Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 103: Top Salted Fish Seller
After leaving the orphanage, Ted bought some Muggle items as gifts for his wizard friends and returned to the Leaky Cauldron.

"Old Tom, look what I brought you?" Ted said, holding up an exquisite porcelain bottle.

"Hmm~ this is..." Old Tom has been tasting wine for decades, but he really doesn't know what kind of wine this is.

Ted shook the porcelain bottle in his hand, "A specialty of China, Lao Baigan~"

Ted has been living in the wizarding world for more than a year, and his experience working in Diagon Alley, in particular, has given him a deep understanding of prices.

Many things in the wizarding world are more expensive than those in the Muggle world, sometimes much more expensive.

This is not difficult to understand - it is caused by differences in productivity.

It’s like brewing wine. Although wizards can use magic to assist, many steps are still indispensable.

How can their family-run winery compare to a modern brewery?

They produce wine by the ton, so the price is naturally much cheaper.

Of course, Ted doesn’t give gifts to his friends just because they are cheap, but mainly because they are fresh!
More than 70% of wizards have almost no contact with the Muggle world.

They don't even know the process of buying bus tickets or taking the subway. It takes them two hours to get through a ticket gate. So they know nothing about the products of the Muggle world.

Like Ron, eating the various candies that Ted bought from the Muggle candy shop, they were so sweet that he had to swallow his tongue!

……

At night, Ted returned to his room. Instead of opening his book to study, he leaned against the head of the bed and began to think.

He had come up with an idea last year - to set up a second-hand trading platform in Diagon Alley!
It’s not a second-hand store, but a platform similar to Xianyu.

This line feels very interesting~
In the wizarding world, many second-hand items are very valuable.

Because magic will not depreciate rapidly in a few years or even a dozen years.

Therefore, magic items will not depreciate in a short period of time.

It has lasting value.

However, it may not be useful in the long run.

For example, you have an automatic lawn mower at home.

As a result, there is no lawn at home now, it has been converted into a vegetable garden.

You say throwing it away is a waste. If you keep it, you won't need it for many years and it just takes up space.

If you are selling second-hand goods, the second-hand stores will severely undercut the prices. Sometimes they can't even give you one-tenth of the price of the goods.

The reason why there are so many second-hand stores is because the profits are huge.

Of course, not everyone can open this kind of store.

You're like the eldest Weasley, Bill. He's a curse breaker in Gringotts, Egypt.

What is the position of Curse Breaker?
They are wizards who specialize in breaking magic and curses. The requirements are very high and there are even considerable risks.

That was just the curse breakers at Gringotts. As for those dangerous magic item recycling shops, such as Borgin and Burke's in Knockturn Alley, the magic items they collected were very dangerous, the kind that could kill you if you weren't careful.

Without any skills, he would have died tragically in the store within two months.

Moreover, the population of the British wizarding world is less than 30,000, making it difficult to form a prosperous and healthy society. Many wizards are eccentric, secluded, and difficult to approach.

This leads to difficulties between transactions.

Ted discovered this business opportunity last year. If a reliable trading platform could be created, it would have great potential.

It can even be said that it has usurped some of the powers of the Ministry of Magic.

But any idea needs capital to be put into practice.

Gold Galleons is one aspect, ability is one aspect, power is one aspect, and influence is another aspect.

Of course, Ted didn't think of doing something unrealistic right now. He just wanted to take advantage of this holiday to upgrade his identification skills.

Now the identification technique seems to have reached a bottleneck. No matter how Ted uses it, it is difficult to improve it.

Ted felt that he could either upgrade his psychic level and enhance his abilities through the enhancement of psychic powers, or he would need some special stimulation - such as identifying some high-end and unusual things.

In fact, there is a shortcut, which is to identify Dumbledore!
Ted had secretly tried the identification technique on several professors and obtained a lot of information.

But the headmaster really didn't dare to go beyond the line, and never used it, for fear of attracting the attention of the greatest white wizard of this century, the legendary wizard Dumbledore.

However, at the end of the Sorcerer's Stone, Ted once identified Voldemort, who was in a very weak state. Although he did not get much information, his identification skills improved significantly! It was equivalent to the gains of identifying 20 or 30 professors!

If Dumbledore in his complete state is identified, the identification skill will definitely be taken to a higher level.

The problem is that Ted doesn't dare to
So he came up with this idea - organizing second-hand transactions to improve identification skills, and at the same time collect more data to measure the level of the magic world.

The teacher said that without in-depth investigation, there is no right to speak. What he values ​​most is in-depth investigation and a comprehensive and true understanding of a certain environment and field. If Ted wants to do something in the future, this step must not be omitted.

There are many points that need to be resolved in this matter, and first of all, we need to get the support of Mr. Giggs.

……

"You mean, you want to set up a stall at the door?"

"That's not the problem. The question is what are you going to do? Sell things? Or tell fortunes for wizards?"

Mr. Giggs's expression was wonderful, and it felt like seeing a fortune-telling stall outside a five-star hotel.

He is a wizard after all, and his business perspective is not broad enough.

So Ted explained to him: "It's like this. I solved a magic puzzle on a wall in the school library and obtained the magic left by an unknown senior. It seems to have inspired some kind of talent in me, and I can identify the properties and information of objects."

