Chapter 443 The Leaky Cauldron
"How much?"
Seeing the newspaper boy pulling out a map that looked a bit worn out from the bottom of a stack of newspapers, Wang Xuebin didn't care. He took it and asked casually.
"6 shillings, sir!"
Looking at the newspaper boy's expectant look, Wang Xuebin smiled slightly, took out a pound from his pocket and handed it to the newspaper boy.
"The rest is your tip!"
As he said that, he rubbed the newspaper boy's fluffy and soft hair and turned around and left.
During this period, the British currency had not yet been reformed, and shillings and pennies were still in use. According to the conversion method of British currency, one pound is equal to twenty shillings and one shilling is equal to twenty pence.
If you don’t consider the purchasing power conversion of the same era, one shilling is about 50 cents of the current RMB!
If the film and television world is the same as the present world, then next year should be the day for the UK's monetary reform
The auxiliary coins such as shillings will become history, and the British pound is directly converted to new pennies by one to one hundred.
By then, those British people with poor mathematics would no longer have to worry about the cumbersome currency conversion, although they might not be able to calculate clearly by one to one hundred...
Wang Xuebin bought a map of the UK, but except for London, the map is marked with clearer, all cities outside London only have a rough outline.
This newspaper alone is not enough to allow Wang Xuebin to distinguish the difference between the present world and the Harry Potter world, but it is more than enough to look at London alone.
"Charing Cross...southeast direction..."
Charing Cross is the traditional center point of London, England, and is the famous bookstore street in London. If London is the center of England, then Charing Cross is the center of London.
This is also the zero-base point for highway and railway mileage commonly used in Britain, and is named after it connects to the Chaling Cross Station.
In the world of Harry Potter, the Charing Cross is not only the center of London, but also the center of the wizarding world in the UK.
Just behind the patio of a shabby bar called the Broken Cauldron, Diagon Alley, the most prosperous commercial center in the British magic world!
The Burning Cauldron Bar was built in 1500. The first boss was named Daisy Dodridge. The witch wanted to create a channel that connects magic and reality. Obviously, she succeeded.
Today, the broken pot bar has become the gateway to divide the magic world and the Muggle world. The first check-in point for all mahjong wizards to enter the magic world is this shabby bar!
The logo of the Broken Cauldron Bar is a broken cauldron, which is hung on a magic sign outside the Broken Cauldron Bar.
This sign is magical. When ordinary muggles pass by, they can only see a bare piece. Only when a magical person leans in, the iconic broken crucible will light up on the sign.
When he arrived at the center of Chaling Cross, Wang Xuebin clearly noticed a weak force, which was constantly bewitching him, making him mistakenly think that he had something important to do, and ignore the bright sign above his head.
Wang Xuebin did not rush to resist, but stood there and savored it carefully. He knew that this was a witchcraft called the Muggle Exit Spell, and its function was to make people who did not have magic ignore some unreasonable existences.
Just as the difference between Chinese martial arts and magic, it is also the power of the Western world, and magic is fundamentally different.
Compared with the Merlin magic that Wang Xuebin learned with knowledge as the core of inheritance, the power of the Harry Potter world is more inclined to the magician who inherits the power with bloodline.
The source of all power comes from the inheritance of bloodlines, and whether one can exert the power of one's own bloodlines determines whether a person is powerful or not.
Wang Xuebin did not like this feudal fatalism, but there was no way. Harry Potter was such a solidified world. The upper class could fall and the lower class had no way to advance.
Reading the whole book, Harry Potter is actually a rich and noble boy who supports and guides a destitute noble boy. With the help of poor nobles and outstanding civilians, he defeated the civilian rich villain who disguised himself as a nobleman!
What is the final result?
The civilian, rich villain disguised as a nobleman died and died. Although the rich and nobleman died, his reputation was passed down to future generations.
The decaying aristocratic boy married the younger sister of the poor aristocratic family, and the outstanding civilians married the poor aristocratic boy.
Until the end, when they were beaten, nothing was broken, and the meat was rotten in the pot. The people who took the best interests were still the aristocratic class.
So in Wang Xuebin's view, no matter how lively the magic world is, it will not change his decay and backward nature.
But he was not here to liberate the British magic world, nor did he mean to intervene in the change. You didn't think there was any problem with it. Why should I worry about it for you?
Abandoning the offensive fatalism, this magical world is quite exciting.
"Sir, is there anything I can help you?"
An old man wearing a black pullover sweater, black round-headed leather shoes, round face and pointed ears, and sparse hair, was wearing his body and secretly looking at Wang Xuebin with his philanthropic smile.
This person is Tom, the current owner of the Broken Cauldron Bar. Tom is the name he is called, but no one has known his real name for a long time.
Tom is a mixed blood of a fairy and a wizard, and has a long life span similar to a fairy. Old Tom already had this kind of character when Voldemort was young.
Now more than thirty years have passed, and his appearance has not changed at all. He still has his sparse hair and his philandering smile.
After being able to take root in the magic world and the Muggle world for so many years, Tom's ability has never been simple. His beautiful casting of spells without a stick has shocked many greedy people's covetousness.
But as Tom himself, he never felt complacent about his powerful spell casting methods. What really made him proud was his sharp and precise eyes.
As early as the moment Wang Xuebin arrived at the Burning Cauldron Bar, Tom noticed the man. Although the Burning Cauldron Bar's sign did not respond, he knew that he was definitely not an ordinary man!
A black over-knee windbreaker wrapped around her straight body, her broad and powerful shoulders seemed to contain powerful power.
The movements and stillness are straightforward and there is no unnecessary movement, but the body is always in a state of easy exertion, as if once it encounters danger, it will immediately launch a thunder counterattack.
Those dark and deep eyes make people fall into it unconsciously at first sight. If they are sensitive, they can still feel a sharp and iron-blooded meaning from their eyes.
This is a dangerous person, Tom thought of it!
"Sir, do you want to enter the store to have something to drink? How about you come to a glass of flame whiskey to warm up your body? I'll treat you!"
"Um..."
Wang Xuebin, who was awakened by the voice of speaking, turned his head and looked back, curled his lips and said softly:
Chapter completed!