Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 169 The New Muggle Protection Act

Cornelius Fudge froze in place, his expression froze for a second or two, and immediately said, "Goodman, don't you give me this?"

"This is just a small temptation. Last time I was going to implement the new "Muggle Protection Act", you gave me a lot of useless nonsense, and finally came up with a nondescript decree that is almost the same as the original one. It just announced several times to strengthen surprise inspections of black magic items in the market... I don't understand. Goodman, you are clearly a Muggle wizard, why don't you agree with this bill?"

When David Goodman heard that Fudge was still mentioning his whimsical "Muggle Protection Act" proposed and revised by Arthur Weasley, he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, trying to hold back his laughter, lest our minister's face would be embarrassing. .

"Minister, what is your main proposal in the New Muggle Protection Act?"

"Yes... Arthur proposed to completely prohibit the circulation of dark witchcraft and magic items into Muggle society!"

"Haha-ha!" Goodman finally laughed loudly, "Maybe it can be done through a large-scale [Imperial Curse]!...cough cough cough!"

He laughed and coughed again and again, and even couldn't breathe for a few times.

"No, by substantially increasing the tax on dark witchcraft items, and at the same time prohibiting them, we will crack down on the circulation of magic items into Muggle society..." Fauci said proudly, "This proposal can maintain the stability of Muggle society and the safety of Muggle people, and at the same time better hide the wizarding world..."

"Don't you think his purpose is very noble and clever? Kill two birds with one stone, don't you?"

Cornelius Fudge will definitely take this opportunity to talk about this topic this time, trying to re-do a big career that other ministers of magic have failed to do, and become the greatest minister of magic in history.

——In the future, someone will mention that the greatest wizard of our time will be Cornelius Fudge, not some Mysterious Man, or Dumbledore.

Goodman was so amused by Fudge's opinion that he laughed again and again.

"Goose hahaha..."

"Maybe lofty, but...smart? No, it's extremely stupid!" Goodman shook his head and said directly, "Anyone with a sound mind and a healthy mind would not consider such a proposal..."

While talking, he kept laughing and making pig noises.

Fuji Lima lowered his face, and said darkly, "I'm thinking about it!"

"Yes, of course, Minister, please don't get me wrong, you have to consider all the proposals and suggestions of the entire Ministry of Magic, but no normal person will support it!" Goodman immediately put away his expression wisely, and argued with a serious expression.

"I will support it!" Fauci replied coldly.

"This is what you should do, Minister! Support every proposal of your subordinates, no matter how absurd the proposal is..." Goodman said,
"But the problem is... there are always more or less illegal gray areas in the company's stores in the market. Rich magic families will always collect those ancient black magic items to prove their family's long history and strength... and these two are the main sources of my department's tax revenue!"

Fudge knew this too, but out of the 'ambitious' mentality of wanting to do something different, he retorted.

"It is also the main source of most Muggle injury accidents, exposing various magical events in the wizarding world..."

"Yes, but it is evenly distributed in every time period of the year. Only in rare cases will it lead to concentrated outbreaks... and most of the media "Daily Prophet" and "Daily Wizard" will not link them together!"

Fudge watched David Goodman talk about these accidents so nonchalantly. Although he knew that this subordinate was only after means, not results, it still made him feel uncomfortable.

This guy is really a moral vacuum... Compared with those Death Eaters, I don't know which one is worse.

"But digital divination shows that if I promulgate this decree, I can..." Fudge retorted halfway, but was interrupted by David raising his hand.

"Number divination, numbers, data... These can explain almost everything, and those wizards who are good at this can almost present everything in front of you..."

"Everything... including the facts?"

"Yes—no!" Goodman reacted immediately.

Instead of correcting Goodman's small mistake, Fudge summoned a stack of papers out of thin air with a flick of his wand.

He opened the file and read the contents inside.

