After reading the newspaper sent by Rose Crystal, Ryan rarely taunted the two goblins opposite, but before the two goblins who looked like they were about to explode, Dirk asked curiously, "Commander, what happened?"

"Look at these newspapers, I really don't know how hypocritical the elves are so independent and free. Ryan said as he handed over the newspaper in his hand, and then chatted with Rose Crystal.

In front of these guerrillas, Ryan did not hide the existence of the Rose Crystal. On the one hand, the Rose Crystal played a big role in the previous operation, and it was difficult to completely hide her whereabouts. On the other hand, he has always regarded the Rose Crystal as his relative, and this time is also a good opportunity for her to act publicly.

As a result, Ryan discovered that the appearance of the rose crystal did surprise the partisans, but it was nothing more than that. Later, he learned that for the group of guerrillas, it was expected that Ryan, as a master alchemist, would make dolls with his own consciousness. As a group of wizards with little knowledge of alchemy, they felt that the Rose Crystal was no different from the Sorting Hat, just different in appearance.

This made the whole set of theories about the origin of the rose crystal that Ryan had prepared useless at all, but on the other hand, the rose crystal also blended into the world with more than expected.

Dirk quickly read the papers, and the same look of surprise appeared on his face. But he didn't say anything and passed the newspaper to the next person, and after a few minutes, everyone in the tent saw the contents of the paper.

"How is this possible?" Finally they handed the newspaper to the two elves, whose eyes widened at the same time, and the newspaper slipped from their hands and fell to the ground. "How could Gringotts give such an order, are they crazy?"

The front pages of the newspapers that fell on the floor, whether it was Hogsmeade's Wizarding Britannia or the London edition of the Daily Prophet, had the same headline in enlarged and black letters: "Gringotts announces that it will cooperate with the Ministry of Magic in London to seize and confiscate the wealth deposited in Gringotts by all those who resisted in Hogsmeade." ”

The wizards present didn't react much, and the wizards who had fallen into this state were basically not born into ancient magic families. As a result, they didn't have much money in Gringotts before. For them, even if the deposit is confiscated by Gringotts, the loss is not large. At the same time, as they grew up in the Muggle world, they did not feel anything wrong with this kind of confiscation of enemy funds during wartime.

But this news is unacceptable to the elves, especially the extremist elves like Rachel and Gonuk. Because it meant that Gringotts, which had been neutral, was finally controlled by the Death Eaters, and the last thing they wanted to see happened. All the previous preparations didn't seem to be working.

The two goblins hugged each other and cried bitterly, on the one hand, as extremists, they could not accept such a fact. On the other hand, it means that their previous sacrifice has become meaningless, and they are now weeping over their future fate, which seems to be dark.

"How could the elves suddenly succumb?" Hermione, who was sitting next to Ryan, asked Ryan through the Phoenix Brand. "You know, the elves in England have rebelled so many times, how can they accept the orders of the Death Eaters so easily this time?"

"I think there could be two reasons. After glancing at the two elves and whispering wizards in the tent, and realizing that none of them noticed him, Ryan explained to Hermione through the Phoenix Brand.

"First, after such a long war, the goblins of today are not quite the same as the goblins of the past. The wizards lost their fighting spirit in the long peace. Leprechauns are pretty much the same. Even if they realized this and tried to retain their fighting spirit, the long period of peaceful life finally made them lose the spirit of daring to fight to the death in the past. ”

"Of course, it has something to do with what the wizards do. Ryan pointed out a key point. "After a number of goblin rebellions, the goblins' Gringotts became the only financial institution in Britain and Western Europe. By 1865, the Ministry of Magic had even agreed to give the goblins full control of Gringotts. And with Gringotts, the bank that controls the financial affairs of Britain and even Europe, the spirit of resistance of the elves has been greatly eroded by these wealth. In addition, through the monopoly of the financial industry, the elves also gained the long-coveted rights, which in turn reduced the conflict with the wizards. ”

"You're right. Hermione suddenly thought of something. "Gringotts may not be as old as we think, and only when the economy grows to a certain point will there be a need for such a thing. So I even suspect that Gringotts was founded to have something to do with wizards trying to appease the goblins. ”

"To be precise, one of the most important reasons the wizards let the goblins control Gringotts is to appease the goblins and discourage them at the same time. Ryan replied, "That's one of the reasons why the Mystic was able to take control of Gringotts through intimidation this time. ”

"So what's the other reason? Hermione asked, curious. "You just said that there are two reasons why the goblins cooperate with the mysterious man's orders this time, and you said one, so what is the other reason?"

"That is the Hogsmeade branch of the Celestial Dynasty Fangshi Bank opened in Hogsmeade, of course, in the next step, in order to localize, Xiong Guangsu suggested naming this bank, and possibly further reducing their shareholdings. ”

"Sounds like a good idea, but it doesn't have much to do with what we're discussing!" Hermione said, somewhat puzzled.

"No, no, no, there is a connection. Ryan turned to Hermione and smiled, then continued through the Phoenix Brand. "It turns out that Gringotts has always been in a monopoly position in England and the places radiated by the influence of the British wizarding world, and this monopoly has brought not only money to the elves, but also power. But now, the contenders have been introduced into the UK. ”

"Because of the threat from the Mysteries, there is no way for the elves to come to Hogsmeade to compete to drive the future United Wizards Bank of Britain out of the UK. Then for them, the only way to eliminate the threat of competitors and preserve their wealth and power is to completely surrender to the Mysteries, and then unite with the Mysteries to eradicate us. ”

"What about Gringotts in the United States?" Hermione asked in some confusion, "Didn't we know that Gringotts in the United States was the most important financier behind the scenes of the group of Death Eaters a while ago, wouldn't they come out to help pass through Gringotts?" ”

"How is that possible? Although Gringotts still has the Gringotts sign, they are two completely separate banks. Ryan told Hermione the information he had gotten from chatting with the Weasley brothers. As a large family in the wizarding world, many members of the Weasley family have immigrated to North America, so naturally they also have a deep understanding of the American wizarding world.

"Don't forget, a very important supporter behind the Death Eaters this time is Gringotts in the United States. Unlike here, the Gringotts controllers in the United States are their magical congress, and often their actions represent the will of the American wizarding community. For example, this time they provided funds for pure-blood families in the British wizarding world, in fact, in order to weaken the British wizarding community and even the European wizarding community, in order to gain a leading position in the Western wizarding world. ”

"Because Professor Dumbledore is still alive, of course, and to put it mildly, because of my rise. Americans don't want to end up with their own hands. Just like those two world wars, they only want to kill us with money and resources, and then come out and completely dominate everything when we are all weakened. ”

"That's why you destroyed those manors before, right?" Hermione reacted. "You're creating bad debts for those American wizards and making them constantly suffer losses. ”

"Yes, the utterly destroyed estates and plantations are a sign that the money they lend will never be recovered. After the losses reach a certain level, the American wizarding community is likely to choose to stop the loss in time, after all, according to their goals, they do not want to get involved too deeply in this situation, let alone be drawn into this war. Ryan nodded and replied.