On the train from Trieste to Vienna, Ernst was browsing the Austrian countryside scenery through the windows of his private compartment; on both sides of the railway were lush green wheat fields, bustling farmers on the paths, ox carts carrying goods, and the occasional village.
The Austrian countryside scene was actually not much different from the Middle Ages. If it weren't for the train, you might not even feel it, resulting in Ernst experiencing a sensation of temporal confusion each time he traveled by train.
Such accelerated development led to the situation Ernst encountered, where the powerful driving force of the Industrial Revolution was actively changing European society, while a similar situation was happening in the far-off East Africa.
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With the railway workers in place, the East African railway project officially commenced. Indigenous railway workers were divided into over twenty groups to work on the railway line adjustment.
