What kind of modern weapons can you think of? I believe that many people will think of guns, but simple guns can not pose damage, it is equivalent to the ancient bow, it needs to be used with its "arrow", and the "arrow" of the gun is a bullet. In film and television works, there are often "arrow rains" in ancient wars, in fact, on the modern battlefield, "bullet rain" exists almost all the time, so the battlefield is a place full of unexpected dangers.
The price of the bullet
Guns were the most important weapon in the age of hot weapons, and bullets became a necessity in warfare, making it difficult for an army without bullets to win a battle. For arsenals, bullets are also an extremely common and basic product. Every year, China's arsenal alone produces 2 billion rounds of ammunition, part of which is used for target shooting and inventory renewal, and part of which is used for export, which has become an important source of income for our country. Of all military products, the cost and price of bullets can only be counted as the lowest. So, do you know how much the "most expensive" bullet in the world is worth?
The most expensive bullets
You may not believe it, but this bullet is worth a hundred million taels of silver! And the most incredible thing is that the person who was shot even said that he wanted another shot. This is not to say that the bullet itself is worth, it is an ordinary bullet in terms of materials, but it changes the fate of a country.
The matter should also start from the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the rule of the Qing government was very corrupt, and it did not pay any attention to the people's lives and the aggression of the great powers, but only wanted the stability of its own rule, so it did not hesitate to become a tool for the great powers to invade China. After the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, the Qing Dynasty's dream of establishing a new army was also broken, and it could only ask Japan for peace three or four times.
At that time, the person sent by the Qing government to negotiate with the Japanese government was Li Hongzhang, a famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty. Li Hongzhang, a person who believes that everyone will not be unfamiliar, has been reviled for signing many unequal treaties. In fact, Li Hongzhang was already the most suitable candidate for negotiations between the Qing government and foreign countries at that time, and he alone could not change the reality that a country had degenerated.
When Li Hongzhang negotiated with the Japanese, he opened his mouth in the face of the Japanese lion and wanted to keep the amount of reparations as low as possible, so he has been deadlocked. After the end of the third negotiation, Li Hongzhang encountered an unexpected situation in the process of returning to the station.
At that time, a Japanese radical named Toyotaro Koyama wanted to assassinate Li Hongzhang to let the war continue, so he shot at Li Hongzhang. But the bullet did not kill Li Hongzhang, only injured him. The assassination of the ambassador on the soil of other countries was a very serious matter, so Li Hongzhang used this to force the Japanese government to make concessions, and finally reduced the indemnity of 100 million taels of silver, so the bullet was worth 100 million taels of silver.
Afterwards, Li Hongzhang said that if he was shot, he could make Japan reduce the compensation, then he was willing to shoot again. Of course, this was just an exclamation in the context of the helplessness at the time.
Behind one of the most expensive bullets is also a humiliating history in China. After so many years of struggle, china no longer has to bear such humiliations and has become a big country with status and responsibility in the international community, and can fully safeguard its dignity.