Regarding the question of where to find the water source for the army’s daily cooking during the march.

In this way, the scouts were the vanguard of the army. While exploring, they also dispersed to search for water sources.

Generally speaking, the army marches dozens of miles a day, and the Central Plains is not a desert. It is unlikely that within a long geographical span of dozens of miles, not a single small river, not a single well or a lake will be encountered.

Therefore, when setting up camp every day, there is almost 100% water within a radius of five or six miles of the camping place.

A round trip of five or six miles is enough in less than two moments.

After setting up camp in the evening, the cooks carried pottery jars on their backs to fetch water. When they came back, it was just dark.

Sometimes, the water source is indeed too far away, so it is enough to just eat dry food for a day without cooking.

When setting up camp yesterday, the coachman Lao Tie and the other cooks knew where the water source was, so when Li Mengxi asked him to look for water, Lao Tie could take him to find it.

It was more than seven miles, and Li Mengxi thought it would take a long time, so he walked for a long time.

The water source is a big river. Because it rained last night, today there is rainwater flowing from both sides into the river, and the river surface is churning with white waves.

When he arrived at the river, Li Mengxi was surprised to find that there were people by the river. This was the first time that Li Mengxi saw people in the wild in such a long time.

The nameless village I added earlier does not count, and the people in that village do not count as those encountered in the wild.

Years of natural disasters and the Yellow Turban War have caused great damage. It is appropriate to say that bones are exposed in the wild and there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles.

It has been more than a month since the march, and all the villages I saw along the way were abandoned due to disasters, and the people in the villages were missing.

For so long, not a single "savage" was seen.

He saw a woman wrapped in linen towel washing clothes on the river bank. Li Mengxi felt very happy to see people and greeted them from a distance.

Unexpectedly, the woman took one look at Li Mengxi and the others, picked up her clothes and bucket and ran away in fright.

Li Mengxi was stunned.

"I'm afraid I scared her." You Qi urged her horse to come over and explained, "She saw me wearing armor, carrying a bow, and carrying a camp flag. She thought that the rebels were coming, so she ran away."

You Qi took Xiao Bian off the horse's neck and explained to Li Mengxi who looked puzzled.

Li Mengxi followed his younger brother and looked at the ranger. When he saw that the rider was carrying a bow and a sword, he was a fully armed soldier in the real army, not a civilian militia such as the Township Warriors.

The common people were frightened when they encountered a military disaster. When they saw the soldiers, they thought that another military disaster was coming. They ran for their lives in a panic. They ran back in a panic and asked the villagers to pack their things quickly. Whether they should run or not.

Being shunned like a tiger, Li Mengxi was a little depressed.

When they arrived at the river, Li Mengxi looked around, "Uncle Tie, let's go to the stone." Li Mengxi pointed to a big stone and said.

Li Mengxi has never done it before, nor has Lao Tie. Both of them have zero experience.

So, when we got to the river, Lao Tie put the basket in the water and asked, "How to do it?"

Li Mengxi immediately scratched his head.

Yes, how to clean the large intestine? Li Mengxi lowered his head and saw the dirty intestines covered with mud, and felt confused for a while.

These intestines are difficult to wash. If you can't wash them well, they won't be clean. When they are cooked, your mouth will be full of sand.

Li Mengxi raised his head and thought for a while, thinking about how he had seen people clean their large intestines in his previous life.

It seems that the pig-killing shop uses a water pipe with relatively high pressure to cover the intestines. Once flushed, the dirt in the intestines will be flushed out.

Then use chopsticks to turn the intestines over and wash them carefully again.

Faucet, no.

Chopsticks, I didn’t bring them.

Li Mengxi looked around and saw the arrow pot hanging on Yuqi's waist, so he got an idea.

I borrowed an arrow from Yuqi. Judging from the appearance of the arrow, the arrow is not very good. The arrow is made of bamboo. The shaft is slightly curved. There are two duck feathers stuck to the tail of the arrow. The feathers are forked and messy. The arrow is

A spade-shaped arrow with a round shoot-shaped handle.

What is a spade arrow?

What is the shape of a shovel? It is an inverted U shape, n, but the tip of the inverted U shape is sharper and more angular.

Li Mengxi tried hard to slowly twist the arrowhead. After twisting it left and right a few times, the arrowhead became loose and was easily pulled out.

So, there are tools similar to chopsticks.

Li Mengxi didn't really want to wash his intestines because it was too dirty.

But in order to demonstrate it to the inexperienced veteran, Li Mengxi had to do it himself.

I picked up a section of intestine, which was very long. It was estimated that the entire section of intestine was elongated and was much taller than Li Mengxi.

As a last resort, Li Mengxi could only draw a knife and cut off the intestines.

During this process, the disgusting sight of intestinal waste flowing out cannot be overstated.

My younger brother was watching curiously, but when he saw this disgusting scene, he pinched his nose and ran away.

"Help take care of my brother and don't let him go to the water." Li Mengxi explained.

Then, Li Mengxi soaked the intestines in the river water and washed them. When the washing was almost done, he washed the outer intestines like rubbing clothes to make sure there was no sediment.

Then, he used an arrow shaft to turn the intestines over, and used the same scrubbing method to clean the inside. When it was almost done, Li Mengxi rinsed the intestines in water, picked it up and smelled it.

If you feel that there is still a smell, then wash it again until a section of intestine is almost broken, and it is finally washed.

"Uncle Tie, just wash it like this, wash the outside, turn the inside over, and wash it a few more times." As he said that, Li Mengxi put the washed intestines on the clean bluestone aside.

He stood up, crossed his arms, stood by the river, and looked at the wide river for a long time.

"I don't know if there are any fish in this river." Li Mengxi muttered to himself and turned around, "Brick, let's go downstream and have a look."

Li Mengxi took his younger brother to walk downstream. One of them was really looking for fish, and the other was specifically saying that he wanted to find something to do and leave. Otherwise, while Lao Tie was busy and the others stood aside and were not busy, it would be equivalent to letting him work alone.

So, if you find an excuse to go downstream to look for fish, then everyone will have work to do.

When my younger brother heard that he was looking for fish, he looked at the river seriously. After looking for a long time, he saw no sign of fish.

"Brother, are there fish anywhere?" The younger brother raised his head and asked Li Mengxi with his big eyes.

There must be fish in the river.

In ancient times, there was no overfishing or invasive species such as scavengers, so there were not too few fish in the river.

Li Mengxi was thinking about a question at the moment: Is there a net? Is there a fishhook?

If you have tools, you might be able to catch some fish, Li Mengxi thought as he stared at the water and touched his chin.

These two things, fishhooks and fishing nets, had never been seen by Li Mengxi for so long since he came to the late Han Dynasty.

Speaking of fishing nets, you may be able to weave a few pairs of hemp threads. Weaving fishing nets may be difficult and may require professional talents, but it should not be impossible for the rebel army to find one person who can weave a net with tens of thousands of people.

Li Mengxi had no fishing experience. The river was so wide and the water should be relatively deep. He didn't know whether it would be useful to fish with a net.

Because of his lack of life skills, Li Mengxi often has trouble understanding certain things.

Fortunately, he had some self-awareness. Since he didn't understand much, he didn't pretend to understand. So Li Mengxi asked the rider following him if he could catch a few fish by casting a big net on the river.

Uncle Yuqi tightened the reins a little, slowed the horse down, hesitated for a moment, "Maybe we can catch fish," Yuqi said.

Uncle Yugi had never caught fish before, so he was a little hesitant in answering.
Chapter completed!