Chapter 360 Military Uniforms Must Look Cool

A special clothing exhibition is being held in the Lord's Mansion in Lake Heart Town.

A dozen carefully selected strong men, all of whom are over 1.8 meters tall, each wearing a unique outfit, are commented on by the people around them. They either stand upright or make various poses according to the audience's requirements.

"This outfit is really good, it looks energetic."

"This one is better, it has temperament."

"This one looks the best, but it is also the most complicated to make, right?"

The audience at the exhibition includes military leaders such as Schroeder and Bryce, as well as senior officials of the State Council such as Old Ford and Cecil. Of course, Lord Alda Paul Graman and his ally Myron Garnard are indispensable, commenting on the exhibits.

And the target of their appreciation is a set of military alternative uniforms of various shapes and colors.

With the large-scale promotion of flying shuttle looms, the textile industry is developing in full swing in Arda, Bayerding and Emden. One after another, weaving workshops that use machines for production - perhaps they should be called "factories" now - have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. Everyone who has watched the flying shuttle looms at work realizes that this machine will bring about a leap in efficiency. The original manual workshop owners have reluctantly paid money to customize this magical machine from the Huxin Town Machinery Factory to upgrade their weaving workshops. Some newcomers who smelled business opportunities have also invested heavily in the textile industry.

In this wave, many people tried to imitate the flying shuttle loom, and many succeeded, but they were soon sanctioned by the "Patent Law". Paul was particularly strict about this. At present, the patent for the flying shuttle loom belongs only to the Huxin Town Machinery Factory, and orders are coming in like snowflakes.

In order to cope with this huge demand, the Huxin Town Machinery Factory once again expanded and recruited workers to increase its production capacity, and was restructured after the scale was expanded. The original machinery factory was divided into two workshops, an agricultural machinery factory and an industrial machinery factory. The former was responsible for the research and production of agricultural machinery such as harvesters, threshers, and cotton gins, while the latter focused on the production of "industrial" machinery such as shuttle looms.

The improvement of weaving efficiency greatly stimulated the demand for cotton yarn. For a time, there was a phenomenon of supply exceeding demand. The price of cotton yarn rose sharply. Many spinning mills and family workshops made a lot of money. All practitioners were happy and painful. While working harder to produce cotton yarn, they happily counted money. At the same time, many newcomers began to engage in the cotton spinning industry.

The rapid expansion of the scale of the cotton spinning industry has driven many industries such as printing and dyeing, and clothing. The final result is that the prices of fabrics and clothing on the market have been greatly reduced. Now the middle-class families in the towns of Alda and Bailding do not have to wear patched clothes.

As the cost of clothing is reduced, the plan to replace the uniforms for the Arda army has been put on the agenda. At present, the uniforms of the Arda army and navy are all simple "Tubalu" style clothes. When Paul commands such an army to play the line-up shooting, there is always a strong sense of disobedience.

For the line-up shooting, gorgeous and bright colors are the right way.

Paul convened a joint meeting of the heads of the administrative department and the military generals. He had previously told them about the change of uniforms and asked them to design them. Now Paul asked them to make samples according to their own designs and send them to the lord's mansion for centralized tasting and selection of new uniforms.

In Paul's eyes, the clothes worn by these models are all so-called "Renaissance" style, which are basically designed by senior military officials such as Schroeder and Austin. They all have wheel-shaped wrinkled collars like mill water wheels, and the tops are filled with fillers to make the shoulders, chests, and upper arms of the clothes bulge and plump, and the lower body is tight leggings. Some styles are also equipped with robes or cloaks, and a felt hat with curly feathers on the head. This is a popular dress for young nobles or rich people in the Horn Bay area. According to the requirements of the lord, the new uniforms must break the old rules, keep up with the forefront of the times, be bold and domineering, and reflect the high-spirited spirit of the Arda army, so they specially consulted female consultant Setia, old shipwright Benjamin and other people from Horn Bay, which is a well-known fashion center.

"Are these the military uniforms designed by you?"

Paul's words contained a lot of questions, and it was obvious that the earl was not very satisfied.

Schroeder and Austin looked at each other and answered Paul hesitantly: "Yes, Lord Earl, don't you like these styles?"

Oh my God, this is already a very bold and avant-garde design. The Northwest Bay used to be closed and poor, and people's clothes were often conservative and simple, while in the wealthy Corner Bay, people's clothes were bright and complicated. The reference to the style there has made the designers deeply uneasy - this violates the teachings of the Holy Scripture that prohibit luxury.

Then, according to the instructions of the Earl, they added some designs that they thought could reflect the temperament of the Arda Army on the basis of the reference.

How ostentatious, how domineering, how... nouveau riche!

It's already like this, and the Earl is still not satisfied?

"Gentlemen, I have also designed several uniforms, both for the navy and the army, let's taste them together."

After saying this, Paul clapped his hands.

"Dear Lord Earl! Winthrop is at your service!" A man with glasses and a flattering smile trotted to Paul.

Everyone looked closely and found that it was the chief tailor of the lord's mansion. The nobles all had their own tailors, and the Graman family was no exception.

Paul asked: "Winthrop, are our new uniform samples ready?"

Winthrop made a gesture that everything was fine, "Everything is ready, just waiting for your call!"

"Okay!" Paul turned to everyone: "Gentlemen, let you see the real epoch-making design. Winthrop, let the models come in!"

No mistake, one song, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, one look!

As soon as Paul finished speaking, a tight and rapid drumbeat sounded. After the frequency of the drumbeat slowed down, two teams of soldiers came to the drumbeat. That's right, they were soldiers. Schroeder, Bryce and others could tell from the pace and movements of the newcomers that they were soldiers who had been trained in queues for a long time, and they should be from the internal security forces.

"Stand still!" The leader shouted, and the two teams of soldiers stopped at the same time.

The first team of soldiers wore black top hats, single-breasted blue and white coats with cufflinks, white shirts, white trousers, and black leather boots.

The second team of soldiers also wore black top hats, red coats with black lapels, white half-length trousers, black leather shoes and long shoe covers. They looked like... cooked lobsters.

Paul smiled at the surprised crowd.

"Everyone, I told you that military uniforms must be handsome!"