Chapter 21 Conditions for immigration

In the memory of another life, Zhou Nan knew that Switzerland was not a country of immigrants and that men were required to perform compulsory military service. However, in his memory, this military service was piecemeal, as if two weeks of service a year was enough, and then until he was forty-five years old.

But he forgot that it was still World War II, and the whole of Switzerland was less than four million people, but the number of troops had reached half a million.

According to half the proportion, the total number of men is at most two million, and this includes newborn children all the way to the old man who cannot move. The total number of real men in the prime of life is not necessarily a million, but now half of them have entered the barracks.

So, almost every Swiss man, even if he did not enter the barracks, worked in a factory in a war-related job. At this time, the first thing you need to face when you become a naturalized Swiss citizen is to serve in the military.

Zhou Nan had never thought that he was not a soldier in his homeland, he was not a soldier in Germany, and now if he wants to immigrate to Switzerland, the first thing he needs to face is to be a soldier.

Of course, this does not mean that he is afraid to become a soldier. In another life, he also served as a soldier for two years, went to the battlefield several times, and lost his left hand on the battlefield.

Moreover, although Switzerland is now strong, but the war did not come to this country, because of the passage between Germany and Italy in the Alps, coupled with the attitude of the Swiss who did not hesitate to fight, and because Hitler needed a neutral country to revitalize the German economy, so in the end Switzerland escaped the war of World War II.

He was just scared that he had come to Switzerland with a group of women, and he had entered the barracks, and that a group of women would not be able to cope with the pressures of life.

However, no matter how worried he may be, the plan to emigrate to Switzerland will not change. It's not just for his own future, even Hoffmann needs him to go to Switzerland to spread the risk of his family's fortune going to naught.

Yes, this is another important reason why he has to immigrate to Switzerland now.

Unlike Zhou Nan's ideals, Hoffman's biggest dream has always been to build the Hoffman family into a new business family. Previously, he did not know the risks of the future, and parasitized all the wealth of his family on the big tree of the German army.

But now that he knew that Germany would fail and his family's fortune would be wiped out, there were countless ways he could avoid that risk.

The safest way, of course, is to use his current business channels to transfer a part of his family's wealth to Switzerland, so that even if Germany loses the war, his wealth will not suffer too much.

Zhou Nan is going to Switzerland, which is a good opportunity, so Zhou Nan not only has to plan for himself, but also to contribute to the Hoffmann family.

What's more, he himself already had a twenty percent share of Hoffman's family wealth.

Zhou Nan never fell asleep, and seeing that it was already dawning, he simply got up and made breakfast for Hoffman and Vera.

Since the family has been in China for nearly 20 years and is accustomed to Chinese food, after the villa was bought, the kitchen was renovated to not only have a pot stove for burning wood, but also a gas stove for stir-frying.

Zhou Nan washed the steel pot, added a handful of rice, washed it, added half a pot of water and boiled it on the gas stove.

Then, in a basin, flour was poured in, a little salt and water were added, and the dough began.

The water was boiling, and he skimmed the rice oil off the top with a spoon, turned down the heat a little, and began to simmer.

The noodles were almost the same, he took out the rolling pin and began to roll the noodles, adding oil and shallots in the middle to roll the noodles into layers.

He makes scallion pancakes, but because he believes in Taoism, so in addition to not eating beef, dog meat, mullet and wild goose, Wuxin is also a taboo condiment, in Buddhism, green onion is taboo, but in Taoist Wuxin, green onion is not taboo.

When Vera got up, Zhou Nan had already baked a cake in a pan, and because the pot was not big, this cake was only enough for one person to eat.

Smelling the fragrant scallion pancakes, Vera, who had not yet washed up, ran into the kitchen, tore open a small piece of bread and ate it. "Brother Jonas, I'm so happy you're here in Brussels, it's been a long time since I've had such a delicious breakfast."

"Then I'll make a few more cakes for you to take to the barracks to eat, and if you can come back in the evening, I will stew pork ribs and kelp soup for you."

"Our medical station has been on semi-holiday for a long time, and I think I'll be back on time."

It was already the end of May of '43, and after the defeat in North Africa, it was not until October that the Allies landed in Italy, and Italy surrendered after the defeat, that the Germans began their general mobilization, that is, they had at most five months to leisure.

By the next year, the Allies will begin to counterattack the European continent, and Western Europe will become the most brutal battlefield of World War II.

Looking at Vera with a hint of innocence, Zhou Nan's heart was full of pity. However, her current status is a registered soldier, and even Hoffman can't extricate her from this war, and Zhou Nan can't do anything about it.

