Chapter 238: Production Team Dividends and Dysentery Medicine

In fact, there are quite a few "business farmers" around the capital.

Many villages in the suburbs mainly grow vegetables, which serve as the "vegetable basket" for the four to five million residents in Beijing.

They buy grain from the grain station, which means they have a guaranteed harvest regardless of drought or flood.

During the most difficult times in the past few years, they were able to buy some food every month so they were not like ordinary members who had no food for the next day at home.

Many villages are extremely envious of the "economic farmers", and girls are proud to marry into these villages.

"Leader, this is great news. Our country's foreign exchange reserves are too small, and many industrial equipment and food need to be imported. Now that we have these foreign exchange reserves, they can play a role."

Dean Lu stepped back a little, and upon hearing this, he immediately said with a smile.

As the president of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he was aware that the output of the affiliated pharmaceutical factory had increased recently.

But I didn’t expect sales to increase so much.

According to what the leader just said, the foreign exchange earned every month will be about twice as much as before.

He also learned about the previous sales, which, not including the debt paid to Big Brother, were about five million US dollars a month.

By this calculation, the revenue for September will increase to more than 15 million US dollars.

Such a huge amount shocked Dean Lu.

He paused, looking somewhat anxious, and then asked in a low voice: "Leader, if we increase production here, will the overseas market become saturated?

If this can’t be sold, it will not be good news for us.”

The large-scale cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine not only changed the cultivation of grain to the cultivation of Chinese herbal medicine, but also created a large number of "economic farmers" who need food every month.

In an era where grain is the main focus, there must be tremendous pressure.

Once we expand the planting and produce in large quantities, but in the end we can’t sell them, that would be really troublesome.

"Haha, don't worry about that. The news from our special channels has confirmed that the overseas market is far from saturated.

It is said that since the Imperial Emperor Pill was sold abroad, it has never been unsalable. On the contrary, no matter how much is produced, it is always in short supply. It has even given rise to smuggling, reselling and speculation.

I don’t know from what channels these people obtained a large amount of drugs, and then sold them at high prices. The marked prices were even twice or even more than three times our selling prices.

Even so, a large number of people are flocking to it, risking being cheated, and would rather pay a deposit first and receive the goods later. "

The leader explained with a smile.

Before the superiors gave the instruction to expand production, they actually conducted investigations and discussions.

After all, large-scale planting of Chinese herbal medicine will definitely have a certain impact on domestic grain harvests.

But if you can obtain a large amount of foreign exchange funds, these problems can be easily solved.

"The leadership is fully prepared, so there will be no problem."

Dean Lu said with a smile.

"Haha, in addition to the 'Palace Emperor Pills', we are also going to expand the production of the 'Gout Spirit' medicine, but the scale will be much smaller.

After all, this medicine is different from the 'Palace Emperor Pills' and not so many people use it. "

The leader continued.

Then, he turned around and said gently to Wang Mengde: "This is all thanks to Comrade Wang Mengde. The prescription he developed has brought huge benefits to the country.

Relevant departments predict that this year's pharmaceutical export revenue will exceed the $100 million mark for the first time, or even exceed it by a lot."

As he spoke, a look of pride appeared on his face.

There is no other way. The country is in trouble now and we need to continue to require large amounts of foreign exchange.

However, the domestic industrial level is backward and exports are basically impossible.

Agricultural products and industrial raw materials are cheap, the foreign exchange earned is limited, and they are also urgently needed domestically.

Therefore, since a few years ago, Wang Mengde developed the "Palace Emperor Pill" for export and earned a lot of foreign exchange.

Leaders of many departments were polite to him and would always say something nice to him every time they met him.

Even superiors have repeatedly praised the contributions made by the medical and health system.

When Wang Mengde heard the praise from his leader, he smiled and said a few humble words.

The group continued to move forward, and soon arrived at the leader's car.

"Leader, let's have a quick lunch in the institute cafeteria before leaving."

When President Lu saw that his leader was about to go back, he hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay.

"I won't eat here. As you know, the state has regulations that when we conduct research in various units, we cannot disturb everyone's normal work. I won't waste your time."

