1 i know stall are in game instead of renting them and puting then on the side. Your retainer gets a stall upon getting placed in a grid format.
How about I explain it this way since ppl are on silly pills.

the ward only hold up to 1000 retainers. players only can set up shop in their chosen town. unless full. when placing a retainer either 1 you set it up at a pre placed stall or when you select a pre determind location a stall is set up.
NO MORE RENTING STALLS.

Now the stalls will be in a grid format meaning each stall takes up one block with space between each stall. stalls will be placed in neat rows in said market zones and have obsolutly no way of turning in to a hot mess.
This will help in loading as each retainer stall will be seperated with enough room to walk around.

My example shown this.
which i'll post again.
. = a retainer stall

. . . . . . . . . this grid box of dots is to show how neat the stall will be.
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