Chen Kan's purpose when he left the city today was to see the place outside the city that was suitable for building a water master college.

That's right, it's the Yangtze River Gulf.

There were still bright red blood stains on the water and land platform, and there was a strong smell of corpses lingering on the flat ground outside the platform.

Chen Kan jumped out of the ox cart and looked left and right at the clearing.

There are a lot of open spaces outside the city, but Chen Kan always feels that this land is a treasure of feng shui.

When he died, he heard that Qin Tianjian had chosen his grave here, and Chen Kan really had an urge to be buried here after his death in the future.

This bay is indeed a good place to gather wind and hide air.

The Yangtze River makes a big bend here, taking away the groundwater from the peninsula, which causes the entire peninsula to dig down more than a meter and still have dry soil.

If you are farming, this place is naturally not suitable, but if it is used as a cemetery or to build a school, this place is very suitable.

There is another place where Chen Kan must choose this place because the river here is wider than other places.

The meaning of the existence of the Naval Academy is to fight on the water, the river here is wide, suitable for mooring all kinds of warships, and it is close to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and it can go to sea in a day down the river, plus the dock of Zheng He's shipbuilding is also on the mouth of the Yangtze River.

It can be regarded as the perfect place to build a naval academy.

Not far from Huishui Bay, there is a gently sloping hill, Chen Kan climbed to the highest part of the hill, and quietly remembered the terrain here.

"Let's go over there."

Chen Kan pointed to a village not far away.

Then a group of people walked in the direction of the village.

But the strange thing is that until Chen Kan walked into the village, except for hearing the sound of a dog barking, he did not meet a single living person.

Further down the village, it was still empty.

"What's the matter, the people of the village?"

Chen Kan's brows furrowed slightly, today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, even if he goes out to visit relatives, it will not be that the whole village will disappear.

Moreover, Chen Kan observed that many houses in the village had their doors open, and the furnishings of the rooms did not look like they were far away.

"Go and ask the Jiangning County Order, what's going on?"

When all the people in a village disappear, it's hard not to suspect that nothing is wrong here.

And this is under the jurisdiction of Jiangning County, and the people of a village have disappeared inexplicably, and the Jiangning County Order has no reason not to know, right?

Sending someone to ask for the county order of Jiangning County, Chen Kan turned around and rushed to another village.

Another village a little farther away is the village where Chen Kan had lived in seclusion for three months.

But...... The situation here is the same as in the previous village.

It can be said that it is a coincidence that there is no one in one village, and it cannot be a coincidence that there is no one in the second village.

Chen Kan's face was gloomy: "What about the officials sent by the Ministry of Industry to deal with the relocation here?" ”

"Master Hou, it's also gone, and the six nearby villages are all empty."

The person who went to inquire about the news came back, but the news he brought back made everyone feel cold.

Six villages, adding up to thousands of people, just disappeared out of thin air, no matter how you think about it, it feels a little weird.

Fang Xu said in a deep voice: "My lord, could it be someone from the White Lotus Sect, or the Jianwen Yu Party?" ”

Chen Kan shook his head: "You ask me, I ask who to go." ”

Although this possibility is not ruled out, Chen Kan still doesn't want to believe it.

The White Lotus Sect had only lost 20,000 elites here twenty days ago, and there was no reason why it was possible to gather so many people to kidnap the villagers here in such a short period of time.

And there is no trace of resistance in the village.

If it was forcibly taken away, then there was no reason for the people not to resist.

The only explanation, then, is that the people left on their own.

The county order of Jiangning County came faster than everyone imagined, after all, Chen Kan is now famous, and there are definitely not a few people who dare not buy his account.

"Master Hou, Xiaguan Yuanjia, add the county order of Jiangning County."

Yuan County Ling gave Chen Kan a salute, and the dense beads of sweat on his forehead could show how much he attached importance to this matter.

In addition, along with the Jiangning County Order, there were also the officers of the county government.

Chen Kan asked expressionlessly: "The people of the six nearby villages have all disappeared, Ben Hou sent his subordinates to search within a radius of twenty miles, but no living people were found, and even the officials who came to preside over the relocation of the people nearby have disappeared, Yuan County Order, don't you plan to explain it to Ben Hou?" ”

"This ......"

Yuan County Ling was speechless for a while, and then shook his head and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, the officials don't know about this matter, these few yen, the county government has not received a report from anyone, and has not opened a way out." ”

The road guide is something that Lao Zhu made to fix the whereabouts of the people in order to keep the people from moving frequently.

That is, if a peasant household wants to go from one county to another, it needs a road guide certificate issued by the county government, otherwise they will become displaced or flee.

Chen Kan's brows furrowed even deeper, since the Jiangning County Order didn't know about it, it was a bit strange.

After a while, Yuan County Ling asked a little worriedly: "Master Hou, do you say that the people have gone to the city?" ”

"Into the city?"

Chen Kan squinted his eyes and looked coldly at the Yuan County Order in front of him.

