NOVEL WEB Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts
Chapter 547 Voldemort's Gift
Somewhere on the seashore in eastern England, raging waves beat on the cliffs on the shore, and the low dark clouds seemed to be about to press down on the sea. A dark and dilapidated lighthouse stood on the edge of the cliff.
Many tourists who drive along the seaside road and see this post-modern Gothic-style lighthouse in the distance decide to explore and visit the lighthouse.But when they approached the lighthouse, they unknowingly forgot all the information about the lighthouse not far away, and left here with one kick of the gas pedal.
A figure wearing a black traveling cloak appeared on the side of the road with a "snap" out of thin air.He raised his head and looked at the dark clouds in the sky, muttered something about the weather, and then walked forward along the path leading to the lighthouse.
Unlike those who couldn’t get to the lighthouse, today’s visitors are walking forward step by step on the wet and muddy path. If someone is watching carefully, they will find that the shoes on the visitors’ feet are covered with mud. It didn't pick up a little stain when walking on the road.
When the visitor walked a long way from the lighthouse, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed, and a huge manor built on the edge of a cliff appeared in front of him.Looking beyond the wall of holly trees, the visitor sees the roof of a resplendent building.
At this moment, the gate of the manor opened, and an old wizard stood behind the gate to greet the visitor.He was wearing a well-tailored robe, his white hair was combed meticulously, and his deep-set green eyes were full of excitement and a trace of anxiety.
"Welcome, Your Excellency Minister." The owner of the manor greeted the visitor.
"Thank you very much for your invitation, Mr. Smith." Lucius Malfoy responded to the owner of the manor.
Malfoy was a little surprised that the owner of the manor came out to greet him in person. Generally, the butlers came forward to greet him. It was rare for the owner to greet him at the gate, unless the visitor was the Dark Lord himself.
Regarding the warm hospitality of the owner of the manor, Malfoy had a little guess in his heart.
After a brief greeting, Smith led Malfoy towards the main building in the middle of the manor.
In front of the main building in the manor is a huge garden, which is full of various ornamental herbs.From Malfoy's experience, he could see that in this well-designed garden, as the seasons alternated throughout the year, different herbs took turns to bloom, bear fruit and change color of leaves, presenting different landscapes.
When the two walked halfway, Smith asked Malfoy: "Mr. Malfoy, how do you think my garden compares with the garden of your Malfoy Manor?"
"Sure enough," Malfoy sighed inwardly. After his Majiazhuang, which was once known as the "No. [-] Manor in Great Britain", was burned down, the Shijiazhuang, which was originally ranked second, stepped on the devastated Majiazhuang to climb to the first position. .How could Smith, who has been the "second child" for so many years, let go of this opportunity to feel proud.
It's just that the Malfoy family, whose family has fallen, will not be able to restore the former glory of Majiazhuang in the near future. It is not bad for their family not to grow vegetables in the garden to reduce expenses.
Along the way, Smith kept showing off to his old enemy who had suppressed him for many years on the grounds of asking Malfoy for advice on the layout of the manor.
And Lao Ma is not the kind of young man who only knows how to fight for a moment, so he just followed the other party's words and started to praise Shijiazhuang.
The two didn't stop bragging about their business until they came to the living room of the main building of Shijiazhuang.
"Welcome to our Honorable Minister of Magic."
The guests who had been waiting for a long time in the living room stood up to welcome Malfoy's arrival.
Malfoy, who had already taken off his cloak in the hall, was meticulously dressed today. In this kind of gathering where the patriarchs of various families formally meet, a person's attire represents his attitude towards the party and the people present.
If Voldemort had sent Snape to such a party, he would have held his head in the sink for half an hour before speaking.
Malfoy looked around at the people in the meeting room, and found that the Wellcome family, the largest potion manufacturer in Britain, and the patriarchs of the herbal planting and sales families represented by the Smith family were all present. Ninety percent of the families engaged in the handicraft industry, including the patriarch of the Bentley family, the largest shareholder of the manufacturers, came, and the rest were princes in their respective fields such as crucibles, clothing, and catering.
It can be said that these people in the living room now control the vast majority of the production share of domestic products in the British magical society other than wands.
The Malfoy family used to operate the wholesale sales of food in the wizarding world.
