Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

It was right for Sirius to want to take advantage of Dumbledore's going out, because Dumbledore is indeed having a headache now.

Because of the Triwizard Tournament, the Quidditch World Cup, and his plan to study abroad in his infancy, Dumbledore must go to France to participate in the International Federation of Wizards within a month.

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Although he is not very interested in politics, he still has to fulfill certain political obligations, such as fighting for Britain's due international interests and maintaining the mainstream ideology of the international wizarding world after the Grindelwald Rebellion.

Like Hitler, although Grindelwald's troubled times have ended, it is like an unquenchable wildfire, but his thoughts are still poisonous, and there are many people who regard his thoughts as the standard.Just like Luna's father, Lovegood, who still has Grindelwald's symbol, Dumbledore feels the need to keep an eye on it.

And Lockhart, who was nested in Hogsmeade, also entrusted him with one thing-he hoped that Dumbledore could talk to the president of the African Union, let them relax the investment of British wizards in Nigeria, and hinted that Dumbledore Lido will definitely have his benefits.

To be honest, Dumbledore is not too cold about Lockhart's money offensive. He himself belongs to the kind of person who can say to Harry, "Spend it as much as you want, I have too much property", and has no interest in material things. Too much demand.

But Lockhart said that this is his fulfillment of the agreement last year-he promised Dumbledore that he would ban the black market in Knockturn Alley.

Io As long as the Triwizard Tournament is successfully held, we can take the opportunity of tourists from all over the world to build an international import and export commodity fair in Hogsmeade, and

Reduce the tax rate to 5% in one fell swoop, so that Knockturn Alley's black market status will no longer exist..."

If Lockhart hadn't reminded him, Dumbledore might have really forgotten about it.

----There are politicians who are willing to fulfill the verbal agreement before coming to power, which is really beyond Dumbledore's cognition.

But Dumbledore agrees with strengthening Hogsmeade's position

This is not because his family also has real estate in Hogsmeade, but because he thinks that this can add a "business center" attribute to Hogwarts on the basis of "education center". You can also exert your own influence.

So he decided to agree to Lockhart's request," even if the vast majority of the oil trade benefits are pure blood.

But what made Dumbledore hesitant was that he didn't know what kind of follow-up impact this would bring.

He decided to speak to Lockhart.

Chapter 190 Eight Helping Brother Demon Dumbledore

Early in the morning, when Sirius was lying in his kennel, imagining the scene of skinning and tearing Peter Pettigrew into pieces, he suddenly heard a sudden sound of strange footsteps outside.

The footsteps were obviously not Lockhart's or Dobby's, because it was heavier than Lockhart's footsteps than Dobby's, and the sound of the end of the robe rubbing against the ground was also a little strange—the Hogsmeade residents usually Because of work, this kind of robe is rarely worn.

In line with the "job" of looking after the home and nursing home, Sirius got out of the dog house, ready to bark twice to show his conscientiousness and avoid others' suspicion.

Release vinegar?/p>

As soon as he barked, he was so frightened that the series of barking behind his paw was stifled back.

Through the early morning mist, Sirius caught a glimpse of the iconic gray beard and the half-moon glasses, which he still couldn't forget even after so many years of graduation.

Bark, the principal is here!

Although Sirius and the others had fairly good grades in school, it was still difficult to conceal their nature as problem students.

Filch's former administrator, that is, Apollyon Pringle, although he likes to physically punish students at every turn, and Arthur Weasley was also treated badly by him, but even he took the Robber [-] The group has no choice.

You know, the only one who couldn't deal with so many previous administrators was that Sao Ling Peeves, but when he took office, five of them appeared at once, which was really exhausting.If it weren't for the bad relationship between Peeves and the Robbers, Pringle might not have survived when Filch took over.

The person who stood up to save him at this time was the principal Dumbledore. No matter how many embarrassing tricks the four robbers used, Dumbledore could crack one of them and drag the four little bastards out. Come clean up.

