Chapter 398 Looking for Medicine
When Doctor Hu pushed the door open, the noisy sounds in the room could no longer be blocked out.
"Whatever's left has to be handed over to our kitchen. People say even the best cook can't cook without rice. How can we cook without rice? You are responsible for the food shortage."
"I have no objection to giving the food to the kitchen, but shouldn't the military equipment be given to us now so we can fight in the front lines?"
"I don't care. We at the Arms Administration can't be short of supplies. If the General fails to complete the mission and delays the war, we won't be responsible."
Shen Qingqian looked around and saw that the room was full of people, and she didn't recognize any of them.
But Doctor Hu knew him. Well, it turned out that their Military Medical Department was the last one to arrive. The ones who spoke just now included the captain of the Armament Department, the head of the Grand Council, and even people from the Prison Department came.
Doctor Hu is already fifty-nine years old this year. He is thin and small. The old man struggled hard to squeeze to the front.
"Xiao Hu, take a look at how many medicinal herbs we have left. The Military Medical Department has consumed a lot of them recently. Why don't you give me all the rest?" Doctor Hu said to the official of the current Quartermaster Department.
The official's surname was also Hu, and he had some indirect relationship with the imperial physician Hu. The two had been very close when they met before.
But at this moment, Xiao Hu was extremely worried and did not have a good face towards Doctor Hu. "Stop talking, everyone. The general has said that the remaining supplies cannot be given away casually. You must write a request for anything you want. I can only give it to you after the general approves it."
Who doesn't want to improve relations between departments? But this incident happened too suddenly. The granary that burned down last night was the largest reserve warehouse of the Hubei Northern Army. It not only contained food, military equipment, and medicinal materials, but also a lot of finished spare parts from the Military Equipment Bureau.
It can be said that their losses last night were no less than the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers.
"Why does he need the General's approval? He left the city early this morning and we can't find him. How can we submit the application to him?"
"Yeah, when has our army ever been in such trouble? Don't tell me you're afraid of taking responsibility and don't dare to make a decision."
"That's right, I think you're just a coward. You're afraid of problems later, so why don't you just not give it to us now!"
"Hey, this is really interesting. Are we that kind of people? Don't look down on us, kid."
They are all a bunch of grown men. When they see that talking nicely doesn't work, they start to throw in the towel.
What a pity, Xiao Hu is Liang Chengxuan's man, how could he be provoked by their few words?
"My dear uncles and aunts, it's not that I don't want to give you this. It's just that the general gave the order last night. I have a military order here. If it weren't for the military regulations prohibiting casual viewing, I would take it out and show it to you now."
Xiao Hu looked anxious, but his words were orderly.
Military orders are indeed not something that anyone can read. Xiao Hu's words made those who came to ask for things temporarily stop thinking about it. They muttered a few words and left.
Seeing this, Doctor Hu had no choice but to pull Shen Qingqian away.
However, he did not take Shen Qingqian back to the military medical department, but took her out of the military camp.
"Doctor Hu, where are we going now?" Shen Qingqian didn't dare to let him do what he said. Seeing that they were going in the wrong direction, she stopped immediately.
Doctor Hu turned around and said angrily, "Where can we go to the city to find medicine?"
Shen Qingqian quickly glanced at him and said, "There are only two of us looking for medicine."
Besides, this is the main expense of the Hubei Northern Army. Don't they need to collect some silver first?
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