A doctor who travels through two eras

"President You, the food is on the way. Please give me the key to the warehouse later. I will notify you when the food arrives. However, I have to inspect the goods first to see the quality of your ginseng."

President You didn't hesitate at all when he heard this:
"Dean Lin, no problem. Come on, follow me to the warehouse now."

"go!"

The warehouse of Tonghua Ginseng Cooperative is just behind the office building. As the main production area of ​​Changbai Mountain ginseng, Tonghua has quite a lot of inventory.

In fact, Lin Sanqi didn't know why the ginseng farmers of Tonghua Ginseng Cooperative encountered a food shortage this year. Apart from natural disasters, it actually had something to do with him.

Domestic ginseng producing areas are concentrated in the Changbai Mountain area, which is just a few places.

Lin Sanqi needed a large amount of ginseng before, and the purchase orders issued by both traditional Chinese medicine hospitals and relevant state departments have always been large.

In addition to clearing out large quantities of inventory, ginseng cooperatives in various regions sent a large number of ginseng farmers out to the mountains to collect ginseng, and even organized competitions to see which group could collect the most wild ginseng.

As more people go out to pick ginseng, fewer people go to work in the fields.

With fewer able-bodied men available for labor, production cannot keep up, creating a vicious cycle.

If it were in previous years, the purchasing task was heavy and the money earned was high, the worst that could happen was that we could just buy from major farms in Northeast China. After all, it was a public-to-public transaction and no food coupons were needed.

The more money you have, the more food you get. At most, the price will just go up.

However, in recent years, major farms have suffered serious production cuts due to natural disasters, and they also have to ensure the country's planned grain, so there is no surplus grain to sell to sister units.

This has led to all the major ginseng cooperatives in Changbai Mountain falling into a food crisis, or at least aggravating the crisis.

For example, Tonghua Ginseng Cooperative has a total of more than 2000 professional ginseng farmers, and behind these two thousand ginseng farmers are tens of thousands of family members.

As the executive leader, President You is under tremendous pressure.

When Lin Sanqi opened the ginseng warehouse, he felt a warmth inside. It was obvious that someone was deliberately ensuring the temperature of the warehouse.

President You walked in front and pointed to a wooden box in one of the warehouses and said:
"Director Lin, these are the ginsengs your Chinese medicine hospital needs. There are 50 ginsengs that are over 130 years old, and 50 ginsengs that are under 70 years old. A total of 200 ginsengs are collected."

Lin Sanqi silently calculated that 200 ginsengs could be exchanged for 200 tons of grain, and one ginseng could be exchanged for one ton of grain.

If calculated based on the market price in 2013, the Chinese Medicine Hospital (Sanqi) made a huge profit. After all, one ton of grain only costs about four or five thousand yuan.

A 50-year-old wild ginseng can be sold for around one million, not to mention that it contains hundred-year-old ginseng. Lingnan Hall has already hyped it up to over 400 million per stick.

But if we look at the actual situation in 1961, the ginseng cooperative made huge profits, because grain was comparable to gold at that time and could not be bought even with money.

You can choose not to eat ginseng, but you can’t choose not to eat rice, right?

However, it was Lin Sanqi himself who requested 200 tons of grain. This amount far exceeded President You's expectations, so he was even more grateful to the Chinese medicine hospital.

When the box was opened, Lin Sanqi discovered that the ginseng had been treated with local hay to prevent moisture and wrapped with tree bark for easy transportation.

If it were just 200 wild ginsengs, it wouldn't be worth it for Lin Sanqi to make the trip through the snow and ice. He wanted more.

If you want more, you have to trick the other party into giving you all the good stuff.

"President You, how is the business of your ginseng cooperative in recent years?"

President You complained bitterly upon hearing this:

"Hey, what are you talking about, Dean Lin? You know, ginseng has been a treasure since ancient times. In ancient times, it was a tribute, and only dignitaries were qualified to enjoy it. At that time, we ginseng farmers didn't care about our lives, as long as we had enough food and clothes, we would have no problem.

Ahem, Dean Lin, I am speaking the truth, and I am not saying that the new society is bad. "

Lin Sanqi thought, you are just complaining. If you say this again in a few years, you will be beaten so badly that you can’t take care of yourself.

"No, no, I can understand. This is a common problem faced by Chinese medicine practitioners."

"That's right. After liberation, the people became masters of their own country and stood up. Those rich and powerful people were overthrown. This is a good thing. But the leading cadres of our country do not care about personal enjoyment. They don't eat ginseng.

Now, the rich have gone, and the powerful don't want to eat it. Who do you think we are going to sell our ginseng to? We could have exported it, but now foreign countries have imposed sanctions on us and would rather take ginseng from North and South Korea than ours.

