Lucerne, Switzerland's most famous historical and cultural city, is located right on the border between hilly and mountainous areas. The ancient city built adjacent to the forest lake of Shishu, the northwest is rolling hills, only a few mountains, but the southeast is the mountains and mountains, and before entering the city, you can see the majestic mountain shadow of the Alps that have not melted for thousands of years in the distance.

Tiredness also diluted the sadness of Audrey's parting, and this time was much more lively. "Jonas, it's so beautiful, it's exactly like the world I've imagined."

Zhou Nan nodded and said, "For many people, this means heaven. ”

But days in heaven aren't having a good time right now. In the streets of Lucerne, there were not many people to be seen, and even if there were, they were all hurrying by, and the whole city was like an empty city.

The city is not big, according to the data, there are 50,000 people in the city, but their train passes through the city and sees less than a hundred people.

Audrey asked curiously, "Why are there so few people here?" Are the houses all empty? ”

Zhou Nan quickly figured out the reason, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid everyone is working hard. ”

According to information obtained from the Swiss Embassy in Amsterdam, Switzerland, with a total population of less than four million, mobilized 400,000 soldiers to face the German threat of war.

In addition to these front-line soldiers, the number of auxiliary troops has also reached 450,000. In other words, Switzerland, with a total population of only 4 million, has 850,000 soldiers.

Originally, the retirement age in Switzerland was 48 years old, but in order to counter the German threat of war, the age of the auxiliary troops was raised to 60 years old.

This ratio is very staggering, that is, almost all the men, either in the barracks or in the factories, and there is hardly a single idler in the country.

As a last resort, women are responsible for farm work and other unskilled work, and it is understandable that there are no idlers on the streets.

Although the country is not small, 60 percent of Switzerland is mountainous, and 6 percent of it is rivers and lakes. In addition, 30 percent of the area is forested, and only 6 percent of the country's arable land is arable, and the soil quality is not good.

It is simply impossible for such a small amount of land to feed four million people, and it has been a notoriously poor country since ancient times.

It is in the last 100 years that the development of tourism has made life a little better in Switzerland.

It is no wonder that the Swiss have been emigrating abroad, with more than 200,000 Swiss immigrants to Argentina, Brazil and the United States in the first decades of the twentieth century alone.

In later generations, Switzerland, which was industrially developed, famous for tourism, and ranked among the top three in the world in terms of per capita income, still existed in everyone's dreams.

And with 300,000 refugees on the Swiss border, it's easy to imagine how difficult it is to feed these millions of people with these women alone.

Looking at all this in front of him, Yannick also seemed to be unhappy, and he was going to go shopping around with Zhou Nan, so he directly bought a ticket to Engelberg.

The route from Lucerne to Engelberg is one of the most famous tourist routes in Switzerland. To the north is the green Lake Lucerne, which has even been voted the most beautiful lake in the world.

Across the lake is the most famous Mount Rigi in central Switzerland, where countless literati and celebrities from all over the world have set foot on this Alpine viewing platform. In the late 19th century, in 1871, a mountain railway led to the summit of this beautiful mountain, Queen's Mountain, attracting countless tourists.

To the south of the train is the legendary Pilatus Mountain, Switzerland's most famous mythical mountain, the dragon. The mountain has the world's steepest cogwheel train at an angle of 48 degrees, and the railway, which was built 60 years ago and holds the record until the 21st century, has not been broken by any other railway.

After walking through Mount Pilatus, you really enter the confines of the Alps, after which the train enters a valley.

Walking along the valley, the top mountain is full of different levels of white clouds and flowing dense fog, making it impossible to see the top of the mountain.

Forests, streams, pastures, snow-capped mountains, and a sea of clouds are all combined to make people feel like they are in a fairyland.

Zhou Nan and Yannick were both fascinated by the scenery, and Kelly kept muttering. "It's so beautiful here, and it's so exciting to think that we'll be living here in the future."

As for Audrey, she has long been attracted by the beauty around her, staring at the scenery outside the car window with big eyes, for fear that she will miss a beautiful scenery in the blink of an eye.

All the way to Engelberg, when she got off the train, Audrey still had some top-heavy intoxication. She carried two suitcases by herself and bounced around, as if she had turned into a strong loli.

"Jonas, are we really going to live here for the rest of us? Every day, when I open the window, I see such a beautiful view, which is so happy. ”

Zhou Nan pulled the luggage cart, on which were six boxes, filled with things that belonged to him. Wen Yan quipped: "I'm afraid you will get tired of seeing these scenery in the future." ”

"No, never." She affirmed.

