The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"...There are a total of 350 workstations, 400 pharmacists, 190 handymen, and 28 administrative staff. It produces more than 50000 bottles of daily magic medicines such as white fresh concentrate, hair growth essence, and cough medicine every month. It is the largest pharmaceutical factory in Germany, supplying almost half of the European market needs."

Following Beckman's calm introduction, Link and Emily were fine, but Old Kled was already biting his fingers in shock.

It is estimated that only he at the scene truly understood how terrifying such a factory was in the wizarding world with a severely underpopulated population.

Beckman was very satisfied with Old Kled's reaction, so he turned his attention to Snape and asked with a smile:

"I heard that Professor Snape is one of the best potions masters in Europe. What do you think of my factory?"

"Oh! Garbage!"

Snape's answer was concise and concise. Beckman was not angry, but nodded in agreement:

"As a potion master, when you look down, you will naturally feel that this place is low-level and looks like a garbage dump.

After all, this is an open operation with great safety risks, and explosion accidents often occur.

Moreover, the sanitary conditions of the site are very poor, and the level of pharmaceutical personnel is also very low, resulting in the poor quality of the potions produced here.

But for the majority of ordinary wizards living at the bottom of society, this factory is simply paradise.

It is precisely because of the existence of this factory that they can enjoy cheap and practical potions.It is precisely because of the existence of this factory that those squibs who should have been stepped into the mud, starved to death or lived a life of humiliation like pigs and dogs can earn a salary to live on.

Now, do you still think this factory is rubbish? "

Snape fell silent.

Because he found that what Beckman said seemed to be true.

Especially after seeing those squibs sitting in the corner peeling off toad eyes or pre-processing other raw materials, even a stone-hearted man was speechless.

Naturally, the rest of the people at the scene had similar reactions.

Only Link still had a deep disdain and sarcasm hidden in his eyes when he made that unbearable and entangled look.

He had seen this kind of remarks and methods too many times in his previous life.

It is obvious that the capitalists are squeezing the workers' surplus value, but in their mouths, it seems that they are doing good things.

If you can, give them all the money you earn!

Link made the most profound sarcasm to Beckman in his heart.

However, he would naturally not say such words. After all, he was sitting in the same position as Beckman. Revealing other people's tricks would undoubtedly harm others and not benefit himself.

Seeing that everyone's expressions were similar to what he expected, Beckman smiled with satisfaction.

Then he took everyone to the adjacent cement bungalow, which was said to be a studio specializing in the production of high-end potions.

Compared with the iron factory building next to it, the conditions here are naturally much better, but strictly speaking they are extremely limited.

This limitation is mainly reflected in the level of pharmacists.

Just looking at the poor mixing skills of these pharmacists and the only 20.00% success rate and 5.00% excellent rate when making the refreshing medicine made Link feel a wave of toothache.

At the same time, I can't help but sigh that potions are indeed the cornerstone of the wizarding world together with magic, and pharmacists are indeed a profession that is famous for its scarcity and popularity.

You must know that even those pharmacists who can only be regarded as third-rate in Link's eyes are actually enjoying the superior treatment of Beckman with a weekly salary of 500 galleons and more excellent subsidies.

The reason is simply because they have many high-level magic potion recipes and can produce them, although the success rate is extremely low.

Link believed that Snape must have felt the same way, maybe even stronger than him.

After all, Snape's strict requirements and arrogant personality were well understood by all the students at Hogwarts.

In the senior class at Hogwarts, if a student made potions like those "senior" pharmacists, a scolding would be inevitable.

But after what happened in the iron factory, Snape remained silent.

Now Beckman was finally satisfied.

Then, he took Link and his group to their next destination—the Beckman family’s herbal plantation.

Compared with the previously unsightly pharmaceutical factory, the situation in the plantation is much better.

The nearly [-] acres of land are densely planted with a large number of commonly used herbs such as white fresh flowers, purple flowers, flowering pods, and baba tubers.

