[Although Heng Yi is not a Western holiday, I still wish everyone a happy Valentine's Day]

At the end of the award meeting, in the evening, Yan Xueyi feasted the empire in the palace. The next day, the military top brass returned to the regimental quarters by airship, where there were officers waiting for them to issue the order of conferment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The strength of the National Day military parade of the Chinese Empire not only increased the cohesion of the country and the nation, but also shook foreign forces, you must know that at this time the Chinese team is still at war with Russia, the war between the two land powers, is not an easy thing, Russia has been dragged into the quagmire of war, but the Chinese Empire has time to hold such grand activities as "Mount Tai Fengzen" and "Grand Military Parade".

No country dares to easily brush the tiger's whiskers of the Chinese Empire, not to mention that a silver crisis that is still going on all over the world, and governments are trying to recover their economies, so how can they have time to deal with the Chinese Empire.

With the help of the British, the industry and economy have already improved somewhat, but with the arrival of the silver crisis, the price of silver, which is more closely connected with the Western world, has also fallen sharply.

In early January, the "China Daily" issued a special supplement for the National Day, which recorded in detail the process of "Taishan Feng Chan" and the "Great Military Parade", which caused a huge sensation throughout the country, and the people of the country were proud of the fact that the empire had such a powerful force, especially a picture in the newspaper of foreigners being intimidated by the force of the empire, which made the people cheer.

Of course, some people also noticed that the two cars that appeared in Chaoyangmen Square during the military parade, and there was also a small area in the special supplement to the National Day of the "China Daily" to describe the cars, and at the end of the article there was a small advertisement: On January 11, Beidou cars were officially opened for reservations, and those who intend to buy cars should go to the royal banks in various places for further consultation, or make reservations, and the price of Beidou cars is 15,000 Chinese dollars in Yaoguang and 35,000 Chinese dollars in Kaiyang.

Beidou Automobile is the official name of Yongyi Automobile Factory, in fact, Beidou Automobile is only a brand, belonging to the Royal Automobile Group, Beidou Automobile only produces cars, and there will be special bus brands, truck brands and so on in the future.

Beidou is composed of Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, Yaoguang seven stars, "Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, Yaoguang" These seven names are the names of the seven models of Beidou automobiles, of course, now Beidou automobiles have no seven, in addition to the big parade Yan Xueyi and others in the car is also produced by Beidou automobiles, but it does not belong to these seven models, but specially produced review special vehicles.

From top to bottom, the Big Dipper actually represents the ranking of the price, configuration, comfort, and status level of the seven models of cars.

According to the level: Supreme Tianshu, Top Tianxuan, Senior Tianji, Middle High Tianquan, Intermediate Yuheng, Middle and Low Kaiyang, and Low Yaoguang.

Tianshu is a royal special car, Tianshu has the highest cost, the most luxurious shape, the most comfortable inside, and the highest degree of defense.

In fact, in addition to the production of special vehicles for inspection, the Beidou Automobile Factory only has three models: "Tianshu, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang", and only Kaiyang and Yaoguang are sold to the whole territory of the empire, a Yaoguang costs 15,000 Chinese dollars, and a Kaiyang costs 35,000 Chinese dollars, and the royal special Tianshu is priceless and priceless.

Is the price of 15,000 Chinese dollars in Yaoguang and 35,000 Chinese dollars in Kaiyang high?

For ordinary people, this price is high, but for the merchants of the empire, this price is not too high.

15,000 Chinese dollars is equal to 1,500 taels of silver before the reform of the currency system, and 35,000 Chinese dollars is equal to 3,500 taels of silver.

At least tens of thousands of people in the Chinese Empire could afford Yaoguang and Kaiyang, and the people who could afford cars were mainly merchants, factory owners, and officials and generals of the empire.

Taking Imperial Prime Minister Yan Xuecai as an example, Yan Xuecai's annual salary can buy five Kaiyang, but the prime minister's position is above 10,000 people, and he will not take Kaiyang and Yaoguang, but will be given a Tianshu by Yan Xueyi.

The salaries of civil servants in the empire were generally higher, and the auxiliary police were the lowest-paid civil servants, and their monthly salary was 25 Chinese dollars.

Higher salaries can greatly reduce the greed of imperial officials. Rot. Defeat the problem, officials are greedy. Rot. Defeat can easily affect the foundation of a country.

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Simple words cannot describe the details of the two cars of Yaoguang and Kaiyang, and they can be compared with the famous Ford Model T in history.

The Ford Model T is an automobile product launched by the Ford Motor Company founded by Henry Ford in the United States from 1908 to 1927, and more than 15 million units were sold from the first Model T to its discontinuation.

The Model T has a 2.9-litre four-cylinder engine that produces 20 hp and 72 km/h, and the Model T consumes around 7.8-9.4 litres/100 km.

The Model T was initially priced at $850, while competing models typically cost $2,000 to $3,000. By the 1920s, due to increased production efficiency and capacity expansion, the price had dropped to $300, or about 450 taels of silver, or 4,500 Chinese dollars.

The cheap Ford Model T can even be bought by American civilians (middle class), but in the eyes of civilians it is lightweight, powerful, simple, sturdy, practical, two-speed shift, easy to drive Model T, in the eyes of the rich is synonymous with shoddy manufacturing, Ford in order to save costs, use a variety of cheap materials, can save where it can be saved, and the driving experience of Ford Model T is definitely not good.

Basically, only civilians will drive Ford Model Ts, and rich people will choose better cars.

Compared with Beidou Automobile's Yaoguang, Yaoguang costs 15,000 Chinese dollars, or about 2,250 US dollars, and one Yaoguang can buy multiple Ford Model T.

The Yaoguang has similar equipment to the Ford Model T, but the Yaoguang consumes less fuel.

To say that the biggest difference between Yaoguang and Ford Model T is the appearance of the two, Ford Model T was not ugly in that era, but it was not good-looking, and Yaoguang was different, Yan Xueyi directly threw out a few more modern car appearance design drawings, and finally had the current Yaoguang.

If you put the Yaoguang and the Ford Model T together, if you don't ask the price, people will definitely choose the Yaoguang with more perfect shape and higher comfort.

What's more, Yaoguang appeared in the first year of Xinghua (1889), while the Ford Model T did not appear until nearly twenty years later, and there is a huge time gap between the two.