Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 290 Fudge's Promotion
"Clang, clang, clang..."

The Hogwarts Express was running through the long valley, with white steam rising from time to time.

The little wizard had a sad face yesterday, but today everyone had a smile on their face and no longer felt worried.

Yesterday, they were worried that Hogwarts would be closed and would never reopen.

But this morning, the well-informed little wizard learned that the basilisk had been destroyed!
The reason why they still had to come back was because the professor planned to do a major cleanup of Hogwarts, so the little wizard needed to leave for a while.

When they were about to leave, they even saw Headmaster Dumbledore!
Dumbledore was still wearing the white wizard robe as usual, and his half-moon glasses made him look a little naughty.

He tapped the glass and said happily, "Don't think too much. Take a good rest at home for a week. We will meet again in Hogwarts in a week!"

The young wizards also raised their glasses and shouted, "See you again at Hogwarts!"

"See you again at Hogwarts!!"

"See you again at Hogwarts!!!"

In the express train, Ron wandered among the group of young wizards, loudly telling what he had seen and heard last night.

Not only did he say it himself, he also pulled Harry over and asked Harry to prove that he was right.

Hermione, Draco and Lin Xia were in the same box and did not close the door.

Hermione looked at Ron's excited face outside and shook her head: "If I didn't know him, I would have thought he had killed the basilisk."

Lin Xia smiled and said, "Almost. We all contributed a little."

She doesn't attribute all the glory to Harry.

Although Harry contributed the most to destroying the basilisk, it took the joint efforts of these young wizards to destroy Voldemort.

Lin Xia said thoughtfully: "And it's not just Ron, his brothers are even more excited than him."

Draco admitted: "Perhaps this is a Weasley family tradition."

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.

After a while, they heard the voices of George and Fred.

Around them, there was a large group of senior wizards, who asked them about their experience in dealing with the basilisk last night.

George: “It was definitely a thrilling night. After I went back home, I couldn’t sleep for a long time and had a nightmare about being eaten by a basilisk.

When I woke up from my dream, I suddenly realized that the basilisk was dead and I didn't need to be afraid of it. "

Fred: "I also had a dream about the basilisk. I dreamed that I sold the basilisk for a good price. Even Professor Snape had to beg me to buy the basilisk's organs, but I refused to sell them to him!"

Someone asked: "So what will happen to the snake monster?"

George shrugged. "Deal with it as you wish, bro. It's a basilisk, a captive basilisk of Slytherin."

Fred added: "It is considered the property of the academy. I'm afraid only the headmaster can deal with it. Anyway, it is not something that we little wizards can handle."

Hearing this, other wizards couldn't help but laugh and said, "Haha, in the end, it will still fall into Professor Snape's pocket!"

George shouted, "How is that possible! We wrote a letter to other potion masters, telling them that Hogwarts has caught the basilisk and asked them to go to school and ask for it back!"

Fred also added: "Professor Snape, don't think you can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor!"

It was the first time that Lin Xia heard such inside information. She couldn't help but secretly give them a thumbs up. They were the ones who suffered the most.

Hermione also asked with a smile: "Lin Xia, what are you going to do during this week's vacation?"

Lin Xia said: "I plan to stay in the manor and review my knowledge, and get good grades at the end of the semester. If there is more time, I will continue my research.

I have a clue about the audio version of the Guardian Charm, and all I need to do is experiment."

Hermione nodded and said with a sense of crisis: "I have to study hard too."

She looked at Draco: "What about you?"

Draco spread his hands: "I wanted to relax, but seeing you all so excited, what can I do? I naturally stayed at home to study.

I happened to have some interesting magic books that I hadn't read yet, so I took a look at them.

This school year at Hogwarts has been too busy. I don’t know what I’m busy with every day, and I don’t have much private space.”

There was a cheerful atmosphere in the train. The little wizard came to the King's Platform and then went to other places under the guidance of his parents.

Before Lin Xia left, she saw Mrs. Weasley yelling at Ron and the two twins.

The loud sound attracted the attention of all the wizards who had not left.

"I don't ask you to make progress, I just want you to stay in school honestly, why can't you even do that?

