Datang all-rounder

Chapter 211

Everything is moving forward smoothly according to Wang Ke's plan. Wang Ke also sits in his office every morning and then runs quickly, so as not to run into the civil servants in the court one by one. Wang Ke is very annoyed when he will be able to put on the new clothes, so he can only use the excuse of inspecting the production progress to avoid inquiries from these people.

Wang Ke first transferred to the shoe factory today, and saw that all the craftsmen were doing their work in an orderly manner according to their division of labor. Wang Ke was very satisfied with every process, at least so far Wang Ke has not discovered When any waste products were produced, Wang Ke felt a little impressed by these craftsmen, and made a plan in his heart. After these products were produced, he would recruit some people to learn from them, so that he could also make other products for the future. Lay a good foundation
After reading all the places, Wang Ke called La Tan, the foreman he had appointed, to come and told him to do the job well and just do it according to his own division of labor.Ratan also agrees with Wang Ke's method of dividing the process. He thinks it is much more efficient than they used to do one pair at a time and complete all the processes by one person. Focusing on only one process can also be done more seriously. Compared with before, the work looks much better.

Ratan nodded repeatedly, and assured Wang Ke that there was no problem.Although he didn't get along with Wang Ke for a few days, La Tan already had enough respect for Wang Ke.He felt that his boss was not so strong. When he heard Bohan talk about it, he didn't believe it too much. Now, judging from the shoe samples Wang Ke took out and the arrangements for people like himself, Ratan could see it. Wang Ke is much better at management than anyone he has ever seen.

Seeing that Wang Ke had said almost the same thing, he left Latan and came to their fashion workshop in Nanping.

As soon as he entered the door, Wang Ke saw Nanping standing there busy with the child in his arms. He hurried over and said distressedly: "My wife, why are you here? Why don't you stay at home? Seeing that you are tired, you still have to Take care of the children!"

Seeing that Wang Ke was coming, Nanping said with a smile: "The general is here! Seeing that everyone is busy, I am really embarrassed to stay at home alone to enjoy leisure. This time I am doing something for the court, so I can rest assured." No more, just come here. My son is still obedient, and I didn't let my concubine distract me."

Wang Ke knew that Nanping was also anxious about this errand. Everyone else was busy, but she stayed at home. She felt a little bad, so she ran out, and she couldn't say anything more.

Wang Ke hugged the child, and while stroking the child's face with his hands, he said, "Why don't you give the child to the mother to take care of, it's inconvenient for you to do this!"

Nanping looked at Wang Ke, and pouted inside and said: "Grandma is also busy inside, and now there is no idle person here, this time there are so many clothes, no one is idle, and they are here every day. "

Wang Ke held the child and went into the inner room with Nanping, but she was frightened.

Wang Ke has been here quite a few times, but he has never seen so many people like today. Except for the place where things are put, the whole inner room is full of people working hard. Auntie, Lanling and Dongyue, as well as Li Ke's concubines and princesses, none of them had their hands clean, and the female workers in the workshop were so busy that they couldn't see any of them walking. As long as they stand up to pick up things, they run all the way. It can be seen that everyone puts all their thoughts on making clothes.

Wang Ke and Nan Ping stood there, no one noticed them, but Nan Ping felt that it was not a problem for him to stand like this, so he said softly to Wang Ke: "General, you can take a look around with the child in your arms, and the concubine should do something too. Let's go." Without waiting for Wang Ke to answer, Nan Ping ran into the crowd and found something to do by himself.

Wang Ke hugged the child and looked here and there, and felt that the things he made were still acceptable, and he could see that he strictly complied with his own requirements, and nothing was out of shape.

When Wang Ke walked in front of Princess Xiangcheng, she happened to meet Princess Xiangcheng raising her hand to put a box of clothes in her hand to the side. Wang Ke held a corner of a box and helped Princess Xiangcheng hand it over. go up.

Wang Ke's actions made Princess Xiangcheng see herself. Princess Xiangcheng put the box away, stretched out her hand to take the child from Wang Ke's arms, and said to Wang Ke with a smile: "I said, Mr. Wang, the clothes of this civil servant are also It's about to be done, according to Ben Gong, it's no problem to wear this clothes in this season, but it's not enough in winter, I'm afraid it will feel a little cold."

Wang Ke knew what Xiangcheng meant, it was autumn, it was fine to wear this kind of clothes, but it would not be good in winter.

Wang Ke didn't answer right away, but asked instead: "Then, my princess, weren't the official uniforms thinner before? Then how did these officials survive the winter?"

Xiangcheng didn't expect that Wang Ke would ask himself back. After thinking about it, he said: "Add clothes to the official uniform, and put a fur coat on it, so that it won't be cold when walking outside. Didn't there be a warm sedan chair when going to the palace?" Well, it won't be cold either!"

After hearing what Xiangcheng said, Wang Ke smiled and said: "Isn't it the same now? The clothes we are making now have taken these problems into consideration. In winter, we can also add more clothes inside, and outside Just like what the princess said, wouldn't it be enough to wear a fur coat to keep you warm?"

Xiangcheng didn't expect Wang Ke to dispel his doubts so easily, he was stunned, and then smiled: "Master Wang is thoughtful, it's fine if these things haven't been done yet!"

