I, transformed into a vampire girl, sparked the Industrial Revolution.

Chapter 158 The Second National Industrial Development Plan of America

"We reiterate that industry must spread southward. To date, our major southern regions remain in an agricultural society, which is clearly unrealistic!"

As Alice walked down the corridor, she emphasized that the post-war peace had sparked a wave of economic prosperity, with more and more companies and factories being established, but without exception, they were all founded in the North.

For investors, the industrial environment in the North is undoubtedly superior. The series of infrastructure projects that the Amerlane government has built in the North over the years, including power transmission lines and a well-connected road and rail network, undoubtedly contribute to this favorable environment.

Not to mention the basic literacy of workers in the north. In the north, workers at least know how to read and write, and at least know addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

In the South, let alone mathematics, many people have trouble even recognizing characters, making literacy a pressing need.

"And you, from the Ministry of Education, we know you're short-staffed to fill the ever-growing teaching force. The policy is here: send students. Those who have completed compulsory education can be sent to the south to serve as teachers. No matter what, you must go first. This matter will be funded by the government!"

Alice's extravagance was justified. As the world's largest industrial nation, Amerinsia's industrial products had long satisfied the needs of the more affluent North. Before the liberation of the South, the North had already effectively impacted the South's market. Through Brittany's channels, Amerinsia's industrial products were almost ubiquitous in the western part of the continent.

After the division of Lasvia, Amerinsi industrial products flooded the markets of the various autonomous entities, and the original producers were destroyed by industrial products. After the war, in the Lasvia region, residents could buy Amerinsi cola, Amerinsi potatoes, Amerinsi clothes, and various industrial products produced by Amerinsi in the market.

Meanwhile, in the distant New World, the Xinxiang colony exported Amerlancie clothing, shoes, axes, and swords to the local natives in exchange for gold and silver.

Customs and tax authorities bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue for the country every year. The emergence of mercantilism has led to the booming development of commerce. At the same time, a commercial revolution has broken out. The increase in producers has led to an increase in consumption. In the past, people believed that farming or animal husbandry was superior. Now, people are more inclined to work in factories or do business.

Even though the factory environment was unprecedentedly harsh, and even though the shacks in the urban slums were filthy, the wages in the city were still beginning to widen the gap with those in the countryside.

Rural land was sold off, and the National Agricultural Group began to expand extensively in the south, which, after the north, began to change the population structure of the south.

But that's not enough. The industrial gap between the North and the South is enormous. While the North has begun to enter the era of electrification, the South still cannot produce a single car or a single train, yet it possesses precious mineral resources.

The second national industrial development plan for Amelansi was born. Alice sat on the parliamentary podium, with 287 members of parliament below. After Alice announced the national reforms, following the experience of the city of Hilla, anyone with ideas began to gather and form parties. Alice did not sit idly by; the party that won the most seats among the many was the [Amelansi National Progress Alliance], which she established with the Visionaries Alliance at its core.

"The Second National Industrial Development Plan of Amelansi, guided by the First National Industrial Development Plan of Amelansi, focuses on the North-South gap and strives to balance it, based on the existing situation."

Originally, due to the circumstances, some enterprises in the north had to be established in unsuitable locations, such as the Amerinsky State University.

As a leading comprehensive university in the country, the development of the Amelansi National Union University was hindered by its location in Trian, which is at a high latitude and remote. After the establishment of the city of De La Leyé, Alice requested that the National Union University be relocated to the university district built in the new capital. This capital district, called the "Progress District," will accommodate several universities, research institutions, and high-tech companies.

The industrial entity will be established through aid and construction to build the Southern Industrial Complex, the Hesse Coal and Steel Complex. This state-owned enterprise will be responsible for establishing a coal industry in Saint-Étienne in the south.

During the second national industrial development plan, Alice will introduce policies to attract investment by providing tax exemptions or preferential treatment for industrial and agricultural development in major southern regions.

The plan was passed without a doubt, with most of the Southern lawmakers enthusiastically agreeing to it, while the Northern lawmakers also saw the benefits in it.

However, even if it doesn't pass, the votes from the Amerancy National Progressive Union are enough to get the bill through.

In September 656, on the first anniversary of the founding of the state, with the completion of the most important railway, the Trian-Versailles main line, the major artery between the north and south had been opened. The residents of Versailles watched in amazement as the long steel dragon traveled north and south day and night without stopping, and as a new city began to be built near the railway station outside the city walls.

"Miss?"

"Ah, Rafis?"

The wind lifted the hem of Alice's coat and the maid's skirt. Before them lay Versailles, the former capital. The city walls were being demolished. With urban redevelopment and changing times, the walls had become useless. The high walls that once surrounded the city had now become obstacles to development.

Since following Alice, Rafis has witnessed almost an entire era of change, with city after city shedding its walls and becoming fortresses themselves, and transportation arteries running through the country from north to south.

No matter how surprising or awe-inspiring the achievements were, Alice simply watched expressionlessly. The credit went to the government departments, while she, who had driven all of this forward, just stood there.

They were just standing here. The last time they stood here, the capital was still the capital, and the city walls were still there. But now, roads, divided like a chessboard, expand outwards from this city, which has been renamed Versailles.

Trains roared by, transporting train after train of people, train after train of steel, and train after train of machinery to this place, giving this ancient capital a new lease on life.

"What is it that makes you happy, Miss?"

Alice turned her head. Since becoming president, Alice had rarely smiled genuinely. She simply wore an official expression and handled everything with an almost puppet-like demeanor.

"What is there to be happy about...?"

Alice looked down at the ground and saw several workers whose clothes were neat but covered in stains that couldn't be washed off. They dragged their tired bodies toward the next construction site.

Alice reached out and pulled up the corner of Raphis's mouth with her fingers: "Hmm...maybe when people finally realize the power they can create?"

Alice touched Raffis's head, and the maid's face turned bright red.