A Day as a Foodie at Hogwarts

The British magical world is stubborn and old-fashioned. In other words, the entire Western European magical world headed by Britain is very conservative and old-fashioned.

They revere family and origin.Advocating the theory of blood.Look down on, even say, suppress Muggle-born wizards.

Because Muggle-born wizards and pure-blood wizards have conflicts of interest.

Among all the pure-blood wizarding families, the Malfoy family is the one that is jealous and disgusted with wizards of Muggle origin.

Because Muggle-born wizards have taken away many properties that originally belonged to the Malfoy family.

For example, they were at a dragon farm in the British Bermuda Islands.It was an industry that their family had been running for hundreds of years, but due to business competition, it lost to a dragon farm established by a Muggle-born wizard 20 years ago.

Finally, the dragon farm cannot be sold.The Malfoy family lost a fortune.

Fortunately, the Malfoy family also has some other industries. For example, there is a potion plantation in Nicaragua. Lucius Malfoy also invested in the Ford Crucible Factory. The crucible is a commonly used production and experiment by magicians. Although the equipment is not easily damaged, wizards who often refine potions will usually need a new crucible in a few years.And depending on the use, we also prepare crucibles of various sizes.

The sales volume of the Fulde Crucible Factory ranks among the top seven in Europe.It can sell more than 3 crucibles of various types every year.

Lucius Malfoy can still maintain the dignity of his pure-blood family by relying on the dividends from the potion plantation in Nicaragua and the Ford Crucible Factory.

For example, the cost of maintaining Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire is not small.The annual maintenance of this ten-acre manor costs a large sum of gold galleons.

In addition, pure-blood nobles would often hold salons and dinners among themselves.The cost of each dinner party is huge.

Lucius Malfoy, who has long platinum hair, dignified and elegant manners, is full of old-school British aristocratic elegance and handsome appearance, is sitting in his study on the third floor of Malfoy Manor.

Sunlight shines in the study through the huge crystal floor-to-ceiling windows, making people warm.

There aren't many good weather days like this in the UK, but Lucius didn't look happy at all because of the good weather.Because he was just calculating his family wealth.

I don't count the savings in Gringotts, because they are ancestral assets that I won't use unless absolutely necessary.

Just calculate the living money you can use.Last year, I earned a total of three thousand gold galleons from the dividends from the potion plantation and crucible factory.

He paid three hundred gold galleons for the maintenance of Malfoy Manor, and nearly one hundred gold galleons for his family's new clothes this year.

Pure-blood nobles are generally very particular about their clothes, although most magicians have their magic robes and dress robes made to order at Madam Malkin's Run Shop.But how could a pure-blood noble have only one set of attire?

The Malfoy family, in particular, likes to show off their appearance. The dress they wear for a grand dinner is usually worn only once and not a second time.

Therefore, the cost of clothing is also very high.

In addition to the usual family food expenses, there are also salons and dinners held by the family, as well as some private meetings between Lucius and Ministry of Magic officials, all of which were paid for by Lucius.

Also, Draco is going to Hogwarts this year.Although the tuition fee to enter the school is not high, it is actually not low after including the cost of various textbooks.And buy Draco a broomstick, owl.These things cannot be missed.

After calculating the accounts one by one, Lucius felt a little exhausted.

At some point, his wife Narcissa walked behind him.Narcissa is a beautiful woman, but her cheekbones are a bit high, which makes her look a bit mean.

She hugged her husband from behind: "What's wrong, dear?"

"It's a bit bad." Lucius said flatly: "Our finances this year are a bit bad. Before the next fortune arrives, the living money we can use now is only five hundred gold galleons. And in July , we are about to enter tax season. We need to pay seven hundred gold galleons in taxes and fees every year. Now we still have a hole of two hundred gold galleons."

Narcissa glanced at her husband: 'Why is there such a big difference? '

"Because this year it's time for the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, to run for re-election. You know, before we were able to get rid of the troubles of the Dark Lord and Death Eaters, he worked very hard. So over the years, I He has always supported him firmly. We were able to invest in the Ford Crucible Factory because of his coordination."

"So for this year's election, he needs some campaign funds." Lucius said calmly.

Narcissa folded her hands: "How much did he take?"

"Fifteen hundred gold galleons." Lucius' tone was calm, trying not to make himself appear flustered, but his lips still couldn't help but twitch.

That’s fifteen hundred gold galleons!

And his wife Narcissa yelled even more exaggeratedly: "Are you crazy?! Fudge's appetite is too big. Fifteen hundred gold galleons! How many people did he charge this money to?"

"Many, including the Rozier family and the Lestrange family paid a sum of gold." Lucius sighed.

Narcissa was a little hysterical. She felt that Fudge's appetite was too much: "He's crazy! How dare he take so much money?! He took the money away, what should we do? How will we cope with this year's tax season?" "

"We have spent a lot of money on the Ministry of Magic. Our pure-blood families are the backbone of the entire magical world. We donate a lot of Hogwarts' annual education fees."

"Those Muggle-born wizards can exchange five pounds for one galleung and one hundred gold galleons at Gringotts every year. That is all paid for by taxes collected from our pure-blood wizarding families! "

"Hogwarts does not charge tuition fees, but only charges food and accommodation fees. But don't forget, all of this money comes from taxes. As for those little Muggle-born wizards, their parents have never paid any money to the Ministry of Magic. A penny of tax!”

"Cornelly Fudge has given various benefits to Muggle-born wizards and obtained votes from them over the years. But he only draws blood from us pure-blood wizards! Does he want to suck us dry now? !”

