Drink Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts

Chapter 548: Lao Ma's Ambition (Part 1)

When activists of a certain class or stratum in society organize in a planned way in order to achieve a certain goal, and when society recognizes that this organization has the legal power to organize and expand its claims, it also actively participates in political life in order to achieve a certain goal. When it maintains the political power or influences the exercise of political power to play its own role, this organization will become a political party.

Although Voldemort's original intention of forming the Death Eaters was to collect a group of subordinates for himself, rather than forming a political party to participate in politics, and the magic society did not have the tradition of party politics. But as Voldemort's men gathered more and more wizards who agreed with the ideas he preached, and finally when they captured the Ministry of Magic and began to rule part of the wizarding world, the Death Eaters naturally embarked on the road of partying.

Lucius Malfoy was the first to spot this trend. Thanks to sugarcane, he is a Death Eater and even a wizard who "opens his eyes to see the world" rarely in the magical world of England. He vaguely felt that the key to the future of the Malfoy family might lie in it.

When he reported this discovery to the Death Eaters regular meeting and made a report on strengthening the organization of the Death Eaters, the rest of the Death Eaters except Snape regarded his report as a joke. Snape held a dead face all day long, and the other Death Eaters didn't know whether he was crying or laughing.

Because in the eyes of the core Death Eaters, the new Death Eaters are cannon fodder that can be sacrificed at will to achieve their own goals, uniting them and uniting the house elves are the same thing. All of them themselves were unruly people, and if Voldemort hadn't pressed them on their heads, they would definitely fight first.

In their opinion, Muggle gadgets such as political parties are not as effective as the magic wand in their hands.

For a while Malfoy became the object of sarcasm for the Death Eaters.

Voldemort, who didn't understand Malfoy the whole time, stopped others from sarcasm against Malfoy, but in order not to discourage the enthusiasm of his right-hand man, Voldemort let him figure it out and start the next meeting.

Any mature political party represents the interests of a group, and this interest group and political party will form a community of economic and power interests.

After much deliberation, Ma took the opportunity to help Voldemort win allies and began to contact the family that holds the most capital in the British magical society.

When Bentley asked Malfoy what the Dark Lord wanted them to do, Malfoy did not directly answer this question, but asked everyone present: "Everyone, do you want your market to expand a hundredfold?"

If it was an ordinary wizard who said this, everyone in the room would treat this sentence as a courtesy. But it was Lucius Malfoy who said this now, with the Dark Lord Voldemort standing behind him, which made people think carefully.

The first thing they thought of was the European continent across the strait. Europe was about forty times the size of the United Kingdom, and the wizard was more than ten times the size of the United Kingdom. If Voldemort could lead them across the strait and occupy the entire Europe, then the European continent market The gain is enough for them to put aside everything and follow Voldemort.

And there is a continent called Africa in the south of Europe. If Voldemort can lay down this place, it would not be impossible for them to persuade them to support Emperor Fu to be crowned the great treasure.

For a while, the name "The Sun Never Sets Empire" appeared in everyone's minds.

As soon as there is a proper profit, the capital becomes bold. Faced with such a huge profit, they can sell the ropes that hang themselves, and they can also get free shipping, let alone tied to Voldemort's chariot.

As for the Hogsmeade regime in the north, it is not a problem at all in their eyes.

As a pure-blooded family that discriminates against Muggles, all of you here are very disgusted with the Hogsmeade regime and the Muggle government’s joint efforts. Some families even voted for the Voldemort regime in London from the very beginning and made the Hogsmeade regime. Feeling uncomfortable.

So in the beginning, the Hogsmeade regime had to compromise with these families, which had a large amount of capital, to ensure that they would not use Muggle weapons on a large scale against wizards. That's why Zhang said before the start of school that if a cannon company comes to get off work, he can leave work early today.

Malfoy sat on the sofa and took a sip of a cup of black tea, quietly watching the capital tycoons bow their heads there thinking or whispering to discuss their own words.

The pie is drawn first. As for the filling of the pie, it depends on their own understanding how to do it. In case they understand it wrong, it is their problem. Anyway, the final interpretation right is in their own hands.

