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What happened to the raw wheat incident? Why did Japan compensate 6 million taels of gold?
Perhaps many people don't know that Japan once had conflicts with Britain. This event is known as the wheat planting event in history, and it can also be called the Richard letter event. It happened on September 1862 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The samurai of Shimazu Jiuguang, the father of Satsuma's main island, attacked four Britons. This incident made Britain very angry and urged the shogunate and Samoa to punish the murderer, give Britain an account and pay compensation to Britain. At that time, the shogunate paid100,000 pounds, equivalent to 60,000 gold.

What is the specific process of the raw wheat incident? On September 1862 and 14, four Englishmen rode away in Shengmai Village. On the way, they met Shimazu Jiuguang, the guardian of Samoan lords, and hundreds of his people. The guard of honor occupied the whole road. According to Japanese regulations, Pingming must kneel down when meeting the famous honor guards. However, there is no such rule in Britain, and the four British people refused to kneel and give in anyway. Shimazu Jiuguang thinks they are rude, which is a dispute caused by cultural differences. Suddenly, an Englishman's horse was frightened and rushed to the guard of honor, so the guard of honor drew his sword and assassinated them. Britain demanded that Japan severely punish the perpetrators and compensate 60,000 yuan. Samoan lords refused Britain's request, so Britain sent a fleet to shell Kagoshima, and the Sa-British War broke out in history.

However, the outcome of this incident is surprising and unexpected. Samoa has established friendly trade relations with Britain. Originally, Samoans thought that Japan had learned the most advanced technology in the west, and its military strength and equipment were considered as a powerful country. Unexpectedly, in this war, although Japan took the lead, it was defeated by the British. British guns, both in firing rate and lethality, are simply not as good as those made in Japan. As a result, Samoans began to envy Britain's advanced technology and proposed to establish friendly trade relations with Britain.