Chapter 52: The Livestock King
A native of Wushi County, Beidi County, Qin Dynasty. Xia, Shang, Zhou to Qin Dynasty, in the area of Wating in Yuanzhou District, Guyuan City, there are a large number of Rong people, and the history books call them Wushi Rong. During the reign of King Huiwen of Qin (337-310 BC), Wushi County was established in the main pastoral land of the Wushi Rong people. The current patriarch is Wu Shilu.
In ancient times, the Liupan Mountain area had abundant water and grass and a pleasant climate, which was suitable for the development of animal husbandry economy. Taking advantage of the unique natural advantages, Wushi raised cattle and horses, developed animal husbandry, and raised a large number of cattle and sheep. According to historical records, it is said that his livestock were so numerous that they could only be counted in "valleys", that is, simple head and horse counts could no longer be counted accurately, and could only be counted by using all the livestock in a ravine as a unit of measurement.
Seeing that the Rong people around him could only graze cattle and did not know how to raise silkworms and weave silk, he sold horses, cattle and sheep to farmers in the farming areas of Guanzhong, and then purchased rare items, silk and other daily life and production supplies, brought them back and sold them to the pastoral areas, and then exchanged them for livestock to sell to the inland agricultural areas. Wu also often offered silk fabrics to King Rong, who lived deep in the mountains, and King Rong was happy to reward her with livestock and animal products worth ten times the value of silk fabrics, so that his wealth continued to increase. This unequal trade in silk horses made Wu Shilu a well-known herdsman and merchant in the Northwest Region, and he was also the first richest man in the history of the Northwest Region to be famous in the imperial court.
"Wushi is in the territory of Wushi County, belongs to the Rong clan, and is a famous herdsman and merchant in the Qin State. Probably because the horses raised by Wu Shilu also provided a large number of military horses for the Qin State and made great contributions to the political economy of the Qin State, so they were favored by the Qin kings of the past dynasties. "Tianji Pavilion Master Madam Dong is naturally clear about the situation of these local powerful people.
"So Madame is worried that I will be involved in court disputes?" Meng Yi heard the voice.
"You might as well confess this matter directly to King Qin, presumably King Qin is also very interested in this mysterious person!" Tianji Pavilion Master Madame Dong suggested.
"I'm thinking about it." Meng Yi thought to himself: You are righteous enough not to ask more about the source of the matter, but Qin Wang Yingzheng is not so easy to dismiss, maybe he will treat me as a dangerous person.
Dong Rou, the heroine who was finally full of food and drink, washed her hands. The people of the pre-Qin Dynasty already had chopsticks, but they were only used as a ritual vessel for dividing dishes, and almost all of them, including princes and generals, ate directly with their hands after cleaning their hands!
"Just these few dishes, you know how extravagant your princes and generals are." The heroine Dong Rou frowned and said, "Ordinary people can eat meat for three days, thank God." ”
In the pre-Qin period, there were mainly miscellaneous grains such as millet, millet, rice, hemp, beans, and wheat. Among them, millet and millet are the main staple foods of people in the pre-Qin period, especially "millet", which is the length of the five grains, among which the best quality millet and millet are also called "Jiagu". The so-called "Jiagu" is actually millet. Animal husbandry was quite developed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the "six animals" at that time referred to horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, dogs, and pigs. Moreover, there are many rivers and lakes, and there is no shortage of aquatic foods such as fish, shrimp, turtles, snakes, etc. In this era, there were no iron pots, but it was still quite common to cook food in clay pots. Wealthy families were also able to process food in bronze containers.
"The people of Qin are still passable, but the people of the six countries have suffered. When there is a famine, there are displaced people everywhere, and it is a new thing to change children and eat. Mrs. Dong, the master of the Tianji Pavilion, took over the topic and said slowly.
The major cities of the six eastern countries were innumerable beggars and homeless people, and the most of them were countless ragged children, who went around begging for a bite to eat. They all had sallow faces, their faces were covered with dirt and dirt, and the clothes on their bodies could not be called clothes at all, but two pieces of linen cloth were draped over their bodies. Their hair was rolled out into small patches, and small parasites could be clearly seen crawling in the sun.
A crowd of ragged children gathered around. With a Handan accent, he begged Yun Yue for food. They all had sallow faces and were covered with mud and dirt. The clothes on the body can't be called clothes at all, just two pieces of linen draped over the body. The hair was rolled out into small patches, and small parasites could be clearly seen crawling in the sun.
Ordinary people use stone pots in their homes. Ordinary people's eyes are dull, their eyes are scattered, and the focus of their eyes is not together. People who are just forty years old begin to hunchback, and those in their early thirties already have gray hair on their sideburns.
A linen dress with twine thick branches and leaves sewn a few times is the clothes on the body, it is almost late autumn, many people are still shirtless. Most of the people on their feet are straw sandals, and some people don't even have straw sandals barefoot. This is a group of people who are completely destitute from spiritual to material, and it is fitting to describe them as hungry and unclothed.
"The wine and meat of the Six Nations stink, and there are frozen bones on the road! After the Qin State dominates the world, the situation will improve. Meng Yi said this, but who knew better in his heart that the Qin Dynasty would be burdened with conscription in the future, although there was no shortage of food and clothing, but his life could not be saved, so what was the use of not lacking food and clothing!
"By the way, Miss Dong recently studied medical skills with Meng Xiao, I don't know how much she has learned?" Meng Yi saw that everyone was full of wine and food, so he simply diverted the topic.
