The magic family's competition in the industrialized market is obviously a signal.
This not only means that it is profitable, but more importantly, it represents the position of the ancient pure-blood family camp.
The Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards may punish a wizard who crosses the line, but in this kind of layout involving family continuation, if the International Federation of Wizards forcibly interferes and interrupts, then there will be no backlash from outside forces. The International Federation of Wizards
The Society and the Ministry of Magic will be divided into several sections.
On the bright side, the magical world has truly begun to enter the era of the "Magic Industrial Revolution", and the market has become particularly active.
However, from a slightly worrying point of view, the consumer market in the magic world is too small...
The major magic families have easily realized that with such a small number of wizards, it is difficult to realize the potential of their investment in the magic industry.
Even without Elena's push, the invisible hand actively pushed the pure-blood wizards to pursue a larger market, just like the empire on which the sun never sets that spread from the British Isles to the world's oceans centuries ago.
, the products of the magical industry have penetrated into the non-magical world faster than the plague.
The International Federation of Wizards originally thought that this would seriously damage the world structure and expose magic to the non-magical world in an instant.
But the reality is far better than they thought. Muggles are not aware of the weirdness of those "high-quality" products.
Especially when the Gringotts goblins served as publicity consultants, this risk was almost reduced to the lowest point——
...in a way that the gentlemen of the International Confederation of Wizards cannot understand.
"A magical invigorating infusion inspired by archaeological documentation of herbal medicine from ancient Anglo-Saxon wizards."
"New polymer, magical rotating multi-space protective wings."
"Awaken the midnight lion's spear and try the dragon's blood paint!"
Such slogans, as well as a few exclusive patent application documents, as well as the goblins' powerful lobbying helpers.
In this era where everything seems to be accelerating, no one thinks there is anything weird about these novel products.
On the contrary, countless capital and bankers are waving their pounds and want to join the chess game - maybe they can't win the production line, but they at least still have first-level agency rights, second-level agency rights, township resale authorizations, linkage rights, etc.
Wait... and more importantly, for the increasingly depressed and declining British government, this new generation of enterprises that suddenly emerged is simply a coveted shot in the arm, which can directly save British society from the Great Depression.
And as the British magic families took the initiative to march in, various magic families in Europe also began to move...
Of course there are still some who are conservative and stubborn, but most of those magic families, like the Gaunt family, will probably become history in the foreseeable future.
Those who want to continue in the next few decades, or even centuries, have only one way:
Follow the example of other magic families and get out as soon as possible to participate in the competition for the "big cake" of the magic industry.
Otherwise, when the cake is divided, those who did not attend will only be left with the result of being submerged in history.
Not long ago, Gringotts Wizarding Bank was reorganized and the relationship was reformed. Now the Ministry of Magic has an important source of income called "taxation". When Cornelius Fudge and others learned from the Magical Government's Taxation Office that the next month's new
After increasing the approximate figure of the tax, most of the objections and concerns disappeared - even if the taxes would not go directly into their personal treasury, according to the Goblin Commissioner, as senior officials of the Ministry of Magic, they could freely use these taxes.
wealth.
Obviously, it is a very reasonable thing to slightly increase personal office and living conditions in terms of administrative expenses.
As for the concept of abuse of power and tax corruption, neither the people nor officials in the magic world have yet formed it.
In addition, people are finally beginning to figure out how many "half-human" and "non-human" groups of wizards exist in the magical world.
Lockhart's speech ignited the wizards' awareness of equal rights, and protests gathered in front of the Ministry of Magic every morning.
At the beginning, only "Mixed wizards" and "Mixed-blood wizards" gathered to protest.
Gradually, "half-elf wizards", "half-elf wizards", "half-Veela wizards" and other "hybrid" wizards were added to the protest team.
And a week later, "short wizards", "flat-chested witches", "freckled wizards"... all kinds of wizards who have been classified by society and others because of certain characteristics gathered together, hoping to apply magic to magic.
The Ministry seeks corresponding power to end other people's persecution and discrimination against them. They blocked the entrance of the Ministry of Magic in groups, holding up notice boards to stop every Ministry of Magic employee who came out of the fireplace to explain their respective views.
