Chapter 186: Dressed up
The occurrence of the bloody case in Liu Jiaao made Zhang Chu blame himself very much. At first, because of the clothing, even Zhang Chu himself mistakenly thought that it was a soldier of the security army. This exposes a hidden danger of the security army, for a long time due to the seizure of a large number of official and military clothing, most of the soldiers of the security army wear official military clothing in peacetime, and the armor of the security army is different when fighting and can also distinguish friend from foe, and the difference between the official army and the official army in peacetime is only the rank mark embroidered on the collar, but these signs are not very obvious, and it is easy to be misidentified by the people. In the past, there were considerations about not wanting to attract the attention of the court too much, but now that they have completely torn their faces, it is time for the security army to establish their own image.
Zhang Chu decided to design his own military uniform for the security army, unify the image, and build a mighty army and a steel army.
In order to choose a clothing style, Zhang Chu locked himself in the room and meditated for several days. What he liked most was the uniform of the German army under the Führer, but Zhang Chu did not wear this kind of clothing, let alone make it. The fabrics and tailoring techniques of the time did not reflect the spirit of the costume, and it was not suitable for armor to fight.
In the end, Zhang Chu's ideals compromised with reality, and the only set of military uniforms worn in his previous life impressed Zhang Chu the most, and it was also the easiest to make. It was the camouflage training uniform that Zhang Chu wore when he entered the military training at the university, and he wore it in the hot summer when he was exposed to the sun on the playground. Zhang Chu finally decided to use it as a training uniform to make military uniforms for the security army.
The best tailors in several factories were found, and samples were quickly made according to what Zhang Chu said, and Zhang Chu tried them on, which was the feeling of the year.
Next, Zhang Chu asked the tailor to make three models: large, medium and small according to the difference in the general size of the soldiers. So that the soldier chooses. When making clothes, Zhang Chu found that the tailors had to measure the components of each piece of clothing with a ruler, and then draw lines and cut them on large pieces of fabric, which was slow and wasteful of fabric, mainly because they made clothes for a long time to serve a single person, and there was no concept of mass production.
Zhang Chu saw room for improvement, he asked the tailor to make all the components of the clothes out of hard paper, and then placed them on the whole piece of fabric to constantly adjust, striving for the smallest gap between the components, drawing the line with white chalk, and then cutting along the line, you can save a lot of fabric, remember the way the components are placed, you can quickly draw lines and cut. Zhang Chu also taught them the assembly line operation methods of garment factories in later generations, although it was not as fast as the sewing machine, but the speed was also improved a lot.
Zhang Chu put the clothes on his body and walked happily inside and out, but he always had a strange feeling, and he always felt that something was wrong. Looking up and down, I found the problem, the color of this dress is wrong, and it has not been dyed that kind of flowery green.
Immediately asked the tailor to inquire, but Zhang Chu was greatly disappointed, and now it is difficult to dye the cloth bright green, let alone dye it into pieces of good-looking appearance. It is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and costly.
It seems that Zhang Chu's ideal of dressing up the security army as a student during military training has been shattered again.
What color is the easiest and most economical to use, the tailor told Zhang Chu Daming that the most mature technique is to dye black. Zhang Chu accepted this reality, black is black, it is said that Qin Shi Huang's army wore black military uniforms, and they were extremely brave when fighting, which can be regarded as antique, and the classical style is also very good. Zhang Chu ordered someone to dye a few pieces of cloth to see.
Soon the dyed clothes were placed in front of Zhang Chu, Zhang Chu was stunned again, what about the black, the Ming Dynasty couldn't even dye the pure black color, and the fabric was dyed into a blue-black color that was not black and blue.
The craftsmen looked at Zhang Chu's disappointed expression, and they were very uneasy, they had done their best to make sure that the people of the Ming Dynasty basically wore this kind of black clothes.
"Okay, that's it, I'll take a look at the clothes first." Zhang Chu accepted his fate, what kind of conditions did he have to fight what kind of battle, what kind of cloth did he have and what kind of clothes.
Soon the clothes were ready, this time Zhang Chu didn't dare to wear them by himself but asked the tailor to wear them for him, looking at the tailor standing there Zhang Chu felt that he looked pretty good, and there was a sense of familiarity. Let me think about where I've seen this black and blue. Where has Zhang Chu knocked on his head? I remembered that this is the kind of blue of the police, the police usually wear training uniforms less, Zhang Chucai is not so impressed, but they do have training uniforms, looking at the blue training uniforms without police ranks and police logos, Zhang Chu understands that he has turned around from the starting point and back to the starting point, he is still a security uniform, and he will successfully equip an armed security force in the Ming Dynasty.
In order to look more energetic, Zhang Chu added soft epaulettes to the security uniform, and carried the rank of military on his shoulders, the more he looked like a fake policeman. Okay, that's it, Zhang Chu decided to finalize the production, the security will be safe, and it's not good to be safe forever.
The women in the area under the jurisdiction of the security army received good news that the security army was recruited by the clothing factory, and only women were recruited, and only women were employed in the work place, and there were no men, and as long as they could needlework, they could earn wages. Needlework is a compulsory homework for women in the Ming Dynasty, if you don't know how to needlework, you will be discriminated against, so as long as women who are in good health can almost do this job, women who have nothing to do have signed up, and they feel very disappointed if they are late and do not report their names, and this great opportunity to make money passes by with themselves.
Zhang Chu established a well-developed textile industry to provide sufficient raw materials for the clothing factory, and Zhang Chu's piecework wage system mobilized the enthusiasm of female workers, and tens of thousands of sets of clothing for the security army were completed in two months. In order to boost morale, Zhang Chu set a unified dress change day, and all the security forces changed into new clothes on the same day. Watching groups of soldiers in uniform walk by in a neat queue, Zhang Chu felt a shocking momentum. Zhang Chu didn't expect such an ordinary costume to wear such an imposing atmosphere.
Only after tasting Zhang Chu carefully did he understand that the momentum did not come from the clothes, but from the fearless eyes of the battle, killing the enemy and seeing blood, and from the pride of winning a hundred battles from the heart. At this time, Zhang Chu understood why the military uniforms in peacetime became more and more elaborate and gorgeous, and the quality was getting better and better, but they looked extremely weak when worn on the soldiers' bodies, and they were not as good as the spirit of the ancestors who came down from the battlefield and wore tattered military uniforms.
The troops' evaluation of military uniforms is also very good, and they are naturally happy to have new clothes to wear, and they are very convenient to move around in these clothes, and combat training is not affected. What makes everyone look at the eye-catching rank mark on the shoulder, the army is a place that pays attention to discipline and rank, and those with low ranks on the road must salute those with high ranks, which makes soldiers and officers think about when their ranks can be raised by one level, adding a flower or adding a bar.
Zhang Chu didn't have this kind of thought, because everyone who saw him had to salute him. Seeing everyone's happy appearance, Zhang Chu was very happy, thinking that as long as you were happy, it would be fine.
Not long after Zhang Chu was happy, the director of the quilt factory found Zhang Chu, he encountered a problem, and he couldn't solve it by himself, so he had to come to Zhang Chu. (To be continued.) )