Maybe people in later generations will shrug their shoulders and sneer indifferently: "About a few dollars..."
It is difficult for people in the era of large-scale industry to imagine the difficulty of sewing gloves by hand with needle and thread in the pre-Central era!
A worker can sew ten pairs of gloves in a day, which is already very impressive!
What's more, there is still a serious shortage of raw materials for gloves!
Whether it is silk, linen or fur, they are all very precious in this era.
It is even a precious resource equivalent to hard currency.
Liu Che was a little surprised that the Shaofu could produce 100,000 pairs in three months.
However, this is far from enough for the needs of the Han army!
Apart from other things, all cavalry must have at least two pairs of cold-resistant gloves.
Moreover, it must be gloves with warm fleece!
After all, when the cavalry galloped, their hands would freeze or even break.
Then the cavalry would have no fighting capacity.
And this requires at least 60,000 pairs!
In addition, the Han army's infantry also needed protection.
This requires at least 100,000 sets!
In other words, now, less than a month after the war, Liu Che has to find 50,000 sets of gloves for his army!
And these are just the basic needs of the army.
In addition to the army, the huge army of civilians also needs a certain amount of cold-proof items.
With the power of the Shaofu, Liu Che felt that completing this task would be tantamount to forcing others to do something difficult.
"How many tanned whale skins are there in the treasury of the Young Mansion now?" Liu Che turned to a waiter beside him and asked, "Go and find out this matter for me!"
After being tanned, whale skin is a good raw material for leather armor and can be used to make leather boots, leather sheaths and leather gauntlets.
Of course, it can also be used to make gloves.
However, the cold-proof effect is not as good as that of wolfskin or sheepskin.
But better than silk and hemp.
Previously, Shaofu had used part of whale skin as raw material for gloves.
A quarter of an hour later, the servant came back and reported: "Reporting to your Majesty, there are currently thousands of whale skins in the inner treasury of the Shaofu..."
Liu Che nodded.
now it's right!
"Invite the young master to seize all the whale skins!" Liu Che ordered: "Send them to the prime minister, and order the prime minister to post a notice under the cloth in Chang'an, asking the people to sew gloves, and pay five yuan for each pair of gloves!"
Later, during World War I, French taxi drivers sent several divisions of French troops to the front line of Verdun during the Battle of Verdun, never allowing France to avoid national subjugation.
During World War II, the British generator project also relied on countless civilian ships to succeed.
Now, it has been less than a month since the Battle of Hetao was launched.
Within a month, 50,000 or even 100,000 sets of gloves must be produced.
It's not possible to rely on the young master's office.
There are only a few thousand craftsmen in Shaofu who specialize in gloves and other related industries.
Within a month, when they were exhausted, they could make about 20,000 pairs of gloves.
This is obviously not enough for the army.
But the people of Chang'an can!
Now, the permanent population in Chang'an has exceeded 400,000!
Even if you exclude the nobility, royal family, bureaucracy and the army, there are still about 300,000 ordinary people.
The women from these ordinary families are all excellent sewing workers.
The cost of sewing a pair of gloves is only five yuan, which is enough to make people rush for it!
With their help, at least 100,000 sets of gloves can be sewn within a month!
Basically it can meet the needs of the army!
Moreover, the cost will be very small!
Even one hundred thousand sets of gloves only cost half a million!
Therefore, Liu Che gave the order, and the surrounding ministers looked at each other and then lowered their heads. They had to admire their emperor's wit.
But Liu Che knew that this matter was more than just issuing an order to get money and supplies.
Judging from his understanding of bureaucrats, especially those bureaucrats in Chang'an City who are plucking their feathers like wild geese.
There will definitely be someone who will put their mind to this matter.
Stealing people's wages?
Haha, this is too low-level.
It's a trick only children can play.
Besides, you can't deduct much money.
Liu Che didn't even think about it carefully, but already had several possible ways for bureaucrats to make a fortune in his mind.
As long as some black-hearted guy loses his moral integrity and uses chicken feathers as arrows, he can play n kinds of tricks.
For example, assign tasks, and assign a number of tasks that are impossible for an ordinary person to complete.
For example, I need one hundred or two hundred pairs of gloves a month.
If they fail to complete the task, they will be arrested in the name of "undermining the military affairs".
Arrest people and put them in jail.
Ordinary people would of course be frightened.
Then, you can sit on the ground and collect money.
Even if you are smarter, you can also use a trick like drifting away.
On the pretext that people embezzled the country's leather, he then put all his family's property and land into his own pockets.
Liu Che felt that he could come up with so many tricks just by thinking about it.
If the officials below study it carefully.
I am afraid that I will develop black technology level skills.
How does this work?
Thinking of this, Liu Che raised his head and ordered: "Send an order to the Commander-in-Chief of the Xiuyi Guards, Zhi Jinwu, Wei Wei, and Nei Shi, to order all departments to go deep into each village in Chang'an and closely monitor all movements. However, there are officials who take advantage of the opportunity to exploit and make things difficult.
Those who slander and blackmail the people can be killed directly without asking for instructions! The heads of all these traitors and ministers are hanging in Beique!"
At this juncture, anyone who still thinks about exploiting the people is definitely not a good bird.
Killing them is not unfair at all!
It can also purify officialdom and cleanse politics.
What's more, at such a moment, you dare to cause trouble.
Its nature is just like those who rob during an earthquake, resell drinking water during a flood, or hoard medicine when an epidemic breaks out. It is difficult for the country to make money.
If you don’t kill those who are struggling to make money for the country, it will not be enough to bring order!
However, Liu Che's murderous words made everyone on the left and right stunned.
Many people know that as soon as the emperor gives this order, there will probably be a lot of deaths immediately.
Isn’t it clear to everyone what kind of virtues the subordinate officials in the lower-level offices in Chang’an have?
However, no one dared to speak out to dissuade.
Because the war is coming.
Before the war, it is an ancient tradition to kill a few of our scum and traitors to sacrifice the flag.
not to mention……
Kill them, and there will be a trap for the scholars to take advantage of!
It is said that the butt determines the head.
Most of the attendants, ministers and officials in this hall have climbed up through examinations.
They are too lazy to care about the life and death of those old bureaucrats and officials!
In fact, I wish they could all die so that my own people could rise to power!
"No!" So, without any surprise, all the ministers obeyed the order respectfully, and then went down to deliver the order.
That afternoon, the streets and alleys of Chang'an suddenly became lively.
Countless people gathered under the cloth, listening to the officials' announcement of the court's policies.
Then, all the government offices were surrounded.
Five dollars for a pair of gloves?
Ten pairs are fifty cents, which is enough to buy a stone of corn.
This is an unexpected surprise for most families in Chang'an City. (To be continued.)
