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Chapter 130 Greenhouse Startup
"The professor has long wanted to build a new greenhouse - the original greenhouse environment..."

Andrew was undergoing a baptism of knowledge at the moment, but his poor first-year herbal knowledge was obviously not enough.

He probably only heard part of the content - although the previous greenhouse had isolated many rooms, the differences between different rooms were not that great, especially some precious species, which had to be planted in similar greenhouses with those aggressive plants at a certain risk.

As for the series of introductions and requirements about the functions of greenhouses, the content after removing those introductions is simply to double the number of small greenhouses, and use a lot of magic materials to change the environment of the greenhouses - humidity, temperature, soil pH, trace magic element content, etc.

Anyway, if technology is not enough, magic can make up for it. This is completely beyond Andrew's knowledge of herbal medicine, or in other words, there are only a few people in this castle who can fully understand it.

But he doesn't have to worry about that.

"What's the approximate price, Professor Adams?"

...

An astronomical sum - and I'd have to blackmail the Ministry twice more to get it done.

"No, Professor, it's too high. Our budget is--" Andrew directly cut the budget given by Professor McGonagall into half.

Professor McGonagall couldn't possibly watch over the greenhouse every day. During the summer vacation, she had to travel and attend meetings with other magic schools, deal with the board of directors, participate in several international Transfiguration conferences, and a lot of high-end publicity meetings where she had to punch in.

There were not many documents that needed him to process in the office. He was just called over to represent the school to control the construction funds - no matter which professor it was, there was no budget that could be spent forever.

There are ways to spend expensive money and ways to spend cheap money. It was not that Andrew forced the money, but that he really approved the money. Several professors, not one of them was greedy, spent all the money, even if it was doubled - simulating the growth of potions in extreme environments, buying seeds of rare and precious plants for cultivation on campus, and trying the effect of dragon's blood on the growth of potions.

At worst, he plans to infiltrate Muggle experiments and try the problem of potion's space transformation. As long as there are enough Galleons, it is normal to make a flying alchemy device as experimental equipment. Can you say this is not a high-end herbal experiment?

"That's all?"

"This is enough to feed all the teachers and students in the school for 30 years."

Andrew did not give in at all. "It is unlikely to double the size of the building, and full permanent magic control is too expensive, but we can use permanent magic in some rooms."

He looked through the original drawings on the first day he returned to school. Although he had no idea what they were used for, he remembered the number of special greenhouses and the scale of the original greenhouses clearly.

"This is not much different from the original greenhouse..."

Adams frowned...

"Um…"

He hesitated, "Here, here, and here, the materials can be a level lower, but it's still not enough, the funding is too little, it needs to be increased..."

"We still need to use magic to maintain this place."

Andrew can still understand it even without explaining the principle.

"It's okay. There are advanced classes."

???

Looking at the professor named Adams in front of him, Andrew decided not to apply for the herbal medicine advanced class - whether he had good grades or not was another matter, but he couldn't go anyway.

"Also, regarding dragon dung and soil, we only need to use soil from the origin in a few special rooms, and we can mix the rest ourselves, but the budget..."

...

After a lot of haggling and concessions, Andrew allocated 70% of the reserved material money into the budget and repeatedly stated that this was the limit.

"Professor Adams, if you charge any more, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish the construction in the summer. You don't want that to happen, do you?" "If you charge any more, I'll have to deduct the food money for next year."

Andrew spread his hands and said, "There is no room for negotiation. I hope there is no need to increase the price for subsequent projects."

"Okay... let's squeeze the wood together. I'll talk to Hagrid about getting some from the Forbidden Forest, and then..."

After noticing Andrew's determined look, he gave up the last request for budget and said, "Well, it's about the same as the original greenhouse. The professor should be able to accept it."

If the dean is too embarrassed to be so picky, then just hire a professor... Professor McGonagall probably thinks the same...

With this idea in mind, Andrew finally confirmed the final greenhouse construction plan with Professor Adams. They planned to go to the site for an actual inspection tomorrow and then finalize the plan.

"It's fine to have 30% left. This way, there will be plenty of margin for construction. After all, Professor McGonagall said that it's better to have some money left over to buy seeds for the Herbology course than to have exactly the right amount..."

"I was left to look after such a large project by myself - the professor is too easy-going..."

"No, I'm the one being watched... Professor Adams seems to want to use only the wood from the Forbidden Forest. I'm afraid he's going to charge Nat for the project..."

It turns out he was a little bit right, but only a little bit.

On the second day, Professor Adams took him to a relatively cold place and pointed out the reserved greenhouse location that was said to have been selected for seven or eight years. Also present were Professor Alice, who was in charge of finance, and Hagrid.

After several parties nodded and signed at the same time, the rough purchase order and purchase payment fell into the hands of Hagrid, and the same was true for hiring a construction team and reviewing the construction team.

"I'll get everything done in three days!"

Hagrid waved cheerfully, "Do you need detailed, decorated drawings?"

"No, the professor went on vacation before..."

Adams shook his head quickly, but immediately shut his mouth after speaking halfway.

'You asked a professional to draw it before the holiday, right? Actually, the budget was estimated, but they just brought a high-demand drawing to defraud the funds. If I had insisted at the time, I would have even had a simple modified drawing, right?'

Andrew immediately imagined what would happen next.

Aren't Hufflepuff students supposed to be kind? How could they treat a student who hasn't even entered the second year like this!
Andrew was very angry and planned to blackmail the Hufflepuff common room, but he gave up because he thought that this would expose the fact that he had to sleep in a sleeping bag yesterday.

I'm so angry, how did Hufflepuff become like this!

He returned to the lounge in a bad mood - the door could be opened today.

When Rose saw him, she chirped happily. Well, the water bowl and food bowl were empty - it seemed that it had spent the night in the room and did not return to the owl shed.

Next to it was a fellow who looked like he was trying to get a free meal but failed. He had very long ears but a letter was tied to his leg.

"Whose letter?"

Andrew added food and water first, and then opened the letter - and then his eyes turned unfriendly.

I'm working overtime at Hogwarts and you're planning on skipping the house to go on a date!
Bastard Percy, and that bastard owl named Hermes!
Spreading out the parchment, Andrew reluctantly followed Percy's request in the letter and recalled their time together before the summer vacation. He also warmly invited Percy to come to his place and play for a few days - he needed help in an emergency, and even if he was scolded, he had to get the job done.

Andrew tied up the letter with a warm invitation and sent it with good wishes.

"Penelope-senpai seems to be a Muggle-born? Well, I hope Percy's will-o'-the-wisp is discovered - a Nimbus or an owl will do."

(End of this chapter)