Chapter 349: People Rely on Clothes and Makeup, Horses and Saddles (2)
After everyone watched around for a while, Liu Juntao felt good, and deliberately posed for everyone, and asked everyone: "How?" ”
Everyone also felt good, this new set of armor, not only easy to wear, mighty style, and most importantly, good protection effect, unanimously agreed that it could be implemented in the army.
However, Liu Juntao still discussed carefully with everyone again, and finally decided that the night guards in each battalion would only wear short armor and not use arms and hands, and be equipped with this new type of armor after being streamlined.
After all, the characteristics of not collecting at night are swift and concealed, and this simple armor can fully meet the needs.
Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu and other generals present at the scene, as well as Bai Yuxing, Liu Youfu and other guerrillas, also all agreed.
After discussing these, Liu Juntao also demonstrated the new armor of the generals of each battalion for everyone.
The new armor equipped by the general and above generals, wearing short armor and leg skirts, are all in the style of Ming armor, with fine and sophisticated scale armor on the outside, and purple cloth for the arms and hands. The exposed armor leaves are also shiny, and the entire set of armor is the same as the soldier's armor, mainly bright red.
When Liu Juntao put on his arms and hands and tied the belt, the whole set of armor was ready, which was slightly more troublesome than the armor of ordinary soldiers, but the protection was also enhanced a lot, which can be regarded as a gain and a loss.
This set of armor is mainly worn with leg skirts, which need to be hung on the shoulders with front and rear shoulder straps, and there are also a few buttons behind the waist, and the rest of the armor, arms and hands, are not much different from those worn by soldiers.
This kind of general's armor and leg skirt reveal a large piece of bright red mandarin duck jacket at the hem, and when you walk, with shiny nail leaves, it is quite dazzling.
At this time, everyone's eyes lit up, and Chen Ziping, Gao Ran and others were even more smiling, and kept exclaiming: "Good, good!" That's it, the generals of Yanzhou Town must have this kind of mighty appearance! ”
Zhang Xiaojun on the side showed a thoughtful expression and said: "General Town, in this way, the enemy will know at a glance where our generals are, and I am afraid that they will be focused on and attacked by the enemy when they are in battle." ”
Yan Hu disagreed, and said: "As the saying goes: there are gains and losses!" When you are a general, there is always danger, and if you are afraid of death, you should not be promoted. ”
Then, everyone also had a controversy, but overall, everyone still thought that the advantages of this armor outweighed the disadvantages, and the generals in the army and the generals could dress up like this.
Of course, there are still many differences between generals at all levels in armor, and the higher the level, the stronger the protection, and of course, the worse the mobility.
This is also a reasonable thing, after all, the higher the rank of the general, the less chance there is to charge directly into battle, and at this time, protection is much more important than mobility.
Then, Liu Juntao took off his armor, looked around at everyone, and laughed loudly: "As the first strong army of the Ming Dynasty, my Yanzhou Town needs to have the demeanor and momentum of the strongest army in the world, so in addition to the armor of each army, it also needs to have a dress, so that it can match the identity and status of our army!" ”
Since Liu Juntao led his troops to aid Beijing City and fought bloody battles with more than 200,000 Warat troops, since Liu Juntao, the officers and men of the whole army have a high-spirited spirit, and they think that they are the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty.
This is also a fact, at this time, among the Ming Dynasty, at least with the same strength, there is no army that can defeat the soldiers of Yanzhou Town!
I saw Liu Juntao clapping his hands again, and a group of guards in the house walked in, and everyone couldn't help but light up when they saw this, this is the general's dress that General Fang Cai said?
In fact, the Ming Dynasty is not without ceremonial clothes, among the civil and military officials, everyone has court clothes, sacrificial clothes, official clothes, regular clothes, gift clothes and other sets of clothing, but this refers to officers, civil officials and other officials, ordinary soldiers, how can there be these? On weekdays, he wears a mandarin duck jacket, with different colors on the outside and inside.
What is heterochromia? It's a color on the inside, a color on the outside, and if the outside is dirty, turn out the inside layer and wear it. If the inside is dirty, turn it back in. Dirty is a little dirty, absolutely water-saving.
Of course, the generals of Yanzhou Town are well supplied, so it is naturally impossible to do this, but except for a suit of armor before, the soldiers have no other clothes to wear.
