Chapter 360 Military uniforms must be handsome
A special clothing exhibition is being held in the Lord's Mansion in Huxin Town.
A dozen or so carefully selected young men, all tall and above 1.8 meters tall, each wearing a unique suit of clothes, were commented upon by the people around them. They either stood upright, Or make various gestures according to the audience's requirements.
“This outfit is really good, I look very energetic.”
“This outfit is better, I have a good temperament.”
"This one looks the best, but is it also the most complicated to make?"
The audience at the exhibition included military bosses such as Schroeder and Bryce, as well as old Ford and Cecil Such high-ranking officials of the Government Council, including the Lord of Arda Paul Gleiman and his ally brother Myron Garnard, all commented on the exhibits.
The target they are viewing and tasting is a suit of military alternative uniforms of various colors.
With the large-scale promotion of flying shuttle looms, the textile industry is developing in full swing in Alda, Baierding and Emden. Weaving factories using machines one after another—— Perhaps it should be called "factories" now - they are springing up like mushrooms after a rain. Everyone who has watched the work of the flying shuttle loom realizes that this machine will bring about a huge improvement in efficiency. The original manual workshop owners have reluctantly paid to customize this magical machine from the Huxin Town Machinery Factory. After upgrading their own weaving yards, some newcomers who sensed business opportunities also invested heavily in the textile industry.
In this wave, many people tried to imitate shuttle looms, and many of them were successful, but they were soon sanctioned by the iron fist of the Patent Law. Paul was very concerned about this area. The requirements are particularly strict. Currently, the patent for shuttle looms only belongs to Huxin Town Machinery Factory, and orders keep coming in like snowflakes.
In order to cope with this huge demand, Huxin Town Machinery Factory once again expanded and recruited workers to increase its production capacity. After the scale was expanded, it was restructured. The original machinery factory was divided into two and became an agricultural machinery factory and The Industrial Machinery Factory has two workshops. The former is responsible for the development and production of agricultural machinery such as harvesters, threshers, and cotton gins, while the latter focuses on the production of "industrial" machinery such as shuttle looms.
The improvement of weaving efficiency has greatly stimulated the demand for cotton yarn. For a while, supply exceeded demand. The price of cotton yarn went up. Many spinning factories and family workshops made a lot of money. All practitioners They were both painful and happy. While working extra hard to produce cotton yarn, they were happily counting their money. There were also many new people starting to work in the cotton spinning industry.
The rapid expansion of the cotton textile industry has driven many industries such as printing and dyeing and garment making. The final result is that the price of clothing materials and clothing on the market has been greatly reduced. Now middle-class families in the towns of Alda and Bailding do not need to wear The clothes were patched.
With the reduction in the cost of clothing, the plan to replace the uniforms for the Arda army was put on the agenda. At present, the uniforms of Arda's army and navy are all simple-made "Tubalu" style clothes. When Paul commands such an army to play queuing to kill, there is always a strong sense of disobedience.
Queue up and be shot. Gorgeous and bright is the right way to go.
Paul convened a joint meeting of government department heads and military generals. He had previously told them about changing uniforms and asked them to design their own designs. Now Paul asked them to make samples according to their respective designs and send them to the Lord's Mansion for centralized tasting. , pick out new uniforms.
The clothes worn by the models in front of him are all in the so-called "Renaissance" style in Paul's eyes. They are basically designed by senior military officials such as Schroeder and Austin. They all have wheel-shaped wrinkles like mill water wheels. Collar, padding is also used in the top to make the shoulders, chest, and upper arms of the clothing full. The lower body is made of tight leggings. Some styles are also equipped with robes or cloaks, and they wear felt hats with curly feathers on their heads. This is a popular dress for the young children of nobles or rich people in the Cape Bay area. According to the requirements of the lord, the new uniforms must break through the stereotypes, keep up with the forefront of the times, be flamboyant, domineering, and reflect the high-spirited spirit of the Arda army. Therefore, they specially consulted the female advisor Setia and the old shipwright Ben Jimin and others came from Kok Bay, a well-known fashion center.
"These are the military uniforms you designed?"
Paul's words contained many questions. Obviously, the earl was not satisfied.
Schroeder and Austin looked at each other and replied hesitantly to Paul: "Yes, Lord Earl, don't you like these styles?" Heavenly Father, this is already a very bold and avant-garde design. In the past, the Northwest Bay was closed and poor, and people's clothing was often conservative and simple. However, in the affluent Cape Bay, people's clothing was bright and complicated. Referring to the style there has made designers deeply uneasy - —This violates the teachings of the Holy Scriptures which forbid luxury.
Then based on the Earl's instructions, they added some designs that they thought could reflect the temperament of Arda's army.
How flamboyant, how domineering, how...a nouveau riche vibe!
This is already the case. Your Excellency, the Earl, is still not satisfied?
"Gentlemen, I have also designed several sets of uniforms, both for the navy and the army. Let us taste them together."
After saying this, Paul clapped his hands together.
"Dear Earl! Winthrop is at your service!" A man with glasses and a flattering smile trotted all the way to Paul's side.
Everyone took a closer look and found out that he was the chief tailor of the Lord's Mansion. Nobles had their own tailors, and the Graiman family was no exception.
Paul asked: "Winthrop, are our new uniform samples ready?"
Winthrop made a no problem gesture, "Everything is ready, just wait. I am following your call, my lord!”
"Okay!" Paul turned to everyone: "Gentlemen, let you see the truly epoch-making design. Winthrop, let the models come in!"
As soon as Paul finished speaking, a tight and rapid drum beat sounded. , after the frequency of the drum beat slowed down, two groups of soldiers came to beat the drum beat. Yes, they were soldiers. Schroeder, Bryce and others could tell at a glance from the steps and movements of the newcomers that they were soldiers who had been trained in formations for a long time and should be from the internal defense force.
"Stand still!" the leader shouted, and the two groups of soldiers stopped together.
The first team of soldiers, wearing black tall hats, single-breasted blue and white coats with cufflinks on the cuffs, white shirts, white trousers, and pedals A pair of black leather boots.
The second team of soldiers, also wearing black tall hats, wearing red coats with black lapels, white half-length trousers, black leather shoes and long shoe covers, looked like... Cooked large lobster.
Paul smiled at the surprised crowd.
"Everyone, I said, the military uniform must be handsome!"
(End of this chapter)