22. Imperial uniform
Liu Benzi painted the simplest short brown. Unlike ordinary clothes, this short brown is a pullover, similar to later T-shirts and ordinary boxer underwear. Of course, there is no elastic band, and it needs to be tied with a cloth band. The pants underneath are fat on the top and narrow on the bottom, similar to later breeches. He thought about it and made military uniforms for the guards. After thinking about it, this is the only one that is easy to do and suitable for activities.
At that time, people would never have imagined that Hanfu became popular on the streets two thousand years later, and many people wore wide robes and large sleeves to go out. The characteristics of Hanfu were cross-collar, right lapel, and wide sleeves. The tops were open, the collar was crossed on the chest, the left lapel pressed on the right lapel, and tied with a belt, and the sleeves were fat and long.
You can see from watching TV that the ancients wore long robes and large sleeves, and their dresses were fluttering, which were very elegant and elegant. In order to facilitate work, the lower class usually wore short brown and even had pants at that time. However, pants like modern times were rare, most of them had only two pairs of pants, tied around their waists with straps, which was a bit similar to the current suspender stockings.
What Liu Benzi wants to do is a military uniform, which is easy to put on and take off, and does not need to tie it back. The pants are even more convenient and practical. If you wear suspender socks, you will probably feel a lot of pain when riding a horse for a while. There is another important reason, and it is also the big advantage of these clothes: fabric saving!
He simply drew a few pieces based on the appearance of ancient costumes and modern costumes, which he designed as his own military uniform. Although his painting level was average, his rough appearance had already come out and his basic needs were expressed clearly.
The female tailors chattered and shook their heads. No one had done these clothes before. Short brown looks good, and it shouldn't be very difficult to make, but those pants look weird. How to do this? Who would wear this to go out? Can this look good?
Moreover, what are the patch-like squares on it? What are they for? Liu Banzi was so dry that he explained clearly what a trouser pocket was. But those women were still shaking their heads and said quietly that they could not do it.
"Be careful of the crotch of this pants, you must not be small, otherwise you will be pulled open when you get off the horse, but you will be thin under your knees and will be stuffed into your boots in the future." Liu Penzi's military uniform planned includes boots. Although he does not have leather now, he can only use cloth shoes to replace them temporarily.
He concluded his explanation with one sentence: "This is the clothes I want to make. If you can cut this, you will have some food every day!"
The women murmured in a low voice, and no one was willing to step forward. After a while, a clear voice suddenly said, "I'll try it!"
Qiaomei walked out of the crowd and looked at the canvas carefully. "This short coat is easy to cut into two pieces in front and back, and just sew it in one sew. It seems that the pair of pants should be cut a few more pieces, and sewing them will be a little more troublesome. I'll try it!"
"Okay, okay! I will try it out, please give me a sanction for me!" Zhai Xing volunteered to be a model.
Qiaomei nodded, "Grandma Qian, please prepare for the firefight and help iron clothes." Grandma Qian is Qiaomei's neighbor. The two families have a very good relationship and often work together.
The starlings handed over tools, rulers, scissors, needles and threads, and an iron-like thing, one by one on several tables.
Scissors and irons (also called fire buckets at that time) were used very often in the Han Dynasty. Although they looked a little different from the modern era, their basic functions were quite different.
Qiaomei began to measure her body, and her warm little hand slid across Zhai Xing's neck and shoulders. Zhai Xing felt his heartbeat start to accelerate, and he couldn't help but feel a fever on his face. When he measured his waist, Qiaomei's head was right in front of him. Her black hair and soft hair made him unable to help but want to reach out to touch her.
He had almost reached out his hand, but Qiaomei did not dodge at this time, and she said lightly: "Okay."
Zhai Xing's face turned red, and he saw sweat on his forehead, and he smiled and said, "Ah, it's so fast, can you measure it at one time? Do you want to do it again?"
Qiaomei didn't raise her eyelids and said, "You're not at ease... OK, Grandma Qian, please take another measure."
"Okay!" The fat and strong Qian Po walked up, grabbed Zhai Xing's shoulder with his left hand, and clapped loudly on his butt with his right hand, "Retract your butt, how can you measure it so high?"
