After Zhang Chen left, Li Zhi sat down and thought a lot.

The three steps in the outline of the reform of the military system have completed the two steps of the reform of the establishment and the reform of training, and the next reform of clothing is the unification of military uniforms.

Military uniforms are the general clothing of military personnel in a country, which can highlight the temperament of military personnel and enhance the sense of collective identity and cohesion.

In this era, the military clothing is extremely heavy armor, although it can also protect the body of the soldier from the heavy damage of the enemy's offensive weapons to a greater extent, and also slightly enhance the combat effectiveness and give the enemy a more violent blow, but it is still relatively heavy to walk, let alone run, so it greatly limits the flexibility of the soldier's action on the battlefield.

And armor is not worn by every soldier, it is basically worn by some officers and generals and important soldiers. There are two reasons for this: first, the supply of armor, because the armor is made by hand, resulting in poor production and high costs, and secondly, the people in power do not think about the safety of grassroots soldiers, so most soldiers are only wearing thin cloth clothes on the battlefield.

So in terms of clothing reform, Li Zhi originally chose two sets of clothes for the officers and soldiers of the Shenwu Army, one training uniform and one combat uniform.

Training Uniforms Different armor, mainly cotton single clothes, was mainly used for simple training on weekdays, as well as for parades and daily life when there was no war, but it was impossible for soldiers to wear clothes without any protection to the battlefield, so there was a different set of clothing.

First of all, the training uniform is mainly an imitation of the German military uniform during World War II, designed by the famous artist Hitler, which is the most handsome set of military uniforms recognized by many countries. Although Hitler was a true sinner of history, it has to be said that he did have a talent for designing military uniforms.

As for the training uniform of the Shenwu Army, Li Zhi did not completely imitate it, but made a slight change.

The cotton training uniform, with a vertical neckline and high shoulder pads, is intended to emphasize the thick and straight shoulders of the soldiers, making people look very lean and make the male figure look vigorous. Narrow-cut breeches with knee-length black military boots are not only suitable for marching on various terrains, but also make the whole person reflect a sense of spirit.

For the production of training clothes, Li Zhi found the relevant process from the crystallization of civilization in his consciousness and improved it slightly, and then transcribed it on paper and put it aside.

Then there was the combat uniform, and after thinking about it for a while, Li Zhi decided that the combat equipment of the whole army still decided to use plate armor.

This kind of plate armor, which was eliminated by firearms as soon as it appeared, has existed for a very short time in history.

In front of the large arquebus, the resistance of the plate armor is insufficient, and the well-made plate armor can indeed effectively resist the penetration of the front, but the huge impact force often causes the guard plate to sink inward and be damaged, and the vibration that occurs when the bullet collides with the plate armor will also bring serious damage to the human body, which makes the heavy plate armor more and more powerless in actual combat.

Later, after the popularization of flintlock pistols, they were light and powerful, and the plate armor was easily penetrated, and they were powerless to resist.

However, at present, the level of firearms in the Great Xia Dynasty is still at the level of small-scale bird guns, fire guns, and small arquebuses, which poses little threat to plate armor, and basically fights with cold weapons, so plate armor is the best choice now, and the most important thing Li Zhi is now is steel.

Just do it, Li Zhi began to plan the production of two kinds of military uniforms, originally planned to outsource the production of training uniforms, but considering that the production of training uniforms involves a lot, Li Zhi planned to produce it himself after thinking about it for a long time, without the hands of others, and Li Zhi planned to order the Casting Bureau to be responsible for the production.

"Zhou Man!" Lee called.

"Your Highness, what do you command?" Because Zhou Man is not a soldier, he is not called in the army.

"In this way, you immediately arrange for people to buy a batch of textile machines in the city and other surrounding cities, and if there are those who are willing to sell the workshop, then buy them all, and then move the whole together with the workshop workers to the southern suburbs Foundry Bureau for temporary placement."

