Deep Integration

The third step was military reform.

Weiyuan City's original three thousand defenders and Flower Village's one thousand fighters were broken up and reorganized into four combat regiments.

Each regiment had five combat platoons, and each platoon could be divided into five combat squads.

Veterans would mentor newcomers, with regular training and evaluations. The capable would rise, and the mediocre would be replaced. The goal was to maintain discipline while improving the army's fighting strength as much as possible.

Next came the census.

Every resident had to register their household within the allotted time, providing their name, age, family members, skills, and other information. Once registered, they would receive a household registration booklet that entitled them to food rations, medical treatment, schooling for their children, and other benefits.

Land reform proceeded alongside the census.

All land surrounding Weiyuan City was brought into public ownership, then allocated to farming households according to their size.

Each household received a corresponding area of farmland based on its number of members. Flower Village provided seeds, tools, and technical guidance. After the harvest, the farmers handed over a set share as public grain and kept the rest.

Of course, anyone who wanted land first needed household registration. This indirectly sped up the census.

Flower Village also established three medical stations in Weiyuan City, staffed by trained medical workers and Awakened with healing abilities. Treatment was not free for everyone, but it was far cheaper than elsewhere.

In this warped world, medical care was an extraordinarily scarce resource. Even injured Ninja could not always receive timely treatment, let alone ordinary people.

For ordinary civilians, enduring minor illnesses and dying of serious ones was the norm.

The establishment of three medical stations at once caused an understandable stir among Weiyuan City's people.

Weiyuan City had its good side,