A doctor who travels through two eras

Chapter 109: Former Colleague Eaten by Wolf

Section Chief Kong took a sip of the plain water soaked with Sterculia lychnophora (without tea leaves) and continued:

"Our purchasing department divided the country into seven regions, just like the contracted areas in schools, and assigned several comrades to purchase medicinal materials in each region.

Among them, Comrade Yang Xiaoqing is responsible for the North China region, Comrade Yang Jinbo is responsible for the Northeast region, Comrade Huang Zhuangqun is responsible for the East China region, Comrade Zhang Mingliang is responsible for the Central China region, Comrade Li Zexu is responsible for the South China region, and Comrade Zhu Xingchen is responsible for the Southwest region.

Don’t think that only some of the comrades are in the office now, because some of them are on business trips to other places to purchase medicinal materials. Therefore, our purchasing department will never be fully staffed unless it is the Spring Festival, haha.”

Lin Sanqi counted on his fingers and asked curiously:
"Chief Kong, didn't you say there are seven major areas? You just mentioned six areas, and there is one area you didn't mention."

Section Chief Kong said a little embarrassedly:

"Indeed, one region was omitted, and that is the Northwest region, which includes the three provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai, as well as the three autonomous regions of Ningxia, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia. Oh, and Qianzang, which originally belonged to the Southwest region, was also assigned to the Northwest region.

Originally, the person in charge of this area was Comrade Luo Wenyuan from our department, but Wenyuan was unlucky. During his business trip to Qinghai, something unexpected happened. So this area is currently unattended."

Lin Sanqi was delighted when he heard this, thinking that the Northwest region would be handed over to him. That would be great.

The Northwest region is characterized by a dry climate, abundant sunlight, and a large temperature difference between day and night, which is very suitable for the growth of rhizome medicinal materials.

Most of the commonly used medicinal materials in clinical practice, such as astragalus, wolfberry, codonopsis, angelica, and rhubarb, come from the Northwest region.

Precious medicinal materials, such as Cordyceps sinensis, Tianshan Saussurea, Cistanche deserticola, and Saffron, which were later sold at sky-high prices, also come from the Northwest. (The saffron planting base is on Chongming Island, but the wild ones are in the Northwest)
Even the rare natural musks in later generations, including the forest musk deer and the red musk deer, also come from the northwest.

It can be said that the Northwest region is simply a treasure trove of Chinese medicinal materials.

Lin Sanqi thought that if he was put in charge of such a large area, then when he was on a business trip, he would be far away from home and could buy up precious Chinese medicinal materials and secretly transfer them to 2023. Wouldn't he make a fortune?
This is definitely traffic monetization.

Everyone in the office was eavesdropping on the conversation between Section Chief Kong and Lin Sanqi.

Only Yang Qiuhong saw the excited Lin Sanqi and thought that this young boy was going to suffer a loss, so she reminded him:
"Comrade Xiao Lin, why don't you ask what happened to Luo Wenyuan?"

Lin Sanqi suddenly woke up, thinking that he was almost careless. If there was any good thing, how could it happen to a newcomer like him? There must be a story behind this.

At this time, Section Chief Kong smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer.

It was Zhao Dongying who was quick to speak and could not help but speak out the truth first:
"Old Luo was really unlucky. He was asked to go to Qinghai to purchase Gentiana macrophylla, but his car broke down on the way and he couldn't find a campsite. He was attacked by prairie wolves in the middle of the night.

Tsk tsk tsk, Lao Luo and the driver were so miserable. When they were found, only their heads were left. Their bodies had been eaten by wolves. See that Jiefang truck in the corner of the warehouse? It was this truck that broke down in the beginning, and now no one is willing to drive it on business trips."

Oh~~~
Lin Sanqi was stunned when he heard this.

In his impression, business trips are just about taking a train, eating and shopping along the way. Eating steamed bread with pork head, walking slowly to the local area, shopping, and then walking slowly back.

With a letter of introduction from the company, he can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the motherland along the way, eat and live for free, travel on public funds, and enjoy the vast sea and sky. Now tell him that he will be eaten by wolves when he goes on a business trip. How can the flowers in the greenhouse who come here in 2023 not be shocked and scared?
"Eat...eaten by a wolf? Mother Diulei, are you kidding me? It's so exciting."

When Zhao Dongying saw Lin Sanqi's face change, she laughed heartlessly:
"Haha, Lao Kong, look at this kid, he's so scared that he's about to pee his pants. How can he go on business trips in the future if he's this cowardly?"

Zhao Dongying's words made everyone in the office laugh. It was obvious that everyone was happy to see the newcomer get humiliated.

Yang Qiuhong also helped Lin Sanqi and said:
"Chief Kong, the Northwest region should be run by experienced old employees. Comrade Xiaolin is really not suitable. Young people should go to the East China region. If all else fails, his hometown in South China will also do."

Section Chief Kong smiled and said, "That's not true. I didn't ask Comrade Xiao Lin to go to the northwest. I was just introducing the department to him. He just asked about this."

At this time, Yang Xiaoqing quit. There were only 20 regular employees in the Purchasing Department. Excluding 4 female employees, 1 section chief and 1 deputy section chief, there were only 14 people who could move.

In principle, two people are responsible for one area, but in areas where there is an abundance of medicinal materials and a heavier purchasing task, one more employee will be assigned to share the work.

The Northwest region is considered a less popular area, so only one employee was assigned to purchase. As a result, such an incident occurred and the Northwest group was vacant.

If newcomers like Lin Sanqi don't go, then should the old employees go? No one would want to go to the Northwest to feed the wolves.

Yang Xiaoqing stood up and began to sow discord among the other buyers in the office:

"Chief, you are wrong. We are the bricks of the revolution. We move wherever there is a need. The revolution is not a dinner party. You are still picky about your work. Don't you agree?"

Li Zexu also started to make fun of it:
"That's right. When we first started working, we were all apprentices. We had to carry our bags and go over mountains and hills to buy Chinese herbal medicines from major Chinese herbal medicine producing areas. We also went through hardships. Why can't the newcomers endure hardships now?"

Yang Xiaoqing sarcastically said, "Why come to the purchasing department if you can't endure hardship? Why don't you just go to your mother's place to breastfeed? Isn't that safer?"

Hahaha~~~ Some employees in the office started laughing.

Yang Qiuhong glared at Yang Xiaoqing and Li Zexu: "You are so wicked, bullying other people's children."

Some people were not convinced: "Kid? Have you ever seen a 23-year-old child?"

At this time, the door opened and a middle-aged man walked in from outside. Judging from the pen in his shirt pocket, he didn't look like an ordinary employee.

When Section Chief Kong saw the person coming, he introduced him to Lin Sanqi, "This is Deputy Section Chief Wu Ming."

Deputy Section Chief Wu looked at Lin Sanqi and said seriously:
"I was just directing the unloading outside. I heard everything you said. Lao Kong, my opinion is that individuals must obey the organization's arrangements. Now there is a vacancy in the Northwest Region. Wouldn't it be better for Comrade Lin Sanqi to take over? Why do we need to disrupt the order of the entire department again?"

Lin Sanqi's heart skipped a beat, thinking that this person was not a good person...

(End of this chapter)