In the center, there are several huge greenhouses that are similar in shape to Professor Sprout's glass classroom, but are dozens of times larger.

The temperature, humidity and other environmental factors in these greenhouses are spelled to be constant within a special range, which is specially used to cultivate rare medicinal materials such as mandrake and dragon scale grass.

As a wizard who is still a member of the Celestial Dynasty at heart, Link will feel better whenever he sees a scene like this where the fields are full of crops.

The only thing here that he didn't like was that there were always a large number of farmers, or serfs, who were sallow, skinny, naked, and even shackled in irons, working in the fields.

And the identity race of these serfs is not limited to humans, but also centaurs, goblins, giants, etc.

This scene reminded Link of many bad things, and the way he looked at those 'crops' was no longer so pure and joyful.

This time, Snape, Emily, and Old Creed didn't have Link's weird thoughts at all.

Among them, Old Kled looked at the serfs and crops with excitement and greed in his eyes. Link estimated that he had already imagined what the scene would be like when these properties were in the hands of the Foley family.

Emily was conquered by a large field of purple flowers.

Link had to admit it at this point.

Purpurea, a flower that blooms all year round and can reflect beautiful purple light when illuminated by light, is really beautiful.

Especially when a beautiful girl like Emily smiled and ran and played in the flower field, with a purple wreath on her head, Link was even more fascinated.

As for Snape.

Link originally thought that this was the person least likely to give in.

After all, he had just been morally kidnapped by Beckman half an hour ago.

But after all, Link still underestimated a true potion master's desire for precious medicinal materials.

In fact, when Beckman gave Snape a 300-year-old mandrake produced in the greenhouse of his own plantation, Snape's attitude towards Beckman instantly became enthusiastic.

He even brazenly stated that the pharmacists in Beckman Pharmaceutical Factory were all rubbish, and that all such precious medicinal materials should be sold to potion masters like him.

Beckman couldn't deny it.

Link, on the other hand, has a new understanding of Snape's low emotional intelligence.

Then, Beckman took Link and his party to visit other industries owned by the Beckman family.

For example, the Beckman family sells potions and other products in offline stores, a beauty salon specializing in luxury services, and a book printing factory that cooperates with the German Ministry of Magic...

Among them, what impressed Link the most was the smuggling industry of the Beckman family.

Tax avoidance is always a favorite topic for the rich to discuss, and the wizarding rich are even more concerned about this phenomenon than the Muggle rich.

After all, many taxes collected by the Ministry of Magic are unreasonable and the amounts are huge.

The most important thing is that the tax department of the Ministry of Magic also has super powerful force.

This kind of situation actually exists in Muggle society, such as the famous US Internal Revenue Service. They have used a large number of examples to prove one thing to the world - in this land of the United States, if you kill someone, you can still escape. If so, then as long as you dare to evade taxes, even if you escape to the ends of the world, you will be caught, your property will be wiped clean, and you will be shot.

Wizards do this more simply.

Because the U.S. tax department has become stronger, but at least it still exists independently.

But the Ministry of Magic simply threw the responsibility of tax collection directly to a purely elite military agency like the Auror Office!

In this harsh environment, smuggling has naturally become the best choice for the rich.

After all, whether it is a portkey, a disembodiment spell or a traceless stretch spell, smuggling is extremely easy.

They call this avoiding unreasonable exploitation by the Ministry of Magic and allowing the common people to enjoy cheaper and more useful products.

Hmm, does it sound familiar?

It sounds familiar.

This is what everyone does.

Before heading to the Beckman family's smuggling den, Link originally expected to see a group of scary guys with scars and ferocious muscles on their bodies, more like bandits than wizards.

This is an inherent impression left by Link after watching too many Muggle movies in his previous life.

But after actually arriving, Link was stunned.