So Sirius is not afraid of Pringle, but he is very afraid of Dumbledore. Although he is not afraid of it to the extent of his genes, he is at least afraid of it to the bone marrow.

Dumbledore noticed Sirius, though he closed his mouth after making a sound.

"Pretty good little guy." He commented casually and knocked on the door of the Screaming Shack.

If the dog didn't say anything after seeing him, or yelled when he first saw him, maybe the dog wouldn't get such an evaluation from him, because this is a very normal reaction for ordinary dogs.

But the big black dog closed its mouth after roaring twice, which shows that it is very aware of the strength comparison between the two sides, and it is a smart dog.

And Dumbledore can still feel that there is magic in this guy.

But this didn't make Dumbledore too concerned, because it was normal in the wizarding world.

This is the side effect of people living for a long time. In the eyes of young people, he has basically seen no matter what weird things happen, and he has long been familiar with them.

There are many animals that can sense the concentration of magical power on a wizard, such as swallow-tailed dogs, owls, little devils, invisible beasts, and ball-flying birds. It is not uncommon for wizard families to have one or two such dogs.Even the Pest Management Office of the Ministry of Magic has a bunch of albino white hounds to help wizard families drive away piggies, in case they destroy wizards' farms.

Now that Lockhart was working at the Ministry of Magic, it would not be difficult to get a cub born of the white dogs from the Ministry of Magic, so Dumbledore didn't even ask.

Lockhart had already washed up and had breakfast, and was waiting in the room

, He immediately opened the door after hearing the sound of the dog barking and the door knocking, and welcomed Dumbledore in.

Blake shrank in the dog house for a long time with cold sweat and fear, and contrary to the usual practice of leaning over the window to eavesdrop when a guest came, this time he didn't even dare to poke his head out.

However, he also missed an important piece of information because of this, a piece of information that could save him a lot of detours.

"I don't know if you know, there is a room at Hogwarts, and it will appear when people need it-" Dumbledore started with this sentence.

"Are you talking about the room on the eighth floor opposite the portrait of 'Troll beat Barnabas with a stick'?" Lockhart asked immediately.

Dumbledore smiled: "It seems that I don't need to explain."

"That's a good place, many students like to hide things there." Lockhart said with a shrug.

Although it is not clear why Voldemort dared to hide his Horcrux in the Room of Requirement, the explanation that "because he was too confident, he thought it was impossible for anyone but him to find the Room of Requirement" obviously does not make sense.

Because the Room of Requirement is full of things that many students have put there for more than 900 years, and many things, such as books, have the names of the treasure hunters written on them.Even if Voldemort had cerebral palsy, he should be able to notice that none of those things were conjured by the Room of Requirement.

Therefore, we can only guess that he really hid it with his heart, but the way of hiding it was to try to hide it with a pile of unremarkable garbage, so as to escape the search, but he really didn't want to find a stone or a can to deal with it. That's why I had to use Ravenclaw's golden diadem.

But Dumbledore obviously didn't come to Lockhart to talk to him about the Room of Requirement, but to explain to Lockhart.

"I just came from the secret passage from the Room of Requirement to the Pig's Head Bar." Dumbledore said, "I was a little worried that Black came from there, but there is no sign of recent movement in it, so he probably doesn't know. "

Maybe now, Lockhart thought of the big black dog outside the window

But Lockhart was too worried. Sirius was trembling in the doghouse now, and he didn't dare to eavesdrop, because he knew that as long as he eavesdropped, Dumbledore would definitely find out.

Besides, he probably didn't expect that Hogwarts and the existence of secret passages that the four of them didn't know about.

For example, the secret passage from the Pig's Head Bar to the House of Requirement, because of the unplottable magic of the House of Requirement, even the Marauder's Map cannot mark this passage, and this secret passage has also become a place for robbers. The only one missed by the group.

When Lockhart asked Aberforth Dumbledore why he didn't fill the tap water in the Hog's Head, Aberforth was clearly not telling the truth.

