Like the dragon industry in the British wizarding world today, the country in his previous life was also suppressed and blocked by foreign companies.

Everything from agricultural and animal husbandry products to energy and minerals, from high-tech chips to small milk carton packaging, has been influenced by foreign monopolies, and these companies that have developed first have set up many barriers to obtain high profits from monopoly business.

They have formed industrial alliances, formulated various standards, restricted patent licensing, and even maliciously lowered prices, raised the price of raw materials, supported comprador enterprises, and used all kinds of methods.

As far as this information is concerned, it is only the tip of the iceberg that he has seen on the Internet, among which the real deception and behind-the-scenes confrontation are not known.

It's no surprise that Malfoy didn't understand these truths, but Clarke's desire to promote dragon farming at Hogwarts naturally led to a detailed investigation of the current state of the entire British dragon industry.

And when he saw those materials, combined with some information he saw on the Internet in his previous life, he had a good understanding of the key points in the entire British dragon breeding industry chain.

After all, the way of thinking about capital greed is the same, whether you are a wizard or a Muggle.

"If these four families want to set aside those dragon breeding families in Eastern Europe and set up their own doors, then they will have to face several problems."

Clark began to educate the four of them about it, because these problems were going to be the ones they would encounter.

"First of all, as I said before, you have to apply for a dragon breeding license issued by the Department of Magical Beasts Management of the British Ministry of Magic.

To apply for this certificate, you need to have a large dragon farm, and those dragon families in Romania adopted their dragon farm construction and production standards in many countries in the name of protecting the dragon's living environment and improving the dragon's quality of life ten years ago.

The standard stipulates that a small dragon farm with one to three dragons must cover an area of at least forty square kilometers, which is equivalent to a quarter of the size of Hogwarts.

Each dragon also needs to be accompanied by a professional dragon trainer, and it is important to note that these dragon trainers need to be specially trained and certified in Romania.

In addition to this, the entire dragon farm needs to be covered with a large Muggle expulsion charm, with a guarantee of no less than two thousand gold galleons...... There are countless terms and conditions, and the requirements for the venue vary depending on the type of dragon. ”

Harry and Hagrid were dizzy by the cumbersome rules and regulations, and Hermione and Malfoy listened to them with relish.

"A standard dragon farm, calculated in a miscellaneous manner, will cost at least seven or eight thousand gold galleons." Clark gave a quick estimate based on the current price and gave an approximate amount.

"But that's just the beginning!"

"As long as it is a problem that can be solved by gold gallons, it is actually not a problem, the business of the four major families has accumulated huge wealth, and it is only seven or eight thousand gold galleons, they can still get it."

Clark stretched out his finger and shook it, "But it's not enough to have a dragon farm, you still have to have a dragon." ”

The four of them turned to look at Noble, who was cowering in the corner.

"There are not many dragons in the wild in the world nowadays, and it is difficult for these fierce big guys to hide in front of the increasingly active Muggles alone, so most of them are cowering in secret realm reserves set up by the ministries of magic of various countries.

And if you want to tame a dragon, you have to start with the hatching of dragon eggs, and the wizarding world has not yet invented cloning magic.

Therefore, the Romanian dragon family took advantage of the monopoly to build the best dragon breeding farm in the world, and they are the only ones who have the most comprehensive dragon egg bank.

The bloodline power of the fire dragon is very strong, and the corresponding reproductive ability is very low, and two or three fire dragons together may not be able to give birth to a dragon egg for more than ten years.

Only Romania has a special habitat for dragons, which can increase the success rate of egg laying and hatching.

Therefore, many small dragon farms often need to buy dragon eggs or hatched young dragons from Romanian dragon families.

Not to mention that the British Ministry of Magic lists dragon eggs as Class A trade goods and prohibits import and export, even if they apply to the official to introduce and buy them, it is not a matter of whether those dragon breeding families in Eastern Europe sell them or not. ”

Hearing this, Hermione's face showed a puzzled expression, she seemed to think of something wrong, and just wanted to ask, but she saw Clark's eyes signaling, so she obediently closed her mouth.

"But if there are only these restrictions, in fact, it's okay, after all, there are still one or two private dragon farms in the UK that have applied for dragon breeding licenses, and the key is to maintain and make profits after the dragon farms are established."

"Make money? With a dragon farm, are you still afraid that you won't be able to make money? As you just said, this is a big business involving hundreds of thousands of gold gallons, and if you find it difficult, you can leave this matter to our family. Malfoy interjected with a disdainful expression.

Clark gave him a cold look, his threat overflowing, "Shut up!" Listen to me, if you don't want to participate, you can go out now. ”

Malfoy was glared at by him, decisively obeyed, raised his hand and surrendered, he hadn't gotten the little dragon yet, so he couldn't just leave.

"Hagrid, you've been feeding Noble lately, isn't it a big deal?" Clark looked at Hagrid again.

Hagrid nodded busily, and although he had only been feeding for less than a week, his purse was visibly becoming embarrassed.

"A young fire dragon can eat as much as a lion in the prime of life, and he has to eat ten kilograms of fresh meat in one meal. However, it only has one meal a day, so if you calculate it, you can get more than 300 kilograms of fresh meat a month.

There was no such thing as a large livestock industry in the wizarding world, and magic could not conjure food, so all this fresh meat had to be purchased from Muggle society, and according to Muggle prices, a kilogram of pork would cost five pounds, and five pounds could be exchanged for one gold Galleon at Gringotts. ”

"Ahh That dragon would have to spend three hundred gold gallons just to eat! ”

Hermione was doing the arithmetic so fast that she almost blurted it out, and Harry was still there wrenching his fingers.

Malfoy was also taken aback by the price, although he was not yet involved in the family business, he knew that their family's monthly income was almost a little more than that.

In this way, the family's adoption of a dragon in Romania is really not a lot of money.

"That's not all, the adult fire dragon eats more."

Clark shook his head.

"And you're only counting the cost of feeding, because dragons have very hard bones and scales, so they have to replenish a little precious metal minerals and certain magical materials during their growth period, which is also a big expense."

"And what do the dragon farms in Romania do?" Malfoy forgot Clarke's warning and asked curiously, "I remember that they have dozens of fire dragons over there." ”