Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

As long as you use the most suitable spells in the most suitable places, then high-level mages can always enjoy the desperate eyes from the DM—the 4-hour script I prepared for you was broken through by you in 20 minutes Yes, I still host a fart!

Therefore, as long as Lockhart found it useful and he could learn all the spells, he memorized them all. As for how long it would take to practice them all, that would be a headache later on.

After sorting out the pile of spells, Lockhart heaved a sigh of relief and decided to change his mind

He opened the letter his brother-in-law had written to him, and was pleased to see that things were indeed going according to his expectations.

Due to the depletion of foreign exchange, the British Ministry of Finance can be said to have completely surrendered at this time

They announced on September 9 that the exchange rate between the pound and the mark would be decoupled, and the Italian lira subsequently withdrew from the European exchange rate and became a floating exchange rate.

After the exchange rate fluctuated, the value of the pound sterling, which had already been hit by international shorts, immediately began to fall wildly. After William used the Gringotts money as collateral, he joined the short side early and built a U.S. dollar building after selling the pound. Many positions are just beginning to be harvested at this time.

In addition to Lockhart's hundreds of thousands of pounds turned into 300 million pounds, Gringotts also made a fortune from this transaction.Ragno is now urging William every day to turn his profits into gold and send them to Gringotts' vault.

He knew very well that as long as this batch of treasury came into the account, his position in Gringotts would become unshakable, and all goblins had to add "respect" in front of their titles when they saw him, and Not "eight-legged"

With this transaction, I believe that Lockhart will have a certain degree of trust with the goblin, and it will be much easier to do something in the future.

With this feeling of "I'm going to be rich soon", Lockhart also had a sense of superiority when he taught the Slytherin students-the group of pure-blood nobles are just superficial, and some people's family Might not have as much money in Lockhart's coffers.

Lockhart, who had no awareness of being an upstart at all, simply bought all the mead in the tavern when he went to Three Broomsticks on weekends, and then asked Rosmerta to take it out and let drinkers and passers-by drink it for free, making the night Rosmerta lay on his chest and asked him what medicine he had taken wrongly.

"Although I say that the money is not revealed, but I am going to do the opposite now." Lockhart said as he brushed her hair, "Do me a favor, no matter who asks, you should tell them that I just Made a lot of money from Muggles with the goblins at Gringotts."

Even in the dim candlelight, Lockhart could still see Rosmerta raising his eyebrows.

"Why? Are you afraid that the dark wizard won't steal it? I want to warn you, be careful of Mrs. Zabini."

"Who is she?" Lockhart asked. "Is she pretty?"

Rosmerta thumped his chest angrily: "It's not a matter of being beautiful or not! Mrs. Zabini has been married 6 times, and each husband left her a large inheritance. Recently, she married again. Well, I guess this one won't last more than two years..."

When she said that, Lockhart remembered too.

It seems that there is a Slytherin named Blaise Zabini, who is also in the same grade as Harry Potter, and his mother is also a "black widow"

There is no way, even though many people know about Mrs. Zabini's past, there are still a group of half-blood wizards who are willing to marry her.

This was not only because of her beauty, but also because they wanted to integrate into the circle of the pure-blood family, and they were naturally eaten alive by this black widow in the end.

Judging from the fact that Blaise Zabini is a genuine pure-blood, and Mrs. L. Biney has never been prosecuted by the Wizengamot court, his mother is probably also a special one released by the pure-blood family. The purpose of the woman is to reap the wealth of the upstart mixed-blood wizards. After all, there are not many rich pure-blood families nowadays.

Anyway, Lockhart didn't take it seriously at all.

"It can actually annoy you so much. It seems that she is indeed very attractive. Since little Rosmerta is so worried, then come and squeeze me dry, and don't let me have another chance to flirt with women."

Rosmerta sat up and responded to his provocation: "Are you serious? I haven't even used half of my strength just now!"

