Chapter 1155 ?Protests
Since the overt and covert fights in the international wizarding community, faced with the international pressure on Hogwarts to float away, the British wizarding community has increasingly felt the impact of the embargo on all aspects of life and economy.
The anti-British Magical Alliance, led by the German and Bulgarian magical circles in this operation, launched a more targeted trade blockade against the British magical circles, focusing on cutting off various imported raw materials from the UK. They used their own countries to target other countries. With their influence and arousing other people's fear of the rise of Britain, this alliance against the British embargo trade network was rapidly expanded by them and spread to other small and medium-sized countries around the world. It has formed a network that is like a dark cloud pressing down on the city from all directions. A web of trade blockades engulfing Britain.
The corresponding embargo measures that followed more closely were further refined and implemented quickly. Just like the British ban on the use of flying carpets in the Arabian magic area, the Hogwarts magic ship was also boycotted by other countries and was banned. Entering the territory, although there is no transportation difficulty for the wizards to use the traceless telescopic spell, this attitude still reveals the determination of other countries.
They have adopted more targeted sanctions against Harris's umbrella group, and targeted the pharmaceutical industry, which is the most powerful one since the umbrella group was founded. While controlling the input of raw materials, they have focused on increasing the umbrella's pharmaceutical costs while aggressively suppressing the price of finished pharmaceuticals. , in order to prevent Umbrella's potions from gaining profit margins - they are trying to make Umbrella's cost of manufacturing potions so high that there is no profit at all. The ultimate result these alliances want to achieve is not only to make Umbrella lose its economic pillar, but also to ignore the cost of making potions. The most advantageous project of the local strike protection umbrella is an attempt to make the Harrises lose their confidence in confrontation.
These countries' closure of trade with Britain was not initially supported by some of their domestic wizarding merchants. However, with the pressure from the purebloods behind these countries' Ministry of Magic and the passing of a new restriction, they faced a decrease in profits. Due to the risks it brought, they had no choice but to stop trading with the UK.
But before these things developed to this point, the protective umbrella made preparations. They made large purchases and introduced the seeds of some rare plants in an attempt to use energy nuclear energy to produce them on the floating city. Under the confrontation regardless of gains or losses, Counting that friendly countries are supported by France, it does not reveal any disadvantages - but it also gives Harris' opponents a further reason to criticize Harris: they can protect themselves, but they don't care about others. Life or death.
After this new public opinion attack, these allies further expanded their offensive against each other. Under the plans formulated by Muggles and mixed-blood wizards, the pure-blood families behind these countries and the goblins who stood on the opposite side due to the establishment of the Harris Wizard Bank completed After joining forces, they consolidated funds and began to come to the British magical community to contact the anti-Harris pure-blood families in the UK. They bought the original raw materials of the British magical community regardless of gains and losses to further undermine British production and economy - - This has indeed had some effect. The lack of raw materials has led to a significant reduction in the production output of some companies. Some companies that had not participated in the previous shutdown movement against the Harris family have also fallen into the predicament of imminent shutdown of production.
This also caused more wizards in the UK to lose their jobs after the anti-Harris pure-blood family closed their businesses. Some pure-blood families who originally did not want to take sides and just wanted to live a normal life were forced to start considering the loss of business. Joined the anti-Harris camp.
This is the offensive purpose of Harris's opponents. Their next step is to wait for the British Ministry of Magic and Harris to come forward and start funding to rescue these companies and individuals in accordance with the plan announced by the Wizards Bank before. No matter how strong the financial resources are, they will not be able to match the combined strength of the Allies. If they fall into a long-term economic struggle, this will cause the British social system to fall into chaos. If more variables arise, it will further attack Harris and even cause the other party to lose control of the Ministry of Magic.
Therefore, the recent wizarding media news, whether it is the headlines of various magazines or the news of Harris's own TV station, seems to be inseparable from the topic of economics. This topic has become the most concerned topic in the British wizarding community and even other wizarding communities. topic.
