Han Chinese like Liu Yanzong, who grew up in a foreign land, had to be extra careful to climb up.

Now that he serves as a censor in the Censorate, he is naturally skilled in scheming and intrigue.

Xu Churen, as a high-ranking official in the State Affairs Hall, was in charge of the civil administration of the Song Dynasty. He naturally had a broad vision, was able to grasp the emperor's thoughts with a sense of proportion, knew when to advance and retreat, and was also eloquent.

However, people like Han Gonglian and Chen Gui, although they were also Jinshi graduates, had become less skilled in speech and strategy due to their long-term work on construction and investigation.

Faced with this situation, they were speechless, feeling only that they had failed the emperor's cultivation and the emperor's high regard for them.

Seeing that Han Gonglian and Chen Gui had been pushed to this point, Zhao Huan softened his tone and said, "My two ministers, please rise. You have both devoted yourselves to the Song Dynasty. How could I possibly blame you?"

"Your Majesty! I am guilty!"

Zhao Huan came down from above and personally helped the two of them up.

Han Gonglian was overcome with emotion and tears streamed down his face.

Zhao Huan looked at Xu Churen and said, "It was all because I lost my temper for a moment. You are all my good ministers. What do you all think of this?"

"Master Xu, next year, all the previously planned cement roads must be completed, that is, the roads leading from Tokyo to the four capitals."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"By the end of the eighth year of the Jingkang era, we need to connect these prefectures. From Jiaozhou Prefecture to Guizhou Prefecture, and from Guangnan West Road to Jinghu Road, there are many mountainous areas and lakes, so building cement roads will obviously be more difficult. However, we need to dredge waterways to ensure that the grain and goods from Jiaozhou can reach the Yangtze River as quickly as possible and then go north to the Central Plains. I want to open up a route between the Central Plains and the Southwest, for example, to open up a route!"

"The year after next, we will need to build a cement road from Tokyo to Luoyang, which will connect to Chang'an. At the same time, the cement road from Tokyo will be extended eastward to Qizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou."

"As for the north, we need to build a cement road connecting Tokyo to Zhongshan Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture, and at the same time connect Youzhou Prefecture, and connect it to Jingzhao Prefecture to the west, extending the Hetao Road from Chang'an to the northwest to connect Xingqing Prefecture."

"Thus, the first phase of the main road of the Song Dynasty has basically come to an end."

Zhao Huan spoke in one breath, clearly having prepared in advance.

He continued, "Just now, you all heard Minister Tang do some calculations. If the main roads of the Song Dynasty are fully upgraded, it will greatly increase the frequency of trade in the Song Dynasty and increase the court's commercial taxes. This amount is immeasurable."

"At the same time, when the Song Dynasty faces foreign wars, the mobilization speed of the national army will be even faster."

One minister said with concern, "If there is a rebellion in some place, it will reach the capital even faster."

The emperor said, "The court cannot consider something that benefits the country and its people as a bad thing just because it involves some risk. Such a conservative approach is not a strategy to enrich the country and strengthen its military."

The minister then fell silent.

The emperor reiterated that the court should adopt a more open mindset in planning the future of the Song Dynasty, and should no longer stifle a project in its infancy due to potential risks, as was the case in the past.

In this way, nothing can be accomplished.

The emperor's meaning today was all too clear: he hoped that every minister in the court would take this seriously.

In the following years, as the various government offices cooperated with each other, everyone shared the same direction.

In this way, administrative efficiency will be higher.

Now that the emperor has asked Xu Churen to make such a plan, he must be asking him to propose which government offices are needed to cooperate in achieving this goal.

The Academy of Sciences and the Ordnance Supervision Bureau were the first to be affected.

This time, it was the State Council that made the request, specifying what items were needed, how much was needed, and when they were needed.

In this way, auxiliary government agencies such as the Academy of Sciences and the Ordnance Bureau could understand what they could do and what they should do.

Only then did the Ministry of Commerce learn how many merchant companies they needed to recruit over the next few years, and what roles each of these companies would play.

For example, how many trading companies are involved in road paving, how many are involved in cement manufacturing, and how many are involved in mining ore?

Many trading companies are involved in steel manufacturing.

Furthermore, the State Council needs to introduce policies to encourage private businessmen to manufacture cement independently.

In this way, the entire road system of the Song Dynasty was revitalized.

The newly invented steam engine was about to play its irreplaceable role, officially ushering in a new era.

After arranging the strategic deployment at the highest level, Zhao Huan breathed a sigh of relief.

But the real difficulties are just beginning.

The industrial revolution in the Song Dynasty, driven by infrastructure development, inevitably required various basic steel molds.

The process of going from 0 to 1 is extremely difficult.

Only he, the time traveler, had seen the shapes of those things, but did not know why they were.

He could only lead a group of scientific research talents from the Song Dynasty who had never seen such things before and didn't even have that concept in their minds, to start from scratch and explore those things.

In the coming years, Zhao Huan will do everything possible to stabilize the border regions, the domestic situation and public opinion, so that he can successfully ignite the flames of the First Industrial Revolution.