I Became an Anonymous Boss

Bai Taki rolled his eyes: "If you don't want to say it, then don't say it, it's a mess, I really don't understand."

Mr. Hua laughed and said: "Then let's talk about other things. After this matter is over, I will bid farewell to Jinling with Ling'er."

Shirataki paused for a moment, then he said: "It seems that it will be a matter of time before we part, but this is the best, lest I take the initiative to say goodbye to you."

Hua Zhongjin said: "The plan can't keep up with the changes. I didn't plan to leave so soon. I also wanted to let Ling'er lay a foundation..."

Shirataki stroked his chin: "What happened?"

Hua Zhongjin's expression was a little serious: "This matter is about a year and a half away, and it is about the dispute between Dan Taoism and medicine. The old man was powerless in the past, but now he is unwilling to sit idly by. This matter is related to the safety of the people, and the medicine can't be allowed to Being overwhelmed by Dan Dao..."

Bai Taki poured a cup of tea for the old man: "Come on, sit down first, I have tea, you have stories, speak slowly, don't worry."

His leisurely attitude on the contrary dilutes a bit of seriousness, Hua Zhongjin was taken aback, then smiled and said: "Alright, old man, let me tell you something."

Chapter 160 IX The Controversy Between Medicine and Alchemy

Hua Zhongjin took a sip of tea, and asked in a gossiping tone, "My lord, what do you think is the way of medicine?"

Bai Taki thought for a while, then replied casually: "The way of medicine is the way of saving lives and healing the wounded."

Hua Zhongjin nodded: "As expected of Mr. Bai, he can tell the essence of it in a single word, and the old man thinks so too. The way of medicine is the way to save the dying and heal the wounded. No matter what method is used, helping the wounded and sick is always the way of medicine. fundamental."

He paused, and said: "I was born in Ganzhou, a family of medicine that has been passed down for thousands of years, and has occupied the seat of elders in the Valley of Medicine Kings all the year round. This is regarded as a duty, but as a means of earning a living, and with the talent and talents of the old man, if he lived to be 40 years old, it would not be difficult to become the head of the family."

Bai Taki asked: "But you mentioned that you left Ganzhou and ran away from home."

"Yes." When Hua Zhongjin mentioned this incident, not only did he have no regrets, but he smiled nostalgicly, with a hint of pride: "It was a woman who changed me, a frail and sick woman, she was ordinary, but a merchant. The daughter of her daughter, she looks ordinary, but she has the magic power that fascinates the old man. I first met her because of an argument, which somehow turned into a quarrel, and then turned into a disease that I vowed to cure her..."

"It was because of such an angry agreement that I started to get in touch with her, understand the root cause of her disease, search for the focus of the disease, and study the pathology. At first I was angry, then I became serious, and finally became a little obsessed... When the old man saw her vomiting blood several times At that time, I found myself heartbroken, and only then did I realize that I had been fascinated by this woman who is still alive and strong.”

Bai Taki took a sip of tea, swallowed a mouthful of dog food, and asked, "Then your family will beat the mandarin ducks and force you to get married?"

Hua Zhongjin laughed: "That's right, my parents and elders don't allow me to marry an ordinary woman, even someone who is about to die, and reprimand me for squandering my time to save a person who can't be saved... At first I tried to explain, but It soon became clear to me that they were a different group of people than what I had seen."

The old man narrowed his eyes, and his smile darkened a bit: "They study medicine not purely to cure diseases and save lives, nor do they have any lofty aspirations, but for profit, to treat high-ranking officials and nobles, and to treat famous families who come to ask for medicine. Often a piece of paper is worth a fortune, and doctors gain connections, benefits, money and status, and this is the benefit that medical skills bring to them."

Bai Taki said lightly: "This is not a bad thing, after all, there is no reason not to make doctors rich. If doctors become rich, more people will be willing to study medicine..." He paused here: " Unless, medical skills are monopolized and medical costs continue to increase..."

