Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 25 This is the miracle doctor!

The Maeda family migrated all the way from Mino Kuniyasu County to Owari Kaito County to open up the wasteland more than 70 years ago. Over the course of five generations, they have built five castles, a shrine, and nine villages. They have managed several villages of the Oda family, reclaimed a large amount of land, and driven away countless wild beasts and thieves. It can be said that they are quite prestigious in the Odayi River basin in Kaito County and are a truly powerful local clan.

Therefore, even though he was only the fourth son of the Maeda family, and a guy who had just come of age and whose hair had not even grown out yet, Maeda Toshiie's words still carried a lot of weight. He didn't even have to beat the villagers to death. He just had to vouch for Aranno and state that they could come to him if anything happened. The villagers believed him immediately, which was a hundred times better than what Jikuro and the bald Jubei could say.

Well, in fact, Renjikuro and Jubei didn’t quite believe that Hara would really charge a “low fee”. They couldn’t be sure whether he really wanted to do good things, and they were quite uneasy in their hearts. They never dared to make definite statements when persuading villagers to see a doctor, and the effect can be imagined.

Now with Maeda Toshiie's guarantee, naturally everything was fine, and the villagers began to come in groups of three or four to see the doctor. Although they were still a little scared and looked a little timid, at least they no longer worried that Yuanye would suddenly draw his knife and attack someone, or that his house would be raided after he finished treating the patient.

Maeda Toshiie was very satisfied with this, and felt that he had repaid Harano a little. He said some polite words, agreed on a time to visit him formally again, and then left with Ame and Asong.

Yuanye also started to get busy, treating the villagers from morning to night, and was sweating profusely.

He must be sweating profusely. Not only are there more patients than he imagined, but many of them also suffer from chronic diseases, some of whom are older than he is, or have multiple illnesses upon illnesses. Even a truly experienced Chinese doctor would have scratched his head, not to mention him, a quick-learned Mongolian doctor who had only read the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" twice.

At first, he would sneak into the house and flip through books when he couldn't figure out the cause of the disease. Then he would put the book aside, and when he couldn't figure out the cause of the disease, he would openly pick it up and flip through the book. Finally, he simply treated the disease by looking at the book. If it happened in modern times, he would have been beaten to death by the patient's family. But in medieval Japan, the villagers only dared to look at him with awe as they frowned while flipping through the "barbarian books".

Either he blamed himself for having a very rare disease, which had embarrassed the kind and compassionate Lord Nohara, and he felt very guilty; or he felt that he was so seriously ill that he had troubled Lord Nohara, who had superb medical skills, and had to look up books, and he scared himself half to death.

Practice makes perfect. Reading a book a thousand times is not as good as trying it out for once. Although Yuanye's medical diagnosis was confusing and as Mongol as it could be, his medical skills improved by leaps and bounds. Within ten days, he had gained a good understanding of the "Twenty-eight Common Pulse Conditions" that had confused him when he read the book, and he could probably figure them out, with a greatly reduced error rate.

Other things like "eleven common parasitic diseases in the south" were all found by him in less than three days - probably due to the poor hygiene conditions and cooking methods of that era, all the villagers had more or less parasitic problems, even Yayoi, a girl who seemed to love cleanliness, had parasites in her stomach.

Well, before, Yuanye had only read books and had no intuitive knowledge of various diseases. He had no idea that Yayoi had intestinal parasite problems. It was not until the first day of business that he discovered a person suffering from back and arm pain all year round, with no other external injuries or symptoms. He was puzzled and read the book several times overnight. After carefully reading the words, he found that it might be caused by ascariasis.

Coupled with various parasitic problems that arose one after another later, he suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Yami grew like a little refugee and had a very poor physical condition. In all likelihood, she had contracted some parasitic disease, and it was not simply caused by hunger.

Fortunately, parasitic diseases are not difficult to treat, and there are more than a dozen ways to deal with them in the book.

After discovering the prevalence of this disease, Yuanye did not hesitate and immediately picked a prescription from the book and began to make and promote medicine - using Meigan Pills to separate the parasites and relieve pain, and Huanglian Baipi Pills to expel parasites, both of which are effective against most internal parasites.

The recipe is extremely simple and cheap. Dried plums, coptis root and cypress bark are all common and cheap medicinal materials that do not cost much, and the effect can be said to be immediate. As long as you are willing to take it, there is a 99% chance that it can expel parasites and relieve worries.

