A doctor who travels through two eras

Dean Shen and Lin Sanqi walked in front, followed by Lin Kucan and the head of the logistics department Quan Shandu.

At this time, the four people came out of the Chinese medicine hospital, walked to Di'anmen Street, and headed west.

"During the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Hospital was built inside the current Zhengyang Gate, but that piece of land has now become a square. During the Qing Dynasty, the Imperial Hospital was built in Dongjiaomin Lane, but it was occupied by foreigners in the late Qing Dynasty, so it had to move again.

We moved to where we are going now, on Di'anmen East Street, not far from Shenwumen, and convenient for entering and exiting the imperial palace. During the Republic of China, it was the location of the Beijing Health Bureau. After liberation, it was converted into a staff dormitory for our department.

The Imperial Hospital was turned into a staff dormitory? No cultural relics protection? This is something that can be done in this era.

Lin Sanqi had no regrets. All he had to do was protect the most precious Forbidden City. It was almost demolished, so he really couldn't care about anything else.

"By the way, Uncle Shen, if we count our Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, can it be considered the Imperial Hospital in ancient times?"

Dean Shen laughed out loud:
"That's not the case. At most, we can only be considered the inner city official hospital or the outer city official hospital of the capital. If you want to talk about the Imperial Hospital, there is one in the sea now, but it's called..."

Oh~~~Lin Sanqi understood, but he couldn’t continue talking anyway.

The ruins of the Imperial Medical Service are not far from the Kuanjie Chinese Medicine Hospital. Walk 800 meters west and you will reach a crossroads. The geographical location is very good, and it is definitely a prime location.

To the east is Nanluoguxiang, to the north is Shichahai, to the south is Jingshan Park, and to the west, ahem, somewhere unspeakable...

Dean Shen led a few people to the gate of a large courtyard and nodded:

"We're here. This is the site of the Imperial Hospital. Let's go in and take a look."

The gate looked very grand, but when Lin Sanqi walked inside and took a look, he was dumbfounded. The whole place was just a huge hustle and bustle, not even as good as a princess's mansion.

The architecture of the Gege Mansion has at least been kept in its original state. Although there are many people living there, it is still quite clean and tidy.

But this Imperial Hospital was a typical slum, not much different from the alleys of later generations. There were illegal buildings everywhere. You built a shed, I built a kitchen, it was a mess.

Several people followed Dean Shen, turning left and right, and finally reached the backyard.

There are no residents in the backyard, but looking at the overgrown weeds, you can tell that no one takes care of this place and it looks very desolate.

Lin Sanqi was still visiting when he heard Dean Shen greeting someone:

"Old Qian, here we come."

A staff member in his 50s came out of the room and greeted them with a smile: "Old Shen is here, Doctor Lin, you are here too."

Dean Shen and the others shook hands with him, and then introduced him:
"Xiao Qi, come here. This is Director Qian, who is in charge of logistics in the department. There are no outsiders here today, so you can just call him Uncle Qian. Old Qian, this is Comrade Lin Sanqi from our hospital."

When Qian Liang saw Lin Sanqi, he nodded in surprise:
"Oh, this is Comrade Lin Sanqi, the famous Chinese Medicine Hospital Timely Rain in our health system. Hehe, hello, hello, today I finally meet the real person, but today, Uncle Qian, I have to criticize you a few words:

You have done good things for your Chinese Medicine Hospital and Union Hospital, and I heard you got a lot of supplies for the Digital Hospital, but why did you forget your own family? Our department didn't get any benefit at all, do you think you should criticize it?"

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard it.

Lin Sanqi quickly pretended to beg for mercy: "I have begged our department today, don't worry, I will ensure that the department has a good new year."

Qian Liang was satisfied and said, "Okay, this is what you said. Whether the hundreds of people in our department can have enough food depends on you."

1960 was different from decades later. In that era, government officials were not very popular because there was no benefits.

It’s not like in a factory, where you produce this and that, and employees have internal benefits. If things really don’t work out, several factories can exchange products with each other and share what they have.

For example, a bicycle factory can produce a batch of bicycles for a meat processing factory, and the meat processing factory can produce a batch of pork and send it to the bicycle factory, and they can exchange them. In this way, employees of both factories can profit.

But government agencies are different. Today’s government agencies are just empty offices. There are no corporate CEOs or chairmen of listed companies begging you to do things for them.

Therefore, government officials all receive a fixed salary. The state stipulates that your grain quota is exactly that amount. No matter if you are a section chief or a department head, you cannot get one kilogram more of grain.

Qian Liang then made a gesture of invitation:
"Everything you want is in there, but it's all dusty. You'd better get a handkerchief to cover your mouth."