At the old Three Broomsticks Bar in Hogsmeade Village, Hogwarts Floating City, Ms. Rosmerta, who has a graceful figure and a pretty face, is taking care of a group of noisy wizards at the bar. Compared to her in the commercial plaza, there are more people. As for the larger new store, she prefers to personally take care of the old store and communicate with regular customers.
At this time, the wizards' attention was not focused on the charming female boss like most of the time, but on the news being broadcast on the wizard TV hanging on the bar.
"The news in this country right now is only shit, shit, shit and rain..." A wizard slammed the wine glass in his hand on the table, "What the hell is the Magical Congress of the United States doing? It's just those European countries. , Dirk, apart from your goblins, where have we offended them? We actually took the lead in passing such a decree..."
"They are imitating the 'Torricelli Law' of their Muggle government. National companies that have traded with us in the UK will not be able to do business in the United States within half a year. Fortunately, we wizards can transport things without those Muggle cargo ships. ..." Dirk Cresswell has been having a hard time as the goblin liaison office recently. Wizards and goblins are looking for trouble with him, but he has absolutely no choice but to hang out in bars to avoid disasters.
"Even our tea is within the scope of prohibited trade...Ravenclaw on top...these Americans must have already planned to train themselves to drink coffee...I took a sip in the Commercial Plaza on the recommendation of an American international student. This frothy gray... I still feel sick when I think about it now." The wizard seemed to be sickened by the bad memories emanating from his mouth. He took a quick sip of the wine, and then seemed to remember something, he He raised his glass and looked around at his companions, "But this doesn't just mean that the world is afraid of our UK's strength and development potential. As long as we survive this difficult period... Come and drink for our powerful Hogwarts." One cup.”
After a crisp sound of clinking glasses and a table-slapping ceremony that was higher than applause, the wizard put down his wine glass and let out a hissing belch.
Dirk Cresswell looked worried after putting down his glass: "But the laws made by the United States...if other countries that oppose us follow suit...the French guys who are our neighbors across the ocean are unreliable, and you all know them Is it the flag of the Muggle government? I heard that it was just for convenience that they cut off the other two ends of the tricolor flag and left the middle part for surrender..."
The noise outside the tavern interrupted the group's discussion, and they moved to look out the window.
It turned out that on the streets of Hogsmeade village, unemployed wizards and businessmen who were unable to start operations due to reduced production due to the embargo gathered together, staring at the dark clouds above their heads, holding high a book with constantly changing words. The wooden sign loudly expressed his protest.
These anxious and angry protestors have appeared in various areas of the noisy and prosperous floating city for several days. The despair and decay on the faces of these people have made many come to experience the prosperity and advanced floating city. Foreigners feel the stark contrast of decay.
"We protest. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net The Ministry of Magic's recent unscrupulous actions have made our lives difficult and difficult to sustain."
"The soaring production and operating costs and plummeting commodity prices have put our production and life in trouble. However, our Ministry of Magic has done nothing about this. It seems that it wants to let us go and does not care about our life or death!"
"The help from the Wizards Bank that the Umbrella Group promised has not come yet. No one has come forward to say that they will assist us. This is infuriating and chilling."
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The media's cameras focused on the protest slogans, banners and other items held high by the protesting wizards: "Strongly demanding that Hogwarts compromise and foreign countries lift the embargo", "Bullshit decisions are tearing the economy apart", " The embargo culprit is headed by Harris”…
Although the Umbrella's armed forces would increase or decrease their manpower according to the number of protesters, they only maintained a high level of vigilance. No one stepped forward to stop these wizards. There was obviously nothing they could do about it. These protesters did not engage in any real violent resistance. , nor did they cause trouble, harass or entangle other wizards or shops, and under the unusual request of Miss Crevat, the female head of their protective red umbrella department, to restrain them, they had no way to hinder the actions of these people.
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