Of course, for an emperor who had been playing the game with his ministers in the court for six years, putting on such a show of sincerity was far too easy.

Zhao Huan added, "I have already bought a piece of land in the southeast of the city, which will serve as the textile factory for Li's Cloth Company. By the way, we have a patent for this Huaxing spinning wheel, which belongs to Ye Chong, the number one scientific master under Yongsheng Trading Company."

Ye Chong smiled honestly and said, "Actually, it was all thanks to Master Zhao's guidance."

Li Qiu'e was taken aback again. This Mr. Zhao exuded an air of indescribable nobility and was very mysterious. She wondered which family's young master he was.

But then I thought, I'm just an ordinary woman with nothing but a small shop, what could the other party possibly want from me?

In the biography of Li Qiu'e, the authors only describe Li Qiu'e as a legendary woman who was hardworking, resilient, and determined to overcome life's hardships, creating a business myth from the bottom up.

They would not mention that Li Qiu'e received help from a powerful figure, so as to encourage those who crave wealth to follow suit.

After capturing Li's cloth shop, Zhao Huan didn't have much else to get involved in.

After all, the Huaxing spinning wheel had already been manufactured, and it was just waiting for the unprecedented boom in the textile industry of the Song Dynasty.

With something like this coming out, the one who would be most sleepless is probably Tang Ke, the Vice Chancellor.

After all, government offices like the Imperial Textile Bureau were responsible for producing cloth and silk.

When productivity was low, the imperial court could rely on its large manpower to gain an absolute advantage, but now the situation seems to be different.

And so far, no one has realized any of this.

The commercial world of Tokyo remained in a state of normal prosperity, and no one knew that a storm was about to break.

After returning to the palace, the emperor, besides discussing state affairs with his ministers every day, has recently gone off on a tangent again.

He wants to plant trees!

That's right, he wants to plant trees!

When he told the ministers this, they were completely dumbfounded.

Planting trees?

Planting trees?

Didn't emperors who were both learned and skilled in martial arts during prosperous times all love hunting?

Why is the emperor going to... plant trees?

Everyone knows that the emperor's thought process is unusual, and his mind works very fast, but no one expected it to be this fast.

The ministers naturally objected, just as they had objected to the emperor's reckless behavior in the past, but after a heated debate, their opposition turned into approval.

So, in February, when the spring breeze, like scissors, trimmed the willows into countless strands, the emperor, accompanied by his prime minister, went to the banks of the Yellow River to plant trees.

According to the emperor's explanation, the Yellow River flooded because the riverbed was too high, and the reason for the rise in the riverbed was that the trees and grasslands on both sides of the Yellow River had been destroyed.

As the Son of Heaven, the emperor should set an example for all people.

So, he brought his ministers to plant trees.

The ministers of the prime minister's office were devastated.

We, as high-ranking officials, are busy with countless affairs of state. How could we possibly have time for such things? If Your Majesty is so free, why don't you do it yourself? Why drag us into this?

While they complained in their hearts, they shouted out loud that His Majesty was wise!

They thought the emperor was just having a whim and that the matter would soon be over.

The emperor comes to put on a show, and then sets an example for the people.

Unexpectedly, upon returning, the emperor established a special office to handle this matter. This office did not belong to any prefecture or ministry but reported directly to the emperor.

It was claimed by Minister of Justice Zhang Shuye.

The ministers, of course, had no idea that once the industrial age of the Song Dynasty arrived, the demand for timber would be unimaginable.

We can't let Tokyo become a smog capital, can we?

We can't allow such a beautiful land of the Song Dynasty to suffer serious damage, can we?

Zhao Huan's idea was to plant a large number of trees. In ancient times, when the vegetation was already very dense, he wanted to make it even denser and denser, so that the Song Dynasty would develop this habit. Even with the arrival of the industrial age, there would be no concern about the loss of vegetation or the destruction of the ecological balance.

P.S.: Illness strikes like a landslide. I still feel weak all day and have no appetite. I only drank some porridge, but much more than yesterday.

Please give me a vote since I'm still writing even though I'm sick.