Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Seeing that they were all dissatisfied, Lockhart secretly laughed in his heart that the business was coming.

It's fine if you didn't enter this game, you've already entered this game, are you afraid that you won't be able to escape?

"There's a reason for this one." He was ready to fool around, "This time it's mainly because we were too eager to cash out, so we couldn't avoid the taxes that could have been avoided. In fact, there are many channels for Muggles to avoid taxes. .”

"Tell me." Some people didn't seem to believe that Lockhart was proficient in everything.

But he was wrong, because there is nothing in this world that knows how to dig a corner better than a mouse that lives in a hole in a wall.

Lockhart suddenly came alive:

"This complicates things...the UK is called a 'tax haven' by Muggles for a reason, because it has a RND tax system called the 'Non-Residence Clause'.

If you are willing, we can find a way to make you legally recognized by the British government as "high-net-worth individuals". There are no special taxes to bear.Even after 7 years, you only need to pay tens of thousands of galleons of tax every year

Chapter 340 The Economic Foundation of the Order of the Phoenix

Needless to say, Lockhart once again came out on top.

Because no wizard knows more about the rules of the Muggle world than he does, and even most Muggles may not know half as much as Lockhart knows about the government.

After the oil companies started to make a profit, the pure-blood wizards suddenly found that if they wanted to avoid the bone-shattering taxes of the Muggle government, they needed to rely on Lockhart instead.

Before the general meeting of shareholders was held, some members of the Snake faction really planned to take advantage of Lockhart's "unsteady stand" issue, and wanted to play a trick of crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, so as to hold the golden hen of the oil company into their own hands. hand.

But as Lockhart explained the doorway to them, they suddenly realized that they couldn't do anything except invest.

Because they don't understand.

They found that if they want to kill the donkey now, then Loha specifically said that they will not give them tax avoidance, even if they want to fool them, they have nothing to do

Ever since, under the knowing eyes of several wizards, the shareholder meeting came to an end peacefully, as if everyone just came to eat and drink.

Although Lockhart didn't know what these people were planning behind their backs, in his mind something would happen sooner or later, but Sirius would say it outright, and the Snake Wizards would evaluate each other's strengths. Never let go when you grasp it.

In Lockhart's view, he earned the money himself. In fact, he was the one who took the risk. The purebloods were not so much invested as they lent him the money.It is magnanimous for me to allow them to take a little interest, so how can I let them

Do they sit back and enjoy it?

Of course, Lockhart also knows that what he is doing now is no different from those two-five-year-old executives who conspired to play the boss's management buyout, but he did it with confidence.

If people from He Guo Li Min engage in MBOs, that is Charlemagne; if people with great ambitions and talents engage in MBOs, that is Macbeth.

Only Gemma Farley was still grimacing - because her father wanted her to figure out what Lockhart was doing, but she really couldn't understand math.

Christmas came after New Years, and the Ministry of Magic borrowed a batch of red magic lanterns from Hogwarts, imitating the Muggle New Year's Lantern Festival, and held it in Hogsmeade.

Lockhart was a little surprised by this batch of red lanterns - because judging from the style, they were all oriental.

Dumbledore told him that these magical lanterns had been stored in Hogwarts for a long time, and there were these things in the storage room of Hogwarts when he was still in school (fragment from "Hogwarts: Legacy") , was a gift from the other party during the UK-China magic exchange meeting.

Lockhart thought about it carefully. Dumbledore should have looked like 100 years ago, around 1890, when he went to school. It is estimated that the Chinese wizards who came to England at that time still had braids.

After the excitement, the members of the Order of the Phoenix rushed to the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets one after another, preparing to accept Dumbledore's "inspection" there

Here Lockhart only saw about 20 people. If there were only so many people in the Order of the Phoenix, Lockhart would never believe it.At least the few members of the Order of the Phoenix he knew were not here, such as the Ministry of Magic staff he met by chance, Mrs. Figg, and the headmaster's brother Aberforth.

It seems that all the wizards who came today have certain combat abilities.

Because they are all their own people, Dumbledore didn't say much.

He told the Order of the Phoenix bluntly that Voldemort had returned, just not yet in a stable, magically charged body.

