However, although the inner street was not open yet, many merchants had already started to set up their stalls on the outer and middle streets. Although there were not many customers at this time, it must be known that for these merchants, the market was not just a place to ship goods, but also a place to purchase goods to a certain extent.
The so-called "restocking" referred to the fact that many people would obtain some heavenly treasures through various channels and sell them to the merchants on the outer and middle streets at a price slightly lower than the market price. These merchants could then resell them to other people in the following market transactions, earning the difference in price.
The reason why these people didn't directly come to the market to set up stalls and sell directly to customers at a higher price was that they had their own concerns.
