The draw starts from Azkaban

Chapter 138 The Power of Money

Bertha Jorkins was elated. After get off work, she was surrounded by many staff members of the Ministry of Magic.

Bertha Jorkins distributed the money to these people with the purse in hand.

She firmly remembered what Du Wei said before leaving.

"Ms. Bertha, be more confident. You now hold our financial power. Do you know what are the three most powerful departments in an organization?"

personnel.

finance.

If this organization is strong enough, then there is another one, the violent law enforcement department.

These three departments are always the most powerful positions. With Du Wei's encouragement, Bertha is completely different from before.

She was brimming with confidence, especially after Barty Crouch Sr. apologized in front of her.

She no longer complained, no longer felt sorry for herself, and her whole person changed from the inside out.

She stared at the people in front of her with air. The members of the Ministry of Magic in front of her, their aura was suppressed by Bertha Jorkins, who was usually inconspicuous.

Of course, Barty Crouch Sr. also changed because of Du Wei.

He was sitting in the office right now, with an impatient and thought-provoking expression.

Opposite him, sat an old goblin.

This old goblin is very well-dressed, unlike the goblins in America, this old goblin adheres to the old British tradition, and thinks that goblins in America are nouveau riche without any background.

He was well-dressed, and he was holding a cane. He was extremely well-mannered. He sat in front of old Barty Crouch, who looked at the goblin in disgust.

A high-ranking goblin from Gringotts.

As a pure-blood wizard, old Barty Crouch hated these goblins very much, not to mention, he saw this goblin's attitude of being able to be on an equal footing with them, which made old Barty even more annoyed.

"Tell me why you came here, fairy."

Old Barty Crouch didn't even want to know the goblin's name.

arrogant.

bias!

But it can't be entirely the old Barty Crouch's fault. The goblins have rebelled four times and failed four times since ancient times.After the failure of the fourth goblin war in modern times, the goblins, as the defeated party, signed many unequal treaties with wizards, including the establishment of Gringotts.

Building Gringotts was a punishment.

But this group of damn beasts can always find another way. According to the logic, the Gringotts opened by these goblins is part of the service for wizards. The custody business of Gringotts, that is, the custody business for wizard families, cannot Fees are free for wizards, and they also provide currency exchange services for Muggle wizards.

This is the wizard's punishment for daring to rebel, but the problem is that over the years, these goblins must have made a lot of profits through a certain method, and the goblins have become richer and richer.

The situation is much more than that simple.

Also, at the very beginning, the Goblin Liaison Office of the Ministry of Magic existed to suppress and tame goblins, but the problem now is that everyone knows that goblins have long lost control.

The entire British Ministry of Magic has no taxing powers.

Wizards don't have the right to mint coins, isn't it ridiculous?After defeating the werewolf and goblin rebellion, the wizard, who was the victor, gave the goblin the right to mint coins, and he lost the power to mint currency, and also lost the ability to regulate the financial system.

The highest law of the Ministry of Magic is the Law of Secrecy. All the purposes of wizards are to hide their existence for the Muggle world. They have no taxation power, no right to mint coins, and their money and salaries come from the regular income of the magic family. Donations, and grants from Gringotts.

A force that has lost its financial power to a feud, and its own ruling power is still declining.

At stake.

It's really a miracle that the goblins haven't rebelled yet.

It is also possible that the current goblins have become fundamentally smarter, and they have changed their way to resist and control the Ministry of Magic.

As if aware of the contempt of the wizard opposite, this high-level Gringotts was expressionless.

They have long been used to such an attitude.

He had seen too many such disdainful expressions when facing pure-blooded families, and this goblin didn't have any expression at all, but what they thought in their hearts was very intriguing.

Old Batty knocked on the table impatiently, and continued to say to the goblin: "You shouldn't come to me, your affairs have nothing to do with me, I am the director of the International Magic Cooperation Department, I don't think that in my duties, I have nothing to do with you. You goblins have a place to socialize.

Are you folk magical powers, or foreign magical powers!

Goblins, face up to your status!

You are magical animals!

You should go to the Department of Magical Creatures. "

When he said Fantastic Beasts, he deliberately put the accent on Fantastic Beasts.

The old goblin was not angry at all. He smiled and said, "No, we are here to discuss cooperation with you, Mr. Barty Crouch."

"Talk about cooperation with me?"

Old Barty Crouch stared at the goblin in front of him and said, "What qualifications do you have to talk to me about cooperation?"

The old goblin took out a letter, put it on the table, and motioned old Batty to read it.

