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...Why would anyone accept to be payed one gp a day, which is half the salary of a skilled hireling, when they make as much money working once per month, and they can work several time by months?
A 1rst level spell slot is worth 10-50 gp. If you went to a mage and said "I want you to use all your 1rst level spell slots to build magic items for me, in exchange of 1 go each day, but I promise you'll have regular work."
You can't say "I choose to keep the numbers small" when keeping them small doesn't make sense.