Faced with his wife's restlessness, and his anger and disrespect for the Minister of Magic.Lucius sighed helplessly: "This is protection money, do you understand? It is a punishment for our participation in the Death Eaters. The Ministry of Magic needs us, to be precise, it needs our industry and taxes. They cannot completely rely on it. Muggle wizard."

"Does Fudge really believe in Muggle wizards? No, he just needs their votes. What the Dark Lord did back then was in line with the trend. Muggle wizards sucked too much blood from us." Lu Xiu stood there From Si's perspective, he couldn't see how Muggle wizards had promoted the magical world over the years. He could only see Muggle wizards sucking blood from pure-blood nobles like himself over and over again.

This is also a resentment shared by many veteran pure-blood aristocratic magicians.

Although they have a lot of wealth, they also have to pay high taxes to subsidize the new Muggle wizards who appear every year.Young Muggle wizards basically grew up with subsidies from the Ministry of Magic.Most of these subsidies come from special donations from established pure-blood nobles like the Malfoy family.

"Then what should we do?" Narcissa looked at her helpless husband, and she hugged him with some distress.

"We can only sell some useless luxuries at home. Let's wait until this year's tax filing season." Lucius buried his head in his wife's chest.

Just as the two were hugging each other, a portrait of a man with long platinum hair suddenly appeared in an empty landscape painting in Lucius's study.

This is Lucius's grandfather: Bell Malfoy.

"Lucius, a piece of accurate news!" Bell didn't care about his grandson being intimate with his granddaughter-in-law. He quickly said: "Phineas (one of the past principals of Hogwarts, Sirius' Grandfather) told me the exact news. Dumbledore has a child!"

Lucius and his wife, who were still hugging each other, immediately separated.

When Narcissa heard the news, she was surprised at first, and then laughed: "Ha, I didn't expect that Dumbledore could actually give birth to a child at such an old age. I thought the news in the Daily Prophet was false."

"No, no, it's true. Phineas saw that child in Dumbledore's office. He looked exactly like Dumbledore when he was a child." Bale Malfoy in the portrait looked at himself after speaking. Grandson: "Lucius."

Lucius Malfoy nodded: "I understand."

Narcissa glanced at her husband. She didn't know what the relationship between her husband and the grandfather in the portrait was.

"What's the matter, dear? It's just that Dumbledore has an illegitimate child..."

"It's different." Lucius shook his head: "Dumbledore has a child, and the situation in Britain, or the entire European wizarding community, will change dramatically. We need to convene a pure-blood meeting."

"Ah? Is it necessary? My dear, haven't you always disliked or even looked down on Dumbledore before?"

"The situation is different. I used to be on the Dark Lord's side, and now I'm on Fudge's side. Let's not talk about the Dark Lord, just Fudge. Don't look at Fudge writing to Dumbledore every week to ask for his opinion on the current situation. the opinion of."

"Do you think that's Fudge's respect for Dumbledore?"

Narcissa said blankly: "Isn't it? They say Fudge is out of respect..."

"No, it's not." Lucius interrupted his wife before she finished speaking: "Dumbledore never replies to Fudge because he knows Fudge's character. Our Minister of Magic is pretentious and extremely greedy for power. strong."

"Every time Dumbledore ignored Fudge's letter, it was actually the best answer to Fudge. If Dumbledore really pointed out Fudge's policies, Fudge would try his best to refute or even slander Dumbledore. , which made him lose power."

Although Narcissa has always disliked Dumbledore, and even slightly disliked him, she felt that he was too protective of Muggles and Muggle wizards.

But she also had to admit that Dumbledore was Europe's magical giant.Even the Dark Lord at his most powerful and the legendary Grindelwald were no match for him.Dumbledore has dominated Europe for nearly half a century and is the spiritual idol of countless people.

She said natteringly: "But how dare Fugui disobey Dumbledore? Everyone says he is Dumbledore's yes man..."

Lucius smiled and touched his wife's face: "Compared with Dumbledore's magic, Cornelius Fudge doesn't understand."

"Dumbledore doesn't understand Cornelius-Fudge politics."

Lucius had already put on some decent clothes and looked ready to go out.

"How old are Dumbledore's children, Grandpa?"

"Looks like 11 years old."

"Dumbledore is still very smart. He hid his child for so long and waited until the situation was completely stable before letting him appear. He allowed the child to survive the most dangerous period. At this time point, let yourself Dumbledore must have a deeper idea when his child appears."

Narcissa helped her husband iron every wrinkle on his clothes: "What should I say? Why are you so excited when Dumbledore has a child? Didn't you always look down on him before?"

"Because everything is different, Narcissa. When I stand on the side of the Dark Lord and Fudge, I have to make my attitude clear. They both don't like Dumbledore, whether it's a clear dislike, or I like him on the surface but don't like him on the inside. In short, they don't like Dumbledore. So I have to unite with them. I have never failed to stand in line." Lucius said this with some pride.

"And no matter how strong Dumbledore is, he will always die. And most importantly, he has no heir. Although he has a huge wealth and unparalleled magical knowledge, no one can inherit it. Everything. When he dies, everything will be extinguished like a lamp."

"Even if I have some opposition to him, so what if I am a little disrespectful in my language? He is an elegant man and will not blame me. He also has no descendants, so he does not have to worry about family feud. But it is different now."

After finishing everything, Lucius went to the fireplace and sprinkled a handful of Floo powder.Green flames burst into flames.

"Dumbledore used to be a loner. Although everyone respected him, no one took him seriously. But it's different now. He has a child, and it's a boy. Do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean?"

"It means that among the pure-blood nobles, a family that will have the most influence on the magical world in the next century may be born." Before stepping into the fireplace sprinkled with floo powder, Lucius looked back at his wife and said: "The Dumbledores!"

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