Chapter 995: Making Good Friends 6
Feng Qingxue heard this and said worriedly, "This is what we know. I'm afraid there are things we don't know. Are there really no antibiotics and Niuhuang Pills in hospitals and pharmacies? Are they so scarce?"
Cui Shaoyuan whispered: "Some should be absent, and some definitely cannot be completely absent."
After hearing this, Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue frowned and looked extremely unhappy. They said in unison: "Saving people is like putting out a fire. In this situation, how could someone hide something?"
"Alas!" Cui Shaoyuan laughed bitterly, "You see, we are in a high position, right? When we walk down the street, everyone respects us, and we have a say in front of the old leaders. But let me tell you, there aren't many other things in this capital, but there are many senior officials. A falling brick might hit one of them! Not everyone is so selfless. If our child has this disease, it doesn't mean that other families don't have it. The medicine may have been used by them, and if there is not enough medicine, they will naturally tell us that there is no medicine."
Dysentery, meningitis, smallpox, etc. are all epidemic diseases. They have not been completely eradicated, and a large number of people die from these diseases every year.
"Where's the pharmacy? They say they're out of antibiotics. Where's the Niuhuang Pills? The pharmacy has no stock?" Feng Qingxue asked. Could it be that all industries have really been paralyzed to this extent? Medicines are life-saving!
Cui Shaoyuan said calmly, "Bezoar is hard to come by, and a good cook cannot cook without rice. I have seen the general formula of Angong Niuhuang Pills, and the medicine is not cheap. The situation has been chaotic in the past two years, and all walks of life have been in chaos. Factories and pharmaceutical factories have basically stopped working. In Shandong, I heard that the Artemisia selengensis that can be used to extract mountain candies for pagodas has been completely cut down! It was not easy to resume planting, and it is almost mature, but it was ruined like this. I don’t know if those who participated will regret it when their children need it in the future and there is a shortage of medicine on the market. If it weren’t for the words that suppressed some collusion this year, the current situation would definitely be worse!"
Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue felt both angry and sad.
Lu Jiang often went to the battlefield, and he didn't know how many comrades had died on the battlefield due to lack of medicine. He didn't even know how many he had buried with his own hands. He thought the situation was getting better, but the current activities aggravated the depression of various industries. How could he not feel angry?
"Fortunately, I asked someone to get some Artemisia seeds, which I carefully stored, hoping that they can see the light of day before they become ineffective."
Artemisia scoparia was introduced from a foreign country. The foreigner was very demanding and only gave 20 grams of seeds. We tried planting them in several places, but only the ones in Shandong survived. After finally developing to a certain scale, it suffered a series of setbacks until it completely disappeared in the early 1980s. Pharmaceutical companies rushed to Shandong with a lot of money to buy Artemisia scoparia, but had to return disappointed.
Artemisia Ascaris has become extinct only in its own country, not extinct worldwide. This magical plant still exists in foreign countries, but they are not given to our own country, not even a single one!
Cui Shaoyuan's eyes lit up and he praised repeatedly, "Good, good, good! Comrade Qingxue, you are indeed a good comrade! I will remember this incident and I will pay attention to the news in this regard. If the country vigorously develops Artemisia annua cultivation and there are no seeds, I will definitely ask the person in charge to ask you, Comrade Qingxue. Just like you said, we all hope that this will happen before the seeds become ineffective."
"This country is our common country, and we all hope that it will develop better and better." Feng Qingxue changed the subject, "Comrade Cui, you are often in the capital, can I ask you something?"
(End of this chapter)