A doctor who travels through two eras

As Lin Sanqi walked into the threshing ground, 14 bodyguards immediately and secretly surrounded him.

If you look closely, you can see that the bodyguards' hands are all on their waists.

Several bodyguards had already taken off their backpacks and unzipped them, seemingly ready to take something out at any moment.

If a smart person could see this, they would immediately realize that a very important high-ranking official had arrived, and it would be best to back down.

Unfortunately, the villagers in the rural mountains don't have this kind of insight.
Lin Sanqi glanced at the tense standoff between the two sides before asking...
"He's just a barefoot doctor, why are you all making such a fuss? Look at him, he's bleeding from head to toe, is that guy broken a bone? His leg looks swollen like a bun, doesn't it hurt?"

No one answered him; the Wan and Bu families both stared at him coldly.

Lin Sanqi was a little embarrassed. It seemed he really didn't have the aura of a king, causing the villagers to bow down as soon as he appeared. So he continued:

"Alright, Wan and Bu, each send a representative to tell me what happened and what your demands are."

Two middle-aged men stepped out from the crowd, smiling obsequiously:

"Sir, I am Wan Laicheng, the village head of Yicun Village."

Another middle-aged man replied, "Reporting to the leader, I am Bu Liang, the deputy village chief."

Lin Sanqi said sarcastically:

"A village chief and a deputy village chief, you two are doing a great job in grassroots work in Yiwang Village. You are indeed pioneers and leaders."

Faced with Lin Sanqi's sarcasm, Wan Laicheng and Bu Liang showed no shame, but rather looked unconvinced.

County Magistrate Jin explained helplessly:
"Minister Lin, it's no use. We've criticized it many times over the years, we've even re-elected the village head, and we've even sent commune cadres to Yiwang Village to serve as the village head, but it's never been successful."

Don't be fooled by how fiercely these two families fight each other for personal gain; when dealing with outsiders, they are equally united and extremely difficult to handle. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they are impenetrable.

Lin Sanqi himself came from an urban village in Dongguang Province, so he had a deep understanding of this.

The villagers in the south are very close-knit and united, especially given the existence of ancestral halls.

Even now, Lin Sanqi has no good solutions when facing these farmers.

Lin Sanqi then asked in return:
“We have an election system for who becomes a barefoot doctor. Everything is done according to the rules. Isn’t that fair and just? First, there’s a cultural assessment, then a professional knowledge assessment, and finally, a village vote. What are you objecting to?”

Wan Laicheng quickly spoke up:

"Leader, I support this election system from higher authorities; it's the Bu family who are not following it."

Bu Liang retorted angrily:
"Election? Election my ass! There are more people with the surname Wan than with the surname Bu. We will never win an election. You people with the surname Wan take all the advantages in the village."

If this barefoot doctor falls into Wan Qihua's hands, and he gains control of all the medicines, wouldn't it be up to Wan Qihua to decide who gets them and who doesn't? What will become of the Bu family then?

Upon hearing this, Lin Sanqi nodded inwardly.

Back when he was in Beijing, he encountered the three-year period of famine. Not to mention his family, even his workplace had difficulty getting a normal food supply.

I remember he brought a batch of grain to the warehouse, and people from the Digital Hospital and Union Hospital came to snatch it up. In the end, even Leader Jing had to step in.

Ultimately, in an era of resource scarcity, if you don't fight for it, you really won't get a turn.

For example, if Yiwang Village could get 20 boxes of cephalosporin antibiotics, the barefoot doctor surnamed Wan could very well supply all the good medicine to his own family and not sell a single box to the Bu family.

They even refused to treat the Bu family members, which is a sign that the two sides are sworn enemies.
This is indeed a tricky problem.

"County Chief Jin, please show me the election records."

A staff member handed Lin Sanqi a notebook, which he carefully reviewed. The election was indeed fair and just, with no issues regarding the task involved.

The final three candidates are Wan Qihua, Bu Ying, and Wei Jin.

