IHT: Beijing switched to spear, Shanghai to warrior. We have an awful lot of military and only one worker... I up the science to 10% to get our min science run up to speed again. We didn't seem to have lost a turn on it.
IT: Beijing: spear->spear. It's too small to build a settler next.
Turn 1 (1725 BC) Nanking founded near the cattle. Starting with a granary. Military goes to the furs as microbe suggests.
IT: Shanghai: warrior->worker.
Turn 2 (1700 BC) America and Mongolia know Writing. Our income is not good enough to profit from the tech situation atm.
Turn 3, 4 (1675, 1650 BC)
Turn 5 (1625 BC) Our income increased to 12 gpt. I buy
Writing from Mongolia for 11 gpt and 1 gold. Spain gives us
Mathematics for Writing and 13 gold. Greece gives us
Iron Working and 14 gold for Writing. India gives
Mysticism for Writing. We are level in tech, have 66 gold, but only make 1 gpt. Not enough -imho- to go for the Philo run (we would need 30 turns). I start min science on Literature instead.
There is iron to the east. We should be able to grab it.
IT: Shanghai: worker->spear.
Turn 6 (1600 BC)
IT: Beijing: spear->settler.
Turn 7 (1575 AD) Spanish warriors are very close to Shanghai. I send the spear of Beijing there.
Turn 8, 9 (1550 AD, 1525 AD) Spain, America and Mongolia know HBR.
IT: Canton: worker->barracks.
Turn 10 (1500 BC) Spain only goes barb hunting. Greece and Mongolia know Polytheism. Freece also learned about HBR. We are very small as an empire. This will not change soon I'm afraid. We might even need to swap Beijing to a granary instead of a settler. It will otherwise take too long to grow.
Our lands:
The Spanish troops in the SW are two warriors. I haven't seen a settler there yet.