On August 14 of the third year of Daming Ankang, it will be August 15 soon, and the solar term has just passed the autumn equinox for ten days.

However, this autumnal equinox is calculated according to the solar terms of the Northern Hemisphere.

The corresponding actual effect in the southern hemisphere is the vernal equinox, and fifteen days after the vernal equinox is Qingming.

Therefore, the new Tianfu on August 15 is actually in the Qingming season of spring.

This is the most comfortable time of the year, and it is the most suitable time to go out for a walk in the spring garden and do some small activities.

Zhu Jingyuan's two concubines, Liu Muyun and Yu Duxue, have been raising them for two months after giving birth to their second child, and now they can go out again.

At the beginning, Zhu Jingyuan went to see Aoxue outside the palace, and after coming back, Liu Muyun thought that he was going to ride a horse, so he naturally agreed with Zhu Jingyuan to go out for horseback riding after she gave birth.

However, when it came time to actually take action, the object of riding was changed to a bicycle.

Zhu Jingyuan feels that bicycles are safer and more convenient than horses, and will not disturb pedestrians on the road.

Yu Duxue originally didn't like to go out, but based on the ritual sense of the whole family's spring, she was pulled out together.

Now it's August 15, and according to Emperor Sejo's rules, schools and officials have to take a three-day holiday.

Wang Ya and Li Shuangni can also come out of school and go out with Zhu Jingyuan to play.

Among Zhu Jingyuan's maidservants, Chunxiang and Qiuyue's bellies are already very big, and Xia He and Dongmei are also pregnant, and they are not suitable for outdoor activities now.

On the contrary, Xiao Na, Xiao Fu, Erin, and Fei Ya are all childless and light, and they can accompany them in activities.

Finally, there were sixteen accompanying escorts.

Zhu Jingyuan and the girls of his harem rode bicycles out of the city from the east gate of the inner city of Xintianfu, and then slowly marched east along the wide road.

Although it is said to go out for spring, this place in the east of Xintianfu City is not a place to go out for spring.

According to the nine-square grid division of Xintianfu, this area will be a pure industrial area in the future.

Now there are construction sites on both sides of the main road out of the East Gate, and factory workshops under construction everywhere.

In fact, these busy industrial areas, these factories under construction, are what Zhu Jingyuan is most concerned about.

In this era, uninhabited wild natural scenery is everywhere, but it is difficult to find a hot industrial area.

Farms in other areas of the outer city of Xintianfu are gradually popularizing tractors during the cultivation season before winter.

According to Zhu Jingyuan's plan, as long as the farm received a tractor, five out of ten households would be divided into factories to work as workers.

As for the eastern part of the inner city, a group of farms closest to the inner city are all converted into workers.

The land of the farm where they are located and the village have been completely zoned for factory construction and are used to build the planned factory building.

In the past few months of adjustment experiments, the personnel involved have found no trouble.

Turning yeoman farmers into workers is no small task.

But the land in Xintianfu was originally owned by Huangzhuang, and the farmers of Xintianfu were not homesteaders with their own land.

All the land was not distributed to a single household, but was cultivated collectively on a farm.

When the children of the peasants got married, they were assigned to new farms unless they were serving in the army, rather than staying on their parents' farms.

So these peasants are not so much peasants as agricultural production workers.

Moving from the land to the factory is just a change of job.

They have long been accustomed to working for dividends and receiving money, and after entering the factory, they will get more money.

Before the new factory was fully completed and started, farmers whose land had already been expropriated are now busy working on the construction site.

The environment of this place is also suitable for cycling, and horseback riding is suitable for running in the wilderness.

Cycling is a fashionable thing in this day and age.

It was enjoyed by everyone from the aristocracy to the middle class, and the vast majority of ordinary workers could also participate.

This incident reduced the gap between the aristocracy and the common people.

In the original history, cycling was once used by Tessie women as a way to fight for freedom.

Initially, women could only ride specialized tricycles.

Tessie women are not allowed to wear trousers, but can only wear long skirts, even if they go to the ground to gather ears of wheat, they have to wear skirts that reach the top of their feet.

This long skirt is easy to get twisted into by a bicycle chain.

In the early days, there were bicycles with straight bars, and the big bars would lift the skirt up, which would expose the legs that could not be leaked.

