Chapter 38: Incense Dividends
"Old man, we have saved more than a dozen eggs. Let's sell them at the market tomorrow, right? Buy some rapeseed and plant some autumn cabbage in front of and behind the house before autumn. Then we can have some green seeds on the dinner table during the cold winter."

Old Mrs. Xiao from Solo Village said as she was cooking on the ground pot, looking at the old man who was busying around.

"Let's go to the market next time! I heard from Aunt Mei that there will be a little rain the day after tomorrow. A little rain is good. We have been working for more than half a month. It's just right to turn over the land to the west of our house and get some water. When we go to the market next time to exchange for rapeseed, we can just spread it on the land and we won't have to water it."

The old man responded upon hearing this.

Mrs. Xiao, who was cooking, was surprised and asked, "When did Aunt Mei know that it would rain the day after tomorrow?"

The old man said, "Hey, she's not a fortune teller, so what can she do? This is the Hulian website created by that old immortal Yun. It says that it can predict the future weather!"

Old Mrs. Xiao was even more surprised: "There is such a thing?"

Old man: "That's what everyone in the village says."

Old Lady Xiao: "Didn't you burn some incense to see?"

The old man chuckled and said, gathering the broken firewood in his hand, "I have asked several people, it can't be wrong."

Old Lady Xiao obviously knew the old man very well, and she laughed and scolded:
"Look at you, old man. You don't save when you should, and you save when you shouldn't. The old immortal told you it was going to rain, but you didn't even light a stick of incense? Go back and light one and see, there will be a sure result. Who knows? Maybe they are making fun of you?"

The old man looked suspicious: "How could that be?"

Old Lady Xiao: "It's not a big deal to take a look, can you still miss this stick of incense?"

As the sun sets, the voice of Old Mrs. Xiao's nagging voice can be heard from the dim side room.

Not long after, a stick of incense began to rise.

At the same time, in the underworld, in the underground palace of the land temple, the land god of Solo village took back his curved wooden staff, his face looked very gloomy.

He felt something was not good when the Internet updated the weather forecast.

Now, seeing the most stingy old couple in the village burning incense and praying to the gods, my mood has completely sunk to the bottom.

Ever since the Internet emerged in Yong County, the number of incense sticks in his land temple has been decreasing.

The income is already not enough to cover the expenses.

If this continues, I won’t even be able to support myself, let alone the incense and tribute.

"Gu Yunli, if you have the guts, go and rob the Taizhen Tianxiang from the major palaces and temples. What's your ability in snatching the incense from the common people? Okay, you are powerful and you have the support of the Immortal Lord, but we are not easy to bully."

The God of Solo Village had a gloomy expression on his face. He gritted his teeth, stood up and left.

If I don’t do something, I will be very sad when I take the City God examination at the end of the year!

If they fail to pass, they will be fined at the least and demoted at the worst.

According to the current trend, even if he paid for this year's incense offerings out of his own pocket, he would not be able to afford next year's.

If you stick your head out, you'll get hurt. If you hide your head, you'll also get hurt. So you might as well just fight!
……

Some people are so worried about the incense sticks that they are desperate;
Some people have so many offerings of incense that they can’t keep them all.

……

Not long after the weather forecast section was launched, the day for incense dividends arrived.

Gu Yunli had distributed dividends twice before, but only a few thousand incense sticks, so the county lady's share had never been distributed. This time was different. The incense sticks had accumulated to a considerable amount, so he planned to meet the county lady.

Therefore, as soon as the sun rose, he set out early and rushed to the City God Palace.

Mr. Li, the Yin-Yang Department, and Mr. He, the Inspector, did not put on airs and had been waiting in the study early.

Especially Li Sigong looked very happy.

Some time ago, He Shigong went to the Tianan Underground Palace for some reason. When he came back, he told him that the income from Internet incense donations this month was at least 20,000 sticks.

The county lady took 50%, and he and He Shigong each took 10%. In total, they had at least 2,000 incense sticks.

