I hate the Communist Party chapter 182

‘It may be unreasonable to compare the Russian Empire and France on a one-to-one basis, but we must ensure that the minimum transport capacity is secured.’

It may be said that transportation by train or transportation using horses boasting a long tradition could be used, but now, not in the era when steam engines were used as power sources, there was inevitably a difference between horses and internal combustion engines.

Considering the fact that the Russian Empire spent hundreds of millions of rubles to import cars, armored vehicles, and even bicycles beyond its imports of firearms, ammunition, and shells that it could not produce itself during World War I. I was in awe of whether I was able to withstand 3 years.

You fought for three years while replenishing the supplies consumed by the national level of war.

In fact, wasn’t the Russian Empire much stronger than I thought?

‘Although in reality, it was just somehow filling up the scarce supplies and equipment with manpower.’

While contemplating the Russian Empire in its original history, Vite’s words continued seamlessly.

“The point is simple. It provides national support to companies that stand out in the automotive industry. Well, in the Russian Empire, the only company related to the automobile industry is Freze. You have to be pampered as if raising a child. Just as a child is always carried by a nanny or parent until he or she takes a step, we must provide a strong shield until the company has at least some degree of competitiveness in the international market.”

Hmm.

Bite coughed as he finished talking. Maybe because I kept talking, my throat was dry.

I got up and headed to the shelf. On the shelf, the vodka of Sminov, still being delivered to the imperial family, was on display.

“It’s not going to be much different from what I’ve been doing at the Treasury until now. Isn’t it?”

I picked up one of the vodka on the shelf, poured two glasses, and handed one to Bite and said.

“Hmm, hmm. Thank you, Your Majesty. Yes. High tariffs are imposed on products coming from foreign countries, and it is worth considering that Freze offers policy benefits such as tax cuts and flexible application of labor laws. In addition, it could be said that of the steel produced to build the Trans-Siberian Railway, the amount of steel that has not yet been consumed and remains in the warehouse is handed over to Freze at a low price.”

uh? Can you make a car out of the steel you need to build a railroad?

“Wait a minute. Although I cannot say that I have excellent engineering knowledge. Even so, I know that not all of them are of the same age. But, as you said, can the steel that was produced for railroads can be used to make cars again?”

“uh… … .”

It is true that Bite was in charge of railroad-related tasks, but he didn’t seem to know it well, as administrative rather than engineering was his specialty.

“There may be problems, so I will ask the Royal Science Association or the staff to make a decision about it.”

“I will.”

If this happens, it will work a little, but it would be much better than forcing to hold steel that couldn’t be used.

Even Bite, who was embarrassed by an unexpected question, began to continue to say what he had been preparing for a while.

“Also, it would be nice to use the method your Majesty used to convict chaebol companies in the past. If the goods produced by Freze company meet certain standards, they will be purchased by the military or government. As far as I’ve found out, Frege is already a company with delivery experience. It is also through contracts with the military, not through general administrative organizations. According to the official in charge of the task at the time, it was ordered for maneuvering training, not for general training, but it worked smoothly without any problems. It wasn’t that the climate was good at the time, but it was said that there was no breakdown.”

That was good news.

At least, I didn’t have to start by heading to the ground.

By analogy, the present-day Fregesa could be said to be cotyledons that sprouted in good soil.

Such cotyledons will grow quickly whenever enough water and sunlight are provided.

“The only concern is that no matter how nationally it boosts the automobile industry, it is expected that it will take quite a long time for the investments to come out. I mentioned earlier that the automobile industry of our Russian Empire is insufficient compared to other countries, but it is because the field of automobile industry itself is not very large. In my opinion, it is expected to grow at a rapid pace, but the reality is that Mercedes, the world’s largest automobile company, has at least 600 units.”

Someone might say this.

Do you need to provide so much support to areas where you can’t expect a decent profit?

But, as Vitte predicted, it was clear that the automobile industry would grow rapidly.

Although the conveyor belt system, which is still called the beginning of mass production, was adopted by Ford in 1913, the rapid growth would take place, but I seemed to be able to get that period a bit earlier.

This is because even though the establishment of a full-fledged division of labor system has not yet been established, even businessmen and technicians knew that it was possible to speed up production by dividing the work that is not done by a single engineer.

What I was going to do was give them some ideas.

Before that, it was necessary to refine the policy a little more in relation to fostering the automobile industry.

“Well, then, is the tariff policy you are thinking of only for finished cars manufactured abroad? Or does it apply to the tools or accessories needed to make a car?”

“First of all, it has not been decided, but within the Ministry of Finance, the opinion that it would be better to apply it in bulk is more prevalent. Their idea is that they can secure finances by collecting tariffs.”

