"Comrade Chen Qi, I have to criticize you this time!”
"Our Eighth Route Army doesn't like to do things like Mountain City. Hedonism is not allowed, and we can't give special treatment.”
A chief spoke. He looked at the new clothes in front of him and compared them to the old military uniform he was wearing that had been washed and was a little pale. He frowned and said.
When Chen Qi heard this, he was not angry. He smiled and said,"Chief, don't accuse a good person wrongly. These clothes are the intentions of the comrades in the Military Industry Department. It's their own intention.”
"In addition, when I came this time, I brought 1,500 sets of new military uniforms and 800 bolts of fabric. It's enough for each of our comrades in the headquarters to have one set. How can it be considered special treatment?”
As Chen Qi said this, his face suddenly became aggrieved."Finally, I think that compared to the new clothes I'm wearing, the few officers are the hedonists. They're actually wearing clothes made of pure cotton.”
"What's going on?"
"You, who are wearing beautiful new clothes, feel wronged, but we, who are wearing old clothes, have become hedonists?”
"Comrade Chen Qi, if we make a mistake, we have to accept criticism.”
When the officers heard Chen Qi's aggrieved cries, they were completely stunned. They could not believe their ears.
Listen, are these words still spoken by humans?
When did those who wore beautiful new clothes become poor people and those who wore old clothes become hedonists?
Chen Qi didn't care about the reactions of the Bureau Chiefs. He knew that this matter had to be explained clearly. Otherwise, he would probably be slapped on the horse's hooves this time. He might even be severely criticized.
Therefore, he continued with an aggrieved expression,"Isn't that so? The cotton clothes you're wearing cost at least two French coins, right? They can even buy seven or eight sets of mine.”
What? A set of cotton clothes could be exchanged for seven or eight sets of clothes in front of him?
When the officers heard Chen Qi's words, they were instantly shocked. They reached out and took the clothes in front of them in their hands and looked at them carefully.
The more they looked, the more suspicious they became.
Such beautiful, smooth, and soft clothes like silk, were they really that cheap?
"Comrade Chen Qi, is what you said true? Can a cotton coat really be worth seven or eight sets?”
Chen Qi's words were so shocking that even the highest-ranking official couldn't help but ask excitedly.
"Of course, the chiefs can think about how much a catty of cotton costs, how much a catty of oil dregs or coal costs, and which one is easier to obtain?”
"Moreover, one mu of land can only produce a few catties of cotton a year. If it were an oil field, how much oil can be extracted in a day?”
"To put it bluntly, the amount of oil produced by our oil extraction plant in a day is enough for the villagers in the base area to grow cotton for a hundred years.”
Chen Qi used raw materials as a comparison to let the few heads understand the cheapness of chemical fabrics more intuitively.
This was also the reason why clothes made of pure cotton were more expensive than clothes made of chemical fabrics.
If this was the case in the later generations, it was even more so in this era.
In this era, how many commoners would plant cotton unless it was necessary?
It wasn't that they didn't plant it, but that they planted very little. The purpose of planting cotton was purely to make two quilts for their own family. They couldn't plant too much.
Because everyone had to eat. If they didn't have enough to eat, how could they bear to plant cotton on the good land?
That was why Chen Qi said that the production cost of a set of cotton clothes in this era could completely produce seven or eight sets of chinlon clothes.
Well, the premise was that the labor cost was ignored.
The few Bureau Chiefs looked at the new clothes in front of them and could not help but look at each other. They were completely stunned and did not know what to say for a moment.
The surprise came too suddenly, making them somewhat unable to believe it.
"Comrade Chen Qi, is what you said true?”
A Bureau Chief held the new clothes in his hands, his eyes filled with tears of joy and excitement.
Of course, they weren't excited about the new clothes. Instead, they realized that the fabric of the clothes in their hands was indeed not cotton, hemp, or wool.
It was not silk, but a fabric that he had never seen before.
Therefore, this fabric might really be made of oil and coal. What Chen Qi said should be true!!？？
If a set of pure cotton clothes could be exchanged for seven or eight sets of new fabric clothes, the Eighth Route Army would not lack cloth and clothes in the future.
This was the reason why they were so excited.
The other Bureau Chief also touched the clothes in his hands and said excitedly,"Comrade Chen Qi, is this fabric really made from oil and coal? How was the production? Can it solve the problem of our army's lack of cloth?”
Chen Qi immediately replied," Bureau Chief, this fabric is indeed made of crude oil, coal, and other raw materials. However, it's not a fabric but a chemical fabric. It's made of chemical fibers."”
"This chemical fabric, which I call
Even though the Bureau Chief didn't ask this question, Chen Qi still told them about it in advance. He also told them about some of the characteristics of the chinlon.
There were many advantages of the fiber, such as high strength, high wear resistance, and good resilience.
However, it also had many shortcomings, such as insufficient breathability, easy to be deformed and wrinkled under external forces, poor heat resistance and light resistance, and so on.
Of course, there were two sides to everything. Compared to the advantages of
For example, the breathability of the chinlon was insufficient. From another perspective, it was wind-resistant. This was definitely a huge advantage for the Eighth Route Army, which was already lacking in supplies and clothing.
Another example was that the heat resistance was poor, and the heat resistance of the chinlon was not good enough. The iron temperature should be controlled below 140 ° C, and the low temperature resistance was good. This was a good thing for the Eighth Route Army. It meant that the melting point of the chinlon was low, and it was easier to manufacture.
In addition, the wear resistance of the fiber was very high, 10 times higher than cotton and 20 times higher than wool.
It had high resilience and could withstand tens of thousands of bending without breaking.
It could be said that in this era, the role of the hemp was far more important to the Eighth Route Army than the woolen sweaters and mink coats of later generations.
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