My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 124: Reason, Emotion, and Profit
"Doctor Hua is an expert in surgery, but the study of surgery requires a lot of anatomical experience. Is Doctor Hua troubled by the lack of enough corpses for research in his daily medical practice?" Lu Yi suddenly said, leaving Hua Tuo stunned.

"Master Lu is right. The human body is full of mysteries. Its muscles, bones, and organs are all ingenious. If you want to make progress in surgery, you must have a large number of corpses for dissection and research. However, we Han people value the dead, and almost no one is willing to lend their family members' corpses to me for surgical research. As a last resort, I can only use pigs, cattle, sheep, horses and other animals as substitutes. However, there are huge differences between animals and human bodies, and they cannot be generalized. So I am very distressed about this!"

Upon hearing this, Hua Tuo sighed and began to complain bitterly.

If he wanted to treat patients through surgery, he needed to practice on a large number of cadavers, but this was against human ethics and was therefore impossible. As a result, his surgical skills reached a bottleneck and he had not made any progress for many years.

"Haha, what Doctor Hua said is not wrong. We Han people respect our ancestors and love our relatives and friends. Naturally, we will not provide corpses to Doctor Hua for research. But Doctor Hua, have you forgotten what I do for a living?"

Lu Yi smiled, his eyes full of confidence.

"Oh? What you mean is..." Hua Tuo didn't react for a moment and asked in confusion.

"My Lu family caravan has been trading outside the border for many years. Along the way, there are often scoundrels who covet the caravan's wealth. Last month, my caravan killed a hundred stray horse bandits. These Hu people are the least filial to their ancestors. Fathers and sons kill each other, and stepmothers take their fathers' place after their stepmothers die. Such immoral acts are common. Naturally, they will not mind lending their bodies to Hua Shenyi for research. This is a good deed that will benefit all people in the world! I believe that their ghosts who are suffering for their sins in the underworld will certainly agree to such a thing to accumulate merit when they hear about it."

Lu Yi spoke slowly, and the more Hua Tuo listened, the wider his eyes widened. By the end, he was so excited that he could no longer control himself.

"Captain Lu, I wonder how often your caravan is robbed. Do you lend me the corpses of a hundred bandits every month for my surgical research?"

On the contrary, when Lu Yi saw Hua Tuo's excited face, he felt as if he had seen a mad scientist from his previous life, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Ahem... Of course it's impossible that blind bandits run into the caravan's guns every month, but I have a deep friendship with the Huye tribe on the grassland. They have conflicts almost every once in a while, and death is a normal thing. If Doctor Hua needs it, I can write a letter and ask the Huye tribe to provide some corpses for Doctor Hua's research every once in a while. And if any Hu bandits fall into my hands, I will also hand them over to them, to ensure they are fresh enough!"

To sum it up in one sentence, the quantity is large, the quality is high!

"So..." After Hua Tuo's excitement passed, he began to hesitate again.

Although he hoped to have sufficient experimental materials to take his surgical skills to a higher level, he was free-spirited by nature and did not like constraints. He never thought of becoming an official and being loyal to anyone. His dream and ideal was to practice medicine all over the world and save the wounded and dying.

As if noticing Hua Tuo's intense hesitation, Lu Yi continued to speak with a smile on his face.

"Doctor Hua, please don't misunderstand. I am not using the corpse as bait to force Doctor Hua to give himself to me."

"On the contrary, I have always respected doctors like Dr. Hua who are both virtuous and talented, and I believe that doctors like you who have both medical ethics and skills should be given enough respect and resources."

Lu Yi's words made Hua Tuo feel a little relieved, but his next words made Hua Tuo excited again.

"During the pre-Qin period, there were many schools of thought, and the first person to establish a school of medicine was the legendary doctor Bian Que, whose medical skills were superb and he could observe the disease from the face and bring the dead back to life."

"However, time is merciless, and the miraculous doctor died without a successor, resulting in the loss of Bian Que's skills. This is a great loss to China."

As Lu Yi spoke, he suddenly turned around and looked at Hua Tuo with a serious face.

“Today, your surgical skills are no less than Bian Que’s. You are qualified to found a school of surgery and become the founder of surgery. You can also take up the lost banner of doctors in the pre-Qin period!” “Huh?” Hua Tuo’s eyes widened upon hearing this and his heart began to beat violently uncontrollably.

It is true that he is indifferent to fame and fortune, but being indifferent to fame and fortune before his death does not mean that he does not care about his reputation after his death.

After all, one's fame during one's lifetime only lasts for a few decades, but if one's name can be recorded in history, his fame will last forever.

People always have desires, and saints who are free of desires are a minority after all.

The less material needs a person has, the more he values ​​spiritual needs.

Leaving a name in history is the highest level of spiritual needs.

This is what many famous figures in ancient and modern times have been seeking.

If Hua Tuo didn't want to be famous, why didn't he find a secluded place and just treat ordinary people? Why did he treat diseases for Guan Yu, Cao Cao, Chen Deng, Zhou Tai and others?

Therefore, he is no exception.

Lu Yi's words were undoubtedly a great temptation to him.

"I am willing to invest one million yuan to co-found a medical school with you, and provide a large number of corpses for your research. I will also directly give you the treatment of a caravan manager, and promise you that I will never interfere with the use of funds and research. You are free to come and go, and I will never interfere. I only hope that you can carry forward the art of surgery and benefit future generations."

Lu Yi spoke passionately, with a noble attitude of doing good deeds without seeking fame or fortune.

However, at the end he added calmly.

"Of course, if we want to promote surgery, we need students. I can also recommend some clever young people to you to inherit your medical knowledge!"

This last sentence is Lu Yi’s real purpose.

A million dollars and the treatment of a manager are nothing compared to Hua Tuo's epoch-making surgical skills. If Lu Yi were not too poor now, he would be happy to do so even if the salary increased ten or a hundred times.

Moreover, the students recommended by Lu Yi are all people whose character is recognized by Lu Yi. In this way, even if Hua Tuo still has to leave in the future, at least his skills will be learned a little by the students arranged by Lu Yi, so it will not be in vain in the end.

Lu Yi was not worried that Hua Tuo was too proud to pass on his medical skills to others.

In the novel, Hua Tuo was unwilling to submit to Cao Cao and was executed by Cao Cao. Before his death, in order to prevent his skills from being lost, he gave the medical skills he had learned throughout his life to a prisoner who had been kind to him but had no medical skills at all.

However, Lu Yi recommended a young and intelligent person. How could he be a better apprentice than an old yamen runner who had no medical skills?

(End of this chapter)