Chapter 652 Far-reaching significance
Zhao Bing did not expect that the military uniform he "designed" actually encountered a problem that was not a problem in modern times. A hair that had never taken it seriously made him very troubled. He knew that Confucianism had been deeply rooted in people's hearts. They could fight for the problem of left and right lapels. However, the demise of the Ming Dynasty made countless Han people fall to the ground for their hair, which seems a bit incredible to modern people.
Of course, hair is growing constantly. Although there is a saying, it is not that ancient people didn’t cut hair. In the Song Dynasty, there was a haircut association called the hair clean society. They did the work of “combing and shaving”. To be simple, ancient men’s haircuts were similar to modern women’s haircuts. Although beards are equivalent to hair, the beards can be broken. If you really shave a slight shave, let alone the empress dowager, even those ministers have to fight to the end. It is really not worth it for this matter.
But if he wanted to change the military cap design for this, Zhao Bing was really unwilling to accept it. He stood in front of the bronze mirror and held his hair up for a while, and then spread it apart. But no matter how he looked, he looked like a group of defeated soldiers with disheveled conditions. In order to adapt to this hat, he even combed his hair on the back of his head like a female soldier in his previous life, but it was still difficult for him to accept both in terms of image and psychological.
"If I could go back, I would never be able to watch costume films again!" Zhao Bing said angrily while fiddling with his hair. In fact, ancient men's hair was very particular. There were no half-bands and half-scattered adults. For children, it was because the hair of "drooping children" was too short and could not be combed, so the second half could be dispersed. In Confucius' opinion, "dressing the hair on the left side" was even more of a barbarian.
The hairstyle of a real ancient man could not be as standard as I imagined. The hair around him was meticulously wrapped in the center, including the one behind him. There are two reasons: his body and skin are taken by his parents, and the hair he grew cannot be shaved off frequently. Moreover, ordinary people do not have time to use their hair to regulate their hair. It is almost impossible to tie it up. The hair behind him has no hair that is exposed to reveal it, but it is impossible for everyone to pretend to be cool and disguise his hair.
However, the homeless people in the world, or some of the guys called Rangers, were lazy or no one to clean up for them, so they disguised their hair and became elegant. At the same time, some people might have a higher bun, some were lower, some were covered with linen, and some were tied with cloth straps. Those who were scattered into ponytails or were prisoners or beggars in the city were not the hairstyles of heroes or handsome men.
"Official family, what should I do?" Seeing that the little emperor had tried for a long time but was still dissatisfied, he threw the comb aside in anger, and Su Lan said softly.
"Okay, you try it!" Zhao Bing nodded helplessly, and kept muttering, "It is inconvenient to comb such long hair on weekdays, which is delayed. When fighting, it is inconvenient to bandage the head when it is injured. And when fighting, there is no time to comb frequently. If it is not done properly, it will have lice and may also spread diseases. It is better to shave short hair and be hygienic, but just let your hands not get watery, make men all over the world have long hair..."
"Official family, what do you think?" Su Lan had finished sorting out her words while speaking.
"Hey, my sister is skillful, she looks good!" Zhao Bing looked at her hair that was much flattering, then shook her head and looked around, and couldn't help but praise her.
"Official family, try putting on a hat again!" Su Lan said with her hat.
"Okay!" Zhao Bing put on his hat, and Su Lan asked him to take a mirror to make it easier for His Majesty to see the situation behind his head. When he looked at the top of his head, he had no bulging look on his head, and he couldn't help but praise him.
"It's good if the butler is happy!" Su Lan smiled with relief.
"Sister Su, I'll teach me how to sort it out!" Zhao Bingmei turned her face for a while.
"The official family has its own servants to serve, so why do you need to take care of your hair by yourself? Did I do something wrong?" Su Lan said with a dark face.
"Sister Su is thinking too much. This kind of hair bun will be the standard style of soldiers in the army. I have someone to serve you, but no one can help them comb their hair so many soldiers!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
"Official family, I am wrong!" Su Lan then understood what the little emperor meant and hurriedly admitted his mistake.
Zhao Bing waved his hand and called a small yellow door, letting him spread his hair, and Su Lan woven a bun for him. He looked at it and roughly understood that he first put the hair on the top and sides of his head, braided it into a flat braid, and then fixed it with a short hairpin behind his head, so that he no longer looked so bloated, and he would not look so abrupt when wearing a hat.
