791 An Esteemed Guest From the Far East

Zhu Zhi stood on the docks of Trieste and gazed upon his surroundings with astonishment. At first, when his father sent him from the mighty and prosperous Ming Dynasty to some barbarian nation in the far west, it displeased him. Though he did not verbally protest, he had spent the entire journey to the shores of the Reich in a rather foul mood. 

However, after making his way through the Kaiser's Pass, he shifted his view. After all, the massive steel bridges that stood high above the canal were impressive feats of engineering. Though he did not want to admit it, even his nation's best engineers would fail to create such things.