"It says 'Accidents caused by these dark witchcraft items, magical items circulating in Muggle society cost the Auror Office, the Amnestics Office, St. Mungo's Hospital every year...'"

"Huh??" Fudge reconfirmed in disbelief.
"About 12.5 Galleons in total..."

"My Merlin! Can you believe it, Goodman? To waste so many Galleons... This is a crime!"

Fudge put down the document, narrowed his eyes, and stared at the wizard in front of him. He wanted to see what David Goodman had to say.

"Yes, Minister... But we have also investigated these wasted Galleons through arithmetic and divination. It is not directly wasted..."

"It's a part of it for the salary of the Aurors and their equipment...and some other miscellaneous things that don't matter!"

"Minister, these heroic wizards are risking their lives against the dark wizards, and all kinds of weird incidents are emerging one after another, as well as dark creatures, werewolves, vampires and so on!"

"Our heroes need these Galleons...you say so! Secretary Fauci!"

David Goodman said so.

"Well, they do need... but the memory can be logged off..."

Faced with this kind of natural political correctness, Fauci couldn't say a word, so he had to focus his firepower on the next office.

"It's the same, they face the unreasonable attacks of Muggles, and they have to carefully cover our world from being exposed to the Muggle society... Isn't such a heavy responsibility worth a pitiful salary?"

"Uh? Uh-uh!...Okay! Okay..." Fauci had nothing to say, reopened the file for confirmation, and firmly grasped the last straw.

"What about St. Mungo's Hospital of Magic? Let's not talk about those two before. Anyway, they only take up a small part of the expenditure... But if not so many Muggles or wizards are harmed, we don't need to subsidize St. Mungo's Hospital so much gold Galleon every year, and our Ministry of Magic can save a lot of expenses."

Fauci said hesitantly.

"Ha, St. Mungo's Hospital? Minister, you have to think about it from a different angle!"

"We just found a name for St. Mungo's Magical Hospital to send money so that it can maintain this hospital."

"Otherwise, just relying on the small population of the wizarding community in England... the vast majority of wizarding families would have to find trouble, create their own magic spells, or make small explosions every day, making themselves unable to heal themselves through common magic spells, or ordinary ointments...In the end, they all go to St.

"But... St. Mungo's Magical Hospital has..." Fauci stuttered and couldn't speak.

"Minister, you don't want St. Mungo's Hospital to close down during your tenure!"

"No, this kind of thing is never allowed!" Fauci immediately replied affirmatively. He knew that if St. Mungo's Magical Hospital really closed down, he would definitely be kicked out of power.

—He would never allow this to happen.

"But those Muggles... Goodman, weren't you born in a Muggle family? Don't you have any compassion? Don't you have any empathy? They encountered the most terrifying incident among them... It will affect their lives!"

Connery Fauci still can't let go of this thought proposal in his mind.

"It's still digital divination——according to the probability derived from its data, these Muggles will encounter various things in their lives..."

"Think about how many deadly things those Muggles have invented: car accidents, plane crashes, drunkenness, fights, stumbles and broken legs, and those Muggle policemen on the way will also cause fatal danger... Too many, too many, even eating some chili, blowing a fart, can bleed to death from chrysanthemum hemorrhoids..."

"Perhaps after being rescued by St. Mungo's Hospital for Magic and Magic, it is possible to improve the overall physical and mental health of Muggles, allowing them to live longer than before..."

"In this way...we are really meritorious! Your Excellency!" David Goodman concluded.

"You, you Goodman... I thought you had a little bottom line, but now it seems that you are a moral vacuum, a black hole..."

"You praised me! Don't dare to be! I don't dare to be! I still need to study hard..."

David Goodman waved his hands again and again.

Fauci re-opened the file feebly. After searching for a long time, he still couldn't find any clues to refute.

But now Connery Fauci just wants to argue the damn 'moral vacuum' in front of him.

"David Goodman, I have another question?"

