I manifested the Shushan game

Chapter 120: Another offering ceremony! Protect our Chen family head!

Based on the game's hints, Chen Han deduced that the villagers' gathering was likely related to the honking of horns.

The familiar demonic energy, and the whistle that guy brought to Shangyuan Village.

It can only be this guy.

But didn't this guy end up in the hospital while trying to refine pills?

Leaving him aside for now, after entering the Chen family compound, Chen Han passed by the flower bed where flowers were planted and went up to take a look.

Because we watered them with the Spirit Plant Dew yesterday, all of these mature plants have grown significantly, and many have already developed small flower buds.

At this rate, with two more days of watering, the Chen family will have a sea of ​​flowers with a captivating fragrance and enhanced ornamental value.

Back in my uncle's yard, my uncle, Uncle Big Dog, and Uncle Shuisheng, all with sandbags strapped to their bodies, had already come out of the yard, ready to exercise.

Unlike before when there were only three people, now Chen Jun, Chen Dalong, and members of the Demon Exorcism Hall are waiting outside the courtyard.

These people will all be training with them from now on.

Upon seeing him return, these people greeted him warmly: "Patriarch!"

Naturally, the three elderly elders of the Demon Extermination Hall do not need to be trained.

Elders definitely have special privileges. Normally, they can just relax and watch the door, but if a family elder has to be called in, it means the situation has reached a point where a decisive blow is necessary.

The elder used his earth-遁神技 (earth-遁神技, a kind of divine skill) to lie down on the ground, and everyone was afraid of him, even demons and monsters.

This has already been proven last time.

Upon entering the kitchen, Chen Han retrieved the Qingyu Pheasant meat from the warehouse, processed it, and cut a portion to put into a stewing pot. At that moment, his junior sister arrived and began working on the spirit fire stove and spirit pressure cauldron once again.

Junior sister clearly makes time to refine pills every day.

This is a good tool, and it can also ensure that the Body Tempering Pill is used well.

As time passed, after adding water to the medicinal meal, Chen Han received a report from the visitor service center that Director Chen from the county had arrived with his men.

He also asked his junior sister to keep an eye on the medicinal food, and then went to the visitor center, where he met Chen Kai and Ma Qi, who had come with him, in the meeting room.

"Master Chen."

When Chen Kai and the other person saw him, they greeted him with smiles on their faces.

The two were clearly in a good mood.

The county has been paying close attention to the Chen family's situation and naturally knew that the Chen family had added 150 feng shui rooms. After the promotional video for the consecration ceremony of the Demon-Subduing Celestial Venerable was uploaded last night, all 450 rooms of the Chen family's rooms were completely booked.

Aside from single occupants, many are couples or married couples sharing a room, which means that Chen's family should have more than 700 visitors today, and will soon break the 1,000 mark for a single day.

This number is already leading among the scenic spots created in Linhe County.

Based on the current trend, this number will increase several times during traditional Chinese culture events, which will definitely be a major breakthrough for the county's cultural and tourism work.

"Director Chen, Section Chief Ma, please sit down." Chen Han invited the two to sit down at the tea table, and picked up the tea-making tools to brew some Lei Zhu Ling tea.

After Chen Kai sat down, he took a document and handed it to Chen Han: "Patriarch Chen, this is a record of the inheritance culture of various rituals of the Chen Clan's Demon-Slaying Celestial Venerable. With this document, the Chen Clan can hold various rituals of the Demon-Slaying Celestial Venerable in the future. The county may even be able to hold a grander procession of the gods with the Chen Clan."

Clearly, his purpose was the last sentence.

The parades along the Minjiang River bring a lot of revenue to the city every year, and the county naturally wants to reap the benefits as well.

However, to reap this benefit, Chen's Demon-Subduing Celestial Venerable needs to gain public recognition, just like the deities such as Prince Zhao who have become very popular in the past two years.

In other words, it means having fame and popularity.

Nobody goes to the offline events of popular online celebrities, and nobody pays attention to the processions of unpopular deities.

Once the popularity picks up, things change. Look at how many netizens flocked to watch when Prince Zhao went out, and the crowds filming him were three or four deep.

