"Ilvermorny, I admit it's a great magical education institution no less well-known than Hogwarts. And, since the Magical Congress of the United States announced the repeal of the Rappaport Law thirty years ago, the speed at which they have evolved is truly astonishing. It seems to me that they do have the potential to challenge the traditional status of Hogwarts. ”

Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully, and his mind immediately corresponded to the young school on the other side of the ocean that Elena had spoken.

If there is one school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world that most closely resembles Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it must be Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Massachusetts, USA.

Compared to Hogwarts, which was founded in 993 AD, the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which was not established until the mid-17th century, is undoubtedly a fairly young newcomer, and was originally a stone cottage built by Irish immigrant Aesop Sayre and her No-Maj husband James Stewart.

As the school grew, the number of students increased, and more teachers were recruited – the humble granite cottage soon became a giant castle, and the fame of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry soon spread among Native American tribes and British colonists, with witches and wizards from all over the Americas sending their children to Ilvermorny, and Ilvermorny becoming a boarding school, like Hogwarts.

In fact, since the founder, Aesop Searle, is from Scotland, the school consciously used the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry she was most familiar with as an initial template from the beginning, so it was easy to find many similarities between the two schools.

For example, Aesop's aunt, Gormley Gaunt, was a direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin—the kind that even the notorious Voldemort had to respectfully call out his ancestors;

For example, when first-year students at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry come to the school for the first time, they will also go through a sorting ceremony to join four different houses (longhorned water snake, cat leopard, ptarmigan, goblin);

In addition, whether it is the basic course, or for the 7th grade boarding system, or every student needs to participate. L and . are both the same.

The only difference is that most young wizards in North America will only be allowed to get their first wand after entering the school, rather than going to the wand shop to buy it themselves, as Hogwarts students do.

Although Ilvermorny is certainly slightly inferior to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which has a history of thousands of years of magic, in terms of its strong teachers and depth of magical heritage, the development of these hundreds of years is enough for it to cultivate a large number of wizards who are slightly inferior to the stalwarts of the wizarding world.

As a nascent school of witchcraft and wizardry, Ilvermorny is inherently easier than Hogwarts in recruiting Muggle-born wizards, and there are almost no old and stubborn pure-blood wizarding families like those in Europe in North America, which has undoubtedly become one of the biggest advantages of Ilvermorny's rapid rise.

"But, no matter what, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has always been too far away from Europe. Also, they're too young, and I don't think they're a threat as a school that mimics the Hogwarts model. ”

Dumbledore shook his head disapprovingly, apparently not believing that Elena's talk of Ilvermorny would have any impact on the future of Hogwarts.

"On the contrary, it is because of its homology and similarity that it is the biggest rival of Hogwarts. ”

Elena looked at Dumbledore without showing weakness and retorted-for-tat:

"Peaceful coexistence is only possible when there is a clear difference between the two. The source of life in the magical world is extremely limited, and with the advancement of technology and magic, the geographical space barriers that originally restricted people from gathering and moving are rapidly disappearing. The wizards of the Wizarding Congress of America have reached out to the European Gringotts goblins, which is a particularly obvious signal of attack. ”

The older it is, the more it means a finer and more comprehensive one, and at the same time it means a higher barrier to entry.

Although in this era, the vast majority of people still uphold the long-standing brand, and will have an overwhelming advantage over similar imitation brands, but from the cruel era of the information explosion in later generations, Elena knows very well that the real situation is that the newcomers with low development costs and extremely high trial and error advantages can always easily beat those old brands in some new fields.

Among them, one of the most interesting examples is undoubtedly the three MOBA games that form a strange chain of contempt - "DOTA", "League of Legends", and "Honor of Kings".

Among them, one point of view that everyone agrees on is that the event that really prompted "League of Legends" to quickly defeat "DOTA" and seize most of the MOBA game market is that it chose a particularly strong backstage support, introducing the power of capital into a similar quality contest and completing the reversal of the situation.

Undoubtedly, although the situation is slightly different today.

But if the Magical Congress of America gets its wish and helps the North American goblins to annex Gringotts in Europe, and at the same time eats a whole fat and delicious Soviet woolly bear, the so-called "North American Wizarding Bank Joint Reserve System" will become the most terrifying giant in the wizarding world—a monster that is even more terrifying and unchecked than the Federal Reserve in the non-magical world.

At that point, if Hogwarts was still counting on funding from the Ministry of Magic and the school board to keep the school running, it would be a simple matter of a small order.

