After Zhuang Mingge left, Zhang Hao also returned to the Ministry of Magic with Zhang Qiu.

They asked someone to find out that the house-elf relocation office was under the management and control of magical creatures, and its office was located on the fourth basement floor.

The Department of Magical Creatures Management and Control is divided into three sections, which are the Animal Family, the Humanoid Family, and the Ghost Family—that's right! Ghosts are classified as magical creatures!

The house-elf resettlement office is in the humanoid department, and the wizard Zhang Hao here doesn't know any of them, and ordinary people can only ask when they encounter this situation.

Zhang Hao, on the other hand, didn't have to do this, he took out a handful of gold gallons and bribed a wizard who worked here.

The wizard diligently helped him run forward and back, and quickly completed all the formalities.

"Dear sir, you can choose the elves next!Oh! there are many ownerless elves in the Ministry of Magic, you can definitely choose the one you are most satisfied with. ”

"Can I only pick one elf?Mr. Bob?" Zhang Hao asked, "If I want to raise a few more elves, what do I need to do?"

House-elves also possess powerful magical powers, and they can also be very useful in critical moments.

Zhang Hao remembered that in the original book, the house-elves of Hogwarts also participated in the decisive battle. They contributed a lot to that battle, otherwise the teachers and students of Hogwarts might not have been able to stand up to the Dark Army.

Bob is the wizard who was bought by Zhang Hao, and he saddled Zhang Hao before and after he completed some necessary procedures.

When he heard that Zhang Hao wanted to have more than one elf, he had a look of embarrassment on his face.

"What?" Zhang Hao asked again, "Is there a problem?"

"Oh, yes, sir. Bob said helplessly, "Actually, it's okay to have as many house-elves as you want." But they can't be idle for a moment, and if you can't find enough for them to do, they'll punish themselves like crazy. ”

Zhang Hao and Zhang Qiu were a little surprised, they didn't expect that adopting elves would encounter this kind of problem.

"Cousin, can you find enough work for the elf?" Zhang Qiu said, "If you can't, it's better to raise less." ”

Zhang Hao thought about it for a while, and felt that he had no problem taking care of ten or eight house-elves. He smiled and said, "Let's go! Let's go and see first, and if we come across anything that is pleasing to the eye, we will accept it! It will not be difficult to find them work, and I believe that this is not a problem." ”

"Oh, sir, you are so merciful!" said Bob happily, "house-elves live long and reproduce quickly, and wizards nowadays like to do everything themselves, so there are too many idle house-elves in the Ministry of Magic. ”

He led the way while happily introducing the benefits and sources of house-elves.

"Ever since the ancient sorcerers conquered the elves, this race has been the best servant. Every house-elf is trained to be servile from birth, and they must serve their master for generations. They can undertake all household chores and cannot disobey any orders of their master. For them, their highest right is to obey the orders of their masters. ”

"In the beginning, only ancient pure-blood families were eligible to keep elves in captivity. But over time, many pure-blood families declined or even died out, so many house-elves lost their owners. The Ministry of Magic took in the house-elves and waited for someone who needed them to show up. To keep a pokew in captivity, one must have a house that is large enough. ”

"If your house is too small, house-elves will feel that they can't show hard work. Many wizards want to keep a house-elf to do their chores, but their house is too small for no elves to be loyal to them. At this point, Bob suddenly paused and asked, "Oh, by the way, do you have a big enough house?"

Zhang Hao chuckled: "Of course, I have a castle to be taken care of by them. ”

"Cousin, do you still have a castle?" Zhang Qiu said in shock, "Why don't I know?"

"Not before, but right away. Zhang Hao said indifferently: "I just planned to buy a castle, there seem to be a lot of castles for sale in the UK, right?"

"Oh my God, cousin, you're crazy!" Zhang Qiu looked at Zhang Hao like a fool, and she said with difficulty: "For a few house-elves, as for it?"

"You don't understand! This is called style!" Zhang Hao glanced at Zhang Qiu, and said angrily: "I am Shenhao! I want to be different from the nouveau riche!"

Zhang Qiu was speechless for a moment, she held her smooth forehead, and the whole person seemed to have endured a critical attack of 99,999 tons.

The reason why it is not 100,000 tons is because I am afraid that she will not be able to bear it......

"Aha! that's no problem!" said Bob happily, "If you have a castle, you might have more than a dozen house-elves." ”

Zhang Hao nodded, satisfied.

Bob then goes on to introduce the dos and don'ts of keeping elves in captivity.

"If you don't want to lose your minions, it's best not to give them access to clothing. Because once you give them clothes, they will be free. Of course, few house-elves would want to do this - after a long period of training, they have become disgusted with freedom. However, for the sake of insurance, it is better to pay attention. ”

They arrive at a dining hall similar to the Hogwarts Great Hall, where there are a number of house-elves busy, and a few wizards directing the elves to work.

A little further in, where the house-elves live, Bob took Zhang Hao to visit for a while.

As long as there are elves, everywhere is clean and tidy, and there is almost no dust at all.

Obviously, this is all the handiwork of the elves.

Bob exchanged with a staff member for a moment, and then Zhang Hao saw the staff member take out the whistle and blow it.

"Toot, toot!"

As the whistle sounded, there was a crackling sound peculiar to the phantom transformation in front of everyone.

Short figures appeared in front of them, and the house-elves stood in a row, and they were very well-behaved.

Some of the elves may be a little skinny, and they can't help but whisper.

"Hey, what's going on, do you have a job for us?"

"That's great! I've just finished my work, and I'm punishing myself!"

"Sir, please hurry up and assign any work!"

These house-elves are indeed industrious, and what they get is not proportional to what they give.

"Quiet!" Bob scolded, and then said respectfully to Zhang Hao, "Sir, you can choose as much as you like." ”

Zhang Hao was not pretentious, and directly began to choose among the many elves.

There are hundreds of elves here, and they are skinny and tiny.

It has bat-sized ears, large, bulging eyes, and a long, flat nose...... And the dirty fig leaf......

Outwardly, there really isn't much difference between them.

Some of the elves guessed that they might have a master again, and began to eagerly sell themselves.