But the Emperor understood perfectly well.
This was the normal state of ordinary folk.
They received little information and had limited vision.
They could not plan far ahead because they had no savings. If they planned too far ahead, they would starve to death right before their eyes.
Those bastards saw only that the Incense Monsters had arrived and offered them a sliver of hope for supernatural power, so they eagerly clung to them.
Just like those groups that collected other people's eggs, they only felt that they had gotten a bargain.
Yet they had no idea that while the other side gave them eggs, as long as they fooled even one person, they took away their entire fortune, including their life.
Everyone knew that was an enormously profitable business.
But though the Emperor understood, he could not simply ignore it.
Through the surveillance network, he discovered that although these commoners had been rescued, they had still formed the habit.
The moment they got up in the morning, they did not work. They prayed first.
Then they bought expensive incense to burn.
The thicker the incense, the better.
As a result, in the fallen territories, the largest emerging industry was the incense industry.
There were all kinds of incense.
There were cylindrical, spherical, and square shapes...
There were fragrant, pungent, and fishy scents...
The colors were even more varied. Some people even carved incense into works of art.
They were the kind of artworks that took on new shapes as they burned to different stages.
They were practically the same as paper effigies.
People bought them every day.
The Emperor wanted to ban them, but on second thought, a ban would only make the people more dissatisfied.
It was better to preserve them for the time being.
Thus, these commoners