Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Lockhart took out the nuclear deterrence theory of the US-Soviet Cold War period, modified it and then used it.

"If there are two wizard families, each of them has mastered the triggering conditions of the blood curse of the other family. As long as it is activated, one member of the other family will die. Then there is a high probability that they will form a mutual deterrence, a balance of terror, and meet each other Nobody starts first.

But if one day, the patriarch of a family drank too much alcohol and inadvertently touched the blood curse of the other family, then you can imagine how things will develop next.

Suppose you are the patriarch of the victimized family—the other family suddenly sent over a dozen people, apologized to your family, and voluntarily drank Veritaserum, swearing that this time it was just an unintentional mistake, I hope you can forgive them, and are willing to pay a lot money and political resources to atone for it...how would you judge? "

If there is no previous foreshadowing by Lockhart, everyone is likely to choose to forgive each other. After all, what has happened, even if you retaliate, there is no benefit at all. It will only make the relationship between the two parties worse. It is better to accept it. The benefit of the other party's compensation is even more extortion, so that some compensation can be obtained to some extent.

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"Should we reject the other party's apology, and no matter what, we must cast a blood curse and kill a member of the other party's family as revenge?"

After careful thinking, some little eagles came to a conclusion that even he himself did not believe.

Lockhart confirmed his judgment.

"That's right! Although it's cruel to say that, and you're sure that the other party did just make an unintentional mistake, for the continuation of your family, even if you lose benefits, even if you lose both because of it, you still have to choose revenge."

Having said that, Lockhart already understood what he meant.

The reason why the balance of terror can be maintained between the two families is because they can ensure mutual destruction.But as long as one party's deterrence is proved to be untenable under certain conditions, then all his potential enemies will know that he is a person whose bottom line can be changed, and his deterrence immediately becomes a joke.

Just like in "The Three-Body Problem", when Luo Ji was the sword wielder, the Trisolarans would not dare to attack the earth, because they knew that Luo Ji would do what he said, and in the end they would really die and drag the Three-Body Problem The stars went into the water and destroyed together.

But when Cheng Xin grasped the button, the Trisolarans immediately launched an attack, because they were also very clear about Cheng Xin's thinking logic—since the incident had already happened, it would be useless to cause both parties to suffer, it would be better to find a way to use it. Earthlings carry on.

This way of thinking logic does not necessarily mean weakness, but it will make the so-called deterrence no longer exist, and finally make everyone think that they can step on you.

"Not only between families, but the relationship between our Eagle Academy and other academies is also the same."

Having said that, Lockhart finally started to ask questions:

"We judge things with our sanest minds and expect everyone to be like us. But when conflict comes, we lack deterrence because of our sanity, because they all seem to think that as long as they insist on being tough, they will eventually back down." It must be us.

Our Ravenclaw's results in this duel match are very bad, which is a shame in a sense, but it can also remind us and become a wake-up call on our life.

It tells us a truth. Sometimes, maintaining a kind of "irrational" toughness does not necessarily mean stupidity. This may be another game strategy. In the words of the Orientals-"Punch away , lest a hundred punches come'. "

Chapter 120 Two: The United Eagle Academy

Lockhart's public speech in the common room soon sparked heated discussions within Ravenclaw House.

If Lockhart talked to these little eagles in a provocative or commanding way, they might only respond to you on the surface, but they didn't think so in their hearts.

But when Lockhart raised it to the level of "reason" and "strategy", the Ravenclaw students were more convinced, because they just accepted it.

Neither game theory nor behavioral psychology can be derived simply through logic and reasoning, and it is not a kind of thing that simply studies human beings as "rational people", but requires a large number of samples to be summarized, and the wizard Because there are too few people in the world, the sample size is not large, even if someone wants to study it, they can't study it.

Although not everyone in Ravenclaw is interested in this set of things, they will still obey the authority and believe in the current mainstream theory before there is enough research and the old theory is falsified.

Ravenclaw's prefect Robert Hilliard urgently convened a college meeting, and after discussion, he and several Ravenclaw "opinion leaders" came to a common conclusion:

"We have to show our toughness appropriately as well."

"It's useless to be tough. The foundation of toughness lies in strength, otherwise it is a bluff."

"Actually, I found that whether it is Slytherin or Hufflepuff, their advantage does not lie in personal strength, but in organization. They will inquire about the opponent's intelligence in advance, and exchange magic props and magical creatures internally."

