Zhu Hongsan and Ma Mingyuan were waiting for Tong Yangjia's iron ore in their hometown. The prefect Tong, who was thousands of miles away, was also very depressed. He did not expect that this iron ore was not easy to dig.

But Tong Yangjia was not like this more than a month ago. At that time, it could be said that he was full of energy.

Tong Yangjia and Ma Jiyuan set off on the first day of October and the journey was very smooth. As the winter months approached, the typhoon in the South China Sea had stopped, so a group of twenty large sea boats arrived at Leizhou Prefecture on the seventh day of October.

After putting down more than 100 Ma Jiyuan's people here, Tong Yangjia's team continued to rush to the sea outside Qiongzhou Prefecture on the ninth day of the 10th.

Since ancient times, people from mainland China have lived here. It is recorded that since the Qin Dynasty, the Qin general Zhao Tuo led an army of 400,000 to expedition to Lingnan and unify the vast area of ​​Lingnan.

Guilin County, Nanhai County and Xiang County were set up in the south, and hundreds of thousands of people in the Central Plains were moved to their territory. At this time, Hainan Island was under the jurisdiction of Xiang County. When the Chu and Han Dynasty were fighting for hegemony, Qin Longchuan ordered Zhao Tuo to establish himself as the King of Nanyue, and Hainan Island was also the jurisdiction of the Nanyue Kingdom.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the central government sent General Fubo Lu Bode and General Lou Chuan Yang Pu and others to lead their troops to quell the Nanyue Rebellion. Zhuya County and Daner County were established on Hainan Island. It was under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jiaozhou. These were the two earliest administrative place names that Hainan Island belonged to the territory of the motherland, marking the beginning of the direct rule of Hainan Island by the central government.

Later, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the place names of Hainan Island changed a lot, and the Southern Song Dynasty began to establish a first-level management agency on Hainan Island. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and many military and civilians on the mainland fled to Qiongzhou. This period was the fastest increase in population in Qiongzhou.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the world was unified. Zhu Yuanzhang upgraded Qiongzhou to Qiongzhou Prefecture, with thirteen counties under the jurisdiction of Danzhou, Yazhou and Wanzhou, and changed the islands of the South China Sea to the jurisdiction of Yazhou.

In the first population census in the 26th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 68,000 households and 298,000 households in Qiongzhou Prefecture. By the Wanli period, Zhang Juzheng carried out a one-whip law and re-engaged the land census nationwide. The total population of the whole prefecture was more than 400,000 and more than 3.8 million mu of land.

Compared with the population of Guangdong prefectures, Qiongzhou Prefecture ranks third in the province after the densely populated Guangzhou Prefecture and Chaozhou Prefecture.

As a parent official of more than 400,000, how could Tong Yangjia not be excited? At the same time, he also had the guards given by the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, one guard in the entire mansion and six local garrisons with more than 30,000 people were subject to his restraint. Tong Yangjia is now considered a local emperor.

Looking at the warships coming to greet Hainan Guards outside, Tong Yangjia said to Tong Tuchang beside him: "Nephew, we have finally made it through this time. The lord gives us such great power, so we must serve our lord well."

Tong Tuchang said: "Uncle Second, the iron ore that King Chu mentioned is there. How do we mine it?"

Tong Yangjia said, "Let's go to the capital city first. The lord said that there are people mining now, so the local officials should know about it."

Tong Tuchang nodded after hearing this.

The guide ship of Hainan Guard guided these twenty large sea boats into the dock in turn. Since the dock of Qiongzhou Prefecture was too small, it could only dock eight large ships at a time, so Tong Yangjia went ashore in advance, allowing the craftsmen who led the team to go ashore one after another.

Officials at all levels of Qiongzhou Prefecture were waiting for the new prefect, and the head was Lu Shiyuan, the co-magistrate of Qiongzhou Prefecture. Lord Lu was in a very bad mood today. He had already agreed to Lu Shiyuan to recommend him to be the next prefect when his former prefect left, but he was not expected to be snatched by Tong Yangjia, who had emerged from nowhere.

At the same time, Lu Shiyuan also knew that the new magistrate Tong had a very wild way. He was an official selected by the Ministry of Personnel of Nanzhili, that is, an airborne cadre. Such a person had a very tough background and was not something Lu Shiyuan could offend him.

So Lu Shiyuan had to pretend that he didn't care and even brought people to the dock outside the city to greet him.

When the first large ship was docked, Lu Shiyuan couldn't help but thump when he saw that these large ships were all warships of Guangdong patrol the sea route. He thought that the new magistrate really had some tricks. You should know that the patrol boat is under the jurisdiction of the Censorate and is not the same as the governor who manages civil affairs. This prefect Tong can actually call the patrol boat route. It seems that it's better to be careful.

At this time, the boat had already landed, and a thin old man came down from the springboard. He was the new prefect.

