Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 731 Travel
Liang En did not go home after completing the search mission, but went directly to Geneva with Joan of Arc. As a city located on the shore of Lake Geneva, this city allows people to appreciate the natural and cultural landscape of Switzerland. .

For many young people, the first time they heard about Geneva is in history textbooks, where there is a "Treaty of Geneva" that is often memorized.

The reason why the treaty was signed here is because of the city's profound cultural heritage, so in World War I and World War II, the headquarters of the League of Nations, the first global organization, was established here.

Although the United Nations headquarters, which replaced the League of Nations, moved to New York, USA after World War II, Geneva is still the headquarters or offices of many international organizations, just like the headquarters of the Red Cross.

The whole city is filled with a warm and breezy atmosphere.In the selection of the world's best living cities in 2006, Geneva ranked second in the world, which means that it is generally believed that Geneva is very suitable for living and vacationing.

"Ah, it's a pity. The two of us were too anxious to come here last time, so that we ignored these beautiful scenery." Joan of Arc, who was holding hands with Liang En and looking at the huge fountain, raised her head and said.

"You're right, so sometimes we need to take some time off to travel instead of staying at home or working all day, especially now that we have enough money and time to do it all As it should be."

After hearing what Joan of Arc said, Liang En nodded approvingly. After all, he has no shortage of money and time, so sometimes he should learn to relax himself instead of being busy with work all day long.

After thinking about these messy things, Liang En turned his head and looked towards the city. The buildings in the city made people feel as if they had returned to the ancient city of the last century.

There are simple and elegant ancient buildings in the old city on the hills, and modern high-rise buildings on the flat ground. The two form a sharp contrast, as if it is a vivid history of the development of a small town.

From the late 19th century, it became popular among British aristocrats to travel to Switzerland, and a new fashion formed.Probably since then, Switzerland has become a country with a developed tourism industry.

So there are many traces left by the British in this city, for example, those Victorian-style villas by the lake were left at that time.

Another advantage of Geneva is that people of yellow race like Liang En are not particularly conspicuous in the local area, because tourists of different skin colors and different nationalities are often seen coming and going in the streets and alleys.

So some people say, "Geneva does not belong to Switzerland", which fully shows that Geneva has a high degree of internationalization, especially in many places in the cobbled old city, there are more foreigners than domestic tourists.

Apart from seeing the sights in the city, Liang En and the others chose to go boating on Lake Geneva.Looking at the smiling Joan of Arc, Liang En realized that he was not a workaholic, but that he had never met anyone who could accompany him to rest and travel.

After spending three days having fun in Geneva, Liang En and the others returned to Bern again.Compared to Geneva, the city of Bern is noticeably quieter.

The reason why I visited Geneva first instead of here is because this ancient city surrounded by the Aare River (Aare) is very exquisite, so it is more suitable for the end of a journey.

Bern is a small city with a population of only 13.5.But it is not small in Switzerland. It is the fourth largest city after Zurich, Geneva, and Basel, and it is also the capital of the canton of Bern.

The German name of the city is Bern, which means bear, so bear patterns or sculptures can be seen in many places in the city.

There is even a bear garden built along the hillside next to a bridge leading to the old city, and there is a sunken area below with some bear sculptures.There are more or less bears in the garden next to it, but there are not as many battery cars in the garden.

The city of Bern was founded in the 12th century, joined the Swiss Confederation in the 14th century, and probably formed the current pattern in the 18th century.The city is divided into old city and new city.

The old city is roughly in the form of a U-shaped peninsula surrounded by the Aare River, connected to the outside world by several bridges.The Aare River originates near Bern, flows through Lakes Thun and Brienz, and finally flows into the Rhine.

Although the ancient city of Bern belongs to the world cultural heritage, this main street is not much different from the central pedestrian streets of many European cities. There are old buildings on both sides, the road is full of stone bricks, and there are fountains and sculptures in the middle of the road from time to time.

The characteristic is that there are arcades on the first floor of the buildings on both sides, which provides convenience for shelter from the rain. At the same time, Einstein's former residence is also here. It is here that he wrote the theory of relativity in 1905. Now it is also a memorial hall.

Close to the west end of the street, there is a clock tower, in line with the characteristics of Switzerland. The color of the big clock is more conspicuous. It is the most eye-catching building on this street, but it is still inferior to the astronomical clock that Liang En saw in Prague.

This was somewhat beyond Liang En's expectations. After all, Switzerland was the hometown of watches and clocks compared to the Czech Republic.So it is a little surprising that the bell tower in this place is not as good as the bell tower in the Czech Republic.

But after thinking about it carefully, I found that this is indeed reasonable, because in the Renaissance era when the two clock towers were built, the Czech Republic, which was called Bohemia in that era, was indeed richer than Switzerland.

At that time, the Czech Republic possessed silver mines and salt mines, and at the same time was located in the center of Europe, with convenient transportation.So naturally there is money to build a magnificent clock.

On the contrary, at that time, Switzerland belonged to the standard: although it was a mountainous area, there were not many ores except stones, but because of the rugged roads, its geographical advantages could not be fully utilized.

At the same time, because it is a mountainous area, agriculture in this area is limited to a few farmlands in river valleys and pastures on hillsides, and sometimes it cannot even feed the people of the whole country.

In fact, until today, the food in this country is mainly imported rather than produced by itself. Only with the advancement of technology, they can rely on industry to support themselves.

But until then the only thing of value here is the people.This is why the Swiss's flagship product in the late century and the Renaissance era was the export of labor services, which was the very famous Swiss mercenary at that time.

After all, for them, this barren land has basically no output for trade.Only these brave and disciplined mountain people can benefit the country.

So for hundreds of years, the mercenaries of this country galloped on the battlefields of Europe, and even the Swiss mercenaries serving in the Papal State protected the Pope from the siege of 189 people in the Holy Roman Empire with 34000 people.

Although the army of the Holy Roman Empire in the first battle was scattered in Rome to rob, and did not concentrate on the attack, and only 40 of this mercenary survived, it also made a name for the Swiss mercenaries.

In addition, during the French Revolution, when almost all the troops defected, the Swiss Guards once again proved their loyalty to the contract at the cost of the death of the entire army.

To this day, the last Swiss mercenaries are still serving in the Papal States, and centuries of history have proved their great reputation in history.

(End of this chapter)