the best help anyone can give you right now is that the best way to make money is from epic battles more specifically the claydor EBs (epic battles) and just keep building forges onto new lands another good tip is spend all your money into allies until you have about 4-6 billion in gold as this will give massive bonuses in epic battles have fun!
1: look at guides and learn 2: buy allies and keep helps with plunder 3: have fun and don't cuse or you be breaking ToU witch is the rules
I have No idea why people say build forges. It is much better to build War Cathedrals and Beastiary with guilds and allies.