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the next day, early in the morning

Ravenclaw stood in Slytherin's office in good spirits, and the latter sat behind the desk with a calm face, pointing to the opposite chair and asking her to sit down.

"Because you are not familiar with these matters before," Slytherin said, "I think I would like to give you a brief introduction to the current institutional setup and personnel relations of the Ministry of Magic. First of all, let me first let you know that the current Minister of Magic It's Merry Harrison, cousin of my valet Simon..." He glanced at Ravenclaw's wide eyes, "Any questions?"

"Your valet's cousin?" Ravenclaw repeated.

"Oh, Simon doesn't want to be the Minister of Magic, he's used to me." Slytherin smiled at her calmly and gracefully, and took out a list and handed it to her in an orderly manner. "This is the current organizational setup. There are nine divisions under the Ministry of Magic. The Administrative Affairs Division is headed by Rachael Rothdorf, the Law Enforcement Division, Storey Malfoy, the Finance Division, and Percival Black... "

"Salazar," Ravenclaw said, "what do you do?"

"Oh, I'm just the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Magic, or the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic."

"What do you and your valet's cousin call each other?"

"Of course I call him Minister."

"At the same time, he called you 'His Excellency the Duke', and opened the door for you after meeting and bowing?"

"Of course, I have a dukedom."

Ravenclaw took a deep breath and said, "I've always thought that undersecretary was a humble position, and it sounded inferior."

"If we were still under the rule of the King of England, I would say this: I am nothing more than a humble servant who dedicated himself to the great majesty." Slytherin glanced at Ravenclaw's fainting appearance, He changed his tone and said, "I don't have the time to take care of everything about the Ministry of Magic. Harrison can read and write, and can ensure that all documents to be signed, of course appropriate documents, are signed, and he also Not smart enough to figure out what he's doing, so he's a perfect fit. Everything else is the same."

Ravenclaw rang for Simon and ordered a whiskey.

"The undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic, that is, me, and the permanent secretaries of other departments, mainly the Parseltonese families and the pure-blood families you are familiar with."

"Just tell me your men." Ravenclaw took a sip, and the spirit just now had completely disappeared without a trace.

"Okay. I am the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Magic, which is the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic. At the same time, the Minister of Magic also has a private secretary. His private secretary also has three assistants of his own. Of course, I also have a private secretary. He also has three Assistant, the Ministry will also designate personal temporary assistants for everyone in some emergencies. Each division has a permanent secretary, which is the undersecretary of each division, and each permanent secretary..."

"Salazar," Ravenclaw broke in brokenly, "I don't understand what you're talking about."

"Then look at the list I gave you," Slytherin replied curtly.

Ravenclaw picked up the papers on the table and criss-crossed them until she was dizzy. "Merlin," she whispered to herself, "I now believe it's true that the women fainted from their corsets, and I really can't breathe this time."

"How many secretaries do you have?" She simply put down the things in her hand and asked.

"Around four hundred people," Slytherin replied.

"All of them belong to you?"

"You can't say that. First of all, just like the Parseltongue family, pure-bloods have their own factions. Our opinions are not necessarily unified. Then, Rowena," Slytherin evoked a delicate smirk, "as Colleagues working together for the future of wizards, we should say that we are united and unshakable."

"I think I understand how that 182-page summary was written." Ravenclaw sighed a long time.

"That's good." Slytherin immediately removed his disguised expression. "In the Ministry of Magic, anyone who is smarter will talk like I just said. You should be mentally prepared."

Slytherin straightened his face, pointed to the few pieces of paper and said, "These names in green ink are my vassals, yellow ones are neutral, and other colors represent different families. After you put them away, don't throw them away or mess them up." Let it go. When talking to others, don't give a clear and frank answer to any question, let Malfoy say it if you don't know how to say it. It's best not to stay too far away from me."

Ravenclaw recovered a little bit of energy, and then said through gritted teeth, "Salazar, I don't need any mental preparation!"

But now, Ravenclaw felt that what Slytherin said in the morning was completely trivial, and it was really just a psychological preparation for himself.They were in a meeting, and Ravenclaw was sitting behind the Slytherins listening.The theme of this meeting is the evaluation of the financial expenditure of administrative affairs last month.According to the introduction Slytherin gave her before the meeting, the matter was actually very simple.The Administrative Affairs Department overspend by 13.00% last month, which is nearly 18 pounds, and this situation has lasted for six months. The Finance Department insists that its budget is fine.Demand accountability.

Now the two sides are confronting each other.

The Under-Secretary for Finance insisted that the problem was that the Department of Administrative Services was too wasteful, and cited many appalling examples.However, not long after, the topic somehow turned to the unclear point of "whether the problem with administrative affairs is the fault of the director or the permanent secretary".She looked at Slytherin, who was looking at other documents with a calm face, and occasionally asked someone to refill his black tea.

"I'm sure you all know," said Jude Lantherwell, permanent secretary of the Division of Administrative Services, "that I have a personal opinion about the division of powers and responsibilities in administrative matters. As we all know, the directors of the divisions are responsible for making decisions, I, as a humble servant, a permanent secretary, just implement the decisions. Therefore, we can say that the division of responsibilities is the division of responsibilities between the decision-maker and the executor, but we have to say... "The following words Ravenclaw could not remember, for she had fallen asleep in the warm air of the room.

In the middle of the night, Gryffindor arrived at the goblin settlement, and a large group of strange-looking yellow-skinned goblins led him to the leader.The last time he saw the sword was in the leader's cave, and the price was not negotiated at that time.This time, he pressed the magic wand in his sleeve slightly, and grabbed it if he couldn't.

"You have been here last time, wizard." The leader walked forward arrogantly, holding the sword in his hand, exuding the strange smell unique to those goblins.

"I still want that sword, how much?"

"20 pounds, no less!"

Gryffindor took a step forward, grabbed the sword in one hand, and said, "Then I'll take it!"

A large number of flames rose from the ground, the goblins in the cave cried and ran, and a few more powerful ones cast a lot of spells at Gryffindor. The leader cast a death-defying curse and added some armors to protect himself. He continued to cast out evil curses, and the light of various spells intertwined in the air.He fought and walked, and in a short while rushed out of the cave, finishing most of the goblins with a few large spells.At this point he felt wet on his right leg, realized he was injured, took a few steps forward, and disapparated.

After Apparating three times, Gryffindor felt a terrible pain in his leg when he stepped on solid ground again.He squatted down and saw a long gash on his leg, and the blood stained his trousers red.Taking out a few bottles of healing potions and drinking them, he started to walk back.