A doctor who travels through two eras

Chapter 148 What are the precious medicines in South China?

"There are so many of them, such as Phyllanthus urinaria, Pteris ternata, Herba Polygoni Multiflori, Curcuma zedoaria, Semen Cassiae, Andrographis paniculata, Imperata cylindrica, Nepeta tenuifolia, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Achyranthes bidentata, Dianthus superbus, and Polygala tenuifolia."

Section Chief Kong smacked his lips as he looked at the Chinese patent medicine on the application form:

"It seems that this mission is very heavy. So many niche drugs are gathered together. Old Wu, you should quickly arrange for people to go and purchase them. You can't delay the clinical use of drugs."

At this time, Deputy Section Chief Wu said awkwardly:

"Chief, I have a problem that I was about to report to you. Now there is no one in our department. What should I do?"

"No one, how could there be no one?"

"Chief, listen to me. Most of our comrades, including Yang Jinbo, Huang Zhuangqun, and Zhang Mingliang, are on business trips to purchase goods and have not returned yet. Yang Xiaoqing and Zhu Xingchen also left for other places the day before yesterday.

The remaining three comrades, Li Zexu, Bi Chunlong and Liao Zhanying, were injured in a traffic accident a few days ago. You went to the hospital to visit them. Although their injuries were not serious, they could not go on a long business trip in a short time.

There are only a few female officers in our department now, and the rest are just you and me, two old men, what do you think we should do about this?"

Kong Shuihu slapped his forehead:
"Yes, yes, that's right. I forgot about that. Oh, what should I do? These ten or so herbs are urgently needed in clinical practice. Wait, that's not right. There's another old man in our department. Isn't Lin Sanqi available?"

Deputy Section Chief Wu was secretly delighted, but pretended to be embarrassed and said:
"Well, well, Lin Sanqi just came back from the northwest and hasn't had a chance to catch his breath yet. Besides, most of these herbs are concentrated in South China, which is not within the scope of Lin Sanqi's jurisdiction."

Section Chief Kong was not satisfied when he heard this:

"He doesn't care about the area that is not under his jurisdiction? He is still a state cadre, so he should take the lead and set an example. We are bricks of the revolution, and we should go wherever the organization arranges us to go. Why are you wasting your time?"

Section Chief Wu continued to say in embarrassment:

"This is what happened, but Lin Sanqi alone can't complete so many procurement tasks."

Kong Shuihu was also an experienced purchaser. He picked up the application form and thought about it carefully, then made up his mind:
"Old Wu, let me think about this. The six herbs, Phyllanthus urinaria, Herba Pteris ulmoides, Herba Glechomae Root, Curcuma Atractylodes, Semen Cassiae, and Andrographis paniculata, are all from southern China. This time, let Lin Sanqi make the trip alone.

The herbs Imperata root, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Achyranthes bidentata, Dianthus superbus, and Polygala tenuifolia are all available in Hebei and Shanxi regions, which are just outside the capital and not far away, so you might as well take the trouble to make a trip there.

If you really can't arrange for someone to come, I can go there myself. What do you think of my arrangement?"

Deputy Section Chief Wu thought to himself: This was arranged by you, not me. You can’t blame me if anything goes wrong!

"I think this is also feasible, and it is the best solution at the moment. However, it will be hard for Lin Sanqi to travel to three provinces and six regions in one go. He will now have to do the work that previously took three people, and I am afraid that the young man will not be willing to do it."

Kong Shuihu searched around the office and happened to see Lin Sanqi coming in from outside humming a little tune, so he waved:

"Xiao Qi, come here!"

"Chief, you called me?"

Lin Sanqi walked over quickly and greeted Section Chief Kong, but pretended not to see Deputy Section Chief Wu next to him.

"Xiao Qi, this time our purchasing department has an urgent task. We need to purchase 12 kinds of medicines at one time. Among them, 6 kinds of medicines are only available in the three provinces in South China, and they are urgently needed in clinical practice.

This is not a coincidence. Three comrades from the South China Group are injured, and the other comrades are all busy with their missions and cannot leave. So I discussed with Deputy Section Chief Wu and hope that you can go to the South China region. "

Lin Sanqi blinked. All three members of the South China team were injured? Why were they going on a business trip at this time?

What a coincidence.

Although contemporary college students have clear eyes with a hint of stupidity, they are not really stupid. They are still quite vigilant and always feel that there are villains who want to harm them.

"Section Chief, are you asking me to go to South China to purchase? I have to travel to three provinces and six regions?"

Lin Sanqi had looked up information and knew that South China in 1959 was definitely not an economically developed region. On the contrary, it was the poorest and most remote place in the country.

Isn’t there a poem that describes it as follows: The roads in Lingnan are difficult to distinguish due to the fog, and the miasma surrounds them like a coiled snake?

Poverty means chaos.

Chaos means danger.

What's more, he is a "traveling merchant" who is alone and carries a large amount of cash. He is like a firefly in the dark, telling everyone "Come and rob me, sir."

Section Chief Kong nodded and said earnestly:

"With great ability comes great responsibility. Your trip to the northwest has proven that you are a qualified purchaser. The hospital needs you, the organization needs you, and you are a cadre. So if you don't go, do you want me to go? Do you want Yang Qiuhong and the other female comrades to go?"

Section Chief Kong thought that Lin Sanqi didn't want to throw a tantrum and was dissatisfied in his heart.

Although he had received benefits from Lin Sanqi and could give him extra care, in the face of collective interests, he still hoped that Lin Sanqi would obey the assignments instead of being arrogant and making excuses for doing things.

