Chapter 197： Re-enter Gringotts

At the station, Mike, who had bid farewell to Penello, carried his suitcase on his way to the Broken Cauldron Bar alone.

At this time, London, as one of the world’s top metropolises, is already very modern. The transportation system is very good. Buses, subways and taxis have already appeared, so even if Mike doesn’t pick him up, he can find him. Broken cauldron bar.

Standing in the crowded King's Cross station, Mike walked out of the majestic station without much hesitation, stopped a taxi and gave the driver a place name and sat in the back row.

At this time, London’s taxis were still a black type similar to classic cars. This kind of taxi called Cab was born in 1948. Like later generations of taxis, this kind of taxi is equipped with an odometer. Stop on call.

In fact, black taxis in London at this time are not mainstream. Because the price of this kind of taxi is too expensive and the number is very small, and the driver often kills people, so everyone prefers to use a kind called mini taxi. Taxi (MiniCab).

This kind of mini-taxi requires you to call the taxi company. After reporting your departure and destination, the other party will directly quote a price. If you can accept it, the taxi company will send a car to pick you up.

The advantage of this type of car is that it is available on call and the price is much cheaper than black taxis. If you are not satisfied with the price quoted by a taxi company, you can even negotiate with other companies to get a lower price.

Of course, a guy like Mike who doesn't need money would naturally not choose this way, so he saw a black taxi parked on the roadside next to the station waiting for business and got on the bus.

With only a small suitcase, Mike came to his destination in a relaxed and comfortable way. After giving a total of 30 pounds for the fare and tip, he got out of the car with the driver’s respectful farewell and walked into the Broken Cauldron Bar. .

I came to the Broke Cauldron again after a year, and the people drinking and chatting here have not changed much.

Mike even saw several people who were watching good scenes when he was in conflict with the ruthless pure-blood wizard here, but even though Mike still remembers them today, they don't remember Mike anymore.

It's not that their memory is too bad. In fact, the memory of wizards is much better than that of ordinary people. It's just that Mike's growth rate is so fast in this year. Both his temperament and appearance have become better. It was completely different two years ago.

After a little sigh, Mike did not make too much contact with the people in the bar, and went directly to the backyard and entered Diagon Alley through the passage on the wall.

Since today is Hogwarts’ summer vacation day, Diagon Alley is also a lot more lively than usual. Many students have been in school for a whole year, and after the vacation, they directly took their families to come. Jiaoxiang is shopping. And their parents will try their best to meet all their requirements in the face of children they haven't seen for a long time. Of course, students whose exams are too bad are naturally exceptions.

Therefore, in Diagon Alley today, the most popular store is not the Lihen Bookstore and Ink Stationery Store, which are the most popular before the school starts, but the Jumping Magic Joke Store and Quidditch Boutique Store that sell all kinds of weird pranks. Of course, Mrs. Primpiner’s beauty potion shop, Mrs. Morkin’s robe specialty store, and a dress shop that specializes in high-end clothing are also very good business. After all, women and children in this world are always the best earners. of. Children may come here once because they have to go to school, but women will come as long as they have money.

The purpose of Mike's trip was completely different from those of the children of the same age, so he did not stay in front of those shops, but stepped on the cobblestone path to the Gringa.

Looking at the towering white building and the gleaming bronze gate, Mike's heart was also moved, and he couldn't help but stop.

When I first came to the wizarding world two years ago, I was just a poor Muggle student. I didn't expect to revisit the old place in just two years, but I had become a powerful wizard.

The fairy guard wearing a scarlet and gold uniform next to the bronze door squinted at the teenager who was standing in front of him to watch the Gulin Pavilion, and the contempt in his eyes did not conceal the color.

He has seen people like Mike a lot, most of them are paupers from Muggle families, and they never take a straight look at such people.

This is not to say that this fairy guard is also a pedigree discriminator. In fact, all elves treat the issue of descent and race equally. They discriminate against only one type of person, that is, the pauper.

In other words, if you are rich enough, even if you just killed them and the whole family with your front feet, they can hold your thighs and want to recognize you as godfather.

This is the goblin, a greedy creature with no bottom line.

With a sigh of foul breath, Mike recovered slowly and walked into Gringotts.

Although the fairy guard despised Mike, his outstanding professional training made him bow to Mike and opened the door behind him.

After all, even the pauper, as long as they come to Gringotts to do business, it can bring benefits to them. Although the money is less, it is money, isn’t it?

The goblin guard opened the silver door with a warning sentence engraved. What appeared in front of Mike was a large hall. There were many counters in the hall. About a hundred goblins were busy receiving visitors on the counter. The guests.

Some of them scribbled on large books larger than theirs, some were weighing gold with scales, and others were using magic eyepieces to identify gems.

Mike casually found a counter and sat on it. The goblin on the opposite side immediately stopped the work in his hands and enthusiastically offered its worthless greetings with a signature smirk.

"Sir! Good noon. May I do anything?"

"I want to save money." Mike put the suitcase in his hand on the counter in front of him and said lightly.

After seeing Mike’s suitcase, the goblin who received Mike's eyes flashed a little contempt. Based on his years of working experience, a little wizard at Mike’s age could not take out much Jin Jialong at all, and Mike’s suitcase Let it confirm this. After all, such a small suitcase can't hold much Jin Jialong at all.

But after Mike opened the suitcase, the smirk on the fairy's face could no longer be maintained, because in front of it were more than a dozen bags of Unmarked Stretching Curse.

This fairy naturally knew the price of the Wuhen Stretching Curse bag, so its attitude immediately became much more sincere, rubbing his hands and asked trivially:

"Sir, how much do you want to deposit?"

