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Yep? what? Did I think so?

Ivan looked dumbfounded and couldn't turn the corner for a while. He didn't expect that his accidental mistake would be misunderstood like this...

Fortunately, his reaction was quick, and he swallowed the original apology abruptly.

At this point, Ivan would certainly not take the initiative to expose the truth. It was a thankless behavior, which would damage his image of being tall in the eyes of everyone, and would make old Rozier feel unhappy.

Therefore, Ivan had to bite the bullet and follow the old Rozier's words to continue speaking.

"Cough...very good, it seems that you understand my intention!" Ivan coughed lightly, spoke slowly, and then continued to play with the spirit, pretending to be dissatisfied.

"But I thought you would be more clever, not to reveal your identity. Most of you don't need this back hand, and I didn't expect to be caught by them."

"I'm sorry, Sir Hals, I have been as careful as possible... It is true that Foley was too wicked and bought my domestic servant. I only became suspicious when I knew that I went out more frequently these days..." Old Rozier explained very upset.

Before, he was a little puzzled that Ivan had such an arrangement, why didn't he just say directly, if he didn't think of this at all, and even had resentment in his heart, wouldn't it be a waste of all this effort?

Only now did the old Rozier realize that it was the other party who thought he was too smart!

And the facts proved that he was obviously unworthy!

Thinking of this, Old Rozier was very ashamed. He only thought of the first and second meanings and secretly delighted in his heart, but he didn't realize that there was actually a third meaning. It seemed that he was not good enough. far away!

Faced with such a brain supplement master, Ivan didn't dare to pretend to be too much, and hurriedly said a few words to comfort him, and even unscrupulously appreciated the wit of old Rozier in the meeting room.

Without prior notice, the old Rozier was able to instantly realize the meaning of turning off the lights, and directly took action to set off the chaos. This performance made Ivan very satisfied.

After a verbal compliment, Ivan took out his magic wand and cast an anti-curse to remove the scars on the waist and abdomen of the old Rozier.

Seeing this scar that had troubled him for a long time gradually healed, the old Rozier was really relieved. In the past two days, he was really worried that he would bleed to death, so that he was not at ease when sleeping.

"Anyway, you did a good job this time. Do you have anything you want?" Ivan looked at the old Rozier and asked casually.

In terms of his experience in watching TV series for many years, the other party just surrendered and made meritorious services. It is always not good not to reward him.

After speaking, Ivan regretted it again, because he found that he didn't seem to have anything to reward him.

Or send a hundred gallons?

Is that too little? Plus one hundred?

Ivan was entangled, and worried that the old Rozier would say some conditions that he could not meet, and that would be embarrassing.

"I want to ask Your Excellency Hals to forgive Foley and the others!" Old Rozier hesitated for a while and said.

"Are you sure?" Ivan was stunned, somewhat surprised.

He remembered that when the old Rozier betrayed the pure-blood wizards before, he was simply very, and now he would actually come to intercede, Ivan really couldn't understand what he was doing.

"Although we usually have some small conflicts, we are old friends for decades after all, so I want to try to persuade them to work for you together, and please give me this opportunity!" Old Rozier looked sad. Expression, said with emotion.

Ivan raised his eyebrows. He didn't believe that the old Rozier was doing this thankless work for the so-called friendship.

Because with his knees, you can think of Foley and others getting rid of the status of prisoners, most of them are looking for the old Rozier, the betrayer, to settle accounts.

However, the handling of these pure-blood wizards caused him a headache, so if the old Rozier could persuade these people to surrender, he wouldn't mind.

The only question is whether the old Rozier can do this, and whether the pure-blood wizards are really willing to submit, instead of pretending to surrender and secretly stumbling.

"Do you know Reese Knott?" Ivan asked suddenly.

Old Roziton took a moment, and didn't quite understand why Ivan said this suddenly, but he hurriedly replied. "Of course I know that he is the nephew of the old Knott, who was taken away by your werewolf wizard in the first battle at the manor two days ago."