This is of course nonsense, half true and half false. The magic he got from the library was the "Magic Thousand Paper Crane Communication Spell".

"So I want to provide some convenience for everyone. Let them hand over the items they want to sell to me for appraisal, and then write them on the blackboard for those who are interested to see. This will make transactions more convenient. Or barter..."

After listening to Ted's explanation, Mr. Giggs found it more and more interesting and felt that there might be something to it!

But there is a big premise...

"Ted, this is not a joke. Identifying magic items requires a high level of knowledge and vision. If you make a mistake in identification, it's ok. At most you can pay some money to the person. Don't encounter any dangerous magic items or you will lose your life!"

After all, he was from Ravenclaw, so he was still very cautious.

Ted smiled brightly: "Mr. Giggs, can you test me?"

Mr. Giggs took out three items from his collection and placed them on the table.

"Good boy, let me see what you can do! I told you, these three things are not simple, just give it a try!"

Mr. Giggs wanted to see this overly proud boy fail and kill his fighting spirit!

Ted looked up and saw the first item was a small statue, about 25 centimeters long, in the shape of a human but not a human, very fat, with two heads with a single horn, one eye and the other with two eyes. It had fangs and held a big club...

Isn't this a two-headed ogre?
Ted activated the identification spell, and Mr. Giggs, who had been observing carefully nearby, felt that Ted's eyes suddenly seemed to be brighter, but he did not detect any fluctuations in magical power.

Hiss~ Strange, what kind of ability is this? !

"This is a two-headed ogre statue, made of bronze. Magic was infused into it when it was cast. It is not from this world. Being around this statuette will increase your strength and slowly restore your physical strength... Am I right?"

Mr. Giggs clapped his hands and said, "Ted, you really have a talent for identifying objects?! Amazing! It's exactly right, and you even know more than I do."

In fact, Ted obtained more detailed information, such as the range of action is an eight-meter radius, the effect is +2 strength, and the statue needs to be baked with flames every month, otherwise the magic power will not be maintained after a few years.

The second object is a gray stone. It looks ordinary at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that it is a crystal. It's just that there seems to be gray fog inside, so it looks gray.

"It is a magic crystal mine from Uruguay, a rare natural mineral that only appears in the mining area at the hub of the magic vein. As for its use, I can only see that it can be used to create magic items..."

"Yes, yes, yes! When I bought it, the person said it was a magic crystal from Uruguay. It seems I was right." Mr. Giggs was very happy.

The last thing was a fruit, dark red like mangosteen, with a hard shell, and no one knew what was inside.

"I don't see much information about this thing. I only know that it is a plant with medicinal value... Mr. Giggs, where did you get it?" Ted said.

"Ha! You don't know? I tell you, I don't know either~~~" Mr. Giggs looked proud.

"I discovered it by accident when I was collecting medicinal herbs last year. It should be some kind of magical plant fruit from another world, but no one has yet found any results from research."

Ted breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he knew how to keep a low profile and didn't tell anyone that this was the Roya Fruit from the old man's ring gap. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain.

Some things are too much and too little is too much.

After all, I am just a 12-year-old orphan wizard, so I should not do anything too out of line. Most people who don't know how to be low-key have become cannon fodder, but I am an expert in hiding!
With the approval of Mr. Giggs, this "salted fish stall" can be set up.

Soon, people shopping in Diagon Alley discovered that a table had been set up outside Giggs' Pharmacy, with a board hung on it that read: Xianyu.com!

Passersby were all confused when they saw this. Not only did Giggs not sell medicinal herbs and potions, but he also got involved in the seafood retail industry?

When I got closer, I found that there was small text below:

Xianyu.com undertakes the business of second-hand magic item identification, sale, guarantee, etc., and supports cash transactions, entrusted sales and barter~
Then there were a few lines of names: 80% new rainproof and moisture-proof cloak, 90% new automatic magic copper balance, alarm crystal, Celestial Empire biting cabbage seeds...

These are the first batch of goods kindly provided by Mr. Giggs, so as to avoid the empty space looking ugly and untrustworthy.

In fact, there was also a 1.5-meter-long guardian wood trunk as thick as an arm, which was directly purchased by Ted at an internal price.

This thing was cut from someone else's tree by Mr. Giggs when he was buying herbs last year. He used a magic potion to stun a few Bowtruckles and cut it from someone else's tree. Can you imagine how damaged it is? It was demolished by force!
Seeing many people watching nearby, Ted immediately called out, "Hey, come take a walk and have a look. Don't miss it if you pass by. Those who have come from the south or the north, those who have been to the United States or the Port of London, those who have traveled to the south or the north, those who have traveled to the mountains or played in the water, those who have studied abroad or visited the United States, those who have kissed on the street..."

"This Xianyu website has just been launched. It has been on TV and in newspapers. The whole British Empire knows about it. If you say you haven't seen it, it proves that your information channel is not authentic~"

Don't worry about what they are shouting about, the most important thing is the excitement.

You see, when Ted shouted like that, those people didn't understand what he was saying, but they all came over~~~
Passerby: I didn’t understand what he said, but his voice was quite bright!
Ted: Hey, how about Xianyu.com? Let me tell you about it~
(End of this chapter)