Travel & Trouble

"This traveling is exhausting." muttered Harsha. 

Traveling in this era was a pain despite having better roads. It would consume a lot of time to reach from destination to destination. Even for him, the carriage would take a week or two at full speed to reach the farthest parts of the Empire. 

The time was halved to the roads, but it was still a pain to travel since the access to amenities was limited and the constant camping out in the wild along with the contingent wasn't all that nice.

He also felt for the pedestrians; Harsha used the carriage but what about the pedestrians? They couldn't afford a carriage. Most merchants wouldn't allow many people into the carriage at once. Their travel times were even longer than Harsha's. 

'There should be a solution for this problem.' He looked out of the window. They were heading to the negotiation place in Surat. It was the first time that he would be venturing into unknown territory to negotiate.