notes: in the tech research screen, you know how some techs have an extra little number on them that is higher than 1? I'm pretty sure that that is the level at which you can research that tech for just 1 rp. it might be possible to research the tech before that level, for more research points... but if you wait and keep getting honor you can just level up and do it cheaper.
also, you know when it says that if you place a building and delete it before it's finished building, you get all your resources back? this is a lie. either you dont get them all back, or the building's requirements are increased. might be a bug. so be careful when siting buildings, try to get it right the first time.
fastest way to get honor, for future reference: if you are very active, then research scouts and horsemanship, and you can send your scouts out to get the bags with the question marks on them; they are undiscovered stashes. gives you honor to be the first one there; from 100-500. but everyone in the area will race to get them so you'll have to be active and research horsemanship for faster scouts.
there are also honor for things like fighting off invasions (you lose honor if you lose them) and for attacking/defeating wolf lairs, bandit camps, and 'snake's castle'. there's probably honor for all kinds of shit like beating other players. but that all isn't too easy early on... unless you focus on conscription and forced march, I guess.
the other way to get honor starting out aside from the above, is research art, and keep your citizens happy. you'll automatically accumulate honor. good ways to keep them happy: lower taxes, provide them with various food types and extra rations of the food, have extra room for them to sleep via hovels, and some other stuff.
edit: btw, I started a new account and told them to delete my old account. I wanted to use a new email and username and I wanted the bonuses from the tutorial. I'm now in cappa parish, which is 2 parishes west of mocklerstown, and my username is Raonull