will be shared by someone at that time.

Otherwise, if the crossbow is really blocked, only the army of the Aargao collar will use it, wouldn't all the pressure be on his head?

Not to mention, Otto also made preparations in advance for the advent of the crossbow.

The relationship between the weapon and the armor is the relationship between the spear and the shield.

As early as Otto waited for Andrew to make the crossbow, Otto had already begun to instruct the craftsmen to start upgrading their armor.

The armor commonly used in Europe during this period was mainly armor and chain mail, with the former being stronger against ranged weapons and the latter being stronger against melee weapons.

Both of these types of armor have a definite disadvantage, that is, it is not comprehensive, and the truly comprehensive armor will not appear until the plate armor appears.

With the current level of smelting, Otto naturally didn't want to make that kind of "big lobster"-like plate armor, which was unrealistic.

His idea was a transitional scheme, a composite armor combining plate armor and chain mail.

In this way, the key parts such as the chest are covered with heavy plate armor on both shoulders, and the chain mail is continued to be used in other parts, so that it can basically avoid being taken away by the crossbow with one shot.

It's just that what the plate armor needs is the improvement of the metallurgical process, and Otto doesn't know anything about it except for a warming, so he can only encourage the craftsmen to explore it on their own.

As for when something will be produced, it's up to the craftsmen, as Otto told Wade.

Many times, the progress of the process is not that difficult.

When the conditions are very mature in all aspects, some processes have not been able to break through, in fact, they just haven't figured out the direction.

When you know the right direction of effort, in fact, the breakthrough is inadvertent.

What Otto did was to give the confused craftsmen a direction, let them know where to work hard, so that maybe tomorrow they could get something.

More than a month has passed in a flash.

The guests invited to the engagement ceremony have also arrived one after another, and the Allgao collar during this period is relatively lively.

The only regret was that the two heavyweight guests, the two dukes of Swabia and Bavaria, regretted that they wanted to prepare for the war and could not come to Otto's engagement ceremony.

However, the two dukes sent a gift to congratulate Otto.

Otto is actually quite happy about this, he is not even an earl, if there are two dukes, this status, won't the protagonist become two dukes?

Thinking about his engagement banquet, when a group of people went around the duke, Otto was also unhappy, and now, there was no need to worry.

On an early winter afternoon, the warm sun hangs high, making people unaware of the cold of winter.

Otto woke up from a nap and suddenly felt a throbbing sensation in the depths of his soul.

He wondered in his heart, who would want to harm himself and have a "bloody wedding"?

Hurriedly opened the system to check, and found that it was the first wonder that had been awaited for a long time, and it had been completed.

【Eagle Castle】Wonder Level: 1

Upgrade Progress: 0/10

Bonus:

Special Bonus: None

Level bonus: Family reputation +5

Unique bonuses: +30 fertility for family members, +10 marriage acceptance

After the construction of the Eagle Castle was completed, he was also given a chance to win a raffle.

Faced with the twelve cards in front of him, Otto ordered one casually, and he didn't know what the lottery would give.

The card was flipped over, and it was written:

"Eagle Castle special bonus white entry, family members friendship +2."

The lottery system has disappeared, and the Eagle Castle's special bonus column has been added with a bonus of +2 friendship for family members.

Otto thought for a moment, it seems that this lottery system is used to add entries after the Wonders have been built or upgraded.

Well, it's just this bonus, how can it be so chicken, fertility and marriage acceptance, good guys, is this to make yourself a player race?

Just when Otto was a little powerless to complain, a sweet voice sounded in his ears.

"Congratulations on successfully building the special wonder [Eagle Castle], the reputation system has been opened, please pay attention to it."

"Since the establishment of the Eagle Castle, a family that has left a name for itself in history has risen from there, and now that you have built the Eagle Castle, it is unknown whether the once glorious Habsburgs will emerge.

You can choose to replace the original Habsburg family and establish a new Habsburg family, make up for the regrets of the Habsburg family, and rewrite the history of the Habsburg family.

You can also choose to maintain the status quo and lead the rise of the unknown Alachol family in history, and write your own glorious family chapter.

Whatever you choose, there will be unknown consequences for history, so please follow your inner thoughts and make a careful choice.

Now, it's up to you to make your choice. ”

Faced with the two choices in front of him, Otto's first reaction was not who to choose, but to ask.

"Hey, are there any other options, why don't you support custom family names, I'll choose the third one."

It's a pity that the female voice disappeared and did not respond to Otto, and there were only two options in front of Otto.

Depend on! Not at all intelligent and inhumane system.

Bad review!

After Otto thought about it carefully, he found that there was no choice at all, a family that was famous in history, ruled half of Europe, and forged the first empire on which the sun never set.

The other one didn't even leave a name in history, so who to choose?

Although the ending of the clam castle in the later stage of history is a bit miserable, and the direct family is extinct, but isn't that caused by the marriage of close relatives, and if you have a system, it will not be worse than the clam castle in history.

So, Otto took a deep breath and chose to become a Habsburg family.

"History remembers your choice."

The disappeared female voice sounded again, and inexplicably, Otto felt a warm force spread throughout his body, and it seemed that everything had become a little different.