Hogwarts becomes host

Floo powder is a teleportation item invented by Ignatia in the 13th century. Because of this invention, she was recorded in history and even appeared on the Chocolate Frog card.

When using it, grab a pinch of floo powder and throw it into the fireplace, shout the name of the destination, the magic, floo powder and flame will work together to trigger a magic flame. This magic flame can tear apart space and send you spinning around. Go to the fireplace at the designated location, provided that the location is connected to the Floo Network.

Remember to speak clearly, otherwise it may be transmitted to other places.

At first, due to the ashes, heat, and tension, it was not easy for the user to clearly state the destination in the fire, and traveling on the Floo Network would cause certain discomforts, such as dizziness, nausea, noise, etc. etc., so the promotion was not very smooth.

But soon, the advantages of floo powder were revealed: unlike flying broomsticks, it does not require enough courage and long-term practice, there is no need to worry about violating international confidentiality laws, and there is no risk of serious injury, even for children and the elderly. and the infirm may also travel via the Floo Network.

If you use Floo powder and only use part of your body to penetrate the fire, then part of your body can go to other places through space before the flames go out or you leave on your own; the Floo network can also be used to teleport inanimate objects. Objects, but not too big or heavy, and may be damaged when passing through the space channel.

Various advantages make floo powder easily become a daily necessity in every wizarding family.

So far, there are nearly 1000 fireplaces connected to the Floo network across the UK. Every wizarding family keeps a certain amount of Floo powder, which is usually placed in a box or vase on the fireplace.

There has never been a shortage of Floo powder, and no one knows who made it. It is only known that the British manufacturer is called Floo Bang. It rented a building as its headquarters in Diagon Alley, but no one has seen its door. Well, they always transfer taxes to the Ministry of Magic through Gringotts, so no one has ever seen anyone from this company.

The price of a spoonful of two Sickles has remained unchanged for hundreds of years. To buy Floo powder, you can shop through Owl or go to the grocery store in Diagon Alley. Sometimes a batch of damp Floo powder will be found in second-hand stores. powder, the effect is the same, but the amount is larger and the fire needs to be hotter to be effective.

You can also throw the order form, Galleons and Floo powder together into the fireplace flame and wait for five minutes, and the same amount of Floo powder will appear - but there must be no fire in the fireplace at that time, otherwise you will have to buy another one. .

"Wizard families across the UK use Floo powder"

Elaine swallowed her saliva, a spoonful of two sicols, 35g of two sicols is a daily reserve. No wonder the Shafiq family’s coffers are filled with gold.

"No, all wizarding families in Europe and America are using Floo powder." Adair corrected Elaine's words lightly, "There are other methods of space movement in Asia and Africa. We have tried to expand the market, but unfortunately the results are not good. It occupies 45% of the market in Africa, and even less in Asia, only 25%.”

"Is there something wrong with your understanding of the word bad?"

"Australia, Oceania and India were separated and handed over to the branches of the Shafiq family. Later, the African and Asian regions were also handed over to them. We mainly deal with the European and American markets."

He paused for a moment, then shrugged nonchalantly and continued.

"Actually, you don't have to worry about this. The wizard family is growing very slowly. The current production speed is enough to meet the market, and the money is enough for you to spend three lifetimes. The elf will take care of everything. Unless the policies of various countries change, you won't be able to do it at all. Don’t worry about here, just go to Gringotts and lie down and count the money.”

"Lie down and count the money." Elaine's eyelids twitched. "Aren't you afraid that the elf will run away or something will happen here?"

"We are now 150 meters underground in Shafiq Castle. Even if the castle above collapses, nothing will happen here. No one will know the existence of this stronghold. As for the elves, do you really think they can escape?"

When Adair and Elaine were introduced, 16 elves filed in and lined up obediently in front of Elaine.

They were dressed in tatters and looked frightened. They looked at the illusion of Elaine and Adair without saying a word.

Seeing the cowering and humble expressions of the elves, Elaine admitted that she did think too much.

Since this ability was revealed in the Sorcerer's Stone level, the audience has jointly requested that Adair usually appear as a phantom. Not only will it not be easy to be confused with Elaine, but it will also be easier for them to watch. After all, the subtitles have no sound, so it is easy to be confused. Wash away the barrage.

