Daming 1805

Chapter 160 In Taixi, it is illegal for a woman to wear pants to go out

Zhu Jingyuan adjusted his mentality and assigned tasks to the craftsmen.

Ordinary craftsmen are each responsible for one or two things, and the Royal Clothing Firm makes another one:
"Get it done as soon as possible, preferably within five days, because in five days I may be leaving.

"If a few craftsmen do well, they can come to my business as managers in the future.

"The remuneration and income are at least [-]% higher than what you are now."

Five days is not a long time. If it is a traditional Taixi dress, this time may not be good.

But Zhu Jingyuan's new suits are all the most simple cut, five days is enough.

Push off other jobs and just do Zhu Jingyuan's job first.

The craftsmen subconsciously agreed to the previous instructions.

And Zhu Jingyuan's last two sentences surprised all the craftsmen.

Except for Chu Yuqiang, these existing artisans either open small shops by themselves, or work as master craftsmen or managers in large shops.

Going to be the manager of a firm run by the prince, Zhu Jingyuan, first of all, his status will be much higher than it is now, and the key remuneration will also increase at the same time.

These Boers or mixed-race Boers artisans couldn't refuse Zhu Jingyuan's proposal, so they agreed with some excitement.

Chu Yuqiang stood by and waited for their excitement to subside, before carefully asking one last question:
"Your Highness, who's body size is used as the standard for making these clothes? Do you use His Highness's own?"

In this weird era, in Taixi, high heels were worn by both men and women, and in Daming, skirts were also a typical male clothing design.

In the eyes of artisans of this era, Zhu Jingyuan designed these extremely simple clothes, except for the capitalist suit, there are no clear characteristics that can distinguish the gender of the audience.

So Chu Yuqiang had this question.

Zhu Jingyuan was also a little taken aback, he could try on the men's clothes in these clothes, but he couldn't just wear them himself.

If you put it on yourself, you can't see the overall effect. The key is that there are still many women's clothing.

After a short thought, Zhu Jingyuan made an arrangement:

"Except for the skirt and high-heeled shoes, give me a complete set, and make me a normal-soled leather shoe.

"All the clothes, accessories, and shoes, make a set for Sister An Xiaona and Luo Feiya..."

Chu Yuqiang and the craftsmen immediately agreed.

After Zhu Jingyuan finished speaking, he immediately realized that An Xiaona Jiedu was still a child, especially Luo Feiya was only ten years old, and it was not appropriate to wear high heels.

The point is, preppy suits don't go well with high heels, nor do high heels with pleated skirts.

So Zhu Jingyuan picked up the pen again:

"I'll draw a few more drawings, and you guys can make them together..."

Zhu Jingyuan drew the typical uniform-style leather shoes. Now that he has a pleated skirt and this kind of leather shoes, he also drew the sailor suit.

The women's business tube skirt is drawn again for high heels and a formal suit.

While drawing these pictures, Zhu Jingyuan introduced the main points of production to the craftsmen without hesitation.

In the eyes of Chu Yuqiang and several craftsmen, Zhu Jingyuan was just designing clothes on the spot, and they were stunned...

They all subconsciously believed that the previous design drawings had been prepared for a long time.

Now it looks like it was all improvisation.

Moreover, these design drafts all look very distinctive, which is very outrageous.

His Royal Highness Prince Dashi is not a professional costume designer.

The diagrams he draws are not industry-standard clothing design diagrams, but just an introductory display line diagram.

Everyone can't understand why this Highness has this ability.

It can only be considered as a talent.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't pay much attention to the reactions of the craftsmen, and checked all the drawings to make sure there were no omissions.

Then it was assigned directly, and at the same time made the final details:

"Note that there are men's and women's shirts and jackets, women's should be more slim, and men's should be slightly looser.

"Follow the instruction lines on the drawings and iron out the obvious angular lines."

"Understood, we made a note..."

Chu Yuqiang and the craftsmen agreed together, and immediately called his subordinates to render an additional copy of all the design drawings on the spot.

Zhu Jingyuan instructed the steward of the palace to take out the body size data of himself, sister An Xiaona, and Luo Feiya, and distribute them to all the craftsmen.

These data are readily available, so there is no need to wait for someone to come back to the site for measurement.

Because the southern hemisphere is about to enter summer, Sister An Xiaona and Luo Feiya have just measured their body data and are about to send out summer clothes.

Zhu Jingyuan's data is measured once a month.

After the blueprint is completed, all craftsmen represent together and go back to make clothes quickly.

Five days passed in a flash, and Chu Yuqiang and the craftsmen came to the palace again, bringing ready-made clothes, decorations, and shoes.

