11. HUTTON

* 2.500 People (Common) in Lvl.10 houses.
* 5.000 Utensils produced in one year.

With the takeover of the throne by Duke Chausen, the newfound "Emperor" has shifted focus from late Hannah's dreams of constructing the South and the transcontinental railway to expansion.  He assigns you, Helene Osshelm, to provide an expansion due west, where a settlement at Hutton will prove the cornerstone for Chausen's ambitions.  Failure isn't an option, as it's only a relief that a job so far from the capital, where it's definitely not safe, was even provided by this very choleric, selfish and incompetent ruler.

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Hutton is the mission where, if you wanted a reason to hate Duke Chaucer, it'll gladly give you one - in over a year after you started the city, the Duke will start making demands for Utensils in increasing quantities (first 1.000, than 2.000 and lastly 3.000) all to be met within 1 year deadlines.  That means you'll already need to set up two housing blocks to support at least two Copper Mines and two Utensil Workshops and get increasing from there.  Complicating matters further, you'll start with only 20.000 cash and the Steam Geysers are on the farmlands to the north, on the other side of the river, while the Copper deposits (6 total, while there are 2 of Iron) are on the eastern corner.  Because of the transportation distance, you'll need to cap at least 3 Geysers and set some Warehouse space for the canisters close to the Mines.

Evolving the housing in a sufficient level to sustain large-scale operations will also be painful, early on - because of the extensive labor required to run both the Copper Mines and Utensil Workshops (80 workers) plus the Steam Condenser and Warehouses, not many Potato Farms can be worked on, early on.  Hence, it's best to start with only 2-4 and having only one housing block fed for the moment.  ABSOLUTELY set the Shops to refuse the Utensils at all times, so you can meet Chauser's demands and export the remainder to Hartmann.  Only remember that, if needed, you can close down or just demolish the Trading Station.  Also, as your population grows, aim to have at least 3 Mines and 3 Utensil Workshops so you can produce fast enough to reach the 3.000 Utensils final demand in time.  Following that, there'll be no more demands and you can then start focusing on growing Barley and fabricating Silk to sell for both Hartmann, Nimstadt and Wessel, which will definitely help you recover your losses.  If you have to, you can even shut down one or two of the Mines and Workshops combined, which will finally free up some of that much needed labor force.

Food juggling is needed here to allow both your housing blocks to evolve, hence either have a couple of Granaries set to receive minimum Potato quantities or set the Granary responsible for the Potatoes at first to receive only 3.000 units or wait until one shop sends his vendor, set his Potatoes' order to refuse when he gets the produce (not before, as he won't collect the food and will return empty-handed) and then allow the other Shop to get it.  Do this for a couple of seasons until the demands wear off and you can order the Granary to receive all the Potatoes again.  Beer production might be affected to the point you might need to shut down a bit of the Silk industry, but by the time you get the Cottages (Lvl. 6, which is Beer + Theater), you can resume Silk production.  Only be sure to have a bank in store (5.000+ Cash, it can take a while) before going large-scale, as the Duke's mining demands will consume your early funds considerably.

Evolving the housing to Lvl. 10, needed to complete the mission, will require a second type of food you cannot farm, only convert from imported Wheat.  Choose Meat for this occasion, as the Ranch's double output makes a small Ranch quantity able to gradually fill a Granary rapidly.  If needed to handle unemployment, you can also cap the Iron quarries and sell the goods and even set a Keynesian-style set of Automaton Factories, even if you won't ever plan on building Elite Housing.

Lethis: Path of Progress - Mission 11: Hutton