"This is my daughter, Elaine Shafiq, and she is also the only direct descendant of the Shafiq family." Adair glanced at the leader, Reuven, who was the oldest elf here. "The Shafiq family has suffered a heavy blow, but the bloodline still exists, so there is no need to activate the a81 preparation plan and continue as usual, understand?"

"Yes, Master." The elves answered in unison.

"Very good, go back to work." Adair nodded with satisfaction. "Luwen, please stay and lead the way. Let us inspect this place. I haven't been here for twenty years."

"Twenty years," Elaine almost choked, "So, there is no one to manage this place."

"Of course, why are house elves not stupid? They will take care of things themselves, as long as we stipulate what should be done and what should not be done." Adair replied. "Don't worry too much. The ancestors of the Shafiq family have already written the rules. Just implement them as usual."

"This is too, too exaggerated."

"can you"

Elaine followed Luwen out of the room and began to visit the entire underground base. These elves used magic to dig out a large space underground.

They produce floo powder here, continue to work, live, reproduce, and then die of old age.

Dead elves are cremated. Not every family is as crazy as the Black family, who like to cut off the heads of old elves for decoration.

House elves are not very pretty to begin with, and they become even uglier as they get older. What kind of taste does one think is decorated like this?

Luwen first took her to see the warehouse. There were several rooms, the largest of which was filled with floo powder, bags after bags.

One elf is planning the shipment, and three elves are responsible for transportation, delivering the prepared floo powder for storage, and transporting the floo powder out according to the order.

The elf used magic to direct the bags to fly in and out. Reuven told Elaine that the fireplaces shipped out centuries ago were located together with the warehouse, but after a fire later destroyed half of the inventory, they moved the goods to the room where they were stored. separated from each other.

The next stop was the warehouse where ingredients were stored. Next door was the kitchen. The elf in charge of cooking asked Elaine flatteringly if she wanted to eat.

When Elaine refused, it looked very disappointed, but when Elaine said she wanted to have a drink, it immediately jumped up with excitement, and soon brought black tea, milk, honey and a large stack of biscuits.

The invitation was too good to resist, so Elaine had to let the teapot, cups and plates float behind and follow her around.

Most of the food here is grown in underground farmland. With a simple growing spell, you can get a lot of vegetables and wheat immediately.

Meat, spices and tea can only be purchased from outside, and the Shafiq family allows them to purchase these items for 5 galleons a year.

After hearing Lu Wen's explanation and calculating the current price and the number of elves in her mind, Elaine suddenly felt that the cup of black tea was a bit hot.

There are also several newly excavated warehouses filled with items salvaged from the ruins of Shafiq Citadel.

Elaine was a little confused as she watched the elves keep asking for her opinion with the repaired items. It was said that they were the most cherished treasure, the most precious doll, the favorite book, and the most commonly used broomstick of a certain Shafiq member. Things like that...please, she's not from Shafiq's family, how can she know how to deal with these things?

Finally, Adair ordered that all these debris be burned or destroyed.

Although Luwen and the other elves seemed very distressed and sad, when Elaine told them that the deceased would receive these cherished items in another world, they happily prepared to set fire to the entire warehouse.

In order not to cause a big fire, Elaine quickly stopped them and casually talked about several worship methods, asking the elf to burn them one by one according to the date.

Luwen then took Elaine to visit the living area of ​​the elves. Four elves shared a room. Due to their stature differences, the things used by the house elves were smaller than human furniture. In addition to simple beds and tables, There is nothing outside the chair.

Elaine curiously asked Lu Wen how he spent his normal days.

Reuven's answer is also simple: work, eat, and sleep.

Seeing this, the barrage group became angry, and they began to accuse the Shafiq family of abusing these elves.

Let the elf not see the light of day, and never see the sun for the rest of his life. Not to mention, he has to work continuously every day, without his own leisure and without enough salary. This is completely a sweat shop.

Adair explained calmly that when the Shafiq family was not yet destroyed, these elves would take turns to go on duty in the castle. There was no problem of not being able to see the sun. I really thought that these guys would not apparate.

