Chapter 28 Taizu Long Fist
In the afternoon, Chen Jie was picking herbs there.

This is not an easy job. The herbs selected by Doctor Bai are the kind that are particularly easy to mix up.

Some are sun-dried.

Some are fresh herbs.

It is also required that fresh and dried foods of the same category be placed together.

This is a huge project.

Fresh Astragalus and Astragalus slices are completely two different things.

In addition, the herbal tablets such as fangfeng, codonopsis, isatis root, northern adenophora, platycodon, peucedanum, astragalus, and licorice need to be sorted out.

If someone has no basic knowledge of herbal medicine, these few things would be enough to confuse him.

Fortunately, although Chen Jie was uneducated, he had learned some herbal knowledge from reading and watching when he was a child, as well as some knowledge that his grandfather forced him to learn, which came in handy at this time.

Although it was very difficult, after two hours of hard work, Chen Jie finally finished sorting.

Wu Hong, who was standing next to him, had also been exercising for two hours. Chen Jie stood up and stretched his sore muscles. He looked at Wu Hong and asked, "Brother Wu, what kind of exercise are you doing?"

Wu Hong saw Chen Jie finished sorting and said with a smile: "You are quite fast. I thought you were going to leave before dark."

Chen Jie said: "This has some foundation."

Wu Hong said: "I am trying to build up my strength. Is Jiu Si interested in this?"

Chen Jie said: "Well, this is because of lack of exercise. Sometimes when you go up the mountain and encounter a wild beast or something, it is quite dangerous."

Wu Hong thought of his grandfather's story and said, "Well, our back mountain is connected to Dahei Mountain, which is part of the Daba Mountains. There are some powerful wild beasts there. As doctors, you have to go into the mountains to collect herbs, so it is necessary to learn some self-defense skills."

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Yes, Brother Wu, can you teach me?"

Wu Hong didn't say anything, so Chen Jie immediately said, "Of course, Brother Wu, if it involves any sect secrets or something like that, don't teach me."

Wu Hong heard this and said, "That's not the case. Come here first and I'll feel your bones for you."

Chen Jie was overjoyed when he heard this. Wu Hong went over and touched Chen Jie's bones and said, "Well, I just touched your bones. You have some talent, but not much. You're just average."

"It may not be easy to achieve great success in martial arts, but it won't hurt to learn some self-defense."

Wu Hong said, and then continued: "Come, you practice a set of boxing with me first, and the rest is to hone your strength, you can do it slowly."

Wu Hong said, "Come on, play with me again."

Wu Hong didn't waste any words. He got ready to teach Chen Jie.

Chen Jie was stunned. He didn't expect that this martial art could be taught so easily.

In fact, this was the follow-up reaction after Chen Jie rescued Bai Langzhong, plus Chen Jie and Wu Hong got along well.

In addition, what Wu Hong taught was not some advanced martial arts, but the "Taizu Changquan" which could be learned by ordinary martial artists.

However, although this boxing technique is not expensive and can be bought for about five taels of silver in a bookstore in the city, it is another matter for Wu Hong to teach it personally.

Taizu Changquan, which is said to have been created by Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, is also known as the mother of all boxing styles.

This is not to say that this boxing style is profound. In fact, it is because it is too simple and is mostly used to lay the foundation for martial arts learners, so it has such a name.

Wu Hong used this set of boxing techniques as his foundation back then.

The whole set of boxing techniques consists of thirty-two moves. After Chen Jie performed them twice, he felt hot all over and strength was awakened in his muscles.

Wu Hongdao: "Do you remember it?"

Chen Jie said: "Remember it."

Wu Hong said: "Well, you can practice this boxing when you have time. After practicing, you can move the grinding wheel to exercise your strength. Although this boxing is not advanced, it has a good effect on the first two levels of a warrior, grinding the skin and training the flesh."

"If you practice often and think carefully, you will gain a lot."

As Wu Hong spoke, Chen Jie immediately thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Wu, I learned it." Wu Hong said: "Well, as for the fighting method, there is no fixed move. It depends on your personal ability to respond to the enemy. As for the rest, it depends on your own training."

After hearing this, Chen Jie immediately clasped his fists and said, "I understand."

Wu Hong said: "Well, practice more when you have time. If you don't understand, ask me."

"Ok."

Chen Jie immediately agreed, and at this time the door of the house was pushed open. Doctor Bai had just seen Chen Jie and Wu Hong learning boxing, but he did not come out to stop them.

This is a chaotic era. Even if you want to be a good doctor, you have to have some skills. I don’t have to say you have to be very powerful, but at least you can protect yourself.

In this era, learning martial arts is definitely a good idea.

Just like in later generations, no matter what you do, it is definitely a good idea to read some books.

Doctor Bai came out, and Wu Hong immediately moved a chair. Doctor Bai sat down, and then asked Chen Jie to hand over the herbs he had picked.

I checked it very carefully, which took me a full quarter of an hour.

Doctor Bai's face suddenly turned cold. He glanced at Chen Jie and pointed to a tiny piece of herb inside the medicinal herbs.

"Take a good look at this. What is this?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie immediately picked up the herbal tablet and took a look at it. He found that the herbal tablet was a little blurry and looked like Saposhnikovia divaricata and Peucedanum chinense.

For a moment, he really couldn't tell the difference. Then Doctor Bai said, "The first lesson in medicine is to identify medicines. The methods of identifying medicines are nothing more than observation, listening, touch and taste. These are the four methods."

"Look at its shape and it's hard to tell, but smell its smell and taste its flavor."

Chen Jie understood it instantly. He smelled them and found that they had different tastes. He tasted them and found that their bitterness was also different.

“It’s windproof!”

Chen Jie finally concluded that Doctor Bai said with a serious face: "Saposhnikovia divaricata is warm in nature, and Peucedanum chinense is cold in nature. Warm medicines can be used for cold purposes, while cold medicines can be used for warming and nourishing. They can kill people!"

"Master, I was wrong."

Chen Jie immediately admitted his mistake. Doctor Bai then said, "Jiu Si, today I am not going to teach you how to identify herbs, but a principle. Anyone in this world can be careless and make mistakes, but doctors cannot, because the price of every mistake you make may very likely be a life!"

"Yes, Master, I understand."

Chen Jie humbly admitted his mistake and also remembered this point.

Doctor Bai then said with a straight face, "Go, get some paper and pen, and copy down the contents of the Pharmacopoeia related to these herbs twenty times, and memorize them."

"Yes, I'll go right away."

Chen Jie was convinced and started copying the book with a pen.

Wu Hong watched from the side and laughed, just like the expression of his best friend when he made a mistake in school.

Doctor Bai glanced at Wu Hong and said, "I didn't say you were the one, right? Go, copy the book too."

"Ah, Grandpa, I don't study medicine either, so copying the medical manual is useless."

"The Medicinal Classic is useless, so go copy the acupuncture point map twenty times, no less."

"Ah, Grandpa, I..."

Wu Hong looked bitter, but Doctor Bai said sternly, "I can't control you anymore."

"Okay, don't be angry, I'll copy it right away."

Wu Hong made a bitter face and brought a small stool to Chen Jie's side: "Move inside."

Chen Jie moved his small stool, and Wu Hong sat down with a bitter face. He leaned over the table to copy the meridian map, feeling extremely aggrieved.

(End of this chapter)