"Then how is his relationship with Old Knott?" Ivan asked again.

"Old Knott has no sons. If not surprisingly, Reese Knott will be his successor after he dies!" Old Rozier explained to Ivan.

The Knot family are very few. Several brothers joined the Death Eaters in the last Wizarding War. They either died in the hands of Aurors or squatted in Azkaban. The only member of the existing direct line is Reese. And the old Knott too.

Old Rozier also vaguely reminded Ivan that using Reese to intimidate Old Nott might be a good way.

"Is that so?" Ivan nodded, indicating that he had understood, and then added.

"Reese Knott died two days ago!"

"Dead? How did you die?" Old Rozier asked suspiciously at first, and quickly guessed something. He hurriedly changed his mouth to pretend to be abhorrent and shouted loudly.

"Good death! Reese Nott dared to offend Your Excellency, it is more than deadly!"

Ivan rolled his eyes, he really didn't know what to say to this flatterer.

At the same time, Ivan also keenly noticed that the old Rozier seemed very happy after learning about the death of Reese Knott, but his expression was not so pretentious.

Is there any enmity between them?

Ivan frowned, really couldn't understand.

After guessing that Reese Nott died at the hands of Ivan, the old Rozier was indeed very happy.

Because Nott has a lot of prestige in their small group, if this thing doesn't happen, it is not certain who will listen to Foley, Aibo and others after surrendering.

Old Rozier didn't want to put so much effort into himself, but in the end the results were stolen by others.

Now it's different. Once Reese Nott died, the contradiction between the two sides was almost irreconcilable. Even if Old Nott was willing to compromise, Ivan would always remember this in his heart.

This means that his biggest obstacle no longer exists, how can old Rozier not be happy?

"Your Excellency Hals, Knott is actually very easy to handle, we might as well..." Old Rozier cleared his throat and planned to give Ivan some advice, but before he could finish his words, Esiah was in a hurry. A large group of people came in from outside the door.

Ivan gave the old Rozier a look and told him to talk later.

Old Rozier thought that Ivan didn't want Aysia to know too much, so he nodded and closed his mouth.

Xiaoxiong...That's it, even your relatives must be on guard, he understands!

Ivan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew too little now to make a judgment on the old Rozier's proposal. Who knows if this old boy is cheating himself.

It's better to delay for a while, and it's not too late to make a decision when he learns more from Dougt or Aysia!

"It looks like we were a little late, and the fight is over here..." Aisia looked around, looked at the meeting room that had been restored after the fight, and said with a smile.

"Well, it's easier than I thought..." Ivan spread his hands.

Before coming, he thought it was a Dragon Lake and Tiger Den. It would take some twists and turns to be able to win with difficulty, but he didn't expect to get in all the way without encountering any obstacles.

With that said, Ivan turned his head and looked at the old Rozier again, and exclaimed in front of everyone. "Of course, it was so smooth, thanks to Mr. Rozier's help!"

"Your Excellency Hals praised, I just did some small work in accordance with your instructions." Old Rozier said very flatteringly.

Old Rozier understands from past experience that the fastest way to get promoted is often not a good job, but flattering and flattering!

He knows this truth well, so he is determined to be a capable dogleg!

Ivan didn't pay attention to him at all, looked at Esiah strangely, and asked. "Where's Dougt? He should have come in from the secret road, right? There shouldn't be many guards there. It hasn't been done yet?"

"It's been done a long time ago, he is now guarding the prisoners outside!" Aisia said.

Ivan nodded, and then asked about casualties.

"A total of four people were slightly injured and two were seriously injured. One of the werewolves was caught in the trap and almost died. Fortunately, Dougt rushed over in time to give him some temporary treatment." Aysia explained, and then solemnly. Said. "No one died!"

"That's good!" Ivan felt more relieved.

