Chapter 3 Ten Downing Street

10 Downing Street,

Located in Westminster, London, England.

The entrance is a well-known classic sign:

Black wooden door, a chandelier in front of the door, a knocker with a lion's head inlaid on the door, and a white Arabic numeral "10".

This is one of the most famous houses in the UK.

In addition to serving as the Prime Minister's official residence and office, the Prime Minister's secretary, assistants and advisers work here.

Downing Street 10 is the center of the British government and one of the power centers of politics.

However, few people know that No. 10 Downing Street is not the official residence of the Prime Minister, but the residence of the First Chancellor of the Exchequer.

However, since the 20th century, the first chancellor of the finance has generally been held concurrently by the prime minister, and this has become the prime minister's residence in the popular sense.

However, not all prime ministers want to live here before it becomes symbolic.

It is small in size, lacking maintenance for many years, and built on swampy soil, some prime ministers even suggested that it be leveled.

At the most outrageous time, there were prostitutes in this street from time to time.

In addition, security is also a big problem.

In 1843, Prime Minister Robert Peel's secretary was assassinated near 10 Downing Street.

Funerals have also been held here, corpses have been mourned for several days, and rumors of haunting have persisted for a long time, which does not look very auspicious.

If it's just these, that's all. Anyway, the decoration is more comfortable, and you can barely stay in it, right?

But for a long time, Congress was reluctant to pay for repairs, requiring the Prime Minister to pay for it out of his own pocket.

Even in the process of expansion, the Prime Minister's private residence was moved to the small top floor...that is, the servant's room in the past.

Insert a sentence, it is really good, it is worth installing, after all, there are many sources of books, all books, and updates are fast!

Shabby who? !

I'm the Prime Minister of Tangtang... just this treatment? ! !

So it's no wonder people don't want to live there.

Besides, if you pay for the maintenance yourself, and after you step down for a few years, won't it be cheaper to become the next prime minister?

Of course, not everyone is unwilling to live here.

For example, William Ewart Gladstone insisted on staying, and even the lights and telephones of 10 Downing Street were installed by him.

In order to appreciate the sentiments of the people, Gladstone often takes young prostitutes from the neighborhood back to No. 10 Downing Street... "Talk about it".

What is chat?

Not only injection, but also hanging water, lying there is to fish with her, with special treatment.

After the chat was over, it was natural that they hoped that they could... abandon the prostitute and follow the good.

What a great Prime Minister!

However, there is another important but inhumane reason why successive prime ministers are unwilling to live here:

That is the office, there is a small oil painting.

In the picture frame is a small man with a long silver wig and looks like a frog.

Not only can he move around and leave the picture frame freely, but he is also the... communicator of the Minister of Magic for all generations.

Whenever a minister visits, he will give advance notice.

But every time the Minister of Magic comes, he brings bad news.

that's true,

The Minister only appears when there is serious trouble in the wizarding world, possibly affecting Muggles.

It's affecting Muggles... any good news?

Who can stand it for so many years? !

As Prime Minister John Major who succeeded Margaret Thatcher and lived at 10 Downing Street, he has been thinking of resigning recently.

Fudge has been here several times in the past few years, and each time he brought bad news, which made him a little nervous.

However, he hadn't had time to retire. Today, the oil painting spoke again.

To Major's surprise, it was not Minister Fudge, who had visited him several times, but two young men.

Looking at the two young men who are outrageous, they can be wizards of their own grandson and granddaughter... Mei Jie hesitated again and again, but still opened his mouth and questioned:

"You two are really... wizards? So young, like students."

William is sitting on the sofa, holding a small dried fish, and fighting wits with a cat.

Hermione was sitting next to him, carefully flipping through the pamphlet issued by the Ministry of Magic.

When William heard the Prime Minister's words, he turned his head and smiled:

"There is no conflict between the student and the wizard, as if I am both a student...and a professor at the school."

He snapped his fingers, and the teacup on the table turned into a mouse.

The cat with black and white hair immediately rushed out, ran to the desk, and hooked the mouse with one paw.