Chapter 39 The "Gateway" of Pure-Blood Families

The painful two-day weekend taught Lockhart a truth, that is, never provoke an opponent when he feels that he has a big advantage, which will only force the opponent to go all out.

After finishing his Monday morning class in a daze, Lockhart touched his waist and went to Snape's office.

"Severus, how much is the vitality tonic you prepared? Give me thirty... no, let's use a hundred bottles as a spare, and you can ask for whatever price you want."

Steel 0 galleons per bottle. Without batting an eyelid, Snape said, "Delivery in two months." "

Lockhart's eyes widened—although he has money, he can't allow others to grab it casually.

"Are you kidding? I bought so much at once, you should give me a little cheaper?"

"On the contrary, you want to force me to do such a boring thing, and do so much at once, of course you will have to pay more." Snape immediately retorted.

"Then what is the non-boring 0 enhancer 0 euphoria, or Felicia." Lockhart suddenly remembered something: "By the way, there is also Felicia, its self-suggestion

The effect is very obvious, please also configure ten bottles for me, I will pay a high price.

"I was a little happy when I heard you say "Qi Wo Hint", thinking that finally there is a guy who will not mistakenly think that it can really bring luck, but after hearing you say the number "ten bottles", I didn't realize there was no difference between you and them," Snape sneered.

"What? It's hard to get the materials? I'll help you buy them at a high price." Lockhart assumed the posture of a local tyrant.

"I suspect that if you fetched your sixth-year Potions textbook now, I'd find it as new as when I bought it." Snape sneered. There is one egg and one bird and snake eggshell, and the second one cannot be placed. If the two pots are too close, they will affect each other... Do you understand? That is to say, you can only make a maximum of one yu at a time, and boil it It takes half a year at a time, as long as there is a mistake in the middle, all previous efforts will be wasted."

I failed the Advanced Potions class in sixth year. Lockhart admitted without shame, "It is impossible for a person to be good at everything, I have to make a trade-off, geniuses like you are rare. "

"Hmph." Snape ignored him.

Although Snape's attitude was still bad, Lockhart could feel that his mood had improved a lot.

Don't look at the dean of the Snake Academy who has a cold look most of the time, but in terms of vanity, Snape still has it.

Not to mention the flattery from Malfoy and other students, he has always accepted it, and when Fudge proposed to award him the Order of Merlin, Snape's attitude became very attentive, and all kinds of requests for him to hold public office He has never refused the request - this man is by no means as indifferent to honor as he appears on the surface.

"Then let's get 5 bottles of tonics first, and I'll make the Felicia first, just put it on the fire and snuggle up, the price is easy to negotiate." Lockhart had to settle for the next best thing, "The thing I lack the most when traveling outside It’s just good potions, I finally returned to Hogwarts, such a good resource can’t be wasted, I don’t want to drink the rubbish prepared by those potion apprentices again.”

After talking about the dream basket, Snape's attitude finally softened, of course, this may also be because Lockhart had negotiated several deals with him before.

After receiving Lockhart's deposit of 300 Galleons for the Felix Elixir, Snape also specially pointed out: "If the amount of the potion is really large, you can still go to the Extraordinary Potion

Mr. Granger of the Master Guild, and Professor Slughorn, although their asking prices are high, but in the eyes of people who have just made a lot of money from Muggles, this should not be a big deal, right? "

Lockhart didn't expect the rumors to spread so quickly, even though he did it on purpose.

"You knew already?"

"If you want to keep a secret, you should learn to keep your mouth shut in the tavern." Snape said coldly, "Also, don't blame me for not reminding you, Mrs. Zabini wrote to me yesterday, except to let me Besides going to her husband's funeral, she asked me about you."

"... so fast? I mean, her husband

"While he was going fishing, he was suddenly swept away by a tornado, and when he fell, he landed on top of a haystack on a nearby farm."

"Isn't that all right?"

"Unfortunately, there was also a steel fork in the haystack, the point was just pointing upwards.

Lockhart didn't know how to describe this "coincidence".