The older generation was more or less principled, unlike the later generations who only cared about money and not people, and only cared about people but not things...

Lin Sanqi did not answer immediately, but quickly calculated the gains and losses in his mind. Yes, gains-losses.

He went to the northwest happily, not even afraid of wolves, because he knew there was Cordyceps sinensis in the northwest, which would be a hot commodity and could make him rich by 2023.

There are also precious Chinese medicinal materials such as ginseng, deer antler, donkey-hide gelatin, musk, gastrodia elata, snow lotus, etc., but the problem is that these are all in the north.

What do you see when you go to South China now? Are there mosquitoes everywhere? Are there leeches everywhere?

Lin Sanqi thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what "benefits" he could get if he went to South China?
Seeing Lin Sanqi in a daze, Section Chief Kong was not going to waste any more words:
"Okay, Xiaoqi, I'm ordering you now as the section chief. You're going to Hua Nan this time. Go home and pack up."

What else could Lin Sanqi say? Now that things had come to this, he had no choice but to go.

As for safety, we can only hope for the pistol and submachine gun. If that doesn't work, we can only shoot and fire to save the souls of those donors with ulterior motives.

People in the wilderness are not afraid of being discovered. Conversely, Lin Sanqi is not afraid of being discovered either. It depends on whether their knives are faster or his bullets are faster.

A depressed Lin Sanqi left work early and returned to the Gege Mansion, not even caring about the ancient buildings and street scenes he had captured with his camera.

Jin Caifeng was preparing dinner and was a little surprised to see her youngest son coming back dejected:
"Hey, Qizi, what's wrong with you? Who made you angry at work?"

Lin Sanqi sat down on the stool:
"I received an order this afternoon to temporarily go to South China to purchase supplies for my injured colleague. I have to travel to three provinces and six counties. Oh my god, this is going to cost me my life."

When Jin Caifeng heard this, she stopped cooking:
"What's going on? Aren't you from the Northwest Group? Why are you also doing the work of the South China Group? What is your Chief Kong doing?"

"This is the order Section Chief Kong gave me, saying that I must obey the organization and play a leading role as a cadre."

Jin Caifeng threw away her apron and stood up angrily:
"No, I need to talk to Dean Shen and Section Chief Kong about this. How can you order people around like this? You haven't recovered from your trip to the Northwest, and now you want to go to South China? Are you going on a business trip to Africa next time?"

As soon as Jin Caifeng stepped out of the house, she met her husband Lin Kucan.

"Alright, alright, I know everything. Lao Kong has already told me that the purchasing department is indeed in trouble. There are only four buyers in Beijing, and three of them are injured. We can't let the injured go on a business trip, right? Even capitalists are not that cruel.

Now Qizai is the only one who is still alive and kicking in the entire purchasing department. If he doesn't go, who will? Even Wu Ming, the deputy section chief, has to go to purchase. Does that mean Qizai should be treated specially? So don't think too much about this matter. No one wants to punish Qizai. "

(Deputy Section Chief Wu smiled but said nothing, hiding his achievements and fame...)
Jin Caifeng was also speechless for a moment: "But, but..."

Lin Kucan put down the briefcase in his hand and washed his hands, saying:

"But what? It would be good for Qizi to go to South China and visit our hometown Huadu at the same time.

First, he went to visit our relatives in our hometown and let them know they were safe. Second, he also went to visit our ancestral home on Renji Road. Although I have entrusted it to the family members to take care of it, I am still a little worried. "

Jin Caifeng sighed, apparently convinced:

"Yes, we haven't been back for 10 years, and we don't know what's going on in our hometown? Are there any people starving to death? Sigh..."

When Lin Sanqi saw his father coming back, he suddenly had an idea:
"Dad, let me ask you a question. Which Chinese medicinal herbs in South China are more valuable?"

Lin Kucan wiped his hands and answered naturally:

"Seafood in my hometown is quite expensive, haha."

"Dad, I'm serious."

"What I answered is true. Do you think Chinese herbal medicine is the only precious thing?
Do you think those seahorses, shark fins, and fish maws are valuable? Also, don’t underestimate the tangerine peel from our hometown. When it was at its most expensive, one ounce of tangerine peel was worth one ounce of gold, and a hundred-year-old tangerine peel was worth more than gold.”

"Yes!!!"

Lin Sanqi's eyes suddenly lit up, "Why didn't I think of these things that are unique to South China?"

The living customs in the north and south are different and there are huge differences. For example, no matter how well you praise the tangerine peel mentioned by Lin Ku Shen, in the eyes of northerners, it is just dried tangerine peel and they don’t want to eat it for free.

However, in the eyes of southerners, tangerine peel is a treasure. Not only does it have medicinal value, it also has collection value.

What 3 to 8 year old dried orange peel has a pungent fruity aroma;

The 9- to 20-year-old tangerine peel has a fragrant aroma;

The 20- to 40-year-old tangerine peel has a rich aroma;

Tangerine peel that is more than 50 years old is even more precious. It has the flavor of old medicinal materials and is mellow and fragrant after years of aging.

If a northerner gave you a box of orange peels from 50 years ago, he would probably think the gift giver was crazy. How could he be so stingy?

But in the south, a pound of 50-year-old tangerine peel is worth more than one million yuan, which is definitely a valuable gift.

Even in 2023, many bosses in the south will marry their daughters with tangerine peel as the most precious dowry, which shows how expensive tangerine peel is.

(End of this chapter)