And as long as the designated workload is completed, the elves have plenty of free time and can go wherever they want. The Shafiq family doesn't care what they do. It is these elves who have enough to eat and work hard, and they have to find something to do when they have nothing to do.

Shafiq’s family won’t bear this responsibility

But it is true that no salary was paid. Just like what is written in the original work, when Elaine asked Lu Wen how much salary he wanted, Lu Wen directly expressed his fear and guilt by hitting the wall.

He apologized with tears in his eyes. It was because he had done something wrong that Master Elaine wanted to give him a salary.

What an embarrassing shame. He did something wrong and made his master hate it.

Elaine had to spend ten minutes to calm down Lu Wen, and carefully stated that she was just joking and did not really want to give him a salary.

However, there is no turning around, so Elaine used another way of saying it to express what she meant.

She first rewarded Reuven for his hard work and said that the Shafiq family now has endless gold, which was contributed by Reuven and his children and grandchildren, and she was very happy.

But there was too much gold, and Gringotts couldn't let go of this sentence, which made the barrage complain wildly, so she hoped that the elf would help spend some gold.

Therefore, she will increase the elves' purchasing funds to 500 Galleons per year, and then each elf will receive one Galleons per month. This is not a salary, but a job.

The job content is to help the Shafiq family spend money to prevent the coffers from being filled with gold.

Luwen had to explain to the other elves that this was because Elaine felt that their work efficiency was very good and they were given additional new jobs.

That's right, definitely not a salary

Damn, I want that extra job too

Is the Shafiq family still missing an elf anchor? I also want to work for the Shafiq family.

They lack elves, they lack wizards, they lack direct bloodline, they lack stallions

Ignoring the barrage, Elaine continued to visit the entire underground base, and Lu Wen even excitedly helped introduce it to her.

Nothing happened in the process, but Adair remained silent and stared at the ceiling.

Elaine didn't think much about it. After all, it was the Shafiq family's castle above. It was normal for Adair to stare. Even if he lacked emotion, the memory was still there, so it was impossible for him not to feel it.

She visited the farmland, where a lighting spell had been cast on the ceiling, making it brighter than any other room.

Two or three elves were in the field, taking turns casting growth spells on the plants, using cutting spells to harvest crops, using clear water spells to irrigate, and using floating spells to transport them, and the fields were prepared in a few clicks.

"This kind of simple home magic doesn't consume much magic power. It's no problem for an adult wizard to use a hundred of them a day." Although he was obviously absent-minded, Adair would still explain when the barrage asked questions. "The magic power of elves is about the same as that of normal wizards, so a few elves can produce enough Floo powder. Now the number of elves is a bit too much."

"How bad is that?" Elaine asked curiously.

"Of course it's not good. We don't have so many things for elves to do. They like to work and hate leisure. Too much leisure will make them do bad things on their own." Adair explained, "By the way, that Granger seems to think that pure Although it cannot be said that the Blood Family has the exclusive right to use house elves, it is wrong, but in fact, ordinary families have too little housework to do, and the house elves themselves do not like to work for the poor."

"What a joke, the poor have too few household chores, then they can help with work──"

"As a boss, if one of my subordinates asks a house elf to help with work, I will directly find a house elf to replace him."

"forget it."

"So you'd better advise Granger and Daphne that their efforts are in vain. There must be laws and reasons for some things to develop to this stage. It is reasonable to exist, and the same is true for you. Don't use Muggles for everything. See the perspective.”

"What can I do? I'm a Muggle."

"Merge with my consciousness──"

"I'm telling you no, there are some aspects of your pure-blood family's ideas that I still have a hard time accepting." Elaine sighed, "I think this is good, and you don't have to be restricted. For example, even if the badge of the head of the Shafiq family is only It’s too illegal to issue a single order.”

"There are very few things like family head badges, and the wizards who hold them will not transfer them casually. It is impossible for Voldemort to get it a second time." Adair said, "The lack of restraint also means that your soul does not belong to the Shafiq family yet. If you can’t enjoy the same convenience, you really don’t think about it.”

"The soul does not belong to Shafiq and cannot enjoy conveniences." Elaine was alert, always feeling that there was something in Adair's words. "What do you mean"