Wan Qihua received 165 votes, Bu Ying received 135 votes, and Wei Jin received only 10 votes, clearly indicating that he was from a minor clan in the village.

Seeing this result, Lin Sanqi had a headache.

……

"Village Chief Wan, Deputy Village Chief Bu, what are your respective demands now?"

Wan Laicheng gave a soft snort at the Bu family:
"Our demands are very simple: we want the Bu family to accept the election results and stop making unreasonable demands."

Bu Liang also sneered:
"Our demands are simpler: we cannot allow every family to become a barefoot doctor."

County Magistrate Jin smiled at this moment:
"Isn't that simple? Isn't there another candidate, Wei Jin? Since both of you are vying for it, why don't you both just not take the barefoot doctor position and let Wei Jin take it?"

Upon hearing this, Wan Laicheng and Bu Liang both spat in unison:
“How dare a nobody from such a small family try to lead us? If he had any guts, we’d beat that son of a bitch to death.”

The negotiations have now reached a stalemate.

County Magistrate Jin started ranting again, hurling insults at two families in the street:
"You are lawless! You have defied the heavens! You..."

Lin Sanqi stroked his chin, thinking of a solution.

Fighting and whoever wins gets the barefoot doctor position, which might solve the problem temporarily, but not permanently. Besides, this method can't be promoted nationwide.

You can't hit them, you can't persuade them, and it's been designated by higher-ups?

Clearly, that villager surnamed Wei is a typical example of what will happen to him. He will be targeted by the two major families in the future, making it difficult for him to move an inch, and he may even lose his own family.

What should we do then?

Lin Sanqi began to think about whether there were similar stories and solutions in the Twenty-Four Histories.

The German philosopher Hegel once said that the only lesson mankind can learn from history is that mankind never learns from history.

Throughout the history of human development, we find that activities such as dynastic changes and economic development are constantly repeating the past.

History always repeats itself.

Lin Sanqi was sure he could find a solution from this. After thinking for a while, Lin Sanqi's eyes suddenly lit up.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, a cunning strategy was employed: the Edict of Grace.

The Edict of Grace changed some aspects of the inheritance system, which originally stipulated that the property and fiefdom of a vassal king could only be inherited by his eldest son.

Emperor Wu of Han now stipulated that the eldest, second, and third sons could inherit together, which is called "dividing the inheritance by the eldest son." Originally, 10 people were considered as one, but with the blessing of the Edict of Grace, it became 5 people or 3 people as one.

This method can also be used to break the deadlock in the election of barefoot doctors.

You're all vying for a barefoot doctor position, right? Well, I'll give you two positions, one for each family. That should satisfy you, shouldn't it?
The key is that this method can be promoted nationwide, thus resolving conflicts without bloodshed.

Slightly excited, Lin Sanqi stopped County Magistrate Jin from cursing and said to the two village chiefs:

"Village Chief Wan, Deputy Village Chief Bu, since you both want this barefoot doctor position, I will now decide to split this position in two."

So, your Yiwang Village has established two village clinics, each staffed with a barefoot doctor. Each of you shares the same surname; is that fair and reasonable?
All other policies are the same, except this subsidy also needs to be split in two, meaning 5 yuan per person. What do you think?

Wan Laicheng and Bu Liang exchanged a glance, and both began to make their own plans.

County Chief Jin reacted the fastest, quietly giving Lin Sanqi a thumbs up:

"Minister Lin, brilliant, truly brilliant! To resolve such a sharp rural conflict without increasing national investment is simply ingenious!" Lin Sanqi, who also enjoyed flattery, replied with a smile.

"Moreover, this approach has another advantage: barefoot doctors ultimately rely on their medical skills for a living. With two barefoot doctors in a village, there will be competition between them, which will improve their medical skills and service attitude."

If one barefoot doctor is highly skilled and the other is less skilled, patients will vote with their feet. Whoever is more skilled will have better business and earn more income, which creates a virtuous cycle.

As for whether the patient will go to the enemy's clinic, there's no need to worry about that at all. When someone is about to die, who cares if the doctor is family or enemy? They'll just go see them first.

