Knowledge is priceless, no matter at any time.
Knowledge changes destiny, and this is true for everyone.
Yuan Xi has always believed that the reason why humans are superior to animals is not that humans can make tools, but that they have mastered the knowledge of making tools.
He flipped through volume after volume of books, covering almost everything from sowing to pest control, from irrigation to seedling cultivation.
If strictly compared with the knowledge of later generations, these records appear to be somewhat messy and crude. They are mostly based on experience and are not classified or organized, let alone any comparative logic. But for him now, they are extremely valuable.
Because this is first-hand information, it is valuable data obtained from practice by countless farmers over many years. Without this information, nothing would be possible.
Yuan Xi's hands began to tremble slightly. He wondered how many detours he could avoid with this knowledge.
In the future, these things can be taught to officials and farmers through charity schools, allowing them to pool their ideas and apply the properties of experimental fields to lands with different climates and soil types. This will allow them to form more effective farming methods, gradually improve farming standards, increase harvests, and feed countless more people.
He carefully put the bamboo slips back, thinking that when he returned, he would immediately send a letter to Guangling, asking them to collect all the blank bamboo slips and silks on the market. Once these classics were transported to Guangling, he would mobilize all staff to copy as many copies as possible to prevent them from being lost.
Chen Deng was watching from afar outside the door, and whispered to Chen Gui, "Master Xianyi is really a weird person. When he was talking with Lord Xuande today, he gave up Xia Pi without blinking an eye, and acted as if he didn't care. But now that he sees these miscellaneous books, he has obviously lost his composure."
Chen Gui said in a deep voice: "Food is the most important thing for the people. I have noticed his experience. He has experienced hunger and knows how precious food is."
"Also, many nobles experienced starvation, but few thought about farming afterwards."
"As a lord, if you have experienced hardships, like Lord Xuande, you will know the difficulties of the people and be able to sympathize with them. On the contrary, if you are like Yuan Gonglu, you will only know how to enjoy yourself and mistreat the people."
He lowered his voice and said, "But whether this person has other plans or great ambitions, we need to watch carefully to avoid bringing the Chen family into an irretrievable situation."
Chen Deng was stunned and nodded hesitantly.
Yuan Xi said goodbye to the Chen family and agreed that a few days later, Chen Deng would first take the Chen family's classics and return to Guangling with Yuan Xi, while Chen Gui would first deal with clan affairs and then follow.
As for Hua Tuo, he was directly taken to the carriage by Yuan Xi and returned to the inn together. In the carriage, Yuan Xi and Hua Tuo talked about some of his insights on medical skills. With his later knowledge system, Yuan Xi had a great impact on Hua Tuo's ideas.
Hua Tuo wanted to refute some of these views, but he was shocked to find that although Yuan Xi's views had no evidence, they were self-consistent!
While Hua Tuo was thinking hard, Yuan Xi said to him straight away: "I want to tell you first, sir, what I need."
"I opened a charity school in Youzhou. Classical studies are only a small part of it. Most of it is miscellaneous studies from various schools of thought, including medicine."
"At the same time, I am also planning to open a clinic, which will be staffed by students from the charity school."
"The Imperial Academy has a Director of the Imperial Academy, the Imperial Household has a Director of the Imperial Physician, their teachers are called Doctors, and the leader is called Jijiu."
"The world is in chaos today, and the Han system is in disarray. But I cannot overstep my authority, so I am going to create a special position for you, the position of Medical Officer and Priest, with a rank of 2,000 stones and the same salary as the Deputy Driver."
When Hua Tuo heard this, he was extremely happy. It was impossible to say that he was not keen on fame, wealth and power. After all, "study hard and become an official" was deeply rooted in everyone's bones. Only a fool would refuse to be an official at the same time as practicing medicine.
Seeing Hua Tuo's excited face, Yuan Xi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, sir. There will be dirty work later."
"Sir, what do you think is the biggest shortcoming of current medical technology?"
Hua Tuo was startled. He had just talked a lot with Yuan Xi and knew that Yuan Xi definitely had a good understanding of medicine. He thought for a long time before speaking, "So far, I still don't understand how the internal organs of the human body work."
"Today's medical technology just treats people as jars. Pour herbs into the jars, and the disease may be cured or may not be cured. I have no idea what is happening inside the human body."
Yuan Xi nodded and said, "Yes, sir, what you said is also what I thought."
"Sir, if you want to improve your medical skills, it's useless to stay in a safe place."
"Only in the war-torn North can you find more patients and wounded."
"Or... someone who just died."
Yuan Xi said: "There are many wars in Youzhou, and the thing they have the most is the bodies of the enemies who just died in the battle."
"Of course, this may not be enough. Some extremely evil people are executed at a better time. What do you think, sir?"
Hua Tuo's heart skipped a beat and he said in panic, "This is a big taboo!"
"If anyone knew about this, I would be condemned by the world!"
Yuan Xi smiled and said, "I will take care of you, sir. All responsibility for the actions will be on me. What do you think, sir?"
Hua Tuo was shocked when he heard this.
Finally, Yuan Xi laughed and said, "Ancient medical books say that people have five internal organs and six viscera. Could it be that they just made it up out of thin air?"
"I'm afraid the ancients also did this kind of thing, right?"
"Are modern people worse than ancient people? With the loss of ancient medical books, are we going to go backwards?"
"Sir, just tell me if you want to or not."
