Chapter 290 Fudge gets promoted

"Clang, clang, clang..."

The Hogwarts Express was running in the long valley, with white steam coming out from time to time.

The little wizard had a sad face yesterday, but today everyone's face was full of smiles and no longer worried.

Yesterday, they were still worried that Hogwarts would be closed and never open again.

But this morning, the well-informed little wizard learned that the basilisk had been eliminated!

And the reason they still had to come back was because the professor planned to do a big cleanup of Hogwarts, so the little wizard needed to leave for a while.

When they were about to leave, they saw the headmaster Dumbledore!

Dumbledore was still wearing the white wizard robe as always, and the half-moon glasses made him look a little naughty.

He knocked on the glass and said happily: "Don't think too much, take a good rest at home for a week, and we will meet again at Hogwarts in a week!"

The little wizards also raised their glasses and shouted: "Meet again at Hogwarts!"

"Meet again at Hogwarts!!"

"Meet again at Hogwarts!!!"

In the express train, Ron wandered among the little wizards and loudly told what he saw and heard last night.

Not only did he say it himself, he also pulled Harry over to let Harry prove that he was right.

Hermione, Draco and Lin Xia were in the same compartment and did not close the door.

Hermione looked at Ron's excited face outside and shook her head: "If I didn't know him, I would have thought he killed the basilisk."

Lin Xia smiled, "Almost, each of us contributed a little."

She would not attribute all the glory to Harry.

Although Harry contributed the most to the elimination of the basilisk, the elimination of Voldemort was the result of the joint efforts of these little wizards.

Lin Xia said thoughtfully: "And it's not just Ron, his brothers are more excited than him."

Draco said frankly: "Maybe this is the tradition of the Weasley family."

Speak of the devil.

After a while, they heard the voices of George and Fred.

Around them, there was a large group of senior wizards, who asked about their experience of dealing with the basilisk last night.

George: "It was definitely a thrilling night. After I went back, I couldn't sleep for a long time. I had a nightmare of being swallowed by the basilisk.

When I woke up from the dream, I suddenly realized that the basilisk was dead and I didn't have to be afraid of it."

Fred: "I also had a dream about the basilisk. I dreamed that I sold the basilisk for a good price. Even Professor Snape had to compromise and buy the organs of the basilisk from me, but I didn't sell it to him!"

Someone asked: "So what will happen to the basilisk?"

George shrugged: "How do you want to deal with it, brother, it's a basilisk, a basilisk kept by Slytherin."

Fred added: "It is the property of the college. I am afraid that only the principal can handle it. Anyway, it is not something that we little wizards can handle."

Other wizards laughed at him and said: "Haha, after all, it will fall into Professor Snape's pocket!"

George said loudly: "How is it possible! We specially wrote a letter to other potion masters, saying that Hogwarts has caught the basilisk and asked them to go to the school to ask for it!"

Fred also added: "Professor Snape, don't think of sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor!"

It was the first time that Lin Xia heard such inside information. She couldn't help but secretly gave them a thumbs up. They were the ones who suffered the most.

Hermione also asked with a smile: "Lin Xia, what are you going to do during this week's vacation?"

Lin Xia said: "I plan to stay in the manor and review my knowledge, and get good grades at the end of the semester. If there is more time, I will continue my research.

I have a clue about the audio version of the guardian spell, and I just need to do the experiment."

Hermione nodded, and said with a sense of crisis: "I also have to study hard."

She looked at Draco: "What about you?"

Draco spread his hands: "I wanted to relax, but seeing that you are so busy, what can I do? I naturally stayed at home to study.

It just so happened that there were some interesting magic books that I didn't read, so I read them.

This school year has been too busy at Hogwarts. I don't know what I'm busy with every day, and I don't have much private space."

The atmosphere in the train was cheerful. The little wizard came to the King's Platform and then went to other places under the guidance of his parents.

Before Lin Xia left, she saw Mrs. Weasley yelling at Ron and the two twins.

The loud voice attracted the attention of all the wizards who had not left yet.

"I don't ask you to make progress, I just want you to stay in school honestly, why can't you even do this?

