The King of Flags at Hogwarts

"Hogwarts".

"Oh, come on up, come on up quickly. We can only take you to Hogsmeade Village. From there, you can walk to Hogwarts yourself. It's not a long way!"

Ah, your wand is truly unique! I've never seen such an interesting wand before! I just hope you keep it safe, lest it prick my butt while you're driving..."

Shen Muli walked on the rough, gravelly road. "The road infrastructure in these developed countries isn't much better than ours! We're developing so fast, we'll catch up with them sooner or later!"

Shen Muli stood in front of the gates of Hogwarts and gently tapped her glasses. Blue lines appeared in the upper left corner, which then formed several numbers: "09:59".

She nodded in satisfaction, brushed off non-existent dust from her clothes, and looked at the magnificent castle.

The towering buildings are imposing and the entire complex exudes a powerful magic.

“This is almost half the size of Kunlun Academy,” Shen Muli exclaimed. “There are only a few wizards in Britain, yet the school is so big. No wonder Hogwarts is known as one of the best magic schools.”

Just then, the number on the glasses changed to "10:00".

The doors of Hogwarts suddenly opened by themselves, and a beautiful girl with burgundy hair, dressed in a Hogwarts uniform, suddenly appeared before Shen Muli's eyes.

"Hello, my name is Bobby Evans, welcome to Hogwarts."

He speaks fluent Mandarin, with a slight Jiangsu accent.

Shen Muli noticed that the girl's school uniform was not from any particular house. The uniform had four colors: blue, red, yellow, and green. The badge on her chest was an "H" with four animals, which was the Hogwarts school crest.

So, this is the legendary young lady.

"Hello, Miss Evans, I've heard so much about you. I'm from China, and my name is Shen Muli."

Chapter 117 Isn't it delightful?

"Miss Evans speaks excellent Chinese."

"You flatter me! It's just so-so! But Miss Shen, it's truly remarkable that you could find Hogwarts and arrive so punctually, especially since you're unfamiliar with the area!"

The two exchanged pleasantries as they entered Hogwarts Castle.

"As expected of an ancient school with a thousand-year history, its profound heritage is truly amazing!"

Shen Muli pointed to a stone statue that was automatically cleaning the courtyard, "This stone statue looks quite old, doesn't it? It's amazing that it can still work after all these years. Your weapon-refining skills are really impressive."

Bobby said apologetically, "Um... this is the fully automatic household garden stone care device ver.3.2, a new product from our Ant Merchant Guild. It looks dated because we aged it so we can sell it to pure-blood families for a higher price."

Shen Muli: …………

"We're still in class, why don't we find a place to have some tea?"

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

If you were to ask which place in the entire Hogwarts was Bobby's favorite,

That would have to be the kitchen.

Shen Muli stared blankly as Bobby scratched the pear in the drawing, then walked into the bustling kitchen with a bewildered expression.

"Your Majesty!"

"Her Majesty the Queen has arrived!"

Shen Muli knew that there were domesticated elves in Europe, but she had never seen them before. Today, she saw more than a hundred of them, which was quite a treat.

"Um, who is it? Shiba-bo! Prepare tea and snacks and bring them to my room!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Bobby led Shen Muli to a wooden cabinet. With a gentle wave of her hand, the cabinet bounced aside, revealing a secret passage.

Shen Muli: ……

What kind of underground work is this?

“Miss Shen, you may not know this, but I recently discovered a secret room. It is believed to be where Hufflepuff, one of the founders of Hogwarts, enjoyed her meals.”

The two walked through the narrow passage and arrived at a room.

Although it's underground, the lighting is surprisingly good.

What Shen Muli didn't know was that this room was in the same style as the Slytherin common room.

Outside the huge glass window is the beautiful scenery of the bottom of Black Lake, with several huge rocks on the lakebed just outside the room, emitting a soft blue light.

A little mermaid was resting against the glass when she saw Bobby come down, and immediately went to call her friends happily.

"Miss Shen, please have a seat."

Looking at the brightly colored velvet furniture, various gold items, and the tea table made of rare wood, Shen Muli sighed inwardly.

First, I'm amazed that this girl is really rich; second, I'm amazed that she has no taste.

Shen Muli sat on the sofa, and the blue velvet sofa immediately surrounded her, the soft cushions and backrest actively conforming to her body.

Before she could even speak, the sofa began to shake, startling Minister Shen.

"Don't be afraid, this is also a new product, called the 'Bone Relaxation' massage sofa. The British are ignorant; they're terrified when they hear 'bone relaxation,' unlike our Miss Shen, who isn't afraid at all!"

Shen Muli closed her eyes slightly. This thing is really great. She was shaken to death on the Knight Bus just now, but sitting on this massage sofa feels so good!

"Miss Evans, are these sofas and the garden cleaning stone figure we just saw already available for sale in your company?"

"Of course!"

Bobby snapped his fingers, and tea and snacks were immediately laid out on the tea table.

"Miss Shen, let's eat and chat!"

Shen Muli found it strange. She felt like she was back in China. Eating and chatting at the same time is a Chinese custom, but how could this young lady do it so naturally? It was as if she always did things this way.

