Chapter 360 – Military uniforms must be handsome

Chapter 360 – Military Uniforms Must Be Handsome

Inside the Lord’s Mansion of Lakeheart Town, a special clothing exhibition was being held.

A dozen or so handpicked and sturdy guys, all of them big and tall at over one meter eight, each dressed in a unique outfit, were being judged by the people around them, as they either stood up straight or made all kinds of poses according to the audience’s requests.

“That’s a really nice outfit, looks spiffy.”

“Or this one is better, it has a temperament.”

“This one looks the best, but it’s also the most complicated to make, right?”

The audience at the exhibition ranged from military bigwigs like Schroeder and Bryce, to high-ranking officials of the Council of State like Old Ford and Cecil, and of course, not to be left out, Paul Greiman, the Lord of Alda, and his ally brother, Myron Garnard, commenting on the exhibits in a chorus of voices.

The target they were viewing and tasting was an army alternative uniform in various shapes and colors.

With the introduction of the flying shuttle loom, the textile industry was in full swing in Alda, Baldin and Emden, and machine-based weaving workshops – or “factories” as they were now called – were springing up one after another. –One after another, machine-made weaving workshops – or “factories” as they should now be called – sprang up. Everyone who observed the work of the flying shuttle loom realized that this machine would bring about a quantum leap in efficiency, and the original handmade workshop owners had to bear the pain of shelling out money to the Lakewood Township machine shop to customize this miraculous machine to upgrade their own weaving farms, and some newcomers who smelled a business opportunity also invested heavily in the textile industry.

In this wave, there are a lot of people trying to copy the flying shuttle loom, and there are a lot of success, but they were soon sanctioned by the iron fist of the Patent Law, Paul for this piece of particularly strict grip, the current flying shuttle loom patents only belong to the Lakewood Township Machinery Factory, orders continue to fly like snowflakes.

In order to cope with this huge demand, Lakeville Machinery Factory once again for the expansion and recruitment to enhance their production capacity, and in the scale of the expansion of the restructuring of the original machinery factory into two, into an agricultural machinery factory and industrial machinery factory two workshops, the former is responsible for the development and production of harvesting machines, threshing machines, cotton gins and other agricultural machinery, while the latter is focused on the production of flying shuttle looms and other The former is responsible for the development and production of agricultural machinery such as harvesting machines, threshing machines and cotton gins, while the latter specializes in the production of “industrial” machinery such as shuttle looms.

Weaving efficiency greatly stimulate the demand for cotton yarn, a phenomenon of demand exceeding supply, the price of cotton yarn rose, many spinning workshops and family workshops made a fortune, all practitioners are pain and happiness, while doubling the production of cotton yarn, while happily counting the money, the same also has a lot of newcomers to start engaging in the cotton spinning industry.

The dramatic expansion of the cotton spinning industry has led to the printing and dyeing, clothing and many other industries, the end result is that the market price of clothing and clothing greatly reduced, and now the middle-class families in the towns of Alda and Baldin do not have to wear patched clothes.

With the reduction in the cost of clothing production, a plan to replace the uniforms for the Arda army was put on the agenda. At present, the uniforms of Alda’s army and navy are all simple, “dirt-bag” style clothes, and when Paul commands such an army to play line-up shooting, there is always a strong sense of dissonance.

Platoon shooting, gorgeous, bright and colorful is the right way.

Paul held a joint meeting of the State Council department heads and army generals, before they have said to replace the uniform matters, and let them carry out their own design, and now Paul asked them to make samples in accordance with their respective designs, sent to the Lord’s House centralized tasting, selecting a new uniform.

In front of these models wearing clothes in Paul’s eyes are the so-called “Renaissance” style, basically designed by Schroeder, Austin and other top military design, all have a mill water wheel like wheel-like wrinkled collar, the top is also used in the padding, so that the clothing shoulders, chest, upper arm bulge full, the lower body is a tight bottom pants. Some styles also came with robes or cloaks, and felt hats with curly feathers stuck in them were worn on their heads, a popular dress for the young sons of nobles or rich people around Horn Bay. According to His Lordship’s request, the new uniforms should break through the stereotypes, keep up with the times, and be flamboyant, bossy, and reflect the high spirit of the Alda army, so they purposely consulted female counselor Sertia, old shipwright Benjamin, and others from Horned Cove, which was well known to be a center of fashion.

“These are the army uniforms you have designed?”

Paul’s words contained heavy questioning, and it was clear that the Earl’s Excellency was not quite satisfied.

Schroeder and Austin looked at each other and hesitantly replied to Paul, “Yes, Lord Earl, are none of these styles to your liking?” Heavenly Father, this was already a very bold and avant-garde design; in the old days, when the northwestern bay was both closed and poor, people’s dress tended to be conservative and simple, whereas in the affluent Horn of Plenty, people’s dress was bright and elaborate, and references to the styles there had been deeply disturbing to the designers-a violation of the Canonical teaching prohibiting extravagance .

They then added to the references, as instructed by the Count, designs that they thought would reflect the ethos of Arda’s army.

How ostentatious, bossy, and …… thuggish!

It’s all been done, and Lord Earl is still not satisfied?
“Gentlemen, I have also designed a few uniforms, both for the Navy and the Army, so let’s taste them together.”

After saying this, Paul snapped his hands.

“Honorable Earl-sama! Winthrop at your service!” A man with glasses and a fawning smile trotted all the way to Paul’s side.

The crowd fixed their eyes on him, and it turned out to be the chief tailor of the lord’s house; nobles all had their own specialized tailors, and the Greiman family was no exception.

Paul asked, “Winthrop, are our new uniform samples ready?”

Winthrop made a no problem gesture, “Everything is in order, just waiting for your summons, my lord!”

“Good!” Paul turned to the crowd, “Gentlemen, let’s show you a truly epochal design. Winthrop, send in the models!”

As soon as Paul’s words left his mouth, a tight, urgent drumbeat sounded, and after the frequency of the drums slowed down, two groups of soldiers came stepping to the beat of the drums. That’s right, it’s soldiers, Schroeder, Bryce and the others could tell at a glance from the comers’ steps and movements that they were soldiers who had been trained in formation for a long time, and they should be from the internal defense force.

“Attention!” The leader shouted, and the two groups of soldiers stopped in unison.

The first team of soldiers, wearing black tall caps, wore single-breasted blue and white jackets with cufflinks on the cuffs, white shirts inside, white pants underneath, and a pair of black long leather boots.

The second team of soldiers, also black high cap, wearing a red jacket with a black lapel, white half pants, feet wearing black leather shoes and long shoe covers, looks …… like a burnt lobster.

Paul smiled and faced the surprised crowd.

“Gentlemen, as I said, the uniform must be handsome!”

(End of chapter)