"Sister Su, can the combing process be simpler and faster?" Zhao Bing roughly estimated the time, and took about two minutes, looked at the back of Xiaohuangmen's head and touched his chin.
"I'll try again, but what do the official family wants to do so quickly?" Su Lan nodded and asked while opening the hair of the small yellow door.
"Have you ever heard of life and death on the front line? During a war, a few breaths can determine a person's life and death, or even a failure of a battle. Therefore, anything that a soldier has to do in the shortest time and the fastest speed." Zhao Bing smiled.
"Oh, it turns out that it is also related to life and death!" Su Lan understood the reason and became more careful. She took apart and knitted Xiaohuangmen's hair, trying to find the most effective method. After some hard work, she simplified the steps to six steps, which could be finished in about half a minute, and Zhao Bing could also see it clearly.
"This will be called Su's bun in the future!" Zhao Bing understood, so he tried to weave the bun himself. After he came to this world, he had never tinkered with this, and combing the bun with his hands behind his back is still very difficult for him to comb the bun based on his feelings. However, he is not too stupid yet. He can get the bun in a minute after a few times. He believes that as long as he practices more, he will definitely get faster and faster, and said to Su Lan with a smile.
"I don't dare to take it. This is all the credit of the official!" Su Lan said with a chuckling, obviously happy to be able to help His Majesty.
"I have to write down the method of weaving the bun, and draw it into pictures and add it to the regulations. From now on, this will be the standard bun for our soldiers of the Song army!" Zhao Bing took a pen and wrote down the process, drew a few more sketches, and marked it as "Su's bun", and then gave up.
"Official family, this military uniform belongs to the navy. Do you want to try it?" Su Lan untied another package and said.
"Yes, but this time you have to sew the marks first!" Zhao Bing put it in front of the mirror and was so beautiful. He stretched out his arms and legs, did a squat, and flipped over a hollow and fucked. He wanted to try whether it would affect the movement, which made everyone stunned.
"Official family, but where are these all sewn?" Su Lan looked through and saw some small pieces, but she didn't know how to arrange them.
"Let me see..." Zhao Bing then sat down and took off his coat, looked over and gave some advice, "This is the hat badge, and it must be sewn at this position; this is the collar seal, and it must be nailed at the tip of the collar; that is the badge, and it must be sewn at the left chest; and there is also the armband, and it must be nailed here!"
"Oh, I understand!" Su Lan nodded as he watched the little emperor return the pieces to the positions one by one.
Zhao Bing then calmed down from his excitement and carefully examined the military uniform. The styles of the infantry and cavalry were basically the same, both based on gray-green and linen as the material. The linen was extremely strong, moisture absorption, heat conductivity, and breathability. The clothes made of them were breathable, refreshing, soft, comfortable, washable, sun-resistant, anti-corrosion, and antibacterial. Of course, the disadvantages also existed, that is, the appearance was rough and stiff, not as comfortable as cotton cloth. With two chest pockets and two hem coat pockets, the military uniform also made it look straight, capable, and masculine.
Of course, the main reason for using linen is the cost issue. In this era, cotton has not been planted on a large scale. There is only Jibei cloth in Qiongzhou, which is more expensive than gold. Using this as a military uniform is no different from wearing a golden armor. Silk is not a rare thing, but the price is also expensive and not wear-resistant, so it cannot resist the training of being a soldier at all. However, linen is the daily clothing of ordinary people. It is cheap, easy to obtain, and easy to process. The important thing is to withstand the training and is suitable for the hot climate of Qiongzhou. In addition, don’t modern people use linen clothes as fashionable?
"Official family, this... this hat badge is so beautiful!" Su Lan picked up the hat badge and looked at it for a moment.
"Of course, this is selected from hundreds of sketches drawn by the painter of the drawing bureau!" Zhao Bing said proudly. The hat badge is a shield-shaped, with a golden dragon coiled on the anchor, with a majestic face, holding a sword with one claw and holding a spear with one claw. The whole body is suppressed by brass, and the infantry and the water army hat badges are the same, except that one is red in the background and the other is blue.
"Why are there no decorations on the official seal? It's so bare and not good-looking!" Su Lan asked again.
