"Yes, that's a goblin, how could Gringotts Wizarding Bank be short of money. ”

Cornelius Fudge was slightly stunned, and then smiled reassuringly.

"It seems that it is also unreliable fake news, if the goblins of Gringotts are really short of money, it would be good for them to mint another batch of gold Galleons themselves, why bother to embezzle the gold Galleons that exist in wizards, fools can come up with this way......"

"But speaking of which, I'm reminded of the time the elves claimed half a year ago that someone had gone to Gringotts to get a large loan with the help of a Slytherin title. It seems that these goblins have learned to put all sorts of bad things on the Mysteries and Death Eaters? ”

Speaking of this, everyone showed a strange look.

Regarding the "Hogwarts mortgage incident" last September, it turned into an unsolved case after all.

Morfin Gaunt, the last member of the Salazar Slytherin family, was imprisoned in Azkaban in the summer of 1943 after three horrific Muggle killings, and soon died of illness inside, where all clues and investigations stopped.

What's more, everyone in the Ministry of Magic has also carefully studied the so-called mortgage and the subsequent situation.

The huge amount of money involved is impossible for one person or a few people to carry away, even if the goblins really pile up a mountain of gold in front of the "mortgagor", without the joint casting of hundreds of wizards, it is difficult to transfer the funds without attracting the attention of the Ministry of Magic, even Dumbledore can't do it.

Therefore, the Ministry of Magic finally came to the conclusion that this was just a farce written, directed and acted by Gringotts goblins in order to increase their bargaining chips, and the so-called huge mortgage funds never actually left the bank underground.

In addition, when he went to Hogwarts to discuss the "Slytherin Chamber of Secrets", Dumbledore inadvertently revealed what "the sale does not break the lease", which made Cornelius Fudge and others completely relieved.

And this farce performance at Gringotts has naturally become a joke in the Ministry of Magic that cannot be announced for the time being.

Everyone smiled tacitly, and once again laughed at the goblins who had been poked and performed.

A moment later, Amelia Bones, the head of the Law Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Magic, asked softly with a deep groan.

"But what if, I mean what if...... Is all this true?"

"Hmm......"

Cornelius Fudge's eyes flickered, and the cheerful atmosphere in the room gradually became a little stagnant, and several Ministry of Magic officials looked at each other, their faces changed, and they all entered a burst of thought.

After a moment of silence, Cornelius Fudge tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

"Speaking of which, there is actually a possibility in all this, before "Singing Against the Tune" was revised into "New Singing and Singing", I remember seeing a somewhat ridiculous speculation that it was not the goblins who wrote, directed and acted themselves, but Hogwarts. In addition to Salazar Slytherin's heirs, Dumbledore, as the headmaster of Hogwarts, seems to be able to mortgage the castle. ”

"If you start from this direction, the huge wizarding organization that can't be found at all can also be explained, because Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has the largest number of house-elves in the wizarding world, and Hogwarts is fully capable of receiving all the funds in a very short time...... Then Dumbledore's calm reaction after that, as well as the crisis encountered by the elves, some specious rumors these days, also seem to be connected. ”

"After all, all the gold is in Hogwarts, and in addition to gold, if there is any currency other than the wizarding world, that is the most important thing, Gringotts can't print money, and the goblins don't dare or can't rush into the school full of wizards to get the gold back, maybe the current economic stability is already the result of their constant minting of new coins. ”

With Cornelius Fudge's assumptions, the faces of everyone present gradually became solemn.

Over the past six months, the vast shadow that has swept across the dark tide of the wizarding and non-magical worlds seems to be gradually showing some fangs in the darkness, and everyone is thinking about how to use the crisis to undermine Dumbledore's credibility or try to further strengthen their control of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

In the face of the threat of the Gringotts elves and the government intervention proposed by the Ministry of Magic three times and twice, Dumbledore and Hogwarts responded in a very low-key, but just right, little way, without giving up any real benefits.

Half a year later, when Gringotts was involved in the economic vortex of the former Soviet Union, and it was suspected that there was a cash flow break, Hogwarts was still unmoved from all struggles, and even had the spare energy to recruit Muggle scholars from the former Soviet Union to enter the school to participate in some educational reforms.

Amelia Bolth's eyes, who had already stood up unconsciously, flickered and added thoughtfully.

"If that looks like that...... If the ruble bet were to be executed now, the mortgagor would be able to net almost one-third of the profit even if he did nothing. And Gringotts may have lost more than four or five times as much money in order to maintain the value of the ruble before, ......right?

"For the sake of Kim, of course...... Garon?" Umbridge subconsciously answered, and quickly shook his head.

As a friend of "Paracelsus", "Nicol Lemay" and other great alchemists with philosopher's stones, money has no meaning to Albus Dumbledore at all, and the power of the Ministry of Magic is even more boring for the old man, if he wants to be the Minister of Magic, he only needs to stand in front of the public and say a word, and he can become an instant official.

Not to mention, Dumbledore, who had personally ended the ambitions of the Dark Lord Grindelwald, was himself a staunch guardian of the wizarding world, and it was impossible for him to be deeply involved in the regime change in the Muggle world.

Cornelius Fudge looked around at the officials who were in a state of flux, walked to the desk and poured himself a small glass of champagne, raised the glass and shook it, took a sip to calm down, and then said with a smile that eased the atmosphere.

"Perhaps, for the sake of the sales of "New Singers"? After all, Hogwarts has also invested. ”

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Chapter 3! (Mom yes!!)