Knowledge is priceless, at any time.
Knowledge changes destiny, and this is true for everyone.
Yuan Xi has always felt that the reason why people are superior to animals is not that they can make tools, but that they have mastered the knowledge of making tools.
He flipped through volumes of books, covering almost everything from sowing to pest control, from irrigation to seedling raising.
If strictly compared with the knowledge of later generations, these records would appear to be a bit messy and rough. They are mostly based on experience and have not been classified and organized, let alone logical comparisons. However, for him now, they are extremely valuable.
Because this is first-hand information, precious data obtained from the practice of countless farmers over many years. Without these things, everything would be impossible to talk about.
Yuan Xi's hands trembled slightly. With the knowledge in front of him, he didn't know how many detours he would make.
In the future, through volunteer studies, these things will be taught to official farmers, so that they can brainstorm and apply the properties of the experimental fields to land with different climates and soil textures, so that more effective farming methods can be formed and the level of farming can be gradually improved. Increase harvests and feed an unknown number of people.
He carefully put the bamboo slips back, thinking that when he got back, he immediately sent a letter to Guangling, asking them to collect all the blank bamboo slips and silks on the market. When these classics were shipped to Guangling, he would mobilize all the staff to copy as many as possible. A few copies to avoid being lost.
Chen Deng watched from a distance outside the door and whispered to Chen Gui: "Master Xianyi is really a weirdo. When we were talking to Master Xuande today, he let Xiapi out without even blinking, as if he didn't care. , now that I see these miscellaneous books, I have obviously lost my composure."
Chen Gui said in a deep voice: "Food is the most important thing for the people. I have paid attention to his experience. He has been hungry and knows how precious food is."
"And there were many nobles who suffered from hunger, but not many thought about farming afterwards."
"As a lord, like Xuande Gong, who has endured hardships, he can understand the difficulties of the people and understand the people's feelings. On the contrary, like Yuan Gongdao, who has had a lot of money and is burdened with a dandy, he only knows how to enjoy himself and treats the people harshly."
He lowered his voice, "But does this person have other plans or is he ambitious? We need to watch carefully to avoid bringing the Chen family into a situation that is beyond redemption."
Chen Deng was stunned and nodded hesitantly.
Yuan Xi left the Chen family and agreed that a few days later, Chen Deng would take the Chen family's classics and follow Yuan Xi back to Guangling, while Chen Gui would handle family affairs first and then rush off.
As for Hua Tuo, he was directly picked up by Yuan Xi on the carriage and returned to the post house together. In the car, Yuan Xi and Hua Tuo talked about some opinions on medical skills. With his later knowledge system, it had a great impact on Hua Tuo's ideas. .
Hua Tuo wanted to refute some of these views, but he suddenly discovered that although Yuan Xi's views had no evidence, they could be justified!
While Hua Tuo was thinking hard, Yuan Xi said straight to the point: "I want to tell you, sir, what I need first."
"I started a voluntary school in Youzhou. Confucian classics is only a small part, and most of it is miscellaneous studies of various schools of thought, including medical skills."
"At the same time, I am also planning to open a medical clinic, staffed by volunteer students."
"The Imperial Academy has the Order of the Imperial Academy, and the Imperial Academy has the Order of the Imperial Doctor. Their teachers are called Doctors, and the leader is called Jijiu."
"Today there is great chaos, and the Han system has been abolished, but I cannot overstep my bounds, so I am planning to set up a special position for my husband as a doctor, ordering and offering wine, with a rank equivalent to two thousand dan, and the same salary as the other driver."
When Hua Tuo heard this, he was extremely happy. It was impossible to say that he was not passionate about fame and fortune. After all, if you are good at learning, you will become an official. It has been deeply rooted in everyone's bones. Only a fool can be an official while practicing medicine. Will refuse.
Seeing Hua Tuo's excited face, Yuan Xi waved his hand and said: "Sir, don't worry, there will be no dirty work in the future."
"Sir, what do you think is the biggest shortcoming of current medical skills?"
Hua Tuo was startled. He and Yuan Xi had talked a lot just now. He knew that Yuan Xi definitely didn't know a thing or two about medical skills. He thought about it for a long time before he said, "I still don't understand how the internal organs of the human body work. of."
"Today's medical technology just treats a person as a jar and pours herbs into it. The disease may be cured or it may not be effective. I have no idea what is happening in the human body."
Yuan Xi nodded and said, "Yes, what Mr. said is also what I thought."
"Sir, if you want to improve your medical skills, there is no use staying in a safe place."
"Only in the Northland, where wars are frequent, can Sir find more sick and injured people."
"Or... someone who just died."
Yuan Xi said: "There are many wars in Youzhou, and the most indispensable thing is the corpses of enemies who have just died in battle."
"Of course, this may not be enough. There are better times when some extremely evil people are executed. What do you think, sir?"
Hua Tuo's heart skipped a beat and he panicked: "This is a taboo!"
"If anyone knows about it, it will be criticized by the world!"
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "I will take care of everything for you, sir. All the responsibility for your actions lies with me. What do you think of your advice?"
Hua Tuo was shocked when he heard this.
Finally, Yuan Xi laughed and said: "The ancient medical books said that people have internal organs. Could it be that they were all imagined out of thin air?"
"I'm afraid that the ancients also did this kind of thing, right?"
"Are people today worse than those in ancient times? As ancient medical books are lost, are we going to go back?"
"Sir, just tell me whether you want it or not."
Hua Tuo was excited and said decisively: "In this case, I will definitely not disappoint the young master's expectations!"
Yuan Xi smiled, and as expected Hua Tuo couldn't refuse this temptation!
