St. Petersburg, Randall quilt factory. The workers in the workshop are busy, and now they are rushing to make a batch of military uniforms, winter is coming soon, and cotton clothes are a must.

If you look closely, you will find that there is something wrong with this batch of cotton clothes. The plush stuff was clearly not cotton, and the rags were clearly visible.

Nicolas Cage, the owner of Randall's quilt factory, has been suffering from headaches for several days when he sees reports of raw material shortages.

Originally, the products of Randall's quilt factory were all made of cotton, and the main market was still the people, although it was the worst cotton, it was also a real cotton garment.

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

The situation became even more aggravated after the receipt of military orders. In order to make up for the shortage of raw materials, Randall's quilt factory used substitutes.

For example: shredding waste clothes, buying some waste cotton clothes and remaking them, and discarding gauze from hospitals......

However, this is still a drop in the bucket. But whether you have money or not, it's not Nicolas Cage's style.

"Yadir, tell me to increase the straw content, we must complete the order with the current raw materials."

Adir said in fear: "Mr. Cage, we have already added a lot of straws, if we continue to increase, I'm afraid there will be problems!" ”

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

Except for the outer layer of cloth, the inside is all broken straw, and it is almost certain that it will be discovered.

I can't help but Yadir is not worried, this is a military uniform, and the winter in Russia is so cold, it will cause a big disaster when the time comes.

Nicolas Cage said casually: "Don't worry, the battlefield is in the Polish region. It's a warm winter over there, and the soldiers' bodies are strong and they can't freeze! ”

Although he was a little apprehensive in his heart, as long as he thought about his backstage, he was relieved. When did he ever pass the production of unqualified military uniforms?

Fading, shrinking, and fragile are all normal, and Nicolas Cage is used to it. Anyway, they can be delivered, and it doesn't matter if the defective product is defective or not.

This time it was a bit too much, and after a pause, Nicolas Cage added, "Thicken it up!" ”

There's nothing wrong with it, the straw can also keep warm, anyway, the gray livestock is not worth much, make do with it!

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It's not just Nicolas Cage who has made the same decision, many suppliers have opted for shoddy products.

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

The cost of industrial production in Russia is already high, and the bureaucrats eat so hard, how can they make a profit without reducing the cost of production?

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The change of suppliers is directly reflected on the battlefield. The first victims were the Russian troops in the Baltic region, and most of their supplies were supplied by the St. Petersburg industrial region.

Colonel Geralid was the quartermaster of the 8th Division of the Russian Baltic Naval Regiment, which was a fat gap, and he also made a lot of money by taking advantage of his position.

However, Colonel Geralid is now afraid. Prior to this, Austria supplied more than seven layers of supplies, and the quality of these products may also be problematic, but it does not affect their use.

Now the situation has changed, and in the last month, the amount of materials received by China has skyrocketed, and it has already exceeded half of the entire logistics supply system.

It can be said that as long as it can be bought domestically, the bureaucrats of the tsarist government are giving priority to domestic production, which gives headaches to the officers of the logistics department.

If only 20 or 30 percent of the materials are not qualified, they can still think of a way. For example: directly report the battle damage, or mix and match to make do, anyway, the Russian army will also eat empty salaries.

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

Send it down? The soldiers on the front line are making a fuss, who can hold it? In addition to things, these quartermasters need to be held responsible.

The Russian army also has rules that prohibit the receipt of substandard products. However, if you don't accept it, it won't work, don't you block it back at this time, won't it make the big man behind you ugly?

Geralid ordered, "Double-check to see how much of this can be used, and count it for me!" ”

Now he just expects that the bureaucrats in the rear are a bit disciplined, and there must be something that can be used.

Time passed minute by minute, and the results of the test shocked Gerari Shangde, not to mention the cotton clothes and quilts with straw, so that they could be kept warm.

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

The most troublesome thing was the food, the canned food supplied to the low-ranking officers, which was moldy inside. Colonel Geralid opened one and found that there were small animals moving inside.

Not to mention the food of ordinary soldiers, potatoes that have been sent out, corn that has changed color, and brown bread that can be used to repair fortresses......

Only the unthinkable, there is nothing that cannot be done. The only consolation to Geralid was that three months' worth of supplies were delivered at once.

