Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

Sun Tzu said: "The method of employing troops is to drive a thousand four-wheeled chariots, to ride a thousand leather chariots, to carry one hundred thousand armors, and to feed food for a thousand miles. The internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the materials of glue and paint, and the decoration of the chariots and armors cost thousands of gold a day. Then one hundred thousand teachers will be raised.

In layman's terms, wars cost a lot of money.

Whether you are a wizard or a Muggle, the truth is the same.

Therefore, in addition to military operations, it is also necessary to attack Voldemort and his gang economically.

Due to someone's reasons, the economic situation of Voldemort's gang was not optimistic from the beginning.The No. [-] money bag among the Death Eaters is not only badly damaged, but the head of their family should now plow the sugar cane fields thousands of miles away to fertilize and prepare for planting, which makes the current economic situation of the Death Eaters even worse.

Although the Death Eaters ransacked several families under the guidance of some reports a few years ago, and the spoils they harvested could make them breathe a sigh of relief, but the political impact caused by this incident was so bad that they spent ten times as much money as the spoils are irreparable.

Now that Voldemort and his gang have occupied the original site of the Ministry of Magic, their next step is to reorganize the regime of the pseudo-Ministry of Magic, and this will also cost a lot of money, at least the salary must be enough.

"If the Death Eaters cannot capture Hogsmeade quickly, then their next move must be to compete for and control the Ministry of Magic's financial resources and trade channels." Scrimgeour was decisive after roughly analyzing the economic situation of the Puppet Ministry of Magic. Said.

The Order of the Phoenix couldn't intervene in this matter, and the venue became a fighting ring between the Ministry of Magic and the British government.

Mr. Rodney didn't know much about the sources of the Ministry of Magic's finances, so he asked, "Are you sure to cut off the funds flowing to the two-hole socket?"

Scrimgeour nodded, and said: "Our financial revenue has two main parts, one part is business taxes, and the other part is tariffs on import and export trade."

"In terms of business taxes, the taxes on Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley and Hogsmeade Commercial Street account for a huge part."

"Now that Hogsmeade is in our hands, Diagon Alley is a key point we want to fight for. We have sent people to persuade all stores in Diagon Alley except Gringotts to temporarily relocate to Hogsmeade in the near future. Come."

"Those shops scattered all over the UK, we plan to arrest the tax collectors of the other party to prevent the Death Eaters from obtaining funds."

"The only difficulty we have is the shops in Knockturn Alley, they are bound to fall on each other."

Speaking of this, Scrimgeour felt a little helpless. Dark wizards gathered in Knockturn Alley, and it was inevitable that they would fall to Voldemort.And he didn't dare to let these shops enter the Hogsmeade defense circle.

"What about tariffs on import and export trade?" Mr. Rodney continued.

"This point has basically been resolved." Scrimgeour said, "The Department of International Magical Cooperation contacted the ministries of magic of various countries immediately, and they all supported us, and the customs duties will be paid to the tax officials we sent."

Scrimgeour felt his mouth dry after talking so much, so he took a sip of tea from the teacup in front of him.

The financial revenue of the Ministry of Magic is naturally more than this, but what can be said here is basically things that are easy to find out like taxes.

Mr. Rodney also knew that now is not the time to break the casserole and ask the end of some things, so he ignored the question and turned to Scrimgeour: "We think that the trade agreement between our two sides on grain, daily necessities and other commodities Continue to be limited, we guarantee that there will not be any trade relationship with the authorities of the double-hole socket. At the same time, we hope that the two sides can further cooperate to crack down on possible smuggling.”

After listening to the other party's assurance, a rare smile appeared on Scrimgeour's face.

With food in hand, don't panic.As long as the daily necessities such as food and cloth imported from Muggle society can be controlled by the Ministry of Magic, he is confident that he can win the neutral faction among British wizards to his side.

Under the temptation of food, he did not believe that the merchants in Diagon Alley would not move to Hogsmeade.

If you support the orthodox Ministry of Magic, you will have food, but if you support the fake Ministry of Magic, you will be hungry. It's as simple as that.

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bsp; After Scrimgeour and Mr. Rodney discussed a few more related issues, the economic issue was settled.

After discussing military and economic matters, it is impossible for the Ministry of Magic to let other people intervene in the remaining political matters. In this regard, if necessary, a small number of people can be called for a meeting to communicate.

Speaking of this, the work that needs to be coordinated by all parties has basically been completed, and the details of the next cooperation do not need to be discussed by the bosses in person. After the bosses have discussed the general framework and pointed out the way forward, the rest Just leave things to the people below.

After the meeting, the personnel from all parties hurriedly left Hogwarts, and they needed to implement the relevant decisions of today's meeting as soon as possible.

In this way, Halle is the most idle person in Hogwarts. Her task now is to stay in Hogwarts obediently and not run around.

At this time, there was still some time before dinner, and Harry, who had been sitting in the seat all day, decided to take a walk outside the castle to move his stiff body.

Today's weather is not good, clouds cover the sun, making Hogwarts at a high altitude feel a bit chilly.

After greeting Professor McGonagall and leaving the castle, Harry walked towards Dumbledore's tomb.

Today is the first time Halle has been here since the funeral.

Harry saw the tomb with a bouquet of wild flowers picked from the edge of the Forbidden Forest. She was surprised to find that there was an old man cleaning the fallen leaves around the cemetery with a magic wand.

Harley had only seen portraits of Grindelwald when he was young and middle-aged in books and chocolate frog pictures, which made her unable to recognize the dying old man in front of her.

Grindelwald, who was cleaning and playing with fallen leaves, just raised his head to look at Harley, then ignored her, and continued to concentrate on cleaning the surrounding lawns and flower beds.

Harry put the somewhat humble bouquet in front of Dumbledore's tombstone, and then stood there quietly.

Grindelwald has cultivated several gardens around the cemetery these days, and then planted some flowers.

"At this time, his mother planted flowers in the backyard of his house. He always liked to sit by the flowers and read a book on a sunny afternoon." Grindelwald used magic to eliminate the pests in the flowers, and said to Dumbledore after mourning Harry, who walked to his side, said.

If Harley had a higher vision, she would have discovered that the spells used by Grindelwald to clean up the bugs were all Killing Curses.

"You're Dumbledore's relative, meow," Harry asked.

"Yes, and no." Grindelwald replied without raising his head.

"Excuse me, what's your name, meow?" Harry continued to ask, she became curious about the man who guarded Dumbledore's grave.

Grindelwald just shook his head, not wanting to answer Harry's question.

Seeing this, Harry stopped disturbing him and walked to the flowerbed on the other side of the cemetery to learn how to clean up pests and weeds.

The time for dinner was ready, and Harry, who was in the garden in front of him, was going to return to Hogwarts for dinner after the situation was over.

At this moment, Greenwald asked: "What's your name, little girl?"

Facing the person who didn't know the details, Harley still reported her pseudonym in her current form, and she replied, "My name is Lucy Scamander."

"Is Newt Scamander your relative?" Grindelwald asked calmly.

"He's my grandpa meow." Harry replied according to the script.

The next moment, Harry felt that the old wizard in front of him was looking at him like two bayonets stabbing at him.

Trembling all over, Harry realized that facing the old wizard was like facing Voldemort.

Harry's dam turned into a stick made at this moment, and at this moment a figure suddenly appeared between the two of them.

"Your Excellency, this is actually Harry Potter. He just used a little disguise and another identity to avoid the mysterious man." Professor McGonagall, who arrived in time, explained to Grindelwald in a cold sweat.