Just now the subtle expression changes of this fairy can't escape Mike's eyes, so he did not answer the fairy's question, but pretended to think for a while, and then said lightly:

"I can't remember either, you can count it yourself."

Hearing the sound, the greedy goblin could no longer restrain his inner desires. He couldn't wait to rush up and opened one bag after another and began to count the Jin Jialong inside.

Since the currency of the wizarding world comes with statistical magic, it did not take much time for this fairy to count out the gold coins that Mike was carrying this time.

"Sir, you need a vault!" the goblin exclaimed in a high-pitched voice, "A total of 35,643 gold gallons are enough for the second-level vault. If you agree If so, I will provide you with a vault for free, free of charge!"

The goblin did not explain to Mike what a secondary vault is, because in his opinion, someone who can have such a large amount of wealth would definitely know what a secondary vault is.

In fact, it guessed very correctly. Due to occupational diseases, Mike did an in-depth study of Gringotts when he first came to the wizarding world. He now knows Gringotts better than these everyday. There are many fairies working in the Ling Pavilion, which definitely exceeds the average level of the wizarding world.

The vaults of Gringotts are divided into three levels. According to the different levels, the security level of these vaults is also different.

The first-level treasury is dedicated to those ancient families and has the highest level of security.

There is no so-called keyhole on the doors of these vaults. There is only one way to open them, that is, a goblin knocks on the door through a special method, and each vault has its own percussion password, which is strictly confidential. , Only a few high-level goblins know about it.

At the same time, these vaults are protected by special guards, and those guards are fire dragons and sphinxes enslaved by the fairies.

Unlike in the movie, there is more than one fire dragon in Gringotts underground. To be precise, no one knows the number of fire dragons owned by Gringotts, but it is certain that the number of these fire dragons must be more than double digits.

There is no need to say more about the fire dragon. The sphinx is a kind of magical creature from Egypt. This creature sphinx loves to give people puzzles. If you can't answer it, it will eat you.

When British wizards rated the magical creatures around the world, they classified this mythical creature as a beast. The reason was that it could eat people.

And because of its characteristics, it is often captured as a guard of the secret room or treasure house.

These creatures in the Harry Potter movies that Mike had watched in his previous life did not appear in the scenes of Harry and others sneaking into Gringotts. That’s because the Sphinx is a beast in the eyes of the Egyptians, and its status is quite high. If it is rashly broadcast, it will definitely affect the box office of Harry Potter movies in Egypt.

The sphinx in reality is so miserable, it is used as a watchdog by wizards, and there are not a few people who beat, scold, or even kill.

Closer to home, the security level of the second-level vault is much weaker than that of the first-level vault. Its opening method is still the conventional key and door lock. Although it is also within the protection range of the fire dragon and sphinx, it is At the edge.

It is conceivable that in case of any accident in Gringotts, these vaults are definitely more dangerous than the first-level vaults.

And the third-level treasury is the treasury with the lowest security level.

It is not protected by fire dragons and sphinxes, and the opening method is only a key.

In addition, the second-tier vault is specially prepared by Gringotts for customers whose savings amount exceeds 10,000 gold gallons, while the lower limit of the third-tier vault is 1,000 gold gallons. As for those customers whose savings are less than one thousand gold gallons, there is no exclusive vault at all, and their money is stored in the public vault.

Then someone will ask why the Weasley family is so poor in the original book, why can they have their own vault.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Although the Weasley family is poor, they are also one of the sacred twenty-eight families and their status is quite lofty, so it is not surprising that they have a vault. After all, their ancestors were also rich, but they are now in decline.

The voice of this fairy was very loud, so it attracted the attention of other fairy and wizards who were doing business around.

These people were still a little dissatisfied with the loud voice of the fairy, but when it reported the amount that Mike was carrying, the eyes they looked at Mike immediately changed from dissatisfaction to surprise.

Under everyone's gaze, Mike closed his suitcase again, and made a blank gesture to signal the fairy to lead the way.

And the fairy immediately understood, lowered his head and quickly wrote something on the ledger in front of him. After a while, he tore off a piece of parchment, shouted a fairy called Griphook, and handed it over. It Mr., please come to me, I will take you to choose the vault. Griphook took a quick glance on the parchment, and then said flatly, "Do you have a favorite number between 600 and 700?" If so, you can bring it up. If the vault is empty, I can show you it first. "

"I don't really like the number in it, as long as it is not 666."

"Sir, please come with me."

After hearing this, Griphook bowed deeply at Mike, and then respectfully began to lead the way.

Its etiquette is very good. It slightly gives up half of the body to let the Mike walk in the middle, which makes it obvious to others that the Mike walking behind is the main one, and the front pull ring is just a guide. .

It was not until the two disappeared at the entrance of the vault that the wizards who were doing business in the hall began to talk.

"What's the background of that blond young man, 30,000 gold gallons!"

"I don't know, maybe it is the young master of a big family."

At this time, a young wizard in a somewhat old dress suddenly joined the conversation, and said in a certain tone: "You are all wrong. He must be a Muggle-born wizard. Didn't you hear that he just said that he does not want Vault 666? It's a very unlucky number in the Muggle world, so most Muggles don't like it."

"Who are you lying to? A Mudblood can have more than 30,000 gold gallons?"

"Yeah, you lie and have to write a draft first!"

Everyone sneered, but no one noticed that when the old-dressed young wizard heard the words Mudblood, he placed his invisible hands under the counter but clenched his fists.

He didn't lie because he was also a Muggle-born wizard.