Linda and I were supposed to meet at our usual restaurant.
I have already used it many times, so when I went inside, I was led to a private room without saying anything.
This is a calm shop and soundproof.
Just right for a secret conversation.
"Thank you for waiting."
Linda came late.
"It's unusual to be late."
"We need to develop an information network, along with new business operations. It took me a while to confirm that."
"... haven't you done something weird again?
"Excuse me. … but it's my first attempt, so some people might find it odd."
Linda has always said she wants to do something about the slow and inaccurate transmission of information.
I've been in a trial and error for a long time, but there seems to have been an extension recently.
"What shape did you end up in?
I think the first time I heard from Linda was just before Mr. Rosana graduated.
Six months after that.
What did Linda think and how did it work?
"You want to hear it? You want to hear it. So I'll explain."
In expanding commerce to the South, the information that reaches Linda, who is in the Wang capital, can be old and inaccurate.
How did you overcome that?
"What we're doing is the application of chisel paper (...)"
Chisel paper is supposed to start when a merchant uses naive (big) and so on, he makes a note on the discarded paper to give it away so that he doesn't forget the contents.
Unlike throwing sentences, they are sometimes used in communications within the same Chamber of Commerce, thus using covert language or encryption.
"Isn't it the same as before?
"I wonder if it feels like institutionalizing it. By unifying the formats and making the routes common, we were able to handle them in multiple chambers of commerce."
".............................. hmm?
I don't know what that means.
"I mean, not just one chamber of commerce, but we organized people dedicated to carrying chisel paper. Doing so will make it possible to deliver quickly with a small investment."
"Linda did that?
"That's right. If you think about delivering quickly no matter how hard you try, just one chamber of commerce will cost you nothing."
If you listen carefully, they can deliver chisel paper to certain towns for a small amount if they join the Chamber of Commerce.
After a trial and error, he said that he could not afford the same price as the letters that we usually use, he had some dizziness.
It also keeps prices down and arrives faster than a letter.
But only a determined town and town.
It is said to be operable under that condition.
"I only carry chisel paper, so it's early."
"I see. In the case of letters, it's at the same time as supplies, so I'm not leaving until I've packed my bags, and it'll take a few days to carry them in a carriage."
The days keep passing as I stop by the town on the way, even five days away by carriage.
Horse wagons unload and commercialize each town, loading another load and leaving again.
If you keep doing that, it's not weird to take ten or fifteen days.
If you have urgent business in the first place, all you have to do is hire people to deliver it, so I can't complain.
Is Linda's proposal something like that intermediate?
"One flight a day at first, but if there are more chambers of commerce to join, you can increase it to two flights. I wonder if it's operational around here."
There are still few towns that connect with the Wang capital, only the town of Urs on the border with the demonic kingdom, the town of Saul, where I come from, and the town of Acri, which flourishes as a port town.
In the future, he said, the towns of Danei and Turis are also viewed with a view to interacting with the moving-country.
"I see. The more you squeeze town, the less you spend."
"You can't go wrong if you put a seal on it and write a set format on the table, and I think it's a good idea. That's why we're on trial right now."
Linda seems to be moving forward steadily, too.
"Good luck. I'll back you up."
"I think we'll be able to report results in a little while.... So what business is it today?
"Oh, you did"
I called Linda today. [M]
Besides, when I said I wanted to talk confidentially, they designated me here.
"Dragon Country stinks a lot lately, and I wonder if that's a good story"
"Um, right. That's a good story... maybe not."
"That bothers me. Talk to me."
Linda brought her face closer together.
"I get it. We don't have time, and we have a lot to talk about. So I'll be brief... before I do."
"What?"
"There's no point in saying anything else now. Never."
"Okay. I am also a merchant. You can tell the difference between a good story and something that isn't.... So, what's the story?
"It's fine if you know what I mean. Okay, I'll talk to you."
I exhaled one breath and started talking. [M]