Russia also succeeded in leasing Lushun area and Dalian City, both southern parts of Liaodong Peninsula in 1898 by signing the Russia-Qing secret agreement in 1896 by giving a bribe of 500 thousands rubles to then-Chinese prime minister, Li Hongzhang, and 250 thousands rubles to then-deputy prime minister, Zhang Yinhuan.
ロシアも総理大臣の李鴻章が50万ルーブル、副総理の張蔭桓が25万ルーブルの賄賂を受け取り1896年に秘密協定である露清密約を結び、1898年、遼東半島南端の旅順・大連市の租借に成功する。