During long travels, the real adventure begins long before the departure, even though the hostile people or creatures present in the wilderness are often the subject of adventure stories.

Simple and tedious preparation is extremely important, even if it is only for two or three days, you must carry as much as possible to prevent accidents.

The simple summary of people's needs is "food, clothing, shelter and transportation", and it is natural not to pursue luxury when you are away from home, but despite this, you still need to do your best to avoid exhaustion due to too hard travel.

The people of Rigal, who are numerous in the plains and can raise a large number of livestock, prefer leather shoes, while the people of Crescent Island prefer woven straw sandals. Although there are many differences in appearance and structure, both have something in common that they are strong and durable.

In order to prevent the skin of your feet from being worn out by your own uppers or laces, and also to resist all kinds of cold and damp factors in the outside world, you should wear socks made of cloth or knitted wool in your shoes, and it is best to bring a pair of spare pairs in your luggage.

In addition to this, you must also bring at least one or two sets of basic clothing. The requirements for clothing are simple, lightweight, fitting, strong and durable. The first choice of Rigales, especially those on the East Coast, is a variety of fleece cloths with a screwed finish, with linen lining on the inside of the top and linen on the bottom, usually only around the waistline.

Wool production in the Land of the Moon is scarce, so most of the clothing is made of cotton or a blend of cotton and linen.

The clothes they wore were warm and comfortable, and on top of that, they needed a jacket that was waterproof and could withstand the elements. Thick canvas waxed or glued tanned to make it waterproof, and even the woolen capes of the Suomir and Padrosi empires were different from jackets or leggings in that they were woven to retain as much grease as possible to enhance the sealing and waterproofing performance.

The people of Crescent Island are fond of making raincoats from long stretches of grass that are dried in the sun, but this grass only grows in the warmer regions of the south. If it weren't for the Yongchuan River Basin, which extends in all directions, it would be difficult for people in the north to get this kind of light and cheap rain gear.

After the part of one's own "clothing" is solved, the next one is "living". The weight of the man was limited, so this part must have required the greatest trade-off—the caravan with the livestock to carry the burden could carry a tent made of poles and cloth, but it would not be enough to have shelter from the tent.

People sleeping in tents need bedding to keep warm and insulate moisture, especially the floor bunks on the ground, which often not only need to have warm and moisture-proof performance, but also need to have a certain thickness, so that when people lie down, they can form a certain buffer, so as not to make the small stones and unevenness on the ground make it difficult to sleep at night.

The cloth dough floor that is commonly used indoors is made of cotton cloth filled with cotton wool, which is comfortable but not suitable for travel. First, the volume is too large, and secondly, it is easy to break or become heavy by moisture.

The floor bed carried by Henry and others was started in Suomir, and the thickness and moisture-proof performance and warmth of the floor made of knitted wool were very good, and they were also tough and durable. If it's too cold, you can spread another sheepskin on top. It is very similar to what the people and Yi people carry, which is a straw mat with animal skin or cloth cushion. Simple, yet functional.

Simply spread it under your body with a cloak or coat as a covering, and then roll up your clothes and tie them up as a pillow. If the small group of travelers did not have a tent to shelter from the elements, it would be their only bedding and shelter in the wilderness.

After the solution of sleeping on the pillow at night, it is all kinds of items needed in the "trip".

To light a fire, you need a flint and a fire sickle, the velvet can be untied and loosened with twine, or you can gather supplies in the wilderness, and if you want to do things at night, an immovable campfire is not enough, so you need a lantern.

Repairs to soft equipment require spare cloth and small pieces of cowhide or sheepskin, followed by sewing needles, linen or silk thread and matching beeswax. Beeswax has many uses, not only can be used for waterproof sealing treatment, but also when sewing, the needle and thread are tightened on the beeswax, which can have a certain lubrication effect, making it easier for the needle and thread to pass through the item.

To remove rust from armor and sharpen weapons and knives, pumice stones and oil stones are required, together with small cans of lard or other animal fat, or small cans of olive oil sealed with cork, which can be used not only as food, but also as maintenance supplies for weapons and armor.

Finally, add water utensils, knives for eating, portable and unfragile wooden cutlery, lightweight forged travel pots or cooking utensils with frying pans. In this way, the equipment of the "line" is solved, and the last thing left is the most troublesome part of the "food".

There are many factors to consider when traveling, and it probably accounts for nearly half of the preparation of "food, clothing, shelter and transportation". Other equipment such as bedding and clothing, as long as the quality is reliable, the same equipment can be reused for a long time. But the food doesn't.

Food is a consumable item that is consumed daily, so it is important to carefully calculate the rations to be carried according to the schedule of the journey.

On this basis, you have to add the factor of weight, the more things you carry, the more you will naturally feel safe, but too heavy luggage will make you tired early, and fatigue and too heavy equipment will greatly increase the danger of falling into the cliff or water.

