After the Christmas holidays, the students are once again immersed in their intense study life.

This semester, Professor McGonagall has started the McGonagall Demon Mode.

After-school assignments in Transfiguration classes began to increase gradually, and by February, students found that the amount of homework was now almost double that of the previous semester. At the end of the week, there will be a written test or practical test, and the results will be counted towards the final grade.

While there is more homework after class, the difficulty also begins to increase. The most obvious manifestation is that Hermione Granger, the "jack-of-all-trades" legend at Hogwarts, once privately stated that the current Transfiguration homework must be completed with twelve points of spirit.

However, just as the students complained about the Great Demon King McGonagall, the demon generals under the command of the Great Demon King also stretched out their claws to the students at the same time.

The teachers of the Potions, Charms, and Herb classes also kept up with Lord McGonagall's footsteps, adding homework, quizzes, and so on, and making the students want to die.

The worst is this year's O.W.Ls candidates and N.E.W.TS candidates, whose study tasks are three times higher than those of the same period in previous years.

According to the grapevine, Hogwarts schools are contacting the Wizarding Examinations Bureau of the Ministry of Magic in hopes of increasing the difficulty of O.W.Ls and N.E.W.TS.

According to other grapevines, the Hogwarts professors are working together on a new series of textbooks called "Five-Year O.W.Ls Five-Year Simulation" and "Five-Year N.E.W.TS Seven-Year Simulation".

Only in the history of magic class, Professor Binns remained unchanged as always, giving the students a little comfort in their hearts.

With the increase in homework, students are reluctant to give up rich and interesting extracurricular activities, which makes students give up some unnecessary actions.

This Valentine's Day, Professor Lockhart received only five greeting cards. And the dwarf he found to act as a love messenger was bored and played cards in the hallway.

The reason for all this has to start with Professor McGonagall's trip to China last summer.

In the past last academic year, Professor McGonagall was a little puzzled by Zhang Xu's study of mathematics, physics and chemistry in addition to Hogwarts courses.

But when she visited the Wudaokou Magic Technical School, she found the answer.

Professor McGonagall was invited to participate in the graduation defense of several Chinese wizard graduates in the field of deformation, and their graduation theses were "Effect of Deformation Process on the Microstructure and Properties of Magnesium Matrix Composites", "Study on the Effect of Deformation Ratio on the Mechanical Properties of Cast Steel S35C", "Study on the Comparison of Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Metal Parts Before and After Deformation" and "Research on the Deformation Process of Casting Alloy CoCrMoW".

At the defense site, although there was an interpreter who translated the content of the defense into English at the same time, Professor McGonagall felt as if she was listening to a book from heaven.

She understood some of the principles of Transfiguration, and after understanding some of the principles, she found that some of the problems that had been bothering her for a long time had been solved, and many of them seemed to make sense, but she didn't understand why they made so much sense.

As for the part outside of the Transfiguration, Professor McGonagall's eyes darkened.

It was only after the school's escort explained that Professor McGonagall understood that the techniques of these papers would be used in cooperation with Muggles.

Then the school arranged for Professor McGonagall to visit the school's industry-university-research cooperation center, and in the achievement exhibition area, the school showed Professor McGonagall the application of metamorphosis in shipbuilding, construction machinery, military industry, agricultural machinery, power equipment, railway locomotives, automobiles and other industries.

Professor McGonagall was deeply shocked by this visit. She discovers that the development of Chinese magic has thrown British magic into the Pacific Ocean. The twelve uses of Dumbledore's dragon's blood are a bit childish compared to what this school has achieved over the years.

When she was a guest at Zhang Xu's house, Professor McGonagall had a conversation with Zhang Xu.

On a summer evening, with the moon white and the cool breeze blowing, Professor McGonagall and Zhang Xu sat in the courtyard of Zhang Xu's house, talking about the harvest of Professor McGonagall's visit.

At that time, Professor McGonagall asked Zhang Xu why there was such a big difference in the development of Chinese magic technology from that of England.

Zhang Xu replied: "Emancipate the mind, break the shackles of habitual forces and subjective prejudices, study new situations, and solve new problems." It is necessary to break through the shackles and shackles of the old habitual forces, integrate the thinking consciousness of the subjective world with the changed objective reality, overcome the 'habitual thinking' and 'subjective prejudices' that do not conform to reality, and creatively transform the objective world with the viewpoint of development and change. ”

Professor McGonagall could only sigh deeply. Because she knew that only by breaking down the barriers between the wizarding world and Muggle society like Huaxia could magical technology and Muggle technology develop together. However, in Britain, the gap between the wizarding world and Muggle society is still huge, and this is a systemic issue, let alone talk about it. To liberate the mind of the wizarding world, that is more difficult than killing Voldemort.

From the perspective of being a scholar, Professor McGonagall has come to resist some of the practices of the Western wizarding community.

Professor McGonagall then asks if Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry graduates can be sent to the University of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Huaxia.

Zhang Xu himself agreed, after all, if he could take this step, he would not have to take the college entrance examination in the future.

But at the national level, it's hard to say. After all, the system of magic technology between the two countries is different, and the knowledge structure of students is different, so if the other party comes to study abroad, can they keep up?

Zhang Xu called on the spot to report Professor McGonagall's idea, and the capital studied it overnight, and got a reply the next morning. Try to get Hogwarts graduates to study abroad.

After receiving an official reply, Professor McGonagall turned her attention to the guys who were working in Zhang Xu's pharmaceutical factory.

So after a long conversation in the morning, those guys became the first batch of British wizards to study in China.

However, a month after the start of the school year, feedback from the Ministry of Education in Huaxia said that the performance of those guys was not very good. The magic class can barely keep up, and the other courses are basically blind except for English level 4 or 6.

Therefore, the Ministry of Education decided to open a preparatory class first, so that those old men could study for one year before going to university after making up for their knowledge shortcomings.

Before Christmas, the Ministry of Education said that the results of the preparatory school were good, and if it continued, the brothers could keep up with the Chinese students.

At the same time, the Ministry of Education also invited students from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to visit China after the end of this year's school year. At the same time, aspiring young people are welcome to study in China after graduation this year.

Dumbledore, who received the news, arranged for Professor McGonagall to take full responsibility for the matter.

After a meeting with Professor McGonagall and the other professors, it was decided to put pressure on the students starting next semester, so that the students who walked out could not be disgraced by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

And Zhang Xu received a letter from Zhao Lao, and Zhao Lao told him not to think about it too much, and to come back honestly to take the college entrance examination.