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Fortunately, Regulus didn't immediately get angry and fall out with the two goblins as Bill and Creswell feared.

In fact, their worries were completely unnecessary.

Because in Regulus's view, those old things that happened hundreds or thousands of years ago will not actually be an obstacle.

Based on his understanding of goblins, he could complete a deal with goblins as long as he paid the appropriate price. If he was rejected, it would only be because the price paid was not high enough.

For the sake of profit, the goblin race can have no bottom line when doing things, and violating some informal rules of their ancestors 1000 years ago is not a big deal to them.

As for the grievances between goblins and wizards, and even Muggles, it is far from being clearly described in a few strokes in a history of magic textbook.

In the mouth of wizards, those so-called "bloody and thrilling" goblin rebellions were actually quite common in the 17th and 18th centuries, and a large part of them were not even "rebellions" in the strict sense.

For example, the famous goblin rebellion in 1612 took place in the famous village of Hogsmeade. The goblins' headquarters was the shabby wooden house now called the Pig's Head Pub.

As for the reason, the wizarding community generally believes that it is because the goblins hope to get a few seats in the Wizengamot.

If this reason is relatively reasonable, then the bloody rebellion led by the sloppy ghost Lala in the 18th century seemed more hasty and even ridiculous.

The sloppy ghost Lara was a goblin with a bad temper. One day, he offended a group of young wizards and was thrown into the village pond by them.

As a result, Lala found several of his friends and launched the legendary "18th-century bloody goblin rebellion."

This rebellion, led by Lara herself, lasted for about three hours and was put out by several Aurors from the Ministry of Magic.

This makes many people feel that the so-called goblin rebellion is like a child's play and not worth mentioning at all.

But in fact, the entanglement between fairies and wizards, or in other words, humans, is far beyond what can be explained in a few sentences in a textbook.The truly bloody and thrilling history can even be traced back to 2000 years ago.

The history of goblins is longer than that of humans. They have long settled in various parts of Europe and formed their own civilization. It is their nature to be shrewd and profit-seeking.

As early as when the Romans invaded Britain, the goblins living on the British Isles had already discovered business opportunities: due to the spread of war, those former nobles were not willing to sacrifice their lives to fight to the death with the Romans, nor were they willing to bend the knee. To serve these invaders, the only option was to escape from the British Isles.

They used their unique magic and superb craftsmanship to build ships that could cross the strait, and then provided tickets to a safe place for the panicked and homeless people.

As a price, everyone who takes the refuge ship needs to pay all their savings as a ticket.

In the face of life and death, people abandoned their property, but those greedy goblins, after getting a considerable amount of wealth, sold all the people on the ship to Northern Europe, turning them into slaves.

The seeds of hatred were planted in the hearts of those people.

On the British Isles, the battle between the Romans and the Celts lasted for hundreds of years. During this period, both the Celtic druids and the priests and wizards recruited by Rome from the Gaul region were involved in the war. Among them, the goblins were naturally not idle either.

They built a large number of tunnels, caves and mines underground as their secret strongholds. While ensuring the safety of the race, they began to use war to gain profits: as long as they could get enough rewards, they were willing to provide excellent weapons to any party. Weapons, vehicles and other equipment, as well as various profit-seeking services.

They know how to survive in war-torn times, occupying a "neutral" position in negotiations, and never favoring any one party. This situation has lasted for nearly 400 years, and the fairies have also accumulated a huge amount of wealth.

In the middle of the third century, civil strife broke out in the Roman Empire. In less than 50 years, the Praetorian Guards deposed 24 emperors. Eventually, the Roman Empire even split into two countries, the East and the West.

Due to the continuous civil strife in the huge empire, the power of the Romans became weaker and weaker. When the goblins found that cooperation with the Romans gradually became unprofitable, they made a decisive decision and interrupted all business dealings with the Romans. Providing them with weapons and supplies hastened the demise of Roman rule in Britain, and eventually, in 407, the last Roman army left the island.

But this does not mean that the goblins will no longer be profitable, because the Celtic nobles were not united with each other and quickly began to fight internally. In addition, after the Romans withdrew their troops, they gave up their control of the sea. Soon there were a large number of sea peoples. Entering the British Isles: the Irish entered the west, and the Germans entered the east. Some of them served as mercenaries, fighting for the old Celtic nobles, and some simply established their own kingdoms.The war has not subsided, but has become more and more intense.

Among them, the Anglo-Saxons were undoubtedly the most powerful. They quickly occupied the richest places on the island, while the Celts, led by King Arthur and Merlin Ambrosius, put up a tenacious resistance, regardless of the hemp. Melons, wizards, centaurs, and fire dragons were all involved in the war. In this era, many legendary figures appeared, and the deeds of powerful wizards, such as Merlin and Morgana, even turned into myths and stories. To the Muggle world.

As for the figures of the goblins, they are hidden in the corners of history, but those who are interested can still find some clues.

For example, the famous Sutton Hoo Mausoleum is the tomb of King Redwold of the Kingdom of East Anglia.

Some magic historians believe that Redewald is actually a wizard because he serves God on the surface, but secretly he is studying many things that Muggles call "pagan magic." And that tomb is where he tried to A failed attempt to gain immortality.

He made his tomb in the shape of a huge ship and filled it with gifts, weapons, and other things that represented his pure lineage.Wizards who have seen the tomb ruins believe that the entire ship is carved with an ancient magic circle, which can carry the people in the ship across the sea of ​​​​the underworld.

Of course, the magic failed, Redewald eventually died, and when the ship he once tried to cross the Sea of ​​Hades was discovered more than 1000 years later, the hull had completely rotted and turned into the dust of history. Only countless rusty rivets buried in the soil are left, as well as countless treasures made by fairies, including but not limited to vessels for food at banquets, drinking horns, exquisite jewelry, lyres, and of course Scepter, sword and helmet.

