Carrying the drunken cat-like Hannah back to another house to settle down, Hong Tao was already a little out of breath. It seems that this serious illness does have a great impact on the body, and another reason is that Hannah is a little heavy, and she has to be one hundred and fourteen if not one hundred and five.

"Son, your father and my greatest wish is to be such a grand duke, to make a small country, no one to provoke, and to live comfortably and as you like for the rest of your life. ”

Looking at Hong Changqing's slippery thief's eyes, Hong Tao spread his hands, saying that he was very innocent, and he didn't touch the flowers in the thousands of flowers. This time it's the truth that is straightforward and has a clear conscience!

"Too small...... Hong Changqing has been in the audience just now, and he didn't interject obediently, but now he can finally open his mouth to speak.

"It's a big worry, just diplomatic relations and disputes over the interests of all parties in the country can keep people busy. You're just like your mother, your heart is too big. "My son's opinion is really right, the country is really small, so small that there are only five police officers in the whole country, plus a police chief and a justice minister.

Hannah's home is the largest police station in the country, with two official staff and two volunteers. There is only one government building, all the departments are in it, and the basement has become a prison, and it is said that there are no prison guards, and whoever is found guilty will go inside to serve their sentence by themselves, without locking the door.

And the country does not have an army, nor does it have several departments, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Swiss government is responsible for all of these tasks, and whoever Switzerland has diplomatic relations with, it will automatically declare war with whomever Switzerland goes to war.

The most interesting thing is that in a few years, the country will make a very bizarre decision, and the entire government will be able to rent out. For tens of thousands of dollars, you can be a king here for a day, not only to mobilize the police, but also to print your name and portrait on temporary banknotes and stamps.

In its bones, this small country with a total of only tens of thousands of people is not a country at all, it is just a derivative of the game between major powers and the problems left over from history, which can be regarded as a freak. But small also has small benefits, how good Hong Tao and Hong Changqing can't tell, when he grows up, he will slowly experience it himself.

In the evening, I just said that the land area was good, and the next morning it worked. It takes less than 15 kilometers to get a car from the border to the capital, and if you walk another kilometer, you will be able to go abroad and enter Switzerland. If it weren't for some formalities that needed to be handled, this unlucky luxury car would have been delivered yesterday.

"When you get married, tell me that I will be king for two days, and I will have to give my police chief a grand wedding, and Mrs. Laura will have to be invited to join me. You're welcome, I don't have anything else but money, and this day won't be too far away. ”

If it weren't for Jiang Zhuyi and Hong Changqing, Hong Tao would really want to live here for a few months. When he said goodbye to Hannah, he also deliberately gave her a variety of contact information, and made a small prophecy by the way, hoping that there will be a day when we meet again in the future.

"Your Majesty, watch the map this time and don't get lost again. Hannah was still so cheerful that she immediately changed her words, and then handed Hong Tao a brand new map, on which the route had been marked with colored pencils, and there were detailed English notes next to it, plus two barrels of urea.

"Son, take this map, and don't forget to take revenge when you grow up. Mr. Leo probably won't be able to catch up, it doesn't matter, the father's debt is repaid, and he still has a son and grandson. ”

embarked on the journey again, and Hong Tao has not forgotten the old Marx family. Whoever says that he is broad-minded is blind to the eyes of a dog, he is boundless and wide for a while, and narrow for a while like a needle's nose. When it is wide and when it is narrow, it is basically all based on feeling, and there is no score.

After the car enters the Swiss border, the scenery on both sides of the road is a little different, the mountains are getting higher and higher, there are almost no flat areas in sight, and all the villages, towns, roads, railways, and tunnels are basically built on the mountainside and at the foot of the mountain.

Don't look at the fact that it is very difficult to carry out infrastructure construction in this environment, but everything is very regular, and the standard is even higher than that of Germany. This shows how much thought the Swiss have put into this, and it also reflects their national culture in a one-sided way, which is as precise and meticulous as clocks, and resolutely does not make do.

Speaking of borders, if you enter Austria from Germany, Liechtenstein from Austria and then from Liechtenstein to Switzerland, you will not feel the existence of a national border without comparing the maps and road signs.

These four countries are also very interesting, there are no noticeable changes in terms of architecture or dress, even the language is similar, German, English and French are common in cities or in some areas, and the food tastes similar, so it is not a big mistake to say that they are one country.

In addition to the snow-capped mountains shrouded in mist, another scenery is the lake. Soon after entering Switzerland, there has been one on both sides of the highway from time to time, and both of them are so large that they cannot be seen at a glance. When it's cloudy, it's pale blue, and when the sun comes out, it turns pale green.