The videos of Chen's Demon-Subduing Celestial Venerable have recently gone viral online, which is clearly a good omen.

Whether the county can ultimately reap the benefits of the procession depends on whether the Chen family can successfully cultivate the Demon-Subduing Celestial Venerable.

The county cannot rush into such matters, and may not even dare to get involved, because the Demon-Subduing Celestial Venerable is a very high-ranking deity in Taoism, and there are religious taboos surrounding him.

If the county officials get involved without understanding the situation, they might break some taboos.

The county can only rely on the Chen family now.

Chen Han accepted the document with a big smile.

He had thought about applying for this document before, but he didn't expect this person to send it to him first. It seems that the Chen family is really popular in the county.

With this document, many of the Chen family's rituals could become legitimate.

Or, to put it another way, sometimes the difference between superstitious and illegal activities and religious traditions lies in just this one document.

Although we advocate freedom of religious belief now, this freedom has a prerequisite for religion, which is freedom under the guidance of "adhering to the socialist requirements for the regulation of religion, and XXX in accordance with the requirements of the national religious policy".

After all, one must accept supervision; otherwise, problems can easily arise.

Chen Han brewed a pot of tea and poured a cup for both Chen Kai and Chen Kai.

Just as he finished his cup of tea, there was a knock on the door, and his uncle walked in with the village chief, Guo Zhen.

My uncle and the village chief are friends, and the village chief found him through my uncle, so it's obvious that something is going on.

He subconsciously thought of the gathering of villagers in Shangyuan Village today, which might be related.

The village chief was carrying a basket again; he'd come to offer sacrifices once more. Last time, these independent cultivators offered a moon-gazing rabbit; what would they offer this time?
"Xiao Han, there's something the village wants to discuss with you," Chen Lin explained as soon as he entered.

Chen Han nodded and invited Guo Zhen, "Village Chief, please sit down!"

As he spoke, he poured a cup of Leizhu Ling Tea for the village chief and his uncle, and did not forget to introduce them: "Village chief, let me introduce you. These two are Director Chen and Section Chief Ma from the county's Culture and Tourism Bureau."

Upon hearing this, Guo Zhen quickly greeted the two men: "Director Chen, Section Chief Ma, I am Guo Zhen, the village head of Shangyuan Village. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Hello, Village Chief Guo." Chen Kai smiled and shook hands with the other party, as did Ma Qi.

Chen Han then asked with a smile, "Village Chief, what brings you here today?"

Guo Zhen said somewhat embarrassedly, "Master Chen, there are many tourists visiting the Chen family now. I would like to ask if it is possible to set up some homestays in the village, as many houses in the village are vacant."

These words also attracted the attention of Chen Kai and Ma Qi, who both looked at Chen Han, curious about what choice this Chen family head would make.

After all, under normal circumstances, people who value profit too much would likely build new hotels or similar accommodations when faced with a shortage of housing.

With tourists around, there's no fear of a lack of business. They can either rent out the controlled housing in the village to expand the number of houses, or they can maximize their profits through these methods.

Of course, if one values ​​relationships and doesn't prioritize personal gain, one can also lead their fellow villagers to prosperity.

However, not many people can do this kind of behavior of helping others when they are successful.

Therefore, they were also curious about what choice the Chen family head would make.

Chen Han didn't think too much about it, after all, he had this plan from the beginning, and besides, he had no choice now, because a game prompt suddenly appeared in his mind:

Representatives from the independent cultivators affiliated with the Chen family came to pay their respects. The independent cultivators discovered a scattered spiritual vein and planned to build cave dwellings on the spiritual vein to rent to those independent cultivators passing by!

Although the cave dwellings built by independent cultivators have weak spiritual energy, for those who are not strong enough to be entertained by the Chen family, the cave dwellings with meager spiritual energy are still an option when they arrive on their journey.

However, you've already investigated and found that members of the Demonic Cult are involved in this matter. They must have some ulterior motive. Pretending not to know anything about it and agreeing to the rogue cultivator's request might allow you to better monitor the Demonic Cult's movements from the shadows.

So Chen Han smiled and said, "Village chief, there's no problem with that. However, the accommodation renovation will cost a lot of money. Once tourists have booked rooms, the environment can't be bad."

