Switzerland is the world's most voting-loving country, with an average of four referendums every year. Then the cantons, the towns, have their own votes, and the average Swiss goes through more than ten votes a year.

In the future that Zhou Nan knows, they have held a referendum on whether to implement a 15-hour working week on Wednesday, a referendum on whether to join the European Union, a referendum on whether to join the United Nations, and a referendum on whether to determine the minimum wage.

These are big things, and they've had referendums on a lot of trivial things. For example, pets must be kept in pairs, because pets also have social rights, including fish farming, must be even, not singular, such a vote was also passed.

They also voted on how long they should bask in the sun every day, how long they listen to music, how much they sorted garbage, and how much they disturbed at night.

So in Switzerland, you have to raise cattle in a sunny pasture, at least the cowshed must be facing the sun, and there must be a stereo in the cowshed.

Of course, there are many laws that have not been passed, such as raising the minimum wage and issuing benefits equivalent to 50,000 yuan per year for all, which have not been passed.

The reason why they voted on everything had something to do with the laws of the time when their country was founded. Because they are all countries built by poor people who do not want to be oppressed by the government, by the rulers.

So the highest authority in Switzerland is the Parliament, which elects seven consuls, who are elected every four years and can be re-elected. The administration of the whole country is managed by the seven executive officers who lead the ministries and commissions, and each year elects a consul, who is equivalent to the nominal head of state, but whose term of office is only one year and cannot be renewed.

In fact, Switzerland does not have a head of state. The power is in the hands of the parliament, but the parliament has no management power, which forms a mutually restrictive power structure.

It is also for this reason that people in this country are very fond of voting, and no matter what the topic or issue, as long as 100,000 people jointly advocate it, they can be changed by referendum, including the constitution.

On February 2, the first day of the Lunar New Year in 46, voting began at ten o'clock, and the three of them arrived at the town office at half past nine.

Voting here is not like in China, it will be vigorous. The town's staff would inform the 51 households of the Strass community in advance, and then vote according to the family, and if six families were against it, Zhou Nan would no longer be able to enjoy the benefits of the Strass community.

In this era, the management is still relatively rigid, not the residents here, can not enjoy the benefits here, so people must find a place to accept themselves, it is better to be a big loss to themselves.

In later generations, when Switzerland's economy developed and Switzerland changed from a welfare society to an insurance society, these benefits became dispensable.

At that time, there were not many restrictions on where people lived, and they could move freely at will, because the constitution gave people the ability to move freely. Of course, this requires you to have a financial base.

Many foreigners also come to Switzerland to buy a house, and even if they are not considered Swiss, they can live there. Of course, most of these people are rich, because Switzerland has almost the highest consumption in the world, and you can't earn the high wages of Switzerland, and then you still live in Switzerland, which the average person can't afford.

Even Switzerland itself runs to Germany, France, Italy, Austria on weekends, why do you run there? It's just to buy a little cheap daily necessities.

In the town office, only Thomas and two staff members were there, and they received Zhou Nan and them. Thomas also hypocritically said that this was a problem left over from his predecessor, and he also had good intentions, so he solved this problem first when he took office.

Zhou Nan was noncommittal, Kelly was indifferent, only Audrey was still young, and targeted him with a hateful attitude. He is also good-tempered, always smiling, and perhaps this is also the instinct of politicians.

At ten o'clock, people from the community came to vote. Voting was very simple, with fifty-one ballot papers prepared in one room, one positive and one negative.

All they need to do is mark the back of a certain one, and then come to Zhou Nan and put the folded ballot into the ballot box.

After the vote, open the ballot box in front of Zhou Nan, count the ballots, and the results will come out directly.

Even if the people who came to vote were not familiar with Zhou Nan, they were more familiar with Kelly. After most of them came, they also greeted Zhou Nan and them, some of them were familiar, and they would chat a few words.

Those who don't care about this matter may just leave, and those who care about this matter will stay here and wait for the results.

Of the 51 households, only 47 remain, as four have now been stripped of their residency rights. But today only forty-five families came to vote, because one belonged to a family of diplomats, and they were abroad. The head of the family fell ill and went to the canton of Vaud for treatment.

However, more than two-thirds of the votes were cast, which was legally valid.

The result of the ticket inspection made Zhou Nan a little disappointed, and even made Kelly cry aggrieved. Zhou Nan has been in the military camp for more than two years, and he has not spent much time in Megan, and he has no feelings for the locals.

