Lance stepped into the port area. The district bustled not only with construction projects but also with merchant ships loading, unloading, and tallying cargo. Goods purchased from various places were unloaded, and then the ships were filled with products from Hamlet—mostly agricultural and sideline products. Even with several farms supplying Totnes, for a gigantic city with a population in the hundreds of thousands, possibly even a million, there was always a shortage.
Lance spent money on various tools that were difficult to produce in Hamlet, including substantial amounts of metals and gunpowder. However, what was shipped back were just ordinary agricultural and sideline products. Exchanging agricultural products for industrial goods meant a significant price difference, a burden he had to bear.
Lance called it the growing pains of development. He just didn't know how long this pain would last…
