Community defense is nothing new to the British (excluding wizards).

The UK is the birthplace of community building, and has accumulated a wealth of experience in construction and development over the years. The community has a variety of official and non-governmental organizations, ranging from health care, elderly care, education to lawn competitions. In some places where the police force is insufficient, community residents will also organize their own security patrols to patrol the community.

The opportunity to establish a community defense system in the wizarding world was when Percy had just parachuted into the position of director of the Auror Office, and he complained about the problems he encountered in his work in a letter to Zhang Xu.

The Aurors mostly stayed in the Ministry of Magic on standby, except for going out on missions. Although they are extremely mobile and have the ability to run long distances due to the fact that they can use methods such as phantom shifting to get to the scene of an incident, their current targets often have the same mobility ability. As a result, in many cases, when the Aurors were called to the scene of the crime, the Death Eaters had already done the bad work and ran away, and the Aurors didn't even see half a figure.

After analyzing these cases, Percy found that if "early detection, early reporting, and early stopping" could be achieved, a large number of cases where the Aurors were late and returned in vain could have arrested the gangsters.

However, due to the high threshold for the Aurors' employment, their number is limited, and if the Aurors are dispersed across the United Kingdom by means of "police sinking", the Aurors in the Ministry of Magic will not be enough at all.

Faced with such a situation, after several of them tired a group of owls from lying down, a plan codenamed "Safe Entry into Ten Thousand Homes" was initially formulated.

As one of the "veteran officials" of the Ministry of Magic, Cedric has the most say in matters involving the work of the government.

"Percy and I have mentioned this plan to the Minister privately on several occasions." "Although the minister believes that this plan is theoretically feasible, there are still many problems to be solved when it comes to implementation. ”

"The biggest problem is the communication problem, how can the residents effectively report to the Ministry of Magic in the first place."

"The second is the issue of funding for the activities of the Joint Defense Team, which is not a small amount."

"The third is how to let the residents of the whole country know about this new organization in a short period of time and organize them effectively."

Cedric then went on to say several questions Scrimgeour had about the plan. Scrimgeour had been an Auror for many years and was familiar with grassroots work, so he could see the merits of the program and the problems it might face.

"The minister said that if I can solve these problems, then he will immediately appoint me in charge of the plan," he said. ”

It is not the first time that several of you have heard of these issues, and some of them have been considered in their discussions through letters for nearly a year. It's just that except for Zhang Xu, who coordinated and commanded in the center, no one else has faced these problems completely.

And Zhang Xu assigned these problems to people who are good at solving them when they arose at the beginning, and today can be said to be the time to accept the results.

"How are you preparing for communications?" Zhang Xu asked his twin brother.

Instant messaging is the basis of this joint defense plan, and if it is not possible to connect the inhabitants with the Ministry of Magic, the effectiveness of this plan will be greatly reduced.

Fred put down the grilled fish in his hand, then took out a few palm-sized touchscreen phone-like objects and handed one to each of the people in the room.

"This is the latest version of the civilian contact terminal, and they can send alarm information to the Aurors' dedicated command terminal within a certain range." "It can send a certain length of voice, text and images, and it doesn't cost much. ”

"The Aurors use a command system similar to the one they used to use in Muggle studies classes, showing a map of the area, and when it receives an alarm message, it can show the location and content of the message on the big screen."

"The disadvantage is that the signal transmission distance is limited, and if it is to be put into use, several counties need to share a single command system."

The twin brothers are no strangers to making such communication terminals, and in Hogwarts, the "Hogwarts Protectors" each have a campus-level communication terminal, and the professors also have a communication terminal dedicated to the professors. These terminals are the brainchild of the Hogwarts students, and the twin brothers are part of the crafting team.

Several of the people present followed the twins' instructions to use the terminal, which was much simpler than what they had used in Hogwarts, and also took into account the user's cultural level. Like touchscreen phones, which will be popular in the next century, this terminal can even enter text by handwriting, and then press the owl image next to it to send the content.

"How much does it sell? What is the price of the terminal used by the Aurors? If you want to cover the UK, how many sets do you need? Cedric asked several questions in quick succession.

"The civilian terminal only needs one Galleon, and we basically don't have much profit at this price." Fred said.

However, Fred did not disclose how much the Aurors' command system sold for, and it is estimated that the majority of their profits are there.

Then he took a copy of the product manual and handed it to Cedric.

"How long will it take to be operational?" Cedric continued.

"We have prepared a sufficient inventory, and there are five sets of terminals used by the Aurors, as soon as you agree to use them, we can deliver them immediately." "If you don't buy it, we won't have the money to buy Ginny a new gown before the new semester begins." ”

After a few more questions and answers, everyone recognized the twins' work.

The biggest problem in the Auror office right now is the lag of information, and if this system works properly, it will greatly improve the efficiency of the Aurors' actions.

Zhang Xu glanced at the smug twins, and could see that the two of them were starting to float, and it was estimated that they were going to prepare to enter the wizard's mobile communication market next.

The biggest hardware problem is solved, and the next question is about the cost.

"Look at how this plan goes." Zhang Xu handed a document to Cedric.

"My plan is 'whoever benefits, who pays.'" Zhang Xu said to the others, "The joint defense team members are semi-public welfare and do not need to pay salaries, and the daily maintenance costs are not high. Of course, if the team members want to go for a drink together with public funds after their daily tasks, then they will have to raise the amount. The exact amount can be agreed upon by each community, and the Ministry of Magic only provides guidance. ”

"And the Ministry of Magic only needs to provide the same standard of medical benefits, disability benefits, pensions and bonuses, medals, etc., which is actually not much."

Most of the people here are people who know the cost of firewood and rice, and they can see that the Ministry of Magic doesn't have much money to keep this plan running, so they all think that this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing is likely to be accepted by the Ministry of Magic.

After the money problem is solved, the next step is the most troublesome personnel organization problem.