Therefore, since realizing the fate of the American wizarding world, Elena, who originally only wanted to help Hogwarts make a fortune in the wave of the collapse of the Soviet Union, has begun to change her purpose, and she does not want to wait for decades to wander around the painful struggle to save the intangible cultural heritage of the wizarding world, "Hogwarts", from dying out because of the abolition of the school.

Elena thought about it and decided to use some relatively simple numbers to make Dumbledore understand the seriousness of the matter.

"If I'm not mistaken, over the years, even though you have tried to increase the percentage of young wizards from non-magical families, the number of students enrolled in Hogwarts has inevitably been decreasing year by year. This year's total number of first-year students is only 73, which is nearly 30% less than the largest number of seventh-graders. ”

"It's true, but it's supposed to be temporary. The number of students enrolled at Hogwarts varies from year to year. Dumbledore nodded slightly, glanced at Elena with interest, and motioned for the girl to continue.

He was curious to see what kind of strange advice a young fellow who had just been enrolled for a week could give from the perspective of school development, after all, compared to the completely unfamiliar field of finance, Dumbledore was quite conceited about the teaching field that he had been immersed in for most of his life.

"In my opinion, you are too optimistic. ”

Elena shook her finger, looked around the hut, walked to the window, and pointed to the brightly lit city outside.

"Let's take Salzburg as an example, and more than 60 percent of the residents living in the city today are middle-aged and elderly people. In fact, since the end of the World War in 1945, the population composition of Europe as a whole has been in a state of aging and declining birthrate. If the chances of a wizard being born in a Muggle do not change substantially, then over time, Hogwarts will be able to recruit fewer and fewer hemp wizards. ”

Compared to most skills and knowledge, magic is more of an innate ability.

According to the current definition of the wizarding world, a person is mainly divided into two directions: magic perception and magic release ability:

With the ability to perceive magic, and at the same time possess the ability to release magic, this is undoubtedly considered a wizard.

On the other hand, people who do not possess either the ability to perceive magic or the ability to release magic are called Muggles.

In between, the crowd that can only perceive the presence of magic, but cannot release it, such as Argus Filch and Mrs. Figg, who can see the Dementors, are the so-called Squibs.

The birth of magical talent has not yet been explored by the wizarding world, which lacks the support of systematic genetic medical research.

So, while it is true that there are young wizards in Muggles, this does not mean that the Muggle population directly determines the number of wizards. At least for now, the vast majority of wizards come from families where at least one parent is a wizard.

That's why England is always home to the densest wizarding population.

Because of the predominance and active nature of magic, as long as one of the parents is a wizard, the offspring will usually be a wizard or a squib - based on this, pure-blood wizards can form a deep-rooted family pattern and continue their influence in the wizarding world from generation to generation.

"Professor Dumbledore, out of curiosity, I asked everyone in my year. With the exception of the Weasleys, most of the rest of the classmates from wizarding families were only children, and the economic environment in the wizarding world has never been prosperous, so most families choose to raise only one child - we all know that even though Hogwarts pays a lot of tuition and fees, learning magic is never cheap. Hey, leave me some!"

After a slight pause, Elena glared fiercely at Grindelwald, who was about to finish the food on the table, knocked on the table with some dissatisfaction, looked at Dumbledore again, and continued:

"And if we want to fundamentally improve the economic situation of the wizarding world, then regaining the right to issue money, as well as the economic redistribution of society as a whole, is an indispensable basic condition. This is one of the reasons why Americans would go to the brink of violating international wizarding laws to help Gringotts goblins become independent. ”

Hearing Elena's concern, Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, unmoved, continued to stick to his previous point of view, and said softly, "However, on this point, as long as I can ensure that the British wizarding community is not affected, at most, we can ask the United States Magical Congress for a certain amount of profits, which can also achieve the purpose you said to a certain extent." You still haven't figured out the connection between Ilvermorny and Hogwarts in this event, and why we need to join the battle at Gringotts. ”

Population, Wizards, America, Goblins, Collapse of the Soviet Union......

At this moment, a flash of light suddenly flashed through Elena's mind, violently connecting her vague thoughts to form a powerful and large idea.

Once there is a large-scale social upheaval, it is inevitable that there will be a migration of the wizard community. ”

"What do you mean?" Dumbledore frowned, his expression a little confused.

From time to time, some new words always appear in this little girl's mouth, which makes an old man who is already one hundred and ten years old always have a bad feeling as if he is quickly being abandoned by the times.

