Ding Qin came back to his senses, faced the guards, and smiled slightly, "We are a caravan from the south, preparing to go to the Ice Field Continent of Tianji State. As far as we know, this is the only transportation hub. ”

"Ice Canal City has recently been under martial law, and you can't pass it for the time being. The guard's words were a little cold, "Wait." ”

Along the way, Ding Qin has encountered some martial law in the city. Sometimes there is something important in the city, and outsiders may be temporarily closed to entering.

Therefore, Ding Qin was not surprised. He nodded and asked very calmly, "Excuse me, how long will martial law last?"

The guard shook his head, "I don't know. We are only responsible for conveying orders. So far, it's been a month. There were people waiting to enter the city. ”

Looking in the direction pointed by the guards, there were large and small tents set up in a leeward place more than a mile to the right side of the city pass, which had formed a certain scale.

"If you insist on going into the city, you can pitch tents there, etc. If you don't want to starve and freeze in the wilderness, you might as well go back first. According to what I have heard, it is estimated that this martial law will not be lifted in a year and a half. ”

"A year and a half, how long will it be?" Ding Qin asked involuntarily, but soon felt that it was not appropriate to ask such a question.

Sure enough, the guard frowned. However, he did not blame Ding Qin, but said, "Again, we are only responsible for conveying orders, and we are just a kind reminder to you." As for what exactly is going on, we don't know. If you want to wait, you can go over there. Every evening, there will be a special person to distribute the tents. ”

Ding Qin looked back at Mo Hafei and asked for his opinion.

In fact, it is impossible for them to return. Due to the cold weather, the number of people involved here is very small, and the nearest town is more than 300 miles away. Finally getting here, and then turning back, not only the personnel consumption is large, but also the morale of the personnel may also be a great loss.

"Let's stay there for the time being. After Ding Qin made his decision, he simply expressed his gratitude to the guards, and then led the team to the camp.

When he got closer, he realized that it was much bigger than it looked. It was a semi-open cave, with a large anticline sunken out of the mountain, all of which were covered with tents, and only a small part of it could be seen from the gates.

In the tents, various stoves were set up, and some pots were set up on top of them, and the aroma of food was emitted.

As they walked past, the people who had already camped had different eyes. Some are dismissive, some are curious, and some are clearly resistant.

All this was observed by Ding Qin. He tries to avoid some hostile groups and takes the team to the innermost position.

Among his belts were some camping equipment, but it was clear that there were not enough people to stay here. I asked the people around, and it was true that the tents were distributed by people in the city, and every morning and evening, there would be vehicles to transport supplies, and the prices of food and vegetables were relatively cheap, and even many things were only half of the market price. The people in the city said that it was a kind of compensation for their inability to enter the city.

From this alone, it can also be seen that something may have happened in the city, and not to make money from outsiders through martial law.

After briefly dividing the area, Ding Qin organized the staff to rest on the spot first, and then waited for the tents to be distributed in the evening.

As the sun approached the top of the mountain, a procession appeared in the city. In front of them were more than thirty guards, followed by a dozen carts. After arriving at the campsite, these big carts lined up one after another, and the first two carts were tents and other things.

"Campers: Listen. According to the latest order, martial law will not be lifted within three days. Therefore, if you are new to this place and need a tent, please come to register and distribute it for free; if you buy materials, you can queue up to buy them in turn; if you need to book materials within three days, after the tent is distributed, you will queue up to book here, and tomorrow at this time, it will be uniformly distributed; if you have booked before, please go to the end of the fleet to pick it up. ”

A middle-aged man leading the group stood in front of the convoy and shouted loudly into the camp.

What Ding Qin didn't expect was that the people who originally belonged to Songsong and temporarily lived here behaved quite orderly at this time, and most of them lined up according to the distance from the car and the order of arrival. Some of them may be more urgent, and they are also inserted into the team after consulting with the people before and after, and there is no confusion at all.

Before Ding Qin, there were two small groups of people, both of whom were only about three or five. When he arrived at Ding Qin, the person in charge of registration asked, "Just one person?"

Ding Qin shook his head, "No, it's all over there." ”

He pointed in the direction of the line behind him.

The person who registered was slightly stunned, and then looked Ding Qin up and down. "How long are you going to stay?"

Ding Qin said, "We want to go into the city. Therefore, it is estimated that they will live until martial law is lifted. ”

The man called to one of his attendants, "Go and make sure the number of people in that group." Later, he explained to Ding Qin, "The tents are free, and they are distributed according to the number of people you have, and our standard for each tent is four people." Of course, according to your male and female, old, weak, sick and disabled, etc., it will be adjusted appropriately and will not make you embarrassed. There are so many of you, and you have to wait here?"

