Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

Chapter 333 Black Magic Detection Rod: This high-end weapon
For Hufflepuff, she also hoped that the Ministry of Magic would pay in installments instead of paying the entire amount at once, because to her, there seemed to be no difference between ten thousand Galleons and one hundred thousand Galleons. How could gold buy a treasure that she and her friends couldn't get?

Real top-notch treasures cannot be bought by money.

But the money makes a lot of sense for Hogwarts. She will leave this school one day, and she hopes to leave a rich legacy for future generations before she leaves.

The gold galleons credited to the account on a monthly basis and the subsequent maintenance and upkeep of the automatic combat doll are the best legacy, just like a hen that can lay golden eggs.

One is willing to accept installment payment, and the other is willing to use installment payment to buy things, and the two hit it off immediately.

"How about paying 10% in advance and paying the rest over fifty years? This is a pretty good deal." Helga gave very generous terms.

If the Ministry of Magic plans to purchase a doll worth 100,000 Galleons, then they only need to spend 10,000 Galleons first, and then pay 150 Galleons every month - which is equivalent to only adding three more junior staff. The employee establishment can enjoy the increased combat power of more than ten Aurors.

In fact, the conditions offered by Helga were far more generous than she imagined, because she did not know the concept of "devaluation" at all.

Galleons, the currency of the magical world, are slowly depreciating like the currency of the non-magical world. Galleons appeared in the mid-13th century. At that time, the purchasing power of one galleung was roughly equivalent to the purchasing power of six thousand galleons today - the currency of the wizarding world was depreciating at a rate of 1.2% per year.

In other words, fifty years later the Ministry of Magic will still pay 150 Galleons a month for the purchase of dolls at Hogwarts, but the 150 Galleons at that time was only equivalent to 82 Galleons today - which is equivalent to Helga. Without knowing it, I gave the Ministry of Magic a % discount.

Same with Bones. However, although she knows nothing about economics, she still has simple arithmetic skills.

Helga didn't have any objections either. She didn't expect to make much money from the Ministry of Magic. Making money would depend on orders from major magic families.

"Can we all use installment payment?" she asked, and then she felt a little embarrassed and said that for this reason, she could accept the unit price of the doll to be increased by a certain amount based on the original price.

As the most powerful director of the Ministry of Magic, Bones naturally had ideas about the position of Minister of Magic, and the Dementor incident completely ignited her ambitions.

It's all part of the plan.

After a little calculation, she found that it only cost one hundred and fifty galleons per month, and her eyes lit up.

There are quite a few people in the wizarding world who are dissatisfied with Fudge, and he can contact them secretly, and then initiate an impeachment against Fudge and oust him. After taking the stage, he can purchase a batch of Professor White's dolls with zero down payment. If those dolls are as good as Professor White says, then they will be her credit.

Seeing Professor White relent, Bones was overjoyed: This way she could purchase many advanced equipment with a very low starting capital, and such a high budget cost would become insignificant when spread over decades.

After watching what happened to Fudge at the gate of Hogwarts, Bones felt that the time was ripe.

But you can't blame her. , it’s a bit hard to expect a witch who lived in the Middle Ages to understand economics. Not to mention Hufflepuff, few contemporary wizards have this knowledge.

After reaching a cooperation with Professor White in private, Bones left the office in a happy mood. Next, she wants to meet with those who are talking about the pure-blood family and talk about how they can support her.

Since the day when the Dementors broke into Hogwarts, the wizarding world has been like the sea level before the storm. It is calm on the surface, but everyone knows that the storm is brewing secretly...

Time quickly came to the end of October, and the students gradually forgot about the stormy game and the "Parents Open Day" the next day. Instead, the hot news was the upcoming Principal's Open Day. Students in the third grade of Hogwarts and above can go to Hogsmeade village on the premise that their parents sign a permission form. Initially, there was no such rule. Students could enter and exit the school to Hogsmeade at any time, and there was no time and Age restrictions.

But later, with the development of Hogsmeade, the village became a mixed bag, and at the same time, many products that were not suitable for young students to buy appeared. In order to strengthen management, Hogwarts finally controlled the students' qualifications to enter and exit Hogsmeade Village.

Of course, it was difficult for Rice to understand the difficulties of later principals. In his opinion, the children were just getting drunk at places like the Three Broomsticks. Is it really necessary to be so strict? Is it making a mountain out of a molehill?
However, doubts are still doubts, and the rules must be followed. The way Les went to Hogsmeade was completely in compliance with the school's rules. He asked his "guardian" Lupert to sign the application form for him.

So he was able to walk out of Hogwarts openly at the end of October and go to Hogsmeade.

After being surrounded by parents once, Fudge had rescinded the order for dementors to be stationed around Hogwarts, and instead sent Aurors and strikers to station outside Hogwarts to ensure the safety of the school.

In his opinion, without the help of Dementors, it was a bit fanciful for just a few wizards to capture Sirius. But failing to capture Sirius would only affect his position in the future. If he continued to send dementors, he would have to step down now, so Fudge made a compromise.

But Fudge was just unhappy, and everyone else was happy to see the dementors disappear.

A female Auror with colorfully dyed hair checked Les's application form. Although the Rupert on the form and the Les in front of her obviously had different surnames, she did not inquire further and just took out a thin stick. It was a thin metal rod, and I planned to let Les and the others go through it after the security check.

This metal rod, used to detect dark magic, made a sharp explosion as it swept over Les, and the entire rod became extremely hot.

Les:?
Tonks:? ? ?

"What happened? Is it broken?" Tonks took the stick aside and shook it, making it quiet again.

Les looked at the metal rod thoughtfully.

"Sorry, the department hasn't updated its equipment for a while - but this situation is really rare." Tonks smiled apologetically at Les, feeling that she must have frightened the poor child just now.

Sure enough, when the child's body was scanned again, the detection rod did not make any abnormal sound.

"Okay, have fun~" Tonks turned sideways and released Les and the others from the campus.

"What's wrong? I seemed to have heard an alarm just now?" Kingsley walked over from a short distance away.

"There's something wrong with what the ministry sent out."

Kingsley sighed: "I'll go back and talk to Stringer to see if we can update a batch of equipment."

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Here is the second update. I will continue writing. Please read it when you get up in the morning~
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