With the Huaxia Sect's martial tournament concluded and its inner disciples established, those disciples had begun playing an important role, winning renown for the sect and shaping its response to requests for help from outside.
The Huaxia Sect's reputation also spread far and wide. Some petty troublemakers near the sect moved away, afraid it would come looking for trouble with them. This considerably improved security in the surrounding area.
Huaxia City benefited greatly. With a peaceful environment, its population surged in a short time. Everyone wanted a quiet life somewhere safe and orderly.
Huaxia City was now gradually expanding, and newcomers were given the same terms as its original residents.
Wen Tiancheng also issued a notice: anyone facing hardship could go to the public relief office and collect ten days' worth of relief grain.
They could also seek work at the employment office. The Huaxia Sect and the Huaxia Sect were both expanding, and laborers were desperately needed.
Those six thousand slaves alone were nowhere near enough. Fortunately, the population surge eased the labor shortage.
The Wen clan's territory bustled with activity, hot as a roaring fire, prompting countless merchants to rent shops in the city and open for business.
Fortunately, Wenlong had shown foresight. When construction of the city first began, he had built shops along with everything else. The rental income now amounted to a very substantial sum.
Within the Huaxia Sect, the disciples worked several times harder than before, all hoping to win prize money and an inner disciple position in the next sect tournament.
These rewards made countless sect disciples green with envy. Winning the chief disciple's prize would provide enough money to cover an ordinary person's expenses for a lifetime.
And that was not even counting inner disciple status, with its astonishing monthly allowance. Every