Ding Qin said, "Yes." We're going to Skyrim State. Because we came from a long way and it was not suitable to turn back, we had to wait here. ”

"Captain, it's clear. Fifteen tents, including their old, weak, sick and disabled, were given to them in consideration of factors such as gender and family. "The man who went to count soon returned, and while reporting to the captain of the guard, he wrote down the situation of the team in the register.

Ding Qin also nodded, "Well, it's really enough." ”

"I've got to be the one who counts me. With this voice, Cheng Ying walked out from the side, "I'm also in this team." ”

Her appearance made the captain of the guard stunned, and then looked at Ding Qin with inquiring eyes.

Without waiting for Ding Qin to speak, Cheng Ying said, "I was separated from them before, I walked slowly, and I just arrived." I'm going to make my own tent. ”

Ding Qin looked at Cheng Ying, and then nodded, "Yes, she is indeed in one of our teams." ”

The captain looked at Cheng Ying carefully, and added a person to the registration paper, "Okay, I'll give you another one." You can line up to order supplies. ”

Ding Qin was not in a hurry to make a reservation, but went back, discussed with Mo Hafei and others, made a list, and then came back to book. Of course, Cheng Ying's share was written by Cheng Ying herself, but it was also counted in their team and paid by Ding Qin. After the reservation was over, they bought the things they used today at other cars, and then went back to organize the team to camp and cook.

Cheng Ying set up her tent at the edge of the line. Mo Yin saw Cheng Ying, but for the first time, she didn't say anything unfriendly to Cheng Ying today, just stared at her coldly for a while.

The night was uneventful.

Early the next morning, the vehicle carrying the supplies returned again. To Ding Qin's surprise, the captain yesterday went to the tent where Ding Qin's team was located, found Ding Qin, and asked enthusiastically if there were any other needs.

Ding Qin was puzzled. Because this captain didn't take a second look at the other people around them at all, he just cared about his own side.

In this regard, the captain's explanation was that because of their large number of people, the management department of the city took special care of them, and they could not let large caravans from afar suffer because of the martial law in the city, which would be tantamount to ruining the reputation of Ice Canal City and not conducive to trade in the future.

It's just that Ding Qin feels that this reason is a bit far-fetched. However, he didn't ask much, just told everyone to be vigilant and prevent other unexpected situations.

Towards evening, the convoy came again.

In the queue to receive the reserved supplies, Ding Qin and a few people lined up last. Since you have already booked and come to pick it up, it doesn't matter what you want.

However, when they arrived, they were told that their order had been cancelled.

Ding Qin was puzzled by this. Because among the supplies they ordered, there were only food and daily necessities, and there were no contraband. He politely asked the person in charge of the transport for the exact reason, but was told that the delivery list listed their supplies, but the remarks stated that the transport had been cancelled.

Although Ding Qin wondered, he was afraid that this was just a trap to anger them, so he didn't say anything, and went to the material reservation office again, and said very calmly, "Because our order yesterday was canceled, we have to rebook the supplies for a few days." ”

The captain who came today is an old man in his mid-fifties. He glanced Ding Qin up and down a few times and asked, "You are Ding Qin's son, right?" Yes, your material order has indeed been canceled, but there is no need for you to book supplies again. ”

"Why?" Ding Qin blurted out, wondering in his heart, could it be that this was an eviction order against us? But obviously, when he arrived here, he was no different from other people, and he didn't have any excesses.

The captain's tone was also very calm, "The city lord ordered that Ding Gongzi and his entourage be invited to enter the city, and there is no need to wait here until martial law is lifted." ”

Enter the city?

Ding Qin felt that things were a little beyond his expectations, "Can the captain tell me the specific reason?"

The captain shook his head and said, "I'm just conveying the instructions of the city lord, and I don't know the specific reason." However, what the city lord meant was that such a large caravan brought by Ding Qingongzi was really rare in our Ice Canal City. In order to strengthen trade in the future, it is necessary to treat them well. ”

"Are you short of supplies in Ice Canal City? I see that the things you are sending to these people are cheap and cheap, and they don't look like they are lacking in anything. Ding Qin directly raised questions.

"As Childe said, we don't lack anything. However, this is the order of the city lord, and the specific reason, Childe can only ask the city lord in person. If Childe thinks he can enter the city, then he can bring someone with me now. If the son is not at ease, he can enter the city by himself, or bring some people into the city, or he can refuse. "That captain always had a smile on his face and gave him a sense of trust.