Take control of thunder and lightning from Hogwarts

Chapter 457 The Situation Is Complicated
"Yeah." Fusha nodded vigorously, "We have two local shops that represent the products of Silver Flash Trading Company. Those magic lamps and record players are good, but they are very expensive, and every time They are in short supply, I can't even buy them, and the Ministry of Magic has some, I saw them in the Chief's office, so I can recognize the emblem on it."

After excitedly expressing her feelings of envy, Fu Shahui suddenly realized that the young man in front of her seemed to have said that this was his business.

"Could it be? You are the boss of Silver Flash Trading Company?" Fu Shahui looked at Anduin in disbelief.

"Yes, the Silver Lightning Alchemy Development Company is indeed my business, and I came to Germany this time to discuss cooperation with the local businessmen."

Anduin did not lie. The contract he signed with the German businessman in Egypt was a bit conservative. It was basically a fixed order and did not agree on a long-term trade cooperation. That is to say, the contract will arrive after the goods of the existing order are shipped. It's too late, and it's not certain whether we will cooperate with these companies in the future.

In other words, apart from those knowledgeable and rich alchemists in Egypt, few countries dared to directly sign long-term cooperation contracts so boldly.

You must know that after signing this kind of contract, no matter whether there is business or not, you have to place a certain amount of orders every year. This is still quite risky for many small companies and small businesses.

At the same time, Anduin didn't know the actual operation of the other company, so he basically signed short-term orders. He only signed long-term contracts with well-known Egyptian companies and the Romanian meat uncle.

Anduin's trip to Europe this time happened to inspect the local industry by the way, kicked out some partners with insufficient strength and poor reputation, and then determined some stable long-term partners.

"My God, I heard that the owner of Silver Flash Trading Company is a young wizard, and it is said that he won the gold medal for pioneering contributions at the International Alchemy Conference. So it is you." Fushahui looked at Anduin excitedly at this time, as if To treat each other as normal.

"It's nothing to brag about. By the way, you haven't told me clearly about the division of Germany." Anduin hurriedly changed the topic back to the right track.

"Ah, that's right." Fusha Hui stuck out her tongue in embarrassment when she heard the words. As a wizard who had just graduated from a magic school for a few years, she didn't have such a high professionalism, and she still acted like a student.

"The German wizarding world is basically the same as the Muggle society. It is divided into East Germany and West Germany according to the country." Fushahui brewed up her emotions, then straightened her thoughts, and continued. "As for the Floo network between East and West Germany, it is not completely connected with each other just like between countries. You also know that the Floo network cannot be connected directly between countries."

Anduin nodded when he heard the words. He understood the situation. In Europe, the Floo network between different countries is not connected. After all, it involves diplomatic issues.

However, in the wizarding world, the division of countries in many places is not exactly like the ordinary Muggle world. For example, although Spain and Portugal are two countries, their wizarding world is unified. Another example is Ireland in the United Kingdom. There are also Nordic countries. Although they are divided into three countries in the Muggle world, in the wizarding world, they are actually managed by the Norwegian Ministry of Magic.

But in general, countries are still distinguished like the real Muggle world, and even the national borders are basically the same as Muggle countries.

Why is it so.

On the one hand, the division of most countries is based on cultural and language differences, and a large proportion of wizards in the same region are of Muggle origin, so this division is more in line with national conditions.

On the other hand, it is because the secrecy law needs to be jointly maintained by the Ministry of Magic and the Muggle government. The Ministry of Magic has the obligation to protect the Muggle leaders and reach a coordinated communication. Therefore, it is more reasonable for a Muggle government to have a Ministry of Magic.

The reason why there are three countries and one Ministry of Magic like in Northern Europe is mainly because of the similar culture and language there, and the sparse population.

In fact, the reason why Grindelwald was able to gain momentum back then was mainly because World War I caused changes in the borders and borders of a large number of countries.

At that time, Germany's annexation of other countries was too fast, which caused many Ministry of Magic to lose the Muggle government that they could contact in name.

This has also made the situation of many Ministry of Magic awkward. You can ask whether the German Ministry of Magic will accept you directly like the Muggle world at that time, such as Belgium, which was killed at that time.

Anyway, the German Ministry of Magic must have thought about it at the time, and the excuse was fair.

And those countries that lost their territory in the Muggle world definitely didn't want to, so this caused conflicts.

In fact, there were many contradictions among wizards in various countries back then, and wizards even appeared in the Muggle Wars.

