I ran around, mined some copper, recruited like 6 or 7 dudes and a pack mule, bought and repaired a house.
I found this town south of the starter town and it was totally empty with the occasional bandit troop roaming through. I looted a shit ton of stuff from it and sold it all to make a lot of starter cash. Only later did I realize it being empty was a bug, so I imported my save to "fix" it with repopulation.
Now I've got a guy doing a copper mine <--> house storage loop.
Honestly, I'm looking at this game and the amount of shit I can do and realizing I don't really have time for games like this anymore