Shen Muli looked at the table, which was filled with a dazzling array of pastries.

Osmanthus cake, peach shortbread, glutinous rice strips, sugar cake, glutinous rice balls, peanut brittle, fried candies, and a small dish of shortbread.

Shen Muli picked up a small piece of peach shortbread with two fingers and took a small bite.

This taste!

It's so authentic! It's even better than 90% of the peach shortbread in China!

Bobby looked at Shen Muli's expression with satisfaction and said with a grin, "Miss Shen, please have some tea. Although taking a bite of pastry and a sip of tea is a kind of desecration to this tea, I personally think that tea is meant to bring pleasure, so naturally, do whatever makes you feel comfortable."

"What makes you say that, Miss Evans?" Shen Muli raised her teacup and took a sip.

This tea!

The soup is bright orange-yellow in color, with a rich aroma and a lingering orchid fragrance, perfectly capturing the essence of liveliness, sweetness, clarity, and fragrance.

"This is Da Hong Pao!"

Bobby nodded: "That's right, these are the tea leaves produced by those mother trees on the cliff of Kowloon Creek."

Shen Muli was shocked!

In 1972, during Nixon's visit to China, the leader presented him with four taels of Da Hong Pao mother plant tea. Because Nixon was unaware of the scarcity and extreme value of the Da Hong Pao mother plant, he privately complained that the leader was stingy. It wasn't until the Premier explained to Nixon, saying, "The Chairman has already given away 'half the country'," that Nixon realized the preciousness of the Da Hong Pao mother plant tea.

"This, this, this..." Shen Muli could no longer taste the tea at this point.

Using the mother plant of Da Hong Pao to make peach shortbread? Even the slightest thought of this is a sin!

But why does it taste even better?

Bobby laughed: "You don't need to do that. I had this auctioned off last year. If you finish it, I can just buy another one next year."

Shen Muli shook her head inwardly. You make it sound so easy. She knew about last year's auction: 20 grams of tea fetched a sky-high price of 14 RMB! But less than 50 grams were actually bought! It turns out they all ended up with Bobby.

She composed herself and decided to talk about business first.

“Miss Evans, my superiors have asked me to discuss business cooperation between the magical communities of our two countries with you…”

"Oh dear~~" Bobby laughed, interrupting Shen Muli's words, "I'll call you Sister Shen, and then we'll cooperate. This is such a small matter, why do we need to talk about it? I'll give you a product quote later, and I guarantee it will only be slightly higher than the cost price."

"We're meeting for the first time today, but you look so kind to me, it's as if we've known each other for hundreds of years! It's so heartwarming!"

Just then, the door to the Hufflepuff Chamber was pushed open, and Jady walked in.

"Oh, I've come at a bad time. You have guests?"

Jady walked over to Bobby and whispered in her ear, "You too, you clearly had guests, why did you call me over? You made me leave Brother Li and rush over here."

Bobby winked at her. (I'm doing this for your own good. Don't spend all your time being all lovey-dovey with your Li brother; you need your own social life too.)

Jadi rolled her eyes at her, and Bobby chuckled as she introduced, "This is my good friend, Jadi Indigo. Just by looking at her face, you should be able to tell what kind of person she is."

"Jetty, this is Sister Shen Muli, from China."

Jiedi was overjoyed: "I'm from Yangzhou, may I ask who you are...?"

Shen Muli smiled and said, "Hello, Miss Indigo. I am Shen Muli, and my hometown is in the southwest."

Jadi smiled and said, "I can tell from your accent, you're from Yunnan, right?"

Shen Muli nodded: "Miss Indigo has a deep understanding of China. I am indeed from Yunnan."

Bobby chuckled and snapped his fingers.

The tea table disappeared the next moment, replaced by a small stove, a barbecue grill, and a small table.

A small stove was simmering steamed chicken in a clay pot, and the barbecue grill was full of marinated skewers. On a small table were dipping sauces containing Yunnan spicy fermented bean curd, scallions, cilantro, and houttuynia cordata.

Shen Muli's current feelings can no longer be described as surprise. As soon as she said she was from Yunnan, Yunnan delicacies were served immediately.

Bobby picked up a skewer of pig teeth, tapped it on the grill, and a flame quickly rose up, enveloping the skewer. The flame subsided in just two seconds.

The skewers are cooked through, just right.

Bobby dipped the skewer in the sauce and took a big, satisfying bite.

"Sister Shen, please try it and see if ours is authentic?"

It's definitely authentic; the taste is better than Shen Muli expected.

"Sister Shen, I think you could buy a batch of these new grills."

"Of course I know your weapon-forging skills are very high, but I actually know about the situation in your country. There's a group of people who are very obsessed with foreign things and are willing to pay for anything foreign. I'll sell these to you at a fair price, and you can resell them to those fake foreigners and make money off them!"

Shen Muli was a little dizzy from the spiciness. She thought Bobby made a lot of sense. If they could make money from those fake foreigners, wouldn't they be able to support the construction of the autonomous region?