>>5826581Ah, that vote has already closed. By my tally, meat/dairy and cognac are tied, and honestly I don't see a reason why it can't be both of them. Your fee is probably a bit bigger than initially stated to support as many people as it does give than ranching is even less population dense than farming. I'm going to keep the population the same as stated, though, you've responsibility for 1000 souls (give-or-take), forty of whom are men-at-arms.
I've got a few ideas for why it's bigger beyond the "man-at-arms did a great service to the nation and shall be suitably rewarded." Probably have that tie in with the current mission, reclaiming lands that were taken by the wilderness and dealing with the highland folk.
Spending the first post today to resolve this, so you know your estate and can take the first opportunity to spend some of your banked rolls.
<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-r">Industry</span></span>
Upon your Fee, a majority of the land is dedicated to raising beef and dairy cattle. The largest of these herds is the herd that your family has been keeping for nearly five hundred years, currently tended to by your father and your younger brother (who has only just turned 20). Your family primarily keeps beef cattle, though they've a smaller herd roughly a third of the size of their primary that is used for dairy.
An amusing statistic came up in the last tax season, where the mayor of Liliendorf happily reported to you that for the first time in a thousand years, their were 10 heads of cattle for every human in the village and the surrounding area.
The village's primary industry revolves around processing the cattle. Aside from producing large quantities of dried beef, salted beef, and sausages, the craftsmen of Liliendorf produce goods of bone and leather than find their way to the rest of the Kingdom... and even to the Highlands and Roslands. Leather clothes, good boots and gloves, belts, and many more things come from the workshops of the Leatherman's Guild.
Since Hilde arrived in town, a small industry arose for processing the bones of the cattle into suitable parts for magical implements. This began after she hired a few youths to make parts for her workshop that she found too bothersome to make herself, and has quickly become a staple industry of the village. Primarily, the bones get processed into inexpensive focuses and (more lucratively) reagents for Earth Magic, with which cattle are aligned.
Liliendorf cheese has a rather strong flavor that you've grown quite accustomed to over the years. It is exported to some success, though it is not as lucrative a business as beef, leather, and bone.
