On the 10th day of Ziyun's departure, drinking water unexpectedly became a big problem for the group.

There are still about 5 days to get to the next big city in Zhangzhou, which sounds like you can pass by holding on for a long time, but this is based on taking the national highway that is easy to walk.

"Can't go. Sure enough, the detective in front of him replied that the mud on the surface had been dried and the mudslide had accumulated on the road, and the guardrails that had been washed out in the middle of the slope were mixed in with a large height. The group wanted to see if the area was not large, and then try to return from the surrounding road to the national highway, but it was a national highway that was opened at a high cost on the mountain, and there was a steep slope on one side and a cliff on the other, so it was obviously impossible to bypass it directly.

The soil dries in a day or two under the summer heat, but because the group has not experienced heavy rain these days, the road should have been washed away four or five days ago.

"You can only take the auxiliary road. "It will take a week or two for the people from the Land Bureau to fix it. Not to mention the fact that this situation occurs in the middle of the road, it is impossible to verify and report it in time, even if they assume that they already know about it at this moment, it is very head-consuming that they have to mobilize manpower and material resources to come to repair it in the busy summer of farming.

Once again, it was necessary to take a long detour to the auxiliary road. Although Tamsui has been replenished for a while, the auxiliary road is far less convenient than the national highway. Walking on mountain roads requires more drinking water, and it is not enough to carry the bamboo tube with you.

Any seemingly simple problem can be multiplied by the number of people to become a big problem.

Basically everyone in the whole team carried water utensils, but the bamboo kettle, which was no more than half a liter in Rigal units, could only last less than half a day in this hot weather. The Western-style leather kettle that Henry and his party carried could have contained more things, but unfortunately, Ashigaru, who was in charge of cooking on the fire among his travel companions, was unfamiliar with the main points of the leather kettle when he borrowed it before, and placed it too close to the fire, and all the beeswax sealed at the seams was roasted, and all the water in it was naturally wasted.

Later, if you can reach the town and find the beeswax to reprocess it, these kettles can still be repaired, but for now, the precious water equipment has suffered a loss that cannot be ignored.

If there is a downpour, I can use pots and pans to undertake some, but there is no way to do it at present.

With a dry mouth and running out of water, some of the samurai and ashigaru who were sick began to drink secretly in an attempt to quench their thirst. However, even if the sake content of Kazuto is low and it is not easy to get drunk, it is only difficult to get true relief from the thirst the more you drink.

The hot weather and the effect of alcohol make everything mean and aggressive in words and deeds when distraught. Perhaps it was the huddle that gave them courage and self-confidence, and Ah Yong and the other samurai who looked down on Henry began to disobey the leadership of Narumi and others. They used to obey their words, but now they need the samurai leader to shout loudly to obey the orders, and they often disobey the law.

All this came to a climax after a detour for half a day after encountering a mudslide, because they wanted to find a water source as soon as possible but did not know how to do it, Ayong and the others began to gallop away from the rear to slow down and move with the foot people Narumi and others. And in this kind of weather, the mount's physical strength is wasted, and even if the horses of the Moon Nation do not need much water supply compared to the more petite ones in the west, they are still exhausted and out of breath.

Ran wildly and got nothing. Exhausted and out of breath, they stopped in front and waited for about 20 minutes for the people behind to catch up, and in the process, one of the samurai, who cared for the horses, but usually left them to the samurai, saw that the berries in the bushes next to him were large and fat, so he picked them and gave them to the other three graciously.

"Phew, what's the bad stuff. After only one bite, Yong felt that his mouth was hot and he simply threw it away, but these unknowledgeable samurai felt that what people could not eat must be able to be eaten, so they let their cars eat them all.

If the sage had been around, he would have been fruitful by the bushes along the roadside, but there was no sign of wild animals eating them, and he would have been careful even if he did not recognize the species. After that, pick the leaves or squeeze out the juice and rub it on the skin of the arm, if there is a hot and irritating feeling, it proves that it is poisonous and inedible.

However, these warriors, who were only skilled in martial arts and calligraphy, and knew nothing about survival, hurried to act in a thirsty manner, and not only ate some of their own bites, but also fed a lot of them to their horses, and the results soon became apparent.

The picky eater Ah Yong took a bite and vomited, but he was the luckiest one, but his lips were also swollen like Rigal sausages. The palms and cheeks and chin that were stained with the juice were also hot, numb, and painful, and the other three sucked the juice despite the bitter taste to absorb the water, and they also felt that they were the holders of the samurai spirit who could endure hardships, and after a while, the consequences suddenly became cramping in their stomachs.

Panic and rush a thousand miles.

As soon as the group of people who came slowly to save their energy arrived here, they smelled a stench of vomit mixed with excrement, and not only people, but also three horses collapsed to the ground.