Few of the villagers have received any education and are still in a very ignorant state. Although the deworming is a simple and unremarkable act and is not worth mentioning in modern times, any medical student can find dozens of problems with this deworming method. But in the eyes of the villagers, this method can produce immediate results and cure the disease on the same day. This is a miracle doctor!
Even though Yuanye was too clumsy when using acupuncture to treat illnesses and accidentally pierced several people's mouths and eyes, causing them to drool, in the eyes of the villagers, he was still a miracle doctor!

Yuanye’s “Mongolian Doctors’ Settlement Plan” was a huge success!
In just less than ten days, his reputation in Hibizun Village and even in the surrounding villages has risen directly from "indifferent" to "respected", and it is not far from "worship". The trend is very encouraging. If it is drawn as a K-line, all Chinese stock investors will cry after seeing it - it has risen, finally risen, and it has been a continuous daily limit. These eight years of waiting have not been in vain. I have said long ago that you can make money by speculating in stocks, but you still don’t believe it. I wonder who dares to say that I am a fool and a leeks now!

Originally, when the villagers saw him from afar, they all acted like turtles who had practiced magic. They would hide if they could, and if they couldn't, they would just shrink their heads and play dead. They would never get close to him, for fear of being chopped by accident. But now, when Yuanye goes to the top of the mountain in the morning, the villagers along the way finally come alive and take the initiative to come forward to greet him. They would also spontaneously help him collect herbs. If they found any rare game, vegetables or river food in the wild, many of them would secretly put them in Yayoi's yard and give them to him for free to improve his diet.

For example, he planned to build two sheds in Yayoi's yard to use as a pharmacy and a clinic. He was originally prepared to hire people to do it, but just after he discussed it with Jubei, people from the whole village came, brought their own materials, and helped him build the sheds. No one asked for money from start to finish.

The working people are still very simple and honest, even the working people in Japan are the same. He really did as he promised, if they have money, he would give them some money, if they don't have money, he would give them some radish and buckwheat, if they have nothing, he would just forget about it for the time being. These villagers didn't say it out loud but they all kept it in their hearts and used this method to repay him.

Even the Yayoi family became really close to him. Their fear and terror almost disappeared, and the vague sense of alienation between the two sides was gone.

At this point, Yuanye can responsibly say that he and his silly son have truly established a firm foothold in Hibitsu Village. Now, as long as the Araki Maeda family does not want to touch him, even if a large group of mountain bandits and river pirates come to attack, the villagers will definitely gather together like defending the village, erecting layers of bamboo spears to help him fight against the powerful enemy, instead of handing him over to save his life and avoid disaster!

Now, he can even sleep more soundly!

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The "Mongolian Doctor Settlement Plan" went smoothly. Yuanye naturally became more enthusiastic about being the "Mongolian Miracle Doctor" and his medical skills became more advanced. In just over ten days, he already had the demeanor of a practicing doctor.

He closed his eyes slightly and took the patient's pulse. Then he looked at the patient's leg sore and said gently, "Well, don't worry too much. It's normal to feel severe pain. The disease has been delayed for too long, and the cyst is too big. It will definitely be more difficult to cure it now. I will prescribe a few more prescriptions of detoxifying and dehumidifying ointment for you. You can go back and remove the toxins, or apply one a day. After applying it, come back to see me to see how it is. There shouldn't be any big problem."

"Yes, sir!" The patient did not hesitate, agreed verbally, and knelt down to kowtow to him. Whether in terms of obedience or doctor-patient relationship, this would make modern doctors cry.

"No need to do that, go get the medicine!" As a well-educated modern youth, Yuanye certainly didn't want to kowtow to others. He didn't need others to kowtow to him, but that was the custom of the time, and he couldn't stop them. The patient went to the pharmacy with Yayoi to get medicine. Various eczemas and sores were also common diseases in rural areas. Yuanye prepared several kinds of detoxifying plasters. The patient received them and just went back to bake them and apply them. He didn't need to worry too much.

As for the medical expenses, the patient was a poor man. Last time I gave him two loads of firewood, and this time he brought another large bundle. There was no shortage of firewood in the fields these days.

"Next!"

After the patient left, Yuanye sat in the "treatment room" and started calling out numbers, but there was no response. He called twice more, still no response. Curiously, he lifted the straw curtain and went to the "waiting room" to check out the situation - in fact, it was just a bamboo shed divided into two rooms. He was a very clean person and didn't want patients to enter the house he lived in, so he set up this small clinic with straw and bamboo.

The whole structure is made of bamboo, with thick straw curtains hung around it. With a stove burning in it, it is not too cold and is quite comfortable to use.

