Ming Zuo

Chapter 420 New Military Uniform

The new material that Zuo Menggeng brought out was of course cement.

As a military expert, it is impossible for Zuo Menggeng not to know about cement.

Not only know, but also know the formula of full grade cement.

Of course, in this era, all he can produce is the most basic cement.

Cement is that kind of thing, and it is very common in daily life, but the difference between the highest specification and the lowest specification is like the product of the Mariana Trench.

There is no country in later generations that cannot produce cement, but the best cement, only a few countries have mastered the technology.

But even the most rudimentary cement conquered Lu Hao at once.

The Lu family has run brick factories for generations and is an expert in construction, so of course they understand the value of cement.

The reason why Zuo Menggeng took out the cement only at this time was because the weapons of the new army had made leaps and bounds.

The application of gunpowder explosives doubled the destructive power of the new army's weapons.Even the fortifications made of primary cement are impossible to resist.

In the past, the artillery of the new army used black powder.Not to mention facing cement, even the big cities of this era are helpless.

I can't make a good thing, and then it is bought and used by the enemy, so it becomes a situation that I can't break through myself, right?

Now, with new explosives, the time has come for cement.

The first place where cement was applied was actually in Jiaozhou Bay.

Today's Jiaozhou Bay has already become a busy and lively construction site.

Countless people were mobilized here, completely changing the appearance of the place.

"Sensei, we have already hired all the people around us, and there is still not enough manpower."

As soon as they met, Fu Yusun began to complain.

What kind of projects are there now in Jiaozhou Bay?

The first is the demolition of the city wall of Lingshanwei.

After a comprehensive discussion by the Administrative Committee, everyone agreed that Jiaozhou Bay has a bright future.Therefore, it is necessary to build and build here to make it a big city that is not weaker than Jinan, Yanzhou, and Dongchang.

After demolishing the city wall of Lingshanwei, it can spread around on the basis of the existing city.

Zuo Menggeng predicted that once it develops here, within a hundred years, it will reproduce the prosperity of Qingdao in later generations.

In addition to the construction of the town, it is the Dagu River Salt Field.

After Huang Zonghui's autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves, the Dagu River saltworks were completely cleaned up, and all the kitchen households were rejuvenated.

Fu Yusun reformed the salt field and established a salt industry company.All the kitchen households have become employees of the salt industry company, and they have a fixed income every month, so they no longer have to worry about being hungry or full.

What made the kitchen households most grateful was that Fu Yusun canceled the salt lesson on them.

From now on, stove households no longer have to pay taxes and taxes, and the burden is lightened.

Moreover, Fu Yusun promised to build new houses for the kitchen households, and now he has already started the preliminary preparations.

The new residential area of ​​the Salt Industry Company is located on the east bank of the Dagu River, north of the salt field, and south of Yantaiding.

The Lu family is also a partner of Fu Yusun, and they want to provide bricks and tiles to the salt industry company.

In view of the situation here, after comprehensive consideration, Lu Hao decided to directly set up a brick and tile factory here, and finally absorbed a group of laborers.

In addition to people's livelihood, the military is also the focus here.

Both sides of the Baisha River estuary in the east were requisitioned by the new army.

The east bank of the estuary became the resident of the Fourth Division of the New Army.

The Fourth Division will be formed here and will be responsible for local defense.

For an army of more than [-] people, the construction of barracks and daily consumption are all astronomical figures.

But it also helped the people around.

The local people found that the new army not only did not oppress the people, but also was very rich, so they spontaneously moved their business closer to the barracks.

At present, the consumption of soldiers of the new army is enough to feed the people nearby.

On the west bank of the Shahe River, the uses are even greater, and they are all related to the sea.

There will be two schools here.

One is the Naval Academy and the other is the Naval Academy.

The Naval Academy will provide talents for the soon-to-be-established navy and is the cradle of the future navy.

The School of Shipbuilding is both military and civilian.

Not only will the various disciplines of shipbuilding be developed here, but also the crew will be trained.It can be used to develop the marine economy, and it can also be incorporated into the navy at critical moments to help in operations.

The coast of Hongdao, which protrudes into Jiaozhou Bay, will be built as a naval pier.

Most of the ships transferred from Dengzhou dock here.

The construction of these places alone has absorbed the surrounding population.Even the common people in Haiyang heard the news and came here to make a living.

"You are also stubborn. If you lack labor, then you just recruit people. The surrounding area is all our territory. Who can stop you from recruiting people?"

After being scolded, Fu Yusun defended himself.