Hua Zhongjin didn't quite understand the term, it sounded fresh, but felt that it was very subtle.

"Sure enough, Mr. Bai understands. That's right... If you want to learn superb medical skills, Yunlu Academy doesn't know how to teach them. You can only go to sects or aristocratic families or study them yourself. Most doctors cherish their own brooms, not to mention those who really have a golden hoe." A group of medical families?"

"They have a monopoly on medical skills, but they will not treat the poor easily. How many people can be saved by relying on barefoot doctors? Ordinary doctors can deal with common typhoid fever, but if they are seriously ill and seriously injured, how many people have to wait to die."

Mr. Hua's tone was serious: "In the past, when the family treated patients, they just sat at home and waited for the patients to be brought over. After the pulse was diagnosed, acupuncture or prescriptions were written out. The patients lying on the bed were taken care of. After being cured, they had to be taken care of. The family of the other party is very grateful, in addition to the consultation fee, there are also generous gifts."

"It is precisely because of the contact between my husband and his wife that I know what the scenery she saw looks like. How many ordinary people have no money to see a doctor, and how many people have lost their wealth and can't afford a life-saving elixir and a paper prescription."

"Since then, the old concept has been subverted. It turns out that curing a disease is such a difficult thing. There are so many incurable diseases in the world, and so many poor people are waiting to die, but those who are capable Inaction, choose to turn a blind eye."

Hua Zhongjin sighed: "So the old man broke up with the family, not only for the love in his heart, but also for the justice in his heart, in order not to let himself go astray, and not let his inner medicine be tarnished!"

Listening to the old man's words, Shirataki sighed in his heart, such doctors are really rare in this era, but there are already many in his era. There are so many doctors who use love to generate electricity and stick to their medical ethics. It's a pity that society treats them unfairly. , it's really(TM) unfair.

... Fortunately, the modern social system will gradually improve, and I believe it will gradually improve.

But in this era, there is no change in the social system, lack of internal change power, and lack of external backlog.

"I probably understand what you said. It's just that doctors are thinking about how to use medical skills to make money, but they don't care about the lives of the public." Shirataki thought for a while and said, "But medical skills can't really use love to generate electricity. The real thing needs to be consumed, money is needed no matter what, and the poor cannot afford medical treatment... This is an eternal problem, and it is almost impossible to be completely solved."

…Even modern medical insurance cannot cover 100% of the whole society.

"Of course I understand." Hua Zhongjin sighed: "For example, a elixir to cure the poison of rust requires at least two 20-year medicinal materials, seven ten-year medicinal materials and nine five-year medicinal materials. These are all losses, even if the elixir in the secret realm grows extremely fast, it is not a low loss after all, including the hard work of cultivation, the technical cost of refining the medicine, and the doctor's own recuperation, at least 300 taels of silver... "

"Three hundred..." Bai Taki said inwardly.

He knows what the poison of rust is, which is the modern tetanus. 300 taels is equivalent to millions of modern ones. One and a half bathrooms in Shanghai can treat a tetanus?Where is the sky-high price of medical treatment? Is this a bill from a beautiful country!

Bai Taki asked again: "Then... what if the pill is not used?"

"It will be lower, about 50 taels. It just needs to be decocted and boiled, and it may not be completely cured, it depends on luck." Hua Zhongjin said silently: "The effect of the elixir is indeed much better than ordinary prescriptions, so How to refine elixir has long been the focus of research by many medical families, and the elixir they researched is a kind of prescription."

Shirataki frowned, this is not a good thing, although the effect of the elixir is getting better and better, but it will inevitably consume more and more precious medicinal materials, because it is aimed at the rich and powerful, or the middle and upper class of the world, on the contrary, the elixir is becoming more and more expensive direction of development.

This is completely different from modern medicine. Modern medicine needs to invest huge costs in the early stage of research and development, but the purpose is to reduce manufacturing costs. The huge cost is research investment, that is, technology costs, but it is different here. Even if the research is successful, it cannot reduce manufacturing costs On the contrary, the cost keeps rising, and the final result is...the raw material market is scarce, and the price is constantly raised.

