[HP] Years Whisk

1967, early spring.Diagon Alley, Gringotts.

"Abu, you invited me to Gringotts so early in the morning, what is there to discuss?" Signus yawned slightly, but he still maintained a good manner, and his suit and shirt were buttoned to the top of one.

"I believe you should have received such a message yesterday." Abraxas Malfoy casually tapped his hands on the marble tabletop of Gringotts' private reception room, and said to Signus: " The exchange rate of the British pound in the global market fell significantly yesterday, you know this, right?"

"Yes, but that is the currency of the Muggle world, what does it have to do with us?" Signus replied not very concerned.

"I'm going to do something big, so I'm going to pull you into the gang." Abraxas stopped tapping his fingers on the table, and said to Signus with a little seriousness: "Sniping the British pound, do you want to do it?"

"What?" Signus widened his pupils in surprise, "You mean—" He looked at the closed door of the private reception room, and casually cast a magic spell of space isolation.

"Don't worry, Gringotts' secrecy measures are still well done." Abraxas waved his hand: "Besides, I have already done space protection before you come. So this matter, apart from you and me, absolutely No third party will know."

"So you mean, you're going to short the pound?" Signus pulled a cigarette from his suit pocket, lit it, but just held it in his hand.

"It's not just that." Abraxas smiled at Signus, and he brushed off the dust that didn't exist on his coat: "I'm going to expand the position of the British pound first, and start a large amount at this point where the price is relatively low." Buy sterling and let it recover. People will believe that the crisis in sterling is over, and after seeing the price of sterling continue to rise, they will also rush to hold sterling, causing the price of sterling to rise further. But the prosperity at this time is just false Prosperity. We can sell some of our sterling at this time, so that the pound will depreciate slightly, but it will increase the inflation rate in the British market. At this time, if the inflation rate continues to rise, the government of the British authorities must They will come forward to control the situation to prevent the situation from getting out of control. They will raise the bank interest rate to reduce the circulation of funds in the market. At this time, the price of the pound will reach a relatively stable high point, and that is the time for us to fully sell - sell All our shares in British pounds are converted into Galleons."

Signus thought for a while, and replied: "But in this way, large-scale inflation will occur in the UK, and even the British economy will continue to decline within a few years. This, I am afraid, will not be good for us in the long run. Bar."

"Signus," Abraxas laughed: "So you still pay too little attention to the Muggle world. Since World War II, the economic situation in Europe has continued to decline. Although the government has been controlling, even European countries are also uniting into an 'economic community' to fight against the economic aggression of the United States, but the current situation is like this, inflation is an inevitable problem. But what does that matter to us?" Abraxas pretended to be innocent Spread your hands. "First of all, we are not of the same species as those Muggles, we just happen to live on the same piece of land. Secondly, we are just working hard to keep our family business. Even if we don't do it, others will. He looked at Signus, who was hesitant, and added: "Also, haven't our pure-blood families been committed to stabilizing prices and economic conditions in the magic world? It’s a good thing, we can get more goods or resources with less Galleons.”

"So, why did you think of taking me?" Signus finally asked a question: "Obviously with the financial and material resources of the Malfoy family, you can complete this plan by yourself. And this is a multi-purpose Our pure-blood families have more or less sterling savings. If you don’t tell me about it, then your plan will not only allow the Malfoy family to obtain huge profits, but also hit the Malfoy family in one fell swoop. Of all the pure-blood families in the family, let the Malfoy family dominate."

"That little girl in your family, I made a reservation for my son in advance." Abraxas said half in a joking tone, half in earnest. "As relatives, of course we have to help each other."

"Okay." Signus thought for a while, and finally agreed to Abraxas' plan. "After that, follow your arrangement," he said.

1967, Midsummer, London, England.

It should be very hot weather, but people feel a little cool because of the downturn in the British economy.

Yesterday, the British stock market fell particularly violently. In the end, the London Stock Exchange could only use a suspension to suppress this huge fluctuation.

Ordinary people have not yet realized the crisis is coming. Only a few people involved in the operation of the capital market are keenly aware of the storm. However, they have no time to take any action, and the price of the pound on the foreign exchange market suddenly drops sharply.It has been falling, as if falling endlessly.

Voldemort stood silently on the side of the street in London's Canary Wharf, looking expressionlessly at the broken-down crowd in suits and leather shoes who ran out of the high-rises in the CBD district.In just an instant, these people changed from 'rich' to 'beggars'.

