"And what exactly did you call us here for?" Hermione asked bluntly as Ryan pondered these things. "I believe you should be more than just telling us what is going on. ”

"Of course not, I have something to discuss with you. Professor Dumbledore paused at this point, then said, "Can you lend me some money? Not only Garon, but I also need Muggle money." ”

"What. Ryan's eyes, which he was thinking about the question just now, widened. "You're not kidding, are you? How can there be no money?"

"But that's exactly what happened. Dumbledore also seemed a little at a loss when he said this, probably for him this was the first time he had borrowed money since becoming the greatest white wizard, so he was very uncomfortable with the current situation.

"Hogwarts is run mainly from grants from the Ministry of Magic and donations from wealthy school trustees, but none of this has been done since the Ministry of Magic was controlled by Lord Voldemort. Most of them have lost their jobs when they have fled to Hogsmeade, and Gringotts is now full of Death Eaters, so we have no way to get the money. ”

"Didn't Gringotts say you could send money directly to your door?" Ryan asked. "You let the goblins send the money straight over, and that's it. ”

"They rejected me. Dumbledore spread his hands. "The goblin representative said they couldn't get involved in the wizards' fight, but a few goblins were willing to offer me a loan in private, but the interest was too high. ”

It shouldn't be a private loan business, and Ryan doesn't believe that any goblins can bypass Gringotts' series of regulations and lend a large sum of money to Dumbledore, which can only be that group of goblins want to make more money.

Ryan didn't wonder why Dumbledore had borrowed money from himself, as an alchemist with the Philosopher's Stone, he didn't have a lot of money in the worldly finances. So he asked crisply. "How much do you need?"

"The more the merrier. Professor Dumbledore found this a bit inappropriate, and added, "Mainly because it takes so much money to run a school, 2,500 Galleons a day. I've taken out my private possessions, but it's not enough. ”

"I don't have a lot of Galleons on my hands. The brilliance in Professor Dumbledore's eyes dimmed as soon as Ryan's words came out, but the next sentence quickly lifted Professor Dumbledore's spirits.

"But I have a lot of gold, gems, and all kinds of magical herbs, which I think are needed for the operation of the school. Ryan said.

"That's very good. Professor Dumbledore nodded. "In fact, most of the money in the operation of the school is used to buy all kinds of materials needed for life and teaching, and with gold, those daily supplies and consumables can be imported from the Celestial Empire.

The wizards over there are willing to accept our credit for the purchase of magical items, but the daily necessities must be purchased in hard currency. Because they had to buy those things from Muggles, they had to use cash. ”

"Cash, but I don't have any renminbi here, and I don't have any pounds. Ryan said, scratching his head. "And for a while it will be difficult to exchange this gold for the currency used by Muggles. ”

"Ah, don't worry about that. "The wizard the last time the Celestial Empire sent to hand over the items told me that their Muggles were willing to accept all hard currency, including gold. As long as you have gold, all kinds of food, clothing and everything you need for daily life can be easily bought. ”

Speaking of this, Dumbledore even showed a slightly incredulous expression: "You know what? The wizard of the Celestial Empire told me that as long as they follow the traditional process of consulting with the Muggle government, the gold will be exchanged by the Muggle government for the local currency and purchased for us is all we need. ”

"All the groceries we need for our entire school, along with Hogsmeade under the castle, can be shipped to us in a city in a very short period of time, and this purchase will not affect the life of Muggles there. I wonder how they managed to do all this without magic, at least I can't find anywhere else in England other than London where I can put together so much at once. ”

That's the factory of the world, and it's not easy to make goods for thousands of people. Ryan thought. At this time, only the United States, on the west side of the ocean, could have similar production capacity.

As for old Europe, it is now the mid-90s, and the decline of old Europe has begun to appear slowly, and it is estimated that it will take many cities to purchase materials for the use of thousands of people, and it will definitely be much more expensive than importing from the Celestial Empire.

"Well, this is the wealth I have with me, do you see if that's enough? If it's not enough, I'll be able to muster more money in three days. Ryan said as he took out a small space bag from his bosom and gave it to Professor Dumbledore.

Dumbledore opened his pocket, which contained ten gold bricks of the international standard of 400 ounces each. In addition, there are three transparent boxes the size of Chéng Rén's fists, each containing a cut of natural ruby sapphires and diamonds. Although the size is not large, it is the best size on the market.

These things came from New York, which radiated the world, and after clearing out the bandit gunmen entrenched in the area, the underground vault of the Federal Reserve Bank on Wall Street belonged to them, and they obtained more than 7,000 tons of gold and a large amount of various jewels from it, and the gold that Ryan took out today belonged to that harvest.

"This wealth is more than enough to sustain the next round of taxes in Hogsmeade. Dumbledore looked relieved, the financial problems had been putting him under a lot of pressure lately, especially when a lot of money was not available in Gringotts in London. It has to be said that Voldemort's practice of controlling the bank in the first place is indeed troublesome enough.

"When we have money, we will definitely pay you back first. Dumbledore said. "But it's still a long way before we win, and even if we win, we'll need a lot of money to rebuild. So the time to repay the loan—"

"You mean—it's hard for us to get this money back once we've lent it out, right?" asked Hermione, looking at Headmaster Dumbledore. She knew that Ryan was not suitable to come out to argue with the principal at this time, so she could only come out and sing white face.

"That's true. Professor Dumbledore said, crossing his hands together. "It sounds terrible, but I don't think I can lie to you on this. ”

At this point, Dumbledore straightened up and said. "But in addition to the long wait, I actually have another way to solve this problem here, and that is that the money counts as your donation. ”

At this point, he waved his hand to Hermione, who wanted to say something, to quiet down and listen to him in detail. "Of course, I won't let you donate it for nothing, robbing the wealth is the practice of Voldemort and his group of Death Eaters, and I naturally won't do that. The reason why I recommend that you donate is because I will compensate you accordingly in the future. ”

"It can't be the Merlin Medal, right? Even if it's a first-class level, I don't think it's useful. Hermione said. She was mean, but Dumbledore wasn't angry. The question of private wealth is very important in the Western world, so Hermione, as her fiancée, could have questioned Dumbledore in place of Lane.

"Of course not. Dumbledore shook his head. "And the Merlin Medal was issued by the Ministry of Magic, so I don't have the right to interfere. I'm talking to you about wanting you to become a Hogwarts Governor. ”