Practicing business and practicing medicine

Since ancient times, "medicine and divination have the same origin". Expert Chinese medicine practitioners generally have some knowledge of arithmetic and divination. If you become a master, your level will be even higher.

At this stage, Bian Mu is somewhere between an expert and an expert. He naturally knows a little bit about the art of divination. Looking at Mr. Pei's serious attitude, he knows that the old man must have something real.

"Uncle Pei! Is this thing really so effective?" Bian Mu said in surprise.

"My level is limited. If you are an expert, you can almost do all the calculations. I heard from the old people that there are really extremely smart people who use arithmetic as their core to divide 'Heaven', 'Earth' and 'Human' into several parts." The constituent elements are then abstracted into a derivation system that is universally applicable. Anyone who invents that system is definitely a genius! It can be said to be infinite and mysterious! As long as future generations strictly abide by the relevant rules and carefully deduce, they will be able to predict many things quite effectively. ." Lao Pei explained with a smile.

"Is this the legendary 'Heaven's Play' plus 'Human Calculation' to predict the future?" Bian Mu asked in surprise.

"I don't dare to talk nonsense when it comes to predicting the future. It's still possible to predict some difficult-to-decision things around me in the near future. It's just that my qualifications are limited and my level has never been improved. Your generation has long lost interest in these antiques. Otherwise, you have to learn He must be better than me at Yixue." Lao Pei said a few words of modesty casually.

"Since ancient times, 'divination and medicine do not separate families'. I am interested, but I don't know if I can learn it?" Bian Mu responded with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Lao Pei couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and his kind eyes showed a bit of surprise.

"You can learn it, you can learn it! You all have very good memories when studying medicine. Otherwise, you won't be able to get your graduation certificate or degree certificate. My wife's nephew is studying medicine. She memorizes all day long and is so tired that her hair always falls out."

"Then I will become your disciple!" As he spoke, Bian Mu solemnly bowed to old Pei Shen.

"Don't be like this! You will be my old brother from now on, and I don't dare to think of myself as my teacher." As he spoke, Lao Pei smiled and helped Bian Mu's arms.

"How can that be done! In terms of age, I should be two generations behind you, right?"

"We only talk about fate and nothing else. Besides, you are also a semi-herb collector. This business has always only talked about brothers and nothing else. If you are willing to learn, I should know everything. I can't say enough." Lao Pei looked particularly friendly.

"Then I will call you brother from now on! Haha... The art of calculation and deduction has been passed down for more than 1,400 years, right? The content of life at that time should be quite different from now. How can the details you calculated still exist? How accurate is that?" Bian Mu humbly asked for advice.

"In fact, it is easy to understand. Things in the world are nothing more than 'reasons', 'human nature', and 'interests'... As long as we grasp these basic points, symbolize them, and then flexibly use the inference rules, it is not difficult to draw corresponding conclusions. Take Ouyang Ziye as an example, "self-righteousness", "narrow-mindedness", "climbing high and pushing low"... Are these problems fundamentally different from those of people in the Western Zhou and Tang Dynasties? The same thing! That Mr. Chen, 'Lustful', 'vanity', 'tyrannical'... how much has changed through the ages? Right? In the scene where Ouyang Ziye made things difficult for you that day, let's find a few actors to put on the costumes of the Tang Dynasty and make it into a costume film. Will we feel awkward watching it in the audience?" Unexpectedly, Lao Pei was so eloquent, and he could explain the essence of calculation and deduction so vividly in just a few words.

Bian Mu suddenly realized.

"It's true! Replacing Ouyang Ziye with the manager of the Imperial Hospital and me with a new private doctor is just like Li Shizhen entering the capital for the first time. There is nothing against it. I understand! Ouyang Ziye is too confident. I don’t believe that Mr. Chen has suffered from serious kidney disease at all. It’s just that the living conditions of people named Chen are better and the symptoms are not particularly obvious. Mr. Chen seems to be very shrewd. He will understand with just a little reminder. Ouyang As soon as Midnight contacts him, Mr. Chen will immediately refuse and even scold him!" Bian Mu guessed.

"Yeah! That's pretty much it. If the person surnamed Chen doesn't appear, how can we fight in the ring? Ouyang Ziye's pride has caused great harm to himself. In less than a week, a series of chain reactions may occur, and Huikang Hospital He’s afraid he won’t be able to stay.”

"There are no loopholes in the logic. I didn't expect that I passed the test in a daze!"

"Ji people have their own destiny! You are pure at heart, as you should be!" Lao Pei responded with a smile.

The two were chatting happily when they heard Lao Pei's wife calling him in the yard to come over and make dumplings together.

"I'll go too!" As he spoke, Bian Mu followed Lao Pei and prepared to go to the kitchen to make dumplings.

"Hey! You are a guest, how can I let you get started! Aren't you interested in calculation and deduction? I will find some introductory books for you to read first. When you are free, I will give you a detailed explanation. Explain." As he spoke, Lao Pei went to the study to look for books.

"Ji Gu Computer", "Jingyang Zhushu", and "Xia Houchou Annotations" are all thread-bound books. However, they are not old editions, they are all modern reprints. They are antique and have a sense of age when held in the hand.

"Just watch it first. If there's anything you don't understand, I'll tell you later. I have good wine at home, home-brewed. Let's have a few drinks later. By the way, did you drive here by yourself?"

"I don't have much income, and I can't afford a car right now!"

"That's good, let's have a drink." After saying that, Lao Pei rushed to the kitchen to get busy.

Bian Mu had some attainments in traditional arithmetic and had a good foundation in ancient Chinese. He first picked up the book "Ji Gu Calculus" and flipped through a few pages. He felt that it was far from what he wanted to learn, so he picked up the book again. I casually flipped through a few pages of "Xiahou Chou's Commentary", eh! This book suited him very well. As soon as he sat on the sofa, Bian Mu gradually became fascinated by it...

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"Here are the dumplings!" As he said this, Lao Pei walked into the house with a plate of steaming dumplings in one hand.

Bian Mu quickly stood up to help start serving dishes and preparing tableware.

There are some newly picked Ganoderma lucidum in the stuffing of the dumplings. It is so delicious when you eat it. Five-spice beef, stir-fried ground diced diced mushrooms, wild chicken stewed with mountain mushrooms... five dishes and one soup, almost all green food, and the taste is incredible. So fresh and tender.

The three of them sat around the dinner table, talking and laughing and eating happily.

"Uncle! I flipped through those three books just now, and suddenly found that a lot of traditional arithmetic can be incorporated into traditional Chinese medicine treatment. If everything goes well, I may be able to improve my medical skills faster!" Bian Mu said excitedly.

"Oh! From what you hear, do you plan to use arithmetic methods in Chinese medicine treatment?" Lao Pei responded with a smile.

"That's pretty much what it means. When I was in college, I always had the idea of ​​combining 'mathematics' and 'TCM'. At that time, I didn't have many conditions. I just thought about it, wouldn't I have a lot more clinical experience after going to work? ! I began to try some new theories, but unfortunately, with little success. Now that you have inspired me, many ideas have suddenly become clear to me."

"Really? In fact, the core of divination is arithmetic, which later gradually developed into mathematics. Since 'medicine and divination have the same origin', there must be inextricable connections between traditional arithmetic methods and traditional Chinese medicine. Your idea has no logic at all. Question, good idea! Congratulations, congratulations! Come! Let’s have a drink together!” As he spoke, Lao Pei filled three glasses of white wine.

Joking aside, Bian Mu has officially started the budding exploration of digital traditional Chinese medicine.