The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Compared to the title of Muggle masters, Link believes that wizards are more like parasites that live on Muggle society.

For a long time, their characters have been quite weird and romantic, which is directly related to the powerful power brought to them by magic, but the main reason is that they have long lacked a powerful person like Qin Shihuang who can carry out great things. A unified and tyrannical leader.

This directly led to the fact that the wizards in a loose alliance system did not create a prosperous wizard civilization completely dominated by wizards, as imagined in some wizard novels in the past.

Their choice is not to rule Muggles directly, but to only have limited intervention and influence without revealing their existence.

This method was quite effective in the past when Muggles were still in the ignorant period. Wizards successfully shaped themselves into gods and only needed to take advantage of Muggles' successful development - this is an extreme act of laziness!

But when the Muggles, or the mortals, took control of the 'core', the true divine power, the development of the Muggles was completely out of control.

To this day, Muggles have reached a strange balance in terms of force with the wizards who were once superior.

As for other aspects, it has left wizard society far behind.

The most obvious point is the production model.

Muggles have now almost reached the pinnacle of mass customization in this regard, and have begun to rapidly transform into multi-variety, small-batch, flexible production.

Before Link traveled through time, Muggle society was already at the peak of lean production and just-in-time production.

However, the production model most commonly used by wizards is still the most backward manual workshop-style production, which is inefficient and difficult to standardize.

In fact, this matter is no longer a secret in the wizarding world.

There used to be many Muggle-born wizards who thought they had seized the opportunity and began to reform the production model after discovering this.

Then, they ran into the first problem of reform - the solid class barriers created by the pure-blood wizard nobles.

These old nobles have completely monopolized all the extraordinary and political resources in the wizarding world hundreds of thousands of years ago. Those Muggle wizards with no background want to seize resources from them by relying on the reform of the production model. , that is simply nonsense.

Of course, if there are really some people with outstanding abilities who solve the first problem by becoming the spokesperson of a certain big family or other unknown means, then they will immediately find that there are densely packed mountains behind. Other obstacles.

Resources are exhausted, the market size is limited, potions and alchemy products are difficult to standardize on the assembly line, labor costs are extremely high, and arrogant wizards are unwilling to learn from Muggle experience...

Ever since, in the face of so many problems, the reform of the production model of wizard society has become an almost impossible task.

Due to the special nature of the Foley family's industry, and the fact that Mrs. Foley, Link and Old Kled are not pure-blood supremacists, and even have a good impression of Muggles, after many years of hard work, they are already producing Major changes have been made to the model.

Nowadays, apart from the hunting department, which is more profitable than robbery, the Foley family has already formed preliminary assembly lines for mass customization in other plants such as breeding, slaughtering, warehousing and processing.

Link once went to inspect his factory with Mrs. Foley.

He was surprised to find that after successfully overcoming countless mountains that blocked the reform of the production model, the productivity of wizards would increase exponentially with the help of magic.

At least, it is not possible for a wizard to control five assembly lines at the same time in Muggle society at this stage.

Although the Beckman family's industrial chain seems to be quite large in scale, in fact the model used is so backward that it is no different from the cotton grown by slave owners in the United States more than 100 years ago.

Even more backward than those slave owners.

After all, after the slave owners picked the cotton, they at least knew how to send it to the assembly line factory for preliminary processing. However, the seemingly huge pharmaceutical factory of the Beckman family still used workshop-style production. If it was exhausted, they could add another cluster in front. .

Therefore, Link said that the Beckman family's industry was 'not bad', which was really a very polite statement.

Of course, Link didn't expect Beckman to understand this 'courtesy'.

After coming to this world for so many years, he has already seen countless stupid people.

He was even prepared for Beckman to get furious after hearing his comments. After all, in a normal context, the other person asking such a question simply wanted to hear some compliments.

But what he didn't expect was that when Beckman heard this, he just shook his head and said in an extremely calm tone:

"No, the Beckman family is rotten."

"Well, that's not a big deal."

Link said a little embarrassed.

What he said was true, because although the Beckman family's industry seemed extremely backward compared to the Foley family, compared with other families, it was simply a representative of innovation.

Beckman did not continue speaking this time.

So the old man and the young man walked in silence, passing through the gorgeous atrium, passing through the dark corridor, and finally came to a very special and huge room.

The special thing about this room is that it is no longer as magnificent as the previous places, but is extremely shabby.

The ground here has long been damaged, and the stone slabs in many places have been broken into rubbish. The soil below is exposed to the broad daylight, and clusters of weeds and vines grow out of it and crawl everywhere.

It can be seen that the walls of the room should have been painted with very exquisite decorations and patterns. Unfortunately, these murals, which can be called works of art, are already covered with cracks, as if they will collapse at any time.

There was even a big hole in the ceiling.

The bright moonlight just shines through the big hole.

Link's attention instinctively looked towards the place illuminated by the moonlight, and then his eyes suddenly widened and his pupils also dilated.

Placed where the moonlight shines is a stone tribute table.

It was probably the only intact piece of furniture in the room.

More importantly, what was placed on the tribute table was an iron sign consisting of a large equilateral triangle enclosing a circle and a vertical line.

Deathly Hallows symbol!

In other words - Grindelwald's logo!

As the symbol used by the first Dark Lord Grindelwald, its significance in Europe is similar to that of the Mark of the Dark Lord in the United States.

The difference between them is that this symbol has caused greater harm to wizards in other European countries, and because Grindelwald has completely fallen, this huge harm and fear have also turned into extreme anger.