Any fear of customers' resentment is actually fake. What he is really worried about is that if the pipeline is installed, the secret passage will be discovered by outsiders.

Mang and Forth will keep an eye on Hogsmeade for me, and if there is something wrong with the castle, he will go over and help me deal with it. said Dumbledore to Lockhart.

Lockhart was a little strange: "Then why did you tell me this?" "Because Aberforth is not strong enough." He said.

For some reason, Dumbledore's face looked a little dignified: "If his magic level could be one-tenth of mine, I wouldn't be as worried as I am now, but obviously he doesn't, even if he can control Fox the same."

It would have looked very arrogant to say it to anyone but himself, but it came from Dumbledore very naturally and beyond doubt.

"That is to say, if there is any accident here when you go to France, I want

Going from the secret passage to Hogwarts with your brother? " Lockhart confirmed.

No, because you can't apparate in or around Hogwarts, and I'm taking Fox away too... In case he is too impatient and rushes over with a phoenix, it's hard to tell whether he's helping or throwing himself into the trap. "

"Have you told your brother that?" Lockhart asked curiously.

Dumbledore shook his head: "No."

Sure enough, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite——Lockhart sighed in his heart

In fact, when Hogwarts had four headmasters, no matter what crisis happened, it was not for him and Aberforth to preside over the situation.

If Flitwick, McGonagall, and Snape were all down, it would be useless for him to go there, since he was probably just delivering food.

So Dumbledore's true intentions are clear - he's not so much worried about Hogwarts as he is worried that something will happen to his irascible brother, so he asks Lockhart to protect him.

Although he was concerned about his younger brother, he would not say this directly to Aberforth because the two brothers had a bad relationship.If Albus had said bluntly to Aberforth, "You're too weak," I'm afraid the younger brother would have kicked him out on the spot with a broom.

But he knew that Lockhart was a smart man, and he would understand what he meant.

Sure enough, Lockhart understood in seconds.

"Please rest assured that if I go to Hogwarts, I will accompany him. This is the responsibility of the Ministry of Magic officials." He assured.

"That's good." Dumbledore seemed relieved.

Poor principal.

Chapter 190 IX The Power of the New Force

Because he came quietly, Dumbledore left after talking for a long time.

He didn't need to ask about the changes in Hogsmeade, because he already knew about it, and even if he tried to find out, someone would find a way to tell him.

He promised to help Lockhart clear up the affairs in Africa, and at the same time promised to help him promote the Triwizard Tournament and Hogsmeade. As for how many international friends he can bring, and what they can bring to Britain , it depends on whether Merlin is willing to give them good luck.

Sirius Black waited long after Dumbledore had left before he dared to come out of the kennel to take a breath. He really didn't dare to take a breath just now, for fear of attracting the headmaster's attention, but finally passed the test smoothly.

Dumbledore had no doubts, which meant that Lupine hadn't "betrayed" him.

Black suddenly wanted to take the risk of meeting Lupine, because he always felt that Lupine had not reported that he was an Animagus so far, which meant that this old classmate still had some affection for him. If he told him If Peter Pettigrew was still alive, maybe he would be willing to believe in himself.

But after thinking about it for a long time lying on the soft cushion of the kennel, he decided to give up this tempting idea.

—On the one hand, he was worried that Lupine's ears were too soft, and Peter Pettigrew would talk cleverly after being caught, so that Lupine would relax the control in doubt, so he took the opportunity to escape;

On the other hand, it is also because of the need for revenge, he has to do everything by himself, and this is considered a crime of betrayal.

In short, he doesn't trust anyone in the matter of revenge, and no one is more credible in his eyes than that half-breed cat Lizi.

Just as he was thinking, there were footsteps coming from far and near outside.

Blackburn thought it was Dumbledore who had gone and returned, and he went back into the kennel without saying a word: but when the sound got closer, he realized that the footsteps belonged to two people, one of whom was wearing heavy boots, and the other One was much lighter, and along with the air there was a faint scent of perfume in Blair's recently sharpened nostrils.