However, in the original history, Villa has not faced danger. She was a nurse, and the medical team, even if they were captured by the Allies, would not have a hard time, because the Allies also had countless wounded in need of treatment.

In the memory of that life, Zhou Nan escorted Hoffmann's ashes back to Hamburg, and Vera was grief-stricken at Hoffmann's funeral, but had to take care of the grieving Caroline and her younger siblings. She stayed at home for only two days before she was forced to return to the barracks, and after that, Zhou Nan never saw her again.

But given the nature of her job, her life should not be in danger.

Creamy rice porridge, a plate of pickled crispy bamboo shoots, a plate of sliced German sausage, and a few crispy and fluffy scallion pancakes. Vera was clearly very happy with the breakfast.

When she was about to go out, she deliberately used a piece of brown paper to fill two more flatbreads and sat in the passenger seat. "Brother Jonas, I want to eat your hand-rolled noodles at night......"

"No problem, it will be as you wish."

She laughed. "You're the best brother......"

Zhou Nan drove all the way north, and after entering the Fleming region, he crossed the river and headed east.

It is already a suburb of Brussels, and between the Brussels airport and the railway marshalling yard, there is a large military barracks. On one side is the airport, and on the other hand, the material dispatch center, both of which are areas that need to be closely protected.

Along the way, you can see the anti-aircraft artillery in the woods from time to time, and after passing through several checkpoints, Zhou Nan sent Vera to the gate of the barracks.

Vera hurriedly got out of the car, waved her hand to Zhou Nan, and ran towards the barracks. It can be seen that she is doing well here, and many handsome GIs take the initiative to greet her.

At the airport, planes are constantly taking off and landing. Most of the aircraft in this era were internal combustion engine piston aircraft, and Zhou Nan did not know much about the models of these aircraft. If it weren't for Dao Zun's guidance, he couldn't have imagined that such a mighty army would collapse two years later.

Back at home, Hoffman had already gotten up, and Halder and two soldiers drove to the house. Hoffman ate two scallion pancakes and drank a bowl of porridge by himself, and then left the house with Helde and the two soldiers.

However, when they left, they left Held's Beetle at home for Zhou Nan to use.

Zhou Nan didn't have the heart to hang out, with his image of a foreigner, running around the streets, he would face all kinds of inspections. In this zone of military control, don't say that he, even a German, will not be so free.

Zhou Nan fell asleep at home, and it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon when he woke up. He was too lazy to cook alone, so he ate the rest of the porridge, paddled his stomach, and checked the ingredients at home.

Vera wanted to eat hand-rolled noodles, and the family had oil, meat, and sausages, but there were no vegetables. However, there is a small vegetable garden in the garden, which Hoffmann opened in his spare time, and the lettuce in it grows very luxuriantly.

In addition to lettuce, there are some lettuce and other vegetables, and there are also a few tomatoes that are ripe. Since there was no shortage of vegetables at home, Zhou Nan couldn't go to the street, so he returned to the bedroom.

Some of the documents about Swiss naturalization left by Hoffman were placed at the head of the bed, and Zhou Nan took them out and read them carefully.

At present, the requirements for Swiss citizenship are not at all harsh compared to the strict system of later generations. In later generations, it was not usually difficult to become a Swiss national.

Even if you are a billionaire and invest a huge amount of money in Switzerland, it will take more than ten years to get a second-class residence permit and enjoy the same treatment as a national, but you cannot be considered a Swiss national.

Even if you were born in Switzerland and one of your parents is a national and one of your parents is an immigrant, you cannot be considered a Swiss national, and you will only have the opportunity to become a Swiss national if you pass the examination of the immigration officer after the age of 18.

Nowadays, due to the threat of war in Switzerland, and they are not yet a developed country, the conditions for naturalization are relatively relaxed. As long as you have a specialty in a certain area and have enough assets to live in Switzerland for more than two years, you can easily get approved.

However, due to the 300,000 refugees, the current conditions for Swiss citizenship are much more stringent. If you want to immigrate, you must have assets that can live in Switzerland for three years or skills that Switzerland needs.

If Zhou Nan wants to bring several people to naturalize together, then he must prepare an asset for everyone, and this asset, on average, must be able to live for more than a few years on everyone's body.

This is not difficult to do, because Zhou Nan has some money of his own, and Hoffmann will also let Zhou Nan bring a large amount of money to Switzerland in order to transfer assets.

Therefore, Zhou Nan only needs to consider what kind of expertise he wants to show now, so that the immigration officer can directly value his talent.