This is the difference. If it is Bobo tea, let alone catching mice, you will not even look up when you pass by it.

And just six years ago, when Bobo Tea saw the owl delivering the letter for the first time, he jumped on it.

Mason was Prime Minister anyway and had seen Fudge cast magic, so William cast his magic and he barely calmed down.

After confirming that the young boy is really a wizard, he boldly said:

"Humphrey is a workaholic, he won't let a mouse go."

That's right, the cat's name is Humphrey.

It is a civil servant cat that only eats imperial food and has a serious preparation.

No. 10 Downing Street, with a long history and a large area, has always been plagued by rodents, which has caused headaches for successive prime ministers.

In 1924, then-Prime Minister MacDonald brought "Bill" to 10 Downing Street, and the first Chief Mouser was born.

As each trapper gets older, or is fired for being lazy, a new trapper takes over.

Therefore, it is known as the running British Prime Minister and the iron mousetrap minister.

Humphrey started out as a stray cat wandering around 10 Downing Street before being adopted by Mrs Thatcher.

And the name also comes from her favorite cabinet secretary.

Seeing that William liked Humphrey very much, Major almost said:

"It eats too many cookies, and the kidneys are not very good. Don't feed the cookies. You can try jerky. I have some here."

Major took the jerky from the drawer and handed it to William.

Then he squatted down slightly to please the young wizard, squatting in the corner... licking the cat.

William was not nervous at all, and chatted with him naturally.

He has contacted seven ministers, sent two to prison, and even talked and laughed with two Dark Lords... A British Prime Minister is nothing.

Major tentatively said, "Can you delay the meeting with the minister?

I'll be on the phone with Clinton in a while...you know Clinton? "

The prime minister apparently sees wizards as isolated people.

"The call can be rescheduled," William said without hesitation. "This meeting is very important and is related to British security."

"That's fine...but I probably know what Clinton wants to tell me." Major gloated a little.

"He hasn't had a good time lately. America seems to be in a mess."

Major didn't have much experience dealing with wizards, so he was going to find a topic to talk about.

He also prepared the topic of Clinton Bush Sr, ready to demonstrate his ability to be prime minister.

William couldn't help but want to laugh, and he muttered in his heart:

"Your future will be more difficult than Clinton's."

The war has begun... there will be all kinds of situations that Muggles don't understand.

More often, the public will surely question the ability of Major's government.

The war went on for a long time, and Major would definitely be ousted from power.

Major chatted with William for a while, and looked a little disappointed when he heard that the girl reading the booklet was his girlfriend.

His granddaughter was about the same age as William, and he wanted her to marry a wizard, so that he could inquire about the situation in the wizarding world.

It's a pity that this handsome and gentle guy... already has a girlfriend.

"By the way, what does Minister Fudge have to do with me this time?" Major asked.

"It's not that Fudge is looking for you, he has already stepped down and went to prison." William laughed.

Major was taken aback... Is the leader in jail? !

The political struggle of wizards is a bit scary, isn't it?

It's almost like a group of barbarians in South Korea... It's too insignificant.

However, Major's sense of superiority has come again, and it seems that Fudge... is not too much.

He suddenly looked down on this colleague a little, at least he wouldn't go in, and he wouldn't be impeached.

"What crime did Fudge commit? For not catching the criminal named Black the Wolf?"

Major remembers four years ago when Fudge popped up and said Black "little gray wolf" had escaped, making him wanted on the news.

William almost laughed out loud, but couldn't help correcting: "It's Sirius."

"But he's innocent," he explained:

"Fudge's resignation has nothing to do with this matter. He has done a lot of wrong things and has more charges, and it's not clear for a while."

Major was on guard.

The new minister is a ruthless character, not counting the removal of his predecessor, and a lot of accusations.

"Is your new minister so good?" Major asked, "Is it difficult to get along with?"

"No, Mrs. Burns is very nice and easy to get along with. And..." William smiled:

"Fudge was put in jail. It had nothing to do with Mrs. Burns. I got it in."

Looking at William's harmless face, Major's hand that was still on his shoulder suddenly stiffened.

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