Arms dealer from Hogwarts

Chapter 4 Gringotts

Soon, Charing Cross Road arrived.

Standing at this intersection, Jemini glanced across the shops on the street, and finally landed on an inconspicuous dilapidated wooden door.

On the wooden door hung an old broken sign - The Leaky Cauldron.

There were two freshmen who went to Diagon Alley with Jemini, one was Hermione, and the other was Justin Fenrieri. Both of them were from Muggle families. Except for the two, they were their parents.

What makes Jamini feel very comfortable is that their parents are well-bred. The Finleys are well-behaved, while the Grangers are relatively low-key. Although the two family classes are similar, there are still some differences in temperament. different.

Professor McGonagall led a few people and pushed open the door of the Leaky Cauldron.

"Ha! Minerva, long time no see." Behind the bar, an old wizard with a hunched back and almost missing teeth greeted Professor McGonagall cheerfully.

The bar was noisy, and the air was filled with the smell of wine and oak barrels, as well as the smell of smoke. The wizards passing by looked at Jemini, Hermione, and Justin curiously.

"Long time no see, old Tom."

Professor McGonagall nodded politely, without any intention of staying, and led Jemini and the others towards the back of the Leaky Cauldron.

A few people came to a small enclosed patio, Professor McGonagall pulled out his wand from his arms, and tapped on the wall above the trash can.

"Three yuan above the trash can, and two more horizontally. I hope you can write this down so that you can come back next time."

After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, under the puzzled gazes of several people, there was a rumbling sound from the closed wall of the small patio, and the red stone bricks changed their positions one by one, and the entire wall rolled away like water waves, tightly Then, the sun shone into the small courtyard, and a wide archway appeared in front of everyone, leading to a winding cobbled street with no end in sight.

"Welcome to Diagon Alley!"

Professor McGonagall turned around, with a smile on his always serious face, and the excitement in his eyes could not be concealed.

Nothing makes a wizard feel more proud than being introduced to Diagon Alley to new students who are introduced to the wizarding world for the first time.

Both Hermione and Justin's eyes were full of excitement and curiosity, and their eyes wandered around. Hermione even completely forgot that Jemini had lied to her before.

The moment everyone passed through the archway, the archway behind them turned into a solid wall again, and the dazzling sunlight projected on a stack of cauldrons outside the nearest store door, emitting a blazing light.

"Take out your shopping list." Professor McGonagall reminded: "You need a cauldron, made of pewter."

Mr. Finlayley hesitated for a moment: "Do wizards also accept pounds?"

"Of course not." Professor McGonagall laughed: "Wizards have a special currency, and I will take you to the wizard bank - Gringotts later, where you have to exchange it. The currency used by wizards is Galleons." , Silver Sickles, Copper Nats, Galleons and British Pounds fluctuate around 1:5.”

With that said, Professor McGonagall looked at Jemini: "Also, Mr. Fox, you don't need to worry about money. Freshmen like you are given subsidies for admission. Although there is no guarantee that you will be able to use the best ones, but With school board funding, at least you can get new wands and books."

Jemini thought about it, and decided to reject Professor McGonagall's kindness. Although it would save a lot of money, Jemini didn't want to wear an old robe to go to school.

Isn't this money earned for spending!
"Thank you very much for your kindness, Professor McGonagall, but I have my own savings."

Professor McGonagall was stunned, and the Finnish couple and the Granger couple also looked at Jemini amusedly. In their opinion, even if an 11-year-old boy has savings, how much can he have?

"I'm obliged to remind you, Mr. Fox, the price of a bunch of things for freshmen to enroll is at least forty Galleons, which is equivalent to half a month's salary of mine. Are you sure you can afford it?"

Professor McGonagall asked seriously, she didn't want Jemini to cause problems for the sake of an insignificant face.

Jemini nodded. Forty Galleons is equivalent to about 5000 pounds. With his current deposit of more than [-] pounds, he can easily afford the expenditure.

"My current discretionary deposit is about [-] pounds." Jemini smiled gently.

"two thousand?"

Mr. Finlayley opened his mouth in astonishment. His monthly income is only [-] pounds, which is considered a high income.

Professor McGonagall was also surprised: "Where did you get so much money?"

Two thousand pounds, almost four hundred galleons, and a little more can buy you a good position in Diagon Alley, and what Jemini said is discretionary, which means that this is not all his savings, see He knew it lightly by the way he didn't feel distressed at all.

"I'm good at handicrafts, and I often sell some small things." Jemini smiled, and took out a slightly bloated snakeskin wallet from his arms.

Naturally, this wallet was not taken out of his arms. Carrying so much money with him is not at all safe for a child of this age.

There are ten storage spaces of one thousand cubic meters in Jamie's weapon shop, and Jamie's money is placed in the storage spaces on weekdays.

"I have to say...Mr. Fox, you are the most amazing kid I've ever seen at this age." Professor McGonagall looked at Jemini with loving eyes.

"Thank you for your compliment." Jemini nodded slightly to Professor McGonagall.

"I'm telling the truth." Professor McGonagall pursed his lips: "Come with me, I'll take you to Gringotts."

Soon, everyone followed Professor McGonagall to Gringotts.

This is a snow-white building towering above the surrounding shops, with a shiny bronze gate, and there stands a dwarf in a scarlet and gold uniform—that is a goblin.

With a short stature, pointed ears, sharp teeth and a dark face, Jemini immediately thought of goblins in the dungeon. In fact, the name of the goblin is really a goblin...

"What's that?" Justin looked at the short figure in astonishment.

"Goblin." Professor McGonagall pursed his lips: "Keep as quiet as possible, they have never been very friendly."

When everyone entered the door, the goblin bowed to everyone, and then a second door appeared in front of everyone, a silver gate with the following words engraved on it:

Come in, stranger, but be careful

what will happen to greed

Blindly ask for, get for nothing
will be severely punished

So if you want to take from our vaults a fortune that was never yours
Thief, you have been warned

Beware that what comes early is not treasure, but evil
"The lines are full of unfriendliness." Jemini laughed.

Behind the gate, two goblins bowed to the crowd and led them into a tall marble hall. There were about a hundred goblins sitting on high stools behind a row of long counters, and some were weighing coins with copper scales. Some were examining gemstones with eyepieces while sloppily registering them in large ledgers.

There are countless doors in the hall, leading to different places, and many goblins are guiding people coming and going in and out of these doors.

(End of this chapter)