Seeing that they were all dissatisfied, Lockhart smirked in his heart that the business came to the door.

It's fine if you didn't get into 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 -" he was ready to fool, "This time, it was mainly because we realized too quickly, so the tax that could have been avoided could not be avoided. In fact, there are many channels on the Muggle side to avoid tax. ."

"Tell me about it." Some people don't seem to believe that Lockhart is 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 to the spirit:

"This gets complicated... It's not without reason that the UK is called a \"tax haven\' by Muggles because it has an RND tax system called \"Non-Resident Clause\'.

If you are willing, we can find a way to make you legally recognized as a \"high net worth person\' by the British government. After becoming a \"high net worth person\', theoretically I have a way to make all of us here within 7 years. Not a single nat of tax is borne at any time. Even after 9 years, only tens of thousands of gallons of tax need to be paid each year

Chapter 349 The Economic Basis of the Order of the Phoenix

Needless to say, Lockhart once again had a big win.

Because no wizard knows the rules of the Muggle world better than him, and even most Muggles don't necessarily know half as much as Lockhart knows about the government.

After the oil company started making a profit, pure-blood wizards suddenly found that they needed to rely on Lockhart more if they wanted to avoid the Muggle government's bone-crushing taxes.

Before the general meeting of shareholders, some members of the Snake faction really planned to take advantage of Lockhart's "unsteady position" issue, and wanted to play a trick of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, so that the golden hen of the oil company could be snatched into his own. hand.

But as Lockhart taught them how to do it, they suddenly realized they couldn't really do anything but invest.

Because they don't understand.

They found that if they wanted to kill the donkey now, then Loha said specifically about not giving them tax avoidance, even if they wanted to fool them, there was nothing they could do.

As a result, in the eyes of several wizards, this shareholders meeting came to a peaceful conclusion, as if everyone just came to eat and drink.

Although Lockhart didn't know the secret plans of these people, something would happen in his mind sooner or later, but the straightforwardness of Sirius would speak out directly, and the wizards of the Snake Sect would evaluate each other's strength. When you grasp it, you will never let it go.

In Lockhart's view, he earned all the money himself. In fact, he was the one who took the risk. The purebloods lent him money instead of investing. It is magnanimous to allow them to take a little interest, so how can you 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 or five executives who are conspiring to play the boss's management buyout, but he is doing it rightly.

He I” people who benefit the country and the people engage in management buyouts, that is Charlemagne; those who are ambitious and ignorant play management buyouts, that is Macbeth.

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

After Christmas comes New Year. The Ministry of Magic borrowed a batch of red magic lanterns from Hogwarts, modeled on the New Year's lanterns on the Muggle side, and held them once in Hogsmeade.

Lockhart was a little surprised by this batch of red lanterns-because in terms of style, they were all oriental shapes.

Dumbledore told him that the magic lanterns had been kept at Hogwarts for a long time, and that they had them in the Hogwarts storage room when he was still in school (a clip from "Hogwarts: Legacy") , a gift from the other party during the British-Chinese Magic Exchange Conference.

Lockhart thought about it carefully. Dumbledore should have been in school a hundred years ago, that is, around 1890. It is estimated that the Chinese wizards who came to England at that time still had braids.

After the excitement was over, members of the Order of the Phoenix rushed to the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets, where they were ready to be "reviewed" by Dumbledore

Lockhart only saw about 20 people here. If there are only so many people in the Order of the Phoenix, Lockhart absolutely does not believe it. At least the few members of the Order of the Phoenix he knew were not here, such as a few Ministry clerks he happened to meet, Mrs Figg, and the Headmaster's brother, Aberforth.

It seems that all the wizards who came today have certain fighting ability.

Because they were all his own, Dumbledore didn't say much.

He told the Order of the Phoenix bluntly that Voldemort had returned, but had not yet acquired 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 he is likely to use Harry's blood.

Lockhart listened to the principal's judgment and was deeply impressed.

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 reconstructed with this magic is naturally stronger than the original one. .

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

In view of the possibility of Voldemort resurrecting at any time and launching a terrible revenge on the wizarding world, it is necessary for the reorganized members of the Order of the Phoenix to pick up the fighting skills again.

This is the so-called \"training".

However, before the start of the training camp, Lockhart announced that he would donate 200,000 Galleons to the Order of the Phoenix to fund the activities of the members of the Order of the Phoenix.

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

Compared to the Death Eaters, the biggest disadvantage of the Order of the Phoenix was not the combat effectiveness of its personnel, but the lack of money.

