The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 689: Getting Better (Please subscribe, please collect, please vote)
When Ryan invested in Hogwarts last time, he knew that even in the wizarding world, precious metals such as gold and silver, as well as various gemstones, were hard currencies with good liquidity.

This is because gold, silver and gemstones play a big role in the production of magic props and potions, and are often indispensable. Therefore, these symbols of wealth in the Muggle world can also play the same role in the wizarding world.

After discussing the specific situation and signing a series of documents, Ryan officially became the largest individual independent shareholder of the Hogsmeade branch of the Celestial Alchemist Bank, which had not yet been established.

"Okay, I wish us a happy cooperation." After all the documents were signed, Xiong Duosu stretched out his big paw and shook hands with Ryan. "Then we will leave now. After all, the bank will open this week, and there are still many things we need to deal with."

"Then I wish you all the best." Ryan waved his hand and sent the two pandas away. As the Taoist priests said, these Pixiu always took making money as their fundamental goal when they were not in a war, and they were not willing to waste even a minute on trivial matters. Therefore, the two pandas left in such a hurry after getting the investment.

"I finally found something they have in common with the goblins." Looking at the burly backs of the two pandas who were struggling to squeeze down the narrow stairs, Hermione whispered to Ryan. "For them, time is money."

"That's why they make so much money." Ryan said with a smile. "Whether it's the goblins or the pandas, as creatures who regard making money as the most important goal in their lives, this is the only way they can make as much money as possible."

After finishing all the work in Hogsmeade, Ryan and Hermione returned to their manor with the results of their purchases. After getting the first batch of materials, the two wand-making masters started working smoothly. Since there was nothing to do in the manor, the efficiency of the two wand-making masters was much higher than before. At their speed, they should be able to make up for the missing wands before Christmas.

After dealing with the two wand masters, Ryan began his next plan. He did not intend to spend much energy on Voldemort, because Professor Dumbledore would keep an eye on him. For him, the most important thing now was to reduce the number of innocent people who were inexplicably killed by the Death Eaters in the war.

Unfortunately, only Ryan and Hermione are working towards this goal. As for the Order of the Phoenix or the Ministry of Magic in Hogsmeade, they have to focus most of their energy on protecting wizards and cannot spare enough energy to protect Muggles.

Lupin wrote a letter saying that there were werewolves willing to help, but considering that both the work of guarding Hogsmeade and the work of cultivating magical plants in the Norwegian plantation were very important, and the only werewolves that could be spared were the old, weak, and sick, and there were many risks when facing the Death Eaters. So Ryan and his team wrote a letter to decline the werewolves' kindness.

For Voldemort, the random attacks by those scumbags could create a terrifying atmosphere and disrupt social order. On the other hand, they could attract the attention of the Hogsmeade Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix, thereby covering up the conspiracy of him and the core Death Eaters. So he encouraged those newly recruited Death Eaters from foreign countries to release the evil in their hearts.

But for Ryan and his men, it was not difficult to defeat the enemy when they encountered ordinary Death Eaters, especially such a mob. But the difficulty was that it was difficult to stop those Death Eaters in time, especially the group of scums recruited by Voldemort with money from randomly attacking on the streets.

However, after careful consideration, Ryan found that a piece of knowledge he had obtained from the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" could solve the problem. This knowledge was given to Ryan by Azure Star Stone after he got the throne of the old gods, which was to make fish beams for monitoring.

Of course, since weirwood does not exist in the world of Harry Potter, Ryan spent some time improving this magic using the technology of multiple worlds. After the improvement, as long as a human face pattern no smaller than the size of a thumb is carved on any plant that has grown for more than 30 years using a special technique, the plant can play the role of weirwood. Of course, the older the plant is, the more extraordinary power it can have.

Thanks to the British people's awakening awareness of environmental protection in the past century, Ryan's work of finding plants over 30 years old has been much easier. The thumb-sized human face pattern is also very concealed and will not arouse other people's suspicion. So in just one month, Ryan, with the help of Rose Crystal and his puppet sisters, established a surveillance network that basically covered the British Isles and the vicinity of the planting bases in Northern Europe. In addition, Ryan also used the ability of the shapeshifter to control a group of crows and let them patrol in several large cities. In order to achieve the purpose of checking for omissions and filling gaps. Because crows are common birds in British cities, these scouting crows did not arouse anyone's suspicion.

When all these were arranged, winter arrived. At 12 noon that day, when Ryan was sensing the newly built intelligence network, there was a knock on the door. After Ryan came to the door and opened it, he found Hermione, who had gone to Hogsmeade to deliver a batch of newly made wands and magic props, appeared at the door.

She put on the red wool cape with white trim and the hood, and Ryan noticed some melting snow on her head and shoulders.

"Is it snowing in Hogsmeade?" Ryan said to Hermione as he stepped aside to let her in. "It seems the weather forecast is quite accurate. It's reasonable for me to ask you to put on an extra layer of clothes before you leave."

"You're right," Hermione said as she stretched out her wand and made a feather duster beside her turn into a bird to brush the snow off her body. "I should have thought that it snows in Scotland every November. Unfortunately, we live in the south this year, and the temperature here is not that cold yet. As a result, I forgot about it."

"So what's the situation in Hogsmeade now?" Ryan asked. In addition to making magic props, he has been busy making artificial weirwood recently, so he hasn't paid attention to the recent situation for some time.

"It should be said that the situation is slowly getting better." Hermione handed her coat to a handy man who came over, and then walked into the living room wearing a white wool sweater and fluffy slippers. "At least in my opinion, the previous chaos has disappeared, and everything has returned to order. For example, the people in Hogsmeade have started their normal lives again, and are no longer in the state of extreme panic before."

"It sounds great, but it looks like this war won't end in a short time. If everyone doesn't keep a calm mind, I'm afraid people will collapse before the war is over." After sitting on the sofa, Ryan handed Hermione a cup of hot cocoa and said.

"You're right." Hermione nodded and said, "By the way, when I went to Hogsmeade this time, I found that the Celestial Alchemist Bank had already opened. This is an important reason why Hogsmeade seems to be more prosperous recently."

"Really? How are the banks doing?" Ryan asked after he sat up straight. "I mean, are they popular? Do people reject them?"

"None of what you're worried about has happened." Hermione raised her eyebrows. "At least now everyone has a good opinion of them. On the one hand, unlike the goblins, they employ a large number of local people to provide jobs for everyone. On the other hand, I suspect that they may have mastered some kind of innate charm magic like the Veela, and everyone's impression of them is much better than that of the goblins."

"Well, maybe it's because panda people are cuter." Ryan defended his fellow countrymen. "Otherwise there wouldn't be so many people going to see the pandas in the London Zoo."

(End of this chapter)