Gryffindor will show a death-defying temperament in the decisive battle, which we should

There are mental preparations before the game, instead of rushing after the critical moment, we must keep ourselves calm at all times. "

After figuring out the reason for the Eagle Academy's defeat this time, the Eagle Academy finally united under a consensus to prepare for the first-year Samuel Mason and help him defeat Slytherin's Harper.

Suddenly getting the attention of the whole school, as a Muggle-born first-year student, Jian Meisen felt a little flattered.

The reason why he was able to win the duel was because of his familiarity with Latin, which allowed him to master more spells earlier than other first graders.

"Honestly, incantations aren't that hard. It's as difficult as 1+ren 2 is to calculus compared to the complex declensions of classical Latin and ancient Roman Latin." Mason often told his buddy.

He has mastered a lot of spells, and his family background is not bad. His pocket money can buy him a lot of equipment and potions. Coupled with the relative contempt of other academies for the first-year competition, it is inevitable for him to stand out.

In any case, he was now the hope of Ravenclaw village, and the Eaglets wanted him to work hard to become the champion of the first year when the distinguished guests came to watch the finals, and they spared no effort for it.

According to the schedule, the champion of the lower grade can challenge the runner-up of the previous grade, and if they win, they can challenge further.

It's just that Harry and Hermione in the second grade are too strong. The spells mastered by Yi Meisen may be king in the first grade, but they are insignificant compared with Hermione in the encyclopedia, so there is no one in the Eagle Academy. count on him to challenge for sophomore success

But anyway, this is Slytherin, and it must be treated with caution.Professor Flitwick was very satisfied to see the Ravenclaws finally united.

"I hope you don't forget." He said to the eaglets in a very thin voice, "Our spiritual totem is the raven, although many people think that we only choose the raven because its brain is the largest among birds. The biggest, but please don't forget that the raven is also the most united of all birds."

The energy of the fully mobilized Eagle Academy should not be underestimated. They quickly found out Harper's hole card for Mason.

"Their family is a manufacturer of magical musical instruments, especially good at making harps. We recommend that you wear earmuffs before going on stage."

"The little jinx can be saved, and the protective cloak lent to him by the senior Slytherin can help him resist many offensive magic."

"Fortunately, this kind of cloak seems to have no resistance to binding magic, and because it needs to be exchanged for others to use, there must be no anti-theft spell on it. Even if you can't use the flying spell, you can use the simplest the movement spell to manipulate the cloak."

"The Locking Tongue Charm Malfoy used last time was very good. It doesn't consume much mana. You can use it as your trump card."

"But we have to learn a lesson. We shouldn't ignore the determination of the Slytherins to trap and overturn the car. Maybe he will throw away all the armor and musical instruments at the critical moment and try to solve the battle in close quarters."

"The repelling spell, moving spell, and levitating spell are enough to deal with it, but considering that the opponent's third item may carry magical creatures... I can lend you my witch bird, although it is not effective against wizards, but It can restrain all magical creatures below 3X."

When a school puts all its resources on the first-year students, the support Mason received is naturally unprecedented, and if the snake school is smart enough, they will conditionally send more students when it is inevitable. Many resources are poured into the seventh and fifth grade competitions.

As a preview of the Chamber of Secrets concert, celebrities in the wizarding world began to arrive at Hogwarts one after another.

The first person to arrive was naturally Newt Scamander, who proposed to Dumbledore that he wanted to see the corpse of the basilisk.

Although he expressed his understanding of Harry Potter's "urgent action", he also regretted that the basilisk could not be reproduced, because the basilisk had not been seen in Britain for more than 400 years. Arrived.

It's a pity that even such a small wish, Dumbledore still couldn't satisfy him.

The skin of the basilisk has already been turned into a snakeskin wallet by the Wieseeck brothers, and it has been taken to Hogwarts, ready to be sold to those celebrities.The snake's tendon was taken by Olinvander, who wanted to make a horned snake staff that was not inferior to that used by Slytherin.

As for the snake gallbladder, Snape used it as a blindness resuscitator, and planned to give it to a few "senior" of the snake faction through private channels. Those old men had cataracts,

This medication is urgently needed.Snake oil was boiled into a wound medicine ointment, which was placed in Huo

In Gwartz's school hospital.The basilisk venom was swallowed by Dumbledore, and Lohar

Te got only one basilisk fang.