After a little observation, Henry immediately understood what was happening, and he turned back to Ashigaru to explain it, and they gathered all the fresh water that was left over from the fire, and stirred it with the charcoal that was left for the roast, and kneaded it with linen cloth and mixed it into the drinking water, and gave it to the people to drink.

The four samurai, who had diarrhea and deprivation, had no energy and no strength to say anything about their disgrace and did not want to obey the orders of the foreigners, so they obediently accepted their care.

It's just that after this trip, the group had to stay temporarily, and the fresh water resources were exhausted. Thousands of calculations are still missing, and most of the drugs purchased at Ziyun Pharmacy are to stop bleeding and refresh the mind, because they are aimed at the subsequent attacks. There is even a cool tea to cool the heat, but there is no antidiarrheal gastrointestinal medicine.

Because the diet within the team has always been in charge of a special person and fixed, it is unlikely that there will be a situation where eating indiscriminately will cause gastrointestinal diseases. Using only charcoal and water has little effect, and the diarrhea of these 4 people and 4 horses is estimated to continue until the toxin is drained.

Therefore, after discussion, the group of Sages, Lulu, Mira, who had experience in the field, and Kaleva, who was in charge of the hand, and Old Joe and Yajiro, who were in charge of communicating with the locals, formed another team, brought pots and most of the empty water utensils, and prepared to go to the neighborhood to find a water source.

Naturally, there is an inseparable little unicorn with the Luoan girl, a little guy with a superior physique among Rigal's standard war horses, although the white-haired girl still always adds the word "small" when she is called, but now it is not compatible with this word. Although the unicorn that eats and drinks well in Qingtian's house and raises a strong physique sounds like a tyrannical thing, it is indeed a far more perfect carrying platform than manpower.

Long before the agricultural civilization, humans tamed horses as transportation vehicles, in large part because they could run faster than humans and carry more supplies. When you are out and about, summer is still easy. In winter in places such as Suomir, personal thermal bedding alone can take up 5 to 8 standard Rigal kilograms.

Thick tarpaulin tents weigh nearly 1 kilogram per meter, while the simplest tent for a single person uses 2-3 meters of tarpaulin. This piece is enough to occupy 2-3 kg of weight. Add to that the cold-proof floors, sheepskins with long hair, or bear, dog, or wolf skins and quilts, and the weight is considerable, even if you don't count the clothes you wear. Add to that the personal necessities, and if you travel for more than a week, you can easily carry more than 25 kilograms of basic supplies – which is the standard weight of a Rigali full-body plate armor.

Most of the knights' mounted spears were about 4 kilograms, the axe was about 3.5 kilograms, and the weight of the broadsword was also in this range, while a longsword was about 1.5 kilograms, and the dagger and page hammer combined had to be 1.5 kilograms. Depending on the size of the shield, most medium-sized shields are around 3 to 4 kg, while large ones often exceed 8 kg.

Armed and carrying personal necessities, even if it is a short distance, the weight is very terrifying. This is also one of the reasons why mercenary professions and other personnel who lack the logistical support of professional troops often wear only half armor or light armor.

When you have to carry everything on your own, choosing heavier armor and shields means you have to bring less food or water. Of course, it's okay to bring them all, but even for a tall and sturdy northerner like Kaleva, there is a limit to what he can carry.

And the upper limit of the weight of horses is not at all a level compared to humans. Rigal's horses can easily carry men and armor on their backs, and knights weighing up to 100 kilograms with spear shields for high-speed charges and long distances, and if they don't equip their horses with equally heavy armor, they can also carry some supplies and spare weapons.

High endurance, high weight capacity, and the ability to eat all kinds of grass that humans can't eat, so many details make horses the perfect companion for travelers – provided you can afford to buy them, of course.

- Words go back to the original place. The lightly armed group were still armed with basic armament, as Henry had examined the previous mudslide and found some disturbing traces, interspersed with some tree stumps that clearly showed signs of axe felling, but there were no known inhabitants of the mountain village nearby. If the mudslide was deliberately cut down to cause the road to be washed and blocked, then they may have to encounter some robbers when they enter the auxiliary road.

Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, and the sage also told the Narumi and others who stayed behind, and it is not wrong to be cautious.

Lush trees obscured the view, so the sage decided to climb high first to get enough views.

In the mountain range, the valley ravine between the two peaks is the most likely to gather water to form streams. Even in the middle of summer, snow will still accumulate on the top of the mountain high enough, and the melted snow will fall down to form a stream.

It's just that the mountains in Zhangzhou are not very high, so most of them will only have some small springs that are difficult to detect, hidden under vegetation and stones, and it will take some time to discover.

In any case, as long as you get things done in the right way and break things down one step at a time, you can solve it eventually.