Beiyang 1917

At this moment, the Prime Minister and the War Supervisory Office both have some moral obsessions. Duan Qirui knew people with his eyes and boldly promoted Wang Geng. Now Wang Geng and Lao Duan themselves can be regarded as successful. Adding another layer of marriage and Weng-in-law relationship, I always feel that it is superfluous or out of cliché.

As far as Duan Qirui is concerned, his trust and appreciation for Wang Geng is increasing every day. For Wang Geng, in the eyes of old Duan, his position in the Anhui Department, the government and the Ministry of the Army is becoming more and more stable. The China Charity Foundation The establishment of the company brought him fame beyond his imagination.

Although they don't stick to their children's love, after all, Lao Duan and Wang Geng are flesh and blood people. The marriage event supervised by the war was finally explained by Duan Hongbing's study in the United States. Of course, Duan Hongbing's best friend Lu Sister, before departure, Wang Geng and Duan Hongbing secretly got engaged in front of Lao Duan.After all, Duan Hongbing is only 16 years old, so it's not too late to get married after two years of studying abroad!

Of course Lu Mei wanted to stay, but she couldn't bear Duan Hongbing. As for Duan Hongbing, she couldn't bear Lu Mei, but she didn't trust her to stay by Wang Geng's side alone. Isn't there still a big business, don't worry about having nothing to do!

Sending off Duan Fu's second maid and Lu Mei's war supervisor, I feel lost, these four months have been non-stop on state affairs, plus the family has to deal with five beautiful concubines, has it neglected and missed the love of children around me?

In July and August of 1917, in Wang Geng's previous life, North China had a major flood. The most flooded area should have been in the Haihe River Basin. Wan Minfu dredged and strengthened embankments on both sides of the Yongding River, which was originally the largest tributary of the Haihe River in the upper reaches.

The effective management of both sides of the Yongding River led by the participating troops made the North China flood in July and August in 1917 not happen as scheduled. The slightly more rainwater had almost no major impact on the banks of the Yongding River after dredging. This is destined to become Wang Geng. One of the biggest contributions this butterfly made to the people of Zhili and Gyeonggi after flapping its wings.

The Great North China Flood did not occur as expected in 1917, but the flood in Henan became a vast ocean due to the breach of the Yellow River. The Department of Civil Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs allocated a large amount of aid materials to rescue Henan, Shandong and other provinces. Wang Geng hoarded them in Nanyuan Imported American grains were also urgently called for dozens of wagons to be transported to Henan and Shandong.

This is not the biggest flood in the history of the Yellow River, but there are still millions of people affected by the disaster on both sides of the Yellow River, and countless people are displaced. Fortunately, Wang Geng is also the governor of Suiyuan. Through the coordination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Communications, every day The victims were relocated to Suiyuan along the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway and the Beijing-Suiyuan Railway by using iron trains. As a result, a new wave of reclamation immigrants in the Hetao area of ​​Suiyuan Province ushered in.

The China Charity Foundation launched nationwide fundraising and disaster relief activities, raising more than 500 million yuan in funds and disaster relief materials, all of which were used for the resettlement and relief work of the victims of the disaster that year.

In this way, at the end of August 1917, with China Airlines officially put into operation, in the next three months, it successively opened up routes from Beijing to Shanghai, Beijing to Jinan, Beijing to Zhengzhou, Beijing to Wuhan, Beijing to Qingdao, and Beijing to Mukden. , Beijing to Xi'an, Beijing to Nanjing, Beijing to Suiyuan, Shanghai to Guangzhou two-way air routes.

The 24 Handley Page 0400 heavy bombers were all dismantled and converted into 16-seat civilian airliners, and the cockpit at the nose was changed from open to closed.The selection of the route, the determination of the landmarks, and the alternate airport are all gradually established in the process of exploration.

The Nanyuan Aviation School under the Aviation Department of the participating army trained 500 pilots within three months, and those with the best skills were given priority to be seconded to China Airlines to fly the modified civilian 0400. Veteran British flight instructor.

