>I've always interpreted that line to refer to trade routes to "parts
>unknown" as you said. Although now that you come to mention it, I =
better
>check the accounting of the guilder character who is playing in my =
game,
>and make sure he is not interpreting it the other way. The bonus should
>come only from the trade routes, IMHO.

Mark VanderMeulen
vander+@pitt.edu

Then I have a little follow up question to you mark, why is it to =
different ways of calculation the income?
By the way I think it's the ruler of the province you should check since =
it's he/she who owns the seaport. On page 41 in BR rulebook the income =
is the province level divided by two (rounded up) plus one, and if I' =
not mistaken under the description of trade rutes it say that the income =
is the province level divided by two. The reason that I started this (as =
yet very small) discussion is that IMO it's not referong to TR and is a =
way for rulers (of that province) to earn a little extra money (come on =
all you persons who thought rulers got to few GB compared to guilders, =
support me). Historicaly provineces with seaports where richer, not only =
the merchant who used the port as a trading point. In 17th century the =
swedish king Gustav II Adolf campaigned in the east to take control of =
the and eastern ports in the Baltic sea for the reason that he wanted =
more income, he didn't push further inland to try to take large cities =
like Novgorod or Moscow.

Thak you all for your time,
Fredrik Lundberg