Holy Roman Empire

Randall was served in St. Petersburg.The workers in the workshop are busy, and now they are rushing to produce a batch of military uniforms. Winter is coming, and cotton clothes are a must.

If you look closely, you will find that there are problems with this batch of cotton clothes.The stuffed stuff is obviously not cotton, and the rags mixed with it are still clearly visible.

Nicholas Cage, the owner of Randall's clothing factory, has seen headaches for raw materials, and he has had a headache for several days.

At first, the products of Randall's clothing factory were made of cotton, and the main market was still private. Although it is the most inferior cotton, it is also a real cotton garment.

However, the situation changed as the war broke out. After the sea broke off, the supply of raw materials became their biggest problem.

After receiving military orders, this situation became more serious.In order to make up for the shortage of raw materials, Randall was adopted by the service plant as a substitute.

For example: shred the waste clothes, buy some waste cotton clothes and rebuild them in the furnace, the gauze thrown away by the hospital ...

However, this is still a lot of money.But it is not the style of Nicholas Cage that does not make money.

"Yadir, the notice will increase the straw content, we must complete the order with the current raw materials."

Yadir said with fear, "Mr. Cage, we have added a lot of straw. If it continues to increase, I am afraid there will be problems!"

There is nothing strange about adding straw to the cotton coat, but now this addition is not a cotton coat but a straw pack.

Except for a layer of cloth on the outside, all of it was broken straw, and it was found to be almost inevitable.

No wonder Yadir is not worried, but this is military uniform. Russia's winter is so cold that it will cause a big disaster.

Nicolas Cage said casually: "Don't worry, the battlefield is in Poland. There are warm winters over there, and the soldiers' bodies are not strong and frozen!"

Although he felt a little uneasy in his heart, he was relieved as long as he thought about his background.Production of unqualified military uniforms, when did he produce military uniforms?

Fading, shrinking, and perishability are all normal conditions, and Nicholas Cage is used to it.Anyway, delivery can be done, it does not matter if the defective product is not defective.

This time I played a bit too much and paused for a while. Nicholas Cage added: "Thicken up!"

No problem, the straw can also keep warm, anyway, gray animals are worthless, just use it!

...

It's not just Nicholas Cage who made the same decision. Many suppliers have chosen to charge second.

Qualified products, don't dream, everyone still make money?

The cost of industrial production in Russia is already high, and the bureaucrats have eaten so hard. How can you make a profit without reducing production costs?

...

The supplier's change is directly reflected on the battlefield.The earliest victims were Russian troops in the Baltic Sea region, and most of their supplies were supplied by the St. Petersburg industrial zone.

Colonel Gerald was the quartermaster of the Eighth Division of the Russian Baltic Naval Regiment. This was a fat man. Using his position, he also made a lot of money.

However, Colonel Gerald is afraid now.Prior to this, the materials supplied by Austria exceeded seven layers, and the quality of these products may also be problematic, but it does not affect the use.

Now the situation has changed. The goods received in China in the last month have soared, which has exceeded half of the entire logistics supply system.

It can be said that as long as it can be bought in the country, the bureaucrats of the tsarist government are giving priority to domestic production, which makes the officers of the logistics department have a headache.

If only 20% or 30% of the materials are unqualified, they can think of ways.For example: direct report of war damage, or a mix and match, anyway, the Russian army is also empty.

After taking the benefit fee, they settled the matter, and now it is a junk product at a glance, what can we do?

Send it down?The soldiers on the front line are in trouble, who can hold it?In addition to things, these quartermasters are responsible.

The Russian army also has rules and prohibits the acceptance of unqualified products.However, if you do n’t accept it, you wo n’t be able to block it at this time. Would n’t it make the big players behind look ugly?

Gerald ordered: "Let's take a closer look to see how much can be used here. Give me statistics!"

Now he is just expecting that the bureaucrats in the rear are a bit temperamental, and there must always be something that can be used.

Time passed by one minute and one second, and the result of the test shocked Gerald Shangde, not to mention the cotton clothes and quilts with straw.

Weapons and ammunition are not qualified, these things are easy to handle, and they are directly damaged. Anyway, there is no standard for the consumption of these things on the battlefield.

The most troublesome thing is food. The cans supplied to the bottom officers are all moldy.Colonel Gerald opened one, and found that there were small animals in motion.

