It is Dr. Luo.
Ren Yuanzheng stood there stunned. Lu Qiqi quickly noticed that his expression was different and turned around to see who it was.
Before she could even ask, Doctor Luo spoke first, "Girl, we've run out of anesthetics in the camp. The dosage we used was truly astonishing."
Even Dr. Luo, who was oblivious to everything else and focused solely on treating the wounded soldiers, discovered that the hallucinogenic liquid was being used in an alarming amount, and thus had to take the matter seriously.
Lu Qiqi's eyes darkened slightly. "Let's go to Physician Ren's tent first and discuss a plan."
The three of them swiftly entered Physician Ren's tent. Physician Ren was sitting at his desk, deep in thought, with a very serious expression.
Judging from his expression, Lu Qiqi knew that he already knew the situation and was worried about where the anesthetic had gone.
As expected, when the three entered the tent, Physician Ren quickly stood up. "Presumably, the village head already knows about the anesthetic?"
Lu Qiqi nodded. "On the way here, Ren Yuan and Doctor Luo already told me."
Upon hearing this, Physician Ren nodded, and after a moment he sighed deeply, “The responsibility for the failure to supervise this medicine lies with me.”
This matter is of great importance, and I have already sent someone to deliver a message to the Crown Prince.
"I will bear all the blame."
Lu Qiqi couldn't help but remind him, "Now is not the time to hold Imperial Physician Ren accountable. The priority now is to control the dosage of anesthetics so as not to restrict the doctors' treatment of the wounded soldiers."
"Yes, yes, yes," Physician Ren was so worried that he couldn't distinguish between primary and secondary matters, "Does the village head have any good ideas?"
Lu Qiqi had a plan, not a great one, but it should be barely enough for the current situation.
She pondered, "In the past, the dosages of medicines in the doctors' medicine chests were all recorded. The imperial palace used this method without any mistakes, so the military camps also adopted this method of medication."
This method works well for regular wound medicine, but anesthetics are special drugs; a drop of anesthetic mixed with a little water is enough to numb a wound about an inch long.
Upon hearing this news, Imperial Physician Ren felt even more remorseful. He said with a bitter face, "This is all my fault for not thinking things through. If there are any villains in the army who use anesthetics to harm the soldiers, I will be guilty even if I die a hundred times!"
"Father!" Ren Yuan couldn't help but call out when he heard his words.
Lu Qiqi didn't intend to hold a grudge; she also bore some responsibility for this matter.
If it weren't for her fear of restricting the doctors' use of medicine, and the fact that all medicines were registered and the doctors couldn't move around freely in the military camp, let alone leave the camp, she wouldn't have taken the matter to heart.
She continued, "This anesthetic isn't something that can't be countered. Just chop up its branches and boil them in water, and you'll be able to move freely in the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea."
Upon hearing this, Physician Ren looked up abruptly, as if grasping at a lifeline, and hurriedly said, "Where can we find this branch? I will immediately send someone to find it."
Lu Qiqi raised her right hand and shook it gently. "There's no rush. I still have some of these anesthetic stems in stock. I'll have Ren Yuan come and get them from me tomorrow."
Returning to the previous topic, she added, "From now on, not only must the use and receipt of anesthetics be registered, but each department must also have a separate team specifically responsible for the use and management of anesthetics, and a dedicated position called anestheticist will be created."
This allows for strict control over the dosage of anesthetics, and if a similar situation occurs again, it can narrow down the scope to find those who misappropriated or harbored ulterior motives.
The other three people in the tent immediately agreed with this idea.
After discussing and resolving the matter, Doctor Luo returned to his tent, while Ren Yuan followed Lu Qiqi to fetch the anesthetic.
This time, Lu Qiqi gave her only a small amount of anesthetic, just one porcelain bottle. Having learned from her previous experience, she had to be more careful.
Ren Yuan understood the deeper meaning behind it, and after taking the porcelain bottle, he went with Lu Qiqi to register the medicine account at the wounded soldiers' camp.
As dusk settled, a single candle flickered in the medicine tent, casting a dim, yellowish light.
Even at night, doctors are on duty at the medicine tents to guard against any emergencies.
When the doctor at the pharmacy saw someone coming, he put down the pestle and mortar he was using to grind medicine.
Ren Yuan explained his purpose, and the doctor took out a register, turned to a page that had not yet been filled in, and handed it to Ren Yuan.
He then examined the liquid medicine in the porcelain bottle in Lu Qiqi's hand, and even meticulously weighed it with a medicine scale.
"Lord of the Township".
Just as Lu Qiqi was staring intently at the doctor's scales, Ren Yuan called out to her.
Before she could react, she saw a hand reaching out to her with a pen.
She then took the pen and wrote her name in the register.
The doctor recorded the dosage of the medicine and wrote down the amount and his name. The entire process of dispensing medicine was flawless, even for Lu Qiqi.
The only possible explanation for this practice—keeping medicinal herbs in a register and still allowing for an astonishingly high dosage of hallucinogenic liquid—is that it occurred to the physicians themselves.
However, what she couldn't understand was that with so many doctors, even if someone wanted to do something bad, it was impossible to bribe all of them.
The chances of revealing a flaw are too high, which is illogical. There must be some loophole that they haven't noticed yet.
Even after she returned to her tent, she still couldn't figure out what had happened.
There's no time to worry about that now; what's done is done, and all we can do is minimize the damage.
So, as soon as Lu Qiqi returned to her tent, she went straight into her spatial dimension.
She had previously told Physician Ren that the branches of the hallucinogenic tree could counteract the anesthetic effect of the hallucinogenic leaves, and that she should cut some branches and chop them up for future use, just in case.
She first went to the cabin to get a pair of pruning shears, then carried a bamboo basket on her back to the place where hallucinogenic trees were planted.
The hallucinogenic tree, which had been plowed bare, is no longer weak. In the extraordinary environment and soil of the space, it has grown into a tree the size of a wrist.
There were also a dozen or so saplings about two fingers thick next to them. She planted them specifically to prevent the hallucinogenic trees from being completely stripped bare.
Now it comes in handy, and there's more than enough.
Lu Qiqi picked up the tree shears and started pruning furiously. She gave the last bottle of hallucinogenic liquid to Ren Yuan. The leaves cut from the hallucinogenic branches could be used to create floral arrangements for the trees.
Click, click.
Lu Qiqi didn't stop until she had filled a bamboo basket with branches and leaves. Looking at the perfectly round hallucinogenic tree in front of her, she was very satisfied with her pruning technique.
She picked up the scissors, carried the bamboo basket back to the cabin, and continued processing the items.
Upon entering the wooden house, she separated the hallucinogenic leaves from the branches, then chopped up the branches, intending to hand them over to Ren Yuan the next day when she was feeling better.
After working for most of the night, Lu Qiqi finally chopped all the branches into tiny pieces, almost crushing them, so that no one could figure out what the hallucinogenic tree looked like in a short time.
After finishing her work, Lu Qiqi's hands were sore, and she really didn't have the energy to crush the hallucinogenic leaves to extract the juice.
They then preserved all the hallucinogenic leaves, intending to process them into a concentrated liquid later when they had time.
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