As of the 1.8 BETA for Bannerlord, these are the working perks that grant additional renown in Bannerlord. These are all based on the role of party leader, which the player character is by default. Note that ‘Artisan Community’ and ‘Great Investor’ are choices you must make at Trade level 125, and that you can’t select both of these.
Strip the garrison to a skeleton force until you make some profit. As a side benefit being a very lightly defended fief, makes it a target for your enemies, and as it doesn't have a lot of troops, they (often) won't bother making a big army to take it.
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord is a medieval roleplaying game that simulates the journey from roaming adventurer to the ruler and its passive effects make the character's horse faster and easier
Next, make sure the city has appropriate workshops to match its input villages. You can keep these workshops to keep receiving the passive income, or you can sell them off if you have more profitable operations elsewhere. Finally, spend a season completing missions and squashing bandit parties. So I've invested into workshops and even have one caravan going, however, the money they produce is not enough to keep me in the green and now I've gone into debt. 4GYJNU.