No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 924 Let’s Buy a Town First
"So you have an idea?" Draco felt that "Little Penny" must have some ideas.

"Well, I will buy a piece of land there and build a factory." Ou Mengmeng thought about it and said. What is the best way to suppress land prices? Build a factory in a picturesque countryside and then break the local tranquility.

"Isn't this bad?" Neville had a bitter face. Even if they bought back the manor, they would still feel uncomfortable with a factory outside. She had built it and would not demolish it easily. In Hogsmeade, factories were built in the wilderness far away from residential areas.

"We just happen to be in need of a packaging factory in the south. If we build a space gate and pack the goods directly there, we can save a lot of transportation costs when distributing goods to the south." Ou Mengmeng thought, "The packaging factory doesn't need too much space, and both the noise and pollution are controllable."

"That's a good idea." Drake nodded. The Fosters actually deal in raw materials, which are then shipped to the Muggle world for packaging and then sent to brand factories everywhere. So it is necessary to build a packaging factory in the south. After thinking about it, he said, "If Harry and Neville really get the manor, they can actually build a herb plantation on their manor. One of them knows how to grow herbs, and the other is a master of potions. In this way, there will be no need for a space gate in the future. A third wizard settlement can be formed there. It integrates planting and medicine making."

"Yes, I think so too. It's not far from Godric's Hollow, and the mountains in the middle were originally a nature reserve for Muggles. The Potter family chose to build their manor there because of the natural environment and the sparsely populated area." Ou Mengmeng smiled.

Sure enough, it's the Malfoy family's genes. Look at this brain. He can think of ten things when he says one. So in terms of business acumen, this guy is ten blocks ahead of me.

"So, starting now, we have to buy land in batches. Find more people and carefully buy all the vacant houses and land in the town, except for the manor. Of course, it must be done in secret."

Neville opened his mouth wide, with a look of disgust on his face. Are you guys playing such a big game? We just want to buy a manor, you buy a manor for cheap, and then buy other places. How do you calculate this account?

Hermione was smart and could catch up with their thoughts. "Isn't this a bit too much of a fuss? If we make it a professional town, will so many people from the wizarding world be able to move here?"

She understood that a herb plantation would require a lot of professional wizards, as well as a potion production base. So, even if the town outside was bought out, where would the people be? The main problem in the magic world right now was the lack of people.

"It will take us at least a year to buy the whole place, and then we will build a plantation, select products, establish a settlement, and provide supporting facilities for residents. These are not achieved overnight. In particular, this is not Hogsmeade Village or Mirror Lake Town, which are middle-class settlements. As for the area around Potter Manor, we should design it into a professional town, focusing on planting herbs and developing potions, so that those who move in will be experts in these areas.

In this way, people are accumulated little by little. Besides, haven't you read the annual report of the Ministry of Magic? After the construction of the Hogsmeade settlement, the birth rate of young wizards increased by one percentage point. The base number is not large, and one percentage point is also very small. But the overall trend is positive. There was a period of negative growth before. Now it is finally developing positively. I believe that in ten years, our settlements will not be enough. So now, we have to find a way to study the surrounding areas of the nature reserves. We help the Muggle government to protect these nature reserves, but these nature reserves must also be used by us. "Ou Mengmeng said, supporting his head.

"In fact, I think we can try to make Potter Manor into a theme town. I mean for Muggles." Draco thought, "There are still Muggles there, and there are not many people in this district, but there are other districts not far away, and there are other Muggle towns. If we design it well, we can make it a wizard tourist town, so that Muggles will think that we are pretending to be wizards!" "This can be the next step, or even the next step. But I like your idea. The ultimate goal is that we coexist peacefully with Muggles." Ou Mengmeng nodded, thinking that Draco was really smart. When he knew the general trend, he didn't think about hiding in the nature reserve, but how to integrate into the Muggle society. Yes, their population is increasing. Since they can't hide, they should stand in front of the public and make money from the public.

But this needs an opportunity, just like she introduced Lockhart's books to the Muggle world and made a lot of money, and then all kinds of magical fairy tales and toys were gradually accepted by the Muggle world, then, a movie like "Harry Potter" was needed to sweep the world, so it was reasonable for Universal Studios to build a Potter Town. Who would buy it now? Even if it was just to find a deception for the wizards, it would not work.

"What's wrong with kids nowadays?" Sirius was speechless. He felt that he had lived in vain for more than 30 years and was not even as good as these teenagers.

"I think it's not bad. If that's the case, many Hufflepuff graduates will be happy to settle here." Lupin nodded.

"That's right. This place is too far from Hogwarts in the north, but many wizards in the south are reluctant to leave their homeland, so why don't we set up a protection zone in the south as well. We can run a kindergarten and an elementary school here, and we can even separate Hufflepuff. If we set up a school here, then any Hufflepuff graduates who are interested can move here." Hermione nodded and said as she thought.

She was not on the side of business, but had said privately a long time ago that Hogwarts was advanced for the British wizarding world, but it also had great disadvantages. You had one school that dominated, and then it was divided into four schools, and the internal fighting was unfair to any student.

If a professional town is rebuilt thousands of miles away from Hogwarts, then as the population gradually increases, they can run their own schools.

In fact, Hermione personally thinks that it is entirely possible to set up one in each place, dividing the four major colleges into four major schools. The Sorting Hat can be placed in a public place to help children choose a school.

"That's great, I support it." Neville raised his hands in approval. Hufflepuff students actually suffered discrimination in Hogwarts. Is it a sin to love being down-to-earth? And Hufflepuff is the house with the most students, which means that mediocre people actually account for the majority, but this world is built by these loyal and down-to-earth so-called mediocre people.

Ou Mengmeng nodded. If Neville hadn't also wanted to buy a manor, she wouldn't have thought of this. Now that everyone is talking about it together, the plan has been perfected. So, they are not fools. If they just put forward the idea, they can think through the rest.

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