Wang Ke didn't make a sound, but said in his heart: "This is not something I came up with, it's just using other people's things, what's so thoughtful."

Princess Xiangcheng saw that Wang Ke didn't speak, and she didn't know what Wang Ke was thinking, so she said to herself: "Master Wang, after this is done, you should help us think about it and design some clothes suitable for us to wear in winter." Ah, we dare not go out in winter, and we wear thick clothes when we go out, which is inconvenient at all!"

Wang Ke didn't know what to do now, he really hadn't thought about it.He had also seen that his mother and aunt had to go out in the winter, as Xiangcheng said, they were dressed like rice dumplings, and it was inconvenient to walk.Nanping and the others married into their own home, and they didn't go out much in winter, so I didn't think about it. Now that Xiangcheng mentioned this problem, it really made Wang Ke feel that this is an urgent problem that needs to be solved. , even the men.

It has been two winters since Wang Ke came to the Tang Dynasty, and he still doesn't feel anything. After all, he has clothes from later generations to keep out the cold, but these people are different. When winter comes, everyone wears the so-called The fur coat, it’s okay if there is no wind, but it’s only with the wind, and it’s still the same biting cold.Now I have a child again, this child can't stand the cold, although the sleeping bag and small cotton padded clothes were prepared for him at home early, but what the adults should do, this has to be considered!

Seeing Wang Ke's pensive look, Xiangcheng knew that his words had moved Wang Ke, so he didn't ask any more questions, but just looked around with the child in his arms.

Wang Ke looked at the busy people in front of him, thinking about how to solve this problem, his eyes aimlessly followed several workers, and only saw that these workers were packing a pile of tightly bundled bales Where to move, after all, the female worker's strength is still a bit weak. Although there are several people, it seems a bit difficult to move a bag.

Wang Ke didn't think too much, and hurried forward, helped them up, and asked casually: "What is it, so heavy!"

Seeing that it was Wang Ke, the female worker quickly replied: "If you go back to the Lord, it's all cashmere used for spinning woolen yarn."

Wang Ke understood it immediately. It was because she was worried that the clothes made of hemp spun cloth would not look good, so she asked Nanping and the others to try to use cashmere to make some woolen clothes. many.

An idea popped into Wang Ke's mind, and he immediately asked, "Are there any leftovers for making clothes now?"

A female worker pointed to the spun fabrics piled aside and said: "Now there are surplus spun fabrics, and I guess they won't be used right away, so the princess asked us to move these things aside. , and also make room for the ready-made clothes.”

Wang Ke didn't answer the words, and immediately went outside, lay down on the table and began to draw.

Seeing Wang Ke walking out of the room in a hurry, Xiangcheng, who was walking around with the baby in his arms, knew that Wang Ke must have thought of something, and followed him out.He leaned over to the table and saw that Wang Ke was drawing some clothes on the paper.

Xiangcheng has been in this fashion workshop for a while. Although he has never designed clothes by himself, he has seen many styles drawn by Nanping. At a glance, he can understand that Wang Ke is painting some other kind of clothes. style.

Xiangcheng didn't speak, and tilted his head to look aside. After Wang Ke finished drawing all kinds of pictures, he began to write the production process in the blank space of the paper.

The more Xiangcheng looked at it, the more frightened he became. It was completely different from any kind of clothing he had seen before. At first glance, it was somewhat similar to the production method of the cotton-padded clothes painted by Wang Ke that he had seen before, but it was different. It's different, and it's not cotton, but duck down.

Duck down comes from ducks. I have seen ducks in Xiangcheng, but there are not many ducks in Chang'an. You must know that there is not much down on this duck. If you want to make such a dress, you don't know how much How many ducks does it take.

Xiangcheng couldn't help but said: "My lord, what is your clothes? The duck down is not easy to find."

Wang Ke heard voices in his ears, looked up and saw that it was Princess Xiangcheng, and quickly said: "Princess is very worried, there must be less duck down in Chang'an, but in the Jiangnan area, there are many lakes, this duck will not Less. Now as far as I know, after people slaughter ducks, the duck down and feathers are thrown away, which is useless. As long as we get people to buy it for us, it’s not too difficult to think about.”

Princess Xiangcheng nodded thoughtfully. Although she didn't know whether the duck down would keep warm when used in clothes, Wang Ke must have his reasons for thinking this way now.

Xiangcheng pointed to the drawing and asked, "Then what's the name of this dress?"

Wang Ke said with a relaxed smile: "The clothes are made of duck down. Duck down belongs to feathers. This kind of clothes are called down jackets."

After listening to Wang Ke's introduction, Xiangcheng continued to ask: "Then why not use cotton? Isn't cotton very warm?"

Xiangcheng already knew that Wang Ke did this because of what he said just now.It's just that she couldn't understand why Wang Ke wanted to go far away and buy duck down from Jiangnan to make clothes instead of the cotton he had grown himself.

Xiangcheng knows that this year Wang Ke got the approval of Comrade Li Er to plant cotton with several times more land than last year, and today's harvest is better than last year, and Wang Ke is planning to promote cotton planting on a large scale next year In order to realize Comrade Li Er's wish that the whole Tang Dynasty can wear cotton-padded clothes in winter.

(End of this chapter)