Chapter 358： Military uniform 1 must be handsome 2

"Military uniform must be handsome!"

The Earl's words resounded in the hall.

"Only with a handsome uniform can attract more young people to join the army."

Everyone was attracted by the two teams of models who just came in. Indeed, the styles of these two sets of clothes are exaggerated enough and the colors are bright enough. Look at these soldiers, each and every one of them looks like a proud big rooster. Paul can't work hard for the new uniforms of the army. In the era of queuing and shooting, morale is very important, and military uniforms are a very important factor in maintaining morale.

Referring to the memory of his previous life, and with the help of Winthrop, Paul restored the military uniforms of Britain and France in the Napoleonic era on Earth. Of course, this so-called restoration must be in quotation marks, which is basically equivalent to re-creation. After all, that era spanned several decades, and different military branches had their own uniforms. Even the same military branch would have several sets of uniforms. The emperor’s guard cavalry even had 10 different uniforms, including battle uniforms, marching uniforms, Field uniforms, service uniforms, duty uniforms, stable service uniforms, social wear, casual wear, military parade uniforms, grand military parade dresses... it's simply a headache.

It is impossible to expect Paul, a half-bottle military fan, to memorize all the details of military uniforms. He can only roughly figure out some common styles based on the impressions left by some movies. Paul's counterfeit modern military uniform really shocked the natives of the different world, although the shock was not what he imagined.

"Paul, are you sure you want our troops to wear this attire?"

His ally, Earl of Bairding, Myron Garnard asked hesitantly.

Paul asked back: "Why, don't you think the military uniform I designed is not beautiful enough?"

"The color is bright enough, but... that's what you call handsome?" McLone rubbed the back of his head, not knowing what to say.

Paul was a little upset: "Really, if you have something to say, speak up!"

Macron had to say: "Well...this style of clothes doesn't seem to have appeared before."

"Hey! What is this?" Paul shook his hand, "Let's be at the forefront of the times and start a new trend, okay?"

"Cough!" Melon reminded him, "Northwest Bay is not a fashion capital like Jiaowan, and you will be treated as a freak when you wear these two outfits..."

Bryce picks up his words: "We'll be treated like country upstarts, throwing together the best fabrics..."

Paul retorted: "It's unreasonable, this has been verified by history... Forget it, think about it, as long as we have money or more guns, even a piece of sackcloth will be regarded as fashionable."

Macron said, "That's the problem. We're not rich enough, we're not powerful enough, at least the outside world doesn't think so."

"So, folks! Let's work together! Let's have more money, let's have more guns. Just imagine our soldiers walking down the road in such clothes, Everyone will be overwhelmed by this force."

Paul said emphatically.

Everyone understood that it seemed that the Earl was determined to use the clothes he designed.

Well, he is the supreme commander of the army of Arda, and he has the final say.

"My lord, if I heard correctly, you just said soldiers?"

Logistics Minister Ron noticed a certain word in Paul's words.

Paul nodded to him, "Yes, it's a soldier!"

no? Everyone in the room was taken aback!

Although the style of the military uniform designed by Lord Earl is a bit weird, but it is quite exquisite and gorgeous, and it seems that the cost of craftsmanship is definitely not low at first glance. Although there are looms now, tailors still have to sew clothes stitch by stitch.

They thought that Paul made such gorgeous clothes for officers.

"Mr. Winthrop!"

Ron asked the tailor: "If these two types of military uniforms are mass-produced by private workshops, how much will each suit cost?"

Winthrop pinched his fingers and calculated, "Let me think about it, this... that..., according to our price in the Northwest Gulf, each piece will cost about 10 to 15 silver coins."

10 to 15 silver coins? The Earl wants to spend so much money to buy a set of clothes for each soldier?

Great Lord of Light! Save Earl Greyman, whose brain is about to burn out.

You must know that even the senior military executives such as Schroeder, Bryce, and Austin have an official salary of only 5 to 6 silver coins per month. (Of course, they also have additional income such as country manors. In addition, in order to ensure the loyalty of the officers, Paul also distributed them a large number of shares from the newly established family business in recent years. The salary of the army is basically the icing on the cake for them.)

If only relying on salary, a school-level officer would have to save for two or three months to purchase such a set of outfits? This is crazy. And the clothes of the soldiers have to be changed and washed, there must be more than one set for each person.

"Master Earl, do you think about it again? Soldiers only need to have clothes to wear. I think their current clothes are enough."

Ron felt that it was time for him to fulfill the responsibility of the Minister of Logistics, and he carefully suggested to Paul.

"No!" Paul rejected him immediately, with an unquestionable tone, "I said before that the suit is only a transitional suit. Once the conditions are met, I will let the soldiers wear better clothes. Scare the enemy on the opposite side."

Paul made a decision, and the old Ford, who was the head of the State Council, complained secretly. With the current size of Arda's army, it would cost tens of thousands of silver coins more.

Alright, now the general direction is clear, the military uniforms basically have to follow the style designed by the lord There are two basic styles given by Paul, after everyone's evaluation, finally selected blue and white The one with the main tune, that is, the one that resembles the French army style.

Then, under Paul's suggestion, the colors of different units were changed slightly. The army retained blue, the navy changed to white, and the internal guards changed to green.

However, facing the reality of insufficient financial resources, the Earl also made a compromise. In the final design, the grade of the fabric was lowered a few levels, and the soldiers' shoes were replaced by short boots with extended sleeves instead of full leather boots.

People from the Government Affairs Council also planned to replace them with the previous linen shoes, but they failed under the opposition of senior military officials such as Paul and Schroeder, because the quality of the shoes seriously affected the marching ability of the troops.

Paul announced to everyone: "I plan to find a military uniform contractor through bidding for this change."

"Bidding?" Everyone was puzzled.

Paul explained: "Yes, the nature of the required procurement items and their quantity, quality, delivery date and other requirements are announced to the civilians. Taking military uniforms as an example, the three places of Arda, Bairding, Emden and even other As long as the clothing workshops in the territory meet our requirements, they are eligible to become our suppliers. As for which one to choose, it depends on whoever quotes the lowest price and takes the least time. This is called bidding. "

Bryce had some doubts: "There is no workshop that can handle the work of thousands of uniforms, right?" Paul replied: "We can split it into several labels, and the eggs are not put in the same basket."

He said with a smile: "Not only military uniforms, but anything that does not involve confidentiality can be completed with the help of the people. This will save us a lot of effort and stimulate the development of commerce among the people."