In ancient China, how to solve these problems in long-term travel?

People depend on food, and the first thing the ancients did when they went out to travel was to bring dry food. Modern people only need to bring their wallets, but the ancients didn't just bring silver. Due to the underdeveloped economy, there are not restaurants everywhere. As can be seen from the Water Margin, it is a problem for heroes to go out to eat. In the bustling downtown, you can "cut three or five pounds of beef from the family"; Go to the remote village shop (Zhujiazhuang), and there is no meat to eat. Because Lu Zhishen was hungry, he fought with two Taoist priests when he was hungry, and he was almost defeated. He was only resurrected with blood after eating the dried meat biscuits given by Shi Jin. It can be seen that the ancients must calculate the delicious problem before going out. For example, carrying dry food, begging everywhere and other methods are common. As a result, the ancients invented travel food such as "Guo Kui" which can be stored for ten days and a half months without deterioration.

In ancient times, there were not only government-run post stations and houses, but also private for-profit hotels. The bartender's classic line, which we are familiar with in film and television dramas, says, "Guest officer, are you staying at the hotel?" "Top-notch" refers to eating. In ancient hotels, catering and accommodation were separated. For example, in the hotels that escorted Lin Chong and Lu Junyi in Water Margin, guests had to make their own fires to cook.

It's good for the ancients to have a mule, horse and donkey to ride, but it's really not good to have a sedan chair to sit on! When Lu You traveled to Jianmenguan, he rode a donkey into Jianmenguan in drizzle. Tang Sanzang has Bai Longma when he learns from the scriptures, which is even more luxurious. More travelers rely on one pair of feet to "step on the rough road". Therefore, the ancients must have a pair of good shoes when they go out, and how good the shoes are, how long the road can go. Du Fu once complained: "Wei Chi laments the low valley, and the journey is miserable and unhappy", expressing the difficulty of hiking in the mountains and deep streams. About hiking, if you look at it from another angle, it is also quite poetic. As Xue Tao said, "All the way is misty and fragrant". When it comes to waterways, it depends on boats.

In fact, ancient people went out to travel mainly because they were in politics, so-called "official travel", just like "we bid each other a sad farewell, we two officials going opposite ways" written by Du Fu. Ordinary people rarely travel, and there are too many restrictions.