Me and countless me.

Chapter 271 Fast-forward Industrial Establishment

A large part of what Li Ke said to Chandler was true, but a lot of it was not true, at least not now.

After all, many industries are no longer his industries now.

As for the fact that thousands of people die every year in the French industry, it is actually because the mines are in South Africa.

Although they pay their employees very high salaries, unfortunately, locals may not be able to get this salary, and even if they do, they cannot keep it.

Their local gangs, warlords and so on would contact these mining companies, package the workers for them, and then pay them wages uniformly.

There is no way for their family to change this. After all, their mines in South Africa do not actually belong to them completely, and the people in charge do not allow them to change the quality of life and environment of local South Africans.

Moreover, this is actually beneficial to their family.

Fortunately, Li Ke's grandfather and father were not extremely bad people. The workers in the mines under their names at least had work clothes and meals to eat, and were allowed to take some away, which at least kept their families from starving to death. If the workers' families lacked medicine, they could also come here for treatment.

But it is impossible to take it away, because if it is allowed, many despicable things will happen.

And there is no way to do more things. Such a change in strategic policy is not something they can do.

However, it was precisely because of this tiny change that their family was marginalized among the old money families in France.

Again.

How can a person who can be an enemy of Britain for his entire life be a good person?
Therefore, the local workers changed very quickly. Often, some workers had just become familiar with the machines and were taken away by the warlords, or requisitioned, and then the warlords sent some more people over.

This cycle repeats itself over and over again, resulting in workers having neither the ability nor the time to learn how to operate high-end machines and safety work manuals, and are forced to become sweatshop laborers.

But because the loss is relatively small, no one cares.

Therefore, to some extent, Li Ke was not wrong.

However, Chandler still had his own doubts about Li Ke's proposal.

"So, how can we benefit from Muggles? After all, as you know, when doing business with Muggles, there will always be various problems and a lot of troubles. If the troubles are more than the benefits, then it is still not enough."

For an old family like the Chandler family, it was not uncommon for Muggles to abandon their wizards after using them. Just as they would never record how wizards persecuted Muggles in detail, Muggles would never say how they persecuted wizards.

Moreover, it is easy to obtain large quantities of supplies from the Muggle world, but the difficulty lies in how to ensure that there will be no problems in the transaction and that there will be various errors, and most importantly, the problem of the Ministry of Magic.

"It's simple, because you found the wrong person and cooperated with the wrong person before, and the times are different now. Also, you didn't find a trustworthy ordinary person in a high position among the ordinary people."

Li Ke looked at Chandler, and Chandler also knew that just as there was no one in a high position that the wizards could trust, there was no one among the Muggles who had strong strength and charm.

But now, there is.

"As for how to make friends with the upper class of ordinary people? For ordinary people, it is very difficult to fix their teeth, change their appearance, or even grow hair again, complete bones, and repair internal organs. But for us wizards, these are not a problem at all. It can even be said to be easy, especially for some internal organ diseases, such as kidney stones, fatty liver, blood clots, cerebral hemorrhage and the like. For wizards, it is just a small spell, but for ordinary people, hehe..."

Li Ke smiled and said nothing. The most buggy things in the wizarding world are the various potions and healing spells. Even if the body is cut in half, it can be glued back together. As long as the person does not die suddenly on the spot, or loses too many organs at once, he can be saved on the spot.

Even something more exaggerated.

Li Ke looked at the cat that he had transformed using Transfiguration. This cat was real and its internal organs had real functions. It could digest food and defecate. However, once the magic power completely dissipated, it would return to its original appearance.

The most crucial thing to change a society is to develop productivity and change the production structure. If you want to develop the wizarding world, Li Ke doesn't even need to develop productivity. He just needs to change the wizards' thinking logic.

After all, the wizarding world is still in the feudal era in the European sense. He is not even one of them. No, he does not even have the capital...

