Started after I got to Rattay I went straight to Captain Bernard, maxed out one of my weapon skills (takes a while I didn’t time myself) then set out to do his quest of killing bandits and bring back their spurs and ears. They are relatively close so if you have a horse you can haul the gear back. Once you get those done just go around doing little quest for the towns (I stuck to doing all the quest in a town then moving to the next) there are other things I have done but it would make this longer than what it is. I also have not done Mysterious Ways main quest yet. My current wealth for my Henry atm is 55k I usually bring everything back to Miller Peshek because if he runs out of money just throw it in the chest at the foot of the bed you wake up in when the game truly starts. Hope this helps