Zhai Xing rushed forward in frightened, got rid of Qian's clutches, ran out of the door, and shouted, "Believe in you, I believe in you! It's accurate, no need to measure it!" The women behind him burst into laughter.
Qiaomei was calm and spread the cloth, measured it, and drew the thread. My brother handed over the scissors. Qiaomei took it and cut it a few times. After cutting, my brother had sewed the needle and thread. Qiaomei's dexterity fingers flew up and down. After a while, she sewed it. She picked it up and shook it, and a piece of short brown pullover was displayed in front of everyone.
"Tsk tsk, it's exactly the same as the one in the painting!"
"What a quick technique! What a fine stitch! It's worthy of being a good girl!"
The women chattered and praised Qiaomei's skills. Some people were dissatisfied with it, so they took out the cloth and tried tailoring, but they were not as fast and better as Qiaomei.
Qian Ma Zi had already cooked the charcoal and put it in the "fire bucket" to iron the clothes made by Qiao Mei. Not long after, a military uniform was prepared, including bright red short brown, dark shorts and trousers, and soft boxer underwear, all of which were stacked together in obediently.
Qian Mama greeted Zhai Xing with a smile, "Come on, kid, mother-in-law helps you change it, come on! Don't be shy!"
The aunts smiled and cheered, "Come on, kid, let's take off this one first!"
Zhai Xing was so scared that his face looked like a mortal. He came in like a mouse, snatched his clothes and fled in panic, and ignored the mockery of the aunts.
When he was standing in front of the emperor in a neat manner, Liu Penzi couldn't help but nodded frequently and joked: "Zhai Xing, I didn't expect that with your appearance, you would be quite energetic in your military uniform."
Zhai Xing showed off happily: "Your Majesty, what's my appearance? I'm good-looking. This military uniform is really appropriate. Qiaomei is Jinzhen Lane. Oh no, she is the most skillful girl in the whole Zheng County! She sewed the military uniform for me personally, and every stitch was all done."
Niu Decao curled his lips, "Look at how beautiful you are, are you interested in someone else?"
Hu Gouzi smiled and said, "That's more, look at his sexy look, you can smell his sexy angrily even from eight feet away!"
Zhai Xing was so anxious that he chased and beat the two of them, "I am not arrogant when I speak nonsense, you are so talented, don't talk nonsense!"
After a burst of laughter, Zhai Xing's face still had an uncontrollable smile, "Qiaomei seems to be tempted to me, and she always peeks at me, that... that little face is red... But I haven't thought about it yet, and I still have to consider it." His words immediately attracted a burst of laughter.
Liu Benzi carefully inspected the first set of samples, from the neckline to the pocket, from the crotch to the legs. I have to say that the ancients' skills were very good! Although there was not even a sewing machine, the stitches were dense and flat, which was not much worse than those of the machine. What satisfied him the most was the style, which almost perfectly fulfilled his intentions.
"Perfect!" Liu Penzi snapped his fingers, "That's it!"
Then, in front of all ninety-eight tailors, the emperor appointed Qiaojie as the headmaster of Shangyiku and Qian Po was her deputy. The emperor ordered them to make a military uniform and a pair of cloth shoes for each guard before dark tomorrow.
He took the name "Shangyiku" with reference to "Uniqlo". Liu Penzi knew nothing about the name of the official office of the Han Dynasty, so he had to invent it casually.
"I'll leave my palace to you!" Liu Penzi turned around and shouted, "You two will arrange the matters in the palace. Be careful not to let anyone come in. Sun Yi, please call your brothers and take you guys to go out of the city with me. Zhai Xing, don't look foolishly. There are some things you can see in the future, let's go!"
After a while of turmoil, the emperor took all his guards out of the palace, and several large cars behind him were loading with marching supplies.
As soon as the team left the gate, Liu Xiaqing came up, "Your Majesty, where are you going?"
Liu Penzi rode on the horse and knocked his boots with the tip of the whip, "General Niu and Horse, I am going to go out of the city to train troops, and I will leave this harem to you."
Liu Xiaqing shook his hand repeatedly, "No, no, Your Majesty's concubine... Why are you so embarrassed?"
"What are you thinking?" Liu Benzi whipped him with a whip, "I'll let you protect the palace well and not let anyone in and out! Even you can't go in and out by yourself. Otherwise, I'll castrate you!"
Chapter completed!