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Reynald bit his lip. It was becoming a habit. He sifted through his memories.
He still remembered leaving his country like it was yesterday, and the initial landing in New Portugal. He toyed with the idea of renaming the country, they were all that was left of Portugal and the name just brought...memories, to the fore.....
A cough by one of his advisors brought him to problems at hand.
Of Immediate concern was the food output. The Infrastrucutre itself was marvellous, very efficient. He decided he would have to expand it. The good news was that last years expansion had gained them more grassland, rather than damn trees.
He decided he would begin a new settlement. The population was too concentrated and the land was stretching out. The best way to get most working time from people was to build a new settlements. He asked his advisors to draw up the best economic way to build a settlment for 5000 people. They would be another 10,000 employed in the farming industry, problem solved. But what to do with the old buildings in the City....convert them into workshops, which brought him to the other problem, lack of textiles.
Killing two birds with one stone....
Ye gods that bird, he knew those scouts would find something, but this?!? He picked one of the feathers up and inspected it. Enough light for a room, it did tend to attract moths. Probably how the birds hunted. He decided to use them to light the fort for the moment. He might find another use for them later.
The advisor got back to him. New settlments would cost roughly 400 Gold and 250 lumber each to house 5000 people. The farms themselves required very little in the way to expand them, the intial capital input had been a lot. All that was needed now was to expand them. Say another 300 Gold. Always cheaper to get the infrastructure right than rework everything.
He decided to spend another 100 Gold on infrastructure, efficiency was needed. He would have roads crisscrossing this land.
And another 5000 to hunt deer and other animals, the meat and skins would come in handy. Which brought him to the next point, 10, 000 empty homes. So 5000 would be used for textile production. More than enough. Hopefully make some money out of this. This would cost a further 200 gold, low but then the buildings were already in place. He still had another 5000 Empty buildings, they would come in usefull later.
Another 5000 would be used to expand the Woodcutters. Costing a final 300 Gold.
And finally, he would send his horsement to scout out the grasslands....and expansion in that direction was needed...
Total Gold Cost: 1300
Total men Employed: 25, 000
Other Costs: 500 Lumber
Other: Two New Settlements Baja, Bara. New Roads. 5000 Empty Houses
Workshops: 5000 Textile Workshops, another LOAD of logging stuff.
Agriculture: Deer hunting expanded, Fams Expanded.
MAP:
OOC: I'm willing to say that many of you think that might have been cheap. I might agree, but I feel that if you compare say Totone's total costs and men employed and compare it too most others, you will find that the farms are actually underused. I still end up with more gold than him, but less emplyed persons. If you however disagree, i will edit this and rework it
Basically what I'm saying is most people need to spend more people to their Farms etc, but only Totone has it right, (although he burned for speed). Thus most people need smaller input capital to get a larger output. (put it down to something growing exponentially)
(the farm stuff stands though, stalins update says i could dump more on it.
)
He still remembered leaving his country like it was yesterday, and the initial landing in New Portugal. He toyed with the idea of renaming the country, they were all that was left of Portugal and the name just brought...memories, to the fore.....
A cough by one of his advisors brought him to problems at hand.
Of Immediate concern was the food output. The Infrastrucutre itself was marvellous, very efficient. He decided he would have to expand it. The good news was that last years expansion had gained them more grassland, rather than damn trees.
He decided he would begin a new settlement. The population was too concentrated and the land was stretching out. The best way to get most working time from people was to build a new settlements. He asked his advisors to draw up the best economic way to build a settlment for 5000 people. They would be another 10,000 employed in the farming industry, problem solved. But what to do with the old buildings in the City....convert them into workshops, which brought him to the other problem, lack of textiles.
Killing two birds with one stone....
Ye gods that bird, he knew those scouts would find something, but this?!? He picked one of the feathers up and inspected it. Enough light for a room, it did tend to attract moths. Probably how the birds hunted. He decided to use them to light the fort for the moment. He might find another use for them later.
The advisor got back to him. New settlments would cost roughly 400 Gold and 250 lumber each to house 5000 people. The farms themselves required very little in the way to expand them, the intial capital input had been a lot. All that was needed now was to expand them. Say another 300 Gold. Always cheaper to get the infrastructure right than rework everything.
He decided to spend another 100 Gold on infrastructure, efficiency was needed. He would have roads crisscrossing this land.
