Domino Effect (8)

Now while it wasn't possible for an entire market to just get up and leave one day, it was possible for them to inform their customers and leave.

And in this case, their customers ranged from skilled artisans to rich nobles. 

Even Feng Guang's underwear business had raw materials that were sourced from the traveler's market. His family's luxury underwear were all made from rare silk that these traders brought into the country.

There was not a single store that didn't depend on the traveler's market in one form or the other.

If we were to compare the traveler's market to something in the modern day, it would be like imports. They were the only mode of importing things that most of the people depended on. There was no other way to get things from outside of the country.

The country was far from self sufficient.