Liu Bei didn't care about matters related to carrying equipment. Now that Li Mengxi was showing signs, Liu Bei was very curious.

Liu Bei took the trouble to untie the tied carrying gear and turned everything out. He wanted to look only at the rainproof bag.

When he took the bag out, he didn't know what was caught on the hook. When he pulled it, there was a slight hooking feeling. Liu Bei quickly stopped and lowered his head to look.

It turned out that the basket was made of tree branches, and the stubble was uneven. There were sharp stubbles that punctured the bag. It had been punctured a long time ago, so when I pulled it up, the hook got stuck.

Liu Bei gently took out the rainproof bag and looked at the gap hanging on the bag. "This basket is not appropriate. The stubble is uneven. The bag is already tied. It would be better to braid the stubble outside."

Liu Bei glanced at Li Mengxi who was standing on tiptoe, handed the bag to Li Mengxi and said.

Li Mengxi made a sound, indicating that he was taught.

Li Mengxi, who lacked knowledge about life, would not easily have thought that the basket would easily break the bag if it was left inside.

The most important function of the bag is to protect the quilt that cannot be exposed to rain from getting wet. If the bag breaks, even a small hole appears, the bag is useless.

"This basket is heavy." Liu Bei picked up the big basket and held it for about two times. "It weighs about ten kilograms at least, which is a bit heavy."

"Weaving it with bamboo strips can make it more than half the weight."

Liu Bei said.

Li Mengxi was taught again.

Speaking of which, people can only carry so much weight. A basket weighs more than ten kilograms, which is really a bit heavy.

If the basket is four or five pounds lighter, you can carry more other things, or save a lot of energy.

Bamboo is good, but there is no bamboo now.

Nowadays, the people who make baskets in the camp are made by the people who go out to camp and use the branches cut by sickles as raw materials.

We camp every day, and most of the time, we camp on the main road. There may not always be trees nearby, nor may there be branches every day.

It’s good to be able to weave baskets out of branches.

The first version of the carrying tool was not easy to use and was very poor.

Li Mengxi asked Liu Bei to stay where he was. He called to Youqi, got on Youqi's horse, and went to find someone.

After a while, Li Mengxi led two people over.

One is an old man, the other is a young woman.

Call the people over, Li Mengxi explained.

"Old man, this basket is big enough and just right."

"That's right. Look, this basket is round. It's awkward to carry it on your back. Do you think it can be knitted into a square shape?" Li Mengxi looked at the old man.

The old man was obviously very confident in his basket weaving skills. When Li Mengxi asked, the old man, who was slightly rickety, straightened his waist instantly, "I can weave it!" The old man waved his hand and laughed, "Weave it into a gourd shape.

I can make it up too!"

Li Mengxi hurriedly complimented the old man. After complimenting him so much, the old man became even happier.

Then, Li Mengxi asked again, "Old man, when we make this basket, we have to put it in a bag.

The bag is thin and will break if you hang it."

"When braiding, would it be easier to braid if you braid all the branch stubble to the outside and smooth the inside?"

Li Mengxi looked at the old man.

There was no trace of embarrassment on the old man's face, "It's easy to make up, so it just takes a little more work."

That's good.

The two shortcomings of the tree branch basket are that the shape needs to be improved, and the other is that the stubble needs to be weaved to the outside.

These two points are not technically difficult, just slightly complicated.

Li Mengxi went to explain to the embroiderer again.

He is called Old Man Bianlu, and Li Mengxi is called Lao Bo.

After calling her Xiu Niang, Li Mengxi changed her name and called her aunt sweetly.

"Auntie, this bag is sewn well.

There are two points to keep in mind. One is to sew a piece of cloth at the mouth of the bag. After the bag is tied tightly, cover it with the piece of cloth and wrap it again to prevent rain from entering.

Another thing, there is no good fabric now. When you sew, leave all the seams open to prevent water from getting in when it rains."

The embroiderer took note of these two points.

Then, Li Mengxi called the old man who made baskets and the embroiderer together.