Snape looked at Lockhart's reaction with great interest: "Well, do you want to think about it? I can introduce you...Although Zabini is not in "28 Pure Blood", it still has a long history An ancient surname, and you can also inquire about the beauty of Mrs. Zabini, it is really famous one by one. "

Lockhart quickly rebuffed: "Thank you, I am the only male in the next generation of the Lockhart family, and I am not tired of my life."

"That's a pity. It seems that after receiving this deposit, I still have to work." Snape's tone was full of jokes, without any trace of regret.Maybe he didn't even discover it himself, and now he can use a pair of "comparison"

normal" attitude and spoke to Lockhart.

There is no way around this. There are many old professors at Hogwarts, not to mention the Big Three who may have a combined age of 250 years. Even other "marginal" professors are generally not too young.

For example, Mrs. Pomfrey, the school doctor, had been the school doctor when James Potter was a student.Mrs. Huo Qi, who was in the flight class, even experienced the "Silver Arrow", the predecessor of the Firebolt-you must know that it was a product that was discontinued after the sweeping star came out in 1926.

Perhaps the only professors in Hogwarts who are around 30 years old are Snape and Lockhart. In this case, it is normal for people of the same age to communicate more.

Moreover, Lockhart believes in a truth, that is, as long as he has a thick skin, then there is no one in this world who cannot get along with him.As long as I greet people with a smile every day, there is nothing in this world that a piece of brown sugar like him can't stick to.

Meet and say hello in the morning, take the initiative to sit next to eat together at noon, and bring two bottles of wine to taste together every now and then—Snape was not used to this approach at first, but later on he got used to it.

"How about going to Gringotts this weekend? The goblins have prepared a celebration banquet to celebrate the gold coming into the account. They have some fine wine left over from the Byzantine period." He issued an invitation.

Snape hesitated, then finally shook his head.

"I'm going to attend Mr Zabini's funeral this weekend, and I have some private business to attend to, as the Headmaster ordered," he told Lockhart.

"The headmaster ordered...then I won't inquire, I will bring the wine back." Lockhart said

Snape did not refuse: "It is a good habit not to inquire casually. Since I have already mentioned it to you, I will tell you when it is time to tell you."

Chapter 40 Who Can Influence Gringotts

At the end of September, Lockhart went to Gringotts and attended Ragnol's promotion celebration as scheduled

His promotion celebration was very goblin-like--a group of goblins sat next to the Gringotts vault, waiting for the gold that Ragnor said to arrive.It was not until the gold was delivered by the transport truck and counted, that the goblins opened the prepared wine and began to officially celebrate.

Lockhart took his brother-in-law to toast Ragnol: "Congratulations, when will you be promoted to president?"

"It can be done after Gonuk's old hanging point, but it may take a long time. That old thing is quite alive." Ragnol said without any scruples in front of many colleagues.

Seeing William's confused expression, Lockhart quickly explained: "The status of a goblin only depends on his wealth or skills, and nothing else counts, so even if he disagrees with his boss, the boss can't do anything about it. .”

"That's it, I earned a lot of gold for Gringotts, and I deserve to enjoy my current status." Ragnol took the credit for himself, "You two are also talented in earning gold, so In my opinion, you are more important than ten thousand Galleons."

"What about the [-] yuan?" Lockhart deliberately raised an argument.

"Hmm... don't ask such hurtful questions, okay?" Ragueno changed the subject, "Two distinguished guests, please come over, this... yes, he is my confidant, named Griphook, and he will be in charge in the future Butt with you, if there is such a good thing, don't forget about us, I treat you to drink good wine."

It is indeed a good wine, but I have to take back five bottles for my colleagues.

Ragueno's eyes widened: "You're joking."

"Joking? We're going to be investing in 'black gold' next year, and it's a big deal—and it's going to keep bringing in money for a few years. ' Lockhart hung him deliberately.

Ragnor was stuck, and it took a long time before he remembered that he should bargain

"Two bottles, otherwise we won't talk about it."

