Study Days at Hogwarts

It was undoubtedly quite difficult for Harry, Hermione and Ron to make a deal with a stranger named Mundungus Fletcher. They have never had similar experience, and they have no trust in this Mr. thief. The possibility of the two parties finally reaching a deal is really low.

After much hesitation, Hermione finally wrote to Mundungus Fletcher, and mentioned in the letter that she was a customer introduced by Albert and hoped to buy a small amount of bicorn horns and bicorns from Mundungus. African tree snake skin.

When Mundungus Fletcher received Hermione's letter, he was actually confused. He didn't know Hermione Granger at all, and even suspected that the other party had sent him a stuffed envelope.

However, from what was read in the opened envelope, it was discovered that the other party was actually a customer introduced by Anderson.

Mundungus Fletcher held the letter in his hand and whispered the items the other party needed: "The horn of the bicorn and the skin of the African tree snake?"

This seems to be... an ingredient for brewing compound potions?

Under normal circumstances, these two raw materials are only needed when brewing compound medicines.

Of course, the thief Mr. Mundungus could immediately guess what kind of potion Miss Granger, who wrote to him, needed these two ingredients to brew. This was more because he had helped people find bicorns before. I had some trouble with the horns and the skin of the African tree snake, so I was very impressed.

In the black market, it is actually not particularly difficult to obtain a small amount of bicorn horns and African tree snake skins.

After all, there are always a few shady guys in the black market who like to use compound potions to disguise themselves.

The thief Mr. Mundungus decided to accept this deal, which was considered a good deal. By the way, it gave Anderson a face. He had a good impression of the young Anderson. Every once in a while, the other party will ask him to help collect some things. Although they are all weird things, they can always make him a small profit. Mundungus is naturally happy to maintain this kind of long-term business.

Mundungus first checked his small suitcase to see if there were any stored bicorn horns and African tree snake skins.

However, the remaining raw materials in the suitcase were of little value.

Mundungus cursed and closed the suitcase, and wrote back to Hermione Granger, offering a high price of 10 Galleons.

If the other party is willing to pay, he is sure to help the other party get the raw materials.

As for slaughtering the fattened sheep?

Sorry, there is no reason not to slaughter the fat sheep that was brought up.

The opponent is not Anderson, the guy who can always hit the lowest level of his psychological comfort.

However, after releasing the owl, Mundungus suddenly regretted it. He was a little worried that Granger would give up the deal with him because the price he offered was too high, and wanted to catch up with the released owl. He took the letter back and corrected it, but the owl refused to give him the letter and even pecked Mundungus' arm, making him howl in pain.

"I hope this business won't go bad!" Mundungus muttered as he checked the wound on his arm.

Soon after, Hermione received a reply from Mundungus, but the other party opened his mouth in the letter and directly proposed a high price of ten galleons. Hermione felt that her breathing was about to stop. There was absolutely nothing in her pocket. So many Galleons, even with this money, Hermione would not spend a lot of Galleons to buy the horns of bicorns and the skins of African tree snakes.

"That guy must be crazy." Hermione clutched the letter tightly with both hands and murmured, "Harry must be persuaded to give up."

"Convince me of what?"

At this moment, Harry and Ron walked over and sat down next to them. They looked at Hermione who was clutching the letter in confusion and asked, "Whose letter is it? Did Mundungus reply?"

Hermione hesitated for a moment before handing Harry the letter she had just received.

Ron and Harry immediately put their heads together.

"Ten galleons, must he be crazy?"

Ron felt like he was almost out of breath under the weight of ten Galleons. Those raw materials were not worth one Galleons at all. Just like Albert said, the other party offered ten times the price, treating them as A fool.

Harry was not short of money, but ten galleons still made him feel painful.

After all, no matter how rich he was, the inheritance stored in Gringotts' vault would only be used less.

However, considering that the money spent did not require trouble in Snape's Potions class, he finally agreed to pay the galleons for the horn of the bicorn and the skin of the African tree snake.

"Write him a reply and I'll buy it!" Harry gritted his teeth and said.

He, Harry Potter, is rich.

"Don't worry Harry, we'd better go to Albert for advice." Hermione quickly stopped Harry's decision, "I think you don't want to be slaughtered as a fat sheep by the other party!"

Ron fully agreed with Hermione's suggestion and thought they should ask Albert to avoid being tricked by Mundungus.

Ten galleons was too expensive, and the bicorn horn and the skin of the African tree snake were simply not worth the price.

If he really needed to spend ten galleons, Ron would rather agree to Hermione's not-so-reliable plan.

After all, the money couldn't be divided equally among three people, and Ron and Hermione didn't have that many Galleons in their pockets.

It took the three of them a lot of time to finally find an opportunity. During breakfast, they blocked Albert outside the hall and took the opportunity to ask for his advice.

After reading the reply letter from Mundungus Fletcher that Harry handed him, Albert commented, "It's expensive. The small amount of bicorn horns and African tree snake skins are totally not worth the price. Although it is not surprising to say that the black market has ten times the price, but usually it is treated as a fat sheep and slaughtered.”

"How much do you think it's worth?"

"Those raw materials are worth about one galleons. Between three and five galleons, that guy Mundungus Fletcher will definitely be willing to sell them to you." Albert thought for a while and gave Harry an estimate. price.

Harry was very depressed. Absolutely no one wanted to be slaughtered as a fat sheep, but if they couldn't get these two raw materials, they would need to risk breaking into Snape's office.

"Thank you." Harry said gratefully, "otherwise I would have been deceived by him."

"You can go to Hogsmeade to trade with him. Talk face to face, pay with one hand, and take the goods with the other. Don't pay first, otherwise he will definitely not ship the goods to you." Albert reminded kindly, "Follow You need to be very careful when dealing with those guys to avoid being fooled by them with fake goods, which often happens in the black market.”

"We can't go to Hogsmeade." Harry was very depressed. He found that buying things on the black market was more troublesome than expected. Not only did he have to prevent himself from being slaughtered as a fat sheep, but he also had to be careful about whether the other party gave him fake goods. Will you encounter a situation where the gangster eats the gangster?

"There is a secret passage on the fifth floor of the castle that leads to the outside of the castle. When Fred and George were in the first grade, they ran to Hogsmeade through the secret passage." Albert glanced at Hermione and continued: "If you are not in a hurry, you can wait until the next time you go to Hogsmeade and ask Fred and George to help you deal with Mundungus Fletcher. They have experience in this area."

The three of them looked at each other, never thinking that there was a secret passage leading outside the school.

"If you are in a hurry, you have to pay them some errands and let them go to Hogsmeade on your behalf."

After hearing what Albert said, Ron had a particularly complicated expression on his face. In fact, he also wanted this so-called errand fee.