"As for you, immediately go to the southern suburbs and purchase another piece of land near the Foundry Bureau, and then you find Zhao Jiujiang, the director of the Foundry Bureau, and ask him to arrange personnel to be responsible for the construction of the factory as soon as possible, and the textile workers temporarily placed in the Foundry Bureau are also temporarily under his management.

"And the name of the factory is set to be the clothing factory!" Saying that, Li Zhi picked up another drawing and handed it to Zhou Mandao: "And on this paper is the drawing of the new military uniform training uniform, the cloth used and the requirements, this king has already made a good annotation, you just need to hand it over to Zhao Jiujiang, let him expedite the arrangement of textile workers to produce in the Casting Bureau, and a month later, this king will see 4,000 sets of training uniforms and combat uniforms." ”

"Yes!" Zhou Man borrowed the drawings and carefully folded them up and put them in his sleeves, and then hurriedly retreated.

Li Zhi set up a quilt factory for the production of training uniforms independently, the purpose of which was to expand the textile industry, and the establishment of the quilt factory could not only produce military uniforms for the army, but also produce bedding in small quantities, and civilian clothing for sale to the market, which could expand the flow of funds, and also increased a large number of jobs, which once again led to economic development.

After a brief breakfast, Li Zhi returned to the study and pondered.

"I don't know how the progress of this new firearm researched by Chen Qing is." Li Zhiman was worried, very worried.

The firearms of this era in this world have been used in the army on a large scale, similar to the Ming Dynasty in later generations, the soldiers used firearms, bird guns and a small number of arquebuses, and some of the army was also equipped with cannons, but they were all solid shells, and there was no shadow of the explosive shells.

And the firearms of the Great Xia Dynasty in front of him are only equipped with the Imperial Forest Army in the palace and the wealthy second prince on the eastern coast, not to mention Li Zhi's own soldiers, who were so poor that they used to burn snakes and eat.

Now the situation is different, the steel of the Foundry Bureau has been famous, even the steel produced by the medium-level slag agent is in short supply, you must know that now with the improvement of the process, the daily output of the Foundry Bureau of steel can reach more than 15,000 catties, which is equal to the daily output of more than seven tons. Medium-grade steel also accounts for most of the total production, so now Li Zhi can be said to be very rich, so he turned his attention to firearms.

Do you produce arquebuses? No, Li Zhi did not intend to produce such backward junk weapons, arquebuses have great drawbacks, starting an arquebus requires a section of arquebus with fine linen rope and then soaked in vinegar or potassium nitrate, and if you want to start a gun, you must carry such a long arquebus of several meters on your body.

During the war, the arquebus must also be lit before the battle, but it may be difficult to ignite the arquebus due to the humid weather or the preservation environment, which forms an embarrassing situation in which the soldiers of the two sides are half-squatting on the battlefield. And the ignition of the arquebus is also very dangerous, if you are not careful, the spark will ignite the bullet belt on your back, causing an explosion and even burning yourself, and the arquebus is easy to expose itself in night combat.

Moreover, the arquebus operation is extremely complicated, it takes twenty-five steps to fire at a time, once the enemy and the enemy exchange fire, the hands and feet must be very agile, even the best trained shooter can only shoot two rounds per minute, even if later generations invent methods such as standing in several rows of volleys, but if the gun is not replenished in time by the enemy cavalry rushed to the front of the formation, it will be finished, because the arquebus has poor accuracy and has a short effective range, and can only shoot at targets within a hundred meters.

Therefore, Li Zhi decided to directly produce flintlock pistols across arquebuses, and the basis is also there, and the reason why Chen Qing, deputy director of the Foundry Bureau, was able to occupy a high position was because Li Zhi found that the new firearms he studied had the color of flintlock pistols, so before obtaining the crystallization of civilization, Li Zhi wanted to reuse this person, even if he could not fully develop flintlock pistols, but as long as he could have his strengths, but now with the knowledge in his consciousness, the complete information of flintlock pistols is not a problem.