Ernst and his party came ashore at the new port in Dar es Salaam city, then took the train to First Town. By this time, the First Railway was already quite busy.
As part of the Central Railway, the First Railway was responsible for continuously transporting railway construction materials purchased overseas to the front lines of railway construction.
This also greatly boosted the development of Dar es Salaam city's New Port district. A series of steel-processing plants had been built there, and East Africa's independently constructed locomotive factory had also been established in the New Port district.
Towering chimneys rose one after another from New Port, while vast industries settled countless residents into jobs and homes. Its prosperity nearly rivaled Dar es Salaam city's Economic Open Zone. Since the two areas lay tightly against each other, some uninformed merchant ships often mistook New Port for the original Dar es Salaam Port. For this reason, the East African Navy had begun stepping up its efforts to guide merchant vessels into the old port correctly.
Although New Port's development was plainly visible to the naked eye, they could not let outsiders get their hands on the specific figures. This was also one of East Africa's methods of obstructing the spread of information.
East Africa had already passed its stage of treading on thin ice. What came next was to bide its time and quietly make a fortune—a way of thinking Ernst knew best.
"It's far more prosperous than when I left!" Ferdinand remarked from beside him.
Ernst said, "This is all thanks to the construction of the Central Railway. There are only three points where the Central Railway can exert its strength: the Lake Malawi Industrial Zone, Dar es Salaam at the starting point, and New Hamburg Port at the terminus. New