71. Division for the Prohibition of Misuse of Muggle Objects
The business of selling lab equipment didn't last long, and Dudley received word from Malfoy just the past week.
"Dudley, you've been reported misusing Muggle items."
It's interesting to say, there is a magical or boring agency in the Ministry of Magic, called the Division for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Items, and many people will subconsciously think that this is an institution that prohibits wizards from using Muggle items.
Actually, no, that's just a literal misinterpretation, and they're primarily responsible for dealing with wizards' indiscriminate use of magic on Muggle objects.
Some wizards will be idle and cast spells on items used by ordinary people, and then sell these things to ordinary people, which will cause many ordinary people to be injured, which is a serious violation of the International Federation of Wizards' secrecy law.
Ron's father, Arthur Weasley, worked here, collecting the spells.
But this kind of 'Fun Man Wizard' is in the minority, and most of the time the 'Division for the Prohibition of Misuse of Muggle Items' is very leisurely.
"What? So what to do? Brother D won't be punished, right? ”
Hearing the news from Malfoy, Harry immediately stood up and said with a worried face.
Harry was more concerned about Dudley's affairs than he was about himself.
Hermione put down the book in her hand and said calmly, "Don't worry, Harry. There is nothing wrong with that. ”
In fact, the Ministry of Magic does not prohibit any wizards from using Muggle items, but most wizards do not know how to use them themselves and refuse to learn them, so there are few Muggle items in the wizarding world, and these wizards do not attribute the reason to themselves, but subconsciously believe that the Ministry of Magic prohibits the use of Muggle items, and dump the pot to the Ministry of Magic.
Over time, it has formed the common rule that wizards do not subconsciously use Muggle products, in fact, even if you use it, you will be stopped at most, and it will definitely not be illegal.
As Hermione said, there was nothing wrong with that.
"Yes, Miss Granger is right, Brother D will be fine."
Malfoy said.
Harry's face flashed with displeasure when he heard Malfoy call Dudley D, but he was quickly distracted.
The fight before is still quite useful, at least the relationship between the two has not deteriorated again, of course, sometimes there will be a fight.
"But maybe we won't be able to sell that lab equipment anymore."
Malfoy continued.
However, since someone reported it, then the Ministry of Magic will still make a show, but it will not be punished, plus Dudley himself is only a little wizard, and there may be no verbal warning.
"What? Why?! Ron shouted.
Because of the sale of equipment, he made a small fortune, and he was still immersed in the state of 'making money, making money, I don't know how to spend it', and was planning to use the money to make something for his family and family, but now he said he wouldn't do it.
You know, the previous Ron didn't say it was Garon, and if I could take out a Sicke in my pocket, I would lose.
"Who the hell is so hateful?"
Ron said viciously that he had just experienced the joy of losing money, and it was gone before he could enjoy it.
"Who else, it must be the stupid Gryffindor."
Malfoy was almost speaking through his nose: "Who else but them would be so boring." ”
The way a few people make money is almost pure profiteering, naturally there will be some people's eyes, absolutely no one on Slytherin's side dares to offend Dudley, Ravenclaw is not so boring, Hufflepuff can't think of it... It could only be Gryffindor.
It's just that Malfoy reacted as soon as he finished speaking, and there were a total of three Gryffindors present.
Harry didn't care if it was Gryffindor or Gryffindor, he only knew that someone in this broken house had fixed his brother, but he didn't know who it was, so he could only sit aside in a huff.
Hermione's expression was indifferent, as if it had nothing to do with her, she had always had a bad relationship with the other young wizards of Gryffindor.
Only Ron looked a little embarrassed, he really thought of himself as a Gryffindor.
"It's okay, if you can't do it, then stop it."
"I don't plan to do it often."
Dudley himself has no intention of doing it for a long time, and this kind of business is probably a one-shot deal in itself.
Muggle lab equipment is not a rare commodity to be kept secret, and other Muggle wizards have access to it, he just wants to harvest a wave of quick money to get through this time, and the content of Snape's teaching has been getting harder and deeper lately.
Even Dudley had to brace his spirits, after all, the cost of materials was too huge.
As a digression, as almost all of the young wizards had been replaced with experimental equipment, Snape sped up his teaching and finished the first-year course in three or two clicks, and now he was already working on the second-year Potions class.
It is conceivable that the class he led will definitely be the one with the highest passing rate in the Potions class of the O.W.Ls exam.
Rolled up.
For Dudley and Snape, this wave is a winwin, that is, a win-win.
When Dudley was reselling experimental equipment, he actually had another project...
It's still the old business, writing novels.
Compared to ordinary people, wizards really have very little entertainment, and basically except for a small number of poor chess games (such as wizard chess), there is also Quidditch.
Otherwise, I can only read the newspaper and read books, in short, it is very boring.
There are no radio channels, no TV shows or even video games, which is why Quidditch matches are so popular, because you have and can only watch this.
Dudley intends to start here, as entertainment is known to be the best way to make money.
The first step is to integrate into the wizards' circle and make a name for yourself.
Fiction is the easiest.
As far as Dudley knows, there is a wizard in the wizarding world named Lockhart, who is a well-known novelist in the wizarding world, very well-known... How well-known is it? Almost all adult witches in the wizarding world are his fans, and he himself is the holder of the Order of Merlin, Third Class.
Although this medal can be obtained in many special ways, such as donating a large sum of Galleons to the Ministry of Magic, it is generally quite rare, and Newt Scamander, a well-known magical zoologist in the wizarding world, was awarded the second-class medal of the Order of Sir Merlin for the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them".
This time, he tentatively wrote "The Dragonlance Chronicle", and he has already found time to write a part...
All that's left is to find a suitable wizarding publisher...
Let these wizards feel the shock of DND's worldview.
Since Dudley was going to stop it, the others naturally wouldn't say anything, after all, he got the things, and he came up with the idea, and Ron and Malfoy were just doing some publicity and sales.
Malfoy himself is not short of money, Ron is short of money, but he is an open-minded person, and he is also an easily satisfied person, and the money in his pocket is enough to 'squander' himself for a long time.
Only Harry was still sitting in his chair, muttering that he must find the 'villain' who reported Dudley.