HP's Kiss of Eternity

What is the estate of a wizarding family?

If you ask Arthur Weasley this question, he will never know.Although the Weasleys were part of the wizarding family not so long ago.

However, Lucius feels that this question cannot be answered even if the greatest white wizard Albus Dumbledore is resurrected.Not to mention the savior who is still young and ignorant now.

The misery of the wizarding family after the war was entirely due to the immaturity of the ruling class of the wizarding world.

Ignorant wizards claim to stay away from Muggles and protect Muggles.But they don't know that their own world is incomplete, without the support of the Muggle foundation, it cannot function benignly at all.And almost all the basic industries of the wizarding world are in the hands of the wizarding family.

In fact, these industries can't bring much benefit to the wizard family at all, but profit is not the only thing that the wizard family values.

While claiming to be pure-blooded and noble, the wizard family even considered themselves noblemen in the wizarding world and knights in this world.The sense of responsibility and responsibility of knights and nobles is also not lacking in wizard families.Every patriarch of the family included these in the family responsibility and inherited them together.

It's just that after a long time, this kind of selfless dedication is taken for granted, and finally ignored.

Lucius sometimes felt that maybe it was their disdain to advertise their efforts like clowns, argue for themselves, and end up spoiling the Ministry of Magic.

The once terrifying influence of the Death Eaters wasn't solely due to black magic.

After breakfast, Lucius came to Coleraine Manor via the fireplace.

Coleraine Manor, located at the mouth of the Bann River, is the largest of Malfoy's farms.Within the jurisdiction of this estate, there are large farms, wineries, fisheries and stone materials.

The core managers of the manor are also wizards, but there are still a large number of farmers who are Muggles.

"Mr. Malfoy, this is the production report for the last week." Bury, the top manager of the manor, showed a relieved expression when he saw Lucius appear, and immediately delivered the parchment he had prepared in advance.

Lucius quickly scanned and found no problems: "The output has dropped slightly, but it has not exceeded the normal range. Did you encounter any problems?"

"Yes!" Burley nodded immediately, and spoke very quickly to throw out his troubles, "The machinery used in our manor has reached the time for maintenance, and the wizard repair shop that used to provide us with maintenance services suddenly refused to continue. Cooperation, and simply paid the liquidated damages, let us change another one. After that, I went to find many stores, but they were all rejected. Even if the remuneration was increased, they were unwilling to accept. The time dragged on for a long time, and half All the machines started to break down and even stopped working.”

Lucius frowned: "Did you ask the goblin?"

"I asked, but they said that they are only responsible for sales, not maintenance and repairs, let us find other wizards." Burley replied embarrassedly.

"Will it affect production?"

"There is no problem with the ranch for the time being, but the farm is more troublesome. If it can't be solved, the construction period has already been delayed."

Lucius pondered for a while, then took the mechanical materials that Burley handed over: "How many of these machines require magic power?"

Burleigh thought for a while: "About 60%."

"Then you go to the Muggle city tomorrow and find a Muggle who understands mechanical maintenance to see if you can take over the 40% of the work. You can also give him a try for the remaining 60%. If the rest is not enough , just buy Muggle machines to replace them. The unusable machines will be put back into the warehouse first.”

"Muggles? Are we going to ask Muggles for help?" Burley showed an expression of disbelief, and repeated his exclamation again.

"If this can guarantee the operation of our estate, I don't think there is anything unacceptable. Aren't the farmers you usually deal with also Muggles?" Lucius glanced at Burley, "If you find it unacceptable, I can Another administrator will be replaced."

"No, no, I know what to do." Burley nodded in embarrassment, but did not leave.

"Are there any other questions?" Lucius raised his eyebrows, and stopped the pace of going to inspect.

"Actually, yes. There are still many problems." Burley did not produce any information this time, but showed bitterness, "The inventory in the warehouse has exceeded the standard. Recently when all our own stores came to pick up the goods The required quantity has been reduced, while other purchasers in the past either reduced the quantity or simply stopped cooperating. This made our production obviously unsalable. This trend was not obvious in the past few months. In the past half month, Shipments have dropped sharply. Some merchants not only stopped cooperation, but also perfunctory the people who came to check out. They refused to pay. If the manor needs to purchase new Muggle machinery now, it may not have enough liquidity."

Lucius' face became more gloomy: "Is there any more?"

"There are also several wizards in the fishing ground and the quarry who have resigned and are unwilling to continue to serve us. I asked the intermediary to help us find new employees, but the intermediary has not yet given me any response. I went to the opposite corner I visited the shop on the other side of the alley a few times, and their situation is not very good. There are many new shops opening around, so they also don’t have extra manpower. Then yesterday, a wizard in the winery also resigned.”

"Hmph." Lucius snorted coldly, then put away the materials in his hand, and didn't plan to continue the inspection itinerary, "If there are too many things, I will sell them to the Muggle market for funds. If there are not enough, I will I will give you a proof of withdrawal from Gringotts. It is close to the urban area, so don’t worry that no one wants it. As for the manpower, other wizards will be transferred to fill the key positions, and Muggles will replace all the unimportant positions. Since these people don’t If they need our support, let them find their own way to purchase.”

"Is someone targeting us, sir?" Burley demanded nervously. "What shall we do?"

"Come on if you want to target it. Is there anything scary about me now?" Lucius glanced at Burleh again, "We are not relying on them to survive, but they are relying on us. If the Ministry of Magic wants to suppress, Just let them come. Malfoy will never bow his head to seek their protection, and he will never fall because of such inferior means."

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In the next chapter, maybe the relationship will start?

perhaps……