Morris and the others sat in a scattered manner in the bar, and the boss and the boss's wife were left on the bar.

After the bar owner gave the wine ordered by Morris and the others to the bartender, he personally poured two glasses of wine for Yang Jing and Princess with satisfaction, pushed them to the two of them, then grabbed a bottle of ice beer and poured a glass for himself, and asked with a smile: "Are you Chinese, are you?"

Yang Jing smiled and gave a thumbs up at the bar owner, "You have a really good eye. We do come from China. But along the way, you are the first person to see that we are Chinese at a glance."

The bar owner shrugged, "This is nothing. Our place is a relatively remote place. Although there were few Chinese people in the past, in recent years, we can still see more than a dozen Chinese people every year. In fact, you Chinese, Japanese and Koreans still have many different places. For example, you Chinese are usually quite generous, with their eyes usually very straight, which makes people feel very comfortable at first sight. Japanese people always evade when they see people, and they can't help but bow, as if everyone in the world is their elders. As for Koreans, it's better to recognize them, all of them have single eyelids..."

Although the bar owner didn't speak fluently in English, he still made Yang Jing and Ge laugh out loud.

This bar owner is really a wonderful person, and he is so incisive.

Seeing the young couple laughing happily, the bar owner also happily fed a big sip of beer and said with a smile: "I am Schroeder Steed, I'm very happy to know you. Oh, you can call me Schroeder."

"We are also very happy to meet you. I am Albert Young, this is my newlywed wife, Sophia White Schroeder. I have to say that the wine you have is really delicious."

Yang Jing's praise made the bar owner happier.

Princess asked curiously: "Schroeder, you don't seem to be Italian by your name."

"Yes, I'm not an Italian, I'm an Austrian in the north. This place used to be Austria, and my ancestors have always lived here, but after World War II, countries re-planned borders, and I don't know how it became the Italian territory. This is a very angering thing. In fact, not only Venosta, but also Rescia in the north have always been an Austrian place, and most of the residents living here are Austrians."

Yang Jing shrugged and said, "There is nothing we can do about this. In the face of those damn politics, we ordinary people can only bow our heads. Come, Schroeder, let us have a drink for that damn politics."

"Well, respect those damn politics!"

Schroeder killed a large glass of beer with a liter of beer in two mouthfuls. It can be seen that this guy has a good alcohol tolerance.

Schroeder poured the wine for Yang Jing and Princess again, then filled himself with a smile and said, "My wife went out early this morning to her aunt's house, so I can steal two drinks."

Princess smiled and Yang Jing smiled bitterly.

"Schroeder, the scenery here is very good, but why aren't there many tourists?"

Schroeder shook his head helplessly and said, "Isn't it all because of those damn Italians? There are so many reasons for this kind of thing, and I don't know where to explain it to you. In short, it is precisely what you said just now that you can summarize all the reasons, and it is all done by those damn politics."

Seeing the bar owner being about to be wrong, Princess immediately changed the subject with a wink, "Schroeder, we saw that there was a church bell tower in this lake before. This is really a very puzzling thing. Can you tell us?"

"Ha, it turns out you don't know the origin of this lake." Schroeder naturally followed the question of Gege's question and took the initiative to change the topic. "In fact, this lake has another name, called Bell Tower Lake. It was because when the reservoir was stored in water, it flooded Venosta. However, because a church in Venosta was located at a relatively high position and the height of the bell tower was not short, the water surface flooded all the other buildings in the village. Only half of the bell tower of this church was exposed on the water surface, and then this unique scenery in the world was formed. However, thanks to this half of the bell tower exposed on the water, it attracts many tourists every year. We in Venosta and people from Rescia to the north can rely on these tourists to live on."

After pausing, Schroeder sighed helplessly, and then continued: "This has to be said to be a sadness. I heard my grandfather talk about the past, well, it was before this reservoir was stored. At that time, Venosta was a quiet and peaceful village. Although the Adige River, which had just flowed from the Great Snow Mountains in the east, was not large in water, it was enough to allow the residents living in this valley to obtain enough water. Our ancestors cultivated here, and although life was not rich, it was peaceful and quiet."

"Later, the Germans occupied the entire Austria. The canyon we are in is the most convenient mountain passage to Italy, so it was occupied by the Germans for a long time, but even at that time, the Germans did not make a big fuss about us."