County Chief Jin, however, found a loophole and pointed it out:
"Minister Lin, what if some barefoot doctors refuse to treat villagers from the opposing side and watch them die?"

Lin Sanqi gave a light snort:
"What should we do? Rights and obligations are equal. Since you took my subsidy and became a barefoot doctor under our guidance and training, you should act according to the ethical standards and professional requirements of a doctor."

If a barefoot doctor refuses to treat a patient, resulting in injury or worsening of the patient's condition, they should be dismissed immediately and never rehired. If it leads to the patient's death, they should be arrested and sent to a labor camp. Do they really think the law is just a decoration?

At this moment, Wan Laicheng and Bu Liang had also made up their minds, so they both nodded and said:
“Okay, we’ll do as the leader says. Each of our families will be assigned a village clinic.”

Lin Sanqi thought to himself that it was a remote rural area with poor conditions, and even a monk might not have water to drink.

If two monks come now, I'm afraid neither of them will get any water.

"Alright, since you've made your decision, then both of you should prepare the locations for your village clinics. You'll go to the county town for training in a week. Now, let's go take a look at the village clinics you've chosen."

Lin Sanqi didn't care about the village's messy affairs.

Some people say that farmers in the 1960s and 70s were very simple and honest, but that's just because they've watched too many movies. There were no people worse than those of that era. So many unspeakable things happened in that bizarre and wonderful time.

The village clinic for the Wan family was set up in Wan Qihua's home.

Wan Qihua's family has five mud houses, one of which is empty. Moreover, there is a dirt road in front of his house, and villagers come and go.

The interior space of the mud house was about 30 square meters. At that time, rural areas did not pay attention to homestead planning. Whoever occupied it owned it, so everyone built as big as possible.

Lin Sanqi looked around and thought that it would be good enough to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

"The house is big enough, but we need to prepare some furniture and also make some infusion equipment. Wan Qihua, becoming a barefoot doctor doesn't mean everything will be fine. In our line of work, we ultimately rely on our medical skills to make a living."

Wan Qihua is a 20-year-old young man with a rather honest appearance.

"Please rest assured, leader, I will study hard and serve the people wholeheartedly."

At this moment, Wan's father asked somewhat embarrassedly:
"Boss, is it really that easy to get a 5 yuan subsidy a month? Is there a chance of becoming a permanent employee later?"

Lin Sanqi chuckled and said:
“It’s not impossible to become a full-fledged doctor. I know a female barefoot doctor who was recommended to university because of her outstanding performance in treating patients in the village. She eventually became the director of a large hospital and then a department head.”

Comrade Wan Qihua graduated from junior high school, which is already a very high starting point. Therefore, while treating his illness, he should not forget to continue his studies.

For us poor people, opportunities to change our fate are few. Studying or joining the army are the only ways out, but there's a ceiling to joining the army, while studying offers limitless possibilities. So young people, keep going!

Upon hearing this, Wan Qihua was filled with fighting spirit:
"Please rest assured, leader, I will definitely XXX guarantee that I will become an excellent barefoot doctor, or even a doctor in the county hospital."

Lin Sanqi thought to himself, "You're such a coward. You only dare to think about the county hospital?"

After leaving Wan Qihua's house, Lin Sanqi crossed a small hill and arrived at the Bu family's territory...

While busy with his own career, Lin Sanqi was in the distant Daqing Oilfield.

Trains pulled into the oilfield base, and then a large number of engineering vehicles began unloading equipment from the trucks.

Minister Zheng, Director Wu, and a group of leaders from the petroleum system were all shaking with excitement.

"Minister Zheng, these production lines combined can produce 100 million tons of oil per year? My goodness, this is a super oil refinery!"

Director Wu's eyes lit up. You have to understand that the Daqing Refinery currently only produces 15 tons per year, so 100 million tons would be an astronomical figure.