Angry and irritable, Cornelius Fudge issued arrest and deportation orders in an attempt to scare away the wizards who came to cause trouble.
But Lockhart's imprisonment seemed to be a kind of honor. Those protesters rushed to provoke the Aurors and were proud of being expelled and imprisoned first.
At the same time, the Ministry of Magic even arrested more than thirty wizards who came to the parade. However, when these people walked out of the gate of the Ministry of Magic, they became the heroes, or small leaders, of the marchers waiting outside, and
Use it as a basis for them to call on others to fight against the Ministry of Magic.
After more than half a month of continuous pushback, the Ministry of Magic finally gave up and allowed protest marchers to gather in front of the Ministry of Magic every day.
In fact, except for the Aurors in the Auror Office, most employees of the Ministry of Magic do not recommend that the Ministry use violence to expel and arrest those protesting.
Unlike the non-magical world, every wizard who arrives at the Ministry of Magic can at best set off small fireworks if they are in a hurry, well, the kind that will blow up people.
Perhaps the status of mixed-blood wizards in the magical world is not high, but it is undeniable that the vast majority of "mixed-bloods" - no matter what kind of blood they are mixed - are definitely above the average in terms of pure magical combat power.
If they are really pushed into a hurry, these marchers can break into the Ministry of Magic several times a day.
Ludo Bagman was deeply touched by this. He was beaten to the ground by the husband of a mixed-race siren just because he glanced at her on the way to work.
However, even the most radical mixed-race protest march pales in comparison to the actions of the huge squib group.
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The Ministry of Magic has never counted the number of Squibs, as if they have never existed in the wizarding world.
But this does not mean that they have really disappeared from this world, the owl messenger will still serve them faithfully.
Just like Mr. Filch and Mrs. Figg, there are many people hiding in corners, always paying attention to every move in the magical world.
As time passed, news of Argus Filch's control over magic quickly spread.
Hogwarts and Filch have become the most frequently mentioned words in Squib letters, and they are also the most frequent recipients.
Considering Mr. Filch's work, Elena specially arranged a house elf for him to be responsible for automatically replying to those letters.
The reply content is very simple:
"Hogwarts Castle is covered with a magic network, which allows mana blockers to network and release magic."
"Hogwarts welcomes anyone who writes in to experience Hogwarts at any time - of course round-trip tickets, travel expenses, and other necessities will not be reimbursed."
At first, many thought it was just a bad joke or a miracle of Filch's personal luck.
After all, in the perception of the magic world, the Squib's resumption of spellcasting is just a legend, and such a thing has never happened in thousands of years.
But when more and more Squibs arrived at Hogwarts, this legend truly turned into reality and came to this world.
This sent squibs all over Britain, oh no, all over Europe, and even the world into a frenzy.
Thousands of Squibs used various methods to communicate. They gathered in front of Ollivander's Wand Shop to buy wands. They gathered at Flourish and Blotts to buy all kinds of magic books. They were like locusts passing through the border and swarming from Diagon Alley.
Go over there and frantically purchase all the things that Hogwarts students will use.
King's Cross Station has welcomed its largest passenger flow of the year, with people pushing trolleys across platform nine and three-quarters excitedly.
The Hogwarts Express has increased its frequency unprecedentedly, and new "older students" arrive at the platform in Hogsmeade Village every day.
Of course, Hogwarts does not recognize the official student status of these special students.
According to school records, they were just ordinary visitors temporarily staying in Hogsmeade.
Hogsmeade Village obviously cannot handle so many tourists, but if you add the outer area of the "Academy Urban Research Institute", let alone thousands of people, it can be tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of permanent residents. In Ai
When Lina first planned, the area was originally planned according to the specifications of a large city. It was easy to take this opportunity to expand and improve the unbuilt residential area... Especially in the magical world, civil engineering is too simple.
.
The off-campus practice venues for Transfiguration and Charms classes are now available. Whenever it is the turn of senior classes, Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick will lead the students outside the castle to help build houses from time to time.