The most taboo thing in doing research is moral restraint. However, the nominal moral limit in the Han Dynasty was quite high, so much so that I was afraid of being criticized for anything I did.
However, the advancement of medicine is intended to break the city's rules. Maybe only future generations like myself can be free from psychological pressure.
If Hua Tuo could dissect corpses, improve surgical knowledge and pass it on, it would benefit the people. Especially if Hua Tuo could train doctors through this, he should be able to save many lives.
At that time, Chinese medicine had a lot to offer in terms of treatment and conditioning. Unfortunately, it lacked some key knowledge, resulting in less than ideal results in some cases, such as not knowing about bacterial infections and the ensuing complications. Fever, the treatment of wounded soldiers seemed a lot rough.
Although it is unlikely to make antibiotics or the like, if the knowledge of later generations can be combined with current medical conditions to improve the methods of saving lives and healing the wounded on the battlefield, the mortality rate of wounded soldiers should be greatly reduced.
The two kept talking about areas that Hua Tuo had never touched before. Hua Tuo seemed to have seen a new world. He jumped out of the carriage excitedly and said, "I will go back and pack my bags and books now, and then come to the post house to join the young master!"
Yuan Xi saw Hua Tuo running away in a hurry and couldn't keep him. He thought that he was also impatient. He originally wanted to send him a carriage.
However, when Yuan Xi saw Hua Tuo leaving with vigorous steps and agility, he thought to himself, was this obtained by going up the mountain to collect herbs?
I may not be able to run as fast as him!
When Yuan Xi returned to the post house, he saw Zhen Mi and Cao Xian squatting on the ground counting ants.
This time Cai Zhaoji was unwell, so she didn't come with her, so Cao Xian followed to accompany Zhen Mi.
It is said that the age gap between Cai Zhaoji and Zhen Mi is larger than that between Zhen Mi and Cao Xian, so in comparison, Cai Zhaoji is more like an eldest sister, while Zhen Mi and Cao Xian are similar in age, and they both have childlike minds. Better to play together.
He saw the two women leaning against each other, concentrating on watching the ants on the ground busy in a row. Each of them held a tree stem to tease the ants, watching the ants spin around, and from time to time they gave out evil smiles of gloating.
The two of them had so much fun that Yuan Xi didn't even notice when they entered the courtyard.
When Yuan Xi saw them, he became mischievous and approached them quietly. He didn't yell until he was behind the two women.
"Wow!"
The two girls were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they screamed. They stood up in a panic, but they felt their waists tightened and they were hugged around the waist.
Yuan Xi kept one in each hand, lifted the two women's feet off the ground, and shouted: "The bandits are robbing us!"
The two women's faces were pale, but when they heard Yuan Xi's voice, they started to complain angrily to Yuan Xi.
Yuan Xi, however, ignored the two women's begging for mercy. He had accomplished a lot today and was in a very good mood. He ignored the two women's begging for mercy and carried them around in the yard while laughing.
The two women were spinning so dizzy that they reached out to grab Yuan Xi's armpits at the same time.
When Yuan Xi saw it, he smiled and said, "You two are quite clever!"
He was about to move his hands when he heard someone behind him say: "Second brother is really in a good mood. He doesn't want to go home in Wenwen Country. No wonder he had to come to see me."
When Yuan Xi heard this, he quickly put the two women down and said, "I've seen my brother."
It was Yuan Tan who came.
Zhen Mi's face was slightly red, and she came over and bowed, "I've met my brother."
Yuan Tan said with a smile: "You don't need to be polite to your younger siblings. The second brother is really busy. He traveled thousands of miles just a few days after getting married. It's not easy for my younger siblings to be with him all the time."
Zhen Mi lowered her head and said, "Brother, thank you very much. We have a wedding on that day. Thank you very much for the honor, brother."
Yuan Tan sighed, "Among the three of us, the second brother got married last, but he got married the most. I am very envious of him."
He turned to Yuan Xi: "I'm here to say goodbye to you."
Yuan Xi was stunned, "Brother, are you leaving so soon?"
Yuan Tan smiled and said: "It's not because of you that we talked about everything in a long time, so I don't have the need to stay here."
"Langya County is very critical to me. I must place officials as soon as possible and take over the city affairs."
"Besides, I have 20,000 sergeants. Every day I am delayed, my rations are a huge amount. Now I am very stretched."
"To tell you the truth, I envy you. You only have a thousand elite soldiers and can save a lot of food. Everyone can be one to five, but I can't learn from you."
Yuan Xi thought to himself that what Yuan Tan said was true. Because Yuan Shang was targeting him, although Yuan Tan had no shortage of counselors, he was in serious need of generals.
Compared with the Four Court Pillars under Yuan Shang, the generals under Yuan Tan can only be regarded as second-rate. He does not have talents like Qu Yi who are good at training soldiers, so he can only win with the number of soldiers.
But in contrast, Yuan Tan did everything himself on the battlefield, and he also personally participated in military training on weekdays. Therefore, he had a high prestige in the army, and the combat effectiveness of his soldiers was actually not low.
Therefore, he could play the backbone of the three-person coalition and drive Sun Ce out of Xiapi. If someone else had replaced him, and given twice as many soldiers, he might not be able to say that Sun Ce would be guaranteed to win.
Yuan Tan said to Yuan Xi: "Before I leave, I want to discuss the next step with my second brother."
Yuan Xi roughly guessed what Yuan Tan wanted to ask. The other party was facing a difficult problem, which was being held back in Qingzhou and could not be solved.
He said aloud: "Brother, please come into the room and talk in detail."
(End of chapter)
