Chapter 74: Lucius in action
The turmoil in the wizarding world wasn't very great this time, especially when Lucius sent a message to Severus saying that "everything is under control".
It is clear that there is a scheme of pure-blood nobles in this.
It's not easy for them to turn over, after all, a group of people who were originally high above suddenly became street rats, and even if they have given the Ministry of Magic a large amount of "settling-in money", but this kind of thing is impossible for the Ministry of Magic to be widely publicized, that is, most of the people who resist pure-bloods today are ordinary wizards.
Therefore, when they saw the opportunity coming, these purebloods couldn't do it one by one, and the resources in their hands gave them a great say in the business of the wizarding world, not to mention that the resources in the hands of these families together accounted for more than half of the wizarding world, so when they began to increase prices, other stores and enterprises could only follow suit, probably the only one that did not increase the price at this time was Ollivander's wand shop.
This is very similar to some of the strikes in the Western world, where the merchants, the bosses and the entrepreneurs complain to the workers and make the workers riot against the government.
While the interests of merchants will inevitably suffer, it is really nothing compared to the long run.
More importantly, people need to take their eyes off the word Death Eater, that is, to wash away the label of Death Eater.
And Lucius's idea is even more than that, he finally made up his mind under the guidance of Severus, although he is still very resistant to learning from Muggles, but he is already familiar with contacting and integrating the resources of the wizarding world.
I have to say that the Malfoy family is already the most profitable family in the wizarding world, but before making money, they would also get a piece of scolding, and the black-hearted capitalist was talking about Malfoy, and therefore, many of the Malfoy's investments were mostly based on the idea of getting a vote and leaving.
And now, under Severus's reminder, Lucius began to make money with the idea of working for the benefit of the wizarding world, and put making money on the back burner, uniting more wizards and forming a larger group is the most important thing.
When the wizards who worked for Malfoy were willing to say a few kind words for Malfoy, Lucius succeeded.
It was impossible for them to sacrifice their lives for Malfoy, Severus did not dare to think so, and very few could actually achieve this, and most of them were in the East.
As for the Western countries, although the contradictions between the working class and the capitalists are not as serious as in the last century, it is very difficult to get the two sides to live in harmony, let alone to treat each other with all sincerity.
Lucius's main allies are the pure-blood nobles, those who have broken away from the Death Eaters like him, their beliefs are closer, and they are both sane enough, at least there will not be the kind of people who will pull you to heaven if they don't get along.
And such wizards are the majority of pure-bloods, like Sirius himself Bellatrix are the poles of pureblood, and most of them are now in the middle of black and white, oh, at most black.
This is also helpless, who let because of Dumbledore's relationship, the entire wizarding world treat all wizards who have something to do with dark magic or know a little bit of dark magic as dark wizards.
As an old family, who doesn't have a few hands of black magic, besides, hundreds of thousands of years ago, magic was black and white.
It's just that because of the mastery of black magic, there are indeed many wizards who have fallen into the dark in pure-blood families, and it is an indisputable fact that most of the dark wizards and Death Eaters are from pure-blood nobles.
This pot pure-blooded nobleman is indisputably back.
It's not easy to take it off now, and if you appease the Ministry of Magic, you can spend some money and give up some resources, but it's not so easy to appease the tormented heart of an ordinary wizard.
It is also for this reason that the purebloods will promote this unrest, which is a great opportunity to highlight the positive image of the pure-blood nobles.
So on the surface, the development of events is really getting more and more intense, and from the depths, you will find that the Ministry of Magic is the only one who has been scolded, and it has changed from the original price increase to doubts about the ability of the Ministry of Magic to govern, and to distrust of the Ministry of Magic.
At this point, the incident had already turned around, and the original issue of Severus's appointment was no longer discussed, and everyone's eyes were focused on finding fault with the Ministry of Magic.
Minister Bagno has been trying to focus on the capitalists of the Extraordinary Apothecary Association and the pure-blood aristocracy, but unfortunately the Daily Prophet is not very useful, and the head of this newspaper, the editor-in-chief, originally supported Barty Crouch, but with the gloom of Crouch, he was forced to switch to Minister Bagno.
And because of Bagno's wanton suppression of Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix some time ago, the Daily Prophet has also been under a lot of pressure, and therefore, the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper has long been dissatisfied with Bagno. Skeeter was a great deal of whitewashing for the pure-blooded aristocracy, and he was also biased within the newspaper, which was one of the reasons why the newspaper was willing to work with the purebloods.
And it was the Gryffindors, or the Aurors, who took the majority of the Auror office that took the majority of the Ministry, that hit the Ministry of Magic hard.
With the price of potions and various living materials rising, the Aurors, who had suffered heavy losses in the fight against the Death Eaters, could no longer do it, and many of their companions were sacrificed, but they couldn't watch their companions' families eat dirt, right?
Moreover, the demand for potions among the Aurors is very large, because of the relationship between the Ministry of Magic and the Apothecary Association, which directly makes it difficult for the Aurors to obtain enough potions as before, and the cost of potions will increase significantly.
However, the Auror office is also subordinate to the Legal Enforcement Division, that is, most of them are also subordinates of Barty Crouch, and Amelia, who succeeded Barty Crouch. Susan. Burns was also a man of great integrity, so she led the Aurors to a declaration of neutrality.
The purebloods, led by Lucius, began to perform all kinds of heart-wrenching performances, constantly expressing shame and remorse to the wizards who had lived in difficulty, had been damaged, and were injured and hospitalized, and even some unknown former dark wizards even staged a scene of St. Mungo's magical injury hospital kneeling and begging for mercy.
Coupled with the donations of various materials and potions, and the report of the Daily Prophet, for a while, the wizarding world actually had some voices of appreciation for these former Death Eaters, or at least felt that they might not be so bad.
And that's what Lucius wants.
Of course, it is impossible for Lucius to apologize or cry in person, and these family bosses all go to St. Mungo's station collectively, donate a large number of materials, and then take pictures and publish them in the newspaper.
It wasn't until the Daily Prophet published the photos that Minister Bagnor realized that things were out of control and out of the control of the Ministry of Magic.
Of course, he was also aware of the plans of the pure-blood nobles, but seriously, in addition to fanning the flames, Lucius and they really spent a lot of gold gallons, which Bagnor couldn't provide and couldn't blame!