Now is the time when Minister of Magic Bagno's power is at its peak, and because of this, it is estimated that this guy is already a little superior.

When he tore Barty Crouch to the ground, when he drove Dumbledore back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, when all the pure-blood nobles bowed down to him and didn't dare to resist, he became the most powerful man in the wizarding world, and he probably thought so himself.

Even before Voldemort's downfall, his power in the wizarding world was no more than that.

So our Millisen. Minister Bagno is inflated!

He began to gradually reach out to more places, and pinching Severus was only one part of it, and more importantly, reaching into the Transcendent Apothecary Society.

As you can see from the name, the Extraordinary Apothecary Association is only a relatively loose organization, only under the name of the Ministry of Magic, and because of the strong professionalism of the potions and other issues involved, the Ministry of Magic generally does not interfere.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the application for the title of Potions Master is applied for and approved by the Extraordinary Apothecary Association, and it is only necessary to inform the nominal leader, the Ministry of Magic.

Moreover, the application for the title of Potions Master requires the recommendation of another Potions Master, which means that the application can only be confirmed by a Potions Master, and Severus was recommended by Professor Slughorn.

In this case, even if there is doubt, it is Askeler, the president of the Extraordinary Apothecary Guild - another living Potions Master. Spears is qualified to bring it up.

People below the level of Potions Master are not qualified to question at all.

However, the Ministry of Magic did just that.

"Is the Ministry of Magic crazy?" This is the most intuitive feeling of many wizards who have learned the news.

Of course, the Ministry of Magic is not crazy, according to the eyes of later generations, Minister Bagnaw's move is not bad, but the step is too big, and it is easy to pull the crotch.

As a typical Western-style government agency, the Ministry of Magic has no income, no industry, and very little tax, which means that the Ministry of Magic, like Hogwarts and St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, most of them live on donations from nobles, and the Ministry of Magic has been worse than the other two recently, and the expenses are even greater, that is, some black materials have been confiscated to survive this crisis.

However, this situation is certainly not what a strong and powerful minister wants to see, today is over, so what about tomorrow? What about the next fiscal crisis?

So our Minister Bagno has his sights set on the potions industry.

The wizarding world has always lacked projects that could make money, especially those that made a lot of money.

It is also because of this that even the rise of the Malfoy family has absorbed the wealth of the Muggle world.

Most of the other families have accumulated so much wealth through years of inheritance.

And the best of these ways to accumulate wealth is undoubtedly the potion.

Both the sale of potions materials and potions is one of the most lucrative industries in the wizarding world today, and potions are consumables, some potions need to be kept on hand, and potions are very profitable.

Coupled with the fact that many of the people in charge of the potions business had suffered losses in this round of dark wizard strikes, Bagnor felt that the Ministry of Magic had a chance to intervene.

Although Severus understood the plan of the Ministry of Magic, he was not busy fighting back or anything, there were always many people who were more anxious than Severus at this time, especially those pure-blood nobles who had already suffered blows and were not as powerful as before.

Although these families are not many, they have most of the money in the wizarding world, you can see this by looking at the Malfoy family, and their investment in the wizarding world is very extensive, from a small shop in Diagon Alley to a large company in the wizarding world.

Therefore, although most of these people are not members of the Extraordinary Apothecary Association, they are their bosses, and they will not watch Bagno encroach on their interests.

Therefore, the newspapers of the past two days have been particularly lively, first of all, about Severus's Potions Master qualification review, the Ministry of Magic can't even invite a well-known pharmacist, let alone two Potions masters, and other more famous wizards have refused.

That's embarrassing! The fact that there was not even a single person who had achieved anything in potions was a rare occurrence in the wizarding world, and it was published in the Daily Prophet in a grand manner.

Here you can see the true situation of Bagno's forces, although it is indeed quite strong now, but there are not many who can really be mobilized by Bagno's command, to put it bluntly, he picked up Crouch's forces for nothing, and due to the fall of Voldemort, the power of the pure-blood nobles was greatly hit.

So Dumbledore has been unhurried these days, he doesn't mean to worry about it at all, of course he is always paying attention to the situation of the Ministry of Magic, the previous suppression of the Ministry of Magic said that it is impossible to have some ideas, Gryffindor is not so easy to let go of hatred.

This old guy must be waiting for some critical moment, he likes this the most, although he is from Gryffindor, but his style of doing things is similar to that of a snake, he likes to kill with one blow.

Of course, Dumbledore preferred to maintain balance, and now that the Ministry of Magic was dominant, it was clear to him that this could breed war once again.

Dumbledore's prejudice against power was very serious.

Two days later, Severus received a letter from Askeler, the president of the Extraordinary Apothecary Society, with a small package attached to it: In view of your exceptional potions talent and contributions to potions, the Extraordinary Apothecary Society has decided to grant you the title of Potions Master, as well as a certificate and badge.

In other words, the Extraordinary Apothecary Association directly bypassed the Ministry of Magic and issued the title, and it was directly the Ministry of Magic!

Such a situation was somewhat unexpected by everyone.

The Extraordinary Apothecary Guild has always been a little transparent before, and rarely appears in the eyes of the general public, which is really big news.

In the following days, various news continued to break out:

The Ministry of Magic has increased the tax on potions and potion materials

Then immediately after that, the major potion pharmacies collectively raised the price of potions, and it was a full three layers, and the reason for the announcement was not surprising that it was because of the taxes of the Ministry of Magic, and it was also taxed in multiple directions, both raw materials and finished products!

Potions are already quite expensive, but now it's really hard for ordinary wizards to buy them.

What's more, the cost of diagnosis and treatment at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries has also risen!

As a result, the price of goods in the entire wizarding world has increased by as much as two floors......

Now the whole wizarding world exploded.

Forget if you can't afford potions, the current situation is that if you continue like this, you won't be able to afford anything else.

So the wizarding masses who have just experienced Voldemort's rule, and all the pain and tears have not yet been fully swallowed, are now about to live again.

Coupled with the fanning of the Prophet's Daily, a large number of wizards began to send shouting letters to the Minister of Magic, and then began to protest and march, and the wizarding world really began to be chaotic again.