Chapter 314 Planning for the future

June 6th is 25 days before the end of the semester before leaving Hogwarts.

The day after Harry was knocked unconscious by the Goblet of Fire, he recovered and woke up, but he mostly hid in the dormitory because he had become the laughing stock of the whole school.

Xie Lin lay lazily on the bed, looking at the ceiling of the dormitory with dull eyes. He felt particularly lazy today and just wanted to mess around and didn't want to do anything else. Even he felt exhausted from what he had experienced in just a few hours last night.

Spread out on the bed next to him were a few scattered things.

First, there was a bag with the emblem of the Ministry of Magic, filled with a thousand golden Galleons - the prize money for the winner of the Triwizard Tournament. After he received the Goblet of Fire from Bagman, Presented to him by Fudge in public.

The Goblet of Fire does not belong to him, but to the winning magic school Hogwarts. It has been handed over to the administrator Filch and sent to the trophy room, where it will not be taken out until the next Triwizard Tournament five years later. .

[Get a thousand gold galleons! 】

Even with Xie Lin's current net worth, one thousand galleons is still not a small amount. Although the Sleeping Dragon Society is composed of students who voluntarily join, the operations within the organization also include the research and development of new spells, new potions, and even new magical creature species. The research materials are very expensive, and the entire organization consumes them in a day. The amount of material is astonishing, and the research may not be successful, at least in the short term, it will definitely not pay off.

What's more, Xie Lin also has an intelligence network that is still developing, recruiting and training professional intelligence personnel, and winning over informants and spies, all of which are very expensive investments.

Fortunately, Schelling used his "absolute dominance" to conquer Rita Skeeter, a free intelligence agent, and took over her intelligence network. Otherwise, I don't know how many resources would have been consumed to expand the intelligence network to what it is today.

Even so, Schelling is still not satisfied with the level of his current intelligence network. He only needs to simply compare his intelligence network with Dumbledore's to find many shortcomings——

For example, Schelling has Silver Fang in the Forbidden Forest, and Dumbledore has Hagrid and his animal friends.

For example, Schelling has the Miracle Alchemy Workshop in Hogsmeade, and Dumbledore has the Pig's Head Bar. Moreover, the Pig's Head Bar is a gathering place for all kinds of religions and has an inherent advantage in gathering intelligence. Not to mention, the people Schelling placed in the Miracle Alchemy Workshop were unknown members of the Malfoy family. In comparison, Aberforth's intelligence capabilities were undoubtedly superior.

In Diagon Alley, Schelling's Malfoy Armor Shop has just opened, and its foundation is not yet stable. Now is the peaceful era, so the store doesn't actually have much business or traffic, let alone have any influence in Diagon Alley. On the other hand, Dumbledore owns Florin, who has been working in an ice cream shop for many years. The two can also communicate through the portrait of Dexter Fusco (Florin's grandfather and one of the past principals), which improves the efficiency of information transmission. higher.

Although many important positions in the Ministry of Magic have been placed by Schelling, Fudge is still the person in charge on the surface anyway, and there are still some hard-core backbones among his subordinates who cannot be bribed, such as Pride. John Deluxe, Senior Deputy Secretary Dolores Umbridge, his nephew Rufus Fudge, who was placed in the Accident and Disaster Division, and so on.

Even so, Dumbledore still had Mr. Weasley to recruit talents for him. In the original book, Tonks and Kingsley were absorbed by the Order of the Phoenix in this way. Fortunately, Kingsley had already been eliminated by Xie Lin'an. As an elite Auror with a bright future, Len's loss has weakened the power that Dumbledore cultivated in the Ministry of Magic.

If the Ministry of Magic's intelligence network still had a slight advantage over Schelling, then in the following comparison, Schelling could be said to be crushed miserably.

Schelling's intelligence network had almost no success in Knockturn Alley and St. Mungo's. In comparison, Dumbledore had Mundungus Fletcher in Knockturn Alley and a portrait of Dalys Derwent in St. Mungo's. His intelligence capabilities were not a little bit ahead of Schelling. The improvement of the intelligence network is a matter of urgency. Xie Lin also deeply understands this.

However, it is very difficult to find talents who can run the intelligence network - not only must they be proficient in various code words, but they must also be proficient in magic such as transmitting information and encrypting information, not to mention being good at summarizing and organizing, from a huge amount of information. Analyze and extract important information from the complex information database.

Well, finding talent to go to Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley is an urgent matter.

As for Knockturn Alley and St. Mungo's, since Schelling needs to start from scratch in these two places, first establish a stronghold, and then slowly develop eyeliners and manpower to infiltrate outwards. This is something that cannot be rushed, and Schelling can only Be able to plan patiently and slowly, and plan slowly.

As for the fact that Ms. Arabella Figg was in charge of Harry's residence in Little Whinging in the Muggle world, and that Snape was an internal agent among the Death Eaters, they were automatically ignored by Schelling.

First of all, Harry's address in the Muggle world meant nothing to Schelling. Schelling had no intention of getting any benefit from Harry or using Harry to accomplish anything. Harry's thinking is too childish, and his behavior is reckless and impulsive. Without the aura of the protagonist, he is almost a guy who has little success but more than failure.

As for the Death Eaters, almost all of them have been taken into custody by Sulf.

Schelling had no intention of killing them. Today, the population of the pureblood family is already very weak and cannot afford any more losses. What's more, the power and wealth of the Selwyn and Yaxley families are not weak. As long as "Absolute Dominance" is used against them, these powers can be turned into trump cards in Schelling's hands and used by Schelling.

Also, Snape... Schelling has confidence in his IQ. He will know how to choose between Voldemort, Dumbledore and Schelling.

Next to the bag containing the gold coins is a secret letter.

The contents of the secret message were written in special code words and sent to his bed by the house elves raised by Schelling. That was a letter written to him by Mr. Crouch. He had confirmed the death of Barty Jr. with the family's unique blood magic, so this letter was proof of his allegiance. In addition, the content also includes his negotiations in the Hebrides——

According to him, the negotiations are going very well. In particular, after the Hohenheim family demonstrated the power of the Dragon Seal, the McFasty clan agreed to surrender to Schelling with little resistance. He would remain there to refine all the details of the negotiations and strive to maximize the benefits that Schelling could obtain.

In fact, Schelling didn’t ask for much——

His original purpose for conquering the McFasty clan was to use his power over the dragon clan to form an army of about twelve dragon knights and wizards, using a huge dragon as a shield and hiding behind the dragon. The wizard is the output, which is equivalent to the so-called "step-tank cooperation" on the battlefield in later generations.

The dragon is large enough and highly resistant to magic. It is perfect as a "tank" (bunker). As long as the wizard is good at using this movable bunker, he can almost ignore the opponent's attacks and focus on the attack. If paired with As for Schelling's high-speed shooting skills...

The number of twelve black dragons is not large, and he believes that Crouch can handle it. As for other benefits, such as money, intelligence, and resource benefits, naturally they should not be given away, the more the better.