"I... I'm afraid that too many laborers will be recruited, and no one will plant the crops, which will affect next year's spring plowing."

Zuo Menggeng had no choice but to teach in person.

"Don't look at Shandong, which has been fighting for so many years. The population has dropped sharply, but there are still many people and little land. With so many people, how can they survive just by farming? And you have also seen our agriculture in Dongchang Mansion. Reform, know what to do in agriculture to increase production and income. Completing the labor layout through recruitment is also a manifestation of your ability."

Fu Yusun suddenly realized, scratching his ears and cheeks, excited.

"It's better to stay with the seat, you can learn something every moment."

Zuo Menggeng smiled and said: "What's the use of learning more next to me? There is no more than a secretary around me, how can I use my skills? Look here, the sky is high and the sea is wide. As long as the management is good, it is no problem to be comparable to Songjiang Mansion. .”

Seeing that Zuo Menggeng raised the prospect of Jiaozhou Bay so high, Fu Yusun couldn't help feeling overwhelmed, and made up his mind to make a great career out of it.

Speaking of Songjiang Mansion, the people from there came over again, and went directly to Jiaozhou Bay to look for Zuo Menggeng.

"The cloth you mentioned last time has been researched by major cloth merchants in Songjiang Prefecture, and they think it should be good to use back cloth."

"The fabric of the back?"

Zuo Menggeng was a little confused, thinking that Xu Erdou was entertaining him.

It's not like he hasn't seen backs before, they are exquisite, delicate, soft and luxurious, but only ladies can afford to wear them.

How can this kind of fabric be used to make military uniforms?

Only then did Xu Erdou realize that he had misunderstood, and quickly took out a piece of very rough but strong cloth, and said, "I'm talking about the back of the Song Dynasty, not today's."

Zuo Menggeng took the cloth, examined it carefully, and found that the cloth in his hand was very thick and airtight.He took the dagger again and cut it casually, and suddenly found that such a sharp dagger was difficult to pierce and cut the cloth in his hand at once.

The texture of this fabric is quite similar to the denim clothing of later generations.

Although it can't reach that hardness, it is indeed enough to make military uniforms.

Xu Erdou introduced in detail: "The backs of the Song Dynasty are usually worn by laborers or warriors, because they are cheap and strong. Last time I heard your request, we searched for it after we went back, and it was an old weaver who talked about this kind of back. Fabric."

Zuo Menggeng was very satisfied with the fabric and asked, "Can it be mass-produced?"

Xu Erdou made a guarantee.

"It's very easy. With the size of Tianzhi Factory, it can produce [-] horses per day."

Zuo Menggeng made a decision immediately.

"Well, here we order [-] pieces. When Shandong sends cotton to Songjiang Mansion next spring, the fabric must be ready."

Xu Erdou was very happy about this deal.

Although the fabric Zuo Menggeng wanted was not expensive, it couldn't hold up to a large quantity.This business alone can catch up with the profit of Tianzhi Factory for a year.

Zuo Menggeng asked him to keep all the fabric samples he brought, and ordered someone to call Wang Xiuqin over.

"This is the fabric used for the military uniforms of our army in the future. The next thing your garment factory has to do is to make military uniforms that are unique to our new army."

Wang Xiuqin was very pleasantly surprised.

"Are we no longer wearing Ming army uniforms?"

Zuo Menggeng shook his head.

"no need."

He asked Fu Yijian to take the drawing and show Wang Xiuqin the pattern.

"Let's see if we can make it."

Now that he decided to establish his own system, Zuo Menggeng decided to be more thorough.

Anyway, the new army is a pure firearms unit, and the military uniforms of this era are really not suitable.

The style he took out refers to the HBT military uniform of the US military in World War II.

Compared with the military uniforms of the armies of various countries during World War II, this kind of military uniform is not a little bit better.

Because most of the military uniforms of other countries have not yet broken away from the category of uniform military uniforms.While good for identification, it's really uncomfortable on the battlefield, to be honest.

As soon as HBT military uniforms appeared in the style of field military uniforms, they were well received by the U.S. military.

Moreover, this kind of military uniform is made of cotton cloth and fine canvas fabrics, which are quite similar to the fabrics of the backs of the Song Dynasty, which coincidentally solved the problem of materials.

At the same time, Zuo Menggeng also made modifications according to local conditions.

For example, HBT military uniforms are mainly khaki and olive green, which could not be printed and dyed in the late Ming Dynasty, so Zuo Menggeng decided to use the ocher yellow that is common in Shandong.

If the garment factory can make it, then the new army will enter a new era.

　Thank you for the reward of not loving the fleeting years!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)