The people who initially followed Grindelwald, and Lord Voldemort with a flag similar to Grindelwald, were the political forces behind those wizarding families whose family industries were hit by Muggles. not short of money

But as a civilian force, the Order of the Phoenix requires many people to have a serious job to survive, and fighting against the dark forces takes 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 everyone was Lupin and Sirius who could feed the whole family and not be hungry, but there are quite a few people with families like Mr. Weasley, and not everyone has an iron. unsatisfactory meal

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

During the first Voldemort Rebellion, the expenses of the robbers became a problem for a time. At that time, because Sirius was expelled from the family tree, he could not use any of the Black family's property. Lupin and Pettigrew also None of them have a job, and their lives are basically the old Potters, the grandparents of Harry Potter.

But not every member of the Order of the Phoenix can have the net worth of James O. Potter, which is also destined to have some worries in the heart of the members of the Order of the Phoenix in the fight against Voldemort.

Don't look at Dumbledore's ability to pretend in front of Harry and say "I have too much property, you can smash it as much as you want", but judging from Dumbledore's relics, his property is mainly those magical magic props, but There wasn't much hard currency, and he couldn't afford the expenses of all the members of the Order of the Phoenix.

So Lockhart's donation of this money is not so much a support for justice, but more so that the members of the Order of the Phoenix have no worries about life, or to put it more nasty, it is so that they can die without any worries, just see how you do Read this.

Others don't know what Lockhart is thinking, they only think that this is Lockhart's "high-flying festival", which makes Lockhart feel somewhat guilty.

Fortunately, Dumbledore immediately relieved him of his predicament—he declared himself

To be on the field in person, use the method of field teaching to test the strength of the members. No wonder many non-combatants were not present.

Chapter 350 The Enemy of Yihe

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

Aside from the three Unforgivable Curses that didn't work for some reason, it was the first time Dumbledore used black magic in front of everyone, which surprised Lockhart.

He was not surprised that Dumbledore knew black magic, but that he needed to use black magic when he was able to pay himself. Steady, he didn't need to do this at all.

For example, Sirius, who is now receiving "education", after using the stun spell and restraint spell to no avail, he used firearms as suggested by Lockhart, wanting to give Dumbledore a good look.

But Dumbledore didn't even recite the spell, and a dark green ghost appeared in front of him, corroding all the bullets shot at him into the air, and Lockhart's eyes widened.

Although he didn't think Dumbledore would be knocked down by Muggle firearms early on, Lockhart was still a little surprised that he was able to eliminate the threat of firearms so lightly.

Sirius didn't trust Muggle firearms so much in the first place. After seeing that it was useless for Dumbledore, he turned into a black dog and wanted to compete with Dumbledore through physical hand-to-hand combat.

For this reckless fighting style, Dumbledore just shook his head, and then pointed at the deformed Sirius.

The **** dog immediately collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth, as if he had rabies, completely losing his fighting power.

Despite his self-proclaimed strength, Lockhart faced these two curses from Dumbledore.

Leng is not recognized.

"What's that?" he asked Moody.

Moody took out his spherical wine bottle and poured a pale pink potion into his mouth. If he hadn't recognized it, it was just a talent potion for \"Blue\', and Lockhart would have wondered if Moody was also caught. Top pack.

"The one in front is the Mist of Corruption, and the one in the back is the Curse of Weakness," Moody told him. "That spell in the back cost us a lot of good hands."

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

"It wasn't that strong at first, but Sirius became a dog and became less resistant to magic." Moody sighed, "Animagus can't become a magical creature.

Lockhart thought for a moment and found that it was.

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

Although Sirius was beaten a little bit badly, Dumbledore's use of black magic to abuse the rookie was not to pretend, but to let everyone see the way the Death Eaters and even the Wiccans fought back then. Lockhart still understandable.

And he didn't just teach people a lesson. After rescuing Sirius, he instructed the opponent's fighting style.

"When the spell is not effective and the polymorphism is not good, it is not entirely a wrong choice to attack at close range, but please think more about your godson when you rush forward, he will not hope His own godfather died inexplicably." Dumbledore seemed earnest.

Finally, Dumbledore suggested that Sirius learn agility and concealment spells, at least learn to disrupt the enemy before melee combat, and at least drink some blessings and enhancers in advance.

In addition, Dumbledore neither praised nor said anything wrong with Sirius' use of Muggle firearms. Just tell him to shoot at the enemy if he's going to use a gun

Human bullets should also be enchanted in advance. As long as the pure physical damage is not hit, the 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 the teaching of Sirius, Dumbledore immediately began to guide the next-person.

