Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

It sounds easy to do, but potions require the presence of a wizard, and stirring is used to increase the magic power in the potion, so making a big pot at a time is already the limit.It is too wasteful for 45 people who can be called potion masters to spend two or three hours a day to make a pot of potion, or a low-level potion like hair growth spirit.

"No." Granger said honestly, "No one would be willing to do something that a first-year Hogwarts can do for decades."

He had expected Lockhart to be disappointed, but Lockhart was overjoyed.

"It sounds like you're saying that potion supply isn't an issue?" he asked.

Granger didn't expect that Lockhart was only concerned about this: "Ah...the material is really not a problem, the hair tonic is a very common potion, and the cultivation of many medicinal materials is already a mature industry, but the key is people. , none of us."

"Didn't you just say that even first-year students at Hogwarts can do it?" Lockhart asked.

Granger hesitated: "...But the quality of what they make is definitely not very good, and there may be slight hiccups, loss of appetite and other side effects."

"Do I need a good quality potion? Oh... don't be afraid of slight side effects. I suspect that if this kind of thing has no side effects at all, Muggles would not dare to buy it. They won't believe that there is such a good thing in the world." Luo Hart reassured.

"If that's the case... no, our association must ensure the quality of medicines

Granger thought for a while, and rejected Lockhart's proposal, and turned to other ideas: "However, if a pharmacist hires 5 to 10 potion apprentices, some of them will specialize in handling medicinal materials, and some will specialize It's not impossible if the pharmacist is responsible for watching the fire and stirring at critical moments."

Are you kidding, pharmacist^], how could you allow so many pharmacists to suddenly appear in the wizarding world to compete with you for jobs, what they eat is to monopolize this business, this is the whole value of the existence of the "guild".

"Look, isn't this possible?"

Lockhart pretended not to hear the other party's selfish intentions, and looked very happy

"But in that case, we will have to openly recruit people on a large scale." Granger muttered to himself.

Lockhart was glad he thought of the question right away.

Chapter 250 Four Re-employment of Retired Employees

After July ended, Lockhart's series of social experiments and preparations finally came to an end, and he and his colleagues from the Ministry of Magic entered the rhythm of the Quidditch competition.

Because of the Wizarding Secrecy Act, the biggest task for the Ministry of Magic is not to prepare venues and equipment, but to coordinate and arrange personnel and transportation.

They have to choose a suitable location to put the door key based on the addresses of all wizard families in the register. If it is too far away from the door key, let him find a way to apparate or use a fireplace to teleport to a closer place, and then use the door key.

This is undoubtedly a difficult task for wizards who are generally bad at mathematics, not to mention that they also have to arrange foreign audiences and contestants to enter the arena, and maintain the order of the game... If it is not for the previous experience of holding games, The Ministry of Magic couldn't handle that.

Because Barty Crouch was no longer in charge, Lockhart was not assigned much work in coordinating transportation, but he needed to shoulder all the tasks of receiving foreign guests.

This is a bit of a task for him, because the foreign guests that will come will not only be Bulgarian and Irish teams, but also officials from the Bulgarian Sports Department, and many wizards from the international sports world will also be present to watch the game.

Not to mention that because of the Five Powers Tournament, the Ministry of Magic of France, the United States, Uganda and Norway will also send people over.

On the one hand, they are watching the game, and on the other hand, they are also examining the preparation level of the British for the game.

Fudge was under a lot of pressure, and he issued a death order, requiring all departments of the Ministry of Magic, except the Department of Mysteries and the Department of Law Enforcement, to follow the rules of the Quidditch World Cup Finals.

Things are the top priority.

He even said publicly that if anyone dares to do something "unsuitable for his status", then he, who is ashamed in front of international friends, will definitely find a way to make his official career very difficult.

In addition, the security work of the guests and the game is also very important.

Fudge sent out all the Aurors, and controlled all the known paths of wizards entering and leaving the country, so as to be foolproof.

Fudge declared that it was impossible for a wizard to cross the border unnoticed under such security.

For what he said, Lockhart felt that it was enough to just listen to it a little bit, and there was no need to take it seriously.

If any wizard really wanted to escape, even if Fudge controlled all known channels in the wizarding world, they could find a way to escape from the Muggles, as evidenced by Sirius.

Especially after the recent construction of the British-French undersea tunnel, any wizard can go to Europe through it, which is far more convenient than riding a broom or taking a ferry. In the past, it is very likely that the "Pttigret" turned into a mouse and then passed through this tunnel. Ways to travel to Albania.

Although Lockhart didn't know where Crouch Jr. had fled to now, he instinctively believed that he should not have escaped from England yet.

This is not because he has much confidence in the Ministry of Magic's search and tracking level, but because he doesn't believe that Crouch Jr. will use such aggrieved means to go to the European continent like Pettigrew.

In order to confirm his own thoughts, Lockhart asked old Barty Crouch to borrow his son's school diary.

