Hermione, Be the Minister of Magic with Me!

-Everything has been arranged, Lockhart decided to open this dueling club at the end of October, I believe that there will be no shortage of people by then.

And Dumbledore was also very interesting, and signed a magic document directly, opening a part of the auditorium to Lockhart.

According to this permission, Lockhart can temporarily open Apparition for a period of time inside the auditorium (of course, only inside), and the protective magic shrouded in the ceiling and walls of the auditorium also allows him to temporarily invoke it.

This saves Lockhart a lot of the work of using protective magic, otherwise his protective shield might really be broken by those sixth and seventh graders.

Of course, since he took Lao Deng's face so much, Lockhart had to do something for him, because it was the rule.

After all, civil servants -- as long as you know a little about it, you will find that Guan Shengmin

The best-sounding civil servants are often not the honest and unselfish officials in the traditional sense, but the capable officials who collect money and do things. Lockhart is determined to do the latter.

Just the day before the duel club's upcoming event, that is, on Friday afternoon, Ron Weasley, who accompanied Harry back from the Quidditch pitch, was surprised to find that recently there have been "Hogwarts' most popular professors". Gilderoy Lockhart, who is named after him, actually walked with their sworn enemy, Draco Malfoy.

If he only saw this in the hallway or next to the class, Ron would have gloated to guess that Malfoy had made a mistake in class and was placed on probation by the professor.

But Ron didn't feel like Malfoy's nose was about to go up to the sky, and Lockhart's attitude toward him was not like a student who had made a mistake, but more like the long-lost brother-in-law Laura. Nephew went out to play.

But no matter what, no matter how strong Ron's Ah Q spirit was, he couldn't deceive himself that these two were just a simple teacher-student relationship.

He wanted to follow him, but after thinking about it, he gave up - he didn't dare follow Lockhart.

Although Ron has not read Lockhart's book, if there is a person who is borrowing your homework to tell you about Lockhart's deeds every day, he will also remember what this person has done, such as anti-vampire stalking .

In the evening, he told the other two friends about it, and their reactions were not beyond Ron's expectations.

"Professor Lockhart and Malfoy? What are they doing together?" Harry asked sensitively.

"Who knows, it's definitely not a good thing to see the look on Malfoy's face anyway."

Ron looked a little bored—as the first professor to affirm his worth, he didn't want Lockhart to have anything to do with the Malfoys.

Harry guessed the truth inadvertently: "Could this be what Snape had made him do? Or they wouldn't have known each other, wasn't Lockhart a Ravenclaw before?"

Ron's response was okay, but Hermione slammed the book in her hand shut.

"We have to investigate this matter," she said to the two of them.

Chapter forty-six pure blood of interests first

There is nothing wrong with the feeling of the Iron Triangle. The reason why Lockhart found Malfoy was to solve the problem that Dumbledore brought up.

Obviously, it is absolutely impossible for the goblin to let Lockhart into the Lestrange's vault, no matter how much Lockhart's brother-in-law makes for them, because it involves the lifeblood of Gringotts.

In other words, if you want to open the Lestrange family's treasury peacefully, you can only let Bella do it by herself.

But the problem is coming. Not to mention that Bella is currently in Azkaban and can't come, even if she is allowed to come out, she probably won't obediently lead everyone there.

The next step is a very simple reasoning - if he wants to get Hufflepuff's gold cup: he must find a way to trick Bella into giving her the key.

Thinking of this, the expression on Lockhart's face became more and more kind, and he bent down and pointed the direction of the Honey Duke to Draco Malfoy.

"It's there! Honeyduke, the owner, Ambrosio, and I know each other very well. They just recently got a batch of dragon milk cheeses and made them into cheese candies. We'll go round them up later, and then we'll go to three Join the broom with your father."

Draco looked elated: "Dragon Milk Cheese!"

"Yeah, imported from Romania," Lockhart said with emphasis.

He knew that no member of the Malfoy family would refuse anything to do with "dragons".

It can be said that the Malfoy family has an obsession with power, or the worship of power, in their blood from generation to generation, which is why such a politically rambunctious family came out.

Whoever is stronger, they will help.

And after this kind of worship of power is transferred to the field of magical creatures, it is the joy of the Malfoy family for the most powerful magical creature, the "Dragon".

Draco Malfoy accidentally ran into Hagrid raising a Norwegian Ridgeback when he was in first grade (the plot of "The Philosopher's Stone"). According to common sense, his relationship with the Iron Triangle and Hagrid can already be said to be "enemies". With such a good opportunity, it would be logical for him to report to the school or even the Ministry of Magic.

But Draco Malfoy didn't do that. Instead, he chose to hide it against common sense, and has been secretly paying attention to the little dragon. Even when Potter and the others were going to send the little dragon away overnight, he chose to violate the curfew to see Instead of reporting it directly to the professor, it can be seen that his love for dragons is indeed deep, even more than his hatred for the Iron Triangle.