The training of air force ground mechanics is more difficult. After all, it is much more difficult to maintain, repair and assemble the aircraft than it is theoretically much more difficult to fly the aircraft with the stick, but even so, within three months, 2500 ground crew There are also some who have begun to be competent in their roles.

In fact, the first 10 routes and [-] airports left the Air Force with a bit of a shortage of newly trained skilled ground staff, each of whom was actually a pioneer in China's civil aviation.

The air force is a force built with money. The monthly salary of pilots is as high as 100 yuan, which is ten times that of ordinary soldiers. Pilots who are seconded to China Airlines receive an additional 100 yuan of flying allowance per month. The monthly salary of the ground crew of the air force is 50 yuan, and those who are seconded to the airports stationed by China Airlines will receive an additional 50 yuan monthly allowance.

With China Airlines officially put into trial operation, China Insurance Company was also quietly established. Traveling by air is by no means comfortable in this era, but it is efficient and has become a fashion for the rich, just like Wang Geng’s previous life who flew on Russian planes. The guys who travel in spaceships are the same. Of course, the most used ones are the bigwigs in the political and business circles.

The registered capital of China Insurance Company is 1000 million, and the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications each accounted for 15%, followed by Bank of China and Bank of Communications each accounted for 10%, China Airlines accounted for 10%, Sino-American Petroleum Corporation accounted for 10%, and China Charity The Foundation accounts for 5%, Citibank, HSBC, and Zhengjin Bank each account for 5%, Shanghai Commercial Savings Bank accounts for 5%, and Beijing-Suihai Railway Company accounts for 5%!

The scope of coverage of China Insurance is all-encompassing. Property insurance is a matter that has long been accepted by people, especially factory fire insurance, vehicle and ship insurance, aviation insurance, mail insurance, theft and rescue, etc., while personal accident insurance and pension savings In the era of 1917, type insurance surpassed people's knowledge.

China Insurance’s underwriting and claim settlement have strict and professional identification procedures. For example, if a spinning mill purchases fire insurance, the fire safety of the spinning mill itself is an important measure. The lower, and vice versa, until the rejection.

At that time, there were only 59 members of the Chinese Insurance Association of China, the total annual income was about 700 million yuan, and the total registered capital was only 959 million yuan. The emergence of the giant China Insurance Company was greatly encouraged and strengthened The development of the national insurance industry has opened a new chapter in China's insurance market, which was originally dominated by foreign-funded insurance companies.

China Insurance Company made good use of the subcontracting mechanism in the process of underwriting the insurance of large-scale factories and mines, which not only controlled risks but also formed benign cooperation and alliances among peers, and the entire insurance market was thriving.

In fact, if China Airlines had not opened a new chapter in civil aviation, Wang Geng would not have been so eager to establish an insurance company. After the establishment of China Insurance, the first major insurer was China Airlines, and all aircraft and station equipment were invested. Huge amount of insurance.

In other words, if a Handley Page 0400 crashes, the premium paid by Zhonghua Insurance is enough to buy a new Handley Page 0400, and the family members of each victim, whether pilot or passenger, will receive The compensation insurance will be as high as 2 yuan, and the compensation for injury or disability will range from 5000 yuan to 1 yuan!

Of course, the fare for air travel is mandatory to include the insurance fee of 1 yuan, and the air fare for different routes depends on the mileage of the route. The railway mileage from Jinan to Fengtian is about 0.012 kilometers, and the fare is only 1085.For the same mileage, China Airlines' air passenger fare is eight times that of the railway. For example, for the route between Beijing and Shanghai, the air fare is set at 13.15 yuan.

The most popular Beijing-Shanghai route and Shanghai-Guangzhou route quickly increased from one pair of planes each day to two pairs of planes each day, and then three flights per day!Even so, there are only 48 valid passenger seats available for sale on these two most popular routes every day, and the main passengers are foreigners, political and military leaders, business owners and bankers!