Sword and Magic and Taxi

The shops on both sides of Diagon Alley are dizzying, and each item is marked with a wooden sign next to it. [Full text reading] A group of people slowly walked over and looked around, so they had an idea of ​​the prices here. The self-stirring cauldron is about 20 gold sailing ships, and a gorgeous wizard robe that can change colors requires 25 gold.

These have a bit of a concept of "high-end items" or "luxury" items, and ordinary items are still relatively cheap. A pair of protective dragon leather gloves hardware coins are much cheaper than Zhao Mai thought, but he seriously doubts whether the material it uses is real dragon leather. Owl sending four gold coins for credit. They are specially cultivated and trained, and are extremely sensitive to human breath. When Zhao Mai passed by, all the owls stared at him with wide-eyed eyes, as if they were alert.

Zhao Mai felt that if he turned into a ghost here, he would have to scare a group of birds to death.

Although the owner of the Broken Cauldron said that only Gringotts could exchange gold coins, Zhao Mai still wanted to give it a try. He was welcomed when he walked into the shop, but the welcome ended when he heard that he was about to sell. "We don't collect old things here, go find a goblin!"

It seems that Gringotts Wizarding Bank is the only option. And this building is really not to be missed. The white marble house is a lot higher than the surrounding shops, and the goblin welcomes the guests by the bronze door and the crimson carpet.

Goblin is a kind of magical creature, it seems that you can see it in any fantasy world—except Artas, only the Witch King can completely kill the goblin. The goblin here has a swarthy face, smart brown eyes, a pointed beard, and slender fingers and toes. They are very adaptable, and can even adapt to "goodness", which is against their nature.

But if you can hear the thoughts in the minds of these goblins, it will definitely make people shudder. They secretly believe that all wizards are working for them and are their slaves. As long as they grasp the three magic wands of "savings, charges, and interest rates", they can control the entire wizarding world. Valuing wizards and wizard families is their favorite entertainment, and using contracts to make (fraud) extra profits is as popular with goblins as a grand holiday celebration. Fortunately, they have not learned the rich and colorful financial methods of the Muggle world, otherwise...

By the way, it is only 1918, many economic methods have not been invented, and many well-known companies have not been established. Zhao Mai thought for a while and let it go. I don't really need ordinary banknotes. I only need destiny gold coins. This time I go to Gringotts to make sure whether there are destiny gold coins.

They had just stepped on the first step, and a goblin rolled down in front of them. He was wearing lead-gray metal armor, and he made a crashing sound as he rolled on the ground.

"Don't use your set of things to deceive people!" Two strong goblins who were obviously security guards hummed, "We still have to serve outstanding big people here!"

"My double wand will be popular in the wizarding world! Any wizard can see the benefits, but you dumb goblins can't see it. I'm so ashamed of you!" The goblin got up from the ground. He looked around and saw that Zhao Mai happened to be beside him, so he had an idea and found it. "Master Wizard, are you bothering to get rid of your weapon spell? Do you want to avoid being hurt by this spell forever? I created a set of methods to solve this problem perfectly!"

Zhao Mai was about to move to the side, but the goblin stood one step ahead and blocked him: "I will not delay you for long, it only takes half a minute. I am Levi Ros (from a book friend), a loyal friend and guard of the wizard, You can think of me as a Paladin!" He raised his eyebrows and picked up two sticks from the ground. The ends of the sticks were strung together with a chain. "Look at my dual wand system!"

"Nunchoke?" Zhao Mai was taken aback for a moment. It would be too strange if he didn't recognize this kind of thing. When he was young, he liked this cool and handsome weapon very much. He made himself with rope and sticks, and he asked the children to play together and fight to be a hero. However, because the quality is not good enough, it often happens that they are thrown out to hurt people or break the glass of other people's homes.

"No, the dual wand system. At any time, there is always a magic wand hanging underneath, so that others can recite your weapon spells. When a wand flies out, just use the lower one, and it will still be good. Combat power!" Goblin Levi Ros stretched out all four fingers of a hand: "It only needs 4 gold coins to modify! Absolutely affordable!"

