Harry Potter and the Old Ones

Chapter 538: new labor law

"What?" Hermione stood up in surprise, so fast that she knocked over the glass in front of her.

Fragrant fruit wine sprinkled all over the table.

But no one seemed to have seen it, or no one was in the mood to clean up the fruit wine that had escaped.

"They...how, how could they?" Hermione asked puzzledly, "I, I mean... how could the goblins at Gringotts have the ability to organize the United Magic Army? Aren't they the bank of the wizarding world? ?"

"No, Hermione, you don't understand, they are not just the bank of the wizarding world," said Lupine, "they are the creditors of the whole wizarding world."

"What's the meaning?"

"Although no one has counted it... But it can be said that the goblins of Gringotts control at least 60% of the wealth in the entire wizarding world." Mrs. Weasley recovered and explained, "Including but not limited to Gold coins, land deeds, production parks for magical medicinal materials, farms for functional magical animals, and patents for the production of various potions and magical items.”

"What?" Hermione said in surprise, "So many."

"Yes." Lupine nodded, "To be more precise, the office building of the American Association of Magic, the office building of the French Ministry of Magic, the German Ministry of Magic, the Hungarian Ministry of Magic, the Spanish Ministry of Magic, the Austrian Ministry of Magic and The underground offices of the British Ministry of Magic, these places are the property of Gringotts, which are leased by Gringotts to the Ministry of Magic of various countries, and only a symbolic fee of one gold Galleon, one silver Sickle and one copper Knut is charged every year. rent."

"In addition, Gringotts is also responsible for the production of 30% of the magical animal materials on the market today, 70% of the magical plant materials and 20% of the daily magic items." Lupin said.

"That is... as long as Gringotts wants... they can mess up the economy of a country's wizarding world anytime, anywhere?" said Hermione. "It's terrible."

"Sounds like something Tierra would do." At this time, Sirius Black also interjected, "Although I also don't like the goblins in Gringotts, but now Tierra has made a big mess gone."

"So Arthur and Bill are busy with this?" Mrs. Weasley asked a little nervously, "Is Tierra really planning for a war? Does he really want to go to war?"

Mrs. Weasley almost cried out in terror.

"No..." Lupine said strangely, "Tiera... Tiera's attitude is very strange...he...he is not preparing to go to war."

"What's the meaning?"

"Mr Weasley has just been appointed Director of the Muggle Misuse of Artifacts Bureau, but... but... Tierra plans to introduce products like mobile phones, computers, typewriters to the wizarding world... Mr Weasley is now testing these The performance of Muggle products..." Lupine said helplessly, "and he seems to be very... very happy with it..."

"Of course he enjoyed it!" Mrs. Weasley roared, half amused and half annoyed, and angrily tapped the table with the hand holding the cake knife, "If you go to our garage, you will know How much Arthur likes those Muggle things! It turns out that he has been working overtime every day and not going home for these things? Fortunately, I am still worried about his safety these days! Seeing that he comes back, I will not take care of him!"

"What about Bill?" Mrs. Weasley asked again. "Is Bill working on those gadgets with Arthur too? After all, since Gringotts is going to war with us, they must have completely withdrawn from their business in the UK. Bill must have no permanent job now, I know Bill likes those Muggle gadgets as much as his father."

"Bill is the newly appointed Deputy Minister of Finance of the Magic Federation. He is helping Tierra Fourteen, Tierra Seventeen and Tierra Twenty-three to deal with the gold, and has taken over the Gringotts legacy in the UK. factory." Lupine said with a complicated expression, "According to the "Werewolf Employment Act", "House Elf Employment Act" and "Dark Wizard Labor Reform Act" introduced by Tierra, Bill also has a slave named Dobby from Mal House-elves who defected from the Fu family are doing inductions for dark wizards in Knockturn Alley, werewolves no one wants to take in, and house-elves confiscated from the pure-bloods and Gringotts' house-elf shop."

"Now some house elves, werewolves and dark wizards have participated in the production, supporting the production of some daily consumable magic supplies." Lupine shook his head helplessly, "These factories in Tierra are not at all For the purpose of profit, Tierra lowered the price and at the same time paid higher wages to the wizards and house elves in the factory, gave them better treatment, and even provided them with free board and lodging, of course All the house-elves, except the one called Dobby, refused to take their wages."

"So in order to make the house-elves more acceptable, Tierra changed the salary of the house-elves into another form." Lupine explained, "He converted the salary of the house-elves into 'work points', One work point is equal to the purchasing power of one Galleon, and the work point is described as a reward for the house elves, and they are urged to use the work point for consumption."

"Great! This is great!" Hermione was so excited that her eyes almost burst into tears, "Tierra is too thoughtful!"

"Hmph~lightnovelpub.net~ It's a way to buy people's hearts." Sirius said indifferently, "Because of this little favor, he caused the entire magic world to fall into turmoil."

"No, Sirius, you don't understand...you don't understand how miserable those werewolf wizards are struggling to survive in Knockturn Alley." Lupine sighed flatly, and then said, "Oh ...To tell you the truth, I am very grateful to Tierra for this point alone. The magic world used to discriminate against werewolves. The Ministry of Magic established a werewolf registration office to monitor them all the time. We, before Umbridge, even had an anti-werewolf law that forbade any wizard who proved to be a werewolf from employment, and because of this law, most werewolf wizards spend their entire lives in poverty."

Sirius pouted helplessly, but didn't say anything.

"What did Dumbledore say?" Mrs. Weasley asked, "It's impossible for Dumbledore to ignore such a big matter."

"Dumbledore..." Lupine said with a sigh, "Dumbledore just doesn't care about this matter."

"What?" Almost everyone shouted in surprise.

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