Chapter 1576 A war without a winner (twenty-eight)
Chapter 1578 A war without a winner (twenty-eight)
After having breakfast with Hermione and sending people to the Grangers' house, Albert used Apparition to return from Australia alone to his home on the back of the earth.
However, what greeted him when he opened the door was not a warm hug from his wife.
"You smell like other women." Katrina's eyes were slightly disgusted.
"Let's take a shower first."
Isobel appeared behind Katrina with Alice in her arms, looked at Albert up and down with a scrutinizing gaze, and whispered to herself, "She doesn't look as good as before. I didn't expect that Miss Granger is also a wild girl."
"Then I'm going to take a shower first." Albert walked away awkwardly.
"He deserves it." Katrina was angry and distressed, "Next, I will make him get up and practice early every day."
"I will help you supervise him." Isobel carried Alice and walked toward the living room.
Katrina looked at Isobel who put Alice back into the cradle and continued to sit down to enjoy breakfast, and asked doubtfully: "Aren't you waiting for him?"
"Given Albert's character, he must have had breakfast with Miss Granger before coming back."
"You shouldn't have indulged him." Katrina was very depressed.
"Perhaps, we can hear the whole story later." Isobel was actually very curious about how Hermione Granger lured Albert into taking the bait.
However, Albert did not give them this chance. After taking a shower and changing out of the clothes that "smelled of other girls", he said goodbye to Isobel and the stinking-faced Katrina, and directly apparated.
Go to the wizard village.
Although the place won't be unable to operate due to the lack of him, there will definitely be some problems that need to be solved by him.
The actual situation was almost the same as his guess. As soon as Shanna received the news, she came to report to Albert the problems that had accumulated in the past few days.
"The progress here is much faster than I expected. It seems that the Mr. Joseph introduced to us by the Minister is quite reliable."
Looking at the continuously stirring cement mortar and seamlessly assembled wooden boards, Albert couldn't help but sigh again at the convenience of magic.
Especially the magical magic in the world of Harry Potter has a strong sense of life and can always be used in unexpected places.
"Mr. Joseph is an expert in architecture. After reading the architectural drawings you left, he made small-scale modifications," Shanna took out the modified drawings from her handbag, showed them to Albert for inspection, and relayed the
Mr. Joseph's original words: "He said that your architectural drawings are very Muggle-like, but in fact you can be bolder. Wizards who are good at magic do not need to be constrained by inherent thinking like Muggles."
"It seems that Mr. Joseph also comes from a Muggle family." Albert briefly flipped through the drawings Shanna handed over and asked, "What else did he say?"
"Well, he said that the framework of these villas will take about a month." Shanna hesitated for a moment, then added, "That guy is now charging people to design the internal structure of the villa."
"He is really a clever guy, and he knows how to generate extra income for himself!" Albert smiled and handed the document to Shanna and asked: "What's the price?"
"We will provide full-time design for just twenty galleons, and we will also help keep an eye on it during the construction period."
"Let's just let everyone spend money to learn a lesson!"
Noticing Shanna's confused gaze, Albert smiled and explained: "I dare say that guy must have prepared a bunch of templates and applied them directly, so there is no so-called design at all."
"I can't pretend not to hear what you said."
A strange voice came from their right side. The guy who spoke was a middle-aged wizard with a mustache. He came to the two of them with a smile, took the lead in extending his hand to shake Albert's hand, and introduced himself:
"Joseph Croix."
"How many people have you convinced to accept your business?" Albert was curious about how many people were "scammed."
"Eleven customers have paid deposits in advance." Joseph couldn't help but sigh in his heart at the difficulty of the young man in front of him.
"I'll make up three hundred for you, and you can give me a few more templates and help keep an eye on this place. I don't think you can refuse this generous extra reward, right?" Albert said to Joseph with a smile.
"I don't seem to have any reason to refuse."
Joseph immediately restrained all his thoughts and simply made his request, hoping to leave his name in the village.
"Oh, of course there is no problem. As long as you help keep an eye on the construction here, you will definitely get what you want." Albert assured.
"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Joseph walked away satisfied.
"I thought you would directly help advance the galleons. The guy who paid the deposit before must be very angry." Shanna smiled happily, but she didn't give any money anyway.
"That's normal, isn't it?" Albert corrected, "That was their deal with Joseph. A deal is a deal. I shouldn't have to pay for them."
"However, that guy is easier to talk to than I expected." Shanna looked at Joseph's leaving figure and murmured: "Fred and George worked hard to lower the price to twenty galleons."
"Joseph is a smart man."
The two of them greeted the people around them and continued to walk around the village to inspect the surrounding changes.
"Oh, that guy has other purposes?" Shanna was surprised by the other party's cunning.
"As soon as he saw that he couldn't make any more extra money, he stopped immediately. At the same time, he could also do a favor. That guy probably still wants to settle here, and he also wants his name to be recorded in the history books together with this village.
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"He is indeed a smart man!" Shanna really didn't think so much and led Albert towards the outskirts of the village.
The place is now beginning to take shape, many fruit trees have been transplanted, and some people are even setting up grape trellises there.
"Professor Sprout also came to help. I'm actually curious about how you convinced her?" Shanna casually found a topic for chat.
"This is a great place for retirement, isn't it? If Professor Sprout is willing, she can move here after she retires from school, and then she can do the things she likes here."
The two stopped at a well and looked at the deeply dug stone shaft: "According to your plan, we have dug two deep wells nearby, which should be enough to supply the water here. However, I am afraid that the construction of the water storage tower will still be difficult.
Have to wait a little longer.”
"It seems that I don't need to keep an eye on this place anymore." Albert couldn't help but sigh at Shanna's changes. Sure enough, as long as they get enough experience, most people will not be too bad.
"No, I still think it's best for you to come here every day. There will always be problems here that need you to solve, and with you here, everyone will be more serious about completing their work." Shanna knew very well that Albert
Special "deterrence" is very important, otherwise this team may not be able to hold on for long and will start to go astray.