Deputy Director Han Yi came forward to coordinate and soon four off-road vehicles came. The mountain roads were difficult to travel. In addition, the roads were muddy and difficult to travel in recent days. Ordinary vehicles could not enter the mountains at all. Even off-road vehicles could not go deep into the hinterland.

Rui Lei and Su Tao were sitting in the same car, introducing the situation on the front line. "Now the local area has arranged a special epidemic control team, with about 30 people. Qishanling Village is more than ten miles away from the town, so these patients have not been transferred, and all of them are blockade treatment in the local mountain village."

Su Tao said bluntly: "You are also afraid of the spread of the epidemic? When we arrive in Rongquan City, we need to purchase some medicinal materials. Because the distance is relatively far, many medicinal materials are not brought. Please help contact the larger pharmacy in Rongquan City. We may need some medicinal materials, which is difficult to find."

"A small thing! Let's do it. Now give me a list and arrange people to prepare immediately. It will take about two hours to get from here to Rongquan City. When we are on the road, they can prepare. When we arrive, they are almost ready. This will save time." Rui Lei suggested.

Su Tao nodded and handed over the list he had already written to Rui Lei.

After learning from previous experience, Rui Lei knew that Su Tao was not small, so he dealt with it carefully. Then he called Rongquan Municipal Health Bureau and asked them to hurry up and deal with the matter.

Yundian Province is located on the plateau and has not yet penetrated into the mountainous areas. Several of the team members have already developed symptoms of discomfort. Su Tao has made arrangements and prepared some medicines, which has slowed down the symptoms after taking them.

After arriving in Rongquan City, Su Tao checked the medicinal materials as soon as possible, put some atractylodes on his nose and sniffed them, shook his head and said, "Director Rui, there is something wrong with these atractylodes."

The staff in charge of procurement next to him quickly said: "This is the medicinal material purchased from the best Chinese pharmacy in our city, and there will definitely be no problems."

Liao Huashi also observed Atractylodes, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The Atractylodes slices are a little too big. At first glance, they were urged to be produced by chemical fertilizers. Regardless of the medicinal value, people may get into trouble after taking them."

Rui Lei glanced at the staff member lightly and said, "Call the pharmacy in charge. If he doesn't explain the situation, we won't use this batch of medicinal materials. Arrange the province to deliver medicine later."

The staff did not expect that these people were so serious, so they quickly called the pharmacy head.

The pharmacy manager had a good relationship with a leader of the Rongquan Municipal Health Bureau. He heard that people from the province needed a batch of medicinal materials and the order volume was large, so he contacted the medicinal materials merchants and urgently sent a batch of medicinal materials. According to normal circumstances, medicinal materials merchants also had relevant standards for supplying medicine to traditional Chinese medicine stores. Such obviously inferior Atractylodes, they would never be put on the shelves for sale.

But when it was heard that it was medicinal materials purchased by the government collectively, the merchants gave up their interests and got a batch of bad atractylodes.

They also didn't expect that Su Tao and his group were not so easy to fool. After getting off the bus, they did not go to the hotel where they had already arranged to stay for a rest, but checked the medicinal materials first. They originally thought they could make a fortune, but they had nowhere to hide.

The pharmacy manager also knew that this batch of medicinal materials was suspected of being inferior to good ones, but he often took such government orders, and turned a blind eye. How could he be so serious?

Liao Huashi's personality is more direct. He pointed at the nose of the pharmacy in anger and scolded: "Do you know what these medicinal materials are used for? They are used to save people. Abuse of inferior medicinal materials may make the condition worse. Do you, a group of unscrupulous businessmen, have a moral bottom line?"

The pharmacy manager was scolded and smiled embarrassedly, "Don't worry, I'll arrange for someone to change it again later, and I guarantee that similar problems will not occur again."

Su Tao sighed inwardly. This is the social reality. If you are in Huainan, Dake should use the relationship between Sanweitang and allocate some high-quality medicinal materials. However, now far away in Yundian Province, there is no other way. You can only continue to entrust them to purchase and then carefully review the quality of the medicinal materials yourself.

"The costs incurred by the medicinal materials on this list are all borne by our Qihuang Charity Foundation. The price is easy to say, but you must give the best medicinal materials. Because these medicinal materials are related to the lives of many people, please be careful."

The head of the pharmacy was covered in sweat, and nodded and said, "I'll go and contact the drug dealer now, and there will definitely be no similar problems."

Rui Lei observed Su Tao and others on the side, and found that they were so dedicated, and sighed in his heart, feeling guilty for their previous neglect.

The epidemic situation in Qishanling Village is very serious. It is said that in addition to the villagers, many of the medical staff arranged by the city have also been infected.

Medical staff have certain knowledge of epidemic prevention. They are infected, which means that the epidemic is very contagious and has a wide range of transmission channels.

"President Su, you mentioned the issue of medicinal materials just now. Please rest assured that the Health Department will bear all of it." Rui Lei thought to himself that he still had this power.