Shirataki let out a breath and sighed in one word: "Fuck!"

Mr. Hua laughed, he laughed, "Thank you, my lord."

"no need thank me?"

"You understand." Hua Zhongjin rubbed the corners of his eyes with a smile: "Although the young master didn't say anything, the old man knows that you understand everything, and what the old man thinks is not wrong, right?"

"It's really not easy for you." Shirataki squeezed his teacup, "Being a smart person among a group of idiots."

"The old man is not a smart person, and they are not stupid." Hua Zhongjin sighed: "It's just... they pretended not to understand. As long as it has nothing to do with themselves, why should they care about other people's lives?"

Shirataki couldn't deny it: "It's also..."

People in this world always have a weak concept of country and nation. Disciples of aristocratic families and sects only know the family but not the country. Think about the fact that people in the Jianghu always like to make trouble for the court.

He said: "Be a sensible person, don't feel bad."

Hua Zhongjin sighed, "It's very uncomfortable..."

Bai Taki said: "This is also what you said, is the conflict between alchemy and medicine?"

Hua Zhongjin nodded: "If things go on like this, sooner or later, the way of medicine will become a subsidiary of the way of alchemy. It was originally meant to serve the people to save lives and heal the wounded, so how can it appear superior."

Bai Taki paused: "Isn't there Suyimen?"

Hua Zhongjin smiled wryly: "Suyimen's motivation is very good. It treats the symptoms but not the root cause. How long can it last? Can it save the people of the whole world? Even if you continue to conceive the elixir, there is a limit after all."

Bai Taki rested his cheeks, and guessed casually: "That's right, after passing on the cost to Suyimen, no matter how big the school is, it can't stand it... Maybe it can't stand it now, this is also the way of medicine and alchemy you mentioned. The dispute? It has something to do with the Suyimen?"

Hua Zhongjin said with emotion: "Young master is really insightful. He stays at home, but he can catch wind and shadows and know the world's affairs."

...No, I guessed wildly.

... It's not a complete guess, after all, it involves a few big bosses.

Shirataki said, "Keep boasting, I'm listening."

Hua Zhongjin laughed, and immediately whispered: "The old man is only trying his best. Who knows how far he can do it? I just don't want to regret it. Maybe the way of medicine will inevitably be swallowed by the way of alchemy."

Shirataki said indifferently: "The way of medicine is to care about the sufferings of the people. The way of medicine is to care about the sufferings of the people. The way of medicine serves the middle and upper classes of society. , requires strong means to integrate and redistribute medical resources, but unfortunately this cannot be done now, although it is impossible to cure the root cause, but the solution to the symptoms..."

Hua Zhongjin's fingers trembled suddenly, and he looked at Bai Taki: "Master Bai knows?"

Shirataki didn't answer, just took a sip of tea, this indifferent attitude was a kind of default.

If the medical way of this world wants to break away from the attachment to the elixir, it must break the blind belief in the elixir, based on a more fundamental part, it needs to innovate the concept and establish a modern scientific medical concept.

Just copy it directly. A mature modern medical system, the research on the human body and pathology is definitely not weaker than the research on Dandao in this world. I believe that a general teacher on an anatomy table has a say in this point.

He could afford medical books, so he could buy them directly from the seniors who graduated from the medical department. A sack was only a few hundred yuan.

But how huge will the impact of bringing modern medicine into this era be?

Shirataki was far from planning to promote the progress of civilization, so he kept silent.

Chapter 170 Rebellion

Shirataki's silence was noticed by the old man.

Hua Zhongjin is an old man, how could he not understand what Bai Taki's silence meant.

Possesses the art of slaying dragons.

This evaluation is not an exaggeration at all.

If he wants to make waves in this world, let alone the battle between alchemy, medicine and medicine, even the battle of kingship, dominance and heaven will be crushed by him.

