The leader of HP arrives

Remus Lupine was found at the entrance of Knockturn Alley by the Oro Squad patrolling him shortly afterwards, showing no signs of magical spells other than a few severe wounds.Although Auror suspects that the irregular tearing on the wound is like a werewolf, but with the guarantee of Alastor Moody and Dumbledore, and the insistence of Lupine himself, the Aurors did not take Lupine Ping was sent to St. Mungo's for inspection.

The safe return of the Gryffindor group of four only made the wizards of the Order of the Phoenix relax for a few days, and then came the news from the Ministry of Magic that the election of the Minister of Magic was ahead of schedule.

Compared with the previous wizards who have been in office for decades, this is only Millicent Barnold's tenth year in office. Obviously, this Ravenclaw-born wizard is exhausted and eager to get rid of the burden .The duel between Dumbledore and Grinwald earned Dumbledore great fame, but cost Britain millions of Galleons in annual trade.Dumbledore insisted on resisting the German black magic with his own reputation, and at the same time shut out the fur business in Germany. What followed was the sanctions imposed by the German Ministry of Magic on British trade.This was followed by the confrontation between the Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix. This time, it was the French businessmen who closed the door to British wizards. Except for a few old business families who were still able to maintain normal trade, the economy of the British magic world was in a huge crisis. deficit position.

What really bothered Barnold was the huge deficit at Hogwarts every semester.Hogwarts is the common spiritual home of British wizards. Little wizards from the entire British wizarding world live in this castle. Hogwarts’ food, maintenance, heating, teaching materials, professor’s salary, Hogwarts The operating expenses of the Gwartz Express, and even the scholarships for the poorest students, and all kinds of expenses have accumulated into a terrible debt. Even though the British nobles pay a lot of money for this every year, the Ministry of Magic The budget has never even been balanced.

Dumbledore continued to embezzle funds from Hogwarts to fund the activities of the Order of the Phoenix. Barnold was not unaware of this. The accounts of Hogwarts in the report submitted by the section chief showed that everything was normal.The Slytherin nobles donate a large sum of Galleons to the mysterious person every year. This Galleon obviously cuts some of the funding that should have been given to Hogwarts, but in every meeting, these nobles will use the achievements of the Ministry of Magic to do nothing. , the slump in British trade as a reason for further cuts in funding.All in all, what the next Minister of Magic needs to face is a dilemma, either to fight against the mysterious man who controls the entire Slytherin and the respected Dumbledore, or to be caught between the two, suffering from financial problems.

"Longbottom is preparing to nominate Dumbledore." Lucius twitched the corner of his mouth, glanced at Severus who walked into the study with a strong smell of potion, turned over a page of the report and continued his report, "In addition , The wizards who may be nominated within the Ministry of Magic include Barty Crouch and Cornelius Fudge."

"Barty Crouch? I remember that Antonin mentioned this name to me at the last party." Dongfang Bubai glanced at Severus, who cautiously stood aside with his head bowed, waiting for Lucius' words The report is over.

"The one Antonin recommended to you should be Barty Crouch Jr., master." Lucius thought about it a bit, and found the thin young man from his memory, "Barty Jr. is Barty Crouch Jr. Crouch's son, who just graduated from Slytherin last year. Barty Crouch is old-fashioned, but Barty Jr. admires you very much and has always hoped to join the Death Eaters. I once saw you at Hogwarts He's been a good Slytherin wizard a few times."

"Before the party next week, bring him to see me." Dongfang Bubai thought for a while, and then agreed to join Barty Jr., "How is the company in London going?"

"The London company's financial statement for this month has been sent in. The income for this month, excluding the Giovanni family's share and the cost of potions and Muggle medicines, is about 45 pounds. Converted to galleons according to the Gringotts exchange rate. It is about 15 Galleons, which is slightly lower than last month's income. However, it is impossible to exchange all this funds through Gringotts. The exchange rate from the black market will be slightly lower than Gringotts. In fact, the cash that can be obtained should be It's around 14 Galleons. In addition to counting the production in the manor and the few shops you bought in Diagon Alley, it is estimated that the income of the manor this month will be enough to reach 16 Galleons."

"This money allocated [-] Galleons to Severus as a laboratory fund, don't use the rest, I have other plans." Dongfang glanced at the platinum noble who hesitated to speak, and had to start again Emphasize once again.Lucius has an inexplicable attachment to Gallon, so that the income from last month has not entered the treasury of the manor, but it has become the five shops in Diagon Alley, and all kinds of odds and ends such as the slut bird can generate more Galleon stuff.