"Try it for me." Zhao Mai remembered his childhood, so he took over the "dual magic wand system", weighed in his hand, tried the length of the chain, and opened it. Cleave, sweep, beat, pull, lift, and pull, swapping hands in front of and behind the back, and finally turning two circles before throwing one of the sticks under the armpit.

The goblin Livios' eyes had never been so wide before! Zhao Mai put the nunchaku in his hand, and the goblin took it in a daze, seeming to be still immersed in the sentiment of the electric flint just now. Zhao Mai could finally go around by the goblin.

When the group of them entered the gate, the goblins on both sides bowed to them, as did the second gate. Just like Zhao Mai's car, the interior of Gringa is much larger than the exterior. In the marble-paved lobby, more than a hundred people sit quietly on the high stool behind the counter, nervously dealing with the mountains in front Account books, receipts and event notes. About ten goblins pushed the trolley back and forth behind the counter, constantly transporting various documents and account books.

There are only two wizards in the hall, talking to the goblins in two windows respectively. Zhao Mai found a window that was not occupied-it was too simple-and said to the goblin: "Good morning, I need to change things into money."

"We are not a store, we don't buy things!" The goblin said directly without looking up.

"Can you do it, can't you do it, or don't you want to do it?"

The goblin finally raised his eyes and frowned at Zhao Mai. He rarely saw Eastern faces, especially such "pure" Eastern faces. He made a vicious expression, Zhao Mai's face was still calm. In the end the goblin had no choice but to say: "Go to the end and find our vice chairman."

The vice chairman of the Goblin Bank is an old goblin with white fluff behind his pointed ears, with a pair of small glasses on his big nose and chained to his ears. "You want to exchange things for money? We don't do business here."

"All the shops outside say that only Gringotts will exchange things for money. What's the matter?"

"The wizard's shop only serves wizards. You two don't even have a wand. Naturally, you won't accept your things, because no one can guarantee that there is no Muggle foolishness on it." The goblin said condescendingly, sitting on a high stool: "You can go to the magic wand shop to buy the wand, and then pass the wand carrying test or the general wizard rank test. After you understand the difference between a wizard and a Muggle, the wizard will serve you."

"But..." Tolkien said, "If we don't have the wizard's gold coins, we can't buy magic wands. Isn't this going back to square one?"

"You don't even have money for the magic wand?" The goblin laughed, "Then there is only one way left: mortgage. You may or may not be a wizard. Before you became a wizard, Gringotts borrowed The money is given to you, and of course you also need your collateral. If the money is not available, the bank will confiscate the collateral."

"What can be used as collateral?" Zhao Mai said: "Are gold and gems okay?"

"This is okay." The goblin scratched his white hair with his sharp claws: "Let me see if there is something!"

Zhao Mai took out some gold and gems. The goblin put his glasses on, then took out a magnifying glass to check it carefully, weighed a few pieces on a balance, and quoted a too low price. "This is Muggle gold, and the mortgage rate is calculated at 20% (100 yuan is mortgaged as 20 yuan)."

"Twenty percent? What's the interest rate on the mortgage?"

"The annual interest rate is 35 percent." The goblin smiled, looking very happy.

"Is there a difference between Muggle gold and wizard gold?" Tolkien asked, frowning.

"Of course there is a difference, one is a Muggle and the other is a wizard." The goblin said nonsense with his eyes open. He saw that these two people came to the wizarding world for the first time, otherwise they would not exchange wizard money specifically. "According to the regulations of the Ministry of Magic, Muggle items cannot be allowed to destroy the wizard's market, so the 20% discount is already the biggest discount."

"What if I can prove that something belongs to a wizard? What is the mortgage rate?" Zhao Mai asked.

"It can be up to 30% off, as long as you can prove that this golden gem belongs to a wizard, and there is no possibility that it is Muggle." The goblin smiled. Gold is gold. It doesn't have the attributes of Muggles or wizards. How can it prove its origin?

"No, I pledge something else, it must be a magic item." Zhao Mai has already understood the trick. The goblin used the Ministry of Magic's regulations to deliberately set up such a threshold to make it difficult for people to reach the wizarding world for the first time. Low valuation, severe discounts, and high interest rates have turned a mortgage into a strong buy! This is the "city gate tax" collected per capita.