In the game's storyline, it's clear that the demonic sect members have infiltrated the ranks of independent cultivators.

In reality, the idea that the village chief would take the initiative to visit and propose integrating the village's idle housing resources was probably Mingdi's idea.

Upon hearing this, Guo Zhen immediately said, "Don't worry, Patriarch Chen. Someone has already invested in our village and started to consolidate the vacant houses. All that's left is to go to the county to apply for a business license."

"Village Chief Guo, I can help you with the business license issue," Chen Kai said at this moment. After all, if the villagers of Shangyuan Village start homestays and it works well, it can be considered as their cultural tourism driving the rural economy.

The most important point is that the Chen family head allowed Shangyuan Village to join in the tourist benefits. If the Chen family grows stronger, can the surrounding villages join in as well?

Therefore, they need to make this happen. In addition to the Chen family's ancient buildings, attracting tourists can also boost rural tourism.
Just like in the internet age, as long as there is traffic, all kinds of businesses can be done. The same is true for tourism now. As long as there are tourists, any tourism project that can attract people can be launched.

He admired the Chen family head even more; the other party's choice proved that he was not someone who valued profit too much, but rather a person with great loyalty and righteousness.

Such a person deserves respect no matter where they are.

Although the current trend online is to avoid being a good person, and in fact, if someone is too good, they will be questioned and scrutinized. If someone donates too much money, they will be suspected of various things, with the excuse that the tax authorities will definitely investigate and that it is money laundering, but good people should not be held hostage.

At least now, he highly approves of the Chen family head, and the county should provide him with more protection in the future.

"Thank you very much, Director Chen." Guo Zhen was overjoyed to hear the news. With this person's help, the business license would be issued quickly.

Chen Han, however, spoke politely before resorting to force: "Village Chief, there is no problem with the village setting up homestays. However, let's be clear from the start that the Chen family has its requirements. You must accept supervision and inspection from the Chen family. After all, the Chen family's development has not been easy, and we don't want our reputation to be ruined."

Upon hearing this, Guo Zhen replied without hesitation, "Patriarch Chen, rest assured, our Shangyuan Village accepts the supervision of the Chen family. If any villager fails to meet the requirements or damages the reputation of Chen family tourism, you won't need to lift a finger; the rest of our village will not let him off the hook."

He said this very firmly, and it's something the village will definitely do.

Making money is difficult in today's society, and it's even harder for people in rural areas. These days, they've been selling their own fruits, vegetables, dried bamboo shoots, and other local specialties in the Xiuxian Market, and the villagers have earned quite a bit of money.

Especially with fruit, the profits are much higher than selling to middlemen. So, everyone has already experienced the benefits brought by the Chen family and naturally doesn't want to tarnish their reputation.

Guo Zhen continued, "Master Chen, in addition, our village has taken advantage of the tourism benefits of the Chen family. We are willing to give up 30% of the shares to compensate the Chen family for all the housing resources thereafter."

Chen Kai and Ma Qi nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Although the Chen family head agreed to let Shangyuan Village participate in the tourist bonus program, Shangyuan Village cannot take it for granted. Giving them shares as compensation would be quite good.

Aside from the investors, and considering the village's resources as shares, giving the Chen family 30% compensation is reasonable.

If the people of Shangyuan Village don't mention this, it means they are blinded by greed. In that case, he should remind the Chen family head to be more careful, and might even send people to keep an eye on the villagers of Shangyuan Village.

No, we should send someone to keep an eye on things when we get back.

Too many incidents have occurred across the country where a single troublemaker has ruined a region's tourism promotion; it's important to be prepared for the worst.

That's basically how the matter between Shangyuan Village and the Chen family was settled.

Guo Zhen didn't hesitate and handed the basket he brought to Chen Han: "Patriarch Chen, we didn't know what to give you. These are some wild specialties that the villagers brought from the mountains. You can use them to make wine. We hope you won't mind."

Chen Han smiled.

This is the time for the individual monks to make offerings.

Almost simultaneously, a game notification popped into his mind.

When he saw the notification, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

This thing again.

Now I can shoot some footage of animals being enlightened.

(End of this chapter)