The Inconvenience of Carriages

Carriages were truly an indispensable necessity in this world where transportation had not yet developed.

What more could be said when they could reduce a journey that would take a person a full week to walk down to just a single day? Whether it was goods or people, there was no choice but to use carriages.

However, they also came with significant drawbacks.

First, the ride quality was extremely poor. Because solid wooden wheels traveled over unpaved dirt roads, anyone riding in a carriage had to endure every bump and the unevenness of the ground with their body.

While expensive carriages might offer some compensation through the quality of their wood or the cushioning of their seats, a carriage was still a carriage. Sitting for too long felt like one's back would break, and hitting a large stone would shake the entire body, leading to headaches.

Moreover, Franz had experienced the cutting-edge technology of the 21st century, so the ride quality of these carriages felt doubly, no, *exponentially* worse to him.

'If I go like this, I'll die.'

Because this damned landmass was so ridiculously vast, it would take two days to reach the Phrygia Dukedom in the northern part of the Empire. Excluding time spent sleeping, the carriage would be moving continuously, totaling at least 30 hours. That was more than enough time for his back to be utterly destroyed.

By the way, how do people in this world manage to ride carriages so well? It was enough to make him wonder if their spines were made of steel. Well, since there were no other options, he supposed it couldn't be helped.

In any case, he couldn't just leave things as they were. He had 18 hours left, and within that time, he had to somehow successfully modify the carriage...