In the evening, set up camp.

Li Mengxi immediately went to look for people.

All the accessories needed for carrying equipment are ready. The large baskets of tree branches woven by the peasants and the bags sewn by the women that can hold bedding and clothing are all ready.

Among them, when the baskets of branches are harvested, one basket is worth three kilograms of grain.

Although it is said that the working time of making baskets is only three days, based on the working hours of straw sandals, one day's work of straw sandals is only half a catty of grain, but making baskets is more tiring.

Knitting two pairs of straw sandals, my hands are not tired, I can bend branches and push them through, but my hands hurt after a while.

Therefore, if calculated in terms of working hours, per unit of working hour, the wage for weaving tree branch baskets is twice that of weaving straw shoes.

Earlier, when Li Mengxi set the price for straw sandals, he first visited the area to see how much time it would take to weave a pair of straw sandals, and then priced the sandals based on working hours, half a catty of grain per day of work.

When pricing baskets of tree branches, Li Mengxi still used the same method.

Before setting a price for the tree branch baskets, Li Mengxi went to Minfu Ying to find out the market situation, so the price he set was just right.

Another component of the carrying gear, the rainproof backpack, is sewn from discarded tents.

The man who sewed the tents found an embroiderer from Wuruying. The embroiderer was not an ordinary peasant woman. She used to do clothes and needlework for wealthy families.

People rely on needlework to earn a living, so it goes without saying that they are capable.

We have tree branch baskets and rainproof bags.

There was a large basket at Li Mengxi's feet. He held a rainproof bag in his hand and looked carefully at the stitching of the bag.

Generally speaking, rainproof bags are no different from ordinary grain bags, with the top girdle.

I found a set of equipment for a soldier, including a manuscript mat, a straw mat, a bed with two pairs of thin quilts, a small grain bag, three pieces of old clothes, a pair of straw sandals, a bowl, a pair of chopsticks, and a water bag.

A pair of half-body iron armor, a ring-hand sword, a bow, a quiver, and thirteen arrows.

This soldier is an archer.

Li Mengxi scratched his head and looked at the things on the ground. There were quilts, clothes, and food bags packed into rainproof bags.

The quilt was folded very solidly and was put into the rainproof bag first, then the old clothes were folded and put in, and then the small grain bag.

After putting the items that need to be protected from rain, tie the mouth of the rainproof bag tightly and throw the entire bag into the tree basket.

Then, he frowned as he looked at the large basket half as tall as a man.

This basket has no straps.

For now, use the rope to pass through the gap in the basket, pass it to the front, and tie two straps.

Other messy things, such as dishes and chopsticks, were all thrown onto the rainproof bag.

Then, Li Mengxi personally carried the basket and tried it to see the effect.

The basket was a bit heavy, and Li Mengxi was small, so it was funny to carry it on his back.

Things are made for soldiers. Soldiers have to attack and run with carrying equipment on their backs.

So, Li Mengxi carried the big basket on his back and started running as if there was no one around.

At this time, the camp was being set up, and a funny scene appeared in the camp. A child was carrying a huge basket and running with a squeak. All the viewers couldn't help but laugh.

After running for a while, Li Mengxi stopped. He roughly discovered some problems.

First, the shape of the basket is wrong.

This basket is a cylindrical basket that doesn't fit the back well and makes my spine hurt.

Second, the strap of the basket cannot be simply worn with a rope. First, if the rope is not easy to adjust, the basket will not be tied tightly and will swing around.

Third, there is a problem with the way the debris is placed in the basket. When you run, the messy things such as bowls, chopsticks, water bags, etc. in the basket will shake more than the basket.

Li Mengxi put down the basket behind his back, scratched his head, and frowned even more tightly.

At this time, Li Mengxi was thinking about what a professional travel bag or military backpack should look like in his previous life.

Let’s talk about straps. Their straps are not just two shoulder straps. There is also an adjustable elastic waistband under the backpack.

The belt is tied around the abdomen and tightly around the body, so that the backpack will not move around when running.

If the backpack does not swing around, less kinetic energy is wasted during running, making running more efficient.

Moreover, when I was running with the basket on my back just now, two thin hemp ropes pinched my shoulders very painfully.

Li Mengxi immediately remembered what happened when he was doing Bu Renjia a few days ago. It just so happened that he also encountered a problem with the strap while doing Bu Renjia.

If the straps of the walking armor and breastplate are too thin, it will pinch the shoulders and hurt. But if they are too wide, the pressure and friction of the shoulder straps on the shoulders will be small, and the straps will fall off easily during combat.

The best of both worlds solution is to make the shoulder straps wider to reduce shoulder pressure, and at the same time, wear them in a crosswise manner, with the left shoulder strap passing through the right shoulder and the right shoulder strap passing through the left shoulder, so that it will never fall off again.

The same method can be used for carrying equipment, using linen cloth to cut into long and wide strips as the straps of the backpack, and then stagger the straps left and right.

Not only do you need straps, but the backpack also needs a belt.

The belt does not need to bear pressure, it only serves a fixing function. A hemp rope for the belt would also work.

The belt is finally solved.

The shape of the backpack is that the human back is flat, so the basket must be a rectangular parallelepiped, which is also flat, so that it is comfortable to carry and easy to fix.

Li Mengxi doesn't know how to make baskets, so he has to ask someone who knows how to make baskets to see if Fang's baskets can be made. I think it's not too difficult.

The third point is that the things in the basket are shaking around. The solution to this problem is not a technical problem. There are bowls, chopsticks, water bags and the like scattered in the basket. If you run around, you can suppress these small objects.

Tie it tightly with a rope to prevent it from running around.

When packing your luggage, you can use a rope to move the items in the basket up, down, left and right, so that when you run, they won't move around.

There are also troublesome things, such as bowls. There is no way to tie or fix the bowls. The only way is to cover the basket with clothes and stuff it in, so that all the space in the basket is tightly packed. In this way, it can

Don't let miscellaneous things like dishes and chopsticks move around.

From this, there is a question, is there a problem if the soldiers' old clothes get wet?

The answer is that it's not a big problem if your clothes get wet.

It was normal for ancient people not to change clothes for several months.

But just in case, it was a hot and cold season, so we broke camp in the morning, and the soldiers marched in single clothes, with thick clothes in baskets.

It rained suddenly, and the autumn rain was as cold as ice. It was time to put on more clothes, but the clothes were stuffed on top of the basket to prevent debris from moving around. They were all wet and could not be changed.

This was good, because the thick clothes were too wet to wear, the soldiers were shivering from the cold, and many people were sick.

Therefore, stuffing clothes into baskets to prevent debris from moving around can be used, but it is not the best method.

Clothes, like bedding, should be kept well to prevent them from getting wet in the rain.

Well, there are two ways to fix the miscellaneous things in the basket. One is to use a rope to tie the miscellaneous things tightly, and the other is to stuff them with stuffing.

The filling method is no longer enough for clothes, what is the alternative?

At this time, Li Mengxi saw the cook making a fire not far away. The cook was using wheat straw to start the fire.

(Wheat straw can be used.) Li Mengxi suddenly had an idea and had a brilliant idea.

Wheat straw is very light. If you stuff three or two handfuls of wheat straw into the basket, it won't add much weight, and the basket can be stuffed tightly. Moreover, the wheat straw can also be used as firewood, so it is not considered an extra load.
Chapter completed!