A doctor who travels through two eras

Section Chief Kong is an experienced purchaser and has heard the most about this matter. He nodded thoughtfully and said:
"This matter really needs to be taken seriously. I heard that once a convoy of the Red Star Steel Plant went to the northeast to deliver goods. On the way back, the drivers bought some potatoes locally and wanted to transport them away, but they were discovered on the way.

The matter was reported to the local government, and they confiscated the potatoes for speculation. Even the Red Star Factory leader called them personally, but it was useless. That was a whole truckload of potatoes. The people in the transportation department of the Red Star Factory were so angry that they almost took up guns and started fighting. "

Lin Sanqi also spread his hands and said:

"Yes, now your leaders know how dangerous it is for me to go out to purchase food, right? This is not medicinal herbs, and medicinal herbs cannot be eaten as food without anyone snatching them away. But the food I went out to purchase this time is really edible."

Dean Shen had already seen that Lin Sanqi had some hidden thoughts, so he asked:
"Alright, alright. I know you've worked hard and made great contributions. Since you've proposed it, you must have a solution. Tell me about it."

Lin Sanqi's eyes turned and he said, "Our logistics department has several warehouses at Fengtai Freight Station. We have purchased less supplies in recent years, so some of them are empty anyway. I wonder if the hospital can lend me a warehouse so that I can stock up at any time."

Dean Shen breathed a sigh of relief:

"I thought it was something else. It's not that difficult. Just go talk to Section Chief Quan and ask him to give you a key to the warehouse. No one else can use it except you, and it can't be known to outsiders. You can do whatever you want."

Lin Sanqi was secretly delighted. Owning a legal warehouse in the capital in 59 would make it much easier for him to abuse his power for personal gain in the future.

"Then I have one last question, which is also the most important one. It is crucial to whether my purchase will be successful."

"What is it?" the three hospital leaders asked in unison.

"Of course it's the procurement funds."

Dean Shen heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "The money problem is easy to solve. The hospital only requires money for treatment, not tickets. We have relatively sufficient liquidity now."

Lin Sanqi rolled his eyes: "Dean, do you think you can buy precious food, meat, eggs and vegetables with cash?"

"Uh……"

Dean Shen was dumbfounded.

Everyone on earth knows that if money does not reflect purchasing power, it is just a piece of waste paper. Material goods are king, which is the same principle as in doomsday novels.

It was the same in 59. What was the use of having more money? It had almost lost its monetary value, and its purchasing power was completely inconsistent with the face value. In those days, food coupons and meat coupons were the real "money".

So Lin Sanqi doesn't want cash. What can he do with money? There are very few industries that only charge money without receipts these days. Does he have to go to the hospital every day to see a doctor?

Dean Shen asked back:

"Then what do you think we should do? Our Chinese medicine hospital only has medicinal materials. Are we supposed to exchange them for food? This is unrealistic. Who would take medicine if they are not sick?"

Lin Sanqi patted the armrest of the chair and laughed: "I really have to exchange the herbs for food."

The three hospital leaders were all full of questions. They had seen all kinds of strange operations, but had never seen such a weird operation.

"If you want food now, you have to think of some crooked ways. Conventional purchases are definitely not going to work. I also need to ask someone for help. If I ask someone for help, don't we have to give them something? Besides money, the best thing is precious Chinese medicinal materials."

Vice President Ji laughed:
"That's understandable. Those who can help us get food must have very strong relationships. It's only natural for us to give them gifts."

Dean Shen also nodded: "Yes, it's right to give gifts."

Lin Sanqi continued to deceive:

"Just giving gifts is not enough. For example, if I want to buy pork, it might only cost 7 cents per pound. But this is unplanned pork, and it's in short supply during the Chinese New Year and other festivals. I'm afraid the price will double or even triple. Can the hospital accept it?"

Dean Shen asked cautiously, "How much is pork per pound on the black market now?"

Lin Sanqi also lowered his voice and replied, "Big fat meat, 10 yuan a pound, no bargaining."

Section Chief Kong was shocked: "So expensive?"

Vice President Ji was very calm and nodded slightly:
"That's indeed the price. Not to mention the fat meat, even the fat and lean meat is also priced at this price. The key is that it's hard to buy. There's not much meat on the black market, mostly wild boar meat. But wild boar meat doesn't taste good, yet people are still rushing to buy it."

Lin Sanqi glanced at the vice president and thought that Vice President Ji seemed to be someone who often secretly went to the black market and was well-informed.

Dean Shen thought for a long time, and discussed with Vice Dean Ji for a long time, while Lin Sanqi was fiddling with his camera. Finally, the leaders came up with a conclusion.

Dean Shen then said earnestly:

"Xiao Qi, let me give you 3 yuan in cash. You can buy as much food, meat, eggs, and vegetables as you want, as long as it's edible. Try to give more, not less. If the money is not enough, tell me and the hospital can give you more.

But Comrade Lin Sanqi, the organization has entrusted you with this difficult task. I hope you can guarantee with your own character that you must do your best to complete the grain procurement. In addition, the most important point is not to ask for help. You have a bright future. Do you understand?"

(Lin Sanqi has already entered D on the front line)
Lin Sanqi nodded seriously: "Don't worry, Dean, I'm not interested in money and will never embezzle public money."