There was no one in the "waiting room" except for Ah Qing, the "weird kid" who was sweeping the floor silently with her head down. When Yuan Ye saw that it was her, he was speechless for a moment.

It was hard to believe, but he and Aqing had lived under the same roof for a month and had meals together every day, but until now, Aqing had never said a word to him. In his mind, Aqing had been completely labeled as a "weird kid," and his bad personality had almost become a stereotype.

But under such circumstances, Yuanye still asked with a brave face: "Well, are there no patients?"

Ah Qing raised her head and gave him a cold look. When their eyes met, she immediately lowered her eyelids and continued to sweep the floor silently - she just didn't want to eat so much rice for nothing and do some work here. She didn't know where the patients were or if there were any other patients, and she couldn't answer such questions.

The air began to become tense again. Why would there be such a child in this world...

Yuanye was even more speechless. Fortunately, Yayoi came back at this time and brought him a bowl of hot tea. She looked at him with great admiration: "Master Saburo, please have some tea and take a rest!"

During this period, she had been doing odd jobs for Yuanye and acting as a temporary nurse. She saw with her own eyes that Yuanye treated the villagers diligently and conscientiously. No matter whether the patients were poor and dirty, or whether their wounds emitted a foul smell, he always treated them gently and carefully.

Even when he encountered villagers who spoke incoherently and vaguely and could not clearly explain their own illnesses, he did not show any impatience, did not scold loudly, and did not slap the patients twice. He is truly the gentlest person in the world.

It's really unbelievable that he treated more than a hundred patients and never hit any of them!
She was very touched by this and thought Yuanye was amazing and so kind that there seemed to be a halo behind his head. Now she was particularly concerned about his food, clothing, housing and transportation, fearing that he would be hungry, thirsty or uncomfortable.

Yuan Ye had no idea what she was thinking and was clueless. He thanked her, took the tea, and asked her in a relieved tone, "What's going on today? Why are there no patients so early?" It was only afternoon, and for some time before, he had to see patients until dark.

"That's all the patients who came today. They should be gone." The nurse Yayoi said quickly, "Most of them are here for follow-up visits today."

"Really? That's a pity. Is there really no more? You can't hide your illness. Go ask the villagers later. If there is any, let them come right away!" Yuanye was having a great time as a doctor. Mainly because he hadn't accumulated enough experience yet. He wasn't sure if he could treat his stupid son right away. As a result, all the patients were gone first. He felt very sorry for that - they were all minor injuries and illnesses. According to the tradition of the village, serious injuries and illnesses were left to fend for themselves in the wild. There were no more for the time being.

Not to mention the vegetative state patients. The village cannot afford to take care of such patients, and it is impossible to even treat one to see the effect.

Yayoi was even more moved when she heard this. She could see the soft light effects when she looked at Nohara. She felt that his whole body was emitting a hazy Buddhist light, and he seemed to be the reincarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva - Lord Nohara was really kind, and he really devoted himself to practicing medicine!

Ah Qing also raised his eyes and looked towards the wilderness. Although his gaze was still cold, the hidden hostility and disgust had almost dissipated.

Originally, she thought the same as the villagers, suspecting Yuanye of some dark and despicable plan, wanting to exploit innocent people in the name of practicing medicine and suck out their bone marrow. But it turned out that Yuanye actually treated the villagers well. Not only did he not hurt the villagers, he even paid for the illness himself.

This shook her long-held belief and she began to suspect that Yuanye might not be a bad person.

In fact, she was more extreme than Aman. Aman thought that all samurai were bastards, but she went a step further and thought that all samurai deserved to die. She was born in a somura (autonomous village) in Omi, a small village with only a dozen households hiding in the mountains to avoid annual tribute and labor service. When she was six years old, the village was attacked and all the villagers were killed by the local lord. Even she, a little child, was stabbed. It was not until Aman passed by and touched the corpses that he turned her out from the pile of dead bodies, and she was able to save her life.

She hated the whole family. She had a deep hatred for the samurai in her heart and thought that they all deserved to die. But now that her heart was on Yuanye, and seeing his kindness, her idea was a little shaken. She felt that Yuanye did not deserve to die and was very likely a good person.

Of course, she said nothing, just glanced at him and lowered her head to continue sweeping the floor. However, Yayoi, the temporary maid, was more considerate and quickly comforted Yuanye in a low voice, "That's good, Master Saburo, you also need to have a good rest. You have been too hard during this period."

Yuanye nodded and smiled at her, putting that regret behind him.

That's okay. You can never be impatient when doing things. Someone might fall and become a vegetable tomorrow. Just be patient and wait!

(End of this chapter)