Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

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

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

According to this permission, Lockhart can temporarily activate apparation for a period of time inside the auditorium (of course, only inside), and the protective magic shrouded on the ceiling and walls of the auditorium also allows him to call it temporarily.

This saves Lockhart a lot of trouble in casting protective magic, otherwise his protective shield might really be broken by those sixth and seventh graders.

Of course, since Lao Deng received such a big face, Lockhart must also do something for him, because this is the rule.

After all, civil servants -- as long as you know a little bit, you will find that the official voice

The best-sounding civil servants are often not those who are impartial and honest in the traditional sense, but those who are able to take money to do things. Lockhart is determined to be the latter.

Just the day before the Dueling Club was about to start its activities, that is, on Friday afternoon, Ron Weasley, who accompanied Harry back from the Quidditch pitch, suddenly discovered that there had been gradually "Hogwarts most popular professors" recently. Gilderoy Lockhart, in the name of ", actually walked together with their mortal enemy, Draco Malfoy.

If he only saw this situation in the corridor or next to the classroom, Ron would gloat and guess whether Malfoy made some mistakes in class and was detained by the professor for inspection.

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

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

Although Ron has never read Lockhart's book, if there is a person who tells you about Lockhart's deeds every day when you copy your homework, 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 reaction was not beyond Ron's expectation.

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

"Who knows, anyway, looking at the smug look on Malfoy's face, it must not be a good thing."

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

Harry inadvertently guessed the truth: "Isn't this what Snape threatened him to do? Otherwise, they shouldn't know each other. Wasn't Lockhart a Ravenclaw before?"

Ron's reaction was fine, but Hermione closed the book with a bang.

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

Chapter 46 The pure blood with interests first

The feeling of the Iron Triangle is not wrong. The reason why Lockhart found Malfoy was to solve the problem raised by Dumbledore.

Obviously, there is absolutely no way the goblins would let Lockhart into the Lestrange family vault, no matter how much money Lockhart's brother-in-law made for them, because it involved the lifeblood of Gringotts.

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

But here comes the problem—not to mention that Bella is currently unable to get out of Azkaban, 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 handing over the key voluntarily.

Thinking of this, the expression on Lockhart's face became more and more friendly, and he bent down to point out the direction of Honey Duke to Draco Malfoy—

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

Draco looked elated: "Dragon Milk Cheese!"

"Yes, imported from Romania." Lockhart said with an emphasis.

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

It can be said that the Malfoy family has an obsession with great power, or worship of power, in the blood of generations. That's why such a family of political scumbags was created.

They will help whoever is strong.

And after this worship of power is transferred to the realm of magical creatures, it is the Malfoy family's love for the most powerful magical creature "dragon".

Draco Malfoy once ran into Hagrid raising a Norwegian Ridgeback in the first grade (the plot of "Sorcerer's Stone"). According to common sense, his relationship with the Iron Triangle and Hagrid can be said to be "enemies". With such a good opportunity, it is reasonable for him to report to the school and even the Ministry of Magic.

But Draco Malfoy did not do this. 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 wanted to send the little dragon away overnight, he chose to violate the curfew to watch Instead of reporting directly to the professor, it can be seen that his love for dragons is indeed deep, even surpassing 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 Drac was originally derived from the word "Dragn", the first moment he bought the plane, he also wanted to The way is to paint it to look like a dragon.

However, although these loves are deep enough, they still cannot be compared with Draco's grandfather—Abraxas Malfoy died of dragon plague and syphilis.

Because the microbes like dragon plague syphilis usually only grow in "that part" of the female dragon, so how can I say...President Haima and the blue-eyed white dragon are just a stalk for the time being, but Malfoy's grandfather really treats the dragon as a wife.

