Historically minded creators, please help.

Hi there,

First, thanks for reading.

I've finally bitten the bullet and am setting up a medieval/Pratchet type neighbourhood and am looking for ways to employ my serfs. I was thinking of setting up a mine, where my serfs would dig for treasure and with BV I can do this. What I would like is for my sims to have a mine option and when mining they could find 3 or 4 metals or minerals to pass on/sell to their employer. To make it extra special maybe a diamond could be thrown in as a once in a life time/generation thing, which could then secure that poor sim's future enabling them to move up into the merchant class. I do not intend this to be a career just an added option for making money really. Thinking about this as I write I'm sure this set up could be beneficial for other scenarios too.

The second thing I am asking for is basically a bringing together of stuff already in the game. I'm sure this has been asked about in other places and if I have missed a link I apologise. How to write a novel without a computer? I would like my historical novellist to sit down and write a novel in the same way as kids and students do homework.

Are these things possible or have they been done? This is my first request and it's been a long time since I even posted on a forum (was computerless for ages) so hope this is right. Again, thanks to all who read this and good luck and thanks to those who attempt to create these.