With the advent of guns, another thing was born, and that was bullets. Nowadays, the development of various countries in the fields of science and technology, economy and military is very rapid, which has invisibly promoted the development of bullets. During World War II, bullets could only be divided into two categories, one was ordinary bullets and the other was signal bullets.
Nowadays, the types of bullets have changed a lot. For example, the police use rubber bullets when performing their tasks, soldiers use armor-piercing bullets when sniping tanks, and even the United States has specially developed life-saving bullets. Because the performance of bullets is not the same, so the cost of the bullet is also different. The bullet we are talking about today is the most expensive bullet in the world. At the time, the bullet offset at least 100 million taels of silver. Next, let's see, what is going on here?
Speaking of this bullet, we must start with the Sino-Japanese War. In 1894, Japan launched the Sino-Japanese War, a war that Japan had been planning for a long time, and the Qing government fought without any preparation. In addition, the strength of the Beiyang Fleet could not compete with the Japanese warships at all, so the defeat of the Qing government was an inevitable thing.
After the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, Li Hongzhang was ordered to Negotiate Compensation at Maguan, Japan. Regarding this matter, some netizens joked that instead of saying that Li Hongzhang went to Japan to negotiate, it was better to directly say that he had signed it in the past. In fact, before the signing of the Maguan Treaty, Li Hongzhang did negotiate with the Japanese army. It is reported that the two sides have held a total of 3 negotiations, but the Japanese side is determined to 300 million taels, and not a penny can be less.
In fact, the reason why Japan did not budge was because before the two sides negotiated, the Japanese side had eavesdropped on the conversation between Li Hongzhang and Cixi. The bottom line given by Cixi is 300 million taels. After Japan learned of this news, it directly locked the price code at 300 million taels. It was also this phone call that caused Li Hongzhang to fail all three negotiations with Japan.
After the three rounds of negotiations, Li Hongzhang was directly assassinated by Japanese right-winger Toyotaro Oyama on his way back to the residence of the temple. After timely treatment, Li Hongzhang saved his life, and Japan did not have the sharpness of the past because of this matter. There is a saying in China that two countries do not fight each other. If Li Hongzhang is assassinated in Japan, he will certainly seriously damage his international status in the end.
In order to completely calm down the matter, the Japanese side conducted a new round of negotiations with Li Hongzhang, who was ill. This time, Japan took the initiative to make concessions: the compensation of the Maguan Treaty was reduced by 100 million taels of silver. Because of this bullet, the Qing government saved 100 million taels of silver, and Koyama Toyotaro was sentenced to life imprisonment. Of course, after Li Hongzhang's death, the assassin was acquitted.