"Both of you, I want to recruit dozens of basket craftsmen and organize them into the craftsman camp. Now the army needs hundreds of baskets.

Therefore, you have to find someone who specializes in it.”

"Old man," Li Mengxi looked up at the old man and confessed solemnly, "I won't change the baskets. After they come over, how about I ask the old man to help them watch and tell them how big and how to make the baskets?"

When the old man heard that he had to take care of dozens of people, he was at a loss to refuse.

"I'm not in a hurry to refuse. I just help keep an eye on things. There's nothing else to do. In this way, uncle, if you help take care of things, I'll give you five kilograms of grain for ten days and fifteen kilograms of grain for each month as compensation. How about that?"

As soon as the old man who made the basket heard that he was rewarded with food, he immediately agreed.

Li Mengxi nodded, then looked at Xiu Niang and said, "Auntie, I need a few hundred big bags here.

I also want to recruit embroidery workers who specialize in sewing bags.

I’m just asking my aunt to help me keep an eye on it, how big and how big the bag needs to be sewn, and how to style it. I’m asking my aunt to help me explain it one by one.”

"It's also ten days, five kilograms of food. Once the bag is sewn, one kilogram of food per piece, and we'll calculate it separately. How about that?"

If you agree, you will receive an income of fifteen kilograms of grain per month. How can you not agree?

The embroiderer lady Liu agreed immediately.

Okay, Li Mengxi has thrown the matter out of the way and saved himself the trouble of having to explain to the basket makers one by one how big the baskets should be.

Li Mengxi left again, riding on the horse riding a horse, roaring away.

Li Mengxi went to the civilian camp and shouted to collect the baskets. A dozen people came with baskets.

As you can see, because they didn’t explain much, the baskets made by these people were of different sizes, and most of them were unusable.

Li Mengxi had a big basket that could only be used, so he went to discuss and communicate with the old man who made the baskets, and then he made a suitable basket.

Li Mengxi summoned thirty or forty people who were skilled in making baskets. He asked if he would like to find a job in the craftsman's camp.

Li Mengxi had an outstanding reputation, and the people were willing to work for him.

Thirty or forty people who were good at weaving baskets followed Li Mengxi, carrying bedding and stuff.

Introduce Old Man Xiang to everyone and tell them how to make the baskets and how big they should be. Old Man Xiang will explain. From now on, he will be the leader.

After the introduction, Lu Li arrived.

"Lu Li, these dozens of people will be incorporated into the craftsman camp and specialize in making baskets. You can help arrange them."

Lu Li led the people away.

The embroiderer Lady Liu also left.

The only tool needed to make baskets is a sickle for chopping branches. You don't even need a sickle or any tools. You can just use your hands to pull off the branches and then weave the branches into baskets. You can do it all with your bare hands.

But to sew a rainproof bag, needles and threads are indispensable.

Fortunately, during this time, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Li Mengxi discovered that they were short of scissors, needles, and thread when they were arranging the armor, so they had already ordered the caravans to buy them along the way.

Nowadays, when the need arises, there are not many needles and threads in the army, but there are still quite a few. There are still more than ten or twenty sets of needles and scissors.

With these needle shears, the sewing speed of the rainproof bag can be accelerated.

One shortcoming that is difficult to solve is that there are not many abandoned tents and there are not many rainproof cloths. It is estimated that if you sew a dozen or so, there will be no cloth left.

Therefore, we have to solve the problem of raw materials and get enough rainproof cloth, or we can buy tung oil and make our own rainproof cloth. The army has a lot of cloth in stock, but in the final analysis, it only lacks tung oil.

There are more urgent supplies in the army, such as tung oil, bamboo, and more needles and scissors.

We still have to deal with the traveling caravans. There are two teams of traveling caravans, with a total of eight people.

Li Mengxi went to find the leaders of the two caravans and told them to buy tung oil, bamboo and needle scissors tomorrow and in the future.

After explaining, Li Mengxi came back and finally arranged the work.
Chapter completed!