Later, in order to ride a normal bicycle, they designed pants that looked like skirts.

The legs were as fat as the skirt, and they suddenly tightened when they reached the ankles.

As for the Orientals, Zhu Jingyuan and his own women all directly changed into short robes, with pants and boots directly underneath.

The image is like a short trench coat worn by later generations, with loose trousers and boots.

The only exception is the Ottoman princess Irene.

She wore a dark green arrow-sleeved jacket and a horse-faced skirt cut to knee length.

Inside the skirt is not the traditional loose midpants, but a pair of opaque thick tights, or leggings.

In addition to Aoxue, Erin is probably the most unrestrained among Zhu Jingyuan's women.

Not only did he master the secret techniques of the Ottoman court, but he also learned a lot of Shenzhou and Tianzhu techniques from books.

After Erin noticed that Zhu Jingyuan liked this kind of dress, she often wore it publicly.

Among all the women in Zhu Jingyuan, she is also the most obvious image of Orchid.

Orchid Ji is unrestrained by nature and echoes the cognition of the Ming people, so no one has expressed any opinion on her image.

Zhu Jingyuan not only didn't care about it, but guided them to dress like this in the room, to see if other maidservants would learn.

Zhu Jingyuan is not just for his own personal preferences......

So far, pantyhose have not been sold in the Ming Dynasty and other feudal states.

According to Niu Jian, the Ming people are not interested in this commodity at present.

The key reason is that it was too expensive, even if it is not a top-level luxury, it is still worth the level of a few satins.

When the price is no longer so terrifying, and there are more and more people with spare money in hand, sooner or later someone will try it.

Aoxue and Erin are typical examples.

It should be rare for them to dare to wear straight out of the door like this.

But there may be a lot of people who are willing to wear them at home and in their rooms, as well as try them on various occasions.

The main reason is that the population base of the Ming Dynasty is too large.

Zhu Jingyuan, who has experienced later generations, knows the many uses of stockings.

Once some uses are discovered and circulated, it is difficult for them to be non-existent, and they cannot be sold only in Tessie.

If it is only sold in Taixi, it will be really embarrassing to smuggle stockings from Taixi to Daming in the future.

Therefore, sooner or later, this thing will be sold in the Ming Dynasty and other feudal countries.

But—

Can't let this thing run to the Ming man......

This is Zhu Jingyuan's instinctive idea.

Therefore, it should be actively promoted to Daming women.

Once within the scope of Daming, the perception that stockings are women's clothing is formed, then the men of Daming should not look at it anymore.

Zhu Jingyuan's initial idea was to integrate pantyhose into the Ming women's underwear system in the form of leggings.

In the traditional coat of the Ming Dynasty, there is also a middle coat, middle skirt, middle pants, and middle single (upper and lower in one).

Leggings should be able to replace the position of midpants to some extent.

At the same time, with the process of industrialization, it is a natural tendency for everyday clothes to become shorter in order to facilitate work.

The clothes of men and women in the Ming Dynasty should also be gradually shortened.

Formal dresses can continue to be in the same way.

But the skirt of everyday clothing can be cut.

As for the way of promotion, Zhu Jingyuan's first thought was the servant girl around him.

If their handmaidens wear it like this, their subordinate officials, high-ranking officials of the imperial village, and wealthy families may also let their handmaidens learn.

This kind of clothing has a chance to spread among groups such as handmaidens and concubines.

The special features of stockings are also in line with their status and can fit the preferences of a large proportion of men.

It can then be promoted to a group of dancers, and the special type of stockings also fits their identity.

In history, Li Yu's specific operation of binding the dancer's feet should be to wrap the dancer's feet with silk......

Silk itself is not elastic, so it can only be wrapped around and then tied.

It should have a similar effect to Western ballet, and it should be similar to the direction that men in later generations liked silk feet.

Elastic stockings don't have to be tossed so much.

Once the stockings are bound to the identity of a maidservant, concubine, and dancer, a serious man should not have the idea of trying them on.

In the end, the symbol of the men's clothing of the nobles of Taixi became the typical clothing of the maids of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jingyuan had divergent thoughts in his heart, and the family rode three kilometers along the road out of the city without encountering any accidents.

Although the farms in the outer city area are being converted into factories, the overall zoning still maintains the nine-square grid model.