But we have a task and plan for how much ginseng we collect every year. Even if no one wants it, we have to keep collecting ginseng and then save it. Over time, the ginseng accumulates more and more. Compared with the pitiful amount purchased in bulk, it is just a drop in the bucket.

Fortunately, since last year, your hospital has become our major purchaser and we can make some money. Later, the relevant state departments also came to purchase several times, and the quantity was relatively large. But we can't make money from state purchases, right? It's all in vain."

"Eh, no money?" "Yeah."

Lin Sanqi suddenly realized and thought that it was still his fault.

Procurement by traditional Chinese medicine hospitals is a unit behavior, it is public to public, they will give you what you pay for, it is fair and just, no one owes anyone anything.

But if it is national procurement, it is a task and you must obey. At most, you will be given a consolation prize. It is impossible to get it at the original price. After all, the country is not rich, right?

"Then President You, do you have much wild ginseng in stock now?"

Since You Liqun is going to complain, he will complain to the end:

"We still have quite a lot in stock. We are counting on your hospital to buy more. Last year and this year, we sent all our ginseng farmers out to collect a lot of ginseng. Dean Lin, since you are here, why don't you buy more?"

A light bulb suddenly lit up above Lin Sanqi's head, and he was waiting for you to say this.

Of course, he still said with some embarrassment:

"In theory, our hospital of traditional Chinese medicine has a plan for purchasing, and the key is that we also have a fixed amount of food. But President You, I can't bear to hear the difficulty of the experiment you just mentioned. So, how about purchasing more?"

President You suddenly became excited. He tried to cast a net regardless of whether there was any fish or not, and he actually caught a big fish.

At the same time, there was a hint of pride in his eyes as he looked at Lin Sanqi, thinking that the other party was indeed young and inexperienced, and he had fooled him and the other party had taken the bait.

He exchanged ginseng for food. I wonder if he would be beaten half to death by his family and leaders at work when he returned.

The two cursed each other in their hearts: Stupid X
"Then Dean Lin, how much additional ginseng do you plan to purchase?"

Lin Sanqi hesitated for a moment, but decided to be a profiteer. If he gave too much food now, their appetite would be enlarged in the future, which would be detrimental to the future purchase of ginseng.

"President You, to be honest, I just want to help you because I see that you are in a difficult situation. But you also know that the food supply in the whole country is tight now, so you can't ask for too high a price.

I purchased these ginsengs and brought them back to the capital. In addition to using some of them in our own hospital, I will also sell the rest to other brother units. So you can’t let me suffer a loss, right?”

President You nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, it's not easy for anyone these days."

Lin Sanqi continued, "Well, I can trade with you for food and penicillin, but the specific method of trading depends on the quantity and quality of your ginseng. Let me make it clear first, I don't want low-year ginseng. This stuff can only be used to make wine."

"There is also penicillin?" President You became even more excited.

Penicillin is treated like a treasure in the capital, and in this small northeastern city, it is the most precious of treasures.

If eating ginseng can keep you healthy and possibly live a few more years, then penicillin is simply a "life-saving drug", a miracle drug, and an imported product that cannot be bought even with money.

Whether it is food or penicillin, President You wants them, as they are also what ginseng farmers need most.

At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: Change! Change even if it means losing everything! If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again!
"Dean Lin, this is a big matter. I need to discuss it with everyone. Please wait for a few minutes."

"Okay, I'll just warm myself over here!"

You Liqun ran to the office, called everyone out, and told them what had happened. Even the female cleaning staff were overjoyed.

"President, this is good news. The county hospital treats penicillin like a treasure. There are only a few bottles."

"Alas, if the eldest son of Old Liu had a bottle of penicillin, he wouldn't have died of pneumonia at such a young age!"

"Yes, back then, one bottle of penicillin could be exchanged for a small yellow croaker, which was much more valuable than ginseng."

"We still have food. With food, we can all survive. So let's change it, and we must change it!"

Seeing that everyone agreed, You Liqun became more confident:
"Okay, then let's make a deal, let's change. As for how to change, let's all come up with an idea, so that no one will blame me alone."

One of the vice presidents slammed the table:
"Old You, it's already this time. It's a matter of life and death. Do you want us to starve to death while holding the ginseng?"

Another vice president also complained:

"Change, change everything. As long as Dean Lin has enough food and penicillin, we'll change everything. At worst, we can go to the mountains to collect them next spring. We don't have to grow them ourselves anyway."

"That's right. If we don't change now, when the state purchase order comes, we will be empty-handed. It's better to change all the supplies now."

President You thought that the education on socialist ideology must be strengthened. Everyone is so selfish that they only care about their own lives at critical moments and don't even care about national tasks?
"Okay, I'll try to negotiate a good price. Come on, Lao Zhang, Lao Sun, the two of you come with me to negotiate." (End of this chapter)