These people moved several large boxes, because there were really quite a lot of things.

Counting Zhu Jingyuan, there are four people in total, each with three sets of clothes, a lot of accessories, and several pairs of shoes, and they all prepared double copies.

The housekeeper and Guan Tianpei carefully checked everything on behalf of him, and after confirming that there were no undeclared items, they were sent to Zhu Jingyuan's study.

Zhu Jingyuan ordered his servants to put away the clothes made by the Royal Clothing Company, and prepared to take them directly to the ship to Dashiguo.

The royal tailors were made for sisters An Xiaona and Luo Feiya, and they were also placed first.

Then I prepared four tables, and took out the clothes of the four people made by other individual craftsmen, and put them on display by category.

Zhu Jingyuan first picked up the most typical accessory, a black silk top hat.

The shape fully meets my requirements, after all, I have given relatively accurate images and data.

The craftsmen specially recruited by the palace are the best in the entire Haijiao Huangzhuang City, and there is no fault in the craftsmanship.

Zhu Jingyuan took a few other clothes at random and opened them for inspection, and most of them met his requirements.

After roughly looking around, Zhu Jingyuan nodded with a satisfied smile:

"You did a good job, put away my clothes first, and call Sister An Xiaona and Luo Feiya over..."

Because they are about to leave Huangzhuang in Xiyanghaijiao, Zhu Jingyuan's three "handmaids" have dropped out of school in the past two days, and they will return to Daming to find a place to join the class.

Not long after, the nurse in the backyard called the three little girls in.

In the past three months, Zhu Jingyuan would go around the courtyard where they lived when he was free.

Take a look at their living conditions and ask about their studies.

Specially guide some knowledge that cannot be learned in school, and instill in them their own unique ideas.

While cultivating enterprise managers, it is also showing that you value it, and avoiding other servants of the palace from thinking that they shouldn't have.

When Zhu Jingyuan trained the three of them, he gradually realized a problem.

I am now almost engaged in the cultivation of real people...

At the same time, after three months of getting acquainted with each other, the three maidservants have fully adapted to life here.

After long-term contact, the impression of the three of them on Zhu Jingyuan is getting better and better

Everyone thinks that Prince Dashi is the kindest and most benevolent high-ranking nobleman in the world.

As a matter of course, I have become more and more trusting and adored.

What I think about now is to continue to study and grow hard, and help Zhu Jingyuan manage various industries in the future...

And the childbirth that does not forget the original intention...

Hearing Zhu Jingyuan's call now, I thought Zhu Jingyuan was going to teach them again, but after entering the door, I saw a large group of outsiders.

Then I also saw a large number of clothes on several bars.

The three little girls were taken aback, and they were all full of doubts, but they still obeyed the rules very well, and said hello first, very well-behaved:

"I have seen Your Highness..."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded lightly, pointed to the three strips and said:
"These are the clothes I designed, you three change them one by one, show me the effect of the upper body, from now on it will be yours..."

The three little girls were taken aback for a moment, and then immediately showed expressions of surprise and surprise.

When Zhu Jingyuan usually educated them, he had already demonstrated a wide range of knowledge, but the matter of designing clothes was still too unexpected.

Moreover, the number of clothes and shoes on the three tables is a bit unexpected. It seems that each person has at least three sets of clothes.

The key to getting so many new clothes all at once was that His Royal Highness Prince Dashi personally designed them.

When the three little girls realized this, they couldn't control their excitement.

"Your Highness...you personally designed the clothes for us?"

"Your Highness, so many clothes...are all of them for us?"

"Ah, thank you Your Highness for the reward..."

The three little girls were all clever people. Although they were very excited, they quickly came to their senses and bowed solemnly to thank them.

Zhu Jingyuan told the craftsmen to leave the room and wait in the living room next to them, leaving a nanny to guide the three little girls to change their clothes.

A few minutes later, three little girls came out one by one.

Zhu Jingyuan just glanced at it, and almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

Sister An Xiaona is 12 years old, and Luo Feiya has just turned [-] years old. The first outfit the three little girls tried on was the "capitalist" suit.

Black tuxedo, white shirt and vest, suit trousers, the key is which silk top hat.

This combination seems to be very interesting.

The point is, this suit has an emoji effect in Zhu Jingyuan's eyes.

The three little girls were also a little unnatural, and always felt that the clothes they were wearing were weird.

It doesn't look like aristocratic or high-end clothing in terms of shape, but the materials and craftsmanship used are top-notch.

The style design doesn't look like women's clothing at all, but they are all tailored to fit your body.