Minister Zheng also looked several years younger, clearly in a very good mood:
"Comrade Lin Sanqi said that this 100 million-ton oil refinery is just for us to practice on. He told us to build it however we wanted and not to worry about damaging the equipment."

He brought us equipment with an annual output of 2500 million tons this time, but because the equipment is too big and too complicated, it will have to be transported in batches.

Our department has discussed it and decided to give your Daqing Oilfield equipment for ten million tons. The rest we plan to distribute to oilfields across the country. Old Wu, it wouldn't be right for you to fail to complete the task assigned by the state this time.”

Director Wu laughed heartily:

"Minister, rest assured, we have made all the necessary preparations. We have mobilized 10 engineers, technicians, and workers from all over the country. We are ready to work hard and strive to shed the label of an oil-poor country within a year."

Minister Zheng nodded and then added:
"First, we need to understand and operate the oil refining equipment that Comrade Lin Sanqi brought over, and accumulate enough experience to produce gasoline and diesel. Once we have enough refined oil, we will start producing plastics, asphalt, fertilizers, tires, and so on, according to Comrade Lin Sanqi's plan."

I hope you will produce results soon, and never let Comrade Lin Sanqi down. You must also remember his help to our petroleum system.

Director Wu pondered for a moment and asked:
"How about we give Comrade Lin Sanqi an unlimited gas card?"

Bao'an County Pharmaceutical Factory.

The oil refinery was just a small side income for Lin Sanqi; for Bao'an County, the pharmaceutical factory was the top priority.

The Yantian Plant is the second phase of the Baoan Pharmaceutical Factory project, with a total planned area of ​​50 square kilometers. The 200 newly put into production drug production lines have already started operation.

Yuan Mingjie, the factory director of Baoan Pharmaceutical Factory, is reporting to Director Shen Guoming:

"Director Shen, there's something I need to report to you. We currently have 100 production lines operating at full capacity to produce anti-tuberculosis drugs, ready to supply hospitals across the country. However, this takes up too much of our production capacity."

Furthermore, railway transportation is now saturated. What do you think about cutting back on anti-tuberculosis drugs? Should we focus all our efforts on producing antibiotics and other fever reducers, pain relievers, and stomach medications?

Shen Guoming also had a headache.

The bottleneck currently hindering large-scale production at Bao'an County Pharmaceutical Factory is not the inability to sell drugs, nor the lack of production lines, but rather the shortage of industrial workers and pharmaceutical engineers.

Bao'an County Pharmaceutical Factory currently has 1 employees, but based on the needs of both domestic and international markets, it needs at least 10 more.

Shen Guoming then asked:
"Currently, we have three raw material plants in operation, and I have an idea."

Foreign anti-tuberculosis drugs must be produced in Bao'an County, which is currently our main source of income and cannot be touched.

However, we can support domestic pharmaceutical companies to produce anti-tuberculosis drugs. The raw materials will be provided by Bao'an County, but of course, the cost will still need to be settled; it won't be provided free of charge.

Upon hearing this, Factory Director Yuan was somewhat perplexed:

“Director Shen, I’ve mentioned this suggestion to Minister Lin before, but he said it was unlikely and he wasn’t optimistic about building a large pharmaceutical factory in the mainland. When I asked him why, he said it would be a waste of money to build it, which is very strange.”

Shen Guoming immediately understood why his godson had said that.

Lin Sanqi kept saying that something big was about to happen in China, and that when the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. This was also the reason why he came to Bao'an County, a small border county.

Shen Guoming might not believe it if someone else said this.

But Shen Guoming felt that Lin Sanqi's words were almost certainly true.

Because so far, all of Lin Sanqi's predictions have been accurate; every single thing he worried about has come true.

Thinking of this, Shen Guoming, who had a headache, sighed:

"Forget it, let's work hard. We've already brought in 300 new production lines for Panax notoginseng. Putting them all in will give us a much-needed breather."

Furthermore, we will submit a report to our superiors in the name of Bao'an County Pharmaceutical Factory, requesting personnel, a large number of personnel. (End of Chapter)