Xie Lin knew that his goal had been achieved. Lucius was always the backbone of the family, and the most important thing in the entire conversation was to make him willing to listen to what he said.
Xie Lin asked: "Father, what do you think is the biggest reason for the failure of the Dark Lord?"
Xie Lin's thoughts jumped too fast, and Lucius was not sure what Xie Lin meant at this moment. He hesitated and said: "Too extreme? Too crazy?"
Sherrin shook his head, "The Dark Lord only wants to rule with force and conquer people's hearts with terror. The biggest difference between him and Dumbledore is that Dumbledore and he both have the same power. Dumbledore chooses to act within the rules, while the Dark Lord chooses to act within the rules." The Demon King acts based on the mood of the moment and has no rules, so——"
"Except for Aunt Bella, Lestrange and a few die-hards, the Death Eaters may seem powerful, but the Dark Lord actually doesn't have many truly loyal followers. Once he is finished, the Death Eaters will He ran away, and no one is willing to inherit his will and continue to fight. Even when they know that the Dark Lord is not dead, no one is willing to find him and help him make a comeback."
Seeing that Lucius couldn't comment, Sherrington paused and raised his voice: "I think that as a powerful pure-blood family, we don't need to follow a mixed-blood wizard at all-"
Lucius and Narcissa didn't react at all. They obviously knew about Voldemort's mixed-blood origin. However, Draco looked shocked, with disbelief written all over his face.
"In my opinion, the Dark Lord is just using pure-blood forces to realize his dream of domination under the banner of pure-blood supremacy. You have also seen that the first war he started did not bring any benefits to the pure-blood family. If there is any benefit, it almost makes the pure-blood family go into history. I think the glory of the family can no longer be placed in the hands of this loser."
Xie Lin continued to talk: "Actually, it is not just us who think this way, other pure-blood families must be similar. If we can unite the power of pure-blood families, then - even if the Dark Lord comes back, he is a polished commander What great things can be accomplished?"
Lucius probably guessed what Schelling meant, "You mean... we want to unite with other pure-blood families?"
A gleam flashed in Xie Lin's eyes, and his voice suddenly turned cold, "Those who can unite, unite; those who can conquer, conquer; the rest, destroy them! A pure-blood family only needs one voice."
Lucius took a breath. Oh my god, he never thought that his son, who he personally watched grow up, had been hiding so deeply... This is the rhythm of becoming the third generation Demon King...
He turned his head and glanced at Draco, lamenting in his heart. His preferred choice for the next head of the family has always been Draco, because Draco's temperament is most like his. So when the children were still very young, he secretly used a drop of blood from the two children to perform a secret family ritual.
In this ceremony, Draco has been confirmed as the first heir to the family head, and Sherrin is the second heir.
It seems that the current situation is that if the leader is weak and the deputy is strong, something will happen to the family sooner or later!
Although the two brothers, who are still relatively young, seem to have a deep affection and sympathy for each other, Lucius also knows that power corrodes people's hearts. There is no guarantee that the relationship between the two brothers will change when they grow up. The problem now is that Lucius has little knowledge of the profound magic involved in this family ritual, and he has no ability to reverse or change the ritual.
Lucius' expression was very complicated, and thoughts that no one knew were flashing through his mind.
Xie Lin didn't know Lucius's rich inner drama at this moment. He continued: "This is a long-term goal. In the short term, what we have to do is to hold up the banner of the Malfoy family as soon as possible in the political and business circles. , academia, and education circles are all enhancing our influence, so that we can establish a benchmark worthy of being followed and trusted as soon as possible, so I can’t wait to invest in the artificially cultivated mushroom trading company.”
Today, Draco was shocked by this extremely shocking family conversation. He didn't come back to his senses for a while. At this moment, he slowly interjected: "Wait a minute! Are you looking down too much? The power of the Dark Lord? If he comes back and we refuse to surrender, will we be killed directly by him? "
Xie Lin smiled and said: "Don't worry, this is not something we need to worry about. Let Dumbledore and Potter worry about it! When the Dark Lord returns, even if we do nothing, someone will naturally take the lead to deal with him...Dumbledore Lido probably knows more than us..."