The leader declined, and just as he was about to get in the car, he suddenly thought of something, stopped, turned around and said to Dean Lu:
"Oh, by the way, I have something to tell you.

You should also know that things have been uneasy in South Vietnam recently, and the United States personally intervened a year or two ago.

The battlefield over there is now stuck in a tug-of-war, and the outcome cannot be determined in a short period of time.

This was not only because we drew the 17th parallel for the United States, but was also the result of the strenuous resistance of the South Vietnamese people.

At the same time, it is also related to the local geographical environment. There are lush forests, hot weather, and many mosquitoes, which breed many infectious diseases.

Among them, malaria is one of the most serious infectious diseases, especially the mutated malaria virus. Currently, except for Qinghaosan and artemisinin, all other drugs are ineffective.

It is said that the non-combat casualties in the United States are very serious, almost more than the combat casualties.

Now, our country is organizing a large number of scientific research institutions to develop special medicines. On the other hand, they are also contacting us and want us to export some Artemisia annua powder or Artemisia selengensis powder.

Of course, the country rejected it outright, but they were unwilling to give up and wanted to use some other inferior means.

Therefore, the relevant departments have reminded us to pay more attention to prevent some potential bad elements from obtaining prescriptions by any means. "

After the leader left.

President Lu held a brief meeting with several vice presidents and heads of various research institutes.

Then, starting from today, the Security Department of the Chinese Medical Research Institute began to strengthen security work, and the management of entry and exit of strangers became more stringent.

As the developer of these two drugs, Wang Mengde is naturally a key protected person.

However, he declined the offer of a bodyguard.

He is not like those ordinary scientific researchers. In addition to his real kung fu, he also has a lot of firearms stored in his space.

There were more than a dozen long and short rifles and submachine guns, a large amount of bullets, and a hundred or so grenades and wooden-handled grenades.

There was even a powerful weapon that was obtained accidentally.

He can now be said to be a small mobile arsenal, and any enemy who underestimates him will pay the price.

These things are enough to become killer weapons in dangerous moments.

Another half month has passed.

The day before the National Day holiday, September 9th, happened to be a Sunday.

So, this holiday is actually four days long.

Early in the morning.

After dinner, Wang Mengde pushed his bicycle to the central courtyard, ready to go to Tiangezhuang.

"Meng De, you should wear thicker clothes. It's still very cold in the morning and evening."

He Shengnan walked out of the house quickly and spoke softly, holding a thin coat in her hand.

"It's okay, I'm not cold." Wang Mengde said with a smile.

He has been practicing martial arts for many years, and because of the time travel he took, he has almost become immune to cold.

In the middle of winter, I can wear a small cotton jacket outside and a piece of underwear inside. I don’t even need a sweater and I won’t feel cold at all.

soon.

In less than two hours, he arrived at Tiangezhuang.

At this time, the villagers gathered at the production team's warehouse, waiting for their rations.

In rural areas, after the autumn of each year, the commune brigade or production team would decide the food ration for each household and make a one-time "dividend" settlement based on work points.

This year, the harvest from the fields is better than the previous three years.

After deducting the public grain and the grain reserved by the production team, each household could basically get three to five hundred kilograms of grain based on the number of people who earned work points.

Of course, most of these grains are coarse grains such as corn, sweet potatoes, and sorghum. There are very few fine grains, only a few dozen kilograms or so.

For a family engaged in physical labor, it is far from enough.

Therefore, every household learned from previous lessons and began to plan for the long term and practice frugality.

On weekdays, we mostly use melons, potatoes, beans and vegetables as supplementary food, and we can barely get by.

Using a wheelbarrow and Wang Mengde's bicycle, they transported hundreds of kilograms of grain back home.

Looking at the several bags piled up in the room, smiles appeared on the faces of the Wang family members.

As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, you will not be worried. Even though we know that this amount of food, if we eat it freely, will only be enough for three or four months at most.

But compared with previous years, it is indeed a lot, which makes people feel more at ease.

"My eldest daughter-in-law, Meng De is here today. Please stir-fry some pumpkin and beans for lunch."

Wang Tian looked at Wang Mengde putting things on the table in the living room, and then she gave instructions to Zhou Tingting.

