Harry Potter and the Old Ones

"What?" Hermione stood up in surprise, standing up so fast that she knocked over the cup in front of her.

The fragrant fruit wine was spread all over the table.

But no one seemed to have seen it, or no one was in the mood to clean up the scattered fruit wine.

"They...how, how could they do that?" Hermione asked in confusion, "I, I mean...how could those goblins in Gringotts have the ability to organize the Magical United Army? Aren't they members of the wizarding world? ’s bank?”

"No, Hermione, you don't understand, they are not just the bank of the wizarding world." Lupine said, "They are also the creditors of the entire wizarding world."

"What's the meaning?"

"Although no one has made statistics... it can be said that the goblins of Gringotts control at least 60% of the wealth of the entire magical world." Mrs. Weasley came back to her senses and explained, "Including but not Limited to gold coins, land deeds, production parks for magic medicines, breeding farms for functional magical animals, and production patents for various potions and magic items.”

"What?" Hermione said in surprise, "So many."

"Yes." Lupine nodded, "To be more precise, the office building of the American Magical Association, the office building of the French Ministry of Magic, the German Ministry of Magic, the Hungarian Ministry of Magic, the Spanish Ministry of Magic, the Austrian Ministry of Magic and The underground offices of our British Ministry of Magic are all the property of Gringotts. Gringotts leases them to the Ministry of Magic of various countries, and only charges a nominal fee of one gold Galleons, one silver Sickle and one copper Knut every year. rent."

"In addition, Gringotts is also responsible for producing 30% of magical animal materials, 70% of magical plant materials and 20% of daily magical supplies on the market today," Lupine said.

"That is to say...as long as Gringotts wants...they can mess up the economy of a country's wizarding world anytime and anywhere?" Hermione said, "This is terrible."

"It sounds like something Tiera would do." At this time, Sirius Black also interjected, "Although I also don't like the goblins in Gringotts, but now Tiera has made a big mistake. ”

"So this is what Arthur and Bill are busy with?" Mrs. Weasley asked nervously, "Is Tiera really preparing for war? Does he really want to start a war?"

Mrs. Weasley almost screamed with fear.

"No..." Lupine said strangely, "Tiera... Tiera's attitude is very strange... he... he is not preparing for war."

"What's the meaning?"

"Mr. Weasley has just been appointed Director of the Bureau for the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts, but... but... Tiera plans to introduce some products like mobile phones, computers, typewriters to the wizarding world... Mr. Weasley is now We are testing the performance of these Muggle products..." Lupine said helplessly, "And he seems to be very... very happy with it..."

"Of course he enjoys it!" Mrs. Weasley yelled, half amused and half angry. She hit the table with the hand holding the cake knife angrily, "You will know if you go and look inside our garage. How much Arthur likes those Muggle gadgets! So it turns out that he works overtime every day and doesn't go home just for these gadgets? It's a good thing that I'm worried about his safety these days! I won't take care of him when he comes back!"

"What about Bill?" Mrs. Weasley asked again, "Is Bill also tinkering with those gadgets with Arthur? After all, since Gringotts is going to war with us, they must have completely withdrawn their business in the UK. Bill must not have a regular job now, but I know that Bill likes those Muggle gadgets just like his father."

"Bill is the newly appointed Deputy Minister of Finance of the Magical Federation. He is helping Tiera Fourteen, Tiera Seventeen and Tiera Twenty-Three deal with the gold, and he has taken over the gold left by Gringotts in the UK. Factory." Lupine said with a complex expression, "According to the "Werewolf Employment Law", "House Elf Work Law" and "Dark Wizard Labor Reform Law" introduced by Tiera, Bill also has a man named Dobby from Mal. The defected house elves from the Fo family are doing induction training for the dark wizards in Knockturn Alley, the werewolves that no one wants to take in, and the house elves confiscated from the pureblood families and Gringotts' house elf shop."

"Now some house elves, werewolves and dark wizards have participated in the production, supporting some factories that produce daily consumable magic supplies." Lupine shook his head helplessly, "These factories in Tiera are completely different from For the purpose of profit, Tiera lowered the price and also paid higher wages to the wizards and house elves in the factory, gave them better treatment, and even provided them with free food and accommodation. Of course, Except for the house elf named Dobby, the other house elves refused to accept wages."

"So in order to make house elves more acceptable, Tiera changed the salary of house elves into another form." Lupine explained, "He converted the salary of house elves into 'work points'. One work point is equal to the purchasing power of one gold galleon, and the work points are described as a reward for the house elves, and they are urged to use work points for consumption."

"Great! This is great!" Hermione was so excited that she almost burst into tears. "Tiera has thought so well!"

"Hmph, a way to win people's hearts." Sirius said coldly, "Because of this small favor, he has plunged the entire magical world into turmoil."

"No, Sirius, you don't understand. You don't understand how miserable the werewolf wizards who are struggling to survive in Knockturn Alley are." Lu Ping sighed flatly, and then said, "To be honest, just... At this point, I am very grateful to Tiera. In the past, the magical world was discriminatory against werewolves. The Ministry of Magic established a werewolf registry to monitor us all the time. Umbridge even made a rule before The anti-werewolf law prohibits any wizard who is proven to be a werewolf from obtaining employment opportunities, and because of this law, most werewolf wizards remain impoverished throughout their lives."

Sirius curled his lips helplessly, but didn't say anything.

"What did Dumbledore say?" Mrs. Weasley asked, "It's impossible for Dumbledore to ignore such a big matter."

"Dumbledore..." Lupine sighed and said, "Dumbledore just ignored this matter."

"What?" Almost everyone shouted in surprise.