Yang Jing pretended to be surprised and interrupted at the right time, asking: "Has this been occupied by the Germans before?"

"Of course, during World War II, the entire Austria was occupied by the Germans, so how could we escape here? And as I said just now, this is the most important passage from Austria to Italy in the Alps, how could the Germans leave here?"

Schroeder shook his head and said, "We Austrians do not have the determination to rush to the next door to the Swiss, so Austria was annexed by the Germans. Although we Austria and Switzerland have never dealt with each other, we have to say that the Swiss did it very well back then. In order to prevent the German invasion of Switzerland, Switzerland, which had only four million people at that time, mobilized an army of up to 850,000 people. Moreover, the terrain of Switzerland is indeed not suitable for the mechanized forces of the Germans. In addition, the Swiss deployed a large number of mines and bombs on the border of the Sri Lanka and the Rhine River defense line at that time, and even claimed to blow up all the bridges on the Rhine River, which scared Sitler."

Finally, Schroeder sighed again, "Why didn't we have such a tough leader at that time?"

Princess said quietly, "If you had resisted like the Swiss at that time, maybe this place would not exist. When I read history, I remember that when Shitler wanted to annex Austria, Mosorini seemed to have sent several divisions to hoard the border with the Austrian border."

Schroeder nodded helplessly, and finally could only curse in a low voice: "Damn Sittler, Damn Mosalini..."

Yang Jing continued to pretend to be curious and asked, "Will the Germans treat you locals well with you back then?"

Schroeder shook his head, then nodded, "What do you think? I was not born at that time. But I heard my grandfather talk about those days countless times. My grandfather once told me that because this place is in a hurry, in order to better connect with the Italians, the Germans set up a huge transit station here. At that time, this valley more than ten kilometers long was full of German barracks, with thousands of German soldiers stationed here. We, Venosta, were once the location of the German command of this transit station."

Then, Schroeder smiled and said, "It's helpless to say that because my grandfather was a chef, he had to cook for the hateful Germans at that time, but what could he do? In order to survive, people had to lower their heads under the pressure of swords and guns. According to my grandfather, during those years, we could not live in our homes, so we could only build wooden houses outside to live in. Our own houses were all occupied by German officers."

Yang Jing cursed at the right time: "Damn Nazi."

"Yes, that's a bunch of scum!" Schroeder raised his glass and took a big sip on himself with a little depressed look.

"Then wasn't Venosta in this place back then?"

"Of course, according to my grandfather and my father, Venosta was about 300 meters west of here. Although our village was not big, there were at least 200 people. At that time, the houses in our village were all built of stones and were very solid. Well, the season you came was a little wrong. If you came a few months earlier, you could dive down to see the small village of Venosta, which was then, instead of looking at the lonely bell tower in front of the lake, as we are now."

"What if we dive in now?" asked Princess.

"Now?" Schroeder widened his eyes in surprise, "What a joke! Don't you want to live anymore? Don't you see that the lake water is not frozen now, but the temperature of the lake water is very low now. If people dive inside, they will easily die due to body temperature loss."

"What if we use dry diving suits?" Yang Jing asked with a smile.

Schroeder was stunned for a moment, then said helplessly: "I don't know what you plan, but my suggestion is that it's best not to go into the water during this season, even if you use a dry diving suit."

Yang Jing whistled at Clark, and the tall and big Clark immediately stood up and made a bent bodybuilding movement.

Yang Jing smiled and said, "Did you see it? This guy is my bodyguard. He is a retired soldier of the Delta Force. This temperature of lake water is nothing to him. There are also those who are almost like this. Schroeder, mainly because I have a big hobby, which is diving photography. When I saw this lake, I knew I had to dive in and take a few photos. If I didn't take such a clear lake water, I would definitely not be able to sleep for several nights."

Schroeder looked at the group of burly men and finally gestured to Yang Jing with a thumbs-up, "Man, I actually knew from the beginning that you were not simple. Since you were going to dive, I suggest you go to the diving equipment store of Old Waltz at the west end of the village to rent his diving suit. His diving suit is the best in this generation, and the old Waltz guy also has a very good yacht."
Chapter completed!