So if Master Newt passed by now, he would probably only see that long strip of snake bone specimen.Thanks to the fact that the skeleton is too big to be plated, otherwise it will be made into a craft

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In addition to Master Newt, Amelia Bones, one of the judges of the Wizengamot court, descendants of Purfit, the inventor of self-cleaning dishcloth, and Montmorency, the inventor of the love potion The family sent people over, and even Bardock, a descendant of the king of Iona, Scotland.

Naturally, the work of receiving these distinguished guests was handed over by Lockhart to the weekend party members of his own club, because "I know that they are all children who know the general situation."

child"

Some people criticized this slightly, but Dumbledore, who should have taken action, ignored him at all, allowing Lockhart to make troubles in the school, so that some people even began to speculate whether Lockhart belonged to Dumbledore illegitimate child.

Lockhart didn't care much about the rumours, because it was outrageous...could Dumbledore be old enough to have a child in his 80s?

Chapter 120 Three Alumni Association

As the guests gradually arrived, Hogwarts finally took a solid first step on the road to financial independence.

Lockhart asked the accompanying senior students to wear formal dress as a mark of respect for these dignitaries.And because of the old dress, Percy came to Lockhart to borrow money in embarrassment, saying that he would pay it back after he got to work.

Without hesitation, Lockhart took out a thousand Galleons and set up an Alumni Association Organizing Committee fund, allowing Percy and others to spend the money first.

"After this alumni meeting is over, I believe that this kind of small expenditure will no longer be a problem for us... But everyone, how much we can get in the end depends on whether you can show the quality of being a Hogwarts elite. Already," Lockhart said to the students.

Accompanied by these students, the invited guests visited the legendary secret room.

After that soul-stirring contest, although the interior of the secret room has undergone some repairs, the traces of the war can still be seen bit by bit.Especially the broken bones in the passage of the secret room, as well as the stones corroded by the basilisk venom in the secret room, were not removed under Lockhart's instruction, but remained there.

To be honest, the guests who came to visit were a little bit disappointed, because the secret room was not quite as magnificent as they had imagined. Except for the statue of the giant snake, the other parts were really too "quaint". A "you just show me this" kind of feeling.

This was Lockhart's plan - he wanted to show these people the rough side of the school so he could ask them for money.

After flashing the book, I am disappointed, and the accompanying students stop talking about things, Zhu Tong

—Good caliber, told them the school's next plan.

"We are going to replace those floor tiles, clean up the aisles, hang indelible magic fire torches, put a layer of protection on the statue, and install a chandelier in the middle. It's just because of some reasons, listen to the principal Said that he plans to spend 15 years to slowly repair..."

Although the students did not say it directly, the implication was already obvious: no money

Compared with these minors, these guests were obviously much more sophisticated, and they knew that Dumbledore was trying to solicit donations from them as soon as they heard it.

Just because they don't hate this kind of fundraising, and they do have some spare cash on hand, doesn't mean they like throwing money in the water.As social elites, donations are fine, but they have to get something.

So they didn't let go, and held their temper, waiting to see what tricks Dumbledore planned to play.It's just that they didn't expect that the person who came up with the idea was not Dumbledore J but Lockhart.

In order to entertain the arrival of the distinguished guests, the tables in each courtyard were extended a little to entertain these graduates.

After many years of graduation, these social celebrities can sit back at the long table of their colleges and eat a meal that they remember. It is still a very unique experience for them.

Of course, this "taste in memory" was much better than what the students usually ate, and for this evening, Lockhart also used public equipment for private use, and emptied more than half of Rosmerta's new wine this year.

He did this completely according to the routine that his alma mater used to entertain Wu Youxiu graduates in his previous life memory: those university presidents would use this method to form graduates into a circle called "alumni association", and at the same time Actively make use of the network of the alumni association and the employment office to help the "sensible" students find jobs and contacts in advance, and in the future

Get something back with the donations of these graduates.

Graduates who donate money can not only gain a good reputation, they can also gain a higher status in the circle because of this, and at the same time gain a recommended admission spot for their descendants, not to mention that the part donated to the university can also be used tax credit

And all of this is done under the high-sounding name of "supporting education", which is nothing but justified.

It's just that in this magical world, the idea of ​​donating school donations for tax exemption has never been heard, and because there is only one magic school in the UK, admission qualifications are usually not a concern, so these two paths are temporarily blocked.