Old Barty Crouch used magic to make the letter float over. After opening the letter, he saw many familiar names signed on the letter. These people all said in the letter that if If Barty Crouch is willing to re-compete for the position of Minister of Magic, these wizards include pure-blood wizards, Muggle wizards, and some half-blood wizards, and some of them are ranked in the Wizengamot. Certain qualifications, some are in Gringotts, and some are retirees, but they have a high status and have a certain influence on the magic world.

They will all speak out in support of Barty Crouch.

Looking at this heavily signed letter, inexplicably, old Batty remembered what Du Wei said.

That night, the two of them were walking in the streets and alleys, with the rain falling from the sky, Du Wei was talking wildly, and old Barty Crouch remembered some of them.

At this moment, these voices seemed to appear in his ears again.

Hearing these voices, he had a different feeling.

"The magic world has never been twisted together. You don't know anything about what the goblins do."

"You have been at ease for too long, how many resources are there in the magic world, how many wizards occupy..."

"Hatred cannot be eliminated, and resources are limited.

While you were still in fear and fighting against the Dark Lord, the rest of the forces had been quietly rising..."

After a thousand words, old Barty Crouch suddenly closed his eyes.

His heart was flustered.

Du Wei Jones's damned demagogic words kept lingering in his ears, making him wonder whether he really underestimated Du Wei and these goblins.

Unconsciously, veins began to appear on his hand, and he squeezed the letter in front of him tightly.

The goblin showed a slight smile on the other side, and the goblin thought that old Barty Crouch was struggling.

But actually, Barty Crouch Sr. was terrified.

He used to think that Du Wei was joking with him, but now.

He opened his eyes, and his eyes fell on the signature of the letter.

He raised his eyebrows and finally got serious.

He felt that Du Wei seemed to be no longer a simple lunatic.

Some of his words make sense.

"How do you want to cooperate with me?"

Old Barty Crouch seemed to relax his mouth, and the old goblin on the opposite side finally took a breath quietly. He knew that the stubborn old man on the opposite side finally breathed a sigh of relief.

We can talk about it.

Old Barty Crouch looked at the old goblin calmly and listened to what the old goblin said, but after hearing the old goblin's implication, even if he was mentally prepared, old Barty Crouch Qi still couldn't help lowering his head to prevent himself from killing the opponent with Avada Kedavra.

He was extremely angry.

The meaning of the old goblin is very clear. Gringotts is no longer satisfied with Fudge, a weak waste, and has come to control the Ministry of Magic. This waste has not been able to do anything well recently, and even the safety of the magic world cannot be guaranteed. His existence , is of little benefit to Gringotts.

So, what Gringotts meant was that they were going to change their spokesperson.

They can help Barty Crouch Sr., help him clean up the election accident that damaged his reputation due to the scandal of Buck Crouch Jr. a few years ago, and use this wave of reversal to promote him to magic The throne of the minister.

"Why not Bernsch?"

Old Barty Crouch asked seemingly indifferently, and the old goblin said tactfully, "Ms. Burns, she doesn't meet our requirements."

Emilia Burnsch, the current director of the Department of Legal Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic, old Barty certainly understands why she does not meet the requirements of goblins. If Gringotts can really control the transition of the magic world, Burnsch is definitely not a qualified heirs.

She is too fair and just, although her discrimination against goblins is not as good as old Barty Crouch, but according to the in-depth investigation of the goblins, they found that old Barty Crouch has been disheartened these years, He has suffered a lot, which means that Barty Crouch, the elder, can actually be bought, has room for maneuver, and can be used as a spokesperson.

Under the real benefits, the problem of attitude is nothing.

Gringotts doesn't care about attitude, Gringotts needs interest.

Barty Crouch Sr. ordered the old goblin to leave.

"You can leave my office now, goblin."

He said to the old goblin, "I will consider this matter carefully."

The goblin bowed to old Barty and flooed away.

Old Barty Crouch blocked the Floo network, and also blocked his office, walking back and forth in the office with his hands behind his back.

There was a fire in his chest.

There is also a trace of vague fear caused by thinking of certain things.

It was the fear of the leprechaun getting out of hand, with potentially dangerous consequences.

For the first time, he felt that in his early years, he was really too short-sighted, and he didn't notice the real crisis in the magic world at all.

While he was still worried about the Dark Lord's comeback, the goblin had united with the wizards and began to secretly control the Ministry of Magic.

These damned goblins want to get rid of Fudge and replace them with a new Minister of Magic just because Fudge can't protect them.

So today, they want to replace Fudge, what about tomorrow?
Will they replace the Minister for Magic who is not in their interests?

What about the day after tomorrow?
They can help the Minister of Magic in exchange for benefits, so their benefits are so great that the Ministry of Magic can't give them?
Old Batty suddenly fell silent. He subconsciously took out the magic phone under his clothes and hesitated.

(End of this chapter)