Because what appeared in front of him were hundreds of house elves with missing arms and legs, who were constantly tying large sacks filled with goods with invisible stretching spells applied to their bodies for transportation.

This is obviously more than the number of house elves that the Beckman family should have.

What's even more special is that these house elves work without any passion, as if they are lazy, and they look at Link and others with no respect at all, and are extremely indifferent.

Link had seen this kind of situation many times in his previous life, and those old fritters who were used to taking advantage of others in the company behaved like this.

But it's not normal for a house elf to appear in this state.

Seeing the strange looks in Link's and others' eyes, Beckman chuckled and explained:

"Using house elves for smuggling is a very suitable move. Their disembodiment spell, which is different from ordinary wizards, can easily circumvent most restrictions and reach the destination.

Best of all, they're cheap. "

"Cheap? You mean, these house elves all need wages?"

Old Klei keenly noticed the key point in Beckman's words and screamed.

No one here knew the house elves better than he did.

Asking for wages is simply a great shame to a house elf. If you give a normal house elf a salary of even one coppernut, that house elf will commit suicide in shame.

unless……

"They are all outcasts."

Beckman's explanation instantly relieved Old Kled's frown.

The so-called abandoner has two meanings.

The first refers to the fact that these house elves were abandoned by their masters and tribes because they made certain mistakes.

The second point is that these house elves also abandoned their customs and practices as house elves and began to live in other identities.

In other words, freedom.

For them, collecting money to do things is a matter of course.

There are very few house elves like this. Beckman must have worked hard to gather so many of them here.

After listening to Old Kled's explanation about the abandoners, Link felt a little complicated.

He couldn't help but think of the man who founded the 'Vomiting Association' with the intention of leading the house elves to fight for freedom and power.

I don't know how Hermione will feel when she sees these abandoned people. Here are all the 'free' house elves that she hopes to see.

But Link guessed that Hermione wouldn't be too happy.

After all, according to his Legilimency observations and the descriptions of Beckman and Old Krei, abandoners are often evil-doing, disorderly, and unorganized thugs. They just go from one extreme to another.

After seeing this smuggling den, it was completely dark, and Beckman led everyone back to Beckman Castle.

This journey did not require a portkey, so Link naturally put his arm around Snape's shoulders and let him disapparate with him.

Beckman took a look at this scene, and his smiling face finally frowned slightly.

"It's time for you to learn the Apparition Charm."

Beckman said sincerely after landing.

Link nodded and smiled:

"You're right, I'm already asking Professor Snape to teach me."

After saying this, Link looked at Snape, but the latter turned his face away.

The smile on Link's face grew even brighter.

Because he knew very well that Snape had agreed.

After seeing this, Beckman held back his words, "I can help you find a teacher."

He was silent for a moment and said solemnly:

"I took you to see a lot of things today, and these will be inherited by you in the near future.

However, there is one most important treasure of my Beckman family that I still haven’t shown you.

Link, will you come with me? "

"my pleasure!"

Link readily agreed, and stopped Old Kled and others who wanted to come with him, and followed Beckman alone.

This is the hidden meaning that Link understood from Beckman's 'you' and 'you'.

As for whether Beckman wanted to take this opportunity to kill him, he was not worried. After all, Beckman would have already taken action if he wanted to.

So, under the gaze of everyone, the old man and the young man slowly walked through the atrium and walked towards the back of Beckman Castle.

"Link, what do you think of the Beckman family?"

While passing through a gloomy corridor, Beckman suddenly asked in a deep tone.

All the things he saw during the day flashed through Link's mind. After thinking about it again and again, Link finally answered:

"not bad."

As soon as he said this, the characters in the portraits on both sides of the wall looked at Link with disbelief.

Link estimated that if Old Kled, Snape and others were here at this time, they would probably have the same reaction.

After all, in their eyes, these industries of the Beckman family are really good!

But in Link's view, these industries can only be described as 'pretty good' at best.