After exchanging pleasantries, everyone took their seats. Malfoy first took out a stack of books with black covers, and he took out his wand and tapped on these books, and each book automatically flew to everyone.
"First of all, on behalf of my master, the great Dark Lord, I present a gift to you all." Malfoy said to everyone.
Smith was the first to take the book floating in front of him, startled when he saw the author's name clearly on the cover.
Smith asked cautiously: "Your Excellency Malfoy, is this book really written by Salazar Slytherin?"
"That's right." Malfoy nodded lightly and said, "As the descendant of Slytherin, His Excellency the Dark Lord, he naturally owns Slytherin's works. In order to show his sincerity in cooperating with you, my master specially selected some of them. The Slytherin work is presented to you as a gift."
For a magic family, the most precious thing is always all kinds of magic knowledge.
Although the magical knowledge recorded in Slytherin's works is thousands of years ago, this knowledge is the foundation of all kinds of magical knowledge developed on top of it in the following millennia.If you master this knowledge, you will continue to introduce new ones just like Gree who has mastered the core technology.
And this kind of "core technology" is often an untold secret within each family, and it is the foundation of a family's foothold in the magical world.
Stones from other hills, can learn.After the various families here have obtained the knowledge of Slytherin, they can strengthen the foundation of their respective families.
Now that Voldemort sent out such a big gift all at once, the bosses of the various families who knew the truth that "a gift is given to others must be asked for" had to treat today's gathering more cautiously.
At that time, Mr. Zhang opened up the situation in one fell swoop by relying on the exchange of knowledge between the East and the West, so that almost all the not-recalcitrant families accepted his affection and opened their eyes to some of his actions.
Now, in order to completely pull these families into his chariot, Voldemort also took out his old book to buy people's hearts.
After all, Slytherin's knowledge is in the same system as theirs, and has a far greater effect on them than knowledge from another system.
It's just that if everyone here knows that all the Slytherin books in Voldemort's hands come from the Zhang family building, I don't know if they will attribute this favor to someone Zhang by the way.
Bentley put away the book in his hand after flipping through a few pages, and then asked Malfoy: "Please, Mr. Malfoy, please convey the thanks and respect from the Bentley family to Mr. Dark Lord for me. What do we have?" Things can be of service to His Excellency the Dark Lord."
Many tourists who drive along the seaside road and see this post-modern Gothic-style lighthouse in the distance decide to explore and visit the lighthouse.But when they approached the lighthouse, they unknowingly forgot all the information about the lighthouse not far away, and left here with one kick of the gas pedal.
A figure wearing a black traveling cloak appeared on the side of the road with a "snap" out of thin air.He raised his head and looked at the dark clouds in the sky, muttered something about the weather, and then walked forward along the path leading to the lighthouse.
Unlike those who couldn’t get to the lighthouse, today’s visitors are walking forward step by step on the wet and muddy path. If someone is watching carefully, they will find that the shoes on the visitors’ feet are covered with mud. It didn't pick up a little stain when walking on the road.
When the visitor walked a long way from the lighthouse, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed, and a huge manor built on the edge of a cliff appeared in front of him.Looking beyond the wall of holly trees, the visitor sees the roof of a resplendent building.
At this moment, the gate of the manor opened, and an old wizard stood behind the gate to greet the visitor.He was wearing a well-tailored robe, his white hair was combed meticulously, and his deep-set green eyes were full of excitement and a trace of anxiety.
"Welcome, Your Excellency Minister." The owner of the manor greeted the visitor.
"Thank you very much for your invitation, Mr. Smith." Lucius Malfoy responded to the owner of the manor.
Malfoy was a little surprised that the owner of the manor came out to greet him in person. Generally, the butlers came forward to greet him. It was rare for the owner to greet him at the gate, unless the visitor was the Dark Lord himself.
Regarding the warm hospitality of the owner of the manor, Malfoy had a little guess in his heart.
After a brief greeting, Smith led Malfoy towards the main building in the middle of the manor.
In front of the main building in the manor is a huge garden, which is full of various ornamental herbs.From Malfoy's experience, he could see that in this well-designed garden, as the seasons alternated throughout the year, different herbs took turns to bloom, bear fruit and change color of leaves, presenting different landscapes.