Draco still wanted to stick to his point. In his heart, the Dark Lord was the most powerful. He didn't think it was a good idea to defy the Dark Lord, "But..."
Xie Lin interrupted Draco forcefully, "Brother, think about it first. Since the Malfoy family landed in Great Britain in 1066, what is the reason why the Malfoy family has been able to stand firm in the British wizarding world for more than 900 years? Is it just pure blood supremacy?”
Draco raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it right? Pure blood has given us nobility, given us identity, status and symbols!"
Xie Lin sighed. Although it was Lucius and Narcissa's fault that Draco became what he is today, he did not fulfill his responsibility as a brother. Of course, this can't be blamed on Xie Lin. In his previous life, he had no children and was not an educator. It is well known that education is easier said than done. In the Muggle world, there are always examples of overachieving parents raising naughty children.
Xie Lin carefully worded his words: "Unfortunately, brother, I must tell you that on this point, you are wrong!"
Xie Lin's eyes were bright and shining with absolute confidence, "Throughout Malfoy's long history, there are no shortage of examples of intermarriage with Muggle nobles. Many of our properties and land titles were obtained from the Muggle world. Our ancestor Lucius I in the 16th century even had a title and aristocratic status in the Muggle world, so there is no such thing as Malfoy getting rich by relying on pure blood."
(Note: Lucius I comes from Pottermore. He once cast a spell on Queen Elizabeth I because of his failure in pursuing her, making her disgusted with the marriage relationship from then on)
Xie Lin noticed that both Lucius and Narcissa were hesitant to speak. They were both trying not to get angry, but their tightly pursed lips betrayed the anger in their hearts.
Xie Lin changed the topic, "Do you still remember the three ancestral mottos of the Malfoy family? Let me tell you, one of them is - never put eggs in the same basket. This is the Malfoy family. The biggest reason why we can survive to this day and stand firm! Supporting pure blood theory may have gained so many benefits for us in the past few centuries that we have forgotten the teachings of our ancestors. Now-"
"The theory of pure blood is outdated. Open your eyes and see how many pure-blood families still exist - Gunter is gone; Aibo no longer insists on pure blood; Black, Crouch, and Shafiq exist in name only; now It’s a mixed-race world. People’s acceptance of Muggles has increased, and more and more examples of wizards and Muggles are appearing. Let’s just say that in our class at Hogwarts, mixed-race wizards and Muggle wizards Altogether there are more than pure-blood wizards!”
(Note: According to the author's statistics, among the "original forty people" in Rowling's manuscript, 3 are Muggles, 14 are purebloods, 12 are mixed-bloods, and 11 are non-Muggles but the details are unknown. This data The sample can represent all wizards born in the UK between 1979 and 1980. It can be seen that the combination of Muggle wizards and mixed-blood wizards has become the backbone of wizarding society)
"There is nothing wrong with wanting to stand in the pure-blood camp and insisting on pure-blood supremacy, but - should we also consider the other camp? Make early plans for the future of the family?" Xie Lin's words were so resounding that even Lucius Can't refute.
After all, what Schelling said is reasonable. Compared with the illusory glory of the pure-blood concept, the Malfoy family pays more attention to actual interests, as well as the survival and continuation of the family.
Lucius said calmly: "Okay! This topic ends here. Xie Lin, if you have any ideas, just go ahead and do it! Dad will support you, but Dad still wants to try to stick to his own ideas. Pure-blood family It’s not as bad as you think. Of course, we can just hedge our bets as you said. I’ll leave it to you to deal with Muggles and half-blood wizards.”
Seeing that Lucius and his position were in the same position, Draco immediately gained confidence. At this time, he stood up to increase his presence, "Listen up, Xie Lin, I will definitely prove to you that my parents and I are right." of!"
This ends the family meeting.
Schelling returned to the dormitory and took out a locked folder from his suitcase. He used the wand to gently poke a small hole in the index finger of his left hand, and a bright red blood droplet squeezed out from the index finger. He gently pressed the blood droplet on the lock, and the folder opened with a snap.