Lin Sanqi had a treasure bag, and he quickly took out a few N95 masks from the bag, gave one to each person, and then walked into the warehouse in the backyard.

The warehouse was very dark, with only a few small windows on the ceiling providing light.

After adapting to the light in the room, Lin Sanqi opened his eyes wide and found that there were a bunch of things placed in a mess in the warehouse. There was all kinds of things, and even through the mask, there was a musty smell.

Dean Shen looked around and asked, "Old Qian, where is the medicine cabinet we wanted?"

Qian Liang pointed to the other side of the warehouse: "It's all inside. If it's piled here, it will all be ruined."

After passing through a door, several people walked into another warehouse. Lin Sanqi was pleasantly surprised to find that this warehouse was full of Chinese medicine cabinets, neatly stacked.

They are all dark purple in color, and are all carved with exquisite patterns. At first glance, the word "grand" is the most obvious.

Even Lin Kucan's eyes lit up. The father and son quickly walked to the Chinese medicine cabinet, and as soon as they opened a drawer, a cloud of dust flew out.

Qian Liang smiled bitterly and said:

"Comrade Lin Sanqi, there are 20 Chinese medicine cabinets in front of you. The lower compartment is for medicinal materials, and the upper two compartments are for bottles and jars. Each cabinet is 3 meters high, and you need a ladder to take medicine, which reflects the royal style.

Also, look here, these are not counters in a Chinese medicine shop, but cabinets used to handle Chinese medicine. All of these wooden cabinets you see are made of small-leaf red sandalwood, absolutely great treasures.”

Dean Shen is also a Chinese medicine practitioner, and he is quite interested in this set of red sandalwood royal medicine cabinet:

"I wanted to get this medicine cabinet when our Chinese medicine hospital was first established, but the superiors thought it was too extravagant and said that we are a people's hospital and we should promote a hardworking and simple style, so it was kept."

Lin Kucan carefully checked it and gave his opinion:

"It's a complete set. It's really an imperial item. It's just that after hundreds of years of use, some of the cabinets have begun to fall apart, and some are missing. They need a major overhaul."

After all, it is furniture made of wood. Even if it is rosewood that will not rot, the mortise and tenon structure is prone to shaking.

Lin Sanqi was very satisfied with this complete set of Imperial Hospital medicine cabinets. Putting it in the dark warehouse gave it a sense of wealth and grandeur. If it was placed in the bright and decorated interior of Lingnan Hall, wouldn't it be blinding?
As for the need for a major overhaul, that's also simple. We can just find a few furniture masters to do it. It just so happens that the furniture brought from the Prince's Mansion also needs repair and maintenance.

Qian Liang knew that the protagonist today was Lin Sanqi, so he asked with a smile:

"How about it, Comrade Sanqi, are you satisfied with this set of Imperial Hospital medicine cabinets?"

Lin Sanqi didn't hesitate and nodded repeatedly: "Satisfied, very satisfied."

At the same time, he thought that he was lucky to have traveled through time early. This medicine cabinet would probably be burned down in a fire in a few years. No wonder he had never heard of a rosewood medicine cabinet in 2013.

Even the "Red Sandalwood Museum" founded by Tang Monk does not have it in its collection, which shows that this medicine cabinet must have been destroyed in that unspeakable era.

Now this national treasure-level medicine cabinet belongs to the surname Lin.

Dean Shen saw that Lin Sanqi was satisfied, so he took the initiative to help ask for the price:

"Old Qian, how much are you going to ask for this piece of junk?"

Qian Liang laughed angrily: "Shen Guoming, you should speak with conscience. You were just talking about the treasure, but now it has become tattered again? The department doesn't want much, Comrade Sanqi, just give 100 tons of flour."

Dean Shen almost jumped up:
"Old Qian, you are robbing me. These medicine cabinets cost 100 tons of grain, and it's fine grain. Why don't you just rob them?"

Qian Liang suddenly burst into laughter:

"This is not about striking down the local tyrants. Comrade Sanqi is so capable. With these grains, our staff can have a better diet. Old Shen, you bastard, you've eaten your fill, don't you think about us being hungry?"

Dean Shen blushed. He was indeed quite stingy. He hid all the food that Lin Sanqi got for his own use in his own unit and did not distribute it to higher authorities.

Lin Sanqi also knew that he had been ripped off, but the blow was not painful to him.

Before, he was still wondering if he could get in touch with his immediate superior department. After this incident, he now has the connection.

In the future, when dealing with medicinal materials, how much trouble can be saved if the leaders of the health authorities give the green light?
After all, Chinese medicine hospitals pay in cash when purchasing medicinal materials, and local authorities may not be satisfied with this cash transaction model. So if they have stock but refuse to give it to you, what can you do?
From now on, as long as you have a letter of introduction from the Ministry of Health and stamp it with the official seal, you can definitely use this tiger skin.