At this time, these guards were all dressed in big red tight-fitting robes on the right side, with a drag style, felt boots, a three-mountain hat, a waist knife pinned to their waists, and a sword hanging behind them, which was quite like the costume of a brocade guard.
The difference between ordinary soldiers and generals is evident in the color of their clothes.
The dress of an ordinary soldier is made of cotton and linen; The generals were dressed in brocade, and the battalions were distinguished by different edging colors.
Looking at these dresses, everyone seems to see the demeanor of the ancient chivalrous, atmospheric, gorgeous, capable, sharp, and at the same time with some cruel beauty, and with the waist knife as a ritual knife, the heroic spirit is compelling, and everyone in the hall has such a feeling.
Tao Jixin stepped forward and said: "Look at this clothes, they are all dressed like officials, if the soldiers of Yanzhou Town wear these clothes and walk on the street, those young men will not want to join the army." ”
Liu Juntao also nodded when he heard this: "A soldier, you have to look like a soldier, without a good costume, how to show the heroism of a soldier?" The generals of Yanzhou Town are different, and they need to have a different style. There is a temporary armor, and there is also a need for a dress! ”
Everyone smiled when they heard this, and they didn't have the slightest disagreement with Liu Juntao's words.
Liu Juntao is willing to make everyone under his command more energetic, what do they have to say? Therefore, the money, food, and rice they pay are not something they have to worry about.
However, Guo Yongzhong still muttered a little worriedly, and said: "I think this dress looks like a brocade guard, our soldiers in Yanzhou Town wear these clothes, will anyone gossip?" ”
As soon as these words came out, a large group of people immediately spoke out against it, although the Ming brocade guards wore more dragging, wearing three mountain hats, but now the officials and people wear more dragging, three mountain hats, and more streets and alleys, their own clothes are like this, what is there?
Besides, who cares about the gossip behind him, who dares to say it in person!
At this time, after the new armor and dresses of Yanzhou Town were all set, everyone in the lobby was overjoyed, all of them were dancing with their eyebrows, and they were talking about it in a hurry, and they all felt that their army was different and very imposing, and it really had the demeanor of the strongest army in the world.
In the midst of everyone's discussion, Liu Juntao looked at Tang Yu, Minister of Commerce, and asked: "Minister Tang, whether it is armor or dress, we change clothes this time, whether it is hundreds of thousands, this is not counting the number that needs to be stocked for backup, is there a problem with this big ratio of money and grain?" ”
Tang Yu said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have prepared all this money and food, and it can be delivered to the military department at any time." Now the most important thing we lack is silver, as long as the town needs it, I dare not say more, it is still possible to prepare 10 million taels of silver within ten days; If you have enough time, you can have as much as you want in the town! ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, although everyone knew that the industries in Yushan Town had expanded greatly, but no one knew how much silver was in the hands of the Ministry of Commerce.
Now that everyone heard Tang Yu say this, they almost thought that Tang Yu had transformed into the God of Wealth!
Liu Juntao nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Zhang Baigui: "Zhang Sicheng, if the money and food are in place, when will your equipment department be able to make these new armors and dresses?" ”
Zhang Baigui pondered for a while, and then said: "General Town, there are many old styles in these armor warehouses, which can be modified into new styles at any time. I will mobilize the quilt factory under my control today, as well as all the trustworthy businesses, and within two months, I can prepare as much as possible. However, if it is necessary to make a dress, it needs to be made to the order of each person, and it will take a little longer, and at the same time, it will need the help of the generals. ”
Liu Juntao was also very satisfied after hearing this, so he asked the generals to fully cooperate, and the whole army must complete the change of clothes within two months!
Two months later, the equipment department of the dress was made, Liu Juntao ordered the whole army to issue, in just a few days, the morale of the whole army was boosted, even the people and the guards were envious when they saw it, and the status of the Ming generals in Yanzhou Mansion rose rapidly, and the soldiers of each battalion in Yanzhou Town also became the "heavenly soldiers and generals" in the minds of the people.
Gu Quan, the prefect of Yanzhou Prefecture, was also depressed when he saw this, and said to his cronies around him: "This Liu Juntao really has nowhere to spend his money, so many new clothes and armor have been made, I think he is deliberately demonstrating to our civil officials!" ”