"Those who pledge their loyalty are free to begin immediately; we shall find lodging for you, provide you with necessities, and learn of your interests and talents so you may best make use of them.  Artisans will be provided workspace and resources.  Farmers will be provided seed and soil.  Those who would learn a craft will be apprenticed.  And any with a talent for numbers or learning will be provided an opportunity to use them - we have need of clerks and scholars and merchants."  While coin had been minted for scant months, and mostly exchanged for luxuries, the notion of markets was nothing new to anyone in Ironforge.  True, they had few ponies who were exclusively merchants as yet, but it was a matter of time.