The patriarch of the Welkom family, the largest potion maker in the UK, stood up for the first time. He came to Malfoy and paid a salute, and then said: "Please tell the Dark Lord, the Welkom family has begun to stop today. Sell ​​all potions to Hogsmeade, and stop selling all potions to anyone operating anywhere outside of Diagon Alley."

Welkom's decision just scratched the itch of Voldemort's regime.

Since the merchants in Diagon Alley collectively moved north, apart from Gringa, the taxes collected there are not enough to pay for the lighting of the pseudo-magical Ministry.

If these manufacturers can only supply the shops in Diagon Alley like the Welkom family, then most of the sellers can only return to Diagon Alley and open their doors. In this way, the economy of Diagon Alley can at least be restored to a higher level, and then the taxation of the pseudo-magical ministry can be greatly increased.

Malfoy expressed his sincere gratitude to the Welkom family for their gratitude to the Welkom family.

Subsequently, the Smith family and others made the same promise as the Welkom family.

However, neither group of people mentioned the St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Injuries and Malfoy did not make any hints in this regard. After all, Saint Mungo's reputation and importance among British wizards are too high, and maintaining the status quo is the best choice.

With the leadership of the families of these two important industries, the rest of the families operating from the crucible to the parchment responded to the call of the Ministry of Magic, drew a clear line with the Hogsmeade authorities, and returned to the capital family of Diagon Alley.

Then Malfoy said to Bentley, who represented the flying broomstick industry: “Next, we can temporarily import flying carpets from India and the Weasley family to fight on the market. When the Weasley family goes bankrupt, the flying carpets will continue. It’s a banned commodity."

This matter Draco Malfoy, as the representative of the old horse, has reached an agreement with Bentley, and now he is only here to make the cooperation plan public. Because the ban on the import of flying carpets from India has been hyped up as a politically correct thing in the British magic society, this naive alliance will first collapse from the inside if you don’t make peace with your allies.

So Bentley just nodded and didn't say much.

After everyone expressed their opinions, Evans, the producer of the crucible, asked: "Then, the minister, can you solve the food problem for us?"

As soon as Evans's problem came out, Malfoy, who used to sell food, became the focus of everyone's attention.

A great weapon for the Hogsmeade regime to win over various pure-blood families is the sale of food.

In the past, the Ministry of Magic purchased food from the British government and sold it to the pure-blooded families who were completely cut off from ordinary society by the Malfoy family.

Now that the Malfoy family has surrendered, the Hogsmeade regime recognized by the British government has re-selected agents and sold food to wizards who support it.

This is the reason why these pure-blood families would flirt with the Hogsmeade regime in the first place.

Now that they have decided to fully support the Voldemort regime, it is impossible to buy the food sold by the Hogsmeade regime. So the food issue has become an important issue they will face next. After all, wizards can use no magic, but they can't skip meals.

"You don't have to worry," Malfoy said confidently. "Tomorrow, the Malfoy family will have a large amount of food open for sale. It's okay for you to buy twice as much food as before."

After getting Malfoy's assurance and seeing his full confidence, the anxiety in the hearts of everyone present eased slightly. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

In order to dispel their worries, Malfoy continued: "Before that I contacted the Carkiel family in the United States, and they agreed to sell us enough food."

People who were worried about being hungry were finally relieved. They also know something about the American magical society. The Cajil brothers, who were originally from Scotland, began their food business in the United States more than a hundred years ago. They are now the largest food producer in the American magical society. Although the Malfoy family of second-hand dealers was also a local tycoon in the UK before, it was a weak chicken in front of the Cajil family.

After solving the food problem, the main task of the party held in Smith Manor today was successfully completed.

Malfoy began to contact and woo various capital forces on behalf of Voldemort, and solved their food problems.

And these capital families began to make limited investments in Voldemort. Their first investment is mainly to restore the economic activities of Diagon Alley. If Voldemort can eliminate the Hogsmeade regime and unify the magic society in a short time, then they will definitely increase their investment in Voldemort.

After all, even Voldemort would not believe that they would support themselves unreservedly from the beginning, and a good start is half the battle.

As far as Malfoy is concerned, he sacrificed a little of the Malfoy family's interests to obtain the opportunity to do business with the American Cargill family, thereby helping various capital bosses to solve their problems. This is a deal that will never lose. .

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