The folder is divided into categories one by one, and on each category you can clearly see the labels written in code - the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Peru... Schelling's finger stopped at the British one On the classification label, a long piece of parchment was pulled out. Written on the top of the parchment were the names of the ancient pure-blood families.
Death Eater Factions:
Black (cross)
Carlo Carrow (drawing stars)
Lestrange
avery
selwyn
yaxley
Burke (tick)
rosier
rowle
travers travers
nott (tick)
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Neutral faction:
flint flint
bulstrode (drawing stars)
parkinson (tick)
fawley
Shafiq (tick)
macmillan macmillan
abbott
greengrass (tick)
Crouch Crouch (Drawing Stars)
ollivander
slughorn (drawing stars)
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Order of the Phoenix Factions:
Weasley (cross)
Prewett (cross)
Longbottom longbottom (cross)
Shacklebolt (crossed out)
Seeing this, Xie Lin sighed softly. It seemed that he still had a long way to go. "It's a pity that time doesn't wait for me!"
If everything still develops according to the plot in the original work, Voldemort will officially return at the end of this semester. Although Malfoy Manor will not be requisitioned as a Death Eater headquarters immediately, it is certain that Death Eaters will come in and out. If you think about it this way, it is actually no different from the headquarters.
Xie Lin gently put the parchment paper in his hand back into the British folder in the folder, and glanced at the French folder on the next floor, showing a thoughtful expression...
There are also 12 Holy Blood families in France, but the French branch of Lestrange has long since been severed, and now there are only 11 families left. To put it bluntly, they also have a lot of connections with the Malfoy family. After all, the first generation of the Malfoy family landed in Great Britain from France with the Duke of Normandy.
(Note: The French pure-blood family is not made up by the author, but is extracted from the official Lestrange family tree. Those who can marry the Lestrange who is extremely pure-blooded must also be pure-blooded)
With Lucius's help and matchmaking, Schelling spent a full 15,000 Galleons to acquire the cultured mushroom trading house.
The garden for cultivating magic mushrooms was left to the family's descendants. Xie Lin was very lucky that he was born in the Malfoy family. The family has never lacked talents in business and management. Otherwise, just handling this business would have taken him a lot of thought. Look at Ollivander, the big boss has to take care of the store himself! The Weasley twins in the original book even had to make every prank product themselves!
Then, Schelling found the wizard businessman Ali Bashir through Lucius's connections.
Bashir is a wizard merchant specializing in magic items. Schelling heard that Bashir recently wanted to introduce magic flying carpets to the British market, but it was frequently blocked because it did not comply with British laws. The reason for Arthur Weasley's refusal was that the magic flying carpets were on the Prohibited Magic Items Register. Defined as a Muggle artifact and therefore prohibited.
Schelling took a fancy to his experience and ability in international trade, and Bashir was also actively looking for opportunities to make money. The two sides hit it off and signed a series of binding magic contracts - Bashir would assist Schelling. Import some foreign magic herbs, such as shriveled fig from Abyssinia, snakewood from North America, biting cabbage from China, Mibu Miba from Assyria...
In fact, these trades are not very profitable. First of all, the International Magic Trade Standards Association has to pay a lot of taxes. The sales network is also limited to a few monopolistic chain pharmacies in the UK. There is no choice but to suppress prices.
But Schelling, who has strong financial resources, does not care about this little money. He wants to establish a strong relationship of interest with Bashir in advance through these cooperations. In the troubled times in the future, Schelling will need talents who are proficient in international trade. By then, Bashir's talents will be Will come in handy.
In the remaining time, Schelling devoted himself to studying Ravenclaw's collection of books and research notes. As he delved deeper, he gained more and more understanding of the method to solve the blood curse mentioned in the research notes.
It was a profound and complex sealing spell that could seal the power of the curse without causing harm to the host of the blood curse.
The feasibility of this method is quite high, and his magic level is enough to successfully perform it. He carefully analyzed and decomposed the entire operation process thoroughly, and even made bold improvements based on Ravenclaw's theory. Finally, he kept every step in mind and practiced it many times until he was comfortable with it. onclick="hui"