And another 5000 to hunt deer and other animals, the meat and skins would come in handy. Which brought him to the next point, 10, 000 empty homes. So 5000 would be used for textile production. More than enough. Hopefully make some money out of this. This would cost a further 200 gold, low but then the buildings were already in place. He still had another 5000 Empty buildings, they would come in usefull later.
Another 5000 would be used to expand the Woodcutters. Costing a final 300 Gold.
And finally, he would send his horsement to scout out the grasslands....and expansion in that direction was needed...
Total Gold Cost: 1300
Total men Employed: 25, 000
Other Costs: 500 Lumber
Other: Two New Settlements Baja, Bara. New Roads. 5000 Empty Houses
Workshops: 5000 Textile Workshops, another LOAD of logging stuff.
Agriculture: Deer hunting expanded, Fams Expanded.
MAP:
OOC: I'm willing to say that many of you think that might have been cheap. I might agree, but I feel that if you compare say Totone's total costs and men employed and compare it too most others, you will find that the farms are actually underused. I still end up with more gold than him, but less emplyed persons. If you however disagree, i will edit this and rework it
Basically what I'm saying is most people need to spend more people to their Farms etc, but only Totone has it right, (although he burned for speed). Thus most people need smaller input capital to get a larger output. (put it down to something growing exponentially)
(the farm stuff stands though, stalins update says i could dump more on it.
)
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
Yay update. Story soon.
alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
stalin006 said:
but u said on AIM that they were native to this land... and their food was too
Pope Clement IV was very, very busy. Most of the wood cutters had been moved to create a road to link the new settlement to the main city. After a concentrated wood harvest they had enough to last them some time, though of course some men were left to keep wood coming in slowly. The Pope was mainlky concentrating on farms however, the local deer would not sustain them for long and so he called the hunters off and sent them to help with the farms. Ranchs for the animals were established seperate ones for each kind of animal to allow more room for the animals in each rance. He had any spare wood used to construct some extra fishing ships and even took two away along with the most skilled sailors who had no wish to pursue the life of a fisherman. Clement gave each crew some gold and orders to map the coast. One, named Diluculo, was sent north and another, named Laus, was sent south.
Most disturbing was the new 'sheep tree' many were stating they had died and gone on to some form of Purgatory, others believed God(
) himself or even Satan ( 
) had created this tree on their arrival. Those who thought God( ) had done it believed they should honor it andnot over use or farm it. Those that believed Satan( ) did it believed they should all be destroyed. Many believed it was simpy a natural inhabitent of this strange land and should be used to full potential. Pope Clement agreed with this, he organised the creatues to be rounded up and a farm established. Their wool was to be used and then they were to be allowed to replant themselves. If too many were growing other farms witha limit of three were to be constructed to house them and people sent to man them. If they began exceeding this they were, after having their wool take, to be killed and fed to the dogs, cats and if there were enough eaten by humans.
He also had the local deer population rounded up and a farm built for them. They would breed the deer and only eat them after enough were breed to keep the population of deer going. This would create yet another food source in time.
The farms had been ordered to use a well known Crop Rotation system that had been in effect for some time back in the Old World. As was done there one of the farms was to be left for the animals to graze on while the others alternated. At night the animals were to return to their ranchs where they were better protected from wild creatures.
Pope Clement IV also initiated several breeding programs hoping to breed a stronger type of cow and horse. Also they were attempting to breed stronger faster dogs that were better at hunting than most and could be used to help track down creatures.
The explorers continued their treck west and were told to look out for anything 'unusual'.
Overall Pope Clement IV was pleased with how they were progressing. He was praying that others had survived but with no word from the fleet hope was slim. He found strength in the fact that peoples belief in the faith not only did not waver it grew and thrived. Though they be alone for now, God( ) certainly wasnt without believers.
Most disturbing was the new 'sheep tree' many were stating they had died and gone on to some form of Purgatory, others believed God(
) himself or even Satan ( ) had created this tree on their arrival. Those who thought God( ) had done it believed they should honor it andnot over use or farm it. Those that believed Satan( ) did it believed they should all be destroyed. Many believed it was simpy a natural inhabitent of this strange land and should be used to full potential. Pope Clement agreed with this, he organised the creatues to be rounded up and a farm established. Their wool was to be used and then they were to be allowed to replant themselves. If too many were growing other farms witha limit of three were to be constructed to house them and people sent to man them. If they began exceeding this they were, after having their wool take, to be killed and fed to the dogs, cats and if there were enough eaten by humans.He also had the local deer population rounded up and a farm built for them. They would breed the deer and only eat them after enough were breed to keep the population of deer going. This would create yet another food source in time.
