Chapter 267 Foreigners' Boots
Si Tian and Miao Jiu also found that the clothes fit them well, but the shoes on their feet did not match them very well.
The two of them were thinking rapidly, and some things had to be put on the agenda quickly. It seemed that they could solve the livelihood problems of most of the people.
Siming was also considering the construction of a clothing factory. The things the army needed were all in bulk, but they couldn't wait for tailors to sew them one by one, so this efficiency was too slow.
"Brother, I think there is nothing wrong with this clothes, but I think these shoes need to be improved." Si Tian looked at the shoes on his feet.
"I also think it needs improvement. I'll go change first. We can talk about this after dinner." Si Ming said and went straight to the second floor.
"Where are Juanjuan and Achen?" Old Madam Si turned around and didn't see the two little guys.
"He was here just now, how come he disappeared when I turned around?" Si Ning was also puzzled.
"It should be in the study." Miao Jiu pointed to the room with the light on.
They walked towards the study and saw Si Jinchen flipping through a book, then pointing a picture in the book to Juanjuan.
"Juanjuan, look, these are the boots that foreigners wear." He pointed at the shoes on the foreigners' feet.
"It doesn't look good." Juanjuan looked at the combat boots in the picture with some disgust.
Si Jinchen looked at the boots in the picture. Actually, they didn’t look that ugly, but maybe Juanjuan didn’t like them.
Juanjuan took the paintbrush, opened her mouth and bit the tip of the brush, tilted her head and thought for a long time before she started drawing on the paper.
Although the painting was very abstract, the people in the Si family could now more or less understand what she wanted to express.
"Is this a thick sole?" Si Jinchen pointed at the exaggerated sole and said uncertainly.
"Yeah, this way I won't have to worry about my feet getting pricked." Juanjuan nodded seriously.
When Siming came down from upstairs, he saw them all standing at the door of the study. He walked over with a puzzled look on his face: "Why are you all standing here?"
"I saw Juanjuan was drawing shoes, so we didn't go in to disturb her."
"Shoes?" Siming walked into the study and saw a piece of paper on the table in front of Juanjuan.
The painting above is a bit abstract, but it is not difficult to see that it is a pair of shoes.
It’s just that these shoes look a little different from the ones they wear now. The soles are very thick and have deep teeth.
What are those fuzzy things painted on the shoe uppers?
He was a little confused.
"Juanjuan, what is this furry thing?" Siming didn't know so he just asked.
"Pipi!" Juanjuan said, pointing to somewhere else and saying, "This is Bubu."
Si Ming looked at Si Jinchen beside him and asked with his eyes: Achen, do you understand?
"This is cowhide, a very thick fabric?" Si Jinchen said uncertainly.
"Hmmmm." Juanjuan said, then jumped off the chair and ran outside: "Grandma, Juanjuan is hungry."
Madam Si looked at her with a smile on her face: "Okay, okay, let's go eat."
As she spoke, she held Juanjuan in one hand and Si Jinchen in the other and walked towards the restaurant.
Miao Jiu and the others walked into the study and looked at the paper in Siming's hand, their brows furrowed.
"Isn't cowhide shiny?" Si Tian said as he looked down at the leather shoes on his feet.
"What if it's the other way around?" Si Ning said, looking at the three of them.
"The other way around?" The three of them looked at her.
"Well, I remember when I went to the shoe store to order shoes, I saw that the back of the cowhide felt like the fleece side." Si Ning recalled.
"What are the negative effects?" Sima Ming looked at the three of them.
Miao Jiu looked down at the leather shoes on Si Tian's feet. The light shone on them, and there was some light: "Glossy."
"What?" The three of them turned to look at him, somewhat confused about what this sentence meant.
"Look at A Tian's shoes. You can still see the light under the light. Such light is not a good choice in the wild." Miao Jiu expressed his guess.
"But this is just our guess. Why not wait and find a piece of cowhide and try it out and we'll know for sure."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Si Tian and said, "But can the rubber sole factory do this?"
Si Tian looked at the thick sole and fell into deep thought: "If this is made, it will be very heavy."
As he spoke, he remembered what Juanjuan had said: "Not afraid of getting your feet pricked, does this have other uses?"
"Commander-in-chief, Second Master, Son-in-law, and Eldest Aunt, the old lady asked me to ask, are you still eating?" The housekeeper stood at the door of the study and looked at them helplessly.
"Right away." Si Ming put down the blueprint in his hand: "Let's eat first and discuss it later."
After dinner, Mrs. Si still took her two children, Si Ning and a group of small animals to the yard to digest the food.
Siming looked at the two people in the living room: "What do you think?"
"Brother, if you let the craftsmen in the shop make your training uniforms, the efficiency will be too low. It would be more efficient to hire a clothing factory."
"But it would be slow if we did it based on the size. We need to find a way to produce these things as quickly and efficiently as possible."
Si Tian plans to go to the tailor shop tomorrow to see if there is any solution.
"As for the clothing factory, the Lu family already has one. Old Man Lu is more likely to lose his temper than to gain it. The people in the Lu family are fighting over the family property and have already suffered heavy losses."
"But it's not difficult to get the clothing factory they own, but it may take some time."
Siming looked at the two of them and said, "We may also need a shoe and hat factory."
"The Meng family already has it. Let's see if they are willing to sell it. If not, we will find another way." Miao Jiu was already thinking about how to get the Meng family's shoe and hat factory.
"We still have a lot to do, and don't neglect Pete. After they leave, we'll consider other things."
Siming and his men are not really afraid of having too many people now, but they are worried about not having enough manpower. If several factories are built later, the number of people they need will not be small.
There is also farming and animal husbandry outside the city, which requires a lot of work.
"Brother, what's the situation with Mr. Wen?" Si Tian asked about the arsenal.
"There is no news yet. They are probably still investigating the location. It won't be that fast." Siming hasn't received any news yet and can only wait.
"Brother-in-law, have you found a way to resettle the people outside the city?" Si Tian just heard that they should have solved the problem.
"In this huge Beiyang City, there is no place to accommodate all these people?" Miao Jiu raised his eyebrows and curled up the corners of his lips.
"What method?" Si Tian was also quite curious. The two of them had been very troubled before.
There are only a few places in Beiyang City that can hire people, and it is not easy to find a job. But now I can solve the problem by just going out for half a day.
"A Tian, do you still remember our plan before we got the Liu family's land?" Si Ming looked at Si Tian with a smile on his face.
"Are you planning to let them open up the wasteland?" Si Tian slapped his head and actually forgot about this matter.
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