He said so much before the war, and gave everyone a protective ring in order to reduce casualties as much as possible.

This is not only to save that little pension, but more importantly, he does not want to see those who follow him die...

When the funeral was held for Elfer, Mrs. Grint's eyes are still unforgettable.

As for whether the enemy is alive or dead, Ivan can't control whether a close relative is sad for him. After all, the kindness to the enemy is often cruel to himself.

Since eating this bowl of rice and earning a relatively high salary, we must be prepared for death!

"Rozier, where is the vault in this underground secret room?" Ivan quickly cleared up his emotions and asked expectantly.

He felt that what was built here was like a small fortress, and it was located underground in the wizarding market. There should be a small vault, maybe there would be something good.

"Please also come with me, Sir Hals!" Old Rozier was not surprised by this, he stretched out his hand and said with a bow.

Ivan nodded and walked in the direction pointed by the old Rozier, and after a round of twists and turns, he arrived in a hidden small room.

In the middle of the room hung a large landscape painting, which seemed to be firmly nailed to the wall. Old Rozier walked up quickly, tapped the painting lightly with a magic wand, and read. A string of spells.

The landscape painting opened with a click, and behind it was a hollow secret room, which looked square and square. Inside it was placed a lot of Jin Jialong, Yinxi Ke, and Tong Nath, as well as Some strange-looking magic items.

The werewolf wizards who had never seen the world together with them were dazzled by the glittering golden light.

Ivan was very dissatisfied when he saw this small vault, which is too little!

He raised his wand and waved it in the air. The Jin Jialong, Yinxi Ke and Tong Nath in the vault all flew up, spinning in mid-air, and they were piled together in a regular arrangement.

After a while, Ivan calculated the exact amount.

"Nine thousand six hundred and thirty-seven gallons, eight thousand four hundred and thirteen silver sikes, and thirty-two thousand four bronze nats!"

All converted to Jin Jialong is just over 20,000, which is not in line with his expectations. The wizard market has been running in Knockturn Alley for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to have such a small amount of wealth.

Ivan looked at Old Rozier in surprise, waiting for his answer.

"It's not very safe here recently. Nott and the others are worried about being breached. They have moved most of their wealth back. The rest is to ensure that the wizard market can operate normally." Old Rozier replied to Ivan for the first time. doubt.

Ivan now understands, no wonder only this is left.

"How many Jin Jialong was there before then?" Ivan continued to ask, broodingly.

"About fifty thousand gallons!" Old Rozier hesitated for a moment, and finally said truthfully.

Usually at the end of each year, they will gather together to divide the benefits.

This year, they fell blood mold and were targeted for no reason, and their income plummeted, so they were divided in advance. These were left to hire a large number of wizard guards to ensure the normal operation of the wizard market.

Ivan felt that his heart was bleeding, and 30,000 gallons disappeared all of a sudden! Normal wizards can't make so much money in their lifetime!

After all, he does not intend to kill those pure-blood wizards, and he is not as embarrassed to force them to take out the money, otherwise these pure-blood wizards may be dissatisfied. It seems that the 30,000 gallons will not come back...

On the side, the old Rozier secretly watched Ivan's words and deeds, faintly feeling that the little wizard in front of him seemed to be a money fan.

No, it is impossible!

Old Rozier shook his head ~www.mtlnovel.com~ and rejected this. He used five hundred gallons to make Ivan perform magic once and was regarded as an insult by the other party. How could such a little wizard be a greedy person.

Now there is only one explanation, that is, the other party is short of money!

And it's a hole that 20,000 Jin Jialong can't fill!

There are not many places to use so much Jin Jialong!

Are you preparing to expand the manpower a lot to deal with the Ministry of Magic?

Old Rozier can only make such a guess, but this does not prevent him from giving birth to some different thoughts.

These pure-blood families are not short of money and are also very good at making investments.

