It is undoubtedly very difficult for Harry, Hermione and Ron to do business with a stranger named Mundungus Fletcher. They have never had similar experience, and they are even more familiar with this Mr. thief.
There is no trust at all, and the possibility of the two parties finally reaching a deal is really low.
After much hesitation, Hermione finally wrote to Mundungus Fletcher, and mentioned in the letter that she was a customer introduced by Albert and hoped to buy a small amount of bicorn horns and bicorns from Mundungus.
African tree snake skin.
When Mundungus Fletcher received Hermione's letter, he was actually confused. He didn't know Hermione Granger at all, and he even suspected that the other party had sent him a stuffed envelope.
However, from what was read in the opened envelope, it was discovered that the other party was actually a customer introduced by Anderson.
Mundungus Fletcher held the letter in his hand and whispered the items the other party needed: "The horn of a bicorn and the skin of an African tree snake?"
This seems to be... an ingredient for brewing compound potions?
Generally speaking, these two raw materials are only needed when brewing compound medicines.
Of course, the thief Mr. Mundungus could immediately guess what kind of potion Miss Granger, who was writing to him, needed these two ingredients to brew. This was more because he had helped people find bicorns before.
I had some trouble with the horns and the skin of the African tree snake, so I was very impressed.
In the black market, it is actually not particularly difficult to obtain a small amount of bicorn horns and African tree snake skins.
After all, there are always a few shady guys in the black market who like to use compound potions to disguise themselves.
The thief Mr. Mundungus decided to accept this deal, which was considered a good deal. It also gave Anderson a face. He had a good impression of the young Anderson. Every once in a while, the other party would ask him to help collect.
Some things, although they are all eccentric gadgets, can always make a small profit for themselves. Mundungus is naturally happy to maintain this kind of long-term business.
Mundungus first checked his small suitcase to see if there were any stored bicorn horns and African tree snake skins.
However, the remaining raw materials in the suitcase are of little value.
Mundungus cursed and closed the suitcase, and wrote back to Hermione Granger, offering a high price of 10 Galleons.
If the other party is willing to pay, he is sure to help the other party get the raw materials.
As for slaughtering the fattened sheep?
Sorry, there is no reason not to slaughter the fat sheep that was brought here.
The opponent is not Anderson, the guy who can always hit the lowest level of his psychological comfort.
However, after releasing the owl, Mundungus suddenly regretted it. He was a little worried that Granger would give up the deal with him because the price he offered was too high, and wanted to catch up with the released owl.
He took the letter back and revised it, but the owl refused to give him the letter. It even pecked Mundungus' arm, making him howl in pain.
"I hope this business won't go bad!" Mundungus murmured as he checked the wound on his arm.
Not long after, Hermione received a reply from Mundungus, but the other party opened his mouth in the letter and directly proposed a high price of ten galleons, which made Hermione feel like her breathing was about to stop. She definitely didn't have it in her pocket.
So many galleons? Even with that kind of money, Hermione wouldn't spend a lot of galleons on bicorn horns and tree snake skins.
"That guy must be crazy." Hermione clutched the letter tightly with both hands and murmured, "You have to convince Harry to give up."
"Convince me of what?"
At this moment, Harry and Ron walked over this way. They sat down next to them, looked at Hermione who was clutching the letter in confusion, and asked, "Whose letter is it? Has Mundungus replied?"
Hermione hesitated for a moment and handed Harry the letter she had just received.
Ron and Harry immediately put their heads together.
"Ten Galleons? He must be crazy?"
Ron felt like he was almost out of breath under the weight of ten Galleons. Those raw materials were not worth one Galleons at all. Just like Albert said, the other party offered ten times the price and treated them as
A fool.
Harry was not short of money, but ten galleons still made him feel painful.
After all, no matter how rich he is, the inheritance stored in Gringotts' vault will only be used less.
However, considering that the money was spent and there was no need to cause trouble in Snape's Potions class, he finally agreed to pay the galleons to buy the horn of the bicorn and the skin of the African tree snake.
"Reply him and I'll buy it!" Harry gritted his teeth and said.
He, Harry Potter, is rich.
"Don't worry Harry, we'd better go to Albert for advice." Hermione quickly stopped Harry's decision, "I think you don't want to be slaughtered as a fat sheep by the other party!"
Ron fully agreed with Hermione's suggestion and thought they should ask Albert to avoid being tricked by Mundungus.
Ten galleons is too expensive, and the bicorn horn and the skin of the African tree snake are simply not worth the price.
If he really needed to spend ten galleons, Ron would rather agree to Hermione's not-so-reliable plan.
After all, this money cannot be divided equally among three people, and Ron and Hermione don't have that many Galleons in their pockets.
It took the three of them a lot of time to finally find an opportunity. During breakfast, they blocked Albert outside the hall and took the opportunity to ask for his advice.
After reading the reply letter from Mundungus Fletcher that Harry handed him, Albert commented, "It's expensive, and the small amount of bicorn horns and African tree snake skins are totally not worth the price.
Although it is not surprising to say that the black market has ten times the price, but usually it is treated as a fat sheep and slaughtered."
"How much do you think it's worth?"
"Those raw materials are worth about one galleons. Between three and five galleons, that guy Mundungus Fletcher will definitely be willing to sell them to you." Albert thought for a while and then gave Harry an estimate.
price.
Harry was very depressed. Absolutely no one wanted to be slaughtered as a fat sheep, but if they couldn't get these two raw materials, they would need to risk breaking into Snape's office.
"Thank you." Harry said gratefully, "otherwise I would have been deceived by him."
"You can go to Hogsmeade to trade with him. Talk face-to-face, pay with one hand, and get the goods with the other. Don't pay first, otherwise he will definitely not ship the goods to you." Albert reminded kindly, "Tell me
You need to be very careful when dealing with those guys to avoid being fooled by them with fake goods, which often happens in the black market."
"We can't go to Hogsmeade." Harry was very depressed. He found that buying things on the black market was more troublesome than expected. Not only did he have to prevent himself from being slaughtered as a fat sheep, but he also had to be careful about whether the other party gave him fake goods.
Will you encounter a situation where the gangster eats the gangster?
"There is a secret passage on the fifth floor of the castle that leads to the outside of the castle. When Fred and George were in the first grade, they ran to Hogsmeade through the secret passage." Albert glanced at Hermione and continued:
"If you are not in a hurry, you can wait until the next time you go to Hogsmeade and ask Fred and George to help you deal with Mundungus Fletcher. They have experience in this area."
The three of them looked at each other, never thinking that there was a secret passage leading outside the school.
"If you are in a hurry, you have to pay them some errands and let them go to Hogsmeade on your behalf."
After hearing what Albert said, Ron had a particularly complicated expression on his face. In fact, he also wanted this so-called errand fee.