"Your Majesty, you flatter me! This is just an initial design, far from meeting your requirements!"
Old Mauser showed a shy smile and modestly replied to Jerome Bonaparte.
"By the way! If I were to equip this rifle into the army in advance, could the improved version be directly made on this rifle?" Jerome Bonaparte continued to inquire of Old Mauser.
Old Mauser paused for a moment and then tactfully replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, I'm not sure how to answer that! There is always a gap between the initial design and the final product of any firearm.
If the difference is not much, then it's easy to make improvements!
If the difference is considerable, there may be certain difficulties in improvement!"
Old Mauser's words reminded Jerome Bonaparte of the historically untimely Chassepot Rifle, which, after only a few wars, was directly shelved.
The subsequent Gras Rifle, although modified based on the Chassepot Rifle, incurred quite a cost for the improvements.