Dean Shen and others nodded slightly. After all, all the top brass in the hospital knew that Lin Sanqi had a black market background and he had no worries about food and drink, so there was really no need for him to be tempted by public funds.

"It's only 3 yuan in cash. You have to exchange 50 yuan for wild ginseng that is more than 100 years old. Also, it would be best if you can get a few that are more than years old." Dean Shen thought that this was Lin Sanqi's way of doing a favor and didn't think much about it:

"Okay, our hospital doesn't have enough wild ginseng, but the supply and marketing company must have some in stock. I'll arrange that. By the way, Xiaoqi, where are you going to buy so many supplies?"

Lin Sanqi knew that this was a small test from the dean, so he shook his head:

"Dean, I haven't thought about the task you suddenly gave me yet. Well, I have to ask around, you know."

Dean Shen thought that Lin Sanqi was going to ask his friends in the black market, so he pretended to understand immediately:

"Yes, yes, yes. We need to find out more about it. After all, there are so many supplies."

Lin Sanqi then stood up and said, "It's okay, I'll leave first. Ginseng is coming fast. I'll leave when there's one."

Dean Shen didn't hesitate: "Wait, come with me to the pharmacy department and take the wild ginseng in our unit for emergency use."

An hour later, Lin Sanqi pulled a cart and took away 15 wild ginsengs from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, including the three century-old wild ginsengs that he had not been able to deal with last time.

This batch of 15 wild ginsengs were calculated based on cost price, totaling 3000 yuan.

The Chinese Medicine Hospital urgently requested medicine from supply and marketing cooperatives across the country to collect 40 yuan, which was equivalent to giving Lin Sanqi almost more wild ginsengs.

If these forty or fifty wild ginsengs are sold in 2023, their value will be more than or million yuan.

There are a total of 442 employees in the Chinese Medicine Hospital, including those in service and retired. Even if each person is given 5 kilograms of pork, it will be cheaper if it is all fat meat. It will cost less than 100 yuan to buy it at the vegetable market or supermarket.

442 people only earned more than yuan, which is a huge profit compared to the tens of millions of yuan from wild ginseng.

After Lin Sanqi put all the ginseng into the "channel space", he returned to the Gege Mansion, but found that no one was at home, so he hurried back to the back garden.

At this time, the waterside pavilion in the back garden was already very lively, with the whole family there.

Lin Gancao was sitting there cutting vegetables. A large cabbage was cut into four pieces. Jin Caifeng and her two daughters-in-law spread them out on the stone slab to dry in the sun.

Lin Sophora flavescens and Lin Eucommia ulmoides were washing the water jar by the well. The water jar was very large and it was difficult to wash it.

The two children were running around in the yard and having a lot of fun.

"Mom, are you going to store the cabbages in the water jar? Don't we have a vegetable cellar?"

"No, we plan to make all these cabbages into pickles so that we can eat them slowly during the winter."

"Ah, pickles again?"

Lin Sanqi was a little scratching his head. It seemed that there was always pickles on the dinner table in 59. They went well with rice, but the stomach couldn't handle eating them every day, not to mention that they were unhealthy.

Pei Xuehua didn't know that Lin Sanqi and his parents often secretly ate delicious food, so she smiled and said:

"What else can we eat in winter if not pickles? It's just that there are too few Chinese cabbages. Little brother, you have a good relationship with Section Chief Quan, why don't you go and talk to him and ask him to bring us a few hundred kilograms more?"

Jin Caifeng was delighted to hear this:

"Section Chief Quan has already given us 300 kilograms more. How dare you ask for more? Wouldn't that make us look greedy?"

When Lin Sanqi heard this, he secretly made a note of Section Chief Quan and decided to give him more gifts next time.

"Mom, can you make the Northeastern Chinese sauerkraut? We can stew the sauerkraut with bones, it's so delicious. We can also make some Korean spicy cabbage, it's delicious to cook kimchi soup in the winter. Don't always eat pickles, let's change the taste."

Lin Sanqi knows a lot about food, and he even arranged how to eat as soon as he opened his mouth.

Jin Caifeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this:
"Silly son, these 400 kilograms of cabbage are hard to come by. Where can we get extra cabbage to make sauerkraut? You can't even buy it in the market now. Look, there's no radish left."

Lin Sanqi thought about it and thought, it shouldn't be a problem to get some cabbage and secretly pickle sauerkraut, right?

"Mom, leave the cabbage to me. I'll find a way. Tomorrow I'll get 2000 kilograms of cabbage. Is that enough for our family?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Lin Sanqi in surprise.

Jin Caifeng was a little flustered:
"So many? Can you really get them? Then Muxiang and Xuehua, you two should take some days off tomorrow. We can store half of it and eat it fresh, and make the other half into Northeastern pickled cabbage and kimchi."

Lin Sanqi looked at the sky and said, "Dad, why isn't it snowing yet?"

Lin Kucan came over after washing the water jar, looked at the sky and sighed:

"The temperature this year is much lower than in previous years. It's windy but not snowing. This is not a good sign. I'm afraid the drought next year will be even worse. I wonder how many people won't make it through this winter..." (End of this chapter)