New Player with Economy/Build Order Questions!

[Monk]

Thanks all for the replies. It's much appreciated. I was starting to get the idea that (unlike Civ) tech is less important in Shogun, and I appreciate the comment on fewer mandatory techs. Does happiness have any benefit (economic or otherwise) aside from preventing revolts? Apologies for my ignorance!

I'm not sure about direct increases to your income but, obviously, the higher your happiness the higher you can crank up the taxes in the finance screen.