The sophistication of those helmets dwarfed even the Death Eater masks. They were still dazzling after being buried underground for thousands of years, and in addition to being beautiful, they were also indestructible.

As their wealth expanded, the ambitions of the goblins became more and more apparent. They were no longer satisfied with just being speculators, but wanted to become a force, or even the rulers of the entire British Isles and even Europe. However, they did not expect that they would later set foot in Britain. Some of the Vikings on the island are descendants of refugees who were sold to Northern Europe by their ancestors and became slaves.

Gu Hao</span>The Vikings’ attitude towards slaves is not absolute. If a free man loses all his land, he will become a slave; and if a slave is appreciated by his master, he can also get Opportunity for redemption.

Some refugees endured the humiliation and survived, becoming free men from slaves. They gradually improved their status through military exploits, and finally even obtained titles.

What remains unchanged is their hatred for the goblins who defrauded their ancestors of all their savings, but then broke their promises and threw them into this place of ice and snow. Among them, there are brave warriors and powerful wizards, and they fight like a group of addicts. The bloody madman is frightening.

So when Ivar the Boneless and Halfdan the White led the Vikings to invade the British Isles, these people took the opportunity to launch a brutal revenge on the goblins. In just ten years, the number of goblins on the British Island dropped sharply. It was reduced to one-third of its previous size, and the surviving goblins had to take refuge in the tunnels they dug.

Although the Vikings were quickly driven out of the British Isles, the goblins suffered heavy losses during this period and did not recover for a long time.

Later, when the wizarding families from Gaul, like the Malfoy family, entered the British Isles with the Norman Conquest, the goblins were defeated in the confrontation with them and were eventually deprived of the right to use wands.

Somewhat ironically, after that, the situation of wizards, like goblins, got worse and worse, and eventually they had to hide their existence from Muggles.

Moreover, due to the complacency of wizards, there are also serious hidden dangers within their society.As we all know, the coins in the wizarding world are made of gold, silver, and copper. One Galleons is equal to seventeen Sickles, and one Sickle is equal to 29 Nats.

This also means that in the wizarding world, the value of gold that is cast for one galleons, silver that is cast for seventeen sickles, and copper that is cast for 490 three kats must be equal in value, otherwise the financial system of the wizarding world will collapse. .

But in the Muggle world, gold, silver, and copper are common commodities that can be traded, and the prices will fluctuate a lot.

Some Muggle-born wizards saw business opportunities, while some far-sighted wizards saw the crisis. They believed that there must be an organization that holds the sole right to mint coins.It was also stipulated that the value of a galleung was higher than the value of the gold used to mint the galleons.

Therefore, this important task naturally fell on the most outstanding metalsmith-the goblin.Now, on the edge of each coin, there is a series of numbers engraved on it, representing the goblin who minted the coin.

And because the value of galleons was higher than the value of the raw materials, the price difference was treated as seigniorage by the goblins and pocketed in their own pockets.

Therefore, in the past 200 years, goblins and wizards have lived in harmony. Firstly, it is because the wizards continue to provide considerable wealth to the goblins without knowing it. Secondly, it is also because the goblins know their proud manufacturing skills. They no longer have any advantage over the Muggles. Even if they defeat the wizards, they cannot compete with the Muggles.

Throughout history, the relationship between wizards and goblins can never be described as harmonious, but as long as both parties can get what they want, there is room for negotiation.

This is true for both races and for Regulus and the two goblins sitting at the table.

"I believe that if Legnac...how many lives is he now?" Regulus asked.

"Thirteenth life." Ragno replied firmly.

"...Legnac XIII, if he can talk to me, he will definitely change his mind." Regulus said, "I will give him an offer that he cannot refuse."

"Wizard, please use your words." Gornuk said with some dissatisfaction, "Nothing is absolute."

"That's right! So it's not absolutely impossible for Legnac XIII to help, right?" Cresswell couldn't help but interjected, "Gonuk, we have known each other for so long, so he should be considered a Friends, don’t you need to play riddles here? You should know what the Black family means..."

Hearing this, Bill frowned.

Creswell's words obviously reminded the goblin, and Ragno pretended to be serious and said: "If you can give us an offer that we cannot refuse, we will consider helping you convince Legnac XIII. After all, according to your To put it bluntly, what you want to do is something... priceless. I have to admit that this is also very attractive to goblins."

Gonuk rolled his dark eyes, glanced across the goblin companions, stopped on Regulus' face, and nodded.

In their view, the wealthy young master of the Black family would be like those arrogant and stupid wizards before, meaninglessly showing off the family's wealth and then allowing them to make demands.

Unexpectedly, Regulus stopped talking about this topic at all, and threw all their explicit and implicit words aside to dry.

until dinner is over.

The two goblins said goodbye to the three of them, walked directly through the wall behind the Leaky Cauldron, and returned to Gringotts.

"Aren't you anxious to do this?" Cresway said anxiously to Regulus, "You can talk to them!"

"Dirk, have you sat in the office for too long and your brain is a little dull?" Bill said in a dumbfounded voice, "Which group are you in?"

"Of course I'm with you!" Cresway said.

"But your behavior just now seemed like you were helping Gonuk and the others to raise the price." Bill said, "Professor Black may be rich, but money is not meant to be spent blindly."

"But..." Creswell blushed and was speechless.He obviously realized that what he just said was very inappropriate.

"It's not a big problem, at least I know who to look for to make something like this." Regulus said, "And...if nothing else happens, those two goblins will take the initiative to contact me. After all, they won't give up. Waste any opportunity to make money."