Chapter 213: Soles
Seeing Wang Ke lock himself in the study as soon as he got home, Nanping was very strange, when he went home on weekdays, even if Wang Ke had something, he would tease the child before doing things, but when he passed by the child's side today, he also looked contemplative, and he didn't look at Xiao Wang Qi and himself, and went straight upstairs.
Nanping walked into the study and saw Wang Ke lying on the desk, holding a pen and drawing something, leaning over to see, the paper was full of patterns, some looked like feet, but there were no toes, and some were like rags, painted on top of each other.
Nanping looked at it for a long time, but he didn't understand what Wang Ke was painting, and asked curiously: "General, what are you doing here?" ”
Wang Ke raised his head and looked at Nanping, only to remember that he hadn't said a word to them when he came back today. Hurriedly put down the pen, moved a chair for Nanping, asked Nanping to sit down, picked up Xiao Wang Yu and said: "This is not the emperor who promised to change the clothes of civil officials, the emperor 'handed over' this matter to me to do, I am in a hurry to draw the style." ”
Nanping pulled the drawings in front of him, and after looking at them for a long time, he didn't understand what the connection between this painting and clothes was, so he had to ask: "General, why can't you see the concubine's body, what does this painting have to do with clothes?" ”
Wang Ke came back to his senses at this time, he didn't make it clear, and hurriedly told Nanping about today's events in detail. Only then did Nanping know that Wang Ke was doing this today, and he also understood a little bit about what Wang Ke had drawn.
Nanping asked tentatively: "Is this the leather shoes that the general painted?" ”
Wang Ke nodded, because he couldn't let go of Wang Kun with both hands, he could only raise his chin and say: "This is only designed for civilian officials, and I will design one for the army later." ”
Nanping also saw that Wang Ke couldn't use his hands while holding the child, so he hurriedly took the child from Wang Ke's hand, and said with a smile: "The general will do things first, the concubine will take the child to play, and it will not be too late to talk to the concubine when the general is done." ”
Wang Ke was in a hurry to do things, and he didn't say much, watching Nanping walk out, he leaned down again and continued to do it.
After Wang Ke finished drawing the drawings, he remembered that he really had to talk to Nanping about it, and the matter of this civil official clothes would be 'handed over' to their fashion workshop to do, anyway, this has to find someone to do, and it is better to find someone else than to find them, this 'fat' water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, and if they have this condition, they can't be cheaper for outsiders.
Wang Ke ran downstairs with the drawings he had drawn, and when he came to the living room, he saw that Lanling and Dongyue had also returned, and they were playing with Nanping to tease Xiao Wang.
Wang Ke said to the three 'women': "I was just looking for you, I have come back, and I have something to tell you." ”
Nanping estimated that Wang Ke had finished drawing, and he was going to talk to them about making clothes. Nanping and Wang Ke have the same idea, they have a ready-to-wear shop at home, with Wang Ke's 'sex', they will not go outside to find a place to do it, plus Comrade Li Er has already said this, let Wang Ke handle it, Wang Ke will not go to the Ministry of Industry to take care of this matter, so he can only 'hand' it over to them.
Although Lanling and Dongyue didn't know what Wang Ke was going to say to them, they saw Nanping's calm appearance and knew that Nanping must already know about it, so they didn't say anything, just looked at Wang Ke together, waiting for him to tell the truth.
The clothes are easy to do, for Nanping and them, it is not a day or two to do this, as long as Wang Ke 'handes' the drawings to them and explains the places that need attention, there will be no problem, and they can just wait for the receipt of the goods when the time comes.
What made Wang Ke waste his tongue was the hat, because he hadn't seen it, Wang Ke had to tell them little by little. In fact, Wang Ke has never really seen this thing, and he has only seen it on TV, and now he can only tell them based on his own understanding, but this is much better than Nanping and them.
After Wang Ke's mouth was dry, he finally made this question clear. Seeing that Nanping had already 'figured' it, Wang Ke sat down on the sofa at once, feeling that the whole person was so tired that he didn't want to move.
Dongyue sensibly brought a cup of tea and handed it to Wang Ke, Wang Ke nodded to Dongyue with a sense of 'excitement', and quickly took a sip of tea, planning to go out quickly when he was out of breath.
Nanping looked at Wang Ke and planned to go out, and couldn't help asking, "General, it's all this time, do you still plan to go out?" ”
Wang Ke knew that Nanping and the others cared about him, and explained: "I want to go out to find that merchant in the Western Regions, and ask him to find some craftsmen who do leather work in the Western Regions for me, and I have to hurry up about this shoe." ”
Hearing Wang Ke talk about shoes, Lanling and Dongyue didn't know what was going on, and asked Wang Ke to talk about it, Wang Ke had no choice but to take out the drawings and introduce them to the three 'women'.
Nanping watched it for a while just now, but he didn't know exactly what was going on, and now Wang Ke explained it in detail, and let her know what was going on. Looking at the drawings, Nanping didn't feel strange about anything else, but she still didn't understand the two things drawn on it, one was the picture of the elephant foot she saw at the beginning, but there was no toe, and now there was a thicker back, thinner in the front, looking at something like footprints, Nanping couldn't understand, so he asked Wang Ke directly.
