Chapter 1099： Which smuggling technology is strong (1/2)

Low-temperature resistant and high-standard materials are properly high-tech in this year, and few countries can produce them.

Regardless of the fact that the Russian Empire often regards itself as an industrial country, the family knows their own affairs. Even if you brag about it, you can't count on it at the critical moment.

Just look at the railway that I built a few years ago, and I know that it is repaired more than a dozen times a year, and the repair time is longer than the opening time.

After a comprehensive inspection, it was found that the rails were rusty, rusty, deformed and deformed, and that the sleepers were rotted. The most excessive thing was that there were sprouted.

I wanted to be held accountable, but the involvement was too wide and there were too many intercessions, and it was really impossible to investigate. In the end, there was no way, but the government had to pay the bill and unplug the railway and start over.

Experience and lessons must not be forgotten. In order to ensure the quality of the Siberian Railway, the Tsarist government has made a comprehensive approach early on, and domestically produced low-temperature materials cannot be used.

Even if the people are calling for support for domestic production, but there is no way, the tsarist government is afraid of domestic production.

Ordinary railways are nothing more than a loss of money. The quality of the strategic artery of the Siberian Railway still needs to be guaranteed.

Importing not only means an increase in costs, but also an increase in transportation pressure. It is common to stop work and wait for materials.

Think about it, even the logistics supplies on the battlefield can often be confused. Then it is not unacceptable to transport railway materials to the wrong place.

Problems in the management system, or problems in the bureaucratic system of the tsarist government, obviously cannot be solved by an administrative order.

The technical requirements are high, the management system is chaotic, and the bad weather, if the construction progress of the Siberian Railway can be fast, then it is really a problem.

The railway cannot be opened to traffic in advance, and the strategic materials on the front line must be met, which is almost an unsolvable problem.

Nicholas II's face was gloomy and terrible, and even the atmosphere in the room became tense.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhailovich said: ”The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already started operations, and the Vienna government has agreed to help.

We are currently working hard to do the work of the Far Eastern Empire. If we can buy materials from them, the situation will be much better.

Now that we have achieved certain results, with the efforts of diplomats, we have won the support of many Far Eastern empire officials, who can acquiesce in us to transport supplies. ”

It is normal for the wooing to fail. The constitutional monarchy and conservatives of the Far Eastern Empire are fighting each other hard, and there is no effort to take part in the Russo-Japanese War.

It is useless to promise more benefits. A government that fears wolves and tigers before and after, neither Japan nor Russia dare to provoke them.

”Through the way to transport materials” is essentially ”smuggling.” This thing has been repeatedly banned in peaceful times, not to mention chaotic war years.

It is not so much a diplomatic effort as it is driven by interests. Just open one eye and close one eye, and there will be a large sum of silver in the account. Why should you refuse?

Anyway, it's not just Russian business, Japanese business is still done. As long as they are willing to give money, merchants don't mind who they sell to.

Even if the merchants of the Far Eastern Empire did not dare to blend in, there were international arms dealers rushing in. As long as you have enough money, you are not afraid of not being able to buy goods.

The only problem is that the supply of these guys is not sufficient, and the transportation is often attacked by Japanese hired bandits, which cannot meet the needs of war.

But Mikhailovich has confidence in international arms dealers. The current shortage of supplies is mainly because everyone did not anticipate the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, and the most powerful wave of arms dealers did not have time to participate.

If these arms dealers with a background background are involved, no matter how much supplies they can get, this is their real purpose for seeking help from the Vienna government.

In order to smuggle strategic materials on a large scale, in addition to the cooperation of the Far Eastern Empire, the background of foreign powers is also needed to deter the wolves and tigers.

Ordinary strategic materials are nothing more. They can be produced in the family workshops of the Far Eastern Empire, and they can always be bought as long as they have money. Troublesome weapons and ammunition.

Apart from other things, the Japanese navy is not easy to pass. In order to prevent arms from falling into the hands of the Russian army, the Japanese Navy acted as the East Asian police after the outbreak of the war.