God, do you know how panicked I was when I got that letter from Dumbledore? I thought something had happened to Ron again, but -"

Mrs. Weasley glared at the twins fiercely, "Even you two are playing along with your brother!

That's a basilisk!
When ordinary people see a basilisk, they will definitely run as far away as possible, but you went towards it and wanted to deal with it!
Thank God, I am so happy to see you back with all your limbs intact. I was just afraid that Dumbledore would say that there was something wrong with your health."

Ron gestured as if explaining something.

This only made Mrs. Weasley even angrier.

"No, you still want to go out and play? Forget it, you have to stay at home and work. I will be responsible for supervising you. There is a large vegetable garden behind the house waiting to be fertilized!"

When Lin Xia and Draco could no longer hear any sound, Draco asked, "Does Ron still grow vegetables at home? Why haven't I heard him mention that?"

Lin Xia was silent for a moment, "Maybe that's just what they think, those are just dishes."

Facing Draco's puzzled look, she explained: "Ron once said that he also grew mandrakes in his vegetable garden."

Draco: "...their food fetish is really unique. I can't imagine what it would taste like to eat Mandrake as a dish."

Lin Xia smiled and said, "Don't mention it. If I have time, I really want to go to the Weasley's house to experience it."

They looked around and came to an open space.

While no one was around, Lin Xia took out a car from the traceless retractable ring.

The two got into the car, activated the stealth mode, then activated the flight mode, and flew all the way back in the sky.

At this time, Lin Xia also realized the shortcomings of the car.

Although flying in the air is easy enough, not everyone has the time to stare at the sky.

She wondered thoughtfully when the wizarding world would develop a positioning system, preferably one that could drive autonomously.

However, if a large number of cars are sold, and everyone chooses to become invisible in the air, autonomous driving will not be able to identify the vehicles, and a car crash may occur.

They hurried and arrived at Malfoy's manor an hour later.

The enthusiastic Aunt Narcissa called Lin Xia and pulled her in.

Lin Xia's parents are still exploring the Malson Forest and have not returned.

Narcissa simply said, "Why don't you stay at Malfoy Manor for this week and talk to me."

Lin Xia shook her head and politely declined: "Aunt, I have to go back to the manor, otherwise the creatures in the manor will not recognize me as their master, and I also have to clean up the weeds in the manor." Aunt Narcissa said regretfully: "Okay."

She repeatedly emphasized: "If you encounter any difficulties, come to me, don't be too polite."

Lin Xia smiled slightly: "I will."

Returning to the manor, Lin Xia opened the door and was first greeted by the robot.

"Hello, Master Lin Xia."

The simple robot intelligence recognized the date and asked in confusion: "It's not your holiday yet, why did you come back?"

Lin Xia lay on the sofa and stretched comfortably: "The school gave me a temporary holiday, so I came back to see if all the letters from the past few days have been sorted out. I want to take a look at the letters."

"It's packed. Everything is organized in the storage box."

Lin Xia looked up and saw the storage box was placed on the table, in a very conspicuous position.

She couldn't help but exclaimed: "Well done!"

"Thank you for the compliment, little master."

Lin Xia read the letters one by one. Some of them were surprised that after the invention of the guardian button, some readers sent thank-you letters to their homes instead of to Hogwarts.

This is a bit interesting.

Her home address was not revealed to anyone, so those who knew it must be no simple person.

After reading the thank-you letter, Lin Xia's eyes flickered slightly.

As expected, some families could no longer sit still.

They were dissatisfied with such huge profits being encroached upon by a school like Hogwarts, and said in the letter that their family could be contacted as an agent at any time and would give Lin Xia a satisfactory price.

This statement is relatively straightforward.

Others were more tactful, saying that they would give Lin Xia a reward fund and let her invent anything without asking for anything in return.

Lin Xia is not a three-year-old child anymore.

This kind of coaxing words can be taken casually, if you take it seriously you will lose.

She shook her head and continued reading the letter.

The other letters were nothing more than greetings to her parents and asking when they could find time to meet. These were all addressed to her parents.

Lin Xia looked at it and put it aside.

Finally, she set her eyes on a letter from Cornelius Fudge.

Lin Xia tapped the table lightly with her fingers, lost in thought.

