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Chapter 4144 4146 [Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang]

Xiang Nan, Lupin, Lily, Little Barty and others work together to develop anti-curse equipment.

As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. Moreover, Xiang Nan and his four companions are not only not cobblers, but each of them can be called Zhuge Liang.

Therefore, the development of anti-curse equipment was very successful, and the anti-curse hat was soon developed.

As long as you wear this hat, when the opponent releases an evil curse, it will automatically bounce back, which is equivalent to a permanent iron armor spell.

Afterwards, Xiang Nan and others applied for a patent at the Ministry of Magic. The patent was owned by the four of them, and they shared the profits from the patent.

After applying for the patent, Xiang Nan began advertising in the Daily Prophet, Wizard Weekly, Wizard Radio, etc., and subsequently received countless orders.

On the one hand, the world is in chaos now. Death Eaters, werewolves, trolls, vampires...are wreaking havoc everywhere, killing Muggles, Muggle wizards, etc. Many people are on the verge of death, and no one knows when the disaster will come.

Moreover, most wizards don't even have the ability to protect themselves when facing disasters. They can't even cast armor spells or protection spells. Therefore, when Xiang Nan sees him selling anti-curse hats, many people want to buy them for self-defense.

On the one hand, Xiang Nan is now also a golden signboard. He brewed wolfsbane potion at the end of the fourth grade and became a well-known potion master.

Later, he invented some magic potions such as anti-edema ointment, laxative, and muscle and bone patch (for treating rheumatism), which further consolidated his reputation as the "Prince of Magic Potions" and "Master of Magic Potions", and thus won the trust of a large number of wizards.

Like Gilderoy Lockhart, Xiang Nan has now become a star in the wizarding world. However, unlike Lockhart, who is only good for show, Xiang Nan has real skills.

So his curse-proof hat is not a scam, but really works. Because of this, the curse-proof hat is very popular, hundreds of them were sold as soon as they went on sale, and orders were placed until after Christmas.

This hat is sold for eight Galleons, and this item alone brings Xiang Nan and others a profit of 500 Galleons, with each person getting an average of more than 100 Galleons.

For students, this income is quite good.

And this is just the beginning. With the launch of the anti-spell set in the future, each of them will make a fortune.

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The Christmas holidays soon arrived.

Little Barty and Lily had to go home for the holidays.

Xiang Nan and Lupin both stayed in school to continue producing curse-proof hats, and also prepared to produce a full set of curse-proof equipment including curse-proof gloves, curse-proof robes, and curse-proof cloaks.

As well as temporary transformation candy, bait puppets, invisible smoke bombs, anti-theft alarms, etc.

The temporary transformation candy can be transformed temporarily into another person, or into daily necessities such as sofas, wardrobes, tables and chairs, so as to facilitate escape or inspection.

After being thrown out, the decoy puppet can run and make noises like a human, thereby attracting other people's attention. It is most useful when being followed or chased.

After the burglar alarm is installed, once an outsider breaks in, the alarm will sound immediately, giving people at least time to react, rather than losing their lives in confusion...

Because there were so many things to produce and develop, Xiang Nan and Lupin were both overwhelmed.

Lupin therefore suggested to Xiang Nan that he recruit his friend Peter Pettigrew.

Peter Pettigrew was his good friend. He also came from a poor family, had no father since childhood, and depended on his mother for everything.

He is also average looking, even a little ugly, and short in stature, so he is also very self-conscious, and can be said to share the same suffering as Lupin, who is a werewolf. Therefore, among the four Marauders, Pettigrew has the best relationship with him.

When James and Sirius discovered his secret as a werewolf and proposed to be friends with him, it was he who took the initiative to pull Pettigrew to join, thus forming the Marauder Quartet.

So now Lupin wants to help Pettigrew and let him join in. It can not only make money but also become famous, which is really a good thing.

Xiang Nan had some doubts about this.

……

He knew that Peter Pettigrew had a great character flaw. He was born with an inferiority complex, so he was very fond of the strong, and he would cling to whoever was strong. He could be said to be a fence-sitter.

Moreover, he was very dark inside. No matter how good someone was to him, he would not be grateful and would sell them out. He had no guilt at all for betraying his friends.

Therefore, such people are basically ungrateful and cannot be tamed at all.

Unlike Batty Jr., although Batty Jr. in the original book is a villain, he is not despicable.

He has ability, ideals and ambitions, but he took the wrong path and stood on the opposite side of the protagonists, just like Nalan Yuanshu in "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-reliant", who is the type that can be saved.

So Xiang Nan wanted to pull little Batty in, but didn't want to care about Pettigrew.

Little Barty can still be saved, but Pettigrew is really hard to tame.

However, after hesitating for a moment, Xiang Nan finally nodded.

On the one hand, he didn't want to offend Lupin, and they really needed more manpower now, otherwise, they would not be able to complete so many orders.

Moreover, now is an extraordinary period, and each order may be related to a life, so it is right to increase manpower.

Although Pettigrew is a mean person, he is actually quite powerful. In his fifth year, he learned Animagus and was hunted by Sirius. He destroyed half of the street with a spell, killing thirteen people. He not only escaped successfully, but also successfully framed the person.

Even after joining the Order of the Phoenix, he passed messages to Voldemort for a whole year, and Dumbledore hadn't found out yet. This shows his strength.

On the one hand, he knew Peter Pettigrew's background, but Pettigrew didn't know that he knew it, which ensured that it would be difficult for Pettigrew to do anything naughty. And keeping him in front of him would also help to monitor him and restrain him.

Pettigrew was very good at disguising himself. Not only could ordinary people be easily fooled by him, but even friends like Sirius and Lupin who had known him for several years could be easily deceived by him.

So much so that when James and Lily were betrayed, Sirius and Lupin both thought that the other was the traitor, and no one suspected Pettigrew.

So if Peter Pettigrew was allowed to run around alone, he would deceive many people. On the contrary, keeping him by my side would allow me to keep a better eye on him.

"Okay, since he's your friend, what else can we say?" Xiang Nan said with a smile, "If he wants to come, then let him come. We need to recruit more people anyway. Let him join the production team first, and get paid by piecework."

He was planning to expand the business. In addition to the R&D team, he would add a production team and bring in Joey, Benjamin, Gregory and others. Even third and fourth graders with certain abilities could be brought in.

By then, not only will the production be increased, but we can also organize everyone together, which will be a great force, just like Dumbledore's Army in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

An organized and powerful group of wizards has considerable combat effectiveness.

The Death Eaters are not actually that strong, but when dozens of them are combined together, they can cause chaos in the British wizarding world, which shows the power of the organization.