In the past, Voldemort knew nothing about the prices in the British wizarding world, but under the influence of Lucius, the East still knew something about the income level of ordinary British wizards.The monthly salary of the striker of the Ministry of Magic's Law Enforcement Department, which has the highest risk of accidental death in the UK, is around 700 Galleons, which is almost second only to the salary level of the Minister of Magic.The price of the latest Nimbus series broomsticks fluctuates around 500 Galleons.That is to say, the income of these five shops in Fandao Lane this month is equivalent to the salaries of 26 batters or the sum of the selling prices of 100 broomsticks, while there are only five batters in the entire Ministry of Magic. The total sales volume of this model will not exceed [-] per year.One can imagine how much of the thirteen thousand Galleons' income the Death Eaters and Slytherin families contributed to.

"The Ministry of Magic sent an owl this morning to deliver the candidate application documents for the ministerial election—" Lucius didn't finish his sentence. It would be too shabby for the mysterious person to fill out the candidate nomination application form himself, but what he said The meaning is to ask Dongfang whether he wants to run for election.If Dongfang has this intention, then there will naturally be a new candidate jointly elected by a certain Slytherin, and that person happens to be the sole heir of Slytherin.

"I'm not interested." Dongfang pondered for a while before rejecting the proposal.The position of the Minister of Magic seems to be high and powerful, but this position is harmful to himself who already has the entire Slytherin.

"Master, one set of curse potions has taken effect." Lucius' footsteps disappeared outside the door, and Severus re-confirmed the closed door, trembling with nervousness and excitement in his suppressed voice, unfolding his grip Some vague notes, "It took a week for the medicine to fully take effect, which was much later than I expected. Just now I received feedback on my order. The curse I made at the time was to use the drug as soon as the medicine took effect." Owl sent a parchment with my name on it to the address I left at the Owl Post. The note arrived at the Owl Post last night and has just been reposted."

"Oh, which wizard did you control?" Dongfang took the note with interest, and a name was scrawled on the blurred handwriting, "Peter Pedilu."

"His Animagus form is a mouse, which can be regarded as James Potter's follower. The potions used on Potter and Black have not been successful. I think it may have something to do with the magic power. Although Pediru is A pure-blood Gryffindor, but his magic is not outstanding."

"Very good, let Regulus keep an eye on him. You can continue experimenting with the curse potion. You can ask Lucius directly for the materials and Gallon you need, and I will say that I have granted you a license." Dongfang glanced at the unkempt man in front of him. The Slytherin boy, the heavy shadows under the eye sockets made the already gloomy facial features even more gloomy, probably the hair fumigated by the potion was greasy and stuck to his cheeks, and the black magic robe was splashed with various stains.Slytherin has always paid attention to appearance and posture, and the only one who can break into the study in such a slovenly manner and stand in front of him without moving is probably only Severus, no wonder Bellatrix repeatedly Impeach Severus in front of himself.

"Thank you for your generosity, great master." Severus was immersed in the excitement of success, a dozen new formulas were spinning in his mind, and he was eager to rush back to his laboratory to squander those expensive materials, but he He still noticed Dongfang's eyes on him, "Do you have any other orders?"

"A qualified Slytherin needs to pay attention to his appearance, Severus." The obvious insanity in Severus' eyes made Dongfang smile, "I will ask the house-elf to give you a smile before the next meeting." Get a new magic robe ready, but you must remember that I don't want my master of potions to appear in front of everyone with such a slovenly image."

"Thank you, thank you for your generosity." Severus was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to react to the thoughts that were lingering on the Wicked Bird's Egg. The strong smell of potion lingering at the tip of his nose immediately made Severus pale His face was stained with blood.He opened his mouth to make an excuse, but he couldn't find the right words, so he could only choke out a pattern of thanks, and ran out of the study with the kraft paper in his hands.

"You don't want to recall seeing your master for the first time, wearing slippers, and having greasy hair. I don't want the Slytherin I introduced for the first time to be a slovenly wizard." Lucius' warning It still exists clearly in his memory. Although he is used to being called a black bat by Slytherin and a snot by Gryffindor, he followed Lucius' suggestion and walked into the bathroom that day, and even put on A luxurious dress that doesn't really fit well.His only hope is to be able to abandon his humble past, become a Death Eater, and become a decent wizard.

"I will ask the house-elf to prepare a new magic robe for you before the next gathering, but you must remember that I don't want my master of potions to appear in front of everyone with such a slovenly image."

The cold and indifferent voice came back to his ears, which made Severus bite his lower lip in annoyance, and buried himself in the deep hot water.And all of this was turned into nothing by my own hands today, a snotty, dirty, greasy hair and dirty magic robe, walked into the master's study with such a disgusting image .

The warm hot water flooded the top of his head, and a suffocating burning sensation exploded in his lungs, which made Severus's calm and cautious mind blurred, so that he ignored the slightest trace of the coldness Smiling, he didn't even realize that this was the first time Dongfang Bubai had admitted his status as a "Master of Potions".