The farms had been ordered to use a well known Crop Rotation system that had been in effect for some time back in the Old World. As was done there one of the farms was to be left for the animals to graze on while the others alternated. At night the animals were to return to their ranchs where they were better protected from wild creatures.
Pope Clement IV also initiated several breeding programs hoping to breed a stronger type of cow and horse. Also they were attempting to breed stronger faster dogs that were better at hunting than most and could be used to help track down creatures.
The explorers continued their treck west and were told to look out for anything 'unusual'.
Overall Pope Clement IV was pleased with how they were progressing. He was praying that others had survived but with no word from the fleet hope was slim. He found strength in the fact that peoples belief in the faith not only did not waver it grew and thrived. Though they be alone for now, God(
) certainly wasnt without believers.(Like the smilies.... thought they added some needed relief... i my even use more to represent people and events... if thats ok Stalin unless you dont want them in stories which is ok with me. Tell me if they not welcome and they will dissapear.
fun updateFlemmingia
It was 11 am on a bright spring morning, the fog had just cleared over New Amsterdam and the church bells were ringing. A well dressed man approached the prince's manor in the centre of the city. The large wooden building, made from salvaged ship parts was the grandest building in the city. The man, Andries, was allowed past the gurads and straight into the princes office, "What business do you bring for me today?" enquired the prince
"Sir, our food supplies are not enough to feed our populace well, most of our crops failed in the harsh winter." exclaimed Andries van Oss the Prince's Chief advisor.
"Well, what can we do about it?" answered Francis, "There must be something."
"Yes there might be, the grass round here is very good for cattle. They seem to be having more calfs than usual and if we convert some of our failing crops farms to ranches we should be able to feed most of our population, nobles and peasants"
"How much will that cost me?", replied the sceptical prince
The advisor responded, "Less than 500 gold coins, but we would still need some more food from somewhere", after scanning a piece of parchment.
"Where would that be then? Hunting?"
"No sir, we have a large surplus of wood that could be used to build a many new fishing boats, if our predictions are correct we should be able to feed everyone this year, but we just need the money."
"How much? Would 800 cover it or do you need even more?"
"I belive 800 would be enough, if all goes to plan the food situation should be sorted out by the early autumn."
"Good, come back in two days for the money."
Andries rolled up the parchment and left confident that the city would not suffer another winter like the first for many years.
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
Spain
It was a cool day, cooler than the weather back in Spain. King Charles V was thinking about his past life on the Iberian Peninsula, the glorious city of Castile, destroyed. He remembers his old neighbors the Portuguese, even though Spain and Portugal feuded, Charles missed them. All alone he thought, for as much as we know, the Spanish people were the only survivors of ocean crossing. Charles missed the old life in Spain, but he realized he had to move forward. Sitting around and thinking of the past will not do anything. Unknown dangers lay in this new world.
In the past 6 months, the nation of New Spain made great progress. The first farms were set up and beans, corn, potatoes and wheat were planted, but it seems that Potatoes had the most success as most other crops failed. By a Royal decree the potato production was to expand, and the elimination of the Wheat farming and minimizing of the bean and corn farms. The agricultural output was to be focused around the Potato crop.
Potatoes were not to be the only future of New Spain. It was found that the land that New Spain inhabited possessed a rich grass. The effects were immediately seen in the cattle, as they began to produce more and more milk and became more plump. The effect was also present in bulls, as they grew stronger. Chickens had the strangest effect, they began to produce eggs the size of apples. Whatever this grass was, it revolutionized the economy of new Spain, as it became more geared toward Ranching, now the Spanish had a reliable food source.
A great forest laid to the NW of New Castile and New Spain stretched along the fertile coastal plain. If New Spain was to discover new wealth, they would have to expand into the forest and make their way through it. By a Royal Decree of Charles V, expeditions were to be sent into the woods to find new discoveries. It was also ordered that expansion would be continued down the coast, with the establishment of at least 2 new towns and a road project. But the issue of religion took up a new importance as Charles V named a pope to lead the Spanish people as the old world one is presumed dead.
New Spain was off to a good start, but they had a long way to go.