If you can spend tens of thousands of gallons in exchange for Ivan's favor and favor, it is not a loss. As long as this little wizard can take control of the magic world in the future, they can earn it back several times or even dozens of times!

When the Dark Lord emerged, many pure-blood wizards who supported him played with this idea, and even bankrupted their families to make bets, and it was no longer a minority of them who lost their family members...

High risk often means high returns, and Rozier knows this well.

What's more, Ivan's strength, potential and wisdom are all in his eyes. This is a business that makes a profit without losing money. It is impossible to repeat the same mistakes!

"With these things, let's go back..."

Ivan didn't know the old Rozier's thoughts. After feeling distressed for the disappeared Jin Jialong, he ordered the wizards who came with him to empty out the money and belongings here and prepare to return to the Bojinbok shop.

Before leaving, Ivan deliberately left a few people here for them to stay here temporarily, and by the way repair the damaged walls of tables and chairs.

This underground secret room is very large, with complete supporting facilities, and very secretive. It is very suitable as a backup base!

By the time Ivan returned to the Bogimbok shop with the wizards who had returned with loads of loads, the sky was already dark.

Ivan gave a speech outside the store in high spirits, commending those who fought bravely in the battle.

Every wizard who participated in the battle was very happy, not only because they had just won a big victory, and no one died.

More importantly, Ivan generously gave them a bonus to celebrate this victory, and the wizards who were injured in the battle received additional subsidies.

No matter how much Ivan feels distressed about the cost, there will be no ambiguity about this. They risked death to win this victory and deserve the corresponding reward!

After finishing his speech at Ivan and disbanding the crowd gathered here, Fren walked up quickly and handed over a list and a thick book.

"Your Excellency Hals, this is the list of the prisoners in this battle, and we found a ledger from the financial room!" Fren said.

Ivan nodded, took the two things, and glanced at the list before reading the ledger.

While recording the names and general information of the captured persons, it also recorded the enemies killed in the battle.

Excluding a few pure-blood wizards, there were a total of 29 guards in the wizard market and underground secret rooms. Eleven of them died. The others were arrested or simply surrendered...

"Why have so many people been arrested?" Seeing this, Ivan turned his head to look at Fren, and asked strangely.

Although he hopes to reduce the killings, he also understands that death in such a fierce battle is inevitable, and it shouldn't happen that most of the enemy's personnel are captured.

"Except for the law enforcement officers, the other guards were temporarily recruited by the Wizard Market with money and have no loyalty to the Knot family.

When we went in, some guards didn't even think we could resist, so they dropped their wands and surrendered..." Fren explained.

The corners of Ivan's mouth twitched, and he said that he led a group of untrained wizards into the wizarding market so easily. No one died. It turned out that the enemy was even more useless...

"Your Excellency Hals, what do these prisoners do? They seem to want to take refuge in us..." Fren asked hesitantly.

Ivan hesitated, preparing to use the Forgetting Curse to wash away the memories of these people for a while, and then let them go.

After all, he doesn't need so many manpower, and it's hard to get rid of them all, let alone stay in jail and eat plain rice!

However, Ivan quickly rejected this idea. Most of the captured prisoners were dark wizards from Knockout Alley. When the Knot family recruited people, they would not necessarily be screened like Esiah.

This means that among those people, there may be extremely vicious thugs, and if they are let out like this, they will disrupt the public order of Knockturn Alley, and they will need to be managed by themselves at that time.

"Be detained first, and send someone to see if they don't let people run away. I will cross-examine them one by one. I need to know all their details and use Veritaserum if necessary!" Ivan said to Fren.

He decided to check. Those thugs didn't need to be alive anymore. Others would consider whether to let them go according to the situation.

"By the way, those pure-blood wizards remember to find another place to imprison them, especially that Knott needs to be locked up alone, understand?" Ivan suddenly remembered the old Rozier's proposal and added.

"Yes, Sir Hals!" Furen bowed slightly.

