The wooden railroad could greatly alleviate the court's financial burden, and of course, the emperor wanted to expedite the implementation of this matter as much as possible. If this was delayed until the fifteenth day after the new year when the offices reopened and took a few more days, it might be one or two months.
Court officials tended to work slowly unless they faced the threat of execution or an emergency that required swift attention. It was far more effective to push things forward before the end of the year.
Therefore, the day after the imperial court decided to replace iron tracks with wooden ones, His Majesty the Emperor began to ponder and arrange for trustworthy individuals to start spreading the project before the new year so that the work could continue after the new year without any delay.
The day after the court session, the emperor retained Prince Fu and Minister of Works Wang Xian and summoned them to the Imperial Study Room.