It was a cool day, cooler than the weather back in Spain. King Charles V was thinking about his past life on the Iberian Peninsula, the glorious city of Castile, destroyed. He remembers his old neighbors the Portuguese, even though Spain and Portugal feuded, Charles missed them. All alone he thought, for as much as we know, the Spanish people were the only survivors of ocean crossing. Charles missed the old life in Spain, but he realized he had to move forward. Sitting around and thinking of the past will not do anything. Unknown dangers lay in this new world.
In the past 6 months, the nation of New Spain made great progress. The first farms were set up and beans, corn, potatoes and wheat were planted, but it seems that Potatoes had the most success as most other crops failed. By a Royal decree the potato production was to expand, and the elimination of the Wheat farming and minimizing of the bean and corn farms. The agricultural output was to be focused around the Potato crop.
Potatoes were not to be the only future of New Spain. It was found that the land that New Spain inhabited possessed a rich grass. The effects were immediately seen in the cattle, as they began to produce more and more milk and became more plump. The effect was also present in bulls, as they grew stronger. Chickens had the strangest effect, they began to produce eggs the size of apples. Whatever this grass was, it revolutionized the economy of new Spain, as it became more geared toward Ranching, now the Spanish had a reliable food source.
A great forest laid to the NW of New Castile and New Spain stretched along the fertile coastal plain. If New Spain was to discover new wealth, they would have to expand into the forest and make their way through it. By a Royal Decree of Charles V, expeditions were to be sent into the woods to find new discoveries. It was also ordered that expansion would be continued down the coast, with the establishment of at least 2 new towns and a road project. But the issue of religion took up a new importance as Charles V named a pope to lead the Spanish people as the old world one is presumed dead.
New Spain was off to a good start, but they had a long way to go.
alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
China
Emperor Sio was in a grim mood, everyone was on half rations and not happy about it. On the other hand, everyone had a nice balanced diet with meat, fish, and good amounts of rice and vegetables. The problem was, there wasnt enough food to go around keeping everyone full, it was enough to live, but people were getting skinny fast. Children and the elderly were now the only ones allowed to drink cows milk which despite some doctors warning that milk was bad, the children of the brave parents who got milk were stronger then those without milk. Also, it was noticed that spoiled milk could easily become cheese. Of course, there were some children born in the early stages of the trip that only remembered the ship and New China. They never saw the glory of Ming China, and the largest and grandest cities in the world, a pity that Sio wanted to solve. Another city would be built in the west, to allow food distribution to be less complicated as well as expanding the reach of agriculture and the police.
One thing of great interest was white colored me from beyond the sea that had shipwrecked upon these shores and was believed to have come from the northeast. Emperor Sio had ordered the men who had witnessed the event to his audience chamber and tell him what they saw.
Uh well my Lord we were kinda unable to talk to each other We just pointed in directions and fixed their boats
I see that you know the tongue of the far east, Arabic I believed, and yet you say u werent able to communicate?
Well, they must surely be the barbarians from beyond the civilized of Arabia.
That may be true, and we must do our best to seem strong You have done well, it seems like your grandfathers journey with Zheng He and your familys penchant for languages. I appoint you as the head language scholar and order you to teach in that building over there *points*
But theres nothing there!
Thats because you have to wait until the building is built, now prepare your lessons.
Emperor Sio motioned for the fishermen now teacher to go away and began writing orders to set up the School System as in China as well as the construction of another city and a fort to defend the road that will link Xinbei to the new City named Xinjiang, and harbors in both cities to communicate and ship goods faster . Who knew, the sky and land was young, and there were still time for a new Empire, a glorious Empire
Texas Toast
Crazy Canuck!!!!!
aah sorry about the lack of story... Tomorrow i promise.
alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
Orders sent, i actually sent orders 1 day before the deadline! 
alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
Sio looked at the 150 men with crossbows, his army and thought of the days of the campaigns against Korea and Annam. Hundreds of thousands of troops had been raised for the campaigns, in gleaming armor equipped with guns and cannons as well as swords and bows. They had been invincible, and all those that defied his Father wouldve met a quick and harsh death.
Sio, I suppose youre thinking of the past days when you were Prince of Wu?
Sio looked at the speaker, former Colonel in the Chinese Army, General Ling Wa.
