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

Chapter 49 Trian City Construction Plan

Alicia sat on the sofa, with Alice beside her. The two, one a large loli and the other a giant loli, were so harmonious. If you ignored the mountain of documents on the table and the Trian city construction plan in Alice's hand, the scene would be quite harmonious.

"The city is terrible..."

The garbage and excrement on the streets, the strange smells in the corners, were disgusting. The five-year plan was not only to transform productivity, but also to transform the city on which people depend for survival, turning it into a true garden.

"Yes, there's litter everywhere, excrement is everywhere, oh, it's really disgusting, Alice~"

Alicia gave Alice a new hairstyle, styling her hair into a single ponytail. The little girl was intently watching the city below the hillside. It was located on the back hill of the outskirts of Trian, which was not only the site of the Trian Observatory, but also the site of the Trian Academy of Sciences Astronomical Society and the Farsighted Alliance.

“We’re adults now, Alicia…”

"Shh~"

Alice looked up at Alicia, who nodded. Alice then stood up and looked down at the city below. It was similar to most medieval cities, but unlike others, the chimneys and Trian Railway Station broke the core, becoming an intersection of the old and new eras.

A commotion broke the silence of the observatory. It was the clamor of a group of people, a sound that only one group could produce, the group on which Alice had placed high hopes.

University students in Trian are around thirty years old on average. Because the existing education system is unable to conduct a national higher education entrance examination for compulsory education, each university conducts its own higher education entrance examination independently. As a result, there are a large number of university students aged thirty to forty.

There was no way around it; without a systematic education system, even if we gave them another ten years, it would be difficult to produce any university students. Fortunately, the National Higher Education Preferential Policy was introduced, which barely managed to maintain the number of university students.

"Your Majesty! Your Highness!"

A group of people were taken to the observatory by carriage. When they saw the people who had summoned them, their legs went weak. The two most powerful figures in the country, the actual ruler Queen Alicia and the person in charge Princess Alice, were the most respected people in the country.

From the perspective of the general public, the royal reforms have indeed changed people's lives. Although the so-called "Five-Year Plan" was not friendly to rural farmers and its high agricultural taxes caused many farmers to abandon their land and move to the city, for urban residents, having enough to eat and wear, as well as a house that doesn't leak, is enough to balance everything.

"I am just taking a short rest. My daughter is the one who summoned everyone here."

Alicia simply picked up her teacup and watched the show, while Alice was the real protagonist.

"Everyone, come over here. What do you see from here?"

Alice led the group to the observation deck, from which they could see the entire city of Trian, bisected by the Trian River.

"Trian City?"

The badges on their uniforms indicated that they were students from the Department of Architecture and the Department of Urban Management at the National United University. However, most of them had to take several more years of courses because the new architecture was systematic. Even their professors needed to relearn and build their knowledge base on their own. As for the Department of Urban Management, there was no need to mention that they had never had such courses before, and Alice had given many lectures on them.

"No, it's an entire garbage dump."

Alice was adamant; to people of her time, Trian was a garbage dump—a massive rubbish heap, where medieval management methods were no longer suitable for a rapidly developing industrial society.

"Your major, architecture and urban management systems, is designed to change the status quo. Your campus has many rules, which I believe you are aware of, and many of you even deeply resent them. I know that."

"Her Highness actually visited our school..."

"You idiots in the architecture department, Her Highness attended two of our open classes. If we're really talking about it, she's our mentor."

The students began to whisper among themselves. Alice cleared her throat and continued, "But these rules and regulations do create a comfortable and beautiful campus. We must admit that a clean campus is the lubricant of our lives. Nobody wants to live in a garbage dump, right?"

Everyone nodded in agreement. Indeed, Amelia National Union University was the cleanest place. It had a sanitation department, students on duty for cleaning, and campus counselors who were specifically there to catch students or professors who littered. Whoever was caught would have their credits or salary deducted.

This is how the so-called "clean campus" came about.

“I’m going to set up a research group to improve the living conditions in Trian and build infrastructure. This is a difficult task. We will need a lot of workers, and may even need the participation of the military and police. It will take a long time and many scholars. I think you should know that urban construction takes a lot of time, and may take several academic years of your studies. But the benefits are that after you graduate, you will be given priority to fill corresponding positions in the municipal government, and the whole country needs large-scale construction. You know what I mean.”

Alice showed them the city's plans—first, paved roads, sewers, cable lines, traffic lights, and then the bridge spanning the Trian River, large enough for future cars to pass through. These infrastructure facilities represented a country's comprehensive strength and were enough to keep the conservatively estimated 2000 million people in the entire North busy.

“Your Highness, I wish to participate in the project.”

A middle-aged man, holding a diagram of the city's road structure distributed by Alice, was convinced that this would bring about a new era.

“Very well, you are… Professor Vian Weeks? You once asked me a question about the road.”

“Ah, that’s right, Your Highness. If we don’t put our knowledge into practice, then what we learn is nothing. I’ve spent half my life building houses and bridges in the south, and no monarch in any other country has ever paid for such unrewarding benefits.”

Alice thought that as long as the roads were easier to travel on and there were fewer outbreaks of infectious diseases caused by the environment, that would be a reward. But she just nodded.

Let's create a garden.