any easy way to make money?

[player123321]

Iam in a ottoman campaign m/m and have a hard time making money. At best I can make a few thousand but thats it. Any tips to make easy money?

[Heinz Guderian]

Iam in a ottoman campaign m/m and have a hard time making money. At best I can make a few thousand but thats it. Any tips to make easy money?

Conquer Persia. They are swimming in loot. But before that, get as many trade agreements with the big boys as possible. Build trade ports, but most of your goods will be transferred over land anyway. Offer any excess money you have to get those agreements.

[Meister Sibrand]

conquer india

[player123321]

tried to get trade routes, but only managed to get a few. can you make a lot of money without trade?

[Flavius Silvanus]

Trade routes are very very profitable. The more ships you put on a route the more money you make. I would put at least six on every node you possess. You should start building Indianmen or whatever trade ship the Ottoman's have on the very first turn.

NOTE: 2 THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR.

1. Never put a whole stack of ships on a trade node. You need to remove each ship from the stack, and place it on the Trade Node. If you put more than one ship (merchant or warship) on a Trade Node at the same time, those ships will be borked, and you will have to scuttle them.

2. If after entering a Trade Zone, and your ship doesn't have enough movement points to go all the way to the Trade Node, do not stop the ship too near the Trade Node if you have other ships already on the Trade Node. If the ship near the Trade Node is attacked by Pirates or an enemy, all the ships on the Trade Node will be dragged into the battle. If you lack the necessary movement points to make it all the way to the Trade Node, you should stop the ship a good distance away.

[upsettingshorts]

Tear down religious buildings and replace them with workshops in any region with enough of a Muslim population to have zero religious unrest.

At some point you may end up with negatives for industrialization, in which case you'll scrap one of the workshops and build a pleasure palace.

[Mahatma Gandhi]

Do whatever you can to get agreements w/Russia-Britian, they're cash cows trade wise earning you well over 15k a turn apiece. You'll have to deal w/the Moroccans raiding your line, but sooner then later, you'll have them under your thumb and be sitting pretty.

[Chilly5]

Trade is always really valuable. I found trade with India to be a major boost, coupled with British trade I make over 30,000 a turn (too bad my campaign objectives include wiping out britain...and the time limits almost up).

[Ascarona]

Start building Trade ships from the beginning ASAP, and send a warfleet to Madagascar and east Indies to clear it out. Then start hogging the trade nodes their. Spice and Ivory will be what you can trade and that is really valuable.