(Of course, People’s Literature Publishing House translated it into Dragon Sore Pox. This is to protect the physical and mental health of Chinese children. It is the same as Lavender Brown’s "Uranus". Everyone should thank Uncle Ma)

In Honeydukes, Lockhart fulfilled his promise, rounded up all the dragon milk cheese candies for Malfoy, and asked him to bring a lot of other candies back to his classmates before finally coming to the Three Broomsticks.

"...Nothing, Draco! I'll leave it to you in Slytherin, second year

Both the students and the first-year students are led by you, the sooner the authority is established, the better, don’t wait until the fifth grade becomes the prefect..."

While talking, Lockhart pushed open the shop door: Lucius and Snape were already waiting at a table in the corner, and Lucius Malfoy's face was full of displeasure.

"Why are you here so late? Draco?" Lucius scolded his son in front of the two, "Look what's in your pocket?sugar? Io you actually oo for this"

Seeing Draco's pale face, Lockhart quickly smoothed things over.

"Come on, Mr. Malfoy, Draco hurried over to make rounds after hearing that the Honeydukes had just imported a batch of dragon's milk cheese from Romania. Besides, our matter is not complicated, and we can finish talking soon."

Hearing that there was dragon milk cheese, Lucius' expression turned slightly better: "Indeed, things like that shouldn't be thrown away in candy stores, but there must always be a priority in doing things! Originally, I wanted him to sit in, but he already His actions proved his immaturity, so..."

"Why bother? If the child is not allowed to sit in, when should he mature?" Lockhart continued to speak for Draco, "He is already 12 years old, and I have already started writing to girls at his age. Love poem."

Seeing that the professor also spoke for himself, Draco managed to squeeze out a smile while he was relieved, hoping that his father would be more accommodating.

Lucius didn't really intend to do this in the first place, and seeing Lockhart stepping down the steps, he was happy to push the boat along.

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

After warning his son, Lucius turned to Lockhart again, assuming a negotiating posture.

"Severus told me all about Mr. Lockhart, I heard that you recently came from Ma

I made a lot of money from Gua, and even hooked up the goblin?I think we should be able to exchange some information. "

"Yeah, I think so too." Lockhart looked very straightforward, "After learning from Professor Snape that you also have investments in Muggles, I was really surprised.

Lucius didn't know if Lockhart was surprised, but Draco couldn't hide his surprise when he heard that his family had invested in the Muggle world.

Lucius gave his son a warning look: "A glorious family should never live on the little land handed down by the ancestors, otherwise the Travers family will end."

"That's right!" Lockhart agreed, "I'm very glad to have found a fellow. If it wasn't for Professor Snape's introduction, I'm afraid I would have thought that I was the only one...Is it too arrogant to say so?"

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

"Opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared." Lockhart echoed, "It seems that even though the opportunities have come out now, those who are incapable 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 upright in his crooked chair.

""Appreciate further details. "He said.

[Picture: I have entered the palace! ]

P.So wow ha ha ha!I hit the palace!Grandpa is also a man with a provincial card!

It's really not easy. I played with a bunch of level 10 cards, and my blood volume was only 3800. Seeing Director Tickle's 4800 blood volume and level 17 Time Converter and Poison Horn Beast coming over, I am very happy. Cut on the spot and forced _ (: 3JZ) _

Chapter 47Partners

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 will not stop until the Asian financial crisis in 97, so investing in oil fields can be said to be a sure profit.

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

"As far as I know, South Africa will return to the Commonwealth of Nations in the next few years, and their mining industry will also be reopened to Great Britain. And there is a basin in their country that has been proven to have oil and gas reserves, but the amount is not known.

Maybe the Muggle technology is not yet able to detect the size of the oil and gas deposits there, but it is not difficult for us and the goblins—the goblins have long had the ability to explore mineral veins.

If we scout out the location early, buy the land and plant a well, it could bring us money...and 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 this also meant that he was even more difficult to fool around.

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

"If you can bring in a few more people, then the risk we need to take will be much smaller." Lockhart advised him.

