Chapter 48 Piracy is rampant
"Harry, oh my God, you're here!"
Harry was rescued from Tumbledown Alley by Hagrid, and Mrs. Weasley happily pulled Harry out of Hagrid's hand and took a large brush out of his bag to dust the soot from his body.
"You said the wrong address when you used Floo Powder just now, but fortunately you didn't miss it too far." Mr. Weasley asked, "Where did you just go?" ”
"I just went to Tumbledown Alley, and I saw Malfoys and the shopkeeper in Boginbock, the greasy old man bent over, arguing." Harry said quickly.
"Maybe he wants to deal with some dark magic items, hmph, I'm going to get his handle sooner or later." Mr. Weasley said.
Kano listened quietly, and if he remembered correctly, this time Lucius was selling the things that could not be seen in the house to Bojin for disposal.
But two days ago, Bo Jin almost drained his cash flow in order to buy heir potions. Bojin has no money on hand now, and I'm afraid the two quarreled over the selling price.
However, Lucius's purpose is not to make money, but to get things out of his hands, so he should have suffered a lot of losses.
"Let's go, kids, let's go to Gringotts and get the money." Mr. Weasley patted the family one by one, straightened his back and walked to Gringotts.
Hermione's family was in the halls of Gringotts, asking how to exchange pounds for Galleons. Her parents looked a little cramped, but Hermione's expression was very indifferent.
"Hey, I'm here!"
Hermione looked at the Weasleys and her friends and waved happily.
Mr. Weasley had a keen interest in Muggles and wanted to take the Granger couple to the Leaky Cauldron for a drink. The Granger couple also wanted to learn about the wizarding world through Mr. Weasley, and they agreed to go together after the Weasleys had withdrawn the money.
Kano didn't need to withdraw the money, he stayed in the Gringotts hall and sat down with the Granger couple to talk.
"Little Mr. Canopus, Hermione is in your care at school." Mrs. Granger said.
"Just call me Kano, ma'am." Carno laughed and replied, "Hermione is a very strong girl and a smart witch. ”
Mr. and Mrs. Granger laughed, they were proud of their daughter.
"I heard that Kano is a child of a magical family?" Mr. Granger asked.
"yes, what's wrong?"
"I'm curious, what kind of work can a girl like Hermione do when she graduates from Hogwarts in the future?"
Kano sensed that the Grangers seemed to be overly concerned because they didn't know enough about the wizarding world.
So he gave the Granger couple a rough overview of the current employment directions in the wizarding world.
Kano stretched out his hand and counted, "The first is to enter the Ministry of Magic, and Mr. Weasley is like that." ”
"The second is to go into a certain house... It's a business, like here. Kano gestured to the human tellers in the corner of Gringotts Hall.
"There is another way, which is to rely on your own ingenuity to invent special magic items and become your own boss."
"Sounds like ours." Mrs. Granger breathed a sigh of relief.
"yes, they're all human, how different can they be?" Kano smiled and said, "What's more, with Hermione's intelligence, it won't be a problem in any direction you go in the future." ”
What Kano didn't say was that these roads were all controlled by the big families, and it was almost impossible for wizards from ordinary people to get ahead.
Under the guise of pure-blood supremacy, Voldemort fooled how many pure-blood wizards died for him. If it weren't for the withering of pure-blood wizards in the previous and upcoming two major battles, I am afraid that Hermione would not have been the Minister of Magic in the original book.
After a few words with the Grangers, Harry and the others returned to the hall. Mrs. Weasley's pouch was bulging, and it seemed to be stuffed with Garene.
"Seriously, thank you, Kano." Mr. Weasley whispered, "Every child will be able to wear a new robe and use a new textbook this year." ”
Kano shook his head: "This is the income of your labor, uncle, there is nothing to thank you for." ”
"Well, this is the last time." Mr. Weasley blinked.
Kano didn't want this to be a burden on Mr. Weasley's heart, and there was no need for relatives to be so clear.
"That's it!" Mr. Weasley zoomed up, "Go shopping, kids, we'll meet in front of the Blotted Bookstore in an hour!" ”
A large group of children took twice as much pocket money in Mrs. Weasley's hands and cheered into the crowd.
The Weasleys led the Granger to the Leaky Cauldron, where Cano and the trio leisurely strolled around.
"Have you read this year's book list? That Gildero. Who is Lockhart? Hermione asked, "He's written so many books!" ”
"I don't know, my mom likes him a lot." Ron muttered.
"Maybe he's a famous wizard?" Harry was curious, too.
"Hermione, how long does it take you to write a fourteen-inch paper?" Kano said suddenly.
"A few hours, if there is a reference book." Hermione replied immediately.
"Professor Lockhart is a man of many books, and I don't know how he managed to be so productive while taking risks." Kano secretly gave Hermione a precautionary shot.
Hermione frowned, she was a little unimpressed by Kano's words. But she didn't rush to defend Lockhart, after all, the next year will be spent day and night, and what kind of person he is will soon see.
An hour later, the Weasleys, Kano and the others reunited in front of the Blotted Bookstore.
Standing in the doorway was a large photograph of a blonde curly-haired wizard who was none other than Gildero. Lockhart. He's holding a book signing in the Blotted bookstore, which is full of middle-aged women, and it seems that he is the real killer of the grandmother.
A few people were just about to squeeze in, when a somewhat obscene voice rang in their ears.
"Are you a Hogwarts student?"
All eyes were on the man who spoke, the man was a scruffy man, a chunky man, wearing a dirty robe with a smoky smell.
"Oh, Mondongues, you were released so soon?" Mr. Weasley stepped forward and blocked the children behind him, "You don't want to cast a spell on me from behind, do you?" ”
"How so? Arthur, I'm confused, confused. Mundungus said with a dry laugh.
"I'm serious today, see?" Montungus swiped open his robe, dozens of Lockhart's books tucked into the inner pocket of his robe.
"It's very cheap, and you only charge hard-earned money."
As hard as he could, Kano sent Kreacher to intervene and get Montungus to sell Lockhart's pirated books.
Mundungus still wanted to play the trick of opportunism, but Kreacher told him that there were a lot of people who had nothing to eat and were willing to do the job, and that he didn't have to be allowed to go.
He was forced to sign a forced magical contract, which he could only sell to Hogwarts students at a fraction of the cost of Carnot's pirated books, at most one set per person, and none of the conditions could be met.
That little bit of premium is the hard work for Mundungus, and he makes more money by selling more.
"Oh, Mondongues, you are so despicable and shameless!" Mrs. Weasley's eyes widened as a fan of Lockhart's books.
Kano secretly said that it was not good, and Mrs. Weasley was afraid that she wanted to resist piracy.
"Bring me five sets!" Mrs. Weasley waved her hand haughtily.