Even though decades have passed since Grindelwald's rampage.

It is still illegal to possess or make such marks.

Of course, generally those who are known to have this thing will not be punished by the Ministry of Magic, because they will be torn to pieces by the angry local ordinary wizards before the Aurors come to arrest them!

To be honest, Link was not surprised to see this thing in the home of Beckman, an 'old saint'.

But if you show it to him at this time, the meaning is a bit complicated.

"Hoo!~"

Taking a deep breath, Link turned to look at Beckman, waiting for Beckman's explanation.

"Do you know what this is?"

Beckman whispered softly and came to the altar table, and began to wipe the non-existent dust on the altar table and Grindelwald's logo with his hands. His tone was hazy and his expression was extremely pious.

Before Link could answer, he continued:

"This is my belief.

Mr. Grindelwald, my master, he is a very great man!

His voice, his ideals fascinate me.

I have vowed to follow him forever, love him, complete the tasks he has given me, and never turn back!

This is because I believe that only he can make this world a better place, and only he can make wizards truly the masters of this world!

oh!my lord!

May your body always be healthy!

May your strength last forever!

I wish you..."

Listening to Beckman's intoxicated prayer, Link involuntarily took two steps back, and his eyes became cold at the same time.

Beckman is far more loyal to Grindelwald than Link expected.

To some extent, Beckman and Barty Jr. are the same kind of person.

This is not good news for Link.

Because Grindelwald is not dead yet.

Link was already prepared in his heart. As long as Beckman dared to say that he wanted him to help support Grindelwald's comeback, he would immediately turn around and return to the country.

After all, he inherited the family business of Beckman, the saint of Grindelwald. The International Federation of Wizards could turn a blind eye, but if he also inherited Beckman's 'saint' status and beliefs, then the International Federation of Wizards would turn a blind eye. The Wizards Federation should probably attack him at all costs.

Therefore, even if you want to inherit the status of 'Saint', you should wait until Voldemort rises and reaches its peak.

After a long time, Beckman's long prayer finally came to an end.

He looked a little sad, and his eye circles were even red. He faced Link and said in a hoarse voice:

"Link, do you know how glorious we were in the past? Countless of our brothers and sisters guarded Lord Grindelwald. We traveled across European countries, and the enemies were frightened wherever we went! We..."

"enough!"

Link interrupted, "Stop talking so much nonsense to me. I'm very interested in the Beckman family's industry. Tell me, what exactly do you want me to do?"

Link's tone was cold, and his expression was cold and devoid of any emotion. Only the hint of impatience hidden in his eyes made him feel that he still had a trace of humanity.

After hearing this, the emotion on Beckman's face quickly receded.

He and Link looked at each other for a long time, and then said firmly:

"I want revenge!"

Link's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he frowned and said:

"You don't want me to attack the International Confederation of Wizards or the German Ministry of Magic, do you? Oh, no. It seems that the person who defeated Grindelwald was Dumbledore. Do you want me to assassinate him?"

"You won't do these things, even if I trade the entire Beckman family, right?" Beckman said calmly, "So the revenge I am talking about is aimed at my former brothers and sisters."

"saint?"

"Ah, they were, but not anymore."

"Can I ask why?"

Hearing this, Beckman fell into silence again, and this time the time was much longer than before.

"Before new ideals appear, long-standing ideals have been put aside. What a sad person."

Beckman said extremely sentimentally, and at the same time reached out and flicked the Grindelwald symbol, and then a circular portal appeared in front of him.

"It's almost time, Link. Are you interested in going to a banquet with me?" Beckman invited. "As for the more detailed matters here, I will discuss it with you in detail on the way."

Link frowned deeply.

Beckman's mystifying style disgusted him.

However, after pinching the magic scroll hidden in his sleeve, which had the power of Dumbledore's full blow, Link finally nodded and said:

"Okay, then lead the way."

After hearing this, Beckman finally had a smile on his face, grinned and slipped into the portal without saying a word.

……

"... Earlier you said that Dumbledore defeated Lord Grindelwald. Well, I actually don't agree with this. The truth is that Lord Grindelwald was defeated by friendship. He and Dumbledore had long ago We have been close friends for many years. Lord Grindelwald has never touched the United States just for Dumbledore's sake. And you have seen the result. Dumbledore, that treacherous and despicable man, united with the International Federation of Wizards and used He lost Lord Grindelwald's trust in him, and finally forced Lord Grindelwald to imprison himself in the Nurmengard Wizarding Prison in Austria.

oh!My poor Lord Grindelwald!

He is always so kind!do you know?He never killed even a Muggle from beginning to end!Even when we eliminated the Muggles who had to be killed, Lord Grindelwald couldn't bear to watch, and he would be heartbroken afterwards..."

On a deep forest path, Beckman was talking endlessly to Link about the brothers and sisters who needed revenge from him.

However, perhaps because he was too pious to Grindelwald, or because his brain was washed by Grindelwald, Beckman always digressed into past events about Grindelwald.

Seeing that he had strayed off topic again, Link coughed twice in dissatisfaction, and then he woke up Beckman who was immersed in the past and couldn't extricate himself.

"Oh! Sorry! Where did I say it? Nurmengard, right?" Beckman smiled apologetically at Link, "Speaking of Nurmengard, that's really sad. This wizard prison is actually We established it to imprison those who opposed it. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the prison of Lord Grindelwald. And after Lord Grindelwald entered the Nurmengard Wizarding Prison, we saints were naturally attacked by international wizards. Liquidation of the Federation…”