In addition to non-conforming products, they are qualified products. The number of supplies now calculated is distributed according to full strength, and after a long battle, the actual number of the eighth division is less than seven layers of full strength.

If there are more dead people on the battlefield, or if you come back from snatching some supplies from the enemy, and report more battle damage, this winter will barely be able to make do.

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For the Russians, it is only themselves who can knock them down. Even if it was embattled, the tsarist government had enough strength to cope.

It is a pity that Alexander II ignored the terrible nature of the wrong political signals, and the cooling of Russian-Austrian relations led to an increase in tariffs, on the one hand, by the bureaucrats for sycophancy, and on the other hand, for the sake of profit.

Although there are also rebates to be taken in Russian-Austrian trade, they can't stand the high rebates given by Russian capitalists!

For the same commodity, the Austrian capitalists gave a maximum of twenty or thirty percent in rebates, and in exchange for the Russian capitalists, this figure could be reversed, and the bureaucrats would get the lion's share.

As for the increased costs, it is enough to cut the cost of production. As long as you are willing to sacrifice product quality, are you afraid that you will not be able to control the cost?

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

On the one hand, the bureaucrats were still a little disciplined and aware of the importance of logistics to the war, but people were not satisfied, and when they received more kickbacks, they naturally became more greedy.

On the other hand, it is because of the lack of local production capacity in Russia, even if the bureaucrats do not care about the life or death of the front-line soldiers, they cannot reduce the quantity and can only purchase it.

As time went on, the Russian capitalists also increased their capacity, and now the political changes have allowed the bureaucrats and capitalists to see opportunities.

Prior to this, there were still a few disciplined officials who did not dare to act recklessly. Now misinterpreting Alexander II's political signals has led these officials to choose silence.

The consequences are naturally not as simple as the bureaucrats think, and it has become a common practice in the Russian army to withhold at all levels, and those who can maintain their sanity in the face of interests will always be a minority.

The upper echelons are all rotten, can you still expect the lower officials to be honest and honest?

This time, Franz did not quietly be the audience, but pushed it. The bureaucrats of the tsarist government were given room to give full play to their abilities.

In his opinion, the Prussians would be able to inflict maximum damage on the current Russian army by sending a caravan. Directly waving the banknote, he said to the quartermaster: buy, buy, buy. It is far higher than the benefits to be obtained from stumbling on the battlefield.

As long as there is money, even enemies can become the guests of honor of the Russians, and there are no enemies in front of interests.

Franz admitted that the Russian army's logistics system was corrupt, and the Austrian capitalists also played a great role. In order to get more orders, everyone is also showing their talents.

But this is only an inducement, and in essence, the tsarist bureaucracy has long since decayed. In the absence of effective supervision, the life of the Russian bureaucracy has been comfortable.

In the beginning, the Vienna government also sent people to supervise the export of goods, fearing that they would smash the brand and lose the big market.

Now that it was not needed, in retaliation for the increased tariffs by the Russians, Franz chose to ignore it.

Ignoring it is not only about loosening regulations on domestic goods, but also about allowing counterfeit and shoddy products to appear in the Russian munitions system.

To put it simply, it is an inferior commodity produced in Russia, which is labeled as an Austrian military product.

Prior to this, the Vienna government had cracked down severely, and had even sent special personnel to supervise it, and if it was discovered, it would go to the Russian Foreign Ministry to deal with it.

When it comes to the diplomatic level, the bureaucrats of the tsarist government did not dare to mess around, and after dealing with a few scapegoats, the rest did not dare to mess around.

As a rule, goods produced in Austria do not need to be inspected at all, and the rate of defective products is within a manageable range; For locally produced munitions, it is necessary to select qualified products that are mixed in the defective products.

There is no doubt that the price of military supplies exported by Austria is higher. Now that there are no constraints, the capitalists naturally don't mind impersonation.

As long as you provide a part of the qualified samples, come with a thick red envelope, and hand it over to the official in charge of the procuratorate, all the problems will be solved.

This is definitely not an Austrian pit teammate, it is completely the death of the Russian bureaucracy. Franz has already sent someone to collect evidence, just waiting for it to be revealed after the incident.