The body destroyed by Lily Potter's dying magic was obtained by Voldemort after several dangerous magical transformations. Dumbledore believed that with Voldemort's character, the body he wanted to get when he returned could never be worse than the last time. So there's a good chance he'll use Harry's blood.

Lockhart was deeply impressed by the headmaster's judgment.

Indeed, Voldemort is a pure man who stands up wherever he falls. In his opinion, since Lily's magic destroyed his former body, the body rebuilt with this magic is naturally stronger than the original one. .

This is probably the so-called "join if you can't beat it"?Dumbledore had seen through Voldemort.

In view of the fact that Voldemort may be resurrected at any time and launch a terrifying revenge on the wizarding world, it is necessary for the members of the reorganized Order of the Phoenix to pick up their fighting skills again.

This is the so-called "training".

However, before the start of the training camp, Lockhart announced a donation of 20 Galleons to the Order of the Phoenix under everyone's amazed eyes, which would be used as the activities of the members of the Order of the Phoenix.

After the oil company and Extraordinary Pharmacy were established, Lockhart did a little calculation and knew that he would no longer need to worry about lack of money in the wizarding world, so instead of being a miser, it is better to take a small part of the savings Come out and help the Order of the Phoenix.

Compared to the Death Eaters, the biggest shortcoming of the Order of the Phoenix is ​​not the combat effectiveness of its personnel, but the lack of money.

The people who followed Grindelwald in the first place, and Voldemort who carried a banner similar to Grindelwald, the political forces behind them are those wizarding families whose family business has been attacked by Muggles. Although many Death Eaters have settled down, they are actually not Not so short of money

But the Order of the Phoenix is ​​a civilian force, and many people need to have a serious job to survive. Fighting against the dark forces will take up a lot of their time and energy. During this period, it is difficult for their lives to be guaranteed.

It would be fine if we were all Lupine and Sirius, who could feed the whole family without hunger, but there are quite a few people with families like Mr. Weasley, and not everyone has an iron man. Rice is not Wan

They may be able to abandon themselves for the ideals in their hearts, but their family members cannot. If you want them to dedicate their family members to fight against evil, if this is the case, which one is more evil, the Order of the Phoenix or the Death Eaters?

During the first Voldemort Rebellion, the expenses of the robber foursome became a problem for a while. Because Sirius was expelled from the family tree at that time, he could not use any of the property of the Black family, and Lupine and Pettigrew could not use it. None of them have jobs, and their lives are basically taken care of by the old Potter couple, that is, Harry Potter's grandparents.

But not every member of the Order of the Phoenix can have the wealth of James Potter, which is also doomed to the members of the Order of the Phoenix will inevitably have some worries in their hearts during the fight against Voldemort.

Don't look at Dumbledore who can pretend to say in front of Harry, "My property is too much, you can smash it as much as you like", but judging from Dumbledore's relics, his property is mainly those magical magic props, but In fact, there is not much hard currency, and it is impossible for him to bear the expenses of all members of the Order of the Phoenix.

So Lockhart's donation of this money is not so much sponsoring justice as it is to let the members of the Order of the Phoenix have no worries in life, or to put it a little harder, it is to let them die without any worries. Read this.

Others didn't know what Lockhart was thinking, they only thought it was Lockhart's "high integrity", which made Lockhart feel somewhat guilty.

But fortunately, Dumbledore immediately relieved him of his embarrassment—he announced that he

It is necessary to play in person and use the method of field teaching to test the strength of the members.No wonder many non-combatants were absent.

Chapter 350: The Enemy of Unity

It can be seen that for this "training camp", Dumbledore really put a lot of thought into it.

Aside from the fact that the three Unforgivable Curses were useless for some reason, it was the first time Dumbledore used black magic in front of everyone, which surprised Lockhart very much.

He was not surprised that Dumbledore knew black magic, but that he actually needed to use black magic when dealing with people like himself. Most members of the Order of the Phoenix couldn't even lift a wand when they met Dumbledore. Well, there's absolutely no need for him to do this.

For example, Sirius, who is currently receiving "education", used firearms as Lockhart suggested after the stun spell and binding spell failed, and he wanted to give Dumbledore a good look.

But Dumbledore didn't even read the spell, and a green ghost exuding a dark aura appeared in front of him, corroding the bullets fired at him in the air, and Lockhart's eyes widened.