Needless to say, the food of ordinary soldiers, the potatoes that have been sent, the corn that has changed color, and the brown bread that can be used to repair the fortress ...

Only unexpected, not impossible.The only thing that gratified Gerald was that the supplies were delivered for three months at a time.

Except for unqualified products, it is qualified products.The current calculation of the number of replenishment is based on full staff. After a long battle, the actual number of eighth divisions is less than seven floors full.

If more people are killed on the battlefield, or if some materials are returned from the enemy, and more damage is reported, this winter will barely make up.

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For the Russians, only they can knock them down.Even if it is all around, the tsarist government has enough strength to cope with it.

It is a pity that Alexander II neglected the terrible nature of the wrong political signal. The cold relations between Russia and Austria led to an increase in tariffs. On the one hand, the bureaucrats tried to slap the horse, and on the other hand, it was for the benefit.

Although there are rebates available in the Russian-Austrian trade, the rebates given by the Russian capitalists cannot be held high!

For the same commodity, Austrian capitalists give a maximum of 20% to 30% rebates for Russian domestic capitalists. This number can be reversed, and the bureaucrats get the largest share.

As for the increased costs, it is enough to cut production costs.As long as you are willing to sacrifice product quality, are you afraid of being unable to control costs?

The dream of Alexander II could not be imagined. The reformist officials he promoted actually corrupted in such a short time.

Purchasing Austrian goods in the first place is partly because the bureaucrats still have a bit of ethics to understand the importance of logistics to the war. However, people will not be content, and the rebate collection will become more greedy.

On the other hand, because Russia's domestic production capacity is insufficient, even if the bureaucrats do not care about the life and death of the front-line soldiers, but the quantity cannot be small, they can only be purchased.

Over time, the productivity of Russian capitalists has also increased, and the current political changes have allowed bureaucrats and capitalists to see opportunities.

Before this, there were still a few disciplined officials who did not dare to act arbitrarily.The misinterpretation of Alexander II ’s political signals now left these officials silent.

The consequences are naturally not as simple as the bureaucrats thought, and it has become the practice of the Russian army to lay down layers of layers, and it is always the minority who can remain sensible in the face of interests.

The upper levels are rotten. Can we expect the lower level officials to be honest and clean?

This time Franz did not quietly become an audience, but pushed a hand.Provided a room for the Czar government bureaucrats to give full play.

In his view, the Prussian sent a caravan to give the Russian army the greatest damage.Waving the banknote directly, he said to the quartermaster: Buy, buy, buy.It is much higher than the gain on the battlefield.

As long as there is money, even the enemy can become a guest of the Russians, there is no enemy in the face of interests.

Franz admits that the Russian military's logistics system is corrupt, and the Austrian capitalists also make great contributions.In order to get more orders, everyone also showed their magical powers.

But this is only an incentive, and the tsarist bureaucracy has long since decayed.Due to the lack of effective supervision, the days of Russian bureaucracy have been very comfortable.

At the beginning, the government of Vienna also sent people to supervise export commodities, fearing that it would smash the brand and lose the big market.

No longer needed now, in order to retaliate the Russians to increase tariffs, Franz chose to ignore.

Ignorance is not only about loosening domestic commodity regulation, but also for example: allowing fake and inferior products to appear in the Russian military supply system.

Simply put, it is the inferior goods produced in Russia, and a trademark is used as an Austrian military product.

Prior to this, the government of Vienna was severely cracked down, and a special person was sent to supervise it. Once discovered, it was dealt with by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

When it comes to the diplomatic level, the bureaucrats of the Tsarist government did not dare to mess up. After dealing with a few scapegoats, the rest of them did not dare to mess up.

According to the usual practice, the commodities produced in Austria do not need to be inspected at all, and the defective rate is within the controllable range; and the locally produced munitions need to be selected for the qualified products mixed in the defective products.

There is no doubt that Austrian exports of military supplies are more expensive.Now that there are no restrictions, the capitalists naturally don't mind posing.

As long as a part of qualified samples is provided, a thick red envelope is attached, and it is handed over to the official in charge of prosecution, and all problems are solved.

This is definitely not an Austrian pit teammate, it is entirely Russian bureaucracy.Franz had sent someone to collect the evidence and waited for the incident to be revealed.