Oh my God, do you know how panicked I was when I received Dumbledore's letter? I thought something had happened to Ron again, but -"

Mrs. Weasley glared at the two twins fiercely, "Even you two are fooling around with your brother!

That's a basilisk!

Ordinary people would definitely run as far as they can when they see a basilisk, but you went to meet it and had to deal with it!

Thank God, I'm so happy to see you come back with all your hands and feet. I was just afraid that Dumbledore would say that there was something wrong with your body."

Ron gestured as if he was explaining something.

This made Mrs. Weasley even angrier.

"No, you still want to go out and play? Forget it, you have to stay at home and work, I will be responsible for supervising you, there is a large vegetable garden behind the house waiting to be fertilized!"

When Lin Xia and Draco could no longer hear any sound, Draco asked: "Does Ron still grow vegetables at home? Why haven't I heard him say that?"

Lin Xia was silent, "Maybe that's just what they think, those are vegetables."

Facing Draco's puzzled eyes, she explained: "Ron once said that he also planted mandrakes in his vegetable garden."

Draco: "... Their hobby for vegetables is really unique. I can't imagine what it tastes like to eat mandrakes as vegetables."

Lin Xia smiled, "Don't mention it, if I have time, I really want to go to Weasley's house to experience it."

They looked around and came to an open space.

When no one was around, Lin Xia took out a car from the traceless telescopic ring.

The two got in the car, activated the invisibility, and then activated the flight mode, flying all the way back in the sky.

At this time, Lin Xia also realized the disadvantages of the car.

Although driving in the air is simple, not everyone has time to stare at the sky.

She thought thoughtfully, when will the wizarding world's positioning system be developed, and it would be best to have an automatic driving system.

But if more cars are sold, everyone will choose to be invisible in the air, and the automatic driving system will not be able to identify the vehicle, and there may be a collision.

They hurried and arrived at Malfoy's manor an hour later.

The enthusiastic Aunt Narcissa stopped Lin Xia and pulled her in.

Lin Xia's parents were still exploring the Malson Forest and had not returned.

Narcissa simply said: "Why don't you stay in Malfoy Manor this week and talk to me."

Lin Xia shook her head and politely declined: "Auntie, I have to go back to the manor, otherwise the small creatures in the manor will not recognize me as the owner, and I also have to clean up the weeds in the manor."

Aunt Narcissa said regretfully: "Okay."

She repeatedly emphasized: "If you encounter any difficulties, come to Auntie, don't be too polite."

Lin Xia smiled slightly: "I will."

Back at the manor, Lin Xia opened the door and was greeted by the robot first.

"Hello, little master Lin Xia."

The simple robot intelligence recognized the date and asked in confusion: "It's not your holiday yet, why did you come back?"

Lin Xia lay on the sofa and stretched comfortably: "The school is on vacation, so I came back to see if the letters of these days have been packed. Let me see the letters."

"Packed, all in the storage box."

Lin Xia looked up and saw that the storage box was placed on the table, in a very conspicuous position.

She couldn't help but exclaimed: "Well done!"

"Thank you for your compliment, little master."

Lin Xia read them one by one, and some readers unexpectedly sent thank-you letters to their homes after inventing the guardian button, instead of sending them to Hogwarts.

This is a bit interesting.

Her home address was not revealed, and those who knew it were not simple at first.

After reading the thank-you letter, Lin Xia's eyes flickered slightly.

As expected, some families couldn't sit still.

They were dissatisfied with such a huge profit being occupied by a school like Hogwarts, and said in the letter that they could find their family as an agent at any time and would give Lin Xia a satisfactory price.

This statement was relatively straightforward.

Others said it in a more euphemistic way, saying that they would give Lin Xia a reward fund and let her invent anything at will without asking for anything in return.

Lin Xia was not a three-year-old child anymore.

Such coaxing words were just for casual reading, but if you took them seriously, you would lose.

She shook her head and continued to read the letters.

The other letters were nothing more than greetings to parents and asking when they could find time to meet, all of which were for her parents.

Lin Xia read them and put them aside.

Finally, she set her sights on a letter, which was sent by Cornelius Fudge.

Lin Xia tapped her fingers lightly on the table and fell into deep thought.