The area under construction in the eastern part of the city is mainly concentrated in three three-kilometer squares near the city walls.

Zhu Jingyuan and his entourage came out of the inner city and crossed this area horizontally to the east.

Three kilometers away, you can see green wheat fields.

After arriving here, Zhu Jingyuan's family stopped by the wheat field and chatted and walked in the cool spring breeze.

Yu Duxue looked at the wheat field and yawned from time to time, and Liu Muyun picked up a small wooden stick, not knowing what to churn on the side of the road.

Zhu Jingyuan was speechless when he looked at the two of them, so he moved to Wang Ya's side:

"Ya'er, what do you think if I let the maidservants' formal clothes change to Erin's form?

"Will I leave any bad reviews or even stigma?"

Wang Ya had already seen Erin a few times, and when she heard Zhu Jingyuan's words, she looked at it a few more times.

After Zhu Jingyuan's initial enlightenment, coupled with two months of intimate exchanges, Wang Ya has understood her man.

Knowing that this His Royal Highness has no frame at all, and he likes people to tell the truth, this makes Wang Ya feel very comfortable:

"If you let the maidservants all dress like Irene, there will definitely be a negative review.

"If it's just orchids dressed like this, it shouldn't make any difference, anyway, everyone knows that they are dissolute in nature.

"And...... Your Highness, you don't think that your reputation among the people is flawless......

"It's a little thing that doesn't pay attention to what it changes......

"But if you let me and Sister Yun wear it like this, the impact may be more significant.

"The Emperor Taishang probably won't be able to get by......"

Zhu Jingyuan suddenly suddenly:

"I understand, then tell me, when you were in school, what did your classmates say about me?"

Wang Ya immediately pursed her lips and said with a smile:

"It is said that you especially like to play with orchids, and you especially like tall girls, and you also like girls who are easy to raise."

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Li Shuangni, who was not far away, wanted to laugh when he heard the first two sentences, but he was a little embarrassed when he heard the one behind.

Wang Ya continued:

But after all, these are just rumors, and most people don't believe them at all.

Because this preference is obviously different from the preferences of traditional Ming rich and noble families......

"But I know now that most of this is true, and sooner or later it will be truly known.

"In the future, these types of girls should be more popular, and they should thank you.

"Maybe there will be old masters who will chew on the root of their tongue, but I don't think it's a bad thing overall......"

Zhu Jingyuan listened and nodded slightly:

"Yes, I don't think it's a bad thing, I know that my choices actually affect ordinary people.

"Actually...... I don't have a fixed preference, as long as it makes me feel comfortable looking at it.

"However, because of my identity, to avoid bad influences in the future, I will avoid choosing the petite and skinny type.

"If the people pursue tall people and have good children, this will not affect the health of ordinary children.

"If there is a culture of preference for young and thin, it can have a very bad effect.

"For example, the problem of foot binding, Emperor Shizu tossed for half a lifetime to completely cure it."

Wang Ya nodded again and again after listening, and then praised from the bottom of her heart:

"Your Highness is really kind by nature......"

Zhu Jingyuan's family stayed at the edge of the field for about ten minutes and set off on a bicycle again.

Eventually, after a circle around the three-kilometer checkered area, I returned to the palace again at noon.

The next day, Zhu Jingyuan took the whole family to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with his grandparents.

Although it is spring in Xintianfu, the Mid-Autumn Festival is still celebrated according to the time of the hometown.

Over the next few months, Mr. Zhu's life stabilized.

I usually chat with my grandfather, go out to shoot and train together, and recall all kinds of available technical information.

View and approve the latest construction plans, view and inquire about the progress of all aspects of work.

Now the news that can be seen every three or five times is the news that the construction of various factories has been completed and the trial production of various production lines has been completed.

After more than half a year of preparation, the various industries relocated from the Ming Dynasty are being put on the ground one after another.

The tractor factory, which was the first to start construction and the first to expand, entered mass production in the second half of the year.

However, the diesel engine currently used is mainly shipped from Daming, and the production capacity of the local engine factory is not up.

It is not expected until the end of next year that local production of major components will be achieved.

If all parts and materials are produced locally, then Zhu Jingyuan can't see them before he leaves.

The organization of the industrial base also has two five-year plans.

Zhu Jingyuan's role is to make plans, determine goals and directions, and lay the foundation for construction.