"Lord, Patriarch Malfoy has started selling pounds." A man in a hooded wizard's robe appeared beside Voldemort.His face was covered by the hat, so that people could not see his appearance clearly.He bent down respectfully, and said to Voldemort: "As you ordered, we bought a large amount of grain before the Malfoy family sold the pound, and stockpiled it in various warehouses of the Nott family, waiting for your next order. "

After listening to his subordinates' report, Voldemort waved his hand slightly without saying a word, signaling his subordinates to back down.

He just quietly stared at those former 'elites' who looked crazy like this for a long time, and finally he couldn't tell whether he sighed or whispered contemptuously: "Oh, it will always be like this. People are born different. For you , Weakness is your original sin."

He stood alone in Canary Wharf until nightfall, then turned his head without hesitation and Apparated away.

"Hello, Severus, are you there?" Lily Evans, wearing a pure white chiffon dress and carrying a wooden hand basket programmed with peach branches, ran to the hillside in the backyard of her house.She stood under the apple tree on the top of the hill and called out to all around.

"Here." Severus' voice came from the apple tree above her head.Lily looked up to see Severus Snape smiling at her, sitting in the slightly higher canopy of the apple tree.

"Severus, how did you get up there?" Lily asked curiously, she eagerly put down the basket in her hand, and rubbed the rough bark of the apple tree with her hands, as if looking for a suitable position. Get down and climb.

"Wait, Lily, don't—" Before Severus could finish speaking, Lily clambered onto the trunk of the apple tree with both hands and kicks.

"What did you say? Severus?" Lily tilted her head, her hands were still holding the tree trunk, but she slid down slightly due to her own gravity.

"Forget it," Severus held his forehead helplessly, and he slowly slid down from the high branch. "Wait for me, I'll give you a hand."

"I don't need you to pull me, I can climb up by myself." Lily continued to push hard with some reluctance, her red hair was particularly conspicuous among the dense green leaves.

"Hand out, Lily." Severus crouched down on the bottom book fork and reached out to Lily.Lily held his hand, kicked her feet, exerted all her strength, and finally managed to climb up to the branch of the tree.

Severus let go of Lily's hand, heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and couldn't help but blame her and said to her, "Why are you so reckless, you just climbed up the tree with your arms in your arms? What if you fell down?"

"It's okay," Lily stuck out her tongue; "it's because of you. Besides, if I fall, there will be magic to protect me, so I'm not afraid at all."

"You," Severus could only shake his head secretly, then leaned over and patted the dirt on Lily's body from climbing the tree. "See how you explain these stains to your parents when you go home."

"Forget it, forget it." Lily pulled Severus's hand away: "My parents won't blame me, I said that I came out to find friends to play, so it's normal to fight. On the contrary You, I thought you wouldn't come today."

"Then why are you still here?" Severus helped Lily straighten out the messy red hair from climbing the tree.

"I'm just trying my luck." Lily smiled sweetly, and then, she suddenly thought of something: "By the way, Severus, I brought you a beef sandwich made by my mother, in a basket. I , I put it under the tree, but didn’t bring it up.” Then, she sat on the tree trunk, ready to climb down to get the basket.

However, Severus reached out and stopped her: "I'll do it." He tossed around the treetop for a while, made a simple hook with the branches and the rope he was wearing, and slowly 'hooked' the basket up.

"Wow——" Lily couldn't help sighing from the bottom of her heart: "Severus, you are really amazing." She reached out and lifted the flower cloth covering the basket, revealing the fresh sandwiches and several handfuls of washed strawberries inside, Blueberries and raspberries. "Come and try, my mother's handicraft, it's super good."

Severus took out a beef sandwich from the basket, took a bite, tasted it, and nodded to Lily: "Well, it's delicious."

Lily smiled happily. She hung her legs out of the tree trunk and held a sandwich in her hand. She took a bite, chewed, and asked Severus inarticulately: "By the way, have you been there recently?" How are you doing? Are there other children bullying you? If so, I can beat them all away for you."

"It's okay, that's all." Severus obviously didn't want to mention those unclear things in his family, so he asked Lily: "How about you? How are you doing?"

"Of course I'm awesome." Lily said happily: "I found out that I can make water automatically pour over the garden. Severus, is this what you mean by magic? It's amazing. Mom and Dad Also super happy, they think I'm awesome. The only regret is that Penny seems to have a bit of a fight with me. She doesn't seem happy to see me using these. In her words, it's 'weird' However, I think she is just being stubborn. Although she doesn't have this kind of power now. But aren't we sisters? So, I believe that one day she will suddenly awaken this magical power."

Severus watched Lily's joyful side face silently.He couldn't help showing a smile.Lily is always so cheerful and bright, like a little sun.With her, it seems that those troubles at home no longer exist.

We are all wizards, we are the same kind of people.That's great.Severus thought.