Ma Jiude expanded the port and waited for a while. After waiting for several days, Yang Cong finally led the fleet to arrive as scheduled.

When this guy saw the sails covering the sky and the sun on the sea, the people of Yong'an Prefecture were stunned. When did the Ming Dynasty have so many warships? In their impression, it would be good that the Ming Navy could have dozens of large warships. How could they have thought that the Ming Navy's large warships were hundreds of large warships?

It's spectacular, it's really spectacular!

In fact, the Cangshan boat cannot be regarded as a large warship. The lucky ship that is more than ten meters long is a real large warship. However, in the eyes of the people of Yong'an Prefecture, these Cangshan boats and centipede boats that are several meters long are considered extraordinary large ships. You must know that the fishing boats they usually use for fishing near the coast cannot exceed one meter long.

Ma Jiude was so excited that he was already looking forward to Yang Cong's arrival, but he didn't expect Yang Cong to come with hundreds of warships. This scene is really exciting. Who doesn't want his motherland to be strong?

Just as he was waiting, a unique Cangshan boat had already approached the dock where he was. First, more than twenty Jinyiwei rushed down and protected the dock tightly. Then, Yang Cong, the governor of the five provinces, walked down with his head held high, surrounded by a group of civil servants and military generals.

Seeing this, Ma Jiude hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Ma Jiude, the governor of Yong'an Prefecture, met with the Governor."

When Yang Cong heard this, his brows frowned secretly, Ma Jiude?

This "Nine Destiny" is not a good name. Although he knew that this "de" was moral "de", Chen Jiude had already made the word "Nine Destiny" a stigma. It is really a bit offensive to be named virtue but not moral.

Of course, he also knew that Ma Jiude was not Chen Jiude. He just frowned secretly, and then smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Half a month ago, I heard the Navy's whistle that there was only a small low pier here. I didn't expect that in just over ten days, Lord Ma could expand the port to the city. It's good, good."

When Ma Jiude heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he bowed and said modestly: "The Governor has been too much. This is because the leader is good, and the subordinates are just obedient to the order."

Why is this flattery so stiff?

Yang Cong frowned secretly again, then smiled and said, "Mr. Ma, I wonder if the garrison and the garrison of the grain are ready?"

Ma Jiude nodded quickly and said, "It's ready, it's ready."

Yang Cong nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Then please take us over and have a look first."

Upon hearing this, Ma Jiude quickly bowed and made a gesture of invitation, and then took the lead in walking into the city.

Although Yong'an Prefecture is small, the prefecture city is not a small city, because the prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty were built according to certain regulations. According to standards, a prefecture city must be able to live in at least 20,000 households, while a county city can live in about 10,000 households is considered large. Therefore, Yong'an Prefecture City looks more than twice as big as Hui'an County.

However, as soon as he entered the city gate, Yang Cong frowned again.

The entire area near the south gate of Yong'an Prefecture was actually empty!

He looked around carefully and saw traces of house demolition in some places, which proved that there should have been people living here.

Could it be that this guy drove away all the people who originally lived here to please him?

When he first got off the boat, he saw that the good mood of the new port disappeared at this moment. Although he was not disgusted with others flattering, he was very disgusted by the effort to flatter the people and ruining money for the sake of flattery.

He couldn't help but say angrily: "Mr. Ma, I have not ordered someone to explain to you. Try not to disturb the people. Just find a piece of open space in the city. How many residents have you moved away?"

Seeing this, Ma Jiude quickly explained: "No, no, the officials have not moved many residents. The adults don't know. Because there were pirates in the past few years, the Guangxi Dusi also sent people to station here. Therefore, the south of the city was originally cleared, and not many people have moved here in the past few years. After all, no one knows whether there is a garrison here again. This time, I heard that the adults were going to lead the army to station here, so the officials moved several dilapidated houses to other places."

It is unlikely that a few dilapidated houses have been moved away?

Yang Cong couldn't help but see the picture of Hui'an County. This is not the case in Hui'an County. Not to mention the area near the city gate, even the four corners of the city wall are full of people. Even though Yong'an Prefecture is poor, there will be no one living in the prefecture city, right?

Yang Cong looked up at the streets in the distance, then asked coldly: "How many residents are there in Yong'an Prefecture City?"

Ma Jiude has been here for several years and is naturally familiar with the number of residents here. He said without hesitation: "There are 2,316 households and 13,675 households in Yong'an Prefecture City."

What?

Yang Cong thought he had heard it wrong, so he subconsciously asked: "There are only more than 10,000 people living in Yong'an Prefecture City?"

Ma Jiude nodded quickly and said, "Yes, sir, there are only more than 40,000 people in Yong'an Prefecture, and nearly 30% of them live in the city are considered to be a big deal."

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. There were only more than 40,000 people in a state. Are you mistaken? Hui'an County has a population of more than 100,000.

Well, it’s all because he didn’t do enough homework. He just wanted to use Yong'an Prefecture as a place to transfer grain, so he didn’t pay attention to how big Yong'an Prefecture is, nor did he check how many people there are in Yong'an Prefecture.

He coughed awkwardly, and then said warmly: "Sir Ma, sorry, I think there are at least 20,000 or 30,000 households in this city."

Upon hearing this, Ma Jiude quickly smiled and said, "It's nothing, nothing, the adults love the people as much as their children, and they can't bear to waste the people's money. It's too late to admire the officials."

There are only more than 2,000 households in such a large state city, which means that it is no problem to station a hundred thousand troops in it.

Yang Cong originally wanted to build the grain storage place in Yong'an Prefecture first, and then check it out to see where it is suitable for garrisons. Now it seems that this Yong'an Prefecture City is a good place.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his hand and said, "Guangxi Map."

Soon, the two personal guards spread a huge map of Guangxi in front of him.

Luo Hongxian, his subordinate, was specially drawn maps. Luo Hongxian carefully checked the maps of various parts of the Ming Dynasty and drew them again according to the new drawing method. Naturally, he did not lack maps in his hand. Before coming to Guangxi, he ordered people to enlarge the map here and reserve it for use.

The place in Yong'an Prefecture on this map is actually not small, but 90% of the places are mountainous. He originally thought that mountains could be lived in, but now it seems that the mountains in this place should be no longer occupied.

He looked carefully and asked, "Is there a passage to Annan here?"

Ma Jiude shook his head without hesitation and said, "No, although this place is less than a hundred miles away from Annan, there are 100,000 mountains in the middle, and there is no road in the mountains."

Yang Cong pointed to the coastline on the map and said, "Wouldn't it be difficult to repair along the coast?"

Ma Jiude frowned and pondered for a moment, then he estimated: "If I rely solely on labor in this state, it would probably take about a year."

Yang Cong asked: "How many labor can Yong'an Prefecture recruit?"

Ma Jiude said without hesitation: "If you only use labor, you may only be able to recruit about 2,000, because most people have been in labor this year. If you pay money or grain, you should be able to recruit about 9,000."

Yang Cong asked again: "Does your time take two thousand people or nine thousand people take a year?"

Ma Jiude said without hesitation: "Of course, it is calculated based on nine thousand people."
Chapter completed!