Hua Tuo was excited and said decisively: "In this case, I will not let you down!"
Yuan Xi smiled. As expected, Hua Tuo could not resist such temptation!
The most taboo thing in doing research is moral constraints, but the nominal moral upper limit in the Han Dynasty was quite high, so that people were afraid of being criticized for anything they did.
But with the advancement of medicine, this machine is going to break the city rules. Perhaps only people like me in the future can be free of psychological pressure.
If Hua Tuo could improve his knowledge in surgical operations and other areas by dissecting corpses and pass it on, it would benefit the people. In particular, if Hua Tuo could use this to train medical practitioners, he would be able to save many lives.
At that time, Chinese medicine had many commendable aspects in treatment and conditioning, but unfortunately it lacked some key knowledge, resulting in less than ideal results in some situations. For example, because of the lack of knowledge of bacterial infection and the resulting fever, the treatment of wounded soldiers was quite crude.
Although it is unlikely to produce antibiotics or the like, if we can combine the knowledge of later generations with current medical conditions to improve methods of saving lives 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 off the carriage excitedly and said, "I will go back now to pack my bags and books, and then come to the post house to join you!"
When Yuan Xi saw Hua Tuo running away without being able to be stopped, he thought that he was just impatient and wanted to send him a carriage.
However, when Yuan Xi saw Hua Tuo leaving with a brisk pace and agility, he wondered if this was the result of training while going up the mountain to collect herbs?
I may not even be able to run as fast as him!
When Yuan Xi returned to the inn, he saw Zhen Mi and Cao Xian squatting on the ground counting ants.
This time, Cai Zhaoji was not feeling well, so she did not come with them, so Cao Xian accompanied Zhen Mi.
The age difference between Cai Zhaoji and Zhen Mi is even larger than that between Zhen Mi and Cao Xian, so in comparison, Cai Zhaoji is more like an older sister, while Zhen Mi and Cao Xian are close in age and both have childish nature, so they can play together better.
He saw the two women leaning against each other with their heads touching, concentrating on watching the ants busying around in lines on the ground. Each of them held a tree stump to tease the ants, watching them turning around and around, and occasionally giving a gloating smirk.
The two of them were having so much fun that they didn't even notice Yuan Xi entering the courtyard.
When Yuan Xi saw this, he felt like playing a prank and tiptoed closer. He didn't let out a loud shout until he was behind the two women.
"Wow!"
The two girls were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they screamed. They tried to stand up in panic, but they felt their waists tightened and they were hugged around the waist.
Yuan Xi held one in each hand, lifted the two women's feet off the ground, and shouted, "Bandits are robbing people!"
The two girls' faces were originally pale, but when they heard Yuan Xi's voice, they complained to Yuan Xi angrily.
Yuan Xi ignored the two women's pleas for mercy. He had accomplished a lot today and was in a very good mood. So, regardless of the two women's pleas for mercy, he laughed and carried them around in the yard.
The two women were dizzy from spinning around, and at the same time reached out to grab Yuan Xi's armpits.
When Yuan Xi saw this, he smiled and said, "You two are quite clever!"
Just as he was about to move his hands up, he heard someone behind him say, "Second brother is in a good mood. He doesn't want to go back to the land of gentleness. No wonder he didn't come to see me."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Xi quickly put the two girls down and said, "Hello, brother."
It turned out to be Yuan Tan who came.
Zhen Mi blushed slightly, and came over and bowed: "Hello, brother."
Yuan Tan smiled and said, "You don't have to be so polite, sister-in-law. My second brother is really busy. He traveled thousands of miles just a few days after the wedding. It's not easy for you to accompany him all the time."
Zhen Mi bowed her head and said, "Brother, thank you for your compliment. Thank you for your kindness at the wedding."
Yuan Tan sighed, "Among the three of us, my second brother got married the latest, but he is the most happy. I am really envious of him."
He turned to Yuan Xi: "I came to say goodbye to you."
Yuan Xi was stunned, "Brother, are you leaving so soon?"
Yuan Tan smiled and said, "It's all thanks to you that you have discussed everything in just half a day. There is no need for me to stay here anymore."
"Langya County is very important to me. I must place officials there as soon as possible and take over city affairs."
"And every day of delay for my 20,000 soldiers will cost them a huge amount of food. I am currently stretched to the limit."
"To be honest, I envy you. You only have a thousand elite soldiers, which saves a lot of food. Everyone can fight five people at once. But I can't learn that."
Yuan Xi thought that what Yuan Tan said was true. Because he was being targeted by Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan had no shortage of advisers but was extremely short of generals.
Compared with the four pillars under Yuan Shang, the generals under Yuan Tan can only be considered second-rate. He does not have a talent like Qu Yi who is good at training troops, so he can only win by the number of soldiers.
However, on the other hand, Yuan Tan had to do everything on the battlefield himself, and he also personally trained the troops on weekdays, so he had a high prestige in the army, and the combat effectiveness of his soldiers was actually not low.
That's why he was able to play the role of the backbone of the three-man coalition and drive Sun Ce out of Xia Pi. If it were someone else, even with twice as many soldiers, it might not be possible to win against Sun Ce.
Yuan Tan said to Yuan Xi, "Before I leave, I want to discuss the next plan with you, my second brother."
Yuan Xi roughly guessed what Yuan Yuantan wanted to ask. The other party was facing a difficult problem and was stuck in Qingzhou and couldn't fight back.
He said, "Please come in and discuss in detail."