"Close those prisoners, you call Dougt again, I have something to ask him!" Ivan waved his hand to indicate that Fren can leave.

Fren nodded and nodded, after asking some precautions, he turned and left as instructed.

Ivan put down the list, walked into the inner room of the Bogimbok shop, sat by the stove, checked the ledger of the wizard market, and after a cursory glance at it several times, he couldn't help but take a breath. .

"A year of profit of seven hundred thousand gallons?" Ivan looked at the record on the ledger and wondered if there was an extra zero on it.

Because no matter how you look at it, the wizarding market doesn't look like it can make so much money.

Knockdown Alley is too poor to find so much oil!

However, after Ivan took a closer look, he discovered that the real profit of the wizarding market is smuggling and buying and selling all kinds of contraband!

The scope of business is the entire European magic world!

"No wonder you can make so much...it turned out to be doing these businesses!" Ivan muttered to himself.

He also found that this ledger was incomplete, and a lot of money was not directly written out of the source. It is likely that some of the more serious black income was not recorded.

Even so, the things recorded in the ledger alone would be enough for Foley, Knott and others to stay in Azkaban for a lifetime.

Of course, under normal circumstances, even if the wizard market is checked by the Auror of the Ministry of Magic, it doesn't matter. These pure-blood families still have a layer of white gloves that can be exonerated.

They did not directly manage the wizarding market before, but used an agent to remotely control it behind the scenes. The ledger did not record anything that was unfavorable to them. In a sense, it was "clean"!

Coupled with their influence and network in the magic world, it is impossible to squat in Azkaban. It is estimated that the agent will be pushed out to stand trial, and another sum of money will be exonerated.

Ivan shook his head and sighed. It seems that no matter whether it is the Muggle world or the wizarding world, some things are always so similar.

Those pure-blooded wizards who are superficial gentlemen may be doing some shameful deeds secretly, but you can't help them because they are the best at exploiting the loopholes of the law...

"No, my 500,000 gallons became 50,000!" Ivan suddenly realized that the old Rozier **** might have lied to himself. The wizard market is so profitable, even if it only operates for half a year this year. , More than fifty thousand gallons!

But when he turned to the last few pages of the account angrily, he was dumbfounded. The amount shown on the account was really only so much.

In the first half of this year, due to the impact of this small war, they did not make a few big business at all, and the income of the wizard market naturally dropped sharply.

Even the evil agent was killed by Esiah. If it weren't for this, these pure-blood wizard families wouldn't have to end up personally.

Fortunately, the general plate of the wizarding market is still there. As long as it is reorganized and continues to operate, it will not be long before the previous income can be restored.

With half a million gallons a year, from today onwards he is considered a rich man in the magical world...

Ivan was a little bit happy thinking about it!

However, realizing that this is all gray income, Ivan hesitated a bit. He considered himself a good law-abiding wizard. Although sometimes forced to cross the line "a little" because of helplessness, this did not prevent him from being a good person!

Ivan flipped through the ledger, and finally merged. He felt that it was necessary to carry out certain rectifications on the business of the wizard market, and stopped doing some dirty work that was too bad!

As an alternative, he can use the wizard market to sell the alchemy items and potions he has produced to the whole of Europe. In that case, his income will not decrease, but may increase a lot!

As for part of the smuggling work, he still has to do it. This may help him get some rare and magical creatures so that he can get blood!

For example, five years ago, the wizard market bought a baby bird and snake, and finally sold it to an anonymous old witch. The specific price was not recorded on the book, and it would not be cheap if it wanted to...

It is worth mentioning that the dementors bought by the Doug Tetor were also obtained from the Wizarding Market. He can successfully train into the guardian of the gods, and I really want to thank the black market.

Click...

While Ivan was thinking about it, the door of the Bogembock store was opened, but Dougt came in from the outside.

"Little Ivan, I just heard Fren say that you are looking for me?" Doug said with a smile. Even though Ivan's current identity is different, he still wants to maintain this close relationship in private.