"Haha, this is temporary, and I will talk about it after the relevant matters are agreed!" Zhao Bing glanced at him. The background color of the collar seal was divided according to the color of the official uniform this time. The fourth grade or above is purple, the sixth grade or above is scarlet, and the ninth grade was green in the past. Of course, his idea was not to just divide the grades by this, but to reserve it for the marking of military ranks, but the matter involved was serious, so no final decision was made.
"Official family, the navy uniforms are ready, but did Chief Zhou remember the size of the official clothes wrongly? The trousers are big but the legs are small?" Su Lan quickly sewed all the sewns on them, lifted her pants up and gestured behind the little emperor, and said in confusion.
"That's right, that's it. It's useful!" Zhao Bing took his pants, tied his legs together, shook them violently in the air, and quickly closed the mouth of his pants, as if there was an extra airbag in his hand, he pointed.
"Oh, what's the use of this?" Su Lan was startled and still felt puzzled after looking at it.
"Of course it's for life-saving..." Zhao Bing said with a smile. The naval uniforms of various countries in the modern world are basically derived from the British navy. Of course, they not only look beautiful, but also have many practical significance and inheritance of military culture.
Sailor suits are one of the most distinctive clothing for naval soldiers. In particular, the sailor suits have basically formed an internationally used style, usually white and blue, with pullovers, with shawls, blue shawls and several white lines on the cuffs; the pants are open on the side, and the mouths are large. Underwear is usually a striped shirt with white and blue shirts, commonly known as navy shirts, also known as sea soul shirts. The meaning of sea soul shirts is the vast sea and blue sky, and sailors look more energetic when wearing Shanghai soul shirts. This "example" is derived from years of practice at sea life.
Sailors often come in and out of narrow cabins, and they require neat and convenient clothing, so the tops are generally pullovers. Pullovers are tied into the waist of the pants to avoid going up and down the gangway and hanging clothes when entering and exiting the hatch. It is inevitable that someone will vomit when sailing in the ocean. In order to avoid collar irritating the throat and reducing vomiting, the tops of the sailors' uniforms are collarless.
The sailors wore brimmed hats, one was to avoid the ships' brim of the hats during high-speed navigation, and the other was to avoid the brim of the brim of the hats that damaged the precise instruments and the inconvenience caused to observation when using observation instruments. Some of the streamers' ribbons behind the caps were said to be to test the wind direction, but Zhao Bing was more willing to believe that it was to commemorate the naval commander Nelson, who was seriously injured and killed in the naval battle at Cape Trafalgar.
The shawl of the top was used for "shoulder pads". In ancient times, men were popular with long hair, while sailors liked to comb their long hair into braids in order to adapt to sea life. Unexpectedly, the oily braid tips often stained sailors' clothing, so they put a square scarf on their shoulders to keep it clean, and later gradually evolved into an integral part of the style of sailors' tops. Modern times have become decorations, but they still have useful value until now.
The pants are the most distinctive. The opening of the pants on the side is convenient for climbing the mast in the sailing era. There are three main considerations for the trouser mouth. One is to cover the boots to prevent splashing in; the other is to make it easier to tick when rinsing the deck; the third is to go to sea to save life and take off quickly, tie the pants tightly and fill it with air to make it an emergency floating air bag. This is also an allusion.
The pants of soldiers on naval ships in various countries around the world are different from other types of troops. Their style is similar to women's style, with large legs and thin legs, and there is no opening in front. This is from a small story that happened during the American War of Independence: At that time, a battleship of the British Navy invaded a port in North America, and a sailor drove a small walk down from the ship to his girlfriend's house on the shore for the night. The North American militia attacked the British army in the middle of the night. The sailor hurriedly returned to the ship, but wore his girlfriend's work pants by mistake.
That night, the warship was sunk. After jumping into the sea, the sailor shaking his pants open and inflated it. He then grabbed the legs and waist of the pants to make an airbag. He floated on the airbag for a night and was rescued. He was the only one in the ship. The big trouser legs were also beneficial for the sailor to quickly take off his pants after falling into the water, without even taking off his shoes. It was precisely because of this battle that the British Navy decided to issue new sailor pants with large trouser legs, and other navies followed suit and formed what they are today.
"Your Majesty is so intriguing!"
Chapter completed!