As for his father Lucius Malfoy, the same is true, not to mention that the name of his son Draco (Drac) was originally derived from the word "Dragn" (Dragn), the first moment he bought the plane, also wanted to Way to paint it into a dragon look.

However, these loves, though deep enough, still can't compare with Draco's grandfather, Abraxas Malfoy, who died of dragon plague syphilis.

Because dragon plague syphilis usually only grows in "that part" of the female dragon, so how do you say it... President Haima and the blue-eyed white dragon are just a stalk for the time being, but Malfoy's grandfather actually regards the dragon as the real thing wife.

(Of course, the People's Literature Edition translated it into dragon sore pox. This is to protect the physical and mental health of Chinese children, just like Lavender Brown's "Uranus", everyone should thank Uncle Ma)

In the Honey Duke, Lockhart fulfilled his promise, packed all the dragon milk cheese candies for Malfoy, and asked him to bring a lot of other candies back to his classmates, and finally came to Three Broomsticks.

"...Nothing, Draco! I'll leave it to you from the Slytherin side, second grade.

The freshmen and first-year students are brought by you, the sooner the authority is established, the better, don't wait until the fifth grade to become a prefect..."

Lockhart opened the door as he spoke: he found that Lucius and Snape were already waiting at a table in the corner, and Lucius Malfoy's face was full of displeasure.

"Why are you so late? Draco?" Lucius disciplined his son in front of the two of them, "\"Look what's in your pocket? sugar? Io you're ooing for this"

Seeing the pale expression on Draco's face, Lockhart hurriedly made a round.

"Come on, Mr. Malfoy, Draco hurried over to wrap it up after hearing that the Honey Duke had just imported a batch of dragon milk cheese from Romania. Besides, our business is not complicated, and we can finish it soon."

Hearing that there was dragon milk cheese, Lucius's expression changed a little: "Indeed, such a thing should not be used in a candy store, but there must be a priority! I originally wanted him to listen, but he has already He proved his immaturity with his actions, so..."

"Why? If the child is not allowed to sit in, when is he supposed to mature?" Lockhart continued to speak for Draco, "He's 12 years old, and I started writing to girls at his age. Love Poems."

Seeing that the professor was also speaking for him, Draco tried his best to squeeze out a smile while he was relieved, hoping that his father would be accommodating.

Lucius didn't really want to do this at first, and he was happy to see Lockhart down the steps.

"Then sit by the side and listen carefully, don't interrupt!"

After warning his son, Lucius turned to Lockhart again and put on a negotiating posture.

"Severus has spoken to me, Mr. Lockhart, I heard that you have

The melon made a lot of money there, and even got the goblins? I think we should be able to exchange some information. "

"Yeah, that's what I thought too." Lockhart looked very cheerful, "I was really surprised to learn from Professor Snape that you also have investments in Muggles.

Whether Lockhart was surprised Lucius didn't know, but after hearing that his family actually invested in the Muggle world, Draco's surprise could not be concealed.

Lucius glared at his son with a warning: "A glorious family should never live on the little land handed down by their ancestors, otherwise the Travers family will be doomed."

"That's right!" Lockhart agreed. "I'm very happy to have found a comrade. If it wasn't for Professor Snape's introduction, I'm afraid I would have thought it was just me--Is it too arrogant to say that?"

"Not at all, as long as you continue to understand more deeply, you will find that there are not many brains made of elm knots in this world." Lucius said lightly, "Gold is right in front of you, but you don't know how to earn it. There are just too many people, and they complain every day that God doesn't give them a chance."

"Opportunities will only be reserved for those who are prepared." Lockhart echoed, "It's as if right now, even though the opportunity has come, the incompetent just can't make the money, or are afraid of it because they don't know anything about it. risks of."

Hearing this, Lucius finally sat up straight from the original crooked posture on the chair.

""Appreciate further details. "He says.

[Picture: I am in the palace! ]

P.So wow hahaha! I hit the hall! Ye is also a man with a provincial card!

It's really not easy. I hit it with a bunch of level 10\" cards, and the HP is only 3800. Looking at the 4800 HP of Director Itch and the level 17 Time Converter and Poison Horn, I hit it. The ten cuts were stunned on the spot _(: 3JZ) _

Chapter 47 Partners

Lockhart's proposal was to invest in oil fields.

He knows that the price of oil will rise slowly in the next few years, and it will not stop until the Asian financial crisis in 1997, so investing in oil fields can be said to be a guaranteed profit.

After all, even a guy like Pompeo who loses everything can make money from Koch Industries' oil wells in South America, so who can't?

“As far as I know, South Africa will return to the Commonwealth in the next few years, when their mining industry will reopen to Great Britain. And they have a basin in their country that has proven to have oil and gas reserves, but I don’t know how much.

Muggle technology may not yet be able to detect the size of the oil and gas reservoirs there, but it is not difficult for us and fairies - fairies have long been able to explore mineral veins.

As long as we find the location early, buy that land and put a well in it, it could bring us a steady stream of money...and even status for decades to come. "

Lucius Malfoy was well aware of the role of oil in Muggle life, so he didn't ask some stupid questions, but that meant he was even less prone to fooling around.