Sure enough, in his diary, he believed that Muggles who don't know magic are all weak, belonging to the penultimate layer of the "food chain", only superior to some humanoids

It can be seen that although the little Crouch is cunning and shameless, he, like Voldemort, looks down on Muggles from the bottom of his heart, so he should not use Muggle transportation to Albania.

Despite speculation about Crouch Jr.'s way of thinking, it's a pity that Roja^^ Temple couldn't go and catch him himself.

There are not many people proficient in foreign languages ​​in the Department of International Affairs and Cooperation, there are only two or three people, and Lockhart has only one deputy at his disposal. There may be even less free time.

Lockhart knew a little French and some Slavic Bulgarian, but he knew nothing of Norwegian, so he had to ask around if anyone could.

As a result, he was told that it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t understand Norwegian. He can use runes, that is, ancient runes, to communicate with Norwegians. Moreover, many Norwegians know English. They will definitely bring their own translators when they come to the UK. Lockhart Only then did I feel relieved.

In addition to translation work and reception work, Lockhart also has to bear part of the security work for foreign guests.

Lockhart had half-truthfully complained to the Auror office about this, only to be told that the sports directors of the United States, France, and Uganda had all named Lockhart to protect them.

Did Du Wei make you an "internationally renowned wizard"? They probably thought it would be safer if you were in charge of security." The Aurors said to Lockhart with gusto.

It was only then that Lockhart remembered that his previous books had also been published in the United States, France, and Uganda, and they had heard that he was normal.

As for Uganda, it is very likely that Dumbledore said something to them, or their African Wizarding Union wanted to thank themselves for the fact that 20 British MPs condemned the Gambian witch hunt a few days ago.

"Don't think too much, they probably just have something to discuss with me." Lockhart and his

We speak.

As for Bulgaria, Lockhart is not in charge, because Fudge, as the head of the Irish side, will personally undertake the work of receiving the Bulgarians, which saves Lockhart a lot of worry.

Of course, the Ministry of Magic was not so stupid as to let Lockhart be in charge of the work of foreign guests from the three countries, so in the end, three people were temporarily transferred from the Auror office to him—Williamson, Prout and Dawlish. .

Lockhart is not very familiar with the first two people, because several outstanding Aurors he is familiar with, such as Shacklebolt, as well as Scrimgeour and Robards who are in power, were all transferred to his side by Minister Fudge .

The level of these three people is hard to describe. In short, Lockhart felt that it was difficult to entrust his back to them, especially when he knew that Dawlish would be knocked down by Mrs. Longbottom who failed the spell.

Lockhart very much suspected that Fudge allocated three he didn't really want for the sake of his "fighting power".

Although Lockhart was a little upset, the Ministry of Magic did not object to him hiring outside personnel to be in charge of security when the budget was paid by himself.

So Lockhart found someone he could trust, that is, the famous Alastor Moody, the man known as "the man who filled half of the cells in Azkaban"

Although this old Auror with outstanding military exploits is a bit older now, considering that young people today have not experienced much war, and their combat strength is not advancing but retreating compared to more than ten years ago, Lockhart feels that Moody Assigning to yourself is probably a good thing.

The only thing he is not sure about is whether this Mr. Moody is really vigilant or just a little nervous, but the performance of being imprisoned for a year in the original book undoubtedly aggravated this nervousness, that's for sure.

So during the interview, Lockhart deliberately made things difficult for these temporary workers.

—He moved the door of his office to another place with the Confusion Charm and Mirror Illusion

As a result, among the four people, only Mad-Eye Moody touched the door of his office with his magic eyes and timely breaking the spell, and he entered his office with a wand in his hand, looking as if he was ready to attack at any time.

The other three people searched around the door stupidly, and even went to the office next door to ask the location of Lockhart's office, but they couldn't come in for more than half an hour.

When they finally figured out what might be wrong, Lockhart and Moody had been confronting each other in the office for a long time.

Obviously, none of the acting directors will cast a spell on the door of his office for no reason, but now that all this has happened, it means that there must be something wrong inside

Originally, because of his many enemies, Moody had been in a state of suspicion and high nervousness after retirement, but now he really found a problem, so he naturally wouldn't let it go.

So Moody broke into Lockhart's office without saying a word, and immediately used a binding spell on Lockhart.

Lockhart deliberately tried, so he fought back not to be outdone.

According to Professor Flitwick's description in the dueling manual, many common spells can actually be broken with the universal cracking spell "All Spells End". It is impossible to have time to use the breaking spell, because there is a high probability that he will have lost his ability to move by then.

Therefore, when the rules allow, it is a good idea to use various means to defend yourself in advance, such as general anti-spell, equipment coated with anti-jinx varnish, or wearing a body that can automatically trigger armor protection Hats, necklaces, etc.

Lockhart wanted to be as good as others, but he has always been

He was very afraid of death, and he belonged to the kind of person who wished to have an MRI examination five times a week, so long before Professor Flitwick's dueling manual came out, he had already changed all his clothes into various anti-jinx equipment.

So don't say that Moody's spell didn't hit him at all, even if it did, Lockhart probably wouldn't get in the way.

