Chapter 314 Future Planning
June 25th, 7 days until the end of the semester and leaving Hogwarts.
The day after Harry was knocked unconscious by the Goblet of Fire, he recovered and woke up, but he almost hid in the dormitory because he had become the laughing stock of the whole school.
Sherin lay lazily on the bed, staring at the ceiling in the dormitory with lifeless eyes. He felt particularly lazy today and just wanted to play around and did nothing. Even he felt tired after the experience of just a few hours last night.
There were a few scattered things spread out on the bed beside him.
First was a bag with the emblem of the Ministry of Magic, filled with a full thousand gold Galleons - that was the prize money for the champion of the Triwizard Tournament, which was awarded to him in public by Fudge after he received the Goblet of Fire from Bagman.
The Goblet of Fire did not belong to him, but to the winning magic school Hogwarts. It had been handed over to the administrator Filch to be sent to the trophy display room until the next Triwizard Tournament in five years.
[One thousand gold Galleons won! 】
Even with Schelling's current wealth, one thousand Galleons is still not a small amount. Although the Sleeping Dragon Society is composed of students who join voluntarily, the operation of the organization also includes the development of new spells, new potions, and even new magical creatures. The research materials are very expensive. The amount of materials consumed by the entire organization in a day is very astonishing, and the research may not be successful, at least in the short term, there will definitely be no return.
What's more, Schelling has an intelligence network that is still developing. Recruiting and training professional intelligence personnel, winning over informants and spies, all of which are very expensive investments.
Fortunately, Schelling conquered Rita Skeeter, a free intelligence officer, with "Absolute Domination" and took over her intelligence network. Otherwise, I don't know how much resources would be consumed to expand the intelligence network to today's level.
Even so, Schelling is still not satisfied with the current level of his intelligence network. Just by simply comparing his intelligence network with Dumbledore, you can find many shortcomings-
For example, Schelling has Silver Fang in the Forbidden Forest, and Dumbledore has Hagrid and his animal friends.
For example, Schelling has the Miracle Alchemy Shop in Hogsmeade, while Dumbledore has the Hog's Head Inn, which is a gathering place for all kinds of people, and is inherently advantageous for intelligence gathering. Not to mention, the person Schelling arranged in the Miracle Alchemy Shop is an unknown descendant of the Malfoy family. In comparison, Aberforth's intelligence ability is undoubtedly better.
In Diagon Alley, Schelling's Malfoy Armor Shop has just opened not long ago, and its foundation is not stable. Now is a peaceful era, and the shop actually does not have much business and traffic, let alone any influence in Diagon Alley. On the other hand, Dumbledore has Florin, who has been working in an ice cream shop for many years. The two can also communicate through the portrait of Dexter Fosco (Floin's grandfather, one of the headmasters of all generations), and the efficiency of intelligence transmission is higher.
Although many important positions in the Ministry of Magic have been filled by Schelling, Fudge is still the person in power in the open, and some of his subordinates are hard-core and cannot be bribed, such as Auror John Dawlish, Senior Undersecretary Dolores Umbridge, and his nephew Rufus Fudge who was placed in the Department of Accidents and Disasters.
Even so, Dumbledore still has Mr. Wesley to recruit talents for him. In the original book, Tonks and Kingsley were absorbed by the Order of the Phoenix in this way. Fortunately, Kingsley had already been arranged by Schelling to be eliminated. As an elite Auror with a promising future, Kingsley's loss has weakened the power cultivated by Dumbledore in the Ministry of Magic.
If the Ministry of Magic's intelligence network still has a slight advantage over Schelling, then in the following comparison, Schelling can be said to be crushed.
Schelling's intelligence network can almost be said to have no achievements in Knockturn Alley and St. Mungo's. In contrast, Dumbledore has Mundungus Fletcher in Knockturn Alley and a portrait of Dilys Devonte in St. Mungo's, and his intelligence capabilities are far ahead of Schelling.
The improvement of the intelligence network is urgent. Schelling also deeply understands this.
However, it is very difficult to find talents who can host the intelligence network - not only must they be proficient in various code words, but they must also be proficient in magic such as transmitting information and encrypting information, not to mention being good at summarizing and organizing, analyzing and extracting important information from a huge and messy information library.
Well, it is urgent to find talents to arrange to go to Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley.
As for Knockturn Alley and St. Mungo's, since Schelling needs to start from scratch in these two places, first establish a base, and then slowly develop spies and manpower to infiltrate outside, this is something that cannot be rushed, and Schelling can only patiently plan slowly and slowly.
As for the fact that Ms. Arabella Figg was in charge of Harry's residence in Little Whinging in the Muggle world, and that Snape was an insider among the Death Eaters, Schelling automatically ignored it.
First of all, Harry's address in the Muggle world was meaningless to Schelling. Schelling did not intend to gain any benefits from Harry, or use Harry to accomplish anything. Harry's thoughts were too naive, and his style of behavior was reckless and impulsive. Without the halo of the protagonist, he was almost a guy who could do more harm than good.
As for the Death Eaters, almost all of them had been detained by Sulph.
Shelling did not intend to kill them. Today, the population of pure-blood families has been very weak and can no longer withstand more losses. Moreover, the power and wealth of the Selwyn family and the Yaxley family are not weak. As long as "Absolute Domination" is used on them, these powers can be transformed into the trump card in Shelling's hand and used by Shelling.
And Snape... Shelling is confident in his IQ. He will know how to choose between Voldemort, Dumbledore and Shelling.
Next to the bag of gold coins is a secret letter.
The content of the secret letter is written in special code words and sent to his bed by the house elf raised by Shelling. It was a letter written by Mr. Crouch to him. He had confirmed the death of Barty Jr. with the family's unique blood magic, so this letter was a proof of his loyalty. In addition, the content also includes his negotiations in the Hebrides -
According to him, the negotiations went very smoothly. In particular, after the Hohenheim family demonstrated the power of the Dragon Seal, the McFasty clan agreed to surrender to Schelling with almost no resistance. He will continue to stay there to perfect all the details of the negotiation and strive to maximize the benefits that Schelling can obtain.
In fact, Schelling did not ask for much -
For the conquest of the McFasty clan, his original purpose was to use his control over the dragon clan to form a dragon knight mage corps of about twelve people, using the huge dragon body as a shield, and the wizards hidden behind the dragon as output, which is equivalent to the so-called "infantry-tank cooperation" on the battlefield in later generations.
The dragon is large enough and has a high resistance to magic. It is perfect as a "tank" (bunker). As long as the wizard is good at using this movable bunker, he can almost ignore the opponent's attack and focus on attacking. If it is matched with Schelling's high-speed continuous shooting skills...
The number of twelve black dragons is not large, he believes that Crouch can handle it. As for other benefits, such as money, intelligence, and resources, it is natural not to miss it, the more the better.