HP's return to innocence

The mothers had a lot of fun. Of course, for many of them, it was just a boring game.But soon there were plenty of smart women — or their smart husbands — who saw a huge political stake in it.

At least when they went to the Ministry of Magic, those neutral wizards who used to look at them with slightly hostile eyes now occasionally nodded their heads.Some people will even take the initiative to come over and express their willingness to do their part for charity auctions or motherly love homes.

Although they may not be able to do it financially, it is always possible to help.

Only a few fools arrogantly rejected the olive branches offered by these people, and the shrewd nobles like Lucius accepted the other party's kindness generously.It means that the purpose of Maternal Love House is to gather the love of all wizards and help those in need.

And the aristocratic gentlemen who saw the benefits even opened a special recruitment section in the Home of Love.Although the most basic and simple jobs such as sorting groceries, weaving textiles, handling potions, and brewing simple potions are all introduced there, and all of them are temporary workers, this is undoubtedly a problem for many families. A small income.

In fact, this is just that the nobles have separated the most basic and complicated work in their shops.Originally, they thought that this was just spending a small amount of money to buy fame - it was much cheaper than throwing Garen directly into the Ministry of Magic.But soon they discovered that while gaining fame by doing so, they also earned a lot of practical benefits.

The employees in the store have escaped from the most basic and boring work, but they have to do it.Instead, you can focus more on higher-level work.

Ordinary wizards have more money in their pockets, and they want to buy more, or even better items.Not only did the net profit of some stores not decrease, but it increased to a certain extent, which is definitely a surprise.

As for the gains in reputation, it far exceeded their established hopes.At least when Lucius was on the street with Narcissa, he saw many wizards taking off their hats and saluting to them—well, just to Narcissa, I have to say that this made Lucius very depressed...

Of course, these things all happened after Draco went to school. At this stage, Lucius just regarded the shop and the auction as a boring game for his wife, and didn't pay much attention to it.Even Drake didn't expect that philanthropic plan could cause so many chain reactions.

Drake was thinking about the second step of earning prestige, and he wrote on a piece of paper: food, medical care, education, entertainment.I tapped twice with a quill pen, and by the third tap, the entire parchment had become as smooth as ever, leaving only the last ink dot that Draco tapped on the paper.

So in the afternoon, after Lucius came back, Drake knocked on the door of his study.

"Father, is our England doing well?"

"Of course! Why do you ask, Draco?"

"Then why have you never taken me to a park in England?"

"..." Lucius remained silent. Of course there are parks in England, but they are all Muggle-owned. As for the wizarding world... "Draco, you must know that the gardens at Malfoy Manor are more beautiful than any park..."

"There are no parks in wizarding England at all, are there, father?"

"..."

"Tom said he used to play Quidditch with his friends at Alston Park."

"..."

"Father, are there any libraries in England?"

"The Malfoy family's collection of books is comparable to any library. Moreover, Hogwarts also has its own library."

"Tom says the Alston Library has a collection that even the Director of the Government Library at the United States Department of Magic would be envious of."

"..."

"Father, are there playgrounds in England?"

"..."

"Tom said..."

Half an hour later, Draco finally finished his Tom talk, and left Lucius' study with a look of obvious disappointment on his face.

"Father, I'm done asking my questions. I'm sorry to bother you. Goodbye."

"Goodbye, little dragon..."

The platinum nobleman gave his son a twitching smile, and just as the door of the study was closed, he began to pat the table—obviously, he was blown away!

And Draco returned to his room with a little pride.This is his second step plan, urging his father to build public welfare and entertainment facilities. Although some of the work should be the government's business, it is clear that the guys from the British Ministry of Magic have not done it for decades. What did you have to do.

Moreover, these things are not all loss-making businesses. Even parks and other places that do not charge tickets, as long as they are properly operated, they can also make a lot of profits by using donations or renting out venues—such as weddings.Moreover, these facilities can also increase many jobs.

There are actually unemployed people in the British magic world, and according to the proportion of the population, these people are not even a minority.After all, there are only two shopping places in Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade in the entire wizarding world, and the owners of the shops in these two places have already been determined.Wizards who buy things will only go to those shops with a long history.

The most representative is Ollivander's wand shop, he is now completely synonymous with British wands.

The end result is that the middle-aged or even the elderly occupy most of the important positions. Unless the young people are exceptionally outstanding or have good parents, they will either work in the lowest jobs, be unemployed at home, or go abroad.

Therefore, the UK has the largest number of wizards going abroad, especially those wizards of hemp seed or mixed blood. Can't find a job that allows them to show their talents-the population of the British wizarding community is getting smaller and smaller, and it is not unrelated to the large number of wizards going abroad.