So he said readily: "No problem, 100 tons of flour, and I'll give you 1 ton of soybeans and 1 ton of red dates." If flour is life-saving food, then soybeans and red dates are rare "nutritional supplements" in this era. These things can only be purchased in small quantities at a grocery store with a doctor's prescription.

This shows how precious soybeans and red dates are.

Sure enough, Qian Liang burst into laughter after hearing this, and then held Lin Sanqi's hand tightly:

"You are indeed a timely help for the Chinese Medicine Hospital and a good comrade in our system. Comrade Lin Qi, I thank you on behalf of the department. If you have any problems in the health system that you can't handle, come to me. If I can't handle it, I have a minister who will guarantee that you will be satisfied."

Lin Sanqi also smiled and said, "Of course, of course."

Dean Shen whispered beside Lin Kucan:
"This guy must have made a lot of money this time. I just don't know which country he will sell it to. But it's strange that he didn't bring any money back."

Lin Kucan touched this royal red sandalwood medicine cabinet and liked it very much:
"This is a treasure. It is probably the only set of Imperial Medical Bureau medicine cabinets in the world. It is such a pity to sell it abroad like this."

Lin Sanqi thought, this is a contradiction:

You said that cultural relics were sold abroad, which is a great crime against our traditional culture. It is like digging up our ancestors' graves, but at least they are exhibited in museums.

But if you say that cultural relics are left in China, how many people will cherish them? Who knows if they will be burned in a few years?
Even if they survived those years, after a few years, cultural relics began to be valuable. How many real ones in museum warehouses were replaced with fakes in the blink of an eye? They appeared again abroad.

Therefore, it is really not easy to preserve our antique cultural relics. Every one of us Chinese must protect cultural relics.

That night, 10 large trucks from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and the Digital Hospital drove to the site of the Imperial Medical Office and made several trips back and forth, moving all the medicine cabinets and tables to the Fengtai Railway Station.

A warehouse full of rosewood furniture disappeared overnight, and was replaced by 100 tons of grain and 2 tons of soybeans and red dates.

When this batch of grain was delivered to No. 1 Xizhimenwai South Road, the entire ministry was in a sensation.

"Come and see, these carts are full of food~~~"

"It's fine grain, all white flour~~~"

"There are also soybeans. Look, half of the cart is soybeans and the other half is red dates~~~"

In an instant, the compound of the government office was filled with people, and the noise was louder than the distribution of New Year's goods. When they heard that the goods were to be unloaded, not to mention the young employees, even the women and the elderly started to help carry the bags.

Minister Li was extremely anxious when he saw the situation in the courtyard. He stood at the second-floor window and shouted:

"Close the door, close it quickly, don't shout, don't shout, be careful that people from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Education next door come to snatch it, you idiots, oh my god, you are really driving me crazy."

Minister Li is a female comrade. She also rushed downstairs at this time and decided to show her fearless spirit and protect these precious grains at all costs.

If anyone comes to snatch these 100 tons of grain from her, she will show the same momentum she showed during the Long March to let others see the power of an old lady with two guns!

……

……

In 2013, in the warehouse of Shilou Village.

Lin Sanqi turned on the power switch, and the warehouse suddenly became as bright as day.

When Lin Musen and Lin Yanyun saw the furniture in the warehouse in front of them, they both opened their mouths wide and rubbed their eyes desperately.

Lin Yanyun murmured to herself, "Oh my God, what did I see? Qizi, are these all rosewood furniture?"

Lin Yanyun runs a decoration company and is well aware of the preciousness of rosewood furniture. In other words, for people in the industry like them, who doesn’t want a set of authentic small-leaf rosewood furniture?

"Oh my god, ancestor, am I dazzled? What is this? Is this a Chilong pattern? Wow, it has four claws. Is this a phoenix pattern? Qizi, this is a treasure. What dynasty is it from?
Passion fruit? Is this passion fruit? Wow, this is furniture from the Qing Dynasty, made of top-grade red sandalwood, and it dares to use a four-clawed dragon. This is royal furniture. Qizi, you didn't steal from a museum, did you? "

Lin Yanyun was so excited that she was incoherent.

Lin Sanqi sat down on the throne that looked like a dragon chair:

"Uncle Sixteen, look at what you said. If I dare to rob a museum, I will be caught by Uncle Hat tomorrow. Don't worry, I bought this from overseas. It's just a little old. I need you to find someone to repair it."

"Find someone, you must find someone to repair these treasures. I'll find a university professor for you. How can ordinary people touch such treasures? Qizi, let me tell you, you have a complete set of furniture here, nothing is missing, this is rare."

