Mrs. Yao said: "I originally wanted to grab some medicine for clearing the lungs and relieving coughs, but the people in the drug store told me that common Chinese medicines like mulberry leaves, forsythia, honeysuckle, and isatis root are out of stock. They have been taking them for several days.
The goods are not available, so I went to several drug stores and asked, and they were all in the same situation. I think this is a bit strange, so you need to go back and tell the princess and have someone investigate what happened."
“These medicines are so common, why can’t they be bought?
I haven’t heard anything from the doctor at the Huimin Administration Department.”
Mrs. Yao coughed a few times, her face turned red. It took a while to recover, and she said: "The Huimin Administration is run by the imperial court and has its own supply channels, but the purchase price must be too expensive. The private sector is really struggling nowadays."
It is impossible to buy these medicines. Now that spring and summer are changing, it is easy for plague to occur. If these medicines are missing, it will be very serious."
Ah Si said: "Okay, I'll go back and tell Sister Yuan right away and ask her to find someone to investigate. You sit down and have some porridge. I'll cook you two dishes."
"I will eat, you go back first."
Yao lady said.
Ah Si said: "Okay, I'm leaving."
She walked out, and Duitian had already put down the broom and was standing in the corridor. Ah Si waved his hand, "Then please keep an eye on Madam for the time being."
"Um!"
Ruitian responded calmly.
Ah Si felt that talking to him was a bit difficult, so he stopped talking and went back to his house.
When he returned to Prince Chu's Mansion, he didn't see Yuan Qingling. He asked Man'er, and Man'er said: "After you left just now, someone from Prince An's Mansion came to invite you. They said that Princess An's baby suddenly vomited milk and vomited violently.
Ask the Crown Princess to go there."
Ah Si was startled, "Then why don't you follow?
It’s so dangerous to go to Prince An’s Mansion.”
"Princess Huai just happened to be here. They go together and don't want me to follow them."
Man'er said.
Ah Si said: "That's okay. Princess Huai can protect Sister Yuan. I'll go in and take a shower and change clothes first. I just cooked at Mrs. Yao's place, and I smell like oil smoke all over my body."
Man'er snickered, "Now you are becoming more and more like a good wife and mother."
Ah Si pretended to hit her, but Man'er ran away. The two of them were playing around and were very unhappy.
When Yuan Qingling came back, it was already evening. She and Yu Wenhao walked in front and back. The couple didn't exchange a few words before Ah Si came and told what Mrs. Yao had discovered today.
Yuan Qingling was shocked, "Out of stock?
Are there any herbs out of stock?”
Yu Wenhao said: "It's not surprising that rare medicinal materials are out of stock, but mulberry leaves and forsythia are never in short supply."
"Does the Huimin Office have any discounts?"
Yuan Qingling asked.
"I've been busy these past two days, and I've shown all the notes to the emperor's uncle. He may not tell me about small things, but only discuss big things with me. He probably thinks that the shortage of this herb is not important, so he didn't tell me."
Yuan Qingling is a doctor, and the lack of some basic medicines in the market still brings a great sense of crisis to her, especially now that we have just entered early summer, and there are still spring colds in the morning and evening, which makes it easy for the flu to occur. I remember that around this time in previous years, we would all have colds.
All around.
She said: "Send someone to check tomorrow and see what medicines are missing?
Why is there a shortage of medicine?"
"I'm going to ask Xu Yi to go to the Huimin Office and ask."
As soon as Yu Wenhao finished speaking, Ah Si turned around and went out, "I'll call him."
Xu Yi went to the Huimin Department overnight, found the officials of the Huimin Department, and asked about the shortage of medicinal materials.
The Huimin Administration did not give any discounts, saying: "I heard about the shortage of goods in the private sector two days ago. The Huimin Administration also called for restocking today. The Huimin Administration still has some goods, so we are not affected.
Big, because the people who specialize in medicines for the Huimin Administration almost don’t sell them to the outside world, but they still have a supply of goods.”
"Then you go ask the merchant and find out what's going on."
Xu Yiyi.
"Don't worry, General Xu. I will go check it out personally tomorrow."
Main courtyard road of Huimin Department.
Xu Yi asked again about the inventory of the Huimin Department, and the main hospital said: "The inventory is not much, because the Huimin Department receives a large number of patients every day, and has to restock every few days, so it cannot stock that much."
That’s a lot, we don’t have that much space.”
"If you can get the goods, you'd better stock up on more. I guess someone is causing trouble here."
Xu Yiyi.
The main courtyard was startled, "Troublemaker?"
Who is causing trouble?
The imperial court has a strict decree that medicinal materials cannot be hoarded to affect the people's use of medicine."
"It's better to be careful. I'm afraid it's not a profiteer, but someone with ulterior motives."
Xu Yi is now much smarter and knows how to draw inferences about many things. Especially this herb is the lifeblood of the transition between spring and summer. If there is an outbreak of typhoid, wind and cold, it will be troublesome.
Knowing that the current situation was unclear, the main hospital immediately paid attention to it and promised: "General Xu, don't worry, this matter will be investigated clearly by the subordinates, and some medicinal materials will be stocked tomorrow. At least, it can be guaranteed that the royal family has sufficient medicinal herbs.
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After Xu Yi heard this, he always felt that something was wrong, but he was so simple-minded that he couldn't make any mistakes for a while, so he got up and left.
In the evening of the next day, the master of the main courtyard went to the Prince of Chu's Mansion to resume his life.
Because it was about medicinal herbs, Yu Wenhao also asked Yuan Qingling to go into the study to listen to the report.
The principal said: "Wei Chen took someone to check today and found that all the drug stores in Beijing were the same, lacking a lot of medicine. After asking the drug dealer, I found out that someone had bought a lot of medicine a while ago. This person
The price offered was 20% higher than the normal price, so the drug dealers sold the medicine to this person. This person was also very strange. He did not want any medicine for treating injuries and recuperation. He only wanted medicine for treating cold, typhoid and cough, Houttuynia cordata.
, patchouli, rhubarb, rhodiola, menthol, licorice, isatis root and other medicinal materials, it is no longer possible to obtain them, and the business in the drug store has also plummeted. "
"Have you made a list of the missing medicines?"
Yuan Qingling asked.
The main courtyard hurriedly presented the book, "If you return to the Crown Princess, you have already listed her here."
Yuan Qingling took a look at the medicine book and saw that there were dozens of missing medicinal materials. She was not familiar with traditional Chinese medicine, but she had studied traditional Chinese medicine preparations when she was in the pharmaceutical research institute, and she still had a general understanding of the medicinal properties of the medicinal herbs.
knew.
Almost all of these medicines are used to treat upper respiratory tract infections, reduce fever, relieve the lungs and clear away heat. In other words, if there is an outbreak of influenza, there is no medicine on the market that can be used.
She glanced at Yu Wenhao and said, "This medicine will not be missing for no reason. It must be strictly investigated and it must be done quickly."
Yu Wenhao nodded and said to the main hospital: "If the supply here at the Huimin Administration is sufficient, we will bring in a large batch of goods, as much as we can. If we can't stock up, we will distribute it to major drug stores and give them to them at the purchase price."
that is."
"yes!"
The main court accepted the order and then resigned.
Yu Wenhao then called Xu Yi in, "Go and find out who this big-money buyer is, where he lives, and what he wants so many medicines for."
Xu Yi was ordered to leave.
Yuan Qingling was a little worried and frowned at Yu Wenhao, "Lao Wu, this matter must be handled with caution."
"Don't worry, if it doesn't work, I'll prepare medicine from various places and bring it to Beijing."