#459 - The situation is complicated (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

"Yes, yes." Fusha Hui nodded vigorously, "There are two stores in our local area that are agents of the Silver Flash Trading Company's products. Those magic lamps and record players sell very well, but they are very expensive, and they are always in short supply. I can't even buy them. The Ministry of Magic has also purchased some. I've seen them in the Director's office, so I can recognize the emblem on them."

After excitedly expressing her envy, Fusha Hui suddenly realized that the young man in front of her seemed to have said that this was his business.

"Could it be? Are you the boss of the Silver Flash Trading Company?" Fusha Hui looked at Anduin in disbelief.

"That's right, the Silver Lightning Alchemy Development Company is indeed my business. I came to Germany this time to discuss cooperation with the local Chamber of Commerce."

Anduin wasn't lying. The contract he signed with the German businessman in Egypt was a bit conservative. They were basically fixed orders and didn't stipulate long-term trade cooperation. In other words, the contract would expire after the existing order was shipped, and it was uncertain whether he would cooperate with these companies in the future.

Or rather, apart from those knowledgeable and wealthy alchemists in Egypt, few countries dared to sign long-term cooperation contracts so boldly.

You must know that after signing this kind of contract, you have to place a certain amount of orders every year, regardless of whether there is business or not, which is quite risky for many small companies and small businesses.

At the same time, Anduin didn't understand the actual operation of the other party's enterprise, so he basically signed short-term orders. He only signed long-term contracts with the Egyptian enterprises he knew well and the Romanian meat products uncle.

And Anduin's trip to Europe this time was just to take the opportunity to inspect the local industry, kick out some partners with insufficient strength and poor reputation, and then determine some stable long-term partners.

"Oh my god, I heard that the boss of the Silver Flash Trading Company is a young wizard, and it is said that he also won the Pioneering Contribution Gold Award at the International Alchemy Conference. It turns out it's you." Fusha Hui looked at Anduin excitedly at this time, as if she wanted to melt him.

"There's nothing to be proud of. By the way, you haven't explained it to me clearly yet, about the division of Germany." Anduin quickly brought the topic back to the right track.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes." Fusha Hui blushed a little when she heard the words and stuck out her tongue. As a wizard who had only graduated from magic school for a few years, she didn't have such high professional ethics and still behaved a bit like a student.

"The German wizarding world is now basically the same as the Muggle society, and is divided into East Germany and West Germany according to the country." Fusha Hui brewed her emotions, sorted out her thoughts, and continued. "And the Floo Network between East and West Germany is now like between countries, and is not completely connected. You also know that the Floo Network cannot be directly connected between countries."

Anduin nodded when he heard the words. He knew about this situation. In Europe, the Floo Networks between different countries are not connected, after all, it involves diplomatic issues.

However, in the wizarding world, the division of countries in many places is not completely the same as in the ordinary Muggle world. For example, although Spain and Portugal are two countries, their wizarding world is unified. Another example is Ireland in the United Kingdom, and like Northern Europe, although it is divided into three countries in the Muggle world, it is actually jointly managed by the Norwegian Ministry of Magic.

But roughly it is like the real Muggle world to distinguish countries, and even the borders are basically the same as the Muggle countries.

The reason why this is the case.

On the one hand, most countries are divided based on cultural and linguistic differences, and a large part of the wizards in the same region are of Muggle origin, so this division is more in line with national conditions.

On the other hand, it is because the Statute of Secrecy needs to be jointly maintained by the Ministry of Magic and the Muggle government. The Ministry of Magic has the obligation to protect the Muggle heads of state and reach coordination and communication, so it is more reasonable for a Muggle government to be equipped with a Ministry of Magic.

The reason why there are situations like three countries in Northern Europe having one Ministry of Magic is mainly because the culture and language are similar and the population is small.

In fact, the reason why Grindelwald was able to rise to power in those years was mainly because the borders and borders of a large number of countries changed due to World War I.

At that time, Germany annexed other countries too quickly, which led to many Ministries of Magic nominally losing contact with the Muggle government.

This also made the situation of many Ministries of Magic embarrassing. Let’s just say, at that time, did the German Ministry of Magic want to directly take over you like the Muggle world, such as Belgium, which was wiped out at that time.

Anyway, the German Ministry of Magic must have thought so at the time, and the excuse was justified.

And those countries in the Muggle world that lost their territory certainly didn't want to, so this caused conflict.

In fact, there were many conflicts between wizards in various countries at that time, and even wizards were involved in the Muggle war.