It can be said that it is one of the most important and basic life skills for an adult wizard.
At the same time, the "squibs" temporarily living around Hogwarts also waved their wands and participated in the magical construction.
They tirelessly direct the furniture to fly around, decorate the house, and let the color of the walls change with the sky. Just like first-year students, they excitedly appreciate the rhythm of every magic. With Hogwarts Castle as the center,
A magical city is spreading at an unprecedented speed, and at the same time, the coverage of the Hogwarts Magic Network - the Magic Network continues to extend outside the castle with the number of wizards.
This is something Elena had not thought of before: when a wizard connects to the network and builds a magic cabin, the strength and stability of the magic network will also increase.
If in the non-magical world, the signal network comes from the spread of base stations, then in the magical world, every wizard is a mobile base station.
Along with the "Squibs", oh, people don't call them "Squibs" anymore, the Squibs have a new name; "Wizards of the Weave".
As the number of magic network wizards increases, the management pressure around Hogwarts suddenly increases.
The Ministry of Magic had to form a separate working group to coordinate the affairs here, or to be the administrator of this temporary settlement.
Dolores Umbridge wanted to recommend herself, but in everyone's opinion, there was obviously another former Ministry of Magic official who was more suitable.
"Oh, wait - I don't manage this..."
Rufus Scrimgeour looked bewildered at Ms. Bones who stood before him.
After discussions between the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts, he was elected as the first mayor of "Academy City".
Retired and resigned Ministry of Magic employees also gathered here to assist Scrimgeour in co-managing and coordinating surrounding work.
Of course, the most important thing is to let those "Magic Network Wizards" know how to use magic safely and restrainedly, instead of causing trouble all day long like children who just got a new toy - as the former director of the Auror Office, Scrimgeour is here
He obviously has quite convincing abilities and prestige.
The work scope of Filch, the first "Wizard of the Weave" in this century, has also expanded from Hogwarts Castle to the areas surrounding Hogwarts.
Now he not only has to manage the daily behavior of the children in the school, but also manages the daily security of the surrounding "Magic Network" areas.
Many people thought that Filch's bad temper would be unbearable for everyone.
But what surprised everyone was that since Filch picked up the wand, he seemed less disgusting than before.
Argus Filch still hates those troublemakers who break the rules at will, but he will not be as sullen and swearing as he used to be. Instead, he will calmly draw out his wand and cast a counterspell, and then recite a certain one with ease.
regulations, and make corresponding punishments. The magic net wizard has now replaced the students as the focus of his jurisdiction, and Filch has only one final power: he can submit a report and force a violator to "disconnect the Internet"
.
In fact, this kind of punishment of disconnection is not only useful for magic network wizards, but also has a very terrifying deterrent effect on the Hogwarts campus.
Students at Hogwarts can now connect to the Internet - not just the Magic Network, but also the "LAN" and the "Internet".
The research project led by Arkhipovna made breakthrough progress. After the magic energy was successfully converted, the ternary magic computer was quickly implemented.
On the other hand, the scholars that the wizard in black had previously invited from the United States had shown great potential as Elena had imagined.
Different from the technological process in the non-magical world that Elena knew, in this world, the "World Wide Web" was first born in the magical world.
The ternary magic computer became the cornerstone of computer science at Hogwarts and was quietly integrated into the Muggle world - the models and ideas of former Soviet scholars were not wrong. In terms of pure algorithms, the ternary computer was indeed superior.
Based on the binary computer. Therefore, Hogwarts students can safely and freely browse the immature network of the non-magical world outside, without worrying that the other party can follow the network in reverse direction and enter Hogwarts' own network world.
This is also the reason why the International Federation of Wizards reluctantly agreed: Even in the online world, wizards still have a solid barrier.
However, the International Federation of Wizards made an additional request. They hope that the professors at Hogwarts can help supervise the students who are swimming on the "network". After all, the "core host" of the magic network exists in the city of Hogwarts.
in the fort.
Of course, this has become one of the few additional tasks for Elena and others.
As disciplinary committee members, they are now also responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the Magic Network...