Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 91 More than two months
Wearing clothes and eating may seem ordinary, but they are important matters for everyone and are a person's basic survival needs.

For a small peasant economy, if they can save a little precious cloth, it is actually a huge improvement.

After all, ordinary people do not lack the time to make clothes. Spending some time to make a few more trouser loops can save some fabric, which is naturally very cost-effective.

Qin Ling and Wu Qing'er rushed to make a pair of trousers as described by Chen Gu overnight. The waist was narrowed and thickened with trouser loops, the crotch was widened, and the front opening was reinforced with thickened hemp cloth. However, there was no zipper, but buttons instead.

Considering that cloth buttons were not reliable, Chen Gu specially made a few wooden buttons.

After the pants were made, Chen tried them on and felt they were pretty good. They were more flexible than wide-waisted pants, but the opening wasn't that nice-looking. However, the hem covered it so others couldn't see it.

"Very good. You can take this pair of trousers to teach the women how to sew them, and notify the potters to make more ceramic buttons." Chen Gu said.

"Master is really multi-talented!" Wu Qing'er said with a smile.

Chen Gu heard this and said, "Teacher has taught us that if we think more about everything, we can always come up with a solution. When you make clothes, you can think more about how to make the clothes and pants you make save fabric, make them convenient for everyone to wear, and make them more comfortable after wearing.

If you gain anything, I will naturally give you a big reward."

"Of course not. We have already established the rules. There are exams every month for those who study literature and martial arts. Those who get a good ranking will be rewarded. If the craftsmen can make new and useful things, they will also be rewarded.

These days, Zhang Haomin has been discussing various planning directions for the village with the third row leader Lao Sha and the sixth row leader Lao Nian.

Building schools, barracks, quarries, carpenter workshops, blacksmith workshops, and ceramic kilns, the administrative management of Fobao was equally busy and not much easier than Chen Gu's training of troops.

Qin Ling was stunned for a moment and said, "But it was you who came up with this pair of pants, so how can we get the reward?"

"It's not convenient for me to accept any reward, so I have to give it to you. Well, consider it as my personal reward to you!" Chen Gu said.

"Nunu will definitely find a way!" Qin Ling said with a sweet smile, "Master, don't go back on your word when the time comes!"

Fortunately, although there are many things to do, they are slowly getting on track.

Chen Gu shook his head and said, "I don't know yet. I'll see how much Zhang and the other platoon leaders decide when to give them. I won't treat you unfairly."

"Then what kind of reward does Grandpa plan to give us?" Qin Ling asked.

This pair of pants can save us a lot of fabric, is more convenient to wear, and can also make it more flexible to put on. It has met the conditions for the reward. After the finished clothes are distributed to the brothers, I will apply for rewards for you!" Chen Gu said.

With the massive construction going on, the entire Buddhist treasure was running at full capacity. Except for some old men and women and little kids who had no strength left, basically everyone had something to do.

The soldiers trained by Chen Gu are also gradually improving, and their equipment is being put into service bit by bit.

In addition to the routine training of standing at attention, turning forward, backward, left and right, marching and running every day, as the number of rifles gradually increased, Chen Gu also began to conduct live-fire target shooting training. Unfortunately, due to limited bullets, he could only use shotguns to train everyone.

Even with a shotgun, you can't just shoot it casually. A person only has five chances to shoot a gun a day, and more training is done with cold weapons, such as slashing with a broadsword and stabbing with a red tassel spear. The training is actually very boring, but everyone persists because of the free food, accommodation, clothes, and monthly salary.

While training the soldiers' attacking skills, Chen Gu was also considering the soldiers' defense issues.

There was no way Chen Gu could afford to equip the elite soldiers of the Qing Dynasty with three layers of armor. Preparing clothes, pants and shoes for each person had already cost Chen Gu a lot of money. If each person had to wear another 30% armor, I'm afraid Chen Gu might not have enough money to afford it.

Moreover, the cost-effectiveness is not good. Instead of spending so much money, it would be better to get more rifles and cannons.

Of course, it is impossible to have no defense at all. After all, these are soldiers who have been trained with great effort and cannot be easily lost.

After thinking about it for a few more days, Chen Gu decided to make a simple bulletproof vest.

There are many materials for bulletproof vests in later generations, such as special steel, aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, fiberglass, nylon, Kevlar, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber, liquid protective material, polyimide fiber, etc.

Chen Gu naturally did not have so many high-tech materials, but he knew a very old-fashioned bulletproof vest, which was made of high-temperature ceramic sheets and cotton.

First lay a layer of cotton, apply glue and stick a layer of ceramic on it, brush another layer of glue on the ceramic and stick another layer of cotton on it, and then sew the two layers of cotton together to make a piece of bulletproof vest fabric.

To put it simply, a layer of ceramic is added in the middle of the cotton jacket. Although such a bulletproof vest cannot protect against sniper bullets, it can completely protect against some pistol bullets. It can also protect against bomb shrapnel and flying stones.

There is absolutely no problem in long-range defense against the shotguns of this era.

The key is that this thing has low production cost. As for glue, it can be replaced by making pig skin glue or even fish skin glue.

Moreover, compared to the complicated armor, Chen Gu only needs to make a bulletproof vest for each person. After all, the chest and abdomen are the most vulnerable to bullets. As long as the chest and abdomen are well protected, 80% of the defense is basically completed.

As for other places being attacked, they can only blame themselves for their bad luck.

Another advantage of a bulletproof vest over armor is that it is lighter than armor and does not affect the flexibility of soldiers.

If a soldier carries too much weight, it will affect the battle, let alone a continuous battle.

After purchasing some more cotton and cotton cloth from Bian Shichun, the women of Fobao had the task of making bulletproof vests after finishing making clothes and pants with buttons.

Everyone is happy to have work to do. This year is the happiest year for the people of Fobao. The entire two months of slack season have been spent in busyness.

Of course, hard work pays off. In more than two months, both men and women earned at least two taels of silver. If you are nimble enough, or strong enough, and are willing to work hard, you can earn four or five taels of silver.

If a family has three or four people who can work, the income will definitely reach more than ten taels of silver.

So, when it was almost time to harvest the grain, everyone expressed to Chen the Assassin that they hoped he would buy more pigs to slaughter.

(End of this chapter)