St. Petersburg, Randall's Clothing Factory. The workers in the workshop are busy. Now they are rushing to make a batch of military uniforms. Winter is coming soon, and cotton coats are a must-have.

If you look closely, you will find that there is something wrong with this batch of cotton coats. The fluffy thing is obviously not cotton, and the rags mixed in it are still clearly visible.

Nicholas Cage is the owner of Randall's clothing factory. He has had a headache for many days when he saw the report of the raw materials being in a hurry.

In the beginning, Randall's wardrobe factory's products were made of cotton, and the main market was still the private one. Although it was the worst cotton, it was also a real cotton coat.

However, with the outbreak of the war, the supply of raw materials became their biggest problem after the sea route was cut off.

After receiving the military order, this situation became even worse. In order to make up for the shortage of raw materials, Randall's clothing factory adopted alternatives.

For example: smashing out used clothes, purchasing some used cotton coats and rebuilding them, and gauze thrown away by the hospital...

However, this is still a drop in the bucket. But it is not Nicholas Cage's style to be rich.

"Yadir, let us continue to inform you to increase the straw content, and we must complete the order with the current raw materials."

Yadir said frightenedly: "Mr. Cage, we have already added a lot of straw. If it continues to increase, there may be problems!"

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

Except for a layer of cloth outside, it was full of broken straw inside, and it was almost inevitable that it would be discovered.

Yadir was not worried. This was military uniform. Russia's winter was so cold that it would cause a big disaster.

Nicholas Cage said as if nothing had happened: "Don't worry, the battlefield is in the Polish region. There is a warm winter there, and the soldiers' bodies are strong and cannot be frozen!"

Although he was a little nervous, he would feel relieved as long as he thought about his backstage. When did the military uniforms he produced were qualified?

Fading, shrinking, and easily deteriorating are all normal situations. Nicholas Cage has become used to it. Anyway, it can be delivered, and it doesn’t matter whether the defective or the defective product is.

This time I played a little too much, and I paused for a moment and added: "Thicker!"

No problem, straw can keep warm. Anyway, gray animals are not worth it, so just use it!

...

It is not just Nicholas Cage who made the same decision, but many suppliers have chosen to use inferior products as good products.

Qualified products, don’t dream anymore, do you still have to make money?

Russia's industrial production costs are already high, and the bureaucrats eat so hard. How can they make a profit without reducing production costs?

...

The changes in suppliers were directly reflected on the battlefield. The earliest victims were the Russian troops in the Baltic Sea, and most of their supplies were supplied by the St. Petersburg Industrial Zone.

Colonel Geraled was a military officer of the 8th Division of the Russian Baltic Navy. This was a fat man. He also made a lot of money by taking advantage of his position.

However, Colonel Gerald is now afraid. Before this, Austria supplied more than seven floors of supplies, and the quality of these products may also be problematic, but it does not affect the use.

The situation has changed now. The materials received in China have soared in the past month, which has exceeded half of the entire logistics supply system.

It can be said that as long as it can be purchased in China, the bureaucrats of the Tsarist government are giving priority to domestic production, which gives the officers of the Logistics Department a headache.

If only 20 to 30% of the materials are not qualified, they can also think of ways. For example, directly report the war and damage, or make do with it, anyway, the Russian army will also get a vacant salary.

After getting the benefits, they settled the matter. Now they looked at it and saw that they were full of garbage products. What should I do?

If you send it down, the soldiers on the front line started to make trouble, who can take care of it? Apart from the matter, they, the quarconians, need to bear the responsibility.

The Russian army also has rules and prohibits the acceptance of unqualified products. However, it is not possible to not accept them. If you block them at this time, wouldn’t it be a shame to the big guys behind you?

Gerald ordered: "Check it carefully to see how many of them are available here, and count them for me!"

Now he is just looking forward to the bureaucrats behind him being a little bit honest and there must be something useful.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the results of the test shocked Gerald. I won’t talk about the cotton coat with straw and the quilt, but I can keep warm at least.

If the weapons and ammunition are not qualified, these things are easy to deal with, and they will be damaged directly. Anyway, there is no standard for the consumption of these things on the battlefield.

The most troublesome thing was the food, the cans provided to the lower-level officers, were all moldy inside. Colonel Gerald opened one and found that there were small animals moving inside.