However, the Wizarding International intervened at that time, asking the European ministries of magic to wait and see what happened, and not to make excessive contact with Muggle heads of state, otherwise it would be easy to expose the wizarding world.

At the same time, in order to prevent wizards from being involved in Muggle wars, Wizards International also requires wizards to hide and hide, and to eliminate their connection with Muggle society.

It's a bit of a one-size-fits-all thing to be honest.

However, this requirement is unacceptable to many wizards, because many wizards are Muggle-born, or have Muggle lovers or Muggle friends.

Even those pure-blood wizards have more opinions, because there are many pure-blood families who have gained wealth by cooperating with Muggles.

Therefore, they were completely cut off from Muggle society, and of course dissatisfaction arose in these wizards' hearts.

So in the First World War, Grindelwald took advantage of these dissatisfaction, so that those wizards who were unwilling to hide and yearned to live in the sun followed, and finally even trained an army.

And Grindelwald also ignored the instructions of the Wizarding International, openly contacted the Muggle Germany at the time, and tried to provide help to the Muggle Head of State, using potions to train super soldiers.

In the end, he even took the army he trained "Saint Party" to carry out terrorist attacks everywhere, trying to directly expose the wizarding world to Muggle society.

This led to the arrest and targeting of the entire Wizarding International, and was finally arrested. In fact, if Grindelwald's methods and goals were not so extreme, maybe it would have been possible.

And because of the lessons learned from the Grindelwald incident, the Ministry of Magic of various countries in the future will not immediately have disputes because of the Muggle War and changes in the country.

But now Germany has been divided for more than 30 or 40 years. Anduin remembers that the GDR seems to have been established in 1949, and it has been almost 40 years now.

But even though Muggle Germany has been divided for many years, wizard Germany should not have changed much. After all, he has never heard that the German magic department has split into two.

At this time, Fushahui told him the reason, "Although the entire German wizarding world is still under the unified management of the German Ministry of Magic, the internal contradictions are extremely great."

"After all, the split between East and West Germany can basically be regarded as an enemy, and the split of nearly 40 years has also led to the growth of a large number of Muggle-born wizards on both sides of East and West Germany, and it has even lasted for 2-3 generations. And the hostility in Muggle society has gradually spread to wizarding society."

"Even pure-blood wizards have differences because of whether the family is cooperating with East German Muggles or West German Muggles."

"In the beginning, these wizards were only a small number. After all, most wizards at that time did not think that the division would last too long. They believed that the unity would be restored in a short time, and even if the unity was not restored, East and West Germany would not always be so hostile. Go on, and the relationship will always ease."

Indeed, as in the past, there were divisions and wars between Ireland and Northern Ireland, but the relationship gradually eased later.

"But who knows, decades have passed, and there is still no sign of a merger between the two sides."

Fushahui couldn't help sighing when she said this. As a local, she is also a half-blood wizard from East Germany. She didn't expect that Germany would be split from her birth to the present.

Anduin couldn't help but shake his head secretly when he heard the words. Germany has been hostile to Germany for decades. After all, in the Muggle society, the two split countries represent two different ideas. Can the conflict not be fierce?

At the same time, Anduin also vaguely understood why the German Ministry of Magic might have split. Sure enough, it has been too long since East and West Germany split, so long that two generations have passed.

"So it's because the division has been maintained that the Floo network has been divided into two, just like two completely different countries?" Anduin looked at Fushahui a little speechlessly. Wizards are really unlucky enough.

"That's right. As long as the wizards here are Muggle or mixed-race, they will always be influenced by some hostile or hateful concepts since they were young. This has led to growing conflicts among wizards from East and West Germany."

"And the long-awaited split has gradually made those wizards lose their patience. After all, it has been decades now. Who knows if it will be split forever. Even Berlin was cut in half by the Berlin Wall. The wall is nothing to us wizards, but it is a big blow to everyone, and everyone is becoming more and more impatient, maybe Germany will really become two countries in the future."

Even Fushahui doesn't know what to do in her heart, and she can't see clearly what the future path will be like.

"Does the wizarding international not care? When there was a war in the Muggle world before, wouldn't the wizarding international intervene immediately?"

Anduin asked with some puzzlement. Although he is quite an influential person in the UK now, he really doesn't know much about the international situation. After all, he just graduated, and his previous focus was not here.

"We're just going to split, not to start a war with anyone, and to be honest, this is an internal matter that doesn't involve other countries, so of course the Wizarding International has nothing to do with it." Fushahui curled her lips helplessly.

(End of this chapter)