But the Wizarding International at that time intervened and asked the Ministries of Magic of European countries to wait and see and not to over-contact the heads of Muggle countries, otherwise it would easily expose the wizarding world.

At the same time, in order to avoid wizards being involved in the Muggle war, the Wizarding International also required wizards to hide and hide, and to cut off their contact with Muggle society.

To be honest, this is a bit of a one-size-fits-all approach.

But this requirement was unacceptable to many wizards, because many wizards were of Muggle origin, or had Muggle lovers or Muggle friends.

Even those pure-blood wizards had more opinions, because many pure-blood families relied on cooperation with Muggles to seize wealth.

Therefore, making them completely separate from Muggle society naturally caused dissatisfaction among these wizards.

So at that time, during World War I, Grindelwald used these dissatisfactions to make those wizards who were unwilling to hide and yearned to live in the sun follow him, and even trained an army.

And Grindelwald ignored the instructions of the Wizarding International, openly contacted the Muggle Germany at that time, and tried to provide assistance to the Muggle heads of state, using potions to train super soldiers.

In the end, he even took his trained army, the 'Apostles', to carry out terrorist attacks everywhere, trying to directly expose the wizarding world to Muggle society.

This led to the wanted and targeting of the entire Wizarding International, and was finally arrested. In fact, if Grindelwald's methods and goals were not so extreme, he might have succeeded.

Because of the lessons learned from the Grindelwald incident, the Ministries of Magic of various countries will not immediately have disputes due to the Muggle war and changes in territory.

But now Germany has been divided for more than thirty or forty years. Anduin remembers that the German Democratic Republic seems to have been established in 1949, and it has been nearly forty years now.

But even if Muggle Germany has been divided for many years, wizarding Germany should not have much change, after all, he has not heard that the German Ministry of Magic has been divided into two.

At this time, Fusha Hui told him the reason, "The entire German wizarding world is still under the unified management of the German Ministry of Magic, but the internal contradictions are extremely large."

"After all, East and West Germany, which were split, can basically be regarded as enemies, and nearly forty years of division have also led to a large number of Muggle-born wizards growing up on both sides of East and West Germany, and even spanning 2-3 generations, and the hostile emotions in Muggle society have gradually spread to wizarding society."

"Even pure-blood wizards have disagreements because their families cooperate with East German Muggles or West German Muggles."

"At first, these wizards were only a minority, after all, most wizards at that time did not think that the division would last too long. They believed that it would be reunified soon, and even if it was not reunified, the relationship between East and West Germany would not always be so hostile, and the relationship would always ease."

Indeed, like the former Ireland and Northern Ireland, there was also division and war, but later the relationship slowly eased.

"But who knows, decades have passed, and the two sides still show no signs of merging."

Fusha Hui couldn't help but sigh when she said this. As a local, she is also a mixed-blood wizard from East Germany. She didn't expect that Germany could be divided from the time she was born until now.

Anduin couldn't help but secretly shake his head when he heard the words. This East and West Germany really did live in hostility for decades. After all, in Muggle society, the two divided countries represent two different ideas, so how can the contradictions not be intense.

At the same time, Anduin also vaguely understood why the German Ministry of Magic might split. It was really because the division of East and West Germany lasted too long, so long that two generations had passed.

"So it is because the state of division has been maintained that the Floo Network is divided into two, just like two completely different countries?" Anduin looked at Fusha Hui speechlessly, the wizards in this country are really unlucky enough.

"That's right, wizards here, as long as they are of Muggle or mixed-blood origin, will always receive some hostile or hateful ideas from childhood, which leads to the increasing conflict between wizards from East and West Germany."

"And the distant and indefinite division has also made those wizards gradually lose patience. After all, decades have passed now. Who knows if it will be permanently divided? Even Berlin has been cut in half by the Berlin Wall. Although that wall is nothing to us wizards, it is a big blow to everyone, and everyone is becoming more and more impatient. Germany may really become two countries in the future."

Even Fusha Hui has no confidence in her heart, and she can't see what the future path will be like.

"Doesn't the Wizarding International care? When there was a war in the Muggle world before, didn't the Wizarding International intervene and manage it as soon as possible?"

Anduin asked in some confusion. Although he is now quite influential in the UK, he really doesn't know much about the international situation, after all, he has just graduated, and his focus was not in this direction before.

"We are just going to have a split, not to start a war with anyone, and to be honest, this is an internal matter that does not involve other countries, so of course the Wizarding International can't control it." Fusha Hui curled her lips helplessly.

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