一1885年春,从美国海军学院毕业不久的马吉芬站在考官李鸿章面前。“你准备做什么工作?”“我希望指挥新买来的鱼雷艇加入长江的防卫舰队。”李鸿章问的不多,沉默片刻表示,如果马吉芬能通过军械局水师学堂的多学科评估考试,则可以获得聘任。马吉芬在一封家书中这样描述这场考试:“这天我被叫去,坐在一群戴着花翎圆帽的人面前,接受了一次拘谨的考试……整整一天都在做考题,写了15张纸画了一堆草图,真累呀。”过了几天,天津军械局水师 In the spring of 1885, Magpie, who graduated from the United States Naval Academy, stood before Li Hongzhang, an examiner. “” “” “I hope to command the newly purchased torpedo boat to join the fleet of the Yangtze River. ” Li Hongzhang asked not much, silent for a moment that if Maggie Fen through the Ordnance Bureau Naval Multidisciplinary Assessment exams, you can get hired. Maggie Fenghuang described the exam in a book like this: “I was called this day and sat in a group of people with flower-hat and took a cautious exam ... I did a full day exam and wrote 15 sheets of paper painted a bunch of sketches, really tired. ”" A few days later, Tianjin Ordnance Bureau navy