You have to bring enough, but you can't bring too much. These two points in themselves need to be entangled in the cost of making a living, but in addition to this, there is still the problem of preservation.

It was spring when the group set off, and the weather was still cool, but not as stable as winter. Due to the cold and warm temperatures, and due to moisture, preserved food will be easily damp and moldy.

In the cold northern winter, fresh ingredients can be taken out for a few days without complicated processing, but in other seasons, the rations must be carefully selected.

Japonica rice, the staple food of the Wajin samurai, is wrapped in a cloth bag and placed in a sealed wooden box coated with lacquer to protect it from moisture. In addition to this, they also carried unhulled paddy, which was protected by the husk and could be stored for a longer period of time. This is followed by the use of small, portable instruments, which are a bit more complicated and cumbersome.

With the exception of staple foods, most of the leftover food is dehydrated. The people of Rigal like to use salt, which is repeatedly smeared to absorb the water, so that it can be used to smash people and keep the salted meat for a long time, but when it is eaten, it must be boiled several times in water, otherwise it will be so salty that it will be bitter and hard to knock your teeth.

The process of smoking is also available in the country of the moon, after all, it is closely related to fire, and the cultures of human beings who are good at using fire naturally understand it.

But for an early dinner tonight, they tasted food that was more in the style of the Moon Country.

Hailed by the Wajin samurai as the finest and most delicious bonito flakes, it is an ingredient that takes a long time to be processed, and it is also one of the important parts of the Tsukino Kuni soup.

The fish itself is not called bonito, but a large bonito caught by coastal fishermen. It is called bonito because it is baked and exposed to the sun repeatedly during the processing process, and eventually the meat becomes almost completely dehydrated and becomes as dry and hard as firewood, and needs to be cut into small pieces with a woodworking planer to preserve.

This is the secret food that Yajiro and others carried, and because it is very precious, tonight it was specially taken out to commemorate the group of people who overcame the previous obstacles and fought side by side to reach a reconciliation.

Of course, on the other hand, it also has to do with the fact that they managed to catch some trout in the lake. After eating the dried tofu for a while, you can change the taste, and many people are sincerely looking forward to today's dinner.

Grilled and sun-dried bonito flakes don't have the unique flavor of being smoked or salted, which is not surprising given the generally bland diet of the Land of the Moon.

The reason why the samurai of Japan flocked to it was a kind of "umami" flavor that is difficult to express in words.

Large pieces of bonito flakes are sprinkled into the clear fresh water obtained from the Takayama Lake, and then simmered for a long time on a firewood fire to gradually change the color of the soup. Then control the heat and reduce the heat to simmer for a long time to allow the water to evaporate and the soup to concentrate into a rich soup base.

At the same time, another large iron pot next to it was also erected, and the washed white rice was put into it, with fresh water, covered with a wooden lid, and the heat was controlled by a special person to start simmering.

While the two are in progress, some of the remaining bonito flakes are shaved into thin wires like velvet crumbs with a sharp knife by Ashigaru, who specializes in cooking.

When the second half of the setting sun had sunk to the top of the distant mountain, the entire sky was covered with red fiery clouds, and the snow on the ground that had not yet completely melted was dyed orange, the samurai in charge of the soup added the seasoning ingredients, stirred, and boiled the pot at the same time as the rice on the side.

The square Tsuki no Kuni tableware is covered with a bowl full of hot rice, and the round wooden bowl is filled with fragrant soup. The golden, translucent soup ripples in sync with the lake in the distance, and the rising heat forms a pillar of light in the setting sun.

The ashigaru, who had previously shaved the bonito flakes into fine shreds, took out a sesame seasoning in a bamboo tube, washed their hands, sprinkled it into a wooden basin with the grater, and stirred well.

"Eat it on top of rice. It seemed that he liked this bite very much, and Yajiro rarely spoke to Henry, who didn't know how to enjoy it, and these Nanbans.

The snow-white rice was covered with fish grazing gards with sesame seeds, and then someone next to him handed a ceramic bottle with a wooden stopper, which contained Tsukino Kuni seasoning and soy sauce made from fermented soybeans and salt.

Drizzling the rice in a circular circle and topped with a delicious soup made from fish fillets, the food is still busy with the people in charge of the meal, and the dried tofu soaked in a wooden basin becomes elastic after being rehydrated, and the fish oil melted from the fat cut from the trout is caught, and the simple fried tofu has a flavor that cannot be matched by the light taste of the soup that was cooked before.

Take a bite of the soup, then eat the rice with soy sauce and shredded sesame fish, and take a bite of the fried tofu.

In the distance, you can see an orange sunset, the silhouette of the mountains and the snow on the ground, and the calm lake in the distance.

The campfire was burning silently.

It makes people hope that such days can go on forever.

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