Chapter 200: Entering Gringotts Again (Dog Meat Tycoon 20,000 Reward with Additional Update)

At the station, Mike said goodbye to Penello, carrying his suitcase alone and embarking on the road to the Leaky Cauldron.

At this time, London, as one of the world's largest metropolises, was very modern. The transportation system was very good. Buses, subways, and taxis had all appeared, so even if no one picked up Mike, he could still find him. The Leaky Cauldron.

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

At this time, London's taxis were still black and similar to classic cars. This kind of taxi, called Black Cab, was born in 1948. Like the taxis of later generations, this kind of taxi was equipped with an odometer. Can be stopped at any time.

In fact, black taxis were not mainstream in London at this time. Because these taxis were too expensive and very few in number, and the drivers often ripped people off, people preferred to use a type called mini taxis. Mini Cab taxi.

This kind of mini taxi requires you to call the taxi company. After stating your departure point 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 kind of car is that it is always available and the price is much cheaper than black taxis. If you are not satisfied with the price quoted by a certain taxi company, you can even negotiate with other companies to get a lower price.

Of course, a guy like Mike who was not short of money would not choose this method, so when he saw a black taxi parked on the roadside next to the station waiting for business, he got on it directly.

Mike, who only brought a small suitcase, arrived at his destination in a relaxed and comfortable way. After paying a total of thirty pounds in fare and tips, he got out of the car with the driver's respectful farewell and walked into the Leaky Cauldron Bar. .

I came to the Leaky Cauldron again after a year, and the people here drinking and chatting haven’t changed much.

Mike even saw several people who were watching the show when he had a conflict with the rude pure-blood wizard here, but even today, although Mike still remembers them, they no longer remember Mike.

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 because Mike's growth rate has been so fast this year. Both temperament and appearance have become the same as those of ordinary people. It was a completely different story two years ago.

After sighing for a while, Mike didn't have too much contact with the people in the bar. He went directly to the backyard and entered Diagon Alley through the passage in the wall.

Since today is the day when Hogwarts is on summer vacation, Diagon Alley is much busier than usual. Many students have been studying at school for a whole year, and they just drag their families to visit after the vacation. Shopping in Corner Alley. And their parents will try their best to meet all their requirements when facing children they have not seen for a long time. Of course, students who do poorly in exams are exceptions.

Therefore, the most popular stores in Diagon Alley today are not Flourish and Blotts Bookstore and Changing Ink Stationery Store, which were popular before school started, but the Jumping Magic Joke Store and Quidditch Boutique that specialize in all kinds of weird prank props. Of course, Mrs. Primpine's Beauty Potions Store, Mrs. Malkin's Robe Store, and the Extraordinary Clothing Store that specializes in all kinds of high-end clothing are also doing quite well. After all, women and children are always the best money earners in this world. of. Children may come once in a while 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 that of other children of the same age, so he did not stop in front of those shops. Instead, he walked on the path paved with soft stones and came to Gringotts.

Looking at the towering white building and the gleaming bronze door, Mike was touched in his heart and couldn't help but stop.

When he first came to the wizarding world two years ago, he was just a poor Muggle student. Unexpectedly, when he returned to his hometown just two years later, he had become a powerful wizard.

Beside the bronze door, the elf guard wearing a scarlet-gold uniform looked sideways at the young man in front of him who was watching Gringotts, with no trace of disdain in his eyes.

He had seen many people like Mike, most of whom were paupers from Muggle families. They would never take a serious look at such people.

This is not to say that this goblin guard is also a blood discriminator. In fact, all goblins treat the issue of blood and even race equally. There is only one kind of person they discriminate against, and that is the pauper.

In other words, if you are rich enough, even if you have just killed their whole family with your front feet, they will still hold your thighs with their back feet and want to recognize you as their godfather.

This is a goblin, a creature so greedy that there is no bottom line.

After letting out a soft breath, Mike came back to his senses and slowly walked into Gringotts.

Although the goblin guard despised Mike, his excellent professionalism still made him bow to Mike and open the door behind him.

After all, even if they are poor, as long as they come to Gringotts to do business, it will bring them benefits. Although the money is a little less, it is still money, right?

The goblin guard opened the silver door engraved with warnings. What appeared in front of Mike was a vast hall with many counters. There were about a hundred goblins busy at the counters to receive visitors. guest.

Some of them were scribbling something in large ledgers that were larger than their own size, some were using scales to weigh gold, and others were using magic goggles to identify gems.

Mike found a counter and sat on it. The goblin opposite him immediately stopped what he was doing and enthusiastically offered his worthless greeting with a trademark fake smile on his face.

"Sir! Good afternoon. Is there anything you need from me?"

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

The goblin who received Mike had a slight flash of disdain in his eyes after seeing Mike's suitcase. Judging from its many years of work experience, a little wizard of Mike's age simply couldn't afford many gold galleons, and Mike's suitcase It made it even more certain. After all, such a small suitcase couldn't hold many gold galleons at all.

But after Mike opened the suitcase, the fake smile on the goblin's face could no longer be maintained, because what appeared in front of it were a dozen traceless stretching bags.