Io is here, I hope this is over today, okay?Losing time is not good for everyone. "A female voice came.

"Okay, Miss Farley, the framework has been set, only some details need to be confirmed, I believe it will not take much time."

Although the other voice showed that its owner was obviously older, his attitude and voice seemed a bit subdued, even flattering.

"That's really great." Gemma Farley said in a tone, "I managed to win this opportunity. Originally, Light Wheel Company and Comet Company had more advantages, but fortunately, people in Ravenclaw College have more advantages. Like to sweep…”

"I know they are using the Sweeping Seven Stars, I believe its speed and braking will never be worse than the Nimbus 2000." The visitor seemed full of confidence.

"But your opponents are Nimbus 2001, Twig 94, and Firebolt...especially the Firebolt. Compared with products from companies like yours, its performance is simply - Qi Juechen, right?"

Another voice seemed a little embarrassed: ""Yes, but...Although the Firebolt has the strongest performance, many parts require fairy-made iron, so it is destined not to be mass-produced, so we don't need to pay too much attention to it, and our Sweeping Eleven star…"

Then the sound became much quieter, and then there was a knock on the door.

Apparently it's just a broom manufacturer coming to Lockhart for a sponsorship deal.

Sirius breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't Dumbledore, he wasn't worried about revealing his identity in front of others at all.

And... "Firebolts are the most powerful", huh?

In the room, Lockhart received the first businessman who came to negotiate a sponsorship contract with the Ministry of Magic, the representative of the broomstick company.

"This is Dieterd Ollerton, the business representative of the sweeping company." Gemma introduced to Lockhart.

"Nice to meet you." Lockhart shook hands with the other party politely, "Please forgive my impoliteness, but... your surname is Ollerton, isn't it?"

The visitor naturally understood what Lockhart was asking, so he straightened his chest: Father Cliffrd (Cliffrd)-Ollerton. "

"So you are a descendant of Mr. Barnaby Ollerton." Lockhart made a "long-admired" look, complimenting the other party's family. The story of "sweeping the three brothers" is really fascinating. When Europe was troubled by the shortage of Moon Dream and Oak Arrow 79, it was the three of them who introduced standardized operations and mass production into the broom manufacturing industry. This is undoubtedly a very wise and courageous act. "

The founders of Sweeping Company are Bob (Bb), Bill (Bill) and Barnaby (Barnaby). Mr. should be a member of the family business of "D generation" Akira Miaomasa Shirakune.

It is not surprising that Lockhart can remember his father's name, because after wearing the Ravenclaw crown and burning the night light for a few days, he has almost memorized the names of all the slightly famous people in the wizarding world. It is even more difficult for Muggles to memorize 1 words a week.

After he showed respect to the other party's family, surely the other party must be able to respond to his respect, right?

Sure enough, Mr. Ollerton looked a little complacent.

Although not a member of the holy 28 pure blood, he also has reason to be proud of the nobility of his family.

If I can also marry a lady from a pure-blooded family, then this nobility should be

Then it gets thicker...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glanced at the young lady beside him.

"Sweeping Company decided to provide all players with the new Sweeping Eleven Stars for free during the Triwizard Tournament, and is willing to spend 1000 Galleons to buy the exclusive advertising rights of the broom in addition to sponsoring 2000 Galleons." Dieter Germany made his own terms.

This condition was much better than what Lockhart had expected at the beginning, but he didn't intend to just agree to it.

"Exclusive advertising rights? Is it for the media, or for the stadium?" Lockhart asked intentionally.

When facing a confident negotiating opponent, it is best to use some small means to make him impetuous, and then use methodical and calm elaboration and a firm attitude to soften the opponent's position, so as to maximize the benefits.

Lockhart wasn't sure if the wizard had studied negotiation skills, but he was sure that this young man without a city would definitely not be his opponent.

Dietold was really fooled: "Is there any difference between the two?"