With the blue lake on one side, the green forests on the other, and the snow-capped peaks when you look up, you can't be in a bad mood.

Even the winding mountain roads are not a problem, and there is a feeling of brightness after every turn, downhill and uphill, and the villages and towns dotted among these beautiful scenery are indeed like a fairyland.

Interlaken is also one of these small villages, and it is not possible to say which one is more beautiful than the other, but they all have their own characteristics. It's just an extra advantage over other towns, the narrow land between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz is like a mole growing on the bridge of the nose.

This metaphor is not Hong Tao's idea, the map calls these two lakes God's left and right eyes, and the shape is indeed similar, slender and symmetrical, one east and one west, and the land in the middle is the bridge of the nose.

The lake is surrounded by mountains in the Bernese Oberland, and not far to the south is the famous Jungfraujoch in the Alps and the Eiger, the three northern faces of the Alps. Between these two peaks is the Monk's Peak, three high mountains that make up a European mythological story.

It is said that Egerhorn was a young man who fell in love with a beautiful maiden, but was stopped by the monk in the middle. Hong Tao doesn't know what the final result is, because the guy at the gas station is also a mouthful of pure German English, and it is no longer appropriate to understand such a point.

Speaking of the country of Switzerland, Hong Tao has really never been to it before, and he has a little preliminary understanding after driving hundreds of kilometers.

The most intuitive impression is that it is affluent, passing by a ranch, which is almost as good as a domestic football field, and the fences are built with colored steel wires, and the fixings alone are expensive.

Looking at their houses again, people live in the same way as in the German and Austrian villages, and they are also full of flowers and colors, and it is estimated that they have to be painted every year, which is also a lot of money.

But the Swiss painted the cattle pens and sheep pens in color, and each cow and sheep had a huge brass bell around its neck.

Hong Tao had seen this thing in the store, and the smallest and cheapest one cost a few euros a piece. It's too luxurious, living in such a nice house and wearing such expensive jewelry, how much does beef and mutton and milk have to sell for a catty?

It's really not expensive, Hong Tao passed by a big supermarket before entering Interlaken, and went in to take a look, only to find that the price here is only slightly more expensive than in Germany about two points.

Three hundred grams of raw steak cost seven francs, a kilogram of tomatoes for less than five francs, cucumbers for more than seven pieces, a bottle of 2.5 liters of large Coke for 1.4 francs, and red and white wine for a few francs to more than twenty francs.

The cheapest is milk, and the low one is a bit scary. The price of a liter is only about half a franc, and it is cheaper to buy a large package. And 500 ml of Evian mineral water is more than eight cents a bottle, which is cheaper to drink milk than water.

At this time, the exchange rate of the Swiss franc against the yuan is about one to seven points, which is really not cheap when converted into yuan. But the median household income in Switzerland has exceeded 100,000 Swiss francs, which means that their household income is 78,000 Swiss francs per month.

Just imagine, if the couple lives in the capital, with a monthly income of 8,000 yuan, spend seven yuan to buy a raw steak to eat, tomatoes for more than two yuan a catty, drink a bottle of wine for ten yuan, and take out a few steel hammers in their pockets to buy a liter of milk to go home, is it expensive?

In addition to the environment, living conditions, and prices, Hong Tao also experienced a kind of attitude towards life of the Swiss people, who are a bit xenophobic! Not to discriminate against the Chinese, but not to welcome any foreigners.

Why do you say this, because Hong Tao has intersected with many ordinary Swiss people along the way, asking for directions, eating, refueling, shopping, and he did not let go of any opportunity to nag a few words, and finally came to this conclusion.

One of the arguments is that the Swiss are very egoistic, they neither join NATO, nor play with the EU, and insist on using the Swiss franc even though they are Schengen countries.

It's not that you can't use euros, but the change you'll get is in Swiss francs. This is a hassle for tourists, and unless they are traveling to Switzerland alone, they will not be able to spend a bunch of Swiss francs in other countries.

The second argument is that ordinary Swiss people, from waiters to police, do not take any care of tourists, and they are not very welcome in their bones.

Sometimes Hong Tao can even read the look in their eyes, as if to say: Why don't you stay at home honestly and come out and run around, it has caused us a lot of trouble. Hurry up and go home, we don't lack that little bit of travel spending, and it doesn't cost a few dollars to make a mess of us here.

"Alas, I knew why bother with today......" At this time, Hong Tao was really a little envious and jealous, and let others occupy such a good place.

At the beginning, Jiang Zhuyi should have been asked not to go with him, and if he stayed and tossed for a few more years, he would not have this country. It's best not to get what you can't get from others, this is Hong Tao's human nature.