To be honest, when she saw Fudge arresting Hagrid on the orders of the Ministry of Magic, she thought about whether she should communicate with Fudge alone to see if there was any room for Hagrid’s matter.

But then she thought about it carefully. She and Fudge were not allies, and they were not close friends. It was useless to look for him, so Lin Xia gave up.

And this letter was sent to her. That was the matter of providing special weapons for the Ministry of Magic that they discussed last time. Was there any result?

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows and opened the letter.

Lin Xia was not wrong. There was indeed a result, and the result was better than expected.

Fudge said in the letter that with his efforts, the Ministry of Magic was willing to hand over the production of the Aurors' strange equipment to the Lin family, but the premise was that the quality must be up to standard and the power must be stronger.

At the same time, in terms of price, the Lin family needed to make a concession and had to give a 20% discount on the price of similar strange items on the market.

Lin Xia sneered when she saw this.

It was a conscience not to raise the price for the customization of high-end strange items, and you still wanted to lower the price?

You want to make it more powerful, more effective, and longer-lasting than the same type, and sell it cheaply?

Even capitalists are not as black-hearted as you!

Lin Xia waved her wand, the suitcase opened, and an automatic quill pen and parchment flew out, recording her words in a very eloquent manner.

"Mr. Cornelius, I am very happy that the Ministry of Magic is willing to cooperate with the Lin family, but unfortunately, we cannot compromise on the price. At the same time, because the quality is better than the same type, the price will also increase..."

After Lin Xia finished writing the letter, he called an owl and sent the letter out, specifically noting that it was for Cornelius Fudge of the Ministry of Magic.

At the same time, here at the Ministry of Magic.

Connelly and his party encountered a trouble.

Dumbledore wrote a letter asking them to release Hagrid quickly, and severely criticized their arrest process for not complying with the regulations, and demoted everyone.

But only one person was not demoted, that is Cornelius Fudge, only he was promoted!

He was originally the team leader of the Weapons Support and Logistics Department, and now he has been transferred to the Foreign Affairs Department as the director!

What is the difference between the Foreign Affairs Department and the Weapons Support Department?

One is a good name, managing all external miscellaneous matters, but the power is not great, controlling the external image of the Ministry of Magic, and when necessary, you have to go out to solicit sponsorship.

Yes, the Ministry of Magic also needs sponsorship, every year.

Sponsorship fees are part of the Ministry of Magic's funding source.

In the years that Dumbledore has been in charge of the Ministry of Magic, the Ministry of Magic has been very popular, and wizards are very happy to sponsor the Ministry of Magic.

Sponsorship fees have gradually become a large part of the Ministry of Magic's funding.

This is Dumbledore's influence.

But if Fudge is given a choice, he would rather not be the director of the Department of Foreign Affairs, but stay in the Department of Weapons Support, after all, this position is a position of real power.

The most important thing is that it is easy to make money!

Fudge accepted everyone's compliments and the sarcasm of those demoted colleagues, with a smile on his face, but a bitter smile in his heart.

He didn't understand why Dumbledore did this.

Suddenly, Fudge had a flash of inspiration in his mind. Did Dumbledore discover his talent and want to use him more?

Although Fudge felt that Dumbledore was promoting him in name only and demoting him in reality, he was the director of a department, and the Department of Foreign Affairs also had hundreds of employees.

After he went there, he directly managed hundreds of people, how cool!

The glamorous position made Fudge's mind a little unclear for a while.

Although Umbridge was very upset that she was demoted, she still kept complimenting Fudge.

"Director Fudge, the great Dumbledore has been paying attention to you. He must have discovered your talent, so he transferred you to the Foreign Affairs Department as the director. You will definitely be successful!"

Fudge was coaxed and said with a big hand: "You go to the Foreign Affairs Department with me!"

Umbridge said happily: "Okay, okay!"

In fact, colleagues saw their faces and felt sick and wanted to vomit.

After they left, the demoted colleagues said: "The last time we went to catch Hagrid, it must be Fudge's conspiracy. We were dragged into the water so that he could get promoted!"

"Yes, my son went home for vacation today and sent a letter back saying that the basilisk had been destroyed. It was not Hagrid who did it at all."

"He is such a mean person!"