"No one is not afraid of death and wants a healthy body... There is one thing I must tell you. Wizards have power that others do not have. There is no need to be humble and beg for peace. Of course, we don't need to be too arrogant. After all, arrogance cannot bring wealth and benefits. But that will happen after this year. With the population of the magic world, our family's financial resources are enough to subvert the French economic system."

In fact, in Li Ke's opinion, arrogance is the biggest problem, so he stood up and extended his hand to Chandler.

"Well, Mr. Chandler, it's time for us to solve some of your business problems. Since you don't like killing people, then a convenient smuggling channel will also help you understand how far wizards lag behind ordinary people in terms of production capacity. What you consider expensive is cheap in our eyes."

Li Ke stretched out his hand, and a dazzling light suddenly emerged from Li Ke's hand. The magic in this world was unreasonable. Although stable portals like double-sided cabinets were rare, they did exist.

In addition, there are completely unreasonable portkeys and apparition shifts, so that in this world, even if Li Ke creates his own version of a portal, it is so simple that it amazes Li Ke.

For this point, we have to praise Tang Monk Li Ke for his awesomeness.

His combat and scientific research experience was truly invaluable! It was with the help of his opponent's experience and strength that he was able to use these spells with ease, and even create several advanced spells in a short period of time!
He is not only a genius in political science who is eloquent and good at fighting, but also a research genius in the standard sense. However, when you think about what he has experienced, these achievements seem so natural.

Thinking of Tang Seng Li Ke's experience, French Li Ke couldn't help but shiver, and then walked into the portal.

The next moment after entering the portal, Chandler followed and came to the place prepared by Li Ke.

The next moment, Chandler's eyes widened.

Gold, silver, gems, and all kinds of precious metals were piled up in a small room, shining brilliantly under the lights, and almost in an instant, Chandler realized what kind of resources and wealth this first-year student from Beauxbatons in front of him possessed!

"Magic potatoes are the same as ordinary potatoes, so I guess wizard gold is the same."

Li Ke paused, then gently pointed the magic wand, causing two pieces of gold to float up and appear in front of Chandler.

"So I want to know, Mr. Chandler."

His smile was like that of a devil luring people into hell.

"Of these two pieces of gold, which one belongs to the wizarding world, and which one belongs to ordinary people?"

This question stumped Chandler, because he finally realized how huge the wealth of the Muggles was. At this moment, he subconsciously drew out the wand in his hand, wanting to cast an Imperius Curse or something to knock down Li Ke and get all the wealth in front of him!
His eyes and heart became extremely nervous and began to tremble. His greed for money and his own rationality kept colliding, causing his breathing to become rapid.

Although his family was rich, the gold in the entire vault was not the kind of gold coins mixed with various alloys, but so much pure gold...

Sorry, he really hasn't seen it!
The gold here can be cast into gold galleons, enough to buy the entire French wizarding world!
How can he control himself?

Li Ke naturally saw this, so he leisurely opened his arms towards Chandler.

"It seems that greed has blinded your eyes, Chandler. Everyone loves money, let alone you who need money. So I allow your offense. Just attack me, Chandler, but try your best..." With his eyes slightly narrowed, Li Ke's voice revealed coldness.

"...survive."

Chandler didn't know how he survived, because he only saw a green light covering the entire vault after he showed hostility and cast the spell.

He knew what it was. It was an endless, heart-piercing pain that enveloped the entire vault.

Almost immediately, he lost his ability to fight and could only watch his body fly out like a rag doll and then fall to the ground.

He almost thought he was dead, but he felt like he was not dead. However, no matter how he struggled, it was useless because Li Ke's power was too strong.

This powerful force instantly shattered all his self-confidence. Li Ke made him stand up again and again, but was defeated by the opponent again and again.

Even if the opponent just used the levitation spell in the end, you would still lose.

He swore that he had never tried so hard to kill someone before, but it was still useless.

The other party just stood there, looking at him with contempt, and allowed him to use all kinds of evil curses and magic.

But it was useless. Even Li Huo was useless in front of the opponent.

The battle was lost from the beginning.

Completely lost.

