Chapter 348: Differences Between Allies

As early as after Grandma Druella's funeral and the second event of the Triwizard Tournament, Schelling had already established a clear banner in the British wizarding world, attracting many moderate pure-blood families to come and join him.

There are also some families that are not pure-blood families themselves, but they have keenly smelled opportunities in this changing situation and chose to join the Malfoy family's camp to seek benefits.

These families are big and small, strong and weak, with high-ranking politicians and business elites. So far, according to Daphne's report to Schelling, the total number is no less than 40 families - this is already an astonishing number.

How many families can be called families in the whole of Great Britain?

Not counting the secluded families who live in seclusion, according to the data in the wizard registration archives of the Ministry of Magic, there are probably between 100 and 150 families.

For these families who come to join him, Schelling naturally welcomes them all and never refuses them.

However, they can only be regarded as peripheral figures in Schelling's mind. Their role is to gather around the Malfoy family, cheer for the Malfoy family and create momentum.

In Schelling's mind, there are actually only a few families that can be called allies by him.

The five families of Greengrass, Nott, Vankanda, Crouch and Hohenheim are regarded as Schelling's "core allies". Some of them have formed an alliance with Schelling very early, and some have a deep interest relationship with Schelling. They are allies that Schelling absolutely trusts.

Ali Bashir, the Medieval Wizards' Union, Horace Slughorn and his Slug Club can be regarded as his "strategic partners". There are no complicated family interests behind these people or organizations, and there are not too many scruples and shackles in their concepts and actions. Schelling's interests are basically the same with them, and it is a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship.

As for the four families, the Carrows, the Runcorns, the Bones, and the McLaggens, they can only be classified by Schelling as "special allies" - these families are either traditional powerful families or families with high positions and real power in the Ministry of Magic. They have some friendship with Schelling, and even the daughters of the Carrows, the Runcorns, and the Bones are members of the Sleeping Dragon Society, but their actions are not controlled or directed by Schelling.

Schelling has some reservations about them - their relationship with Schelling is currently in the honeymoon period, so the relationship seems very close, and the two sides are constantly conducting mutually beneficial exchanges, but Schelling has no doubt that once there is a conflict of interest between the two sides, or there are differences in goals and concepts, the possibility of parting ways is still not small.

Of course, for the sake of the Carrow sisters, Susan, and Tracy, Schelling still cherishes the alliance with them, and has plans to further win them over and deepen the cooperation and interests between the two sides.

Whether they are core allies, special allies, or strategic partners, their cooperative relationship and status with Schelling are relatively equal - while Schelling takes benefits from them, he will also return the same benefits according to the situation.

At this moment, the families that Schelling has conquered are not allies of equal status for Schelling, but "vassal families" whose actions are completely controlled by him, whose resources are completely controlled by him, and who must obey Schelling's command and orders at all times and unconditionally.

The Malfoy family itself has three vassal families, namely Goyle, Crabbe, and Osbert.

The Osbert family had already attached to the Malfoy family as early as the era of Sethimos Malfoy, the tenth generation head of the Malfoy family. Although the head of the family at that time, Axos Osbert, was the Minister of Magic of Great Britain, he was actually a puppet of Sethimos.

Goyle and Crabbe were classmates of Lucius Malfoy. As Voldemort was defeated in the First Wizarding War and the pure-blood families died out, the Goyle and Crabbe families lost power and eventually chose to become vassals of the Malfoy family, trying to get shelter under the wings of the Malfoy family and continue the family bloodline and glory.

However, Schelling did not intend to treat them equally.

In Schelling's mind, Goyle, Crabbe, and Osbert were actually loyal to the Malfoy family, not to themselves.

Schelling had a plan in mind - he cherished the affection between his family, especially the brotherhood with Draco. He sincerely intended to keep his promise with Draco and support Draco to become the head of the Malfoy family. However, in this way, it would be better not to involve the Malfoy family too deeply in his own plans and the reform of the wizarding world -

The enemies he was facing now were all powerful and fierce, and the reform also needed to face the hostility and obstruction of Dumbledore and the pure-blood traitors. In case of any accidents, Schelling hoped that at least the foundation of the Malfoy family would not be affected.

Then, the three vassal families of Goyle, Crabbe and Osbert would be left to Draco after he became the head of the family, and become his power. I hope they can be used by him!

Before tonight, he actually had three vassal families of Higgs, Warrington and Montague - among these three families, except for Bertie Higgs's identity as the director of the Alien Division of the Department for the Control of Magical Creatures in the Ministry of Magic, which was somewhat useful, the other two were weak mixed-blood families.

What Schelling values ​​is actually the potential of the younger generation of these families - Terence Higgs and Cassius Warrington are both Slytherin prefects, which is enough to prove their academic ability, and Graham Montague is the Quidditch captain in the original book, which shows that his Quidditch level and reputation on the court are also recognized by Professor Snape.

(In this work, Montague will not become the Quidditch captain, because Draco's rapid growth has made him the captain of the new generation)

Now that he has conquered the three families of Yaxley, Quigley, and Cadwallader, he has 6 vassal families under him, which is twice as many as the Malfoy family.

Schelling is almost certain that his vassal families will only increase in the future.

Therefore, he must establish a class structure, responsibilities and powers for his vassal families, so that he can manage them more easily.

Thinking of this, Sherin sighed secretly. It seems that he still needs a trustworthy talent to manage the vassal families for him. In the Malfoy family, these internal affairs are actually managed by a special person, and that person is the Malfoy family's butler Kakaro.

Kakaro is a talent to be left to Draco, so Sherin also needs a butler who is only loyal to him and obeys his orders. This person must also be proficient in management, internal affairs, negotiations and other skills, and must have an extremely trusting relationship with Sherin.

Well, it seems that this matter must also be included in Sherin's plan.

As for the class structure, Sherin already has a rough concept-

First, divide the vassal families into three levels according to the power of the political and business circles-senior, intermediate and primary; senior vassal families can get priority to allocate more resources, while intermediate and primary vassal families need to contribute to Sherin to upgrade.

Yaxley obviously belongs to a senior vassal family.

Higgs, Warrington, Montague, Quigley, and Cadwallader are temporarily classified as intermediate families.

Xielin only has a rough idea now. As for the detailed distribution of responsibilities and authority setting, he still needs to discuss with Daphne. After all, Daphne is the eldest daughter of the Greengrass family. She has been trained and influenced in this area since she was a child. Xielin believes that she can definitely help him in this regard.

As for why Daphne is not allowed to take on the responsibility of housekeeper? That is because Daphne is now the leader of the Dragon Head Group and Xielin's personal assistant. Moreover, she is still a student and has academic pressure. Xielin really can't add more responsibilities to her.