Suddenly, Lin Musen's voice came from behind the furniture again:

"Yanyun, come and take a look. This medicine cabinet is amazing. It seems to be made of rosewood as well."

Lin Yanyun turned over and flew into the warehouse, then opened her mouth wide again:

"Brother Sen, this is amazing. This medicine cabinet is even more amazing. You may not understand what I mean by upward lotus pattern, downward lotus pattern, Xumi pedestal, and variant banana leaf pattern, but you just need to understand that if there is a dragon on Ming and Qing furniture, it must be royal furniture.

Then count the dragon's claws. According to the Qing Dynasty custom, only the emperor, crown prince and prince could use dragon patterns. Royal family members below the rank of prince were prohibited from using dragon patterns.

So, Brother Sen, please count how many dragon claws there are on these pieces of furniture?"

Lin Musen took a deep breath, put on his reading glasses and took a closer look, then shouted excitedly:
"The dragon pattern on this medicine cabinet actually has five claws. Wow, doesn't that mean this is the medicine cabinet used by the emperor?"

Lin Sanqi already knew the answer and added calmly:
"This is the medicine cabinet of the Imperial Hospital of the Qing Dynasty. It only served the emperor and the harem, so it used a five-clawed dragon. The furniture outside was obtained from the prince's family, so it used a four-clawed dragon.

There should still be quite a few stocks of rosewood furniture in China, but this royal medicine cabinet in front of us is the only one in the world. It is a unique piece, and a unique piece is extremely valuable.

Dad, Uncle Sixteen, you have to take good care of this thing and make sure it doesn't get stolen. It's a treasure that can be put in a national museum as a cultural relic. We can keep it as a family heirloom in the future."

Lin Sanqi was not bragging. He had visited the Ming and Qing furniture exhibition at the National Museum next to Tianan Square.

Almost all the furniture on display there were moved from the Forbidden City, and they are definitely the best of Ming and Qing furniture.

The set of furniture that Lin Sanqi has obtained now is definitely better than the furniture in the museum, especially the only set of royal medicine cabinet in the world, which is even more valuable and out of print.

You can imagine that if this complete set of rosewood furniture and medicine cabinets are taken out, no matter whether you are Jack Ma or Purney Ma, you will definitely be able to control the situation.

Lin Sanqi is afraid that a museum might come to his door to solicit donations, and then give him 500 yuan and a good citizen certificate.

Lin Musen looked at the furniture in front of him and suddenly had another idea:
"Qizi, go to the 60th anniversary building and see if you can get some more red sandalwood furniture. We are building a new house, so we can decorate it in Chinese style. The living room, study, and bedroom will all be furnished with Ming and Qing furniture, and they should be real furniture. That will make us look good in the village."

Lin Sanqi immediately recognized the panic-stricken old house from Chinese ghost movies.

You get up in the middle of the night to drink some water, and when you turn around, you see an old man in Qing Dynasty official uniform sitting on a throne...

As soon as I fell asleep at night and closed my eyes, I felt sleep paralysis. It turned out that many elderly people had died on this rosewood bed...

Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi's whole body shuddered, goosebumps appeared on his skin, and he shook his head desperately:
"Dad, no, no, let's decorate the house in a modern style. Don't decorate it in a Chinese style. Especially don't use second-hand furniture. It's unlucky."

Lin Musen was a little dissatisfied: "Why is it unlucky? Look at these furniture and medicine cabinets, they are obviously rich and powerful, let's get some dragon spirit too."

Lin Sanqi didn't want to live in the "ancient house" in the future, so he explained:

"Dad, you don't know, I got these furniture from the impoverished princes and grandsons of the emperor. They are no longer as prosperous as they used to be, and are extremely poor. Every one of them looks unlucky.

This is it. This set of red sandalwood was bought by a prince. When I went to buy it, the prince said he had two 16-year-old daughters who could be sold to me. Look, this family is so unlucky. The furniture is full of bad luck. How can I take it home?"

People in Dongguan believe in Feng Shui and luck the most. After Lin Sanqi said this, Lin Musen also figured it out.

"Yes, if this is a good family, who would sell their belongings? They just can't make ends meet. It seems that these furniture should be taken to the Chinese medicine clinic, and I have to ask the Bodhisattva to consecrate it and suppress it."

Lin Yanyun came out from behind at this time:

"Qizi, you've become rich! There are many Qing Dynasty porcelains in this cabinet. They are antiques."

Lin Musen was delighted when he heard it: "No, no, no, let me take a look!"

Seeing his father and sixteenth uncle running around among the furniture excitedly, Lin Sanqi was also very happy. Now that he had money, he should make his family happy.

Lin Sanqi smiled foolishly, then suddenly stopped smiling:
"Wait, do I have any unfinished business? Oh, fuck, I forgot about the X-ray machine." (End of this chapter)