"What's your choice, Chandler?"

Looking at Chandler, who was panting and trying all his tricks but couldn't defeat him, Li Ke stood there quietly, looking at the first person he recruited in the magic world.

With a slight flick of the magic wand, Li Ke threw the walnut cane that Chandler had dropped to the side long ago in front of Chandler.

"You will either betray me and slowly decay and die with the glory of pure blood. Or you will serve me wholeheartedly, respect me as your leader, truly connect the two worlds, find a way for the two worlds to coexist, and move towards a greater future."

The cane bounced a few times on the ground, making a crisp sound, and fell in front of its owner, Chandler. Chandler, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head, but found that Li Ke's figure was backlit, so he couldn't see the other person's face clearly.

but--

Strength, combat awareness, vision, wealth, territory, manpower, wisdom, knowledge...

He was crushed in all aspects. In front of his lord, he felt like a real first-year student, without any ability to resist.

Cruel and decisive, calm and elegant. Farsighted and kind, with an almost instinctive "who else but me" attitude towards power.

Then the answer is obvious.

Chandler realized this and stumbled to his feet.

"Then... the answer is obvious!"

He picked up his cane, the scepter that represented the glory of his family and the glory on which he depended for survival. He held the scepter tightly and closed his eyes.

In the days of decadence, days without hope, one can only act like a villain.

He's had enough!

If their end is bound to be a slow demise, then why not? Why not give it a try?

Looking at the seemingly immature figure, Chandler roared in anger, expressing all his dissatisfaction with his slow decline in the past. Then he raised his crutch high, raised his thigh, and suddenly broke the crutch that represented the past above his knee!

"I will be loyal to you!"

The sound of wood breaking was accompanied by a firm and clear voice, and Li Ke couldn't help but smile.

"Very well, Chandler, I accept your allegiance then."

Li Ke spread his hands.

"And the first thing we have to do is to find people like you, then integrate what we have in our industry, and then start to control the daily supplies and daily commodities of the entire French magic world, as well as..."

He raised his palm, and the black chess piece gleamed brightly in his hand.

"future."

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Furong has been a little annoyed recently because she found that Li Ke has been acting mysterious recently. She used the unlocking spell to go to Li Ke's dormitory to look for Li Ke but could not find him. The senior schoolmates have become more and more obsessed with Li Ke, but she can't find any evidence of who took Li Ke away.

On this day, Furong finally saw Li Ke talking to someone in the library of Beauxbatons, so she quickly came to Li Ke and grabbed Li Ke's arm.

"Legolas, what have you been doing lately? Why do I always disappear after class?"

Li Ke looked at Furong, and his mind quickly flashed over what he had done during this period of time:
"Assassination, threats, bribery, establishment of secret societies, annexation of shops, malicious takeovers, relying on the abundant supplies and funds of the Muggle world to fight price wars where goods are almost given away for free, guiding others to become their own lackeys, beating up classmates' parents and ensuring their loyalty, bribing high-ranking officials and front-line staff of the Ministry of Magic, establishing stable smuggling channels that will not be discovered by the Ministry of Magic, and using the Traceless Extension Charm and Apparition to carry out smuggling channels to the ordinary world, hiring dark creatures to protect the safety of their assets in the ordinary world, sending competitors in the ordinary world to meet Dementors and dragons, using potions to make secret exchanges of interests with French political bigwigs, using the Soul Reaper to influence politicians' elections, helping their parents to move up the ladder, using magic to swallow up the money and assets in zombie accounts, and with the help of bribed Ministry of Magic staff, obtaining several Trident nuclear missile heads and their launch codes, as well as ownership of a military base..."

In the end, all these words turned into one sentence in Li Ke's mind, allowing him to tell Furong what he had done during this period of time with a kind and pure smile.

"make friends."

　I swear you don't want to read what I write about farming, developing the economy and industry in the magical world, and all kinds of plain business warfare techniques.

　　Because it's so watery, and enough to open another book.

　　So skipped it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)