It's a pity that the young master has dragon slaying skills, but he doesn't show his sharpness.

"It's really interesting to talk to Mr. Bai." Huazhong Jin said loudly: "Even if you don't know what to do, just this kind of conversation has benefited the old man a lot. With a friend who has forgotten the years, life is enough .”

"You're talking like you're going to seek life and death." Bai Taki laughed, "You don't have to provoke me...I can't give you any promises now, after all, I'm a cowardly person."

"Timid?" Hua Zhongjin didn't expect him to comment on himself like that.

"Braveness and cowardice do not conflict." Bai Taki said slowly: "I can sometimes see the scenery of thousands of years. Looking back at history, I can also see countless dynasties reincarnated. After all, the times are always turning in circles...I know, But I don’t want to say it, and I don’t want to plant any fruits, and wait for thousands of generations to reap. After all, I am a realist and timid, so I only want to look forward to this life.”

He smiled, some self-deprecating, and some sighing.

Young Master Bai murmured: "Life is alive, but I only want three rooms and one living room."

Hua Zhongjin thought about it: "I don't want to think about the future generations, but I just want to be happy for a lifetime... I am happy with my grievances, so I walk the rivers and lakes."

Bai Taki said with a smile: "The way of a chivalrous man, in the final analysis, is just a kind of refined egoism."

He ridiculed many people in the rivers and lakes, and also laughed at his own cowardice.

If someone is a bolder person, he might have made a drastic impact on this world, started farming and improving technology, thinking about liberating this world as well.

Hua Zhongjin said: "The young master sees it so clearly, the old man has nothing to say."

Bai Taki raised his head and looked at the sky: "I'm just a bit of a chatterer. Without this kind of mouth, I would have been hung up and peeled long ago. Some words, you can just listen to them, um... But although I can't help you , but I can pour you a mouthful of chicken soup."

Hua Zhongjin sniffed his nose: "Is there chicken soup for lunch today?"

"No, Chicken Soup for the Soul." Shirataki interlaced his fingers, "Old man, let me tell you a story."

"Appreciate further details."

"Once upon a time, there was an old man named Yu Gong. There were two big mountains blocking the way in front of his house. It was inconvenient to travel every time. So he thought that he should dig the mountains down." Bai Taki slowly told a story: " But he is not a warrior, nor a land god, but just an ordinary farmer, so a man named Zhisao laughed at him, saying that he would not be able to level the mountain after digging for a lifetime, and he was simply beyond his control."

Hua Zhongjin said: "Indeed, how can ordinary people flatten mountains? It is a good thing to have the will, but it is indeed beyond the scope of one's ability..."

Bai Taki continued: "Then Yugong said, I have sons, and my sons have sons. After my death, there will be countless generations of descendants. Sooner or later, these two mountains will be leveled."

Hua Zhongjin was suddenly moved and remained silent.

After a long time, the old man said softly: "I am ashamed, it is better for such an old man to see clearly... The right thing is right after all, as long as countless people practice it, one day, it seems that there is nothing terrible to think about."

He has relaxed a lot, and the burden on his shoulders has lightened a lot. What seems impossible to achieve seems to become easy once he thinks about it for thousands of years.

Shirataki continued: "It's not easy to do it on paper, but I know it has to be practiced... The truth is such a truth, but it is definitely not an easy task to achieve it. Let's wait for the end of the mouse."

This is just a bowl of chicken soup for the soul, which can be regarded as comforting the wounded soul of the elderly. This kind of inspirational chicken soup for the soul is very useful for most people, let alone this world that respects literature and morals. Everyone has a bit of literary appreciation. Chicken soup is easier.

"It's a good sentence, 'You must do it yourself'." Hua Zhongjin was amazed: "Why is Mr. Bai always able to speak well? How old are you...Why didn't you learn Confucianism and Taoism? This kind of talent is absolutely the best in the world. Monopoly."