"Grindelwald killed and injured thousands of Muggles 60 years ago. The wizarding world... The International United Association of Magic passed the most stringent [Wizarding World Secrecy Act] even including No.13-any magical activities that may attract the attention of non-magical members (Muggles) are serious violations of the law. This clause that seemed impossible to pass before this has also been passed."

"We got one of the most important legal frameworks of the entire Law Department! We got the cornerstone of the existence of the Ministry of Magic..."

"More than ten years ago, when the mysterious man led Death Eaters to carry out terrorist activities, kidnapped and tortured Muggles and wizards, and almost exposed the magical world again, we passed the [Muggle Protection Act] after that..."

"We have obtained the legal basis for the Auror operation, which can crack down on illegal and criminal activities such as those dark wizards and dark creatures to the greatest extent..."

"But there are so many incidents happening now, time and time again our world may be exposed to Muggle society... such a big crisis..."

"What did we get?" Fauci asked his chief secretary with a straight face.

"300 Galleons!"

"what?!"

(⊙o⊙)! !Fauci looked shocked!
"Two-thirds of the jobs in the Ministry of Magic have effectively solved the Ministry of Magic's budget."

"More than half of the jobs in the trading markets in Diagon Alley and other parts of England are related to this. The manufacture of magic herbs, magic gadgets, and various odd job sales, and many covered industries are flourishing... Greatly balanced the trade volume between us and the Muggle society..."

"Ah?" Fauci couldn't understand, "We still have trade with Muggle society..."

"All wizards eat and wear, from books and paper to suitcases, birdcages... All kinds of messy materials are obtained through transactions with the Muggle society... Do you think we conjured them out of thin air, or stole them like Death Eaters?"

"The quality of life of most of our wizards or the wizarding world now depends on the earth-shaking changes in the Muggle society to get the current way of life."

"Otherwise, Hogwarts is just a big and empty stone castle now, and the Ministry of Magic may just be squeezed into the manor of a country rich man like it was in the beginning... As for the vast majority of wizards, they either live in wooden houses in swamps or in stone caves..."

"It's too serious to say that!" Fuqi Nannan said to himself.

After a rough introduction to David Goodman's small class on productivity in the magical world, let's continue with the topic just now.

"What's the point... um, that's right! It is precisely because of the existence of these gray industries that the market in the wizarding world is booming..."

"These are just rough estimates and guesses!" Fauci retorted uncertainly.

"This is the data provided by digital divination... No, it's the facts..." David Goodman spread his hands and immediately emphasized.

"Okay, your data are facts, and my facts are just data?" Fauci was a little annoyed.

"Minister, I'm on your side... I'm just pointing out some of the controversies you may encounter if you implement this new version of the Muggle Protection Act!" Goodman said with a smile on his face that he and Fauci were in the same group.

"Oh, then I really want to thank you, Goodman, I'm so glad you supported me!" Fauci said sarcastically.

David didn't seem to hear half of it. He continued, "But Prime Minister, you need to know [Daily Prophet] [Daily Wizard] These almost the vast majority of the advertising expenses of the British wizarding media, almost more than 60% are provided by those manufacturers and merchants related to this, and most of the shareholders behind them are those rich magic families..."

"Once these advertising fees are all revoked, the opposition behind those wizard families..."

"Minister, think about [Daily Prophet]...what will those newspapers and media say about you?"

Connelly Fauci fidgeted, his face darkened, and he brushed his hair absently.

——David Goodman knows that Fauci will not allow his approval rating to be affected in the slightest.

——This matter is settled, and he will not mention it again.

"But the wizarding world may be exposed to Muggles because of this..." Fauci still struggled.

"We will be exposed one day, and every wizard understands this... It's just that we try to delay this time as much as possible... we just try to keep this state forever!"

"Okay, okay... so what about questioning the little wizard as a way to crack down on Dumbledore? What do you say?"

After a blow, Fauci was a little exhausted by this guy, he said wearily.

(End of this chapter)