Chapter 550: Old Ma's Ambition (Part II)
Many people always think that their parents don't know them when they are in adolescence, and that their parents' thoughts can't keep up with the pace of the times represented by themselves. In fact, most parents are like mirrors in their hearts, they are also people from that age, and they know what their children think, but their ways of coping are different.
Since the summer, the changes in his son have been seen by Lao Ma, and even he knows how many letters he sent to the United States. It's just that after his preliminary investigation, he found that this matter was not as simple as his son imagined.
After he did further investigation and combined it with the British intelligence, he finally came to the conclusion that made his head hurt very much.
He was originally going to choose a way to tell the other party about this in a way that hit his son a little harder, but today the pony's brain hole was a little bigger, so the old horse used this incident to vent his anger.
Seeing his son's face constantly changing between pale and red, Lao Ma took out a wooden box from the drawer of his desk, took out a cigar from the box, cut off his head and lit it with a match.
As the cigar in his hand was about to run out, Draco digested the news and recovered from his shock.
"When did you find out about this?" Draco asked with a bitter face.
"When you wrote to Ilvermorny for the third time." The old horse replied, and then he extinguished the cigar in his ashtray, and continued: "This matter is over for now, and you can see what to do with it later." ”
Then Lao Ma asked, "What do you think of the current development of the situation?" ”
"I don't understand." Draco shook his head and said, "On the surface this is the Dark Lord's struggle with those who oppose him, but I always feel that there is something deeper in it. ”
"Tell me what you think." After speaking, the old horse got up and went to the Xiaoice box in the study next to him and took out a bottle of elderflower soda, opened it and poured a glass for Draco and himself.
"Since the UK government started to get involved, I feel that the International Secrecy Act is gradually losing its effect." Draco said.
"That's right, the International Federation of Wizards has sent people to me and Scrimgeour separately, and they have no intention of intervening in our contention, but only want us to continue to enforce the International Secrets Act." Lao Ma nodded and said, "In the past two days, there have been exchanges between Death Eaters and Muggle police, and the bullets used by Muggle policemen are interesting, probably made for wizards. ”
"And the Muggle parents of the Hogwarts students have recently begun to connect and make their voices heard, which means that more and more Muggles are beginning to know about wizards."
"It seems that the days of the International Secrets Act are numbered, and as long as it opens an opening, its collapse is a matter of moments." Draco said, "Perhaps the first place to speak was not England, but to the east where the International Confederation of Wizards couldn't control it. ”
"When the International Federation of Wizards attempted to establish a yeti sanctuary in the Himalayas this spring, a team of wizards they sent got lost in the snow and got into the country illegally. Later, they clashed with the border guards and were eventually arrested. After taking a sip of soda, Lao Ma said, "At that time, the International Federation of Wizards entrusted the French Ministry of Magic to negotiate with them, and the French side was caught in the middle. Then the two countries simply joined forces to fool the International Federation of Wizards, pretending to sentence wizards who entered the country illegally to life imprisonment, while pretending to argue with each other. In the end, all of the sorcerers were sentenced to three years of re-education through labor for illegal entry and obstruction of official duties, and are now planting trees in a desert called Mu Usu. ”
"During this negotiation, the representative of the French Ministry of Magic vaguely sensed that the wizards over there would make a big move next year, and this big move would make the wizards there officially appear in the Muggle field of vision."
"That's why I'm going to send you to the United States in order to prepare for the new era. You need to see more of the world and prepare for the future of the Malfoy family. ”
After his father's words were finished, Draco picked up the soda in front of him and digested his father's words as he drank it.
"Father, do you have any plans for the future?" Draco put down his glass and asked, "Why should I study Muggle law and economics?" ”
The old horse straightened up at this time, leaned forward, pressed his hands on the table, and said to his son solemnly: "If the International Secrets Act is invalidated, I intend to establish a political party to represent the interests of wizards. ”
What political parties in the Muggle world do, Draco had learned in Muggle studies classes, so he was stunned by his father's intentions.
Draco was sure that there were very few wizards in all of Europe who had his father's ideas.
"Is this possible?" Draco asked uncertainly, thinking his father's plan was crazy, "Will Muggles accept wizard rule?" ”
"So you have to go to the Muggle world, let go of the pride of pure-blood wizards, see more, learn more, think more, and see what Muggles want is what wizards can give them." Lao Ma said to his son, "As long as we can give them enough benefits, they will support us." ”
"More than nine hundred years ago, after William I was crowned King of England, he gave our ancestor Armand Malfoy that piece of land in Wiltshire to thank Armand for handling grey matters for himself. As long as Muggles find wizards useful to them, they will not skimp on their votes. ”
"In the Muggle world, economic development always comes first, and they have a well-established legal system, both of which we wizards don't understand."
"With these two knowledges, we know how to make the muggles' purse bags bulge and the capitalists' coffers full; Only then can we master the rules of the Muggle world, know how to play by their rules, and then find the loopholes that will work for us. ”
Seeing his father's excitement, Draco knew he wouldn't be able to run away from next year's trip to the United States.
And he also found out that the basis of his father's layout was that the Dark Lord was completely finished, otherwise as long as the Dark Lord was still there, there would be no conditions for the implementation of this plan.
Thinking of this, a cold sweat broke out on Draco's body, if his father's idea was discovered by the Dark Lord, the only way to await the Malfoy family was to become Nagini's breakfast, lunch, and dinner.