Not to mention the food of ordinary soldiers, the potatoes and corn that have changed color can be used to repair the black bread of the fortress...

There was only unexpected thoughts, but no way to do it. The only thing that made Gerald happy was that the three-month supply was delivered at one time.

Apart from the unqualified products, they are qualified products. The number of people currently calculated is distributed according to the full staff. After a long period of battle, the actual number of people in the Eighth Division is less than the seventh floor of the full staff.

If there are more deaths on the battlefield, or if you grab some supplies from the enemy, and report more damage to the war, you can barely make do with this winter.

...

For the Russians, they were the only ones who could knock them down. Even if they were surrounded by enemies, the Tsarist government had enough strength to deal with it.

Unfortunately, Alexander II ignored the terrible nature of the wrong political signal. The colder relations between Russia and Austria led to an increase in tariffs. On the one hand, the bureaucrats were flattering, and on the other hand, for the sake of interests.

Although there are kickbacks to be taken in the trade between Russia and Austria, it cannot withstand the high kickbacks given by Russian capitalists!

For the same commodity, Austrian capitalists give up to 20% of the kickbacks, and in exchange for Russian local capitalists, this number can be reversed and bureaucrats get the largest share.

As for the increased costs, just cut production costs. As long as you are willing to sacrifice product quality, are you still afraid that you can't control the costs?

Alexander II never dreamed that the reformist officials he promoted would become corrupt in such a short time.

The previous purchase of Austrian goods was because the bureaucrats were a little honest and knew the importance of logistics supplies to war. However, people would not be content. If they collected too much kickback, they would naturally become more greedy.

On the other hand, it is because Russia's local production capacity is insufficient. Even if the bureaucrats don't care about the lives of the frontline soldiers, they cannot be less than the quantity and can only purchase it from outside.

As time goes by, Russian capitalists have also increased their production capacity. The current political changes have allowed bureaucrats and capitalists to see opportunities.

Before this, there were several moral officials who were restricted by them, but they did not dare to act recklessly. Now, the misinterpretation of Alexander II's political signals made these officials choose to remain silent.

The consequences are naturally not as simple as bureaucrats think. Layer deductions have become a practice of the Russian army, and there are always a few who can maintain rationality in the face of interests.

The upper level has been rotten, can you still expect the lower level officials to be honest and honest?

This time, Franz did not quietly be the audience, but pushed it, providing the bureaucrats of the Tsarist government with a space to fully utilize it.

In his opinion, the Prussians sent a caravan to give the current Russian army the greatest possible damage. They waved the banknotes directly and said to the quarantine officer: Buy, buy, buy, buy. It is far more profitable than fighting to the battlefield.

As long as you have money, even the enemy can become a guest of honor for the Russians, and there are no enemies in front of interests.

Franz admitted that the Russian army's logistics system was corrupt, and Austrian capitalists also made great contributions. In order to obtain more orders, everyone also showed their magical powers.

However, this is just a trigger, and in essence, the Tsarist bureaucracy has long been corrupt. Due to the lack of effective supervision, the Russian bureaucracy has always been very comfortable.

At first, the Vienna government sent people to supervise exported goods, worried that it would smash the brand and lose the big market.

Now there is no need, and in order to retaliate against the Russians, Franz chose to ignore it.

Indifference is not only to relax the supervision of domestic products, but also to allow counterfeit and inferior products to appear in the Russian military supply system.

Simply put, it is a low-quality product produced locally in Russia, and a trademark is used as Austrian military products.

Before this, the Vienna government cracked down on it severely and sent special personnel to supervise it. Once discovered, it would be dealt with by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

When it comes to diplomatic aspects, the bureaucrats of the Tsarist government dare not act randomly. After dealing with a few scapegoats, the remaining people did not dare to act randomly.

According to convention, Austrian products do not need to be inspected at all, and the defective rate is within a controllable range; while locally produced military supplies need to be selected to select qualified products mixed with defective products.

There is no doubt that the prices of military supplies exported by Austria are higher. Now that there is no constraint, capitalists naturally don’t mind impersonating it.

As long as some qualified samples are provided, a thick red envelope is included, and they are handed over to the officials in charge of the procuratorate, all problems are solved.

This is definitely not Austria cheated on his teammates, it was completely Russian bureaucrats who committed suicide. Franz has sent someone to collect evidence and waited for the incident to be revealed.
Chapter completed!