The spells that Lockhart used to fight back against Moody were not very aggressive jinxes, but gadgets such as freezing spells, filling spells, magic missiles, and eye sickness spells—on the one hand, they didn’t want to make things worse, on the other hand On the one hand, he didn't think common jinxes would work for Moody either.

Sure enough, when Moody found that the regular spells didn't work, he immediately started using the Transfiguration Charm on the nearby furniture.

Seeing him start using Polymorph, Lockhart knew it was time to call it a day.

He quickly shouted: "Be careful! Mr. Moody! I don't want to blow up the Thunderbird Feather Bomb, it's very expensive!"

Moody turned a deaf ear to Lockhart's shout: "Say, who the hell are you?"

Seeing Moody's swearing to give up, Lockhart had no choice but to put the wand in his hand on the table in front of him

"I am Gilderoy Lockhart, Acting Director of the Department of International Affairs and Cooperation. I called you here today. I hope you can help maintain the order of the Quidditch World Cup. The one outside is just for me to test the level of Aurors." A small test, but before they got through, you came first." He explained.

Moody relaxed a little, but he still didn't let his guard down: ""Really? If that's the case, then I'll ask you a few personal questions, many of which were told to me by Dumbledore..."

Lockhart spread his hands: "Ask."

While Moody was interrogating Lockhart, Dawlish and the other Aurors finally discovered the confusion spell placed on the doormat at the elevator door, and then untied it, embarrassed

Unbearably, he found the door of Lockhart's office.

When they came in to report to Lockhart, Lockhart and Moody had already asked each other several questions to confirm their identities, and had even begun to discuss security measures during the World Cup and new codes within the ministry.

After Dawlish saw this, no matter how slow his brain was, he could react now.

He shouted at Lockhart angrily: "You have no right to do this! We are only here to cooperate with your work, and you are not qualified to judge us!"

Lockhart then turned his head and let out a long sigh.

"It seems that I can only count on you, Alastor."

Execution relationship. " Moody said, staring at the magic eye that kept spinning,

"I never expected anyone else."

Chapter 250 Winning Over

Alastor Moody's most important thing to Lockhart's team was actually his previous experience, not his strength.

As a contemporary of Voldemort and Hagrid, Moody's performance among the Aurors is not just as simple as "outstanding".

To be recognized by everyone as the "best" Auror in that war-torn era, he not only had to possess sufficient personal strength, but also had to be equally admirable in terms of personal character.

Even in his later years, his residual power could affect Voldemort's judgment. Voldemort identified the real Harry as the escort of Moody in "The Battle of the Seven Potters", which can be seen in Voldemort's mind. Moody is the strongest of all escorts.

However, based on Lockhart's observation just now, Moody's body and dueling skills are far from powerful after many years of retirement.

The best proof is that his consciousness often reacts, but his body slows down by more than one beat, which is simply fatal in a duel between masters and masters.

But there are three catties of nails in a bad boat, and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even though Moody's skills have slowed down a lot, he can still do the most correct thing with his own quality and experience, which is more important than anything else. .

In front of the three Aurors transferred to him by the Ministry of Magic, Lockhart officially announced that the security work of the Department of International Affairs and Cooperation will be temporarily "rehired" by White Spoon Alastor Moody, and everyone including Lockhart Including himself, he must obey Moody's arrangement.

Originally, Dawlish still looked unconvinced, but when he heard that the person in front of him was actually Old Moody, he forcibly held back his breath.

No way, if Dumbledore is a legend in the wizarding world, then Moody is

A legend in the Auror world, no matter how powerful he is as a junior, he can't dance in front of Moody.

Moody was really unambiguous. After he got the Ministry of Magic's security plan, he just glanced at it and frowned, and after he read it, he said bluntly, "They made all the mistakes they could make. up"

"It's okay if the powers and responsibilities are unclear... It was the same in my time, this is the glorious tradition of the Ministry of Magic, but what the hell has Scrimgeour been doing all these years? Doesn't he know that security first is to establish a command decision Center? What does he mean by having three command units?"

After hearing this, Dawlish couldn't help defending his superior.

"This is not the director's plan, this is the minister's request, and he asked himself to be in charge of the Bulgarians."

Moody immediately pushed back: "The meaning of your existence is to be a minister with brains.

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When you are in a mess, you will either follow the law and disobey it, or you will not obey it. Don't tell me that today's law enforcement

Xingsi is already so cowardly.

Dawlish muttered something under his breath, but couldn't get it out in the end.

Moody ignored him, but turned to look at Lockhart.

"Lockhart, although Fudge has given you part of the security command in order to engage in his tricks, but I hope that if there are no accidents, please obey the command of the Law Enforcement Department."

As he spoke, he looked at Lockhart, as if he wanted to weigh whether this guy was "a kind of generalist" as Dumbledore said.

For a straight-talker like Moody, Lockhart never took what he did as an offense, especially when the other person was right.

"No problem, it's just that some foreign guests have asked me to provide security work for them," Lockhart said.