"Director Rui, our Qihuang Charity charity medical assistance is a free action, and the funds are relatively sufficient." Su Tao said lightly.

Rui Lei sighed inwardly, knowing that the reason Su Tao said this was because he was worried that someone in the government would charge kickbacks during the purchase of medicinal materials. If Qihuang Charity paid the fee in a private name, it could indeed dispel some people's bad intentions.

"Then do what you want!" Rui Lei smiled awkwardly.

If it were normal, if you encountered this situation today, just turn a blind eye to it.

The situation is urgent now, and there are still people who are making money that is unscrupulous, which makes Rui Lei sigh. The Rongquan City health system is even more unbearable than the rumors, and it is a veritable mess.

"Anderson's team has not set off yet. They are preparing equipment and medicines like you. Do you need my help? Do you want to meet you?" Rui Lei hesitated and asked on his own initiative.

"No need, let's meet again in Qishanling Village!" Su Tao waved his hand directly and refused politely.

He was also a dignified person. He was naturally unhappy when he learned that Anderson asked the Provincial Health Department to prevent them from participating in the rescue. He was just that as a team leader, he could not be shown on his face, as this would damage morale.

"It's already lunch time. People are iron rice and steel. Let's have lunch before leaving for Qishanling Village?" Rui Lei said with a smile.

Su Tao glanced at everyone around him and sighed inwardly. Considering the difficulty of the action, he chose people with more forced physical conditions, but now most people showed signs of fatigue on their faces. He nodded to Rui Lei and said, "Just arrange a simple working meal."

Rui Lei breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I'll make arrangements!"

It was said it was a working meal, but for Rui Lei's face, the people from Rongquan Municipal Health Bureau did not dare to neglect it and arranged a box of lunch for ten yuan. They set up a sumptuous lunch in the best hotel in the city, and the director of the Municipal Bureau also attended the reception in person. In addition to Qihuang Charity, Anderson's team sat at another table, with a total of eight people.

Anderson originally thought that Su Tao and others were all local government staff, but when he learned that the other party was Qihuang Charity, who had previously asked for banning participation in this rescue event, his expression immediately became extremely unhappy and gloomy.

Rui Lei thought that the two teams were all coming for the epidemic that occurred in Qishanling Village. Although they did not belong to the same camp, there was no need to make a fuss, so he took the initiative to ask Su Tao to say hello to Anderson.

Su Tao thought that he was a guest from afar. After all, he abandoned the boundaries of the country and came to treat his compatriots in his country, so he walked to another table with Rui Lei.

Rui Lei introduced Su Tao's identity while Anderson's female disciple Qiao Xue also translated it next to him.

Anderson looked ugly, and he said unhappily: "I have heard that you have traditional Chinese medicine in China, but they are backward medicine internationally. In my opinion, it is a very stupid behavior for them to go deep into the epidemic area this time. Not only will they not bring any value to those poor patients, but they will also suffer deeply. I think it is wise to be so righteous in this urgent moment, recognize your own strength and position, and not cause more trouble to others."

Su Tao calmly waited for Qiao Xue to finish the translation and said slowly: "Tell Mr. Anderson for me. I respect him who came to help my compatriots from afar. This behavior is very touching. However, because they ignore Chinese traditional Chinese medicine, I want to make a bet with him! The bet is very simple, which is who can cure those patients first."

After hearing Qiao Xue's translation of Su Tao's request, Anderson laughed and said, "It's such an interesting young man. Well, if you win, I'm willing to take back what I said just now and donate one million US dollars to the charity foundation you founded. If I win, you just want me to apologize sincerely."

Su Tao shook his head and smiled, "The bet is a bit unfair. Although I won't lose, I still have to make an agreement with you in advance. If you win, I will give you one million US dollars."

Anderson's eyes lit up and he smiled and said, "I appreciate your confidence. However, if you lose, don't cry?"

Anderson doesn't believe that he will lose to young people who look like they are in their early twenties, especially he still learns Chinese medicine! Anderson once tried to find a way to treat viral diseases from traditional Chinese medicine, but the results were very little. Among the more famous classic prescriptions for treating epidemics, there are not many components that are obviously lethal to the virus.

In his opinion, Tu Youyou, a Chinese man who won the Nobel Prize before, got inspiration to extract artemisinin from Chinese medicinal materials, was just a coincidence.

As for the use of traditional Chinese medicine to cure epidemics, in Anderson's view, it is just a rumor that is heard. Traditional medicine often has some difficult reasons to explain. Generalization of it using experience is completely contrary to Anderson's values.

In fact, with his status in the medical field, he would not care about Su Tao at all, but just felt that he was excited.

After Su Tao and Anderson first met, they didn't have much bad impression of him. The reason why they stopped themselves from entering Qishanling Village was because they were worried about their strength.

From another perspective, if you encounter a rescue team that you are not familiar with, you will also persuade the other party like this.
Chapter completed!