"It's impossible." Lucius shook his head as a sign of regret: "Although I hate to say that about my friend, those who just said are not very likely to earn gold

Among the people, my old friends account for the vast majority of them. "

Lockhart did not expect him to be so frank: "It is understandable that inheritance is often more important than pioneering, and sometimes conservatism may not necessarily lose to innovation."

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

Lockhart was amused—it turned out that this guy was also worried that others would steal his business

"Some people are responsible for pioneering... For example, you, right? I heard that many pure-blood families are accepting your support. There are not many good people like you."

Lockhart directly exposed this: to show that he was not ignorant of pure-blood families.

Lucius didn't deny it either: "It's too ugly to say" almsgiving. Everyone has a time when their cash flow is not working. After all, the land output does not take care of people's mood. It will only be used when people need money. grow crops. "

Rosmerta brought the best whiskey in the store, put it on the table, and walked out in a hurry, before leaving, he even gave Lockhart a wink.

Lockhart hurriedly picked up the bottle and poured himself and Lucius, pretending that he hadn't noticed anything.

"I have kept this bottle of wine for a long time... It is said that it was brewed by the Ogden family before Duke Gordon's tax reform. Rao, malt whiskey was taxed at that time, and this bottle of wine can be bought for only 15 silver Sickles Yes. But after 180 years of ice-covered storage, if this thing is sold now, the price may have exceeded 900 galleons, and the value has increased by more than 1000 times.

Although it is true that some people are not good at management, or can't manage it, but I see

To the point where they would rather put their money in the vault than take it out and let it increase in value, so that no matter how many years, there are still as many things as before, not even as good as this bottle of wine... Wouldn't it hurt you to see this situation ? "

After fighting for a long time, Lockhart felt that it was time, so he directly stated his real intention.

Lucius seemed to be tired of this rambling: "I've always been a hardworking person. If there is something that I need to do for my companions, I usually won't refuse."

Lockhart smiled: "So, you must also not want to see several sums of gold sleeping in Gringotts, and their masters may never be able to pick them up in person, which will make those goblins cheaper for nothing."

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

"Yeah, unless they themselves are willing to... toast you." Lockhart held up the glass.

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

Lockhart shrugged: "Of course, I can't think of any good alternatives.

"Then you will be disappointed... The Lestrange couple, Yaxley, and the Carrow brothers and sisters, they have never trusted Malfoy very much. If it wasn't for the Dark Lord to restrain them, they might fight themselves ’” Snape sneered.

He expected to see anxiety on Lockhart's face, but Lockhart smiled wider

"That's even better, until I" and you and Malfoy will be free from any responsibility. said Lockhart.

Snape frowned: What do you mean?Isn't it what you just said, you want to go to prison with him? "

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

"you oo"

At this time, Lockhart played tricks: "It's better for you not to know about this matter, so that if the mysterious person comes back in the future, you can be confident when you testify falsely."

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

"I'm also the person involved, thank you." Snape said coldly, "And Dumbledore is still waiting to answer, do you want me to go back and tell him that nothing has progressed, and I don't know anything?"

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

"is it?"

After saying this, Snape suddenly calmed down again, as if he had thought of something.

"In this case, I don't think I need to keep my hand in the Dueling Club tomorrow night." He said.

Lockhart was startled: "Really? I can't beat you now."

Snape sneered: "Just kidding, you are the omnipotent Gilderoy Lockhart, how could you lose to an ordinary potions professor in full view?"

When talking about "under the eyes of everyone", Snape also emphasized his tone, obviously trying to disgust Lockhart on purpose.

Lockhart immediately displayed the quality that a big civil servant should have at this time—second counsel

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

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

"Speak up, reputation is very important to me."

Snape said nothing: "Me too, thank you. To be able to defeat Gilderoy Lockhart in public, this is such a great opportunity to make a name for yourself."

Lockhart suddenly realized that it was necessary for him to prepare for the duel tomorrow night.