"Don't mention it, learning medical skills is really boring, it's better to fight the sword world, save people faster!" The heroine Dong Rou replied with a big grin, without a look of shame at all.
"But I heard that Meng Xiao's medical skills are the true inheritance of the divine doctor Bian An, and it seems that everything is about fate." Meng Yi said jokingly.
Traditional Chinese medicine was born in the primitive society, the theory of traditional Chinese medicine in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period has been basically formed, there have been anatomical and medical subspecialties, and the "four diagnoses" have been adopted, and the treatment methods include stone, acupuncture, decoction, moxibustion, guidance, cloth qi, Zhu You, etc. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "medicine and Taoism are connected". This influence can be traced back to the Huanglao Taoist classic "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", which is one of the four classics of traditional Chinese medicine and the earliest medical classic in China's medical treasure house. At the same time, it is a medical masterpiece that studies human physiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment principles and pharmacology. Theoretically, the "Yin and Yang Five Elements Theory", "Pulse Theory", "Tibetan Elephant Theory", "Meridian Theory", "Etiology Theory", "Pathogenesis Theory", "Symptoms", "Diagnosis Method", "Treatment" and "Health Maintenance", "Luck" and other theories were established in Chinese medicine.
In the 26th ~ 22nd century B.C., the Yellow Emperor was the co-leader of the legendary Central Plains ethnic groups, surnamed Ji Xuanyuan and Youxiong. Qi Bo, the legendary physician, the courtier of the Yellow Emperor. The earliest existing treatise on the theory of Chinese medicine is the Neijing, which entrusts the Yellow Emperor and Qi Bo to discuss medicine, and is made in the form of questions and answers, also known as the Neijing of the Yellow Emperor. Later generations called the "Qi Huang" and "Qi Huang Technique" of Chinese medicine, which originated from this.
"The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" is divided into two parts, "Lingshu" and "Suwen", which is the earliest medical classic in China and one of the four classic works of traditional medicine (the other three are "The Book of Difficulty", "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", and "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica"). "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" is a comprehensive medical book, in the theory of Huang Lao Taoism established the "Yin and Yang Five Elements Theory", "Pulse Theory", "Tibetan Elephant Theory", "Meridian Theory", "Etiology Theory", "Pathogenesis Theory", "Symptoms", "Diagnosis", "Treatment" and "Health Care", "Luck" and other theories, from a holistic view of medicine, presenting a natural, biological, psychological, social "holistic medical model" (according to the research of modern scholars, It is believed that the traces of Huang Lao's Taoism in this book are the Taoist Wang Bing in the Sui and Tang dynasties). Its basic material comes from the long-term observation of life phenomena by the ancient Chinese, a large number of clinical practices, and simple anatomical knowledge. The Yellow Emperor's Neijing laid the foundation for the understanding of human physiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment, and is a medical work with great influence in China, known as the ancestor of medicine.
The "Book of Difficulties" is based on the "Su Wen" and "Lingshu" to put forward 81 questions for key discussion, and then summarized into a book. "The Book of Difficulty", formerly known as "The Yellow Emperor's Eighty-one Difficult Classics", also known as "Eighty-one Difficulties", is the earliest existing classic work of traditional Chinese medicine. There have always been different opinions about the author of the "Book of Difficulties" and the age of its writing, and it is generally believed that it was written no later than the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the content may have a certain relationship with the Qin Yue people (Bian Que). Bian Que at the end of the Warring States Period, formerly known as Qin Yueren. Experienced in medical treatment and good at pulse diagnosis. The treatment of diseases is adapted to the customs, passing through Handan is a doctor, passing through Luoyang is a doctor with ears and eyes, and entering Xianyang is a pediatric doctor. The word "difficult" in the "Book of Difficulties" has the meaning of "asking difficult" or "difficult". The book has a total of 81 difficulties, using the method of questions and answers, to discuss and discuss some theoretical issues of traditional Chinese medicine, including pulse diagnosis, meridians, viscera, yin and yang, etiology, pathogenesis, camp and health, acupoints, acupuncture, disease syndrome and other aspects.
After the research, induction and development of the Yellow Emperor, Bian Que and others, Chinese medicine has been quite effective in the generation of the divine doctor Bian An. Ordinary people may still believe that some witchcraft can cure diseases and save people, but princes and generals are like, and people of insight like to seek famous doctors to cure diseases, which shows that Chinese medicine has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Meng Yi, who was full of food and drink, wandered around the backyard and actually met the "angel in white".
That's right, it's an angel in white!
The girl is smiling, now she is sixteen or seventeen years old, vibrant, youthful and beautiful, her pink face is like a flower shining on the water, and like the moon around the light clouds, her posture is graceful, especially a pair of big and bright eyes, bright as stars, unforgettable at first sight. She wore a plain white dress today, isn't she an angel in white?
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was very difficult for civilians to see a doctor. It is often the old people in the rivers and lakes or clans all over the country who casually find a few herbs and eat them indiscriminately, whether it can be good or not depends on whether God can open his eyes. There are even witch doctors who disregard people's lives and cheat everywhere to eat and drink.
There are very few real miracle doctors, not only because Chinese medicine is difficult to learn, but because the medical conditions in ancient times were limited, and a person often had a lot of pain, once the headache was cured for head and foot pain, it was often not curable.
"The hanging pot helps the world's doctors and the common people, and the wonderful hand rejuvenates and relieves the pain. The four therapies have been used to this day, and they are passed on. Meng Yi looked at the girl Meng Xiao, his heart was warm, and he muttered silently in his heart.