Trade Routes, meanwhile, need to be purchases so that facilitateMajor Trades.
Major Trades are processed goods that require time and multiple buildings to create, likeAle.
Aside from this difference, both function in basically the same way.

Once your trade building is built, press it and select theTradetab.
Select theplus or minusto figure out theDesired Surplusof the good you want to have after your trade is finalised.
This will give you the regularity of a travelling merchant arriving monthly.

OurManor Lords beginner’s guidewill also serve you well during the first year of growing your settlement.