"Well, I have something I want to ask..." Ivan threw the ledger aside and asked. "How much do you know about those wizard families?"

Dougt was stunned for a moment, and then he explained to Ivan in detail.

He has a very wide network of contacts in the magic world. He has also investigated these wizard families because of conflicts with the wizard market, so he has a very detailed understanding.

The first is the leader of the Knot family, Dougte suspects that they have a tendency to extreme pure bloodism.

Because several of the older Knott's brothers and sisters joined the Death Eaters camp more than ten years ago, and they have a good relationship with another Black family who admires pure blood.

Not long after Voldemort's debut, the old Knott also funded Voldemort some funds.

In the end, it is natural that there is no need to say more, it is completely a loss-making business, which directly caused the Knot family, which was originally very prestigious in the magic world, to suddenly weaken.

After the death of Reese Knott, only the old Knott was left among the direct members of the family.

"In short, the Knott family are the real managers behind the wizarding market, occupying at least half of the share, and the old Knott is also the most involved in daily operations!"

Dougte explained to Ivan, and after talking about the Knot family, he then took out the details of the three pure-blood families of Foley, Rozier, and Roll.

These families are not big or small. In addition to the wizarding market, they also have their own businesses. They have a certain influence in the magic world. They are relatively neutral families and rarely get involved in disputes.

According to Dougert, they remain neutral and just want to stand on the side of the winner!

The Parkinson family has a certain pure-blood tendency and relatively conservative. They usually bet on both sides. They once supported Voldemort's pure-blood policy, but did not contribute money, so Voldemort did not lose much when he fell.

"The Abbot family is slightly different. They are pure blood, but they are closer to Muggles. I heard that they have invested in the Muggle industry in London. Well... I heard that the Broken Cauldron Bar is somewhat related to the Abbot family! "

Dougte shook everything he knew, then commented. "It's a relatively law-abiding family!"

"Are you sure!" Ivan tapped the ledger on the table with his hand.

If this is the case, why should they become one of the founding families of the Wizarding Market, where they are doing gray and even illegal businesses.

"I mean, at least in recent generations, people have this tendency!" Dougt shrugged.

The wizarding market was established a long time ago, and the concept of the family may change with each generation.

The Abbot family is more law-abiding, but they are not stupid. Why don't they make money when they are rich?

Anyway, there are agents who will not dirty their hands. They just open one eye and close the other to get dividends every year...

Hearing what Doug said said, Ivan suddenly became clear, and he no longer knew nothing about these six pure-blood wizard families.

It's just that he still didn't understand what Old Rozier wanted to do. Ivan looked at Dougte and said suddenly. "Rozier just wanted to plead with Foley and the others... begging me to let them go! Except for the old Knott..."

"Rozier?" Dougt raised his eyebrows, thought for a while, and then sneered. "He must be thinking of pulling up a group of people to improve his status!"

Speaking of this, Dougte is also a little impatient, the resources and money owned by the five pure-blood families should not be underestimated!

If Rozier really persuades them to join the camp and become the new leader, then the importance of this guy will soar, and the status may catch up with him, which is not good!

Ivan lightly tapped on the desktop ~www.mtlnovel.com~ but he was secretly gratifying. He had realized the way to deal with brain patching, that is, using one brain patching to deal with another brain patching!

As long as there are enough brain supplements, conflicts with each other, no collusion of intelligence with each other, and a smarter questioning, he will immediately know what these people are supplementing.

It would not reappear the embarrassing scene of doing nothing before, but someone ran to him to claim credit, saying that the last arrangement had been done.

He has experienced this kind of things a lot, no matter how good his acting skills are, one day he will wear help...

Thinking like this, Ivan was somewhat difficult to judge whether he wanted to agree to Old Rozier's plea, so he looked at Dougte again and asked.

"Do you think old Rozier has this ability?"