"It sounds good, but there are still risks." Lucius thought for a moment and said, "The main risk is still from the political situation, and the early development of an oil well requires a lot of investment."

"If you can bring a few more people in, then we need to take a lot less risk." Lockhart advised him.

"It's impossible." Lucius shook his head to show his regret: "Although I'm very reluctant to say that to my friends, the ones I said just now won't earn gold very much.

Among the people, my old friends make up the vast majority of them. "

Lockhart did not expect him to be so frank: "Understandably, inheritance is often more important than pioneering, and sometimes being conservative may not necessarily lose to innovation."

"It's great that you can understand this." Lucius turned the empty glass in his hand leisurely, as if looking for words: "It is not advisable to develop for the sake of development, as long as there are some people responsible for it. Well, until it proves to be a total failure, the wisest choice for the vast majority of people should be to continue to play by the rules

Lockhart's heart is funny - it turns out that this guy is also worried that others will rob his family's business

"Some people are responsible for pioneering...such as you, right? I heard that many pure-blood families are accepting your aid, and there are not many good people like you."

Lockhart directly debunked this: to show that he was not ignorant of purebloods.

Lucius didn't deny it either: "It's too ugly to say" to help J. Everyone has a time when their money is not working well. After all, the output of land will not take care of people's mood. grow crops. "

Rosmerta brought the best whisky in the store, put it on the table, and walked out gracefully, giving Lockhart a wink before leaving.

Lockhart hurriedly picked up the bottle and poured wine for himself and Lucius, pretending that he didn't notice anything.

"I've kept this bottle of wine for a long time... It is said that the Ogden family had already brewed it before Duke Gordon's tax reform. Rao is that the tax on malt whisky was not low at that time, and this bottle of wine can be bought for only 15 silver coins. Yes. But after 180 years of frozen storage, if this thing is sold now, the price is probably more than 900 Galleons, and the value is more than a thousand times.

Although it is said that some people are really not good at business, or can not do business, but I see

To the extent that they would rather put money in the vault than take it out to increase value, so that no matter how many years there are, those things are still as much as they were, and they are not even as good as this bottle of wine... Wouldn't you be sad to see this situation? ? "

After playing for a long time, Lockhart felt that it was time, and directly explained his real purpose.

Lucius also seemed to be tired of this kind of nonsense: "I have always been a diligent person. If there is a place where I need to serve my companions, I usually won't refuse."

Lockhart smiled: "So, you must be very unwilling to see several pieces of gold sleeping in Gringotts, and their masters may never be able to pick them up in person, which has made those fairies cheap."

Lucius thought about it for a while and then understood what he meant: "Hmm? It's really a pity, but unless they themselves want to, I can't do anything even if I want to help them."

"Yeah, unless they themselves want to... a toast to you." Lockhart lifted the glass.

On the way back, Snape, who had been silent all afternoon, finally spoke up. \"You want to use Lucius to open their underground vault?" he asked.

Lockhart shrugged: "Of course, I can't think of any good way to do that.

"Then you're going to be disappointed... The Lestranges, Yaxley, and the Carrows, they've never trusted Malfoy very much, and if it wasn't for the Dark Lord, they'd probably have had a fight themselves. ." Snape sneered.

He wanted to see unease in Lockhart's face, but Lockhart laughed even more

"That's even better, until I" you and Malfoy can take no responsibility. ' said Lockhart.

Snape frowned. What did swipe mean? Didn't you just say that you are going to visit the prison with him? "

"Yes, and no." Lockhart avoided his question.

"you oo"

Lockhart sold off at this time: "It's better that you don't know about this, so that if the mysterious person comes back in the future, you can be confident when you give perjury."

Rao was that Snape had never liked to inquire about other people's affairs, and he was also a little annoyed at this time.

"I am also the client, thank you," Snape said coldly, "and Dumbledore is still waiting for a reply, do you want me to go back and tell him that there is no progress, and I don't know anything?"

"Let's just say I'll get it done before Christmas," said Lockhart, much too lazy. "Let me keep a little secret."

"yes?"

After saying this, Snape suddenly calmed down again, as if thinking of something.

"Since that's the case, then tomorrow night's dueling club, I don't think I need to keep it." He said.

Lockhart was taken aback: \"Really? I can't beat you right now."

Snape sneered: "Just kidding, you are the omnipotent Gilderoy Lockhart, how could you lose to an ordinary potions professor in front of everyone's eyes?"

When speaking of "in plain sight", Snape added a little more emphasis, apparently deliberately disgusting Lockhart.

Lockhart immediately showed the qualities that a big civil servant should have at this time—second counseling

"…Severus, I think there's something we can talk about again."

"Nothing to talk about, you'd better take care of your wand when you go back today

\"Have something to say, reputation is very important to me."

Snape said nothing: "Me too, thank you. To be able to beat Gilderoy Lockhart in public, what a chance to make a name for yourself."

Lockhart suddenly realized that he needed to prepare for tomorrow night's duel.