But Kelly has lived here for two and a half years, and has always been kind to people, and she gets along well with the locals. She couldn't figure out why eight households had voted against it, a percentage that far exceeded her expectations.

When she was at home this morning, she also analyzed all the resident families, and thought that at most only two or three would vote against it.

Thomas also showed "surprise", while regretting, comforting Zhou Nan.

However, Zhou Nan had seen enough of this politician's face, and said to him directly: "Mayor Thomas, according to the property law, we still have at least three to six months of transition in the local area, and our house will also be listed for transfer through the town office. Although we have only been buying for more than two years, there has been some recent increase in house prices because the war has ended. And we also did a bit of renovation in the house, and we spent some money. I hope that the town office will be fair and impartial in its assessment. ”

He said solemnly: "Of course, Meghan's house has always been favored, and housing prices are related to Meghan's economic stability, and we will not let Meghan's house price be lower than the market price, but higher." ”

"So be it, we accept the result and move out of Meghan as soon as the house is sold. Kelly, don't cry, there is nothing to lose to us by leaving Meghan, on the contrary, Meghan will know in the future that losing us will be Meghan's biggest loss. ”

Audrey also comforted her and said, "Aunt Kelly, Weggis will definitely be better than Megan, and when the time comes, we will also have our own farm." ”

Thomas paused for a moment and couldn't help asking, "Are you ready to move to Weggis?" ”

Zhou Nan shook his head and said sarcastically: "Compared with Meghan, Weggis is obviously a little more hospitable. They won't care about the color of my skin...... Congratulations, now Meghan's 2,300 residents are all white again. ”

His smile grew awkward. "Trust me, this result is not what I wanted." But even he wouldn't believe it.

took Kelly and Audrey to the yard, and some of the neighbors who didn't leave also knew the result, and they all showed a very surprised and regretful attitude. But none of this seems to help, because the result of the vote will not change.

Brandt scolded in the courtyard, and although there was no word for hypocrite in German, he also described Thomas as a hypocritical politician and villain.

In front of everyone, Zhou Nan always maintained a relaxed smile, but when he got into the car and drove away from the town office, his smile disappeared.

Even if he wanted to move to Weggis, he was never driven away like this. This result made him very uncomfortable, and he regretted that he had neglected social activities in the past.

Even though he used to be in the barracks, it had been almost two months since he came back from the barracks, but he had never thought to contact his neighbors.

There are two other important reasons for this, the first is that Zhou Nan is not a Catholic, and the second is that he is an Oriental.

He never thought about the effect of his skin color and his faith, and naively thought that everyone was a good person and would not care about that. He didn't think of wooing his feelings, but today he was slapped heavily.

He's going to change, and now there's no Yannick by his side to protect him from the elements. He can't be so passive and evasive, he has to face everything in the outside world positively. Now it's time for him to shelter Audrey and Kelly.

Today's events will be a lesson he will remember for the rest of his life.

"I hate Megan and from today onwards I will never like this place again and never will. I didn't expect that I had worked hard for more than two years, done more work than anyone else, and never had an argument with anyone, but they had so many people who were polite to us on the surface, but looked down on us in their hearts. Jonas, we'll leave here tomorrow, and I don't want to live in this place for a day. ”

Zhou Nan patted Kelly, who was sitting next to him, comforted her and said, "It's all my fault, because my skin color and faith have dragged you down. But trust me, I'll make you proud of me, that's my promise. ”

The petite Audrey could only sit in the back row, and she said doggedly: "Jonas, you have always been my pride. ”

Kelly wiped her tears and smiled, "Jonas, you are also my pride, they don't know your talent, but we do." They will definitely regret their choice! When you become a writer like Tolstoy and Alexandre Dumas, they will know what they have lost. ”

"So, let's not be knocked down by this blow, let them regret it!" In his heart, Zhou Nan did not want to be a writer like Tolstoy and Alexandre Dumas. Although they were talented, they were far inferior to scientists and economists like Roentgen and Keynes in terms of their contribution to humanity.

Because of this, Zhou Nan never thought of plagiarizing those world masterpieces. He integrates the theories of many historians, philosophers, and economists to form his own advanced theories, serve the world, and also obtain a higher social status, which is his goal.

But of course Zhou Nan won't tell these differences from Kelly, so let her misunderstand, as long as she can be happy.

Audrey raised her small fist as well. "Let them regret it!"

Kelly watched this scene and couldn't help but laugh again.