"That's right, the number of wizard families will directly determine the number of young wizards born in the future. ”

Elena cocked up her fingers and said with a serious expression.

This is also the second question I want to mention, only a relatively prosperous and stable living environment will make people have the desire and motivation to have offspring. In order to prevent the elves and wizards from the Americas from messing up the magical and non-magical worlds across the continent, we must actively intervene in this fight. ”

The girl raised her head and looked at Dumbledore with a thoughtful face, and after an unconsciously pause for a second or two to organize the language, the words that followed became more and more fluent.

"The daily income and expenditure of most wizarding families are extremely dependent on a functioning Ministry of Magic for overall planning and salary and benefits. And in today's magical world, there is a particularly special form of alliance of magical departments - the Soviet Ministry of Magical Interior, which is made up of dozens of national ministries of magic. If the magical world in which these people live has collapsed for the time being......"

"I see, it's a big plan. ”

At this moment, Grindelwald, who was sitting on the side, slapped his palms lightly, and couldn't help but continue Elena's words, with a complicated expression on his face, and a look of interest and eagerness.

"At this time, whoever can help them first, and provide basic accommodation, accommodation, and job security, will be able to gain the absolute voice of the wizarding world for decades to come. In this way, you little one, you don't want Gringotts, you don't want any Golden Galleons, you want the entire wizarding world in the future. ”

"Soviet Sorcerer......

Dumbledore rubbed his wand lightly in both hands, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, something he hadn't considered before.

"Is it possible to gather the wizarding wanderers from the Soviet Union while making a fuss with that so-called ruble?, however, Hogwarts and the British Ministry of Magic are not selfless philanthropists, and we can't just add such a huge amount of gold to the Galleon outbreak. It is even less likely that we will hire them in the form of recruiting troops or employees. ”

No doubt a little behind Grindelwald, Dumbledore was also aware of Elena's thoughts.

However, in Albus Dumbledore's opinion, the danger and uncontrollability of Elena's ideas obviously outweighed the benefits she could bring - the girl obviously wanted to take advantage of Gringotts' division and confrontation to directly and partially break up Gringotts' ability to control the economy of certain countries, and draw some wizards who originally belonged to other European countries into the Hogwarts camp.

But one of the most important problems is that although Hogwarts and the British Ministry of Magic seem to be slightly more righteous than the Wizarding Congress of the United States, they still have no legitimate reason and funds to consolidate and attract this group of foreign wizards in the long term.

To be precise, if the subjective factor is removed, it seems that the Americans, who seem to have more money at the moment, will have an easier time snatching the elite wizarding talent from this land.

"No, there is one thing you may misunderstand. If we were to target people now. Then it is no longer just a matter of money games, and when necessary, wealth can be thrown out as bait to attract their attention. The wealth heaped up in the castle is enough to make all the forces involved in the game of money suffer a huge loss at a critical moment - as long as our purpose is not to make money, but to drag everyone to hell together. ”

The corners of Elena's mouth curled up into a meaningful, terrifying smile.

In economics, there is one of the most classic theories called the last-survivor principle. There are two ways to win, one is to defeat the opponent, and the other is to drag everyone to die together and then be the one who lives to the end.

There is no doubt that in order to harvest the huge wealth of the entire Soviet non-magical world and the magical world, whether it is the Gringotts goblins on both sides or the wizards of the Wizarding Congress of the United States, their eyes must be focused on the competition for wealth at this time.

If you go to the competition in the normal way, the final result is actually to sacrifice a poor hairy bear, and then everyone carries a different amount of bear meat home to survive the winter.

However, if there is a spoiler who wants everyone to die together, and all the debts of more than 28 trillion yuan after the collapse of the Soviet Union are transferred to the heads of all participants, it is another very interesting story.

As for the benefits that Elena can get from this-

Without going into the details of what was in her mind, Elena glanced at the food piled up on the table, and her eyes gradually brightened, there was always only one thing that could really drive humans.

"Professor Dumbledore, you may not have known the living conditions of the people living in the Soviet Union today. The gold galleon could not alleviate hunger, and the gold gallon could not bring warmth and supplies. ”

"But if you talk about magic and a little bit of time, I think we can do that. After all, the experience of the past few days at the castle of Newmengard Castle has made me realize that the greatest advantage of the magical world is that it occupies quite a lot of land resources and vegetation natural resources. ”

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