Wow, two thousand incense sticks are equivalent to the annual incense supply of ten poor villages.

How does this make him unhappy?

"Gu Yunli from Tian'an pays respect to Lord Li and Lord He."

Gu Yunli entered the room and bowed. "Oh, Uncle Gu is too polite. Come on, come on, sit down. Xiaoxia, serve Uncle Gu tea. Serve my treasured Longyunjian."

When Li Sigong saw Gu Yunli, he was so happy that his eyes narrowed into slits.

The inspectors were also very excited.

However, because he had already passed the gas, he seemed much calmer.

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries, they dismissed their attendants and started to share the profits from their cooperation.

"Let me tell you two that this month's incense revenue was exactly 43,060 pillars as of midnight yesterday. The county lord got 21,530 pillars, and the two of you each got 10%, for a total of 4,306 pillars. Gu will make up four pillars, for a total of 4,310 pillars, which have been condensed into incense pills. You two keep them."

Gu Yunli was well prepared. While talking for a while, he took out two porcelain bottles and handed them over.

Li Sigong was stunned.

The patrol officer's eyes widened.

The two looked at each other, and the inspector said, "My dear brother, didn't you say last time that there were more than 20,000 pillars? How come after a few days, it has become 40,000 pillars?"

Gu Yunli smiled and said, "A few days ago, there were indeed more than 20,000 columns. It just so happened that the weather forecast was online. Oh my god, guess what happened?"

Li Sigong's inspectors asked in unison, "What do you mean?"

Gu Yunli said: "In just a few days, 10,000 more incense sticks appeared out of nowhere. I originally thought that the growth potential of incense in Yong County had reached its limit, but now I know that the market is huge, but we have not served the people well."

Inspector Li subconsciously ignored Gu Yunli's last words. They looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.

"Can a weather forecast really attract thousands of incense sticks in a few days?"

"If I had known that you two didn't know, I would have kept the incense."

Gu Yunli blinked and joked.

After these words were spoken, Li Sigong and the other man burst out laughing, and then they realized that wasn't it a good thing to have more incense sticks?

"You two have been in high positions for so long that you may not know that ordinary people depend on the weather for farming, fishing, traveling, and business. In the past, we could only rely on experience and were confused. Now that we have weather forecasts, why wouldn't we learn about it in advance?"

Gu Yunli explained.

Inspector Li suddenly realized that they had been away from the human world for too long and had forgotten the hardships of ordinary people's lives.

"That's not right. There are 10,000 more incense sticks. Where did the other 10,000 incense sticks come from?"

Li Sigong suddenly reacted.

"To be honest with you, the Internet has expanded to other counties." Gu Yunli whispered.

Yong County belongs to Yunzhou and is located in the westernmost part of Yunzhou. It is adjacent to Tong County and Shanyang, and borders Baishui and Yongshou counties of Shangzhou.

Due to inconvenient private transportation and little communication, the spread of the Internet has always been very slow.

In fact, half a month ago, the Internet had already spread, but it was only used by a few people.

Until recently, I don’t know if it was because the fission reached a critical value, but overnight, the Internet became popular in the surrounding four counties, so much so that in just a few days, 10,000 incense sticks were received.

Of course, this is just the account that Gu Yunli made public.

In fact, he had already hidden 90% of his worship.

In other words, the income from incense this month was as high as 400,000. After deducting the 40,000 incense sticks as dividends, the number of incense sticks that actually fell into his hands was 360,000.

In addition, the actual number of incense sticks he could mobilize far exceeded this number, which was 500,000.

Because there is a part of the incense money that belongs to the online course points reserve, which is available for users to apply for redemption at any time.

To be honest, the amount of incense was so huge that it was a bit difficult for Gu Yunli to handle.

I dare not spend money recklessly!
Afraid of being seen by outsiders.

He suspected that the income from incense offerings in Yong County in a year might not be as much as his income in a month!

(End of this chapter)