Being stared at by Chen Kan as if he was about to kill, Yuan Xian Ling almost knelt down as soon as his knees weakened.

After a while, Chen Kan said lightly: "Even if you enter the city, it doesn't make sense for people from all nearby villages to enter the city, right?" ”

Facing the aggressive Chen Kan, Yuan Xian Ling wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said with a sad face: "Master Hou, this... I really don't know about it. ”

Seeing that the Yuan County Order was sweating profusely, Chen Kan had no intention of continuing to embarrass him, and instructed lightly: "That's it, report to the household department and the criminal department, and let them come and take a look." ”

With so many people running away from home, the hidden truth behind it must not be simple, but Chen Kan is really not good at investigating this kind of thing.

The Five Cities Terracotta Division has the authority to investigate the case, but the Jingshi Chengchi, which is in charge of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, is like this, unless the Criminal Department takes the initiative to invite the Five Cities Terracotta Division to help.

As for why it is still reported to the household department, it is because the household department is still in charge of the household registration of the people all over the world.

So many people have disappeared, and the household department is also to blame.

"Let's go back to Beijing first."

Chen Kan got on the ox cart, left Yuanjia and turned his head and left.

As for Yuan Jia, as the commander of Jiangning County, if such a thing happened, it would be impossible for him to return to Beijing before the matter was clarified.

The ox cart swayed on the bluestone road, and Chen Kan sat cross-legged on the ox cart, running at high speed in his mind.

He wondered what could make so many people evaporate en masse.

Chen Kan is not very worried about the personal safety of those who have disappeared, one person or two people are missing, and they may be killed.

But with thousands of people missing and no clues yet, the chances of being killed are minimal.

When the sun set, Chen Kan returned to the Hou Mansion.

Eat something casually to cushion his stomach, and Chen Kan went into the study.

The disappearance of civilians has nothing to do with him, what has to do with him is the design of the military academy.

Now that the site has been decided, the next step is to start construction.

But before you start construction, it's important to have a drawing ready.

In Chen Kan's study, there are many gadgets that others can't see useful at all, such as compasses, rulers and the like.

These things were all made by Chen Kan in his spare time, and now he can use them to draw the planning map of the Military Academy.

After a busy night in the study, when Chen Kan came back to his senses, he found that there was already a morning star hanging in the sky.

On the table next to him, there was still food delivered by Zhu Yuelan personally, but now it was cold and couldn't eat anymore.

After taking a sip of the rice wine on the table, Chen Kan curled up on the small bed in the study and began to nap.

Do things from the beginning to the end, once interrupted, it is easy to give up halfway.

So when Chen Kan stepped out of the study again, it was already noon on the third day.

For three days, in addition to going to the toilet, Chen Kan ate and slept in the study.

And the fruits of these three days of labor are also very gratifying.

On Chen Kan's desk, there is an urban planning map that is completely different from the ordinary city of the Ming Dynasty.

Let Yun Cheng prepare the meal, and then let the subordinates take care of the study and not allow anyone to enter, Chen Kan planned to go back to the room to sleep in the dark.

"Master Hou, Jiangning County Commander asks to see you."

Chen Kan was still feasting, when he heard the housekeeper report that Jiangning County was visiting.

"Let him in."

Yun Cheng answered and walked out of the door, and when he came back, there was an extra person behind him.

It was Ling Yuanjia of Jiangning County, who was reprimanded by Chen Kan three days ago.

Yuan County Ling saw the salute and said: "Xiaguan has seen Master Hou." ”

"Hiccup~"

Chen Kan burped and put down the chicken wings in his hand: "What is the matter with Benhou?" ”

Yuan Jia cautiously glanced at Chen Kan's expression, and then arched his hand: "Back to the Hou Ye, there is news for those people who disappeared?" ”

"Oh?"

Chen Kan raised his head: "You should go and tell the Criminal Department about this, what are you doing in the Benhou Mansion?" ”

Yuan County's expression changed, and he said respectfully: "The lower official is here to inform the Hou Ye." ”

"Hmm!"

Chen Kanyan was very concise, now he didn't want to talk to anyone at all, let alone use his brain, he just wanted to sleep well, and then enter the palace and hand the drawn drawings to Zhu Di.

But Yuan Jia didn't seem to see the impatience on Chen Kan's face at all, and still said to himself: "Xiaguan has found out that the reason why the villagers of the six villages in Donghe Town disappeared collectively was because too many people had died there, and the villagers felt unlucky.

So the officials of the Ministry of Industry went to the old crow temple a hundred miles west of Donghe Town to pray for blessings, and by the way, they invited a few Taoist priests to come to Donghe Town to do things, so as to resolve the resentment of Donghe Town. ”

"Oh."

Chen Kan responded and waved his hand: "Ben Hou knows, what is the result of your investigation, just report it truthfully." ”

Although Chen Kan always felt that things were not so simple, he didn't plan to remind the confused county order in front of him.

Because Chen Kan only cares about those villagers, since the villagers are fine now, then there is no need for him to meddle in things.