How costly were contracts 2000 years ago? Read again, I suggested that companies start getting better interactions with others, that means innovation on contrac

How costly were contracts 2000 years ago? Read again, I suggested that companies start getting better interactions with others, that means innovation on contracts to make them more viable than hiring a new employee. I wasn't trying to say that it is viable to do EVERYTHING with a 5-people company. I was trying to say it is viable to do a lot, and that it is maybe possible to make it more viable to do more.