Don't look at Dumbledore's use of two black magics in one go, but look at his appearance: his magic power doesn't seem to be consumed at all.

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

It's just that the wizard Digg seems to be incompetent. When facing Dumbledore, he threw a bunch of smoke bombs and stink bombs that he didn't know where to buy, and only used it. Several stun spells.

With people like this, Lockhart thinks that even he can easily deal with ten, but listening to the opinions of the people around him, he may not be the worst one in the Order of the Phoenix. This also made Lockhart feel the poor quality of the Order of the Phoenix staff.

Sure enough, Dumbledore didn't do anything fancy when it came to Digger, just using a precise purple incantation to bring Diggle down.

After the spell, Dedalo Digo suddenly had a lot of purple mushrooms growing all over his body, which made him look funny and ridiculous, but the wizards present couldn't laugh at all, because it and Doroho Husband's stunt - a spell that shatters an enemy's heart is too similar.

"Be careful, Digg!" Dumbledore sighed, "Instead of practicing any kind of combat, I personally recommend that you face the target and practice the Stunning, Disarming and Obstructing Charms."

Lu Xia's meaning is that his foundation is too weak? The enemy lets him beat him

They may not even hit, so it's not yet time to instruct him on anything. And the next one is going to be stronger—Storji Podmore. Although Stoji Podmore is also a two-time veteran of the Order of the Phoenix, and he looks more mature, but in fact he is still under 40 this year, 7 years younger than Arthur Weasley. When Mr. Weasley graduated, he had just entered Hogwarts.

This wizard can be said to be in his prime, he has been under Dumbledore longer than Sirius, and after trying many spells to no avail, he was the first to use Transfiguration, which made a big difference. Bloated to attack Dumbledore.

But using Transfiguration to attack Dumbledore is definitely not a good idea, because those swollen waters were turned into lions by Dumbledore, and then turned around and fell on him.

Deng Buhe I" most of his evaluations are that he is well-trained, but the attack method is too direct. It is recommended that he learn a few compound spells. After using the transformation, he also needs to think about the following routines.

The next person Lockhart was familiar with was Mr. Weasley.

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

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

Maybe it was Alastor Moody, maybe it was Kingsley or Shacklebolt, or maybe it was his own spell-sequencing six combos.

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

Facing Dumbledore, Mr. Weasley had no stage fright at all—he first used a "pepper spell" to successfully bypass Dumbledore's "preventive malice" and let him sneeze; He's released on Dumbledore's hair again

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

Lockhart always felt that if Mr. Weasley's slug spell hadn't been bounced back in the end, and the duel had ended unexpectedly, he might have seen more peculiar spells.

Now that I think about it, 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 bat spirit, slug spell, or turning pustules into worms. Lockhart has never seen it. Others play like that.

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

Thinking about 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 has easily taught four Death Eater subordinates by herself, and has a proper top combat power among the Death Eaters. Even if Mrs. Weasley was born out of "mother's love", but... no matter how much a student who usually doesn't study, he won't be able to get a high score in the test. The premise of wanting to perform exceptionally is that he really has something in his stomach.

To be honest, Mr. Weasley's fighting style was an eye-opener for Lockhart. Strictly speaking, the pepper charm he used was 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 attacking style is really hard to guard against.

Next is Remus Lupin. Just like when he faced Lockhart, although Lupin's response can't be said to be wrong, because of the lack of sufficient aggression and pressure, he lasted longer. short.

In front of the various objects he deliberately summoned, Dumbledore did not say a word, directly appeared in front of him, and put the green-lighted Elder Wand on Lupin's forehead.

\"Avada—" Dumbledore shouted.

All the members of the Order of the Phoenix were shocked—it was just an exercise in nature, how could Lao Deng actually use the Unforgivable Curse?

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

- A pine cone bounced on Lupin's forehead, popping a small bulge on his forehead.

"If you stay long, you will lose, Remus, being kind to your enemy is cruel to your own... Hope this teaches you a lesson."

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

"Speaking of which, this spell is really useful, and it's not black magic... Gilderoy, get ready, it's your turn next."

Chapter three hundred and fifty first

Hearing Dumbledore's greeting, Lockhart discovered that the Order of the Phoenix had not yet had anyone who had competed with Old Deng, except himself, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Alastor Moody.

Dumbledore seems to like to leave the good food behind, so Shacklebolt and Moody, the two most recognized Order of the Phoenix powers, will be left to teach him until the end.