Although he didn't think that Dumbledore would be knocked down by Muggle guns for a long time, Lockhart was still a little unexpected that he could eliminate the threat of guns with such ease.

Sirius didn't trust Muggle guns that much, but after seeing that it was useless to Dumbledore, he turned into a black dog directly, and wanted to compete with Dumbledore through physical hand-to-hand combat.

Facing this reckless way of fighting, Dumbledore just shook his head, and then pointed at the transformed Sirius

The big black dog immediately seemed to be suffering from rabies, foaming at the mouth and limp on the ground, completely losing its fighting power.

Although Lockhart claimed to be strong, facing the two curses of Dumbledore, he

Leng did not recognize it.

"What's that?" he asked Moody.

Moody took out his spherical wine bottle and poured a mouthful of the pale pink potion into his mouth. If he hadn't recognized that it was just a talent potion for "replenishing blue", Lockhart would have wondered if Moody was also topped. up.

"The front one is the fog of corrosion, and the back one is the curse of weakness." Moody told him, "The latter curse made us break a lot of good hands back then."

"How powerful is the Curse of Weakness?" Lockhart didn't believe it.

"It wasn't that strong, but Sirius turned into a dog and his resistance to magic became weaker." Moody sighed, "Animagus can't turn into magical creatures

Lockhart thought for a moment and found that it was so.

"No wonder almost no one transforms into combat." He understood.

Although Sirius was beaten a bit miserably, Dumbledore's use of black magic to abuse rookies was not to pretend to be aggressive, but to let everyone see the fighting methods of the Death Eaters and even the voodoo party back then. understandable.

And he didn't just teach people a lesson. After rescuing Sirius, he taught him how to fight.

"When the spell is ineffective and the transformation technique is not good, melee assault is not entirely a wrong choice, but please think about your godson when you rush forward, he won't want to My godfather died for no apparent reason." Dumbledore seemed earnest.

In the end, Dumbledore suggested that Sirius learn agility and blinding spells, at least learn to disturb the enemy before close combat, and at least drink some Felicia and enhancers in advance.

In addition, Dumbledore neither approved of Sirius' use of Muggle firearms, nor said he was wrong.Just tell him to shoot at the enemy if he wants to use a gun

Human bullets should also be enchanted in advance. As long as pure physical damage is not hit, Death Eaters can use spells to eject bullets and heal wounds.

Although these potions and alchemy enchantments are a bit expensive, Sirius, who inherited the Black family's treasury, should not be short of this money.

After finishing teaching Sirius, Dumbledore immediately began to guide the next person.

Don't look at Dumbledore's use of two black magic in one breath just now, but look at his appearance: his magic power doesn't seem to have been consumed at all.

The next one to appear is Dedalus Diggle. Lockhart has no impression of this wizard, but since he also came here, he should have two brushes too.

It's just that Diggle, the wizard, seems to have a bad brain. When facing Dumbledore, he only used a lot of smoke bombs and stink bombs he didn't know where to buy Several stun spells.

Like this person, Lockhart thinks that even he can easily deal with ten of them, but from the comments of the people around him, he may not be the worst one in the Order of the Phoenix.This also made Lockhart lament the poor quality of the Order of the Phoenix personnel.

Sure enough, when facing Diggle, Dumbledore didn't use any fancy things, and just used a precise and accurate purple spell to make Diggle fall down.

After being cast by the spell, Dedalus Digo suddenly grew many purple mushrooms all over his body, which made him look funny and ridiculous, but the wizards present couldn't laugh at all, because it and Dolojo The husband's unique skill --- a spell that crushes the enemy's heart is too similar.

"Be careful, Diggle!" Dumbledore sighed. "Instead of practicing any combat, I personally suggest that you face the target first and practice the Stunning, Disarming and Obstacle spells well."

Lu Xia means that his foundation is too weak? The enemy let him hit him

They may not be able to hit, so now is not the time to teach him anything.And the next one is going to be stronger—Sturgis Podmore.Although Sturgis Podmore is also a two-time veteran of the Order of the Phoenix, and he looks older, but in fact he is not yet 40 this year, and he is 7 years younger than Arthur Weasley.When Mr. Weasley graduated, he had just entered Hogwarts

This wizard can be said to be in the prime of his life. He has persisted under Dumbledore longer than Sirius, and after trying many spells to no avail, he was the first to use the Transfiguration technique, conjuring a large Pile up to attack Dumbledore.