Engelberg means the land of angels in German. As early as the 12th century, it was encircled by the Benedictine monks of the Catholic Church as a church territory.

For centuries in the Middle Ages, it was a Benedictine monastery, and only a few parishioners were able to graze their cattle here under the leadership of the Church.

It was only in 1798 that the Church annexed these tens of square kilometers to Switzerland, but the Church still had autonomy.

In 1850, Engelberg became a cosmopolitan resort thanks to the combined effects of mineral water, whey and fresh air. As a pioneer in tourism, a new railroad was built here in 1872; Before 1900, there was an electrified railway between Lucerne and Engelberg.

In 1913, a towed railway was built from Engelberg to Mount Titlis at an altitude of 1,262 metres. In 1927, a cable car and a ski resort on Lake Trüb, a mountain lake at an altitude of 1,796 metres, were built in Switzerland. It has become one of the most famous tourist destinations in Europe, and it is a tourist destination that attracts people of different needs in winter and summer.

According to a presentation sent by Father Baffrenner, Engelberg, a town of less than 2,000 people, received an average of 200,000 visitors a year before World War II.

However, although it is as beautiful as a fairyland, it is still a bit remote. The nearest city, Lucerne, is just over an hour's drive away. If Zhou Nan and Audrey are seventy or eighty years old, this is of course a holy place to live in seclusion and spend their old age in peace.

But one of them is only 21 years old, and the other is only 14 years old, and they can't stay here all the time. Zhou Nan had to find his own path to development, and Audrey had to go to school to get an education, so Lucerne was a better place for them to live here.

As soon as you come out of the train station, the town comes into view. The town is small, and most of the town is dotted with hotels. The inns are typical of Switzerland, with brick and stone structures on the first floor and wooden houses on the second and third floors.

Since it is the height of summer, every house, every window and doorway, is planted with blooming flowers, and every house looks so beautiful.

The hillside, between the woods and the pastures, is also dotted with a variety of beautiful wooden houses, and there are also leisurely cattle and sheep roaming on the hillside.

The town's most striking building is the Benedictine Benedictine Abbey, which occupies a small half of the town and is the tallest building in the area.

The impact of the war was also apparently significant, with few people to be seen on the streets, except for a few elderly people, and most of the hotels were closed. Although it was summer, the tozan railway was not open, and the cable car station in the distance was closed.

The date of their arrival was not told to Father Brevanne, so no one came to pick them up. However, the town was already small, and the monastery was so conspicuous, so they just gathered their luggage and set off towards the monastery.

They have a lot of luggage, but this is already controlled to a minimum. The three of them had their own clothes, shoes, and more importantly, Zhou Nan's two boxes of books, as well as a violin and a few bamboo flutes.

As for the rest of the necessities, they can only be purchased after settling down in Switzerland, and the shipping costs from Germany are higher than the actual value.

In addition to these, Zhou Nan also carried a deposit certificate of 450,000 Swiss francs, which was exchanged for 300,000 marks in Brussels by relying on General Falkenhausen, which was also General Falkenhausen's biggest face, and he also used his position to redeem it.

Because during this period, the German government controlled the outflow of funds from the country very strictly, and ordinary people had no way to exchange the mark for foreign currency. Moreover, the mark was only the currency in circulation in Germany and the German-occupied territories, and was not accepted by any other country except for a small exchange in Switzerland.

Although, according to the exchange rate, one mark can be exchanged for two Swiss francs. But if it weren't for the position of a general, it would be difficult for ordinary people to want a one-to-one exchange, let alone a one-to-five exchange.

Walking up the slope along the concrete road, Audrey kept looking back at the closed cable car station. Zhou Nan saw her curiosity, and comforted her in a low voice: "When the cable car station opens, I will take you to sit once as soon as possible." ”

Audrey smiled sweetly and nodded heavily. The goddess of later generations is still a curious little girl. If you want to cultivate her into a goddess, you still need years of precipitation!

However, being able to guide her growth is also a very fulfilling thing for Zhou Nan!

They quickly attracted the attention of the local police, but this was not a war zone after all, and the police only glanced at the identity documents of several people, and then read the letter from Father Baffrenna, and did not even check their luggage, and enthusiastically led them to the monastery.

At the monastery, they successfully met Father Baffanna, and from the respect of the two policemen for Father Brevanna, Zhou Nan also knew that he was still very prestigious in the local area.

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