I went back to feudalism basically.
My family, The Hoggarth Family are a noble wealthy family of 8 sims. Lord Alexaeos and Lady Ursula run the show, and they have their 6 children, Dominic, Marcus, Robert, Victoria, Gloria and Vincent. They own all of Old New Henford. And converted the land into a farm. Although it’s Lady Ursula, Victoria, Gloria and Vincent who really oversee the farm is running smoothly.
Their castle resides on the 64x64 estate, with an orchard and vineyard outside of the castle walls.
I had them purchase the three other lots, as residential lots, built two stables, one for cows, the other was suppose to be for pigs, (I built them years before Cottage Living was even teased) and a Silo.
And once Everything was set up I moved in the managers of those lots, And I use clubs to have them summon peasants to work.
And it works. The Hoggarth supply themselves and the other 4 kingdoms with food as well.
Lord Bouvet, lady Ursula’s father also owns a Castle in the Bramblewood. Ursula also has a younger sister Morgana, who married Lord Caspian of Whales, Who has a castle on the south coastal region (Brindleton Bay). Lord Bouvet was able to marry off his daughter to two prominent men, and able to save his house and castle from crumbling.
So the families are able to freely go and visit their cousins.
Lord Alexaeos is the older Brother of the King Orion, lord of Halcyon. Only because he married the Queen in Windenburg. So they have that connection too. Even the other two kingdoms, they’re basically all just one big extended family.