"Got it, Mom. I'll get ready now."

Zhou Tingting agreed promptly.

She just saw that her nephew brought a lot of good things this time.

"Grandma, this is a bottle of kerosene I brought for you to use as a light at night."

Wang Mengde took out a bottle from his bag and handed it to Wang Tian.

The so-called kerosene is actually kerosene. Because it was impossible to produce it domestically in the past and had to be imported, people called it kerosene.

There are many other things that have similar names, such as: foreign nails, foreign matches, foreign carts (bicycles), foreign cloth, etc.

"Oh, why did you bring so much? I don't use much normally. Two or three taels is enough for a long time.

And recently the commune also reported that they have made plans to supply electricity to our village next year, so we will be able to use electric lights in the future.”

Wang Tian reached out to take the bottle, complaining.

"Grandma, even if we have electric lights, we still need kerosene lamps because there will be frequent power outages."

Wang Mengde explained with a smile.

Not to mention the countryside, even in the city, there is a power outage every two or three days.

Sometimes, it is not uncommon to stop for a day or two in a row.

This is Beijing. If it were other cities, we would not dare to guarantee it, let alone rural areas.

"Grandpa, here are some tobacco leaves and a pack of cigarettes for you."

"Meng De, tobacco leaves are enough. You can take the cigarettes back. I am not used to smoking them, and it would be a waste to smoke such high-end cigarettes."

Seeing the tobacco leaves, Wang Jinghui happily reached out to take them.

Nowadays, you need a ticket to buy tobacco leaves on the market. Fortunately, this grandson is capable and brings him a lot every once in a while.

However, he did not take the pack of Panda brand cigarettes, but directly refused.

"Grandpa, just take it. I have a lot of this kind of cigarettes."

Wang Mengde forced the cigarette into Wang Jinghui's hand.

noon.

Zhou Tingting and her cousin's wife were busy in the kitchen.

She picked a green pumpkin and a handful of beans and prepared to stir-fry two dishes to treat her nephew at noon.

Wang Mengde sat in the yard with his grandparents, basking in the sun and chatting about family matters.

When they were not paying attention, the three children from their cousin's family quietly slipped into the living room.

When they saw a large plate of fried green pumpkin on the dining table, they couldn't help themselves.

He immediately ran over, grabbed it with his hands and stuffed it into his mouth.

As it had just come out of the pot, the three people were so hot that they kept blowing air: "Fu~~~Fu~~~"

By the time my cousin's wife brought the fried beans to the living room, the large plate of fried green pumpkin had already been eaten up.

The dinner table.

The old lady was still angry. While eating, she cursed: "You little guys, it's like you just got out of the starvation prison."

"Haha, Auntie, please stop scolding them."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

He could also understand the behavior of his cousin's three children.

After all, we don’t cook often at home, and we can’t even guarantee pickles every day. It’s normal that I can’t help but be tempted when I suddenly see a plate of dishes fried with lard.

After the National Day holiday.

In the ward of Guang'anmen Hospital, Wang Mengde led several junior fellow students and were waiting with anticipation.

Today is the day when he will conduct clinical trials on the drug he developed for treating dysentery.

After preliminary experiments and reading ancient prescriptions, combined with relevant knowledge from later generations in the space, he finally came up with a prescription a few days ago.

For this prescription, he mainly referred to the Peony Decoction, then added a few herbs, and made some adjustments to some of the Chinese herbal medicines in the original prescription to form the New Peony Decoction.

Coincidentally, just after the vacation, two patients with dysentery were admitted to Guang'anmen Hospital.

After the patient came back from the toilet, Li Xiang couldn't wait to ask, "How do you feel?"

"Doctor, I feel much better after taking the medicine."

The patient said with joy.

He has been suffering a lot these past few days, going to the toilet all the time and almost fainted. He also has headaches and fatigue.

After taking the new Peony Soup prescribed by Wang Mengde, just an hour later, he felt that his symptoms had been alleviated by half.

"Let me take your pulse."

Li Xiang said again.

Five minutes later, he also looked delighted, then turned to Wang Mengde and said, "Brother, judging from the pulse, he is indeed much better."

(End of this chapter)