When the two walked halfway, Smith asked Malfoy: "Mr. Malfoy, how do you think my garden compares with the garden of your Malfoy Manor?"
"Sure enough," Malfoy sighed inwardly. After his Majiazhuang, which was once known as the "No. [-] Manor in Great Britain", was burned down, the Shijiazhuang, which was originally ranked second, stepped on the devastated Majiazhuang to climb to the first position. .How could Smith, who has been the "second child" for so many years, let go of this opportunity to feel proud.
It's just that the Malfoy family, whose family has fallen, will not be able to restore the former glory of Majiazhuang in the near future. It is not bad for their family not to grow vegetables in the garden to reduce expenses.
Along the way, Smith kept showing off to his old enemy who had suppressed him for many years on the grounds of asking Malfoy for advice on the layout of the manor.
And Lao Ma is not the kind of young man who only knows how to fight for a moment, so he just followed the other party's words and started to praise Shijiazhuang.
The two didn't stop bragging about their business until they came to the living room of the main building of Shijiazhuang.
"Welcome to our Honorable Minister of Magic."
The guests who had been waiting for a long time in the living room stood up to welcome Malfoy's arrival.
Malfoy, who had already taken off his cloak in the hall, was meticulously dressed today. In this kind of gathering where the patriarchs of various families formally meet, a person's attire represents his attitude towards the party and the people present.
If Voldemort had sent Snape to such a party, he would have held his head in the sink for half an hour before speaking.
Malfoy looked around at the people in the meeting room, and found that the Wellcome family, the largest potion manufacturer in Britain, and the patriarchs of the herbal planting and sales families represented by the Smith family were all present. Ninety percent of the families engaged in the handicraft industry, including the patriarch of the Bentley family, the largest shareholder of the manufacturers, came, and the rest were princes in their respective fields such as crucibles, clothing, and catering.
It can be said that these people in the living room now control the vast majority of the production share of domestic products in the British magical society other than wands.
The Malfoy family used to operate the wholesale sales of food in the wizarding world.
After exchanging pleasantries, everyone took their seats. Malfoy first took out a stack of books with black covers, and he took out his wand and tapped on these books, and each book automatically flew to everyone.
"First of all, on behalf of my master, the great Dark Lord, I present a gift to you all." Malfoy said to everyone.
Smith was the first to take the book floating in front of him, startled when he saw the author's name clearly on the cover.
Smith asked cautiously: "Your Excellency Malfoy, is this book really written by Salazar Slytherin?"
"That's right." Malfoy nodded lightly and said, "As the descendant of Slytherin, His Excellency the Dark Lord, he naturally owns Slytherin's works. In order to show his sincerity in cooperating with you, my master specially selected some of them. The Slytherin work is presented to you as a gift."
For a magic family, the most precious thing is always all kinds of magic knowledge.
Although the magical knowledge recorded in Slytherin's works is thousands of years ago, this knowledge is the foundation of all kinds of magical knowledge developed on top of it in the following millennia.If you master this knowledge, you will continue to introduce new ones just like Gree who has mastered the core technology.
And this kind of "core technology" is often an untold secret within each family, and it is the foundation of a family's foothold in the magical world.
Stones from other hills, can learn.After the various families here have obtained the knowledge of Slytherin, they can strengthen the foundation of their respective families.
Now that Voldemort sent out such a big gift all at once, the bosses of the various families who knew the truth that "a gift is given to others must be asked for" had to treat today's gathering more cautiously.
At that time, Mr. Zhang opened up the situation in one fell swoop by relying on the exchange of knowledge between the East and the West, so that almost all the not-recalcitrant families accepted his affection and opened their eyes to some of his actions.
Now, in order to completely pull these families into his chariot, Voldemort also took out his old book to buy people's hearts.
After all, Slytherin's knowledge is in the same system as theirs, and has a far greater effect on them than knowledge from another system.
It's just that if everyone here knows that all the Slytherin books in Voldemort's hands come from the Zhang family building, I don't know if they will attribute this favor to someone Zhang by the way.
Bentley put away the book in his hand after flipping through a few pages, and then asked Malfoy: "Please, Mr. Malfoy, please convey the thanks and respect from the Bentley family to Mr. Dark Lord for me. What do we have?" Things can be of service to His Excellency the Dark Lord."
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