To be honest, when she saw Fudge going to arrest Hagrid on the orders of the Ministry of Magic, she thought about whether she should communicate with Fudge alone to see if there was any other way around the matter of Hagrid.

But then she thought about it carefully, she and Fudge were not allies, nor were they close friends, so there was no point in looking for him, so Lin Xia gave up.

And this letter was sent to us. Does that mean there has been a result in their last discussion about providing special weapons to the Ministry of Magic?
Lin Xia raised her eyebrows and opened the letter.

Lin Xia was not wrong, there was indeed a result, and the result was even better than she had imagined.

Fudge said in the letter that thanks to his efforts, the Ministry of Magic was willing to have the Lin family produce the Aurors' equipment, but the prerequisite was that the quality must be up to standard and the power must be stronger.

At the same time, the Lin family needs to make a concession on price and must offer a 20% discount on the price of similar rare items on the market.

Lin Xia sneered when she saw this.

For the customization of high-end rare items, we are being considerate by not raising the price for you. Now you still want a price reduction?

It has to be more powerful, more effective, and last longer than similar products, and it also has to be sold at a lower price?
No capitalist is as heartless as you!

Lin Xia waved her wand, the suitcase opened, and an automatic quill and parchment flew out, recording her words in a very eloquent manner.

"Mr. Cornelius, I'm very glad that the Ministry of Magic is willing to cooperate with the Lin family, but unfortunately, we can't compromise on the price. At the same time, because the quality is better than similar products, the price will also increase..."

After Lin Xia finished writing the letter, she called an owl and sent the letter out, specifically marking it for Cornelius Fudge of the Ministry of Magic.

At the same time, here at the Ministry of Magic.

Connelly and his group encountered a trouble.

Dumbledore wrote a letter asking them to release Hagrid immediately, and severely criticized their arrest process for not complying with regulations, and demoted everyone.

But there was only one person who was not demoted, and that was Cornelius Fudge, only he was promoted!

He used to be the team leader of the Weapons Support and Logistics Department, and now he has been transferred to the Foreign Affairs Department as director!

What is the difference between the Foreign Affairs Department and the Weapons Support Department?

One has a nice title, and is responsible for managing all external affairs, but the power is not great. He has to control the external image of the Ministry of Magic and, when necessary, he has to go out to solicit sponsorship.

Yes, the Ministry of Magic also needs to attract sponsorship, every year.

Sponsorship fees are part of the funding source for the Ministry of Magic.

During the years that Dumbledore was in charge of the Ministry of Magic, the Ministry was very popular among the people and wizards were happy to sponsor the Ministry.

Sponsorship fees gradually became a large part of the Ministry of Magic's funding.

Such was the power of Dumbledore.

But if Fudge was given a choice, he would rather not become the director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and stay in the Department of Weapons Support. After all, this position is a position of real power.

The most important thing is, it’s easy to make money!

Fudge accepted everyone's compliments, as well as the sarcasm from his demoted colleagues, with a smile on his face, but a bitter smile in his heart.

He didn't understand why Dumbledore did this.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in Fudge's mind. Could it be that Dumbledore discovered his talent and wanted to use him more?
Although Fudge felt that Dumbledore's position was a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality, he was the director of a department and the Foreign Affairs Department had hundreds of employees.

After he took over, he directly managed hundreds of people, how cool!
The glamor of this position made Fudge's mind a little confused for a moment.

Although Umbridge was upset about being demoted, she continued to compliment Fudge.

"Director Fudge, the great Dumbledore has been paying attention to you. He must have discovered your talent, so he transferred you to the Department of Foreign Affairs as the director. You will definitely be very successful!"

Fudge was so happy that he waved his hand and said, "Come with me to the Foreign Affairs Department!"

Umbridge said happily, "Good, good, good!"

In fact, when colleagues saw their faces, they felt disgusted and wanted to vomit.

After they left, the demoted colleagues started to speak up: "The last time we caught Hagrid, it must have been Fudge's conspiracy. We were dragged into it so that he could get a promotion!"

"Yes, my son went home on holiday today and sent me a letter saying that the basilisk has been destroyed and it was not Hagrid's doing at all."

"He is such a mean person!"

(End of this chapter)