Lockhart showed a look of surprise: "...It's unimaginable, we are going to give wine to the big shots, you are so stingy, it seems that your structure restricts you, and you can only earn this A little money."

As he spoke, he greeted his brother-in-law: "William, you have also seen that they are not willing to give up their capital. The goblins stole a lot of good wine in Yavna when the Turks attacked, and the whole world Know…"

"No matter how many cellars there are, there won't be much left after more than 500 years." Ragueneau interrupted him, "And we goblins are the ones who make these wines. If you dare to say the word "steal" again, I will sue you." You slander. "

Lockhart shrugged and explained to his brother-in-law: "...you see, goblins always believe that the owner of the item belongs to the manufacturer. The word "buy" does not exist in them, only the so-called "rent"... That's why Vivienne has to take back King Arthur's sword."

William nodded numbly. In the past month, he has seen more than the sum of the past 30 years.

No matter how long you hide these things, they will go bad sooner or later, but gold won't, so why bother? said Lockhart again.

Ragueno glanced around and found that his colleagues had already stopped talking, but were attentively listening to the movement on his side. It seemed that the temptation of the word "gold" was too great.

He knew in his heart that if he dared to reject Lockhart and the others, his colleagues would definitely find ways to get in touch with them, and it was hard to say what would happen next.

"Of course, goblins have always respected friends with good reputation...Alcohol is nothing, although it may be precious to you humans, but their age is probably not as old as those in our vault guard."

"So... a deal? The commission is still the same as this time?"

Under the staring eyes of his colleagues, Ragueno stretched out his hand: "Deal.

On the other side, Snape also took out the things he had collected and handed them to his headmaster.

"As you wish, I went to Mr. Zabini's funeral and met many old friends."

"Did you find out?" Dumbledore asked with concern.

"...Besides Lucius Malfoy, the Dark Lord once gave Bellatrix Lestrange something, but no one knows what that thing is, Bella's tone is very tight."

Dumbledore nodded: "It's not surprising. Of all the Death Eaters, Mrs. Lestrange is, if not the most brutal, at least the most stubborn."

"Yes, she originally planned to never marry and serve the Dark Lord all her life, but when he asked her to marry Lestrange, she agreed without hesitation." Snape mentioned the inside story of the Death Eaters Sometimes it seems like a treasure.

"In a sense, Voldemort is her belief, Severus. Human beings are such a strange creature, they will care about trivial things, and they will be willing to pay for a reason that others cannot understand Everything. I think even the harshest orders from Voldemort seemed to her a necessary bump in the road to glory."

Snape was silent, obviously the phrase "willing to give everything for a reason that others can't understand" also made him uncomfortable.

After Dumbledore knocked on Snape, he turned the topic back: "However... I remember that the Ministry of Magic has searched all the houses of the Lestrange family, and there is nothing particularly noteworthy inside."

"It may be stored in her natal family, that is, the ancestral home of the Black family, or it may be stored in the vault of Gringotts." Snape then deduced.

"That's right... There are not many places they can choose... Who else can find the ancestral home of the Black family now? I mean besides Bella."

"Sirius Black." Snape gritted his teeth and read a name

Dumbledore was silent for a while, and then his eyes became more determined: "It seems that we have to talk to this old friend of yours... I also want to call Remus Lupine over to Az Caban."

Snape flatly refused: "I don't want to see them."

"Thank goodness, my dear Severus, you are thirty-two, not twelve," Dumbledore sighed.

Snape was speechless.

Also, Gringotts can't be left behind, we need someone to go in and have a look. Dumbledore exhorted again.

"But the goblins won't agree. They value secrecy more than their lives." Snape shook his head again and again.

"Use your wits, Severus, and don't think it's impenetrable. I remember just last year when Quirrell and Voldemort forced their way in."

"I remember being told, 'Don't be as J as he seems to be you. "Snape retorted, "I didn't expect that after so many years, it would be you

But more and more like that person. "