But the rest, Lockhart intends to develop it.

Although it is unfair to say that rich people donate money to seek their family's status in the school, objectively speaking, it also promotes the development of education.And even if there is no such channel, the so-called "upper class" will still rely on various ties such as blood ties to connect them together. It is not as good as this method of robbing the rich and giving to the poor, at least it can afford more students.

—After a sumptuous dinner, the long tables in the Hogwarts auditorium were put away and replaced with armchairs for guests and students to enjoy music.

Although we still don't know what medicine is sold in Dumbledore's gourd, this does not prevent everyone from enjoying the music, not to mention that Dumbledore invited the well-known singer Warbeck and the skeleton band that will never make mistakes.

It wasn't until after the concert ended successfully that Dumbledore announced Hogwarts' latest series of new measures slowly.

The first is the donation for the repair of the Chamber of Secrets. Hogwarts will set up an obsidian stele at the entrance of the Chamber of Secrets, on which the name of the person who contributed to the repair will be engraved.

Secondly, from now on, the Dueling Club, Gobstone Club, Wizard Chess, and the Quidditch teams of various colleges openly accept social donations, and sell the advertising rights of jersey protective equipment, and the commercial organizations that fund the participants also have the right to let the main

Holder's right to speak.

But the most interesting thing is the third one that Dumbledore said—direct to the research room.

"In the past, Hogwarts students had to choose a major in the third grade, and only received career guidance in the fifth grade. This is not only too rigid, but also not conducive to the connection between students and the job market. Therefore, we hope to have closer contact with the society and more extensive cooperation.

If you have an industry and need talents, you can set up a laboratory in Hogwarts in advance and entrust the training of the graduates you need. We will educate the students according to your needs and increase their talents. More professional courses and related practical iP11 training

For example, it is also Defense Against the Dark Arts. The Defense Against the Dark Arts required by the Gringotts Curse Breakers is more inclined to fight against ancient black magic, while the adventure travel agency requires employees to be more proficient in the fight against magical creatures, and St. Mungo's Hospital needs more. It is the ability to remove curses and jinxes, and to remove wounds caused by magical creatures, which seem to be the same, but are actually very different.

We hope that in this way, our graduates can reduce the time spent in contact with the society, and they can work directly after graduation.And you can also reduce the cost of some training and the cost of recruiting new employees, the best of both worlds. "

No one here thought that Dumbledore would come up with such an idea.Regardless of whether they will pay for this project in the end, they must take care of themselves

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Chapter 120 Four

Knowing that these distinguished guests needed time to think, Dumbledore did not force them to make a decision right away, but invited these people to stay at Hogwarts and prepare to watch the duel club finals of each grade.

The distinguished guests had already included this item in their itinerary, and of course they would not refuse to see Dumbledore offer them time to think.

From that night onwards, the owls at Hogwarts got busy—in the next few days, they had to deliver many letters for these distinguished guests.

It can be seen that the remaining bosses are all interested in Hogwarts' "directed training", and those who are not interested in student duels and targeted training basically bid farewell that night .

For example, Master Newt Scamander, after seeing the snake skeleton wrapped in snake sloughs at the door of the secret room, he lost interest in this trip, and he simply donated 500 Galleons before embarking on the return journey .

He doesn't need this kind of directional training, because anyone who likes magical creatures is 100% his disciples.

In addition, there are some very clear-headed people who also chose to donate directly without hesitation.

Mr. Granger donated 2000 Galleons and a lot of medicinal materials directly on behalf of the Association of Physicians of Extraordinary Potions to set up a potions laboratory. On the one hand, it requires laboratories and associations to share research results.

At the same time, he also added an additional condition - all the potion raw materials in the laboratory are provided by the association.

He thought very clearly, because of the particularity of the potion, its production process could not leave

The wizard himself is involved, and the basis for the existence of the Pharmacist Association is whether there are enough potion makers to unite.

The output of the potion prepared by an experienced pharmacist is equivalent to that of three potion apprentices, and the effect of the potion made is better than the sum of ten apprentices, which is finally reflected in the sales volume. In terms of price, that is a hundred times that of the potions produced by apprentices.

It can be seen that the potion industry, like other traditional handicraft industries, is truly "easy to get for thousands of soldiers, but hard to find for every M".