Wang Ke knew that in this era, these two things did not appear. You think, now the shoes are not divided into left and right feet, and the soles are all handmade cloth soles or leather soles made by craftsmen in the Western Regions, and I didn't think about making shoes according to the shape of the feet, just thinking about the size of the feet, as long as the feet can fit in, as for whether it conforms to the shape of the feet, I haven't considered it.
Wang Ke pointed to one of them and explained: "This is called a last, which is used to make some uppers, this last has many kinds according to different foot shapes, and it is divided into different sizes. ”
What Wang Ke said is like a book from heaven to Nanping, they don't know how much attention is paid to making shoes.
However, Dongyue still remembers that when he used to make shoes for Wang Ke, Wang Ke just drew a foot and asked him to do it, and after it was done, Wang Ke put it on and complained for a long time, saying that it felt uncomfortable to wear, and he kept wearing it for a long time before he didn't say it again. When I wanted to do it again, I knew that I had to make my shoes looser, so Wang Ke didn't say anything more.
Dongyue said these things to Nanping and Lanling, and after Dongyue finished speaking, Wang Ke continued: "This is because there is no last when making shoes, and this made shoe can not fit the foot well, and it must be worn until the shoe is formed according to the shape of the foot before it can be worn more comfortably." As for the shoes that Dongyue made later, because they were looser, I didn't say it, and this was made by Dongyue, so I can't always complain about it. ”
Dongyue understood the meaning of Wang Ke's words, and smiled at Wang Ke, indicating that she understood Wang Ke's affection for her. Nanping didn't understand anything about the careful thinking of the two, but she didn't take this to heart, pointed to another picture and asked, "General, what is this for?" ”
Wang Ke didn't need to look at it to know what Nanping was referring to, and said directly: "The leather shoes made now are made with a thick piece of hard cowhide directly as the sole, and there is nothing to wear at first, but after a long time, the cowhide will slowly become soft and thin, at this time, if there is a small stone on the ground, stepping on it will also make the foot hurt for a long time, if you make the sole, use wood to make the sole of the foot, and then wrap it with leather, although this cowhide should be used relatively thin, But once the cowhide wears through the bad things and can be replaced, isn't it better to protect the feet? ”
Wang Ke thought when he was painting the shoe, now at this time there is no rubber sole and oxford sole for himself, if he still uses cowhide directly as the bottom, it will definitely be uncomfortable to wear, but how to deal with this problem, Wang Ke still thought about it for a long time, before he thought of using wood to make the sole, and now when he said it, his heart was still proud, and he was happy for his idea.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Wang Ke's voice fell, Dongyue said: "Husband, this can't work, this is different from the clogs you wear at home, the soles of these shoes can't be bent, how can this person walk!" ”
Dongyue has been doing these things all year round, and has a very keen intuition for such things, and when she said it, Wang Ke was stopped at once, and Wang Ke was only doing it with his own imagination, which was a big problem in the eyes of professionals.
Wang Ke was dumbfounded, he didn't know what to do, but he was still secretly glad in his heart, thanks to his fact that he didn't go out rashly, otherwise this face would be lost, and he couldn't walk when he wore shoes, so was it still called shoes!
Looking at Wang Ke's ashamed face, the three 'women' knew that now was not the time to be amused, so if they didn't help Wang Ke come up with a way, Wang Ke couldn't 'make a difference'.
Nanping and Lanling looked at Dongyue together, Nanping put down the eldest sister's shelf, and begged Dongyue: "Sister Dongyue hurry up and help the general think of a way, only you can come up with a way to do this!" ”
On this issue, not to mention, only Dongyue is still familiar with it, and it has the most say on this issue, although Nanping and Lanling can also do something to mend the seams, but it is far worse than Dongyue to take it. Where does Wang Ke still have a trick at this time, he can only look at the winter moon with a hopeful gaze in his eyes.
Dongyue has never been so valued, although Nanping is still good to them on weekdays, but because they also understand that they can't help Wang Ke in these aspects, they can only take care of Wang Ke more in life, but now they have become their own proposition, and this heart is really a little bit unturnable for a while.
Seeing that several people were looking at herself, Dongyue muttered: "It's not good to say this thing about the concubine body, the sole of the shoe is made of cloth on weekdays, if you want to wear it more comfortably, make it thicker, this requires the concubine to say something, and the concubine doesn't know how to say it." ”
Nanping and Lanling were very disappointed with Dongyue's words, in their opinion, Dongyue's words were not much different from not saying them, but when they heard Wang Ke's ears, they were very different, Dongyue's words reminded him, this cloth bottom can be made thicker, just add a heel at the back, just like the 'female' high heels in later generations, but it doesn't have to be so high, and finally wrapped it in cowhide, isn't this sole there?
Wang Ke danced and said his thoughts, and the three 'women' thought about it, which was also the truth, and they were all happy, especially Dongyue, who couldn't help but laugh at his words to make Wang Ke solve big problems.
Wang Ke hurriedly stood up, he wanted to quickly find the merchant in the Western Regions, and ask him to find a few craftsmen to do this for himself, now everything is ready, as long as there are workers, you can start work, anyway, this is covered by Comrade Li Er, and he is not afraid that no one will want it.
Nanping knew that Wang Ke was looking for someone to go, and it didn't take much time, so he just told Wang Ke to go home as soon as he finished, and the family was still waiting for Wang Ke to come back for dinner.
Wang Ke nodded and walked out, now he was a little impatient about it.