2.
In the Lord's office were Lord Crimes Urban and his son's knight Agate Urban.
"Hey, Lecan. You've come a long way. Looks like Sheila, you and Edda have been out of town for days."
"Recovery."
"Oh, I'm so tired. Thanks."
"You seem a lot tired. Came home last night. And Sheila and Edda."
"I don't know, because I'm doing things I've never experienced. But it's rewarding."
"Lord Lecan. I negotiated with Lord Bantaloy as a Lords' deputy, and I was just returning yesterday, but Lord Edda's work really helped me."
"Yeah? What are you talking about?
"Well, sit down. Sit down, Agate."
"No, I stand"
"Right. Let me carry the tea."
"Yes."
Even when Lecan sat down, the lord did not speak of the matter until Agate, who had left the room to order tea, had returned.
"Well, Lecan. We need to talk a little farther to make sure we know what's going on."
"Ho."
"This country was originally born of the ties between the Royal Family and the forces of the South. The two towns of Gido and Smark, with their good harbors, are still the richest cities in the kingdom"
I remember looking at those two towns on a map, but they're both towns that don't have a labyrinth.
"Gido and Smark are connected on the main street with Wang Du. In addition, the road connecting the five major labyrinth cities of Tubolt, Edis, Palsimo, Word and Yuf with the Wang Capital is called Labyrinth Street, and the road joining from each city runs vertically and horizontally on the main and labyrinth streets. The South is very developed."
"Oh."
"By contrast, north of Wang Capital is an area where small states were originally disturbed, but development is badly delayed. There is a Dina street that leads from the Wang capital to the labyrinth city of Dina, but it is now called the street of the Sacrament and Death"
Dinah should have had a maze called The Labyrinth of Death. Any one of them is a city I would like to visit.
"Barely from the Wang capital, there are streets in Bantaroi, but north of Bantaroi, the country roads known as streets just lead to Ninae and Gorbulls and Coggles"
And vodka.
"The road from Voca to Bantaroi is dressed to connect the road stretched from Voca to the road that led from Bantaroi to Gorbulu"
"Yeah? Isn't that the other way around? I think the road from Gorbull meets the road from Voca to Bantaroy."
"Historically, yes. Golbull is a relatively new town. But the streets the King's Capital has recognized are the streets that connect Bantaroy to Gorbull."
"Hmm? I'm not sure."
"Lord Lecan. Lord Golbull once demanded a street connection tax on my town."
"What is it?"
"It was the logic that vodka, which is joining the official streets recognized by Wang Du, without authorization, should bear the tax on street use"
"Is that the way it was originally?
"Yes."
"That's an argument."
"Lekan, even if it's an argument, if there's a certain basis, it's what goes through. At that time, my father flew a horse to the King's Capital and pleaded with his subordinates, the Undersecretary of the Interior, and his subordinates, to receive a circular stating that the connection tax was invalid."
"I see."
"Well, anyway, the southern half of the kingdom was rich, rich in people and things, and traffic flourished. The northern half, it's not. This was a natural achievement for the whole kingdom."
"So what's up"
"Well wait. The northern half, so to speak, has been abandoned. When the eyes and hands of the King's capital are out of reach, each moves at will. That can only be bad. If things don't come from the Wang capital, we'll have to exchange things close to each other."
"I guess so."
"So in the northern half of the kingdom, several economies were formed. Around here, the neighboring towns are clustered around Coggles"
"I've been to Coggles. It's certainly a big town."
"Did you go? I've never seen Coggles with my own eyes. Anyway, Coggles is the biggest force around here. Neither can towns and villages that have no direct interest follow Coggles' intentions. Coggles used his position to twitch and expand his power."
"Hmm. So"
"So from Coggles, the Wang capital and the north, in this case the northeast, the path between the Wang capital and the northeast of the kingdom should be narrow. Furniture, food, weapons, whatever you do, are the best quality in the Northeast, even though they are fat for Wang Du's products."
"Coggles doesn't welcome the free flow of the King's capital's finest goods."
"That's right. And so is the information. Coggles does not welcome information from the Northeast being passed on to the Wang Capital. I don't like it when people say that. However, if there is more flow of people, so does the information. So street maintenance is not a pleasure to Coggles."
"I got that far."
"I wonder if I'm dropping something. Agate, what do you say?"
"Lord Lecan. Knowing that the streets will be built to Voca at the expense of the Wang Capital, there have been neighboring lords who have never known each other before, so the use is coming one after the other."
"Yeah?"
"The lords are feeling it. Change."