Aserai culture bonus not working

[Count Scipio]

"Caravans are 30% cheaper to build. 10% less trade penalty."

I made my character to have Aserai culture and when much later in my game, when I decided to form my caravan. The merchant demanded full 15k gold about caravan forming. Wait... why my culture bonus is not working on this point?

 

[TwistedDNA]

Same here

 

[Bittersweet]

Got that as well. Kind of sucks to have your culture bonus not matter at all.

 

[Snarud]

Same here, and just a few people talking about it