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Golden City of Gaodi

Humble administrator: your loyal service to the defunct Qin Empire, while misdirected, was quite efficient and most honorable. Our new emperor, the virtuous Gaodi, respects efficiency and honesy, which is why he wisely requests that you, as an experienced city administrator, lay out the plan of the new Han capital. Here on the banks of the River Wei, near the ruins of the ancient Zhou capital of Hao we will establish Chang-an -- capital of the great Han Empire.
Spare no expense! It must be an impressive city. Reflective ponds can now provide beautiful places of peace and solitude for our citizens. Ensure that the people pay generous homage, and the new city will be duly rewarded with rich blessings. Sadly, famine and starvation are a problem throughout the empire, as the cruel warfare that preceded the founding of the Han Dynasty ruined many farms and left even more homeless. Requests for food are believed to be imminent.
Meanwhile, in the nearby hills, lodes of copper and iron await our miners' arrival. All the while you must not ignore threats to the empire, for the aggressive Xiongnu still threaten the northern borderlands. It seems, however, that the barbarians have finally begun to appreciate the fineries of silk. Some might call it extortion, but fulfilling their requests may appease them.

City - Chang-an
Starts Feb 202 BCE
19000 starting cash on Normal

Requirements:
  • Population of 3000
  • 32 Months of Heroes
  • Yearly profit of 4500




Food : Cabbage, Millet, Wheat, Fish
Resources : Hemp, Raw Silk, Clay, Wood, Iron
Products : Ceramics, Silk, Carved Jade, Weapons, Mint

Housing Limits : Ornate Apt (no tea), Impressive Compounds (no drama or tea)

Start just as you would any other mission by laying out areas for housing, farming, industry and trade. You are coming back to this city in a later mission, so leave room to grow. The first year concentrate on growing food and hemp and building your infrastructure. Give the houses water, food, ancestral shrine, hemp, herbalist and music. Start making ceramics. Build a woodcutter. I gave a large homage of hemp and a small homage of ceramics the first year so the first Hero appeared in March 201 BCE. Trade with Guangzhou and Chengdu will open if you ask them. Start selling them Iron and Weapons.

The food requests start in the spring of 200 BCE. You'll get one a year for a small amount of food. Be sure you have some extra in storage yards so you can dispatch it right away. Fulfilling the requests will increase your favor so you can open trade routes with the rest of the cities in China. You will be able to sell some of the extra ceramics you are producing a lot of silk. Start making silk. You can call the Daoist hero Xi Wang Mu and she will bless your Jade Carving Studios by filling them with Jade. You can then sell the Carved Jade or offer it as homage to keep your heroes happy. I used mostly ceramics and hemp for frequent homage to the Heroes. In May 199 BCE, the Xiongnu begin their demands starting with a small demand for silk and medium demand for wood. In the spring of 198 BCE, I was rewarded with a gift of uncut jade for my troubles. I finished in Oct 198 BCE (57 months) with a population of 3010 and an annual profit of almost 10,000 per year.

Sample Events

  • May 200 BCE Famine request from Yin (5 wheat)
  • May 199 BCE Silk demand from Xiongnu Empire (3 silk)
  • Jun 199 BCE Famine request from Chengdu (7 fish)
  • Jan 199 BCE Wood demand from Xiongnu Empire (9 wood)
  • Apr 198 BCE Gift of Jade from Xiongnu Empire (6 jade)
  • Sept 198 BCE Famine request from Guangzhou (7 cabbage)
  • Oct 198 BCE Done

Sample Industry Status
3 food farms, 2 hemp farms, 6 mulberry orchards, 6 fisheries
5 wood, 5 iron, 6 clay, 10 weavers, 11 kilns, 4 carved jade studios and 6 weaponsmiths

Trade
CityBuysSells
Guangzhou12 Iron
12 Carved Jade
12 Wheat
24 Bean Curd		24 Salt
12 Rice
12 Weapons
Chengdu24 Wheat
24 Weapons
12 Salt		36 Rice
12 Lacquerware
12 Silk
24 Wood
Yin24 Lacquerware
12 Ceramics		24 Bean curd
36 Millet
12 Hemp
Fuzhou24 Silk
24 Iron
12 Lacquerware
12 Weapons		24 Rice
12 Salt
24 Wood
Xiongnu12 Silk
12 Millet		12 Jade
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