when you'd rather be a subsistence farmer than a gold miner
the new local prices shit doesn't make any fucking sense like I guess I have to literally make tools IN this province for them to be cheap enough for people to actually want to use them? I don't fucking know. Don't explain it to me I don't care I'll figure it out
It’s because your farmers make more money than they would if they were a gold miner. Unlocking subsidization would kickstart it until the gold mine wages rise enough, or you can wait/encourage migration until the province has a large enough pop that they have no choice but to work in the mines since it’s the only job
Don't know if it's still the same, but back at launch you could be pretty lazy with armies so long as you organized them properly and it would work well 80%+ of the time. Insane micro makes armies way more effective, but if you don't mind being a bit less effective it's okay to ignore that.