After two days of travel, Tirpitz and his party finally arrived in Rhine City. From Mbeya onward, all the way to Rhine City, they had not seen another major city like Mbeya city. The region in between—corresponding to the eastern part of Zambia in Tirpitz's previous life—had, by contrast, developed agriculture quite well.
"This is Rhine City, East Africa's new capital. Since the capital was only recently relocated, the city is still rather lacking in population and industry, so the whole place feels quite spacious," Aaron introduced to the Germans.
"That is clear enough. The building density is far lower than in Mbeya or Dar es Salaam city, but the city's framework has been spread out on a grand scale. The road network alone shows how much hope East Africa has placed in Rhine City, and there are quite a few railways as well."
At that moment, Tirpitz and the others were approaching Rhine City Station aboard their train. As East Africa's capital, it was naturally no less than a central rail hub like New Frankfurt City. The closer they drew to Rhine City Station, the more rail lines appeared before their eyes, while two mainline railways gradually merged with the route Tirpitz and his party were traveling on.
"Rhine City's railway planning should make it the rail hub for your entire country. This location ought to sit right at the geographic and economic heart of East Africa," Tirpitz said.
Aaron explained, "It will still take time for the railway hub to take shape. Of the three lines at present, one has not yet been completed. Only a section running east from Rhine City is finished, and that accounts for merely about one-third of the entire railway."
Rhine City's railways had now been separated from the Central Railway, so there