Xu Xiake, the originator of backpackers, where does his travel funds come from?

Xu Xiake's family already has money, so Xu Xiake's travel funds come from his own family

On February 11 of the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637), Xu Xiake encountered thieves when he was boating on the Xiangjiang River, and the robbers threw Xu Xiake's luggage into the river, causing Xu Xiake to have nothing except a white fungus dug separately. Fortunately, there is his friend Jin Xiangfu in Hengyang City, not far away, but his friend has no money. Jin Xiangfu thought of a lot of ways, and finally got more than 100 taels of gold at the Mutual Masonic Association, and then lent 20 taels to Xu Xiake.

Xu Xiake's family was already very rich, and his travel expenses were all his own family.

Xu Xiake's ancestor was a Jiangyin wang family, and his great-great-grandfather could also be called a huge rich, but in his grandfather's generation, the family road has fallen. His father Xu Youmian worked hard to start a business, and the Xu family business recovered. But this family business still can't meet the travel cost of Xu Xiake from the age of 22 to the age of 55.

In Xu Xiake's later years, this family business was almost used. By the time he spent the last four years of his life on his last and most important grand tour, the financial situation was already stretched.

51-year-old Xu Xiake met a monk Jingwen, who said that he had copied a copy of the Lotus Sutra with his tongue and blood, and was going to go to Jizu Mountain in Yunnan Province to worship, so Xu Xiake went on the road with him. Chongzhen left home on September 19 of the ninth year and entered Hangzhou on the 30th of the same month. Xu Xiake remembered that day:

It is to borrow ten taels of silver from Zhanrong Shi every day to benefit the travel capital. "He started borrowing money only 11 days after he left the house, which shows how much he spent on his trip. There is still a lot of money waiting for Xu Xiake to borrow in the future.

The Xiangjiang River was robbed. After being robbed, there were only clothes, and the trip could not continue, so I went to my friend to borrow money to borrow 20 taels to continue to move forward, and then when I got to the horse brand, Xu Xiake turned into a ** civil servant, and I could use the resources of the post station. For a period of time after that, Xu Xiake used Continental to solve the problem of food and accommodation.

Along the way, the post station began to requisition people to carry sedan chairs for him, and there were also people who ate.

After entering Yunnan, I met Tang Dalai, a famous scholar in Kunming. Tang Dalai not only funded the travel expenses, but also wrote a lot of "letters of introduction" for him to ensure that he would be received on the following journey. This kind of one-ring friend recommendation ensures the sustainability of Xu Xiake's travel to a considerable extent.

This help continued until the last stop of his trip, Mt. Chickenfoot. Xu Xiake had a rash all over his body in Jizu Mountain, and his feet were wasted, and the Lijiang civil officials who admired him funded the travel expenses and sent someone to escort him home, and died half a year after returning home. If there were no Mu Tuguan, Xu Xiake would probably die in a foreign country.

Xu Xiake is not a foodie, and the main place for Xu Xiake to eat along the way is not a big restaurant, not a local specialty restaurant or a chain fast food restaurant, but a temple. Xu Xiake usually stays there to solve the catering in the name of visiting the temple, Xu Xiake goes to the deep mountains and old forests, even if he walks three or five miles, he can't return to the city, he can only find a temple located on the "top of the mountain" and "canyon", so Xu Xiake is forced to accept the temple's uncomfortable food most of the time.

Xu Xiake's main means of transportation along the way are his two legs, and the number of "line" and related words such as "walk" and "cloth" accounts for more than 70% of all traffic keywords. 70% of the 50,000 kilometers are walked out by legs, and it is completed in the above kind of accommodation environment, so Xu Xiake is the first person to measure the rivers and mountains of the motherland with his feet in the real sense, such a feat is worthy of the admiration of all future generations. Thinking of so many ways and persevering in traveling, Xu Xiake can be regarded as a model in the poor travel industry.