This goblin naturally knew the price of the Traceless Stretch Spell Bag, so its attitude immediately became much more sincere, and it rubbed its hands and asked in a somewhat obscene manner:

"Sir, how many galleons do you want to deposit?"

The subtle changes in the goblin's expression just now naturally could not escape Mike's eyes, so he did not answer the goblin's question, but pretended to think for a while, and then said lightly:

"I can't remember either, just count them yourself."

Hearing the sound, the greedy goblin in his eyes could no longer restrain his inner desire. He couldn't wait to rush forward and opened one bag after another and began to count the gold galleons inside.

Since the currency of the wizarding world has its own magic of quantity statistics, the goblin did not spend too much time counting the gold coins that Mike carried this time.

"Sir, you need a treasury!" the goblin shouted in a high-pitched voice, "a total of thirty-five thousand six hundred and forty-three gold galleons, which is enough for a second-level treasury. If you agree If so, I will provide you with the vault for free, free of charge!”

The goblin did not explain to Mike what a secondary vault was, because in its opinion, anyone who could own such a large amount of wealth would definitely know what a secondary vault was.

In fact, its guess was quite correct. Due to occupational diseases, Mike did an in-depth study of Gringotts as soon as he came to the wizarding world. His current understanding of Gringotts is not to mention better than those who study Gringotts every day. There are a lot of fairies working in the Ling Pavilion, which definitely exceeds the average level in the wizarding world.

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

The first-level treasury specifically serves 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, and that is for a goblin to knock on the door using a special technique. And each vault has its own knocking 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. Those guards are fire dragons and sphinxes enslaved by fairies.

Different from the movie, there is not only one fire dragon underground in Gringotts. No one knows the exact number of fire dragons Gringotts has, but what is certain is that the number of these fire dragons must be above double digits.

Needless to say about the fire dragon, the Sphinx is a magical creature from Egypt. This creature has a sphinx body and a face. It loves to give people puzzles. If you can't answer them, it will eat you.

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

And because of its characteristics, it is often captured as a guard of secret rooms or treasure houses.

In the Harry Potter movies that Mike watched in his previous life, these creatures did not appear in the scene where Harry and others sneaked into Gringotts. That is because the Sphinx is a mythical beast in the eyes of the Egyptians, and its status is quite high. If If it is broadcast rashly, it will definitely affect the box office of the Harry Potter movie in Egypt.

In reality, the Sphinx is so miserable that it is almost used as a watchdog by wizards, and many of them are beaten, scolded, and even killed.

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 the sphinx, it is At the edge.

It is conceivable that if anything happens to Gringotts, these vaults will definitely be much more dangerous than the first-level vaults.

The level three vault is the vault with the lowest security level.

It is not protected by fire dragons and sphinxes, and the only way to open it is a key.

In addition, the second-level vault is specially prepared by Gringotts for customers whose savings exceed ten thousand gold galleons, while the lower limit of the third-level vault is one thousand gold galleons. As for those customers whose savings are less than one thousand gold galleons, they do not have exclusive vaults at all, and their money is stored in public vaults.

Then some people have to ask why the Weasley family in the original book is so poor, why they still have their own treasury.

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

This goblin's voice was very loud, so it attracted the attention of other goblins and wizards who were doing business around him.

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

Under the gaze of everyone, Mike closed his suitcase again and made a gesture with an expressionless face, indicating to the goblin to lead the way.

The goblin immediately understood, lowered his head and quickly wrote something on the account book in front of him. After a while, he tore off a piece of parchment, shouted to a goblin named Griphook, and handed the parchment to it.

"Sir, please come to me, and I will take you to select the vault." Griphook glanced at the parchment quickly, and then said flatteringly, "Do you have a favorite number between 600 and 700? ? If you have any, you can bring it up. If the vault is empty, I can take you to see it first."

"I don't have a particular favorite number here, as long as it's not 666."

"Okay sir, please follow me."

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

Its etiquette is very good. It slightly gives up half of its body to let Mike walk in the middle. This allows others to see at a glance that Mike walking behind is the real owner, and the pull ring in front is just a guide. .

It wasn't until the two of them disappeared at the entrance of the vault that the wizards who were doing business in the hall started talking.

"Who is that blond young man? He's worth thirty thousand gold galleons!"

"I don't know, he must be a young master from a big family."

At this time, a young wizard in somewhat old-fashioned clothes suddenly joined the conversation and said with certainty: "You are all wrong. He must be a Muggle-born wizard. Didn't you hear that he just said he didn't want vault 666? 666 It is 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 thirty thousand gold galleons?"

"Yeah, you lied to me and you have to draft it first!"

Everyone sarcastically laughed, but no one noticed that when the young wizard in old clothes heard the word mudblood, his invisible hands under the counter clenched tightly into fists.

He wasn't lying, because he was also a Muggle-born wizard.

Boss Xu, you said that if you have the money to reward me, you might as well treat me to barbecue. Isn’t the barbecue worth two hundred yuan delicious?