Lu Shiyuan was also a man who had been in the officialdom for a long time. He was unhappy but did not show any trace of his face. He stepped forward and bowed, "Is this the new governor of Qiongzhou, Lord Tong? The lower official and the magistrate Lu Shiyuan."

Tong Yangjia laughed and said, "Mr. Lu, what can Tong do? He actually asked his colleagues to come to the dock to greet him. It's so damn."

Lu Shiyuan hurriedly said, "Where is, it should be, it should be." After that, he began to introduce more than a dozen officials behind him. The front was the magistrate, and the rear was the magistrate. He had experience, governor, Zhaomo, prosecutor, and Sijue. Then there were the magistrates of Qiongshan and Chengmai counties.

Qiongshan County is a subsidiary of Qiongzhou Prefecture. Chengmai County is too close to the prefecture city, only twenty miles away, so we came this time.

Tong Yangjia met all the officials one by one. Then Tao Dayong, the commander of Hainan Guard. Because Tong Yangjia had the control of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the ward office was also considered Tong Yangjia's subordinate. This time he also came to welcome the new prefect.

After all the recommendations were completed, Lu Shiyuan was notified to accompany Tong Yangjia back to the mansion.

Qiongzhou Fucheng was built on the side of Nandu River. Lu Shiyuan introduced the situation of Qiongzhou Fucheng as he walked. The foundation of the Fucheng was built in the fifth year of Kaibao of Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and the city was built at a distance of three miles.

In August of the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Sun An, the Minister of War, requested the court to allow the city to expand. In the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhang Rong, the commander of the guards, built more from the northwest corner to the southeast corner. The city was circumference was 600 meters long and 32 feet deep. There were three gates, the east gate "Chaoyang", the west gate "Huihua", and the south gate "Jingnan", and the capital gate tower above each gate. There was no gate to the north, but a city tower was built, called "Wanghai Tower".

In the seventh year of Hongwu, a city was built outside the East City, and the East Gate "Chaoyang" was changed to "Yongtai". The construction was basically completed in the tenth year of Hongwu. The city was 1,253 meters long, two 7 feet high, two 8 feet wide, and one thousand 843 meteries, fifty-seven shops, and the moat was circumference of 1,287 meters long, three 2 feet deep, and four 8 feet wide.

In the 17th year of Hongwu, the commander of Hainan Guard Sang Zhao built a 380-foot dirt city outside the west gate of the city, as a sub-city, and opened three city gates in the west, south and north. In the ninth year of Chenghua, the deputy envoy Tu Fu renamed the three city gates, the east gate was called Tiren, the west gate was called Guiyi, and the south gate was called Dinghai.

In the 13th year of Chenghua, the assistant minister Chen Zhao once again built a city of earth and then built a wall of horses on the outer ring of the city. In the 37th year of Jiajing, the prefect Li Shen changed the city of Zicheng to stone, but it was soon blown down by a typhoon.

In the 44th year of Jiajing, the Senator Cao Tianyou and the magistrate of Qiongshan County Zeng Shilong built Zicheng again. The built Zicheng was around 312 meters, more than 1 4 feet high, one 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

In the 14th year of Chongzhen, the prefect Jiang Yiming established Yuecheng outside the East Gate. It was 8 zhang wide and 1 zhang four feet high, and 42 zhang four feet high. The surrounding Yuecheng outside the South Gate was 4 zhang four feet wide and 1 zhang four feet high, and 30 zhang four feet high.

Entering the city, the government office was set up in the northern central part of the city. Since the establishment of Qiongzhou during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the Qiongguan Pacification Office of the Song Dynasty, the Qiongzhou Military and Civil Pacification Office of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Qiongzhou Prefecture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were all set up here. There is also the Qiongshan County Office in the city, and the county office is located in the southwest of the government office.

Hainan Island has been the place where central civil officials and ministers were exiled since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. There are seven officials at the level of prime minister who have been exiled to Hainan Island in all dynasties, so the literary style in the palace is very prosperous.

The temples, temples, temples, towers and temples in Qiongzhou Prefecture City are lined up, and the temples can be seen everywhere. Sheji Altar, Kaiyuan Temple, Tianning Temple, Yuhuang Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Lei Temple, Xuantan Temple, Caijun Temple, Limu Temple, Mawang Temple, Taihua Temple, Fuhuibo Temple, Renxiao Temple, Xiaoyi Temple, Dongchang Temple, Sanxian Temple, Su Gong Temple, Wugong Temple, etc.

Lu Shiyuan has been an official here for many years, and he talked about the allusions of scenery everywhere. This made Tong Yangjia's uncle and nephew see it very much.

Qiongzhou Prefecture City is very large, with a population of about 100,000. There is no complete city in one day. So after reading it everywhere, Lu Shiyuan asked: "Mr. Tong, it's already noon. My colleagues have prepared thin wine and mussels on the Wanghai Tower to welcome the prefect."
Chapter completed!