General Ling Wa,
the Legendary Commander of New Chinas armed forces and were friends with Sio since childhood as well as serving the Emperor on his numerous Campaigns against Chinas enemies. He had proven his worth as a brilliant tactician as well leader of men in combat many times fighting against the enemies of China. He could inspire men to do great deeds on the battlefield, in addition to having the strange ability to predict his enemys moves. He was the commander of the Defense Force and had engineered the preservation of the cannons that were left. He had also fought for the preservation of the lone seismograph that had survived the passage over the Sea and with the instrument, it was assumed that any earth quakes striking New China would allow the Government to respond in a quick and expedite way. He could be said to be responsible for Sios quick and rapid deployment of an armed force as well as an expansion in infrastructure. Without him, the Chinese survivors would have surely died on landing
-From Encyclopedia Caledonnica
Sio, I suppose youre thinking of the past days when you were Prince of Wu?
Sio looked at the speaker, former Colonel in the Chinese Army, General Ling Wa.
General Ling Wa,
the Legendary Commander of New Chinas armed forces and were friends with Sio since childhood as well as serving the Emperor on his numerous Campaigns against Chinas enemies. He had proven his worth as a brilliant tactician as well leader of men in combat many times fighting against the enemies of China. He could inspire men to do great deeds on the battlefield, in addition to having the strange ability to predict his enemys moves. He was the commander of the Defense Force and had engineered the preservation of the cannons that were left. He had also fought for the preservation of the lone seismograph that had survived the passage over the Sea and with the instrument, it was assumed that any earth quakes striking New China would allow the Government to respond in a quick and expedite way. He could be said to be responsible for Sios quick and rapid deployment of an armed force as well as an expansion in infrastructure. Without him, the Chinese survivors would have surely died on landing
-From Encyclopedia Caledonnica
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The country was developing, food production reached better levels but still not enough. There had to be better ways to feed the populations except sending them all to the fields... Also the meeting with the wierd people, the Chinese, made people happy but made the king worried... He couldn't talk with the Chinese people as they didn't talked French or any other europian lanuage for that matter. Maybe he could send somone to learn Chinese so he could be a diplomat? Maybe creating an embasy in the Chinese lands? Ones they are truly found anyway... The King also had another problem. The woods kept on disturbing him from expanding further inland, he had to find more lands, maybe more people or slaves to work the fields? As much as he saw on this new lands, this slave could just easily be somthing he never thought possibile... but who knew? And so the King, in order to find more good lands ordered several galleys to be built and he sent them to search for more lands to settle around the never ending forrests, by sea! He also ordered that stables shall be built to begin breeding the horses, they could have better use than just standing there... They could be used for scouting faster itno the forests. The King was lucky to be a supreme ruler of a land that had no use for money.. Why use money when you can't even buy or sell anything with it? It helped much with the ideas the King had...
OOC: Realy? Why should I pay for stables in gold? who i'm paying for? If were monarchy\despotism that I don't needto pay, and my people don't need to ask for payment... they can't buy anything in this god forrgoten lands anyway!
The country was developing, food production reached better levels but still not enough. There had to be better ways to feed the populations except sending them all to the fields... Also the meeting with the wierd people, the Chinese, made people happy but made the king worried... He couldn't talk with the Chinese people as they didn't talked French or any other europian lanuage for that matter. Maybe he could send somone to learn Chinese so he could be a diplomat? Maybe creating an embasy in the Chinese lands? Ones they are truly found anyway... The King also had another problem. The woods kept on disturbing him from expanding further inland, he had to find more lands, maybe more people or slaves to work the fields? As much as he saw on this new lands, this slave could just easily be somthing he never thought possibile... but who knew? And so the King, in order to find more good lands ordered several galleys to be built and he sent them to search for more lands to settle around the never ending forrests, by sea! He also ordered that stables shall be built to begin breeding the horses, they could have better use than just standing there... They could be used for scouting faster itno the forests. The King was lucky to be a supreme ruler of a land that had no use for money.. Why use money when you can't even buy or sell anything with it? It helped much with the ideas the King had...
OOC: Realy? Why should I pay for stables in gold? who i'm paying for? If were monarchy\despotism that I don't needto pay, and my people don't need to ask for payment... they can't buy anything in this god forrgoten lands anyway!
Erik Mesoy
Core Tester / Intern
Erez, I think the gold is there to prevent exactly what you're doing: Saying "I'm a despot so I order people to do everything".
Also, they certainly can buy stuff. From each other. Even small cities develop trade and a currency, and it would be rather ridiculous to see 75,000 people saying things like "trade you three jars of jam for two sheafs of wheat".
Also, they certainly can buy stuff. From each other. Even small cities develop trade and a currency, and it would be rather ridiculous to see 75,000 people saying things like "trade you three jars of jam for two sheafs of wheat".
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