It made sense, but the overall application of tariffs was likely to interfere with what we were trying to do.

“Well, though, I think it would be better to apply a lower tariff on accessories such as tools.”

“Why do you think so?”

“It’s because of the insufficient industrial power of our country that you also mentioned.”

“Oh, I see.”

Even though I said this much, Vitte seemed to know what I was trying to say.

In order to equip the facilities to produce automobiles, imports from overseas are now required, but if tariffs are put on high, domestic companies will have to act as a heavy burden in setting up factories.

If that happens, it was natural that the belly button would be bigger than the belly as the goods obtained from tariffs would have to be supported as it is, no, rather more than that.

As the basis of the protection trade that has been implemented so far is tariffs, it seems that it has not been considered because it has concentrated only on tariffs.

“In consideration of what you said, I will refine the tariff-related parts a little more. However, if there is one concern… … .”

Bite’s speech was blurred, and after drinking the vodka that was left in the glass that was handed over, he spoke.

“The most important thing in this matter is your Majesty’s will. Probably, the reports I will give to Your Majesty regarding this project over the next few years will be full of deficits. But trust this one. I mean, no matter how many deficits or how many dissenting opinions around them, if your Majesty gives us unwavering support for this matter, we will surely succeed.”

Probably, when it comes to fostering the automobile industry, it was clear that we had to face quite a bit of opposition.

If the state does not guarantee the purchase, is there a need to maintain a company that cannot be operated while pouring out treasury? There are so many corners for money, but would it be better to return the money to another place and use it for more productive work?

Their words would be correct from an economic point of view.

In fact, in the original history, the reason why the Russian Empire did not pay much attention to fostering the automobile industry in its own country until World War I was also because research results showed that importing is much cheaper than growing the industry.

Rather than fostering an industry that shows insignificant output compared to input, it was clear that it would be said to import foreign products that are much cheaper and have excellent performance.

But.

“I am not going to change my attitude regarding this policy. I promise.”

In the short term, in order to push the work that seemed to be a loss, the will of the magistrate was the most important.

And I was fully prepared to go ahead with this work.

In fact, if it hadn’t been guaranteed, I might not have done this either.

However, it was possible because the automotive industry was, strictly speaking, a field with guaranteed success.

Moreover, the development of automobile industry technology in this era could be said to be the development of aviation technology.

Shouldn’t we have the technology to make the engine of the car to make the engine of the aircraft?

It may be said that the air force’s influence in World War I was weaker than that of World War II, but the situation in which the Russian Air Force fell into the sense of service of the Red Baron, like the Eastern Front in the original history, had to be prevented.

However, these matters have been shared by very few people who are currently working on projects related to airplanes with me.

Since the product of an airplane has not yet come out, the phrase “in order to make an airplane, automobile engine technology is essential, so we need to foster the automobile industry” was just right to be treated as crazy.

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Bite, who is still not aware of this thought, expressed gratitude to me as if he was moved by what he had just said.

In his eyes, I will see myself as a trusted boss without any doubt.

Well, something pokes a bit of conscience… … I don’t lose. Wouldn’t good be good?

Without having to correct the misunderstandings he was making, I opened up about securing the budget needed to go ahead with the business.

“Probably in the beginning, it would be a little difficult to secure finances for this job. First of all, we will change the use of the budget allocated to the canceled new gun business. In addition to that, um, it would be nice to get the help of an agreement that we’ll be making with our new Japanese friends this time.”

As long as the emperor came out and said that he would accept any conditions positively, he was ready to suck on as much as possible.

Perhaps Japan will be called the first “banana nation”¹ in the future.

“Okay, first of all, I’d like to draw out the spare budget from other business fields at the beginning of the business, and after that, I’ll do it with the income from the business itself and the sincerity of my Far East friends.”

“Do that.”

After some finishing touches on the automotive industry, I thought I had to talk in my mind about a topic that I had been putting off over and over.

#Artist’s words

Timely Ordinance: A law that was enforced in the UK and was evaluated as blocking the development of the automobile industry by limiting the maximum speed of automobiles in the city to 8 km/h. The reason why it was called the Timely Ordinance was because the contents of the bill at that time included a statement that when driving a car, one rider must lead the car with a red flag while running in a wagon 55m in front of the car.

Banana Country: You can think of it as a country that maintains its economy through primary resource exports.

In fact, Lesner, one of the leading automakers in the Russian Empire, abandoned the automobile industry in 1909 due to the Russian Empire’s policy of imposing low tariffs on finished foreign cars and high tariffs on tools and materials needed to make cars. Something happened.

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