鸦片战争以后,国事日蹙,清政府感到入侵者的压力,非奋发图强,大力发展军工实业,“御侮之用”不可。于是驻天津的三口通商大臣崇厚奉命筹办“天津机器局”。开始在同治六年(1867)地址选定在城南海光寺。缘在同治元年(1862)崇厚曾雇用英军官训练洋枪队时“试铸英国得力炸炮,加精选炸炮子成功”。同治五年奏请在天津设局,“既欲练兵,自应在就近地方添设总局,外洋军火机器成式,实力讲求,以期多方利用”。六年即着手筹建,向英商洽购制造火 After the Opium War, as the state of affairs continued to grow, the Qing government felt the pressure from the invaders and was not invigorated. It vigorously developed the military industry and was not allowed to use it. The three ministers of commerce in Tianjin were then instructed to organize the Tianjin Machinery Bureau. It began at the address of the 6th year of Tongzhi (1867) and was selected at the Temple of Light in Seongnam-eup. In the first year of Tongzhi (1862), Chongrun had employed British officers to train the Gunnery team when he “tested for British capable explosives and added demolition guns.” The Tongzhi Five-year Tournament set up a bureau in Tianjin. “We want to train our troops and we should set up the General Administration of Arms at the nearest place, and establish a foreign-type munitions machine with strength and strength in order to make more use of it”. Six years to start preparations for the establishment of a fire to the British businessmen