I think I found a faster start than my usual breeder route. Rather than rely on fucking my initial slaves for the kids right off the bat, if you buy the mansion rooms upgrade you can just clear out the bandit den over and over for a free bandit leader slave each time at the cost of 100 gold, which is always less than the loot you come out of there with. Plus you get a bunch of wood, iron, stone or whatever random resources are in there when you finish clearing it.
So it basically pays for itself and ramps you up to 9 slaves for free. Then you can upgrade your best slaves and breed with those while selling off your less useful ones or turning them in for the servant quests. Also repeated clearings pretty much guarantees you have enough wood, iron, and stone to build all of those basic buildings you want.
So it basically pays for itself and ramps you up to 9 slaves for free. Then you can upgrade your best slaves and breed with those while selling off your less useful ones or turning them in for the servant quests. Also repeated clearings pretty much guarantees you have enough wood, iron, and stone to build all of those basic buildings you want.