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Chapter 891 Heavenly Army
Chen Mu really wrote a letter specifically to teach the Majiagang Clothing Factory how to make clothes, but his letter can hardly have any special significance.

The more lack of means to deal with the cold, the more people know how to overcome the cold.

If you don’t have thick clothes, you can wear three layers of thin clothes, double-layer fabrics with fluffy things inside to keep out the cold. The ancestors have tried everything from cheap reed flowers and kapok to expensive silk balls and cotton that became popular in the Ming Dynasty.

All he can do is to ask the weaver to weave more square or ribbed patterns on the cotton clothes to prevent the cotton from running around and sinking.

Because Chen Mu himself knows that the cotton-padded jackets of this era are warmer than the cotton-padded jackets filled with artificial cotton in another era, and if his people make down jackets, they will be warmer than the down jackets of that era, because he can be sure, The wool trousers made by Majiagang are 100% wool, and the down jackets made by Majiagang are also 100% Canadian goose down.

Uh, maybe it should be called Asia Goose?

In short, designing clothes for the Banner Army is one of Chen Mu's few hobbies.

This is a very interesting thing. Think about it, no matter how ugly you design the clothes, tens of thousands of people will wear them and win battles one after another majestically. This kind of clothes is Like a symbol rooted in someone else's mind.

Like the 'green cloak' that has become an urban legend on the other side of the border.

Didn't the first emperor also put a bunch of soldiers on display in his mausoleum, and Sai Lu believed that their preferences were similar.

Now that there was an order from the military government office, and the winter in Majiagang had begun to warm up, Zhao Yongxian, the county magistrate, immediately transferred the drawing on Chen Mu's letter to Brother Zhai, who was in charge of the clothing factory of the Armament Bureau.

Brother Zhai is a Shuangyu shoemaker brought back from Spain by Yang Tingxiang. His life can be called magic.

I was abducted by the Portuguese when I was a child, and traveled to many cities in Portugal and Spain on the other side of the world. I made shoes and boots for the monks and citizens of the monastery for half my life. Instead, he settled in Majiagang surrounded by snow-capped mountains.

However, in any other place, regardless of whether it is Jincheng or Changsheng, for Geer Zhai, being in the face of his compatriots who can be trusted is far better than the life of Europa, but Majiagang?

But anyway, he is considered a big official here, even though he is not an official, even though he is a bit cold, but the treatment is not bad, Brother Zhai is also satisfied.

What if he was given the chance to return to his hometown now?I heard that Shuangyu Port was destroyed by the imperial army as early as after he was abducted, and he had no relatives in the world when he went to Quanzhou, so it would be better to spend his old age here.

Leather, goose down, and cotton cloth are all ready-made, but wool and cashmere cloth is not readily available and needs to be spun on-site.

I have to say that the winter clothes designed by Chen Mu have quite a lot of requirements in terms of conditions. It is necessary to keep warm and keep out the cold, but other than that, it does not affect the activities, and the coat should also have a detachable multi-purpose fur cloak to cope with the cold weather. different temperature conditions.

Taking advantage of the time when the Ordnance Bureau was spinning fine wool, Zhao Yongxian, Zhai Geer and others looked at and revised Chen Mu's drawing, which made Zhao Zhixian sigh with emotion: "The commander-in-chief regards making clothes as making clothes." It's shot."

Chen Mu's "design talent" is obvious to all in Ming Dynasty. Usually, the painting teacher finds that the students are not talented when teaching the young master to learn art, and in order to avoid the trouble of being dismissed, he usually complains in a tactful way, saying: young master His paintings have the style of Jing Haibo.

In fact, it's nothing, no one is perfect, it doesn't matter that Chen Mu, who can only recognize soldiers and horses in the eyes of others, can't do anything else well, as long as he can win the foreign war is enough.

But his design was so inconsistent with the aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty that he wrote a letter to Zhao Yongxian without shame, saying: a good military uniform can improve the majesty and combat effectiveness of the troops, and can make the Banner Army win the hearts of girls, Put our enemies to shame!

Zhao Yongxian looked at Chen Mu's design drawing. Outside the plain trousers and mid-length jacket, there are double-layer cashmere wool shorts and trousers, double-layer cashmere cloth, and the outer layer should be covered with goatskin on the chest, arms, and thighs. No leather is used at the connection between elbows, shoulders and chest and abdomen, so as not to affect the activities to the greatest extent, which is very good in terms of warmth and practicality.

After all, it is the clothes worn inside, which are warmer, and the lack of aesthetics is tolerable, but what is going on with the thick cashmere coat outside?There is no embellishment in the whole clothes, whether it is bright pattern, dark pattern or even group pattern, there is nothing, there is no pattern or variegated color, and the main body also requires the cashmere cloth to be dyed dark green or simply white and gray.

Although Zhai Geer said that the upper body effect of this military uniform should be good, it does not meet the aesthetics of Zhao Yongxian, Ma Jin and others at all. The military masters and generals in the army all agree that this uniform is too ugly and looks like a groom in it.

In the past dynasties, which dynasty had the most gorgeous clothing and the most colorful colors?
This must be the Ming Dynasty after Yongle!
"The commander made this up? I know, this clothes are not only for us to wear, but also for the future banner army expedition to England to liberate Alan to deal with the weather there, and also for domestic soldiers from the nine sides to launch the Northern Expedition. , but let the Banner Army wear this?"

Zhao Yongxian curled his lips, everyone knew that the imperial court wanted to conquer the north, Longqing Yihe's decision back then was to wait for war with peace, not not to fight, but to suspend the war to accumulate strength; the matter of Ailan Kingdom was also ordered by the emperor to let the Dongyang Army go to war as soon as possible. Solved, both of these upcoming wars will require winter clothing, and good ones at that.

But this outfit?
Ma Jin looked at Zhao Yongxian, shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like the Heavenly Army anymore."

"Also, there are cashmere underwear, a woolen overcoat, and a goose down vest in the middle to wear inside the breastplate." Ma Jin looked at the design drawing of the military uniform and sighed: "Chen Shuai must not have estimated the clothes. cost."

"If you want a single Majiagang sergeant, it will be good if you can complete it in two years. I heard from Brother Zhai that this cashmere cloth is three times more difficult to handcraft than other fabrics. As for the goose down, a big goose can't be produced for four taels." A set of military uniforms is more expensive than armor, mainly because we don’t have so many weavers or goats in Macheng.”

"Isn't that good?"

Zhao Yongxian's eyes rolled in his eye sockets: "Isn't it good that there is a shortage of materials and handwork? Chen Shuai's design is warm and practical, but it is not beautiful. Now that the sea is melting and the ice is melting, send people to Wangxiazhou to give Tianjin Beiyang Biography I believe that the cashmere cloth is collected from the country, and if there are ready-made ones, it will be delivered this autumn, and if there are no ready-made ones, it will be enough next year."

"Let's make a few pieces here first. Think about the patterns and decorations on the top and see the effect. At that time, all of them will be imported from China. If the goose down is not enough, we will use duck down from Nanzhili. Didn't the commander-in-chief's letter say that he plans to use it from Xiyi in the future?" Does the country collect wool and cashmere—send it all back to Zhangquan, let the weavers over there process the jacquard and ship it back, the best of both worlds.”

"Ma Shuai said that the cost is a big problem. Mr. Zhao estimates that this set of winter clothes will not last for four or two, but Dongyang can earn a lot of money, right? Then it will be equipped for the Banner Army."

Fatty Zhao nodded while talking: "They are worthy, worthy of one person and twelve taels of armament!"

(End of this chapter)