GBP Chapter 430 Great Good News
Chapter 430 Great Good News
"Sir, this kind of cloth actually has a disadvantage and an advantage. Let me start with the disadvantage, which is that it is not breathable, so it will make your feet feel stuffy when you wear it in the summer. The advantage is that it is somewhat waterproof and can keep you warm.
So to make this kind of boots, we came up with a solution that we need three kinds of boots for different seasons: one with holes for summer, one without holes for spring and autumn, and the other kind is cotton shoes for winter.
These three types of boots can basically meet the soldiers' daily needs all year round.
As for how many boots are made in a year?
Basically, the production process of cloth and soles is simple, and the efficiency depends on the time of manual sewing. We have also tested it in the past few days. If there are enough materials, a woman can make at least two pairs a day. "
This is different from what Shen Youyou said to Fu Huaian before, because at that time Shen Youyou deliberately exaggerated the time, fearing that there would be an accident or something that would delay the progress and fail to meet people's needs, which would be a crime.
After Shen Zhiqiu left, the women of the Jiu clan tried to make a model knife that could be used for batch cutting. If the female workers only needed to sew, one person could make two and a half to three pairs.
Therefore, Shen Zhiqiu mentioned double pairs this time and also reserved some spare time.
In the eyes of Mao Junyi and others, it was Shen Zhiqiu who, after a little thought, said: "Tangjia Village can recruit at least one thousand female workers, so we can make two thousand pairs a day.
That's 60,000 pairs a month. If we make boots for different seasons in three batches a year, we can make 240,000 pairs in four months. The total number of boots that can be provided to the army in a year is 720,000.
In other words, one thousand female workers can supply 240,000 soldiers with boots all year round.
The people present couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "No wonder General Fu praised Shen Zhiqiu so much and repeatedly emphasized that this person is capable."
Look, he only paused for a moment before he could give the answer. He was so fast that you could tell he was a technical guy. He was a practical man when it came to actions and words.
At this moment, their conversation was interrupted again. Another official came in hurriedly and looked a little surprised when he saw Shen Zhiqiu.
Perhaps he didn't expect that a stranger was dining with the Shangshu.
In fact, Mao Junyi didn't eat much at all, he was just listening to what Shen Zhiqiu said, but when he saw the people coming, he immediately stood up and walked to the desk to deal with the documents brought by the officials.
He did not forget to say to Shen Zhiqiu and the others: "You eat first."
The clerks now had a much better impression of Shen Zhiqiu, and they also understood their superior's temper better, so they were not polite at all.
He quickly called Shen Zhiqiu: "Let's eat first. I see you are too busy talking to eat."
After saying that, he picked up the bun and started eating.
The clerks were not arrogant, and one of them poured Shen Zhiqiu a cup of tea and said to him, "There is no soup, just drink it with water."
In this atmosphere, Shen Zhiqiu was also deeply touched. He really wanted to ask: "Are there many officials like this in your northern border?"
In fact, what he was thinking in his heart was that if there were many officials like the ones in front of him in the North, it would mean that the Prince of Yan or the Prince of Yan was also a practical person. After all, what kind of leader you are, what kind of soldiers you lead.
This was completely different from what he had thought before he came. He had thought that he had met this high-ranking official of the second rank. Although scholars did not have to kneel when meeting a county magistrate, they still had to kneel when meeting higher-ranking officials?
Please come in by yourself. When answering, you have to keep saying "Report to the Master" and kneel down and get up. You can't say more than a few words and you are exhausted. It's really not strenuous enough.
Shen Zhiqiu and several clerks were eating buns at the round table when they heard the Minister of Revenue say, "Okay, send it out, and ask the clothing merchants to rush to Kyoto for the meeting as soon as possible."
He felt that this meeting had a lot to do with them. Otherwise, why would they be so anxious to hold a meeting when there was no festival or war?
Moreover, regardless of the distance, only three days were given, which meant that the wealthy merchants far away would have to ride day and night to travel.
He was still worried about the situation of other wealthy businessmen. After the official left, Mao Junyi came back and quickly ate two more buns and drank a cup of tea.
"Let's talk about plastic sponge."
After hearing this, Shen Zhiqiu finished half of the bun in his hand in a few bites and drank a cup of tea to calm down.
He left the dining table and sat on the stool opposite Mao Junyi, which was the stool that Mao Junyi had someone move for him to sit on.
He said, "Sir, you know about the plastic sponge. We originally only had one machine, and we made two more in the past two days. However, our quota of iron for this month has been used up, and we cannot buy any extra iron.
Moreover, if we want to supply the army quickly, we need a lot of cotton machines. There is only one blacksmith in our tribe, and we have selected a few boys from the tribe to be apprentices, but that is just a drop in the bucket.
And the sports boots I mentioned earlier, to keep up with the speed I mentioned, you need a special knife. The shape of this knife is the shape of half a shoe upper, as well as the toe and heel parts, in order to make them sturdy. "
He pointed at the drawing drawn by Shen Youyou and said, "Here, here, there needs to be an extra piece of cloth similar to a patch, so there are also knives in the shapes of these two parts."
As he spoke, he moved aside the drawings of two types of sneakers, and underneath were drawings of several special knives.
He stood up, bent down and pointed at the drawing on the table to Mao Junyi and the adults who came with him: "This knife is similar to a stamp.
The shape of its blade is the same as the shape of the shoe upper. By rotating the shaft, the blade is pressed down to form pressure, and it can cut a very thick stack of plastic cloth at one time.
Moreover, each model of shoe requires a different model of knife. We have designed five models of the most common men's shoes, ranging from 40 to 45, which should be available for everyone to wear. "
Mao Junyi's eyes lit up, and he sighed casually: "It's a pity that you don't go to the Ministry of Industry. You are really smart."
Shen Zhiqiu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he quickly changed the subject: "Sir, these are just one of the difficulties. The biggest difficulty is that we have no way to start building a workshop now.
Let’s not talk about how big a workshop would be needed to employ a thousand female workers. Even making liquid plastic would require recruiting many villagers to work, and adding plastic cotton, it would really be…”
Before Shen Zhiqiu could finish, Mao Junyi interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "He said, you don't have to worry about this matter, the court will find a way to solve it for you.
Moreover, you do not need to hand in the plastic sponge for the time being. This is a special permission granted to you by the prince. You only need to find workers who make the plastic sponge.
The plastic cotton produced each month is handed over to the Warehouse Office, which then distributes it to other clothing merchants to make cotton-padded clothes and quilts. "
Hearing this, Shen Zhiqiu felt relieved. This was a good feeling.
You know, he was worried that because they provided military boots to the army, some clothing merchants would lose their jobs. Those merchants were probably making a lot of money, but he was not worried about that. What he was worried about was that the workers under those merchants would lose their jobs.
Now, the quilts and cotton clothes should be left to those people to make. They only provide plastic cotton and there is no need to hand over the formula for the time being.