An Xiaona was the most extroverted, blushing slightly, and asked Zhu Jingyuan directly:
"Your Highness... how do you feel?"

Zhu Jingyuan held back his laughter and kept smiling as naturally as possible:

"It looks good, turn around and look at me..."

The three little girls didn't think too much, and moved their bodies according to Zhu Jingyuan's request, letting Zhu Jingyuan observe the overall effect.

Standing beside Zhu Jingyuan, Chu Yuqiang said with emotion:
"This style is not traditional aristocratic clothing, but now it looks like a high-end feeling.

"The style is obviously men's clothing, but on the three little girls, it has a playful and cute feeling."

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and nodded and said:
"That's the effect I want, but on adult men, there will be another effect..."

Chu Yuqiang praised again and said:

"Although Your Highness has never studied design, these ideas are really admirable."

At the same time, another Boer craftsman next to him is the maker of the trousers in this suit.

The 50-year-old tailor listened to the conversation between Zhu Jingyuan and Chu Yuqiang, and he was a little bit entangled and bold enough to speak.

In Daming Yayan with a strong accent:
"His Royal Highness, you should just let these three maids show you the effect of the clothes, you shouldn't go to Taixi to sell women's pants, right?"

Zhu Jingyuan was noncommittal:
"Whether to sell or not depends on the situation. Is this a very serious question?"

The old tailor nodded seriously and said:
"In most Western countries, it is illegal for women to wear trousers..."

Now Zhu Jingyuan was stunned:
"Ah...women wear pants? Is it illegal?"

Several other Boolean craftsmen also nodded, helping to confirm the news.

Chu Yuqiang was also aware of this problem, and at the same time thought of other clothes designed by Zhu Jingyuan, and reminded him:
"Yes Your Highness, it is illegal for a woman to wear trousers in most parts of the West, at least it is illegal to go out in only trousers.

"At the same time, it's illegal to show your upper legs, and neither should your calves or arms.

"But it's legal for women to show their breasts, and it was even trendy at one point...

"It's also illegal for women to wear men's clothing in most places."

In fact, one of the crimes against Joan of Arc in France is that she wore men's clothes as a woman.

Until 1932, the famous American movie star Marina Dietrich was arrested by the police for wearing pants for shopping.

It was not until after World War II that women in Western countries were gradually allowed to wear trousers.

It was not until January 2003, 1 that France officially abolished the law that "women in Paris are not allowed to wear trousers".

The process of women fighting for the qualification to wear men's clothes is an important thread of activities related to women's fighting for social status in Western and Western countries.

Women in the upper class in the East don't go out in just trousers, neither men nor women do that.

For the convenience of labor, the lower-level men and women don't care whether they can wear pants or not.

There is also a clear distinction between male and female costumes in ancient oriental culture, but the existence of traditional literary and artistic works such as Mulan Ci proves that the ancient women disguised as men is not a crime at all, but an inspirational story.

In fact, it was a very common practice for women to disguise themselves as men in order to avoid unnecessary trouble when they went out in ancient times in the Great East.

Summarizing and looking at the past, you will find that Easterners are much more tolerant than Westerners in many things.

Homosexuality is also a similar situation, there is no such thing as legalization in the East, they are not illegal from the beginning...

Westerners will always be true in places unexpected by Easterners.

It's okay if these seriousness has nothing to do with Zhu Jingyuan, the point is that this time it will hinder my new clothing plan.

So Zhu Jingyuan couldn't help complaining:

"What kind of broken rules are these? Turn back and ask Honglu Temple to notify Xiyi to change all such laws!"

Chu Yuqiang said with some uncertainty:

"Actually, in our Daming, it is considered indecent for a woman to show her arms and legs.

"At the same time, people with status, men and women, don't go out in just pants..."

Zhu Jingyuan immediately said:

"Can't show legs and arms can be considered conservative, but what kind of broken rules can you show your breasts at the same time?

"We don't just wear pants to go out for the sake of decency, are we out of our minds to break the law if we only wear pants?

"The point is, it's illegal for women to wear men's clothes. Which idiot made this law?"

Chu Yuqiang didn't know how to answer this question. He was just a craftsman manager, neither a diplomat nor a sociologist...

Zhu Jingyuan complained a few words here, and found a pen and paper to write down the matter.

Zhu Jingyuan really intends to let Honghe Temple negotiate with Western countries.

This is not simply tossing about nothing, it is a reason to interfere in Taixi's affairs.

Promoting the legalization of Thai and Western women wearing trousers and men's clothing can make Thai and Western women more interested in Daming.

At the same time, it is also a means of creating divisions in Western society...

(End of this chapter)