I underestimated how much access garrisons gave to raw materials.
I used to mine ore, have my pops transmute bars on his cooldown while I used some to make weapons. When we got the hustle on we always had enough gold for everything we wanted.
The market for raw materials is shit, but crap is still uber expensive.
Got the trading post and was planning to go barn and profession buildings so I could be in more markets and sell stuff, but it seems like gold isn't to be made. Ore prices are a joke