Zhao Mai naturally has a way to deal with it. He drew it casually, creating a strange ghost cold ice sword, but it looked like it was taken out from under his robe. The sharp chill made the nearby goblins sneezed together, and some security goblins had already surrounded nervously.

"This is an ice crystal long sword, which has a strong destructive effect on metal objects." Zhao Mai waved the sword and chopped it towards the iron fence of the counter. There was only a crackling sound, and the iron railings turned into broken ice and fell to the ground.

"For different metals, the ice crystal sword has a deterrent effect, even a heavy steel gate, it will be broken into ice cubes." With a boom, Zhao Mai inserted the ice crystal sword on the goblin table, and then Said: "You have an estimate!"

The strong and extreme ice force began to penetrate along the incision, and the wooden table froze, dehydrated, turned black and began to crack. The goblins stretched out their slender fingers, eagerly trying to touch the ice crystal sword, but they couldn't bear the cold.

The vice chairman thought for a while and solemnly took out a pair of blue-gray dragon leather gloves from the drawer under the counter. After putting them on, he finally picked up the ice crystal sword, but his teeth were still fighting. He brandished this weapon and slashed heavily on the high stool next to him: crashing, breaking ice. He slashed a sword at the passing metal cart: Huh, another piece of ice, and even some gold coins were chopped up.

"This..." The goblin tried his best to conceal his surprised expression, coughed, and then said, "How many weapons do you have?"

"Talk about the unit price." Zhao Mai said to the goblin: "You have already seen something, you should ask for a price instead of asking again."

"Take a mortgage, you can..." The goblin's eyes rolled: "Fifteen gold coins!"

"I will give you two for the unit price of twenty gold coins. Or I will give you all the swords for the unit price of thirty gold coins, so that you can obtain the monopoly of the product." Zhao Mai said, "Otherwise I will go to a private collector. Although it is more troublesome, I will If you don’t believe me, you can’t get some gold coins. This is a real magic item. It’s not against the rules to trade anywhere."

"Thirty?" The goblin looked at both sides. Many goblins sitting behind the counter nodded secretly, believing that this business can be done, but they must also seek to maximize profits. "Twenty-two, all swords!"

"You want to control the number, do you do it in one go? If I have time, I can do it slowly." Zhao Mai smiled and said to the goblin: "Twenty-eight."

"We pay immediately, and the contract is strict and childish. Twenty-three!"

"I heard that many places where high-value items are stored use metal gates, and so are Gringotts? This sword will definitely be liked by many people. Twenty-seven!"

In the end, the long sword was sold at the unit price of twenty-four gold sailing boats and eleven silver sickles. Zhao Mai asked the goblin to open a contract. After careful inspection, he revised a few places that might be disadvantageous to him. The two sides signed a contract~www.NovelMTL.com~ Then, he took out fourteen ice crystals in the excited eyes of the goblin. Long sword, together with the previous one. "Take it away, don't put it in a hot place." Zhao Mai rubbed his hands: "Give me the money!"

369 gold coins and 12 silver coins (1 gold in the wizarding world is equal to 17 silver and 493 copper), of which there is actually a destiny gold coin! Zhao Mai remained silent, but already regarded Gringotts as a key target in his heart. It is said that countless wealth is stored here in the form of gold coins, which will definitely solve a large part of Zhao Mai's demand for fate gold coins!

He and Tolkien opened a separate account to deposit the money, and only kept a hundred in each. Gringe feels that the money is still in his own vault after a round, and as long as Zhao Mai does not pay the interest of 129 after one year, or can not repay the principal and interest in three years, these 15 magical magic swords are Gulin That's it!

Zhao Mai didn't even think about paying it back! He plans to make the goblin happy by himself! The ice crystal long sword left his hand, and it would begin to melt after being preserved for at most half a year. Even if it is placed in a cold place, it will become ordinary ice within a year. Zhao Mai left behind in the contract, handed the responsibility of custody to the goblin, and got out of the business.

"It's time to buy something." Tolkien opened the admission letter, and the first item on it was the magic wand. (To be continued.)