But using Transfiguration to attack Dumbledore is definitely not a good idea, because Dumbledore turned those bloats into lions, and then turned around and threw him down.

Deng Buhe I" commented that he is well-trained, but his attack method is too direct. It is recommended that he learn a few compound spells, and he needs to think about the following routines after using the transformation.

The next person Lockhart knew well - Mr. Weasley

I have to say that Lockhart seems to have underestimated this person who has never shown much combat effectiveness in the original book.

Before Mr. Weasley shot, everyone's spell had never worked on Dumbledore, and Lockhart had been guessing who could put pressure on Dumbledore

Maybe it's Alastor Moody, maybe it's Kingsley Shaker, or maybe it's his spell sequenced six-strike combo.

But he never expected that the first person to hit Dumbledore with a spell was actually Mr. Weasley.

Facing Dumbledore, Mr. Weasley was not at all stage frightened—he first used a "Pepper Curse", which successfully bypassed Dumbledore's "Prevention of Malice", and made him sneezed; He unleashed on Dumbledore's hair again

- an unknown spell, and successfully caused an explosion around him; and after using the bat spell to no avail, Mr. Weasley actually used a growing spell on the ceiling, from which seven Eight octopus tentacles, trying to wrap around Dumbledore's body.

Lockhart always felt that if Mr. Weasley's Slug Charm hadn't been bounced back in the end and caused the duel to be ended unexpectedly, he might have seen more ingenious spells.

Thinking about it now, this kind of spell that turns inorganic objects into organic life should be regarded as the unique skill of the Weasley family. Whether it is the bat spirit, the slug curse, or turning pustules into worms, Lockhart has never seen it before. That's what other people do.

No wonder Dumbledore's original book let Mr. Weasley participate in the guarding of the prophecy ball. It turns out that he really has two brushes.

Considering Mrs. Weasley's glorious record of killing Bella in the end, it's hard to say that the Weasleys are just ordinary wizards.You must know that Bella easily taught the four Death Eaters subordinates by herself, and she is the best combat power among the Death Eaters.Even if Mrs. Weasley did it out of "maternal love", but...a student who doesn't usually study, no matter how extraordinary he is, he can't get a high score in the exam. The premise of wanting to excel is that he has something in his stomach.

To be honest, Mr. Weasley's fighting style opened Lockhart's eyes. Strictly speaking, the pepper curse he used is currently the only one that broke through Dumbledore's defense and had an effect on him. The spell, though Lockhart wasn't sure if Dumbledore did it on purpose.

Ta Qingcai..." Dumbledore also had to admit this, "But you need to strengthen some strength, Arthur, even if your offensive method is really hard to guard against

Then came Remus Lupine, just like when facing Lockhart, although Lupine's response could not be said to be wrong, but because he lacked enough aggressiveness and oppressive power, he lasted even longer short.

In front of the various items he deliberately summoned, Dumbledore directly appeared in front of him without saying a word, and put the green-glowing old wand on Lupine's forehead.

"Avatar—" Dumbledore called.

All the members of the Order of the Phoenix were shocked—it was just an exercise-like gathering—IIL Lao Deng actually wanted to use the Unforgivable Curse?

"Chop your melons one by one." Dumbledore read the second half of the sentence.

—a pine cone hit Lupine on the forehead, popping a modest bump on his forehead.

"Long defense is bound to fail, Remus, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to one's own... I hope this can teach you a lesson."

In the silence of everyone, Dumbledore briskly walked back to his side.

"Having said that, this spell is really easy to use, and it's not black magic... Gildero, get ready, it's up to you next."

Chapter 350

Hearing Dumbledore's greeting, Lockhart realized that there is no one in the Order of the Phoenix who has fought against Old Deng so far, only himself, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and Alastor Moody are left.

Dumbledore seemed to like to leave the delicious food behind, so Shacklebolt and Moody, the two recognized strongest members of the Order of the Phoenix, were left to be taught by him until the end.