Three days later, Lucius took the initiative to call Drake into his study, and showed Drake a model of the playground with a proud face: "Your Christmas vacation will be spent in the playground, my little dragon. "

Looking at the model, Drake had to say that his father was very powerful. Just by looking at the area, he could tell that this amusement park must be a big deal: "Is this the first amusement park in the British magic world? For wizards all over the UK? "

"Of course." Lucius raised his eyebrows proudly.

"Father, where are you going to find enough workers to run the entire amusement park?" Looking at the scale marked next to it, the entire park is at least as big as six Hogwarts, walking from one end to the other, It will take a day, or even longer, and as a large-scale comprehensive park that integrates an aquarium, a zoo, and an amusement park, the service personnel, cleaning personnel, and engineering maintenance personnel that are needed alone need to go to the park. Hundred.

What's more, the indispensable employees of catering, accommodation, commentary, juggling, etc. If you want to really operate this paradise, then all wizards in the British magic world should go to work.

"Muggle world." What Draco didn't expect was that Lucius' answer was so straightforward.

"Muggle world?" Draco's eyes widened in astonishment. This was not a play, but he did not expect Lucius to answer like that.After all, his father was a true great wizardist.

"In the short term, this may be hard for you to accept, my little dragon." Lucius obviously misunderstood Draco's surprise, "You can chat more with your pen pal."

"Okay, father, I will." Draco nodded hurriedly. It seems that the stimulation given to his father by the Alston family was greater than he imagined...

Drake was not wrong about this point, Lucius was indeed greatly stimulated by the Alston family!

When he investigated the family for the first time, he just checked in general whether Tom Alston really existed, and the general situation of the family.In the end, he knew that this person existed, and the Alston family was the top three pure-blood families in the American wizarding world, so he didn't continue to investigate further.

As a result, Draco's "Tom Says" a few days ago stimulated him for the first time.Afterwards, Lucius conducted a detailed investigation of the Alston family's property.Of course, because the time was short, the information he got was only the superficial assets of the Alston family, and even if it was only the superficial assets, it was enough for Lucius to be stimulated a second time.

Because the property value of Alston's family unexpectedly exceeded the total property of Malfoy's family!This made it difficult for Lucius, who always thought he was the richest man in the magic family in the world, to accept it.

After all, the British wizarding world is different from the Muggle world, and they still regard the United States as a barbaric place of exile.Only Europe is the center of the world, and the center of Europe is Britain—this view of the last century, or even the last century, is the main theme of the British magic world.

Now, the facts tell Lucius that everything is not what he imagined.

However, Lucius is worthy of being a qualified platinum nobleman. After a short period of painful struggle, he not only accepted the reality, but even began to think about how to truly regain his position as the richest man.

And this amusement park is the result of his preliminary research.

"Father, this amusement park of yours will still receive tourists from the Muggle world?" After the artificial problem, there is the problem of the source of tourists, and since the population of the British wizarding world has problems even in the operation of the park, it is even more impossible. Just rely on their consumption to make profits.

"Of course. Five pounds a galleon, and now that the pound is depreciating and gold is appreciating, what we actually get will be much more than what we actually earn." After Lucius finished speaking, he felt that he might be a little too excited —A by-product of overstimulation, what he was talking to Drake now, he probably didn't understand at all.

"Father, please wait a moment." But the fact is that Draco stood up suddenly, turned and ran out of Lucius' study room, and ran back about 5 minutes later with a stack of books in his arms, and very It is obviously a Muggle book on paper products, not a wizard's parchment book, "It's a good book, I suggest you read it."

Lucius took the books suspiciously: "Fordism", "Economics", "Principles of Economics", "Theory of Political Economy" (English version).

"Muggle books?"

"You're hiring Muggle workers."

"..."

"These are just basic books. If you have read them all, you can ask me for more advanced books at any time."

"Draco..." Lucius raised his eyebrows, "Did you do it on purpose?"

"What intentional?" Draco's heartbeat accelerated while he was pretending to be stupid, and he was a little annoyed that he was a little too impatient.

Lucius stared at Draco for a while, and finally said nothing, but smiled: "Have you seen all of these?"

"I've seen it." Originally, he spent more energy on this than on potions and spells.

"Have you seen the more advanced ones?"

"Seen."

"in conclusion?"

"Garon can control the world."

Lucius smiled slightly, and waved to Drake: "Thank you for your book, my little dragon, I will read it when I have time."

Draco nodded and left the study.And Lucius didn't pay much attention to what Drake said, but these books did arouse his curiosity. After finishing today's work, he opened the top book, and it turned out... At night, Lucius spent in the study.