Harry Potter: Dark Alchemy Chapter 13: Shopping
Although the specific population of the wizarding community is not very clear, in Wright's impression, the number of new students enrolled in Hogwarts each year is not very large, so by calculation, the total population of the wizarding community in the UK will not be very large. And based on Wright's experience in Diagon Alley just now, the industrial level of the wizarding world is not very high. Most of the goods sold in stores are handmade by the shopkeepers themselves, which means that the production of goods in these stores is likely to exist in the form of handcrafted workshops.
As the main participant in economic activities, the level of the producer is not high, and the number of commodities that can be provided is also very limited, which to a certain extent restricts the economic development in the wizarding world. Coupled with the chaotic currency value and complicated exchange in the wizarding world, this reduces the enthusiasm of wizard consumers to participate in economic activities.
If this is coupled with the population restriction factor, then a more intuitive and reliable conclusion can be made, that is, the overall economic volume of the wizarding world is relatively small.
At the same time, since the promulgation of the "International Secrecy Law", the wizarding circles of various countries have gradually separated from the Muggle circles, and the economies of the two sides have been almost completely out of touch for hundreds of years. Since he has not been to other countries, but these questions asked by Gringotts, who came to Britain today, made it easy for Wright to conclude that the fairies are almost completely not concerned with the development of economic theory in the Muggle world.
At least, the fairies have never heard of the term ‘arbitrage trading’.
Wright walked out of the hall and stopped at the bronze gate of Gringotts. He turned around and looked at the sign shining in the sun with a sneer.
During the six years in elementary school, Wright has not only read British elementary school textbooks. After discovering that his memory has been greatly enhanced, Wright also went to read many other books. Otherwise, how could he get a perfect score based on the things in the elementary school textbooks?
If you want to use a professional explanation, arbitrage trading refers to the use of the relevant market or the price difference between the relevant electronic contracts to conduct transactions in the opposite direction on the relevant market or the relevant electronic contracts, in order to make a profit with the expectation that the price difference changes Trading behavior.
Of course, if you want to change to a more common explanation, it is to buy silver in the Muggle world, then sell the silver in Gringotts, and then sell it in the Muggle world after replacing it with Kanon. Take advantage of the huge difference in the value of gold and silver in the Muggle world and the wizarding world to grab a lot of wealth.
Wright remembers that the median price ratio of gold to silver in the Muggle world is around 50. For investors in the Muggle world, if the ratio of gold to silver is greater than 50, then silver will have a further trend toward gold, and there will be more room for growth. For investors, buying silver is more profitable.
Anyway, the 1:17 ratio of gold to silver in the wizarding world is a high ratio for the price of silver. If the fairies don’t use protective magic on those Jin Jialong or have other ways to avoid this loss, So the method mentioned above must be profitable, or a big profit! Wright took this matter in his heart, in case he had no money in the future or he would become a collector.
Wright, who had exchanged Jin Jialong, began to wander around Diagon Alley slowly. Now that there is no pressure from school and orphanage, Wright is living in a completely free summer vacation. Don't worry about the shopping list. In fact, Wright is ready to rent a room in the Broken Cauldron for more than a month.
If you compare it to London outside, Diagon Alley can actually be regarded as the magical economic center of the UK. The area here is larger than Wright expected. In addition to the well-known Lihen Bookstore and Ollivander’s Wand Shop, there are many other shops here, excluding the stalls on the ground.
Wright bought a suitcase from the Wise Eck magic supplies store. The suitcase was cast with the Unmarking Stretching Curse. The space inside is about 75 cubic meters in size, which is almost a five-fold. A small room of five by three, but this suitcase is still very different from Wright's expectation.
First of all, in terms of price, Wright originally thought that the price of this kind of box would not be very high, because the students could learn it in Hogwarts, but the clerk told him how to make this kind of box. It needs to be approved by the Ministry of Magic. In other words, the box made by the wizard himself with the non-marking stretch curse is actually illegal...
This regular suitcase cost Wright fifteen gold gallons, but the only good news is that after Wright learns the Traceless Stretching Curse in the future, he can continue to expand its space by himself.
The other is that the storage function of the box is too far from what Wright thought. Wright originally thought that this kind of suitcase would be like Doraemon's four-dimensional pocket, storing things at will, as long as you put your hand into the box, think about it, and then the things you want will jump into your hands. However, in fact, this suitcase is too far from what you imagined! When Wright needs to take something, he has to get into the suitcase by himself, find the corresponding item from it, and then climb out of the ladder...
"What's the matter? Not satisfied?" The clerk in the Wezeeeck magic supplies store couldn't help asking when seeing Wright frowning in and out of the box.
"Uh, yes, this box is a bit far from what I thought." Wright said bluntly.
"Actually, I also think this is very troublesome." The male clerk shrugged, "But if you are only going to store those inanimate items in your suitcase, you will be It’s much more convenient."
"Then ~ IndoMTL.com~ what else can you do?" Wright asked, "Do you still have that kind of magical items that have been cast on the fetching curse?"
"Then what you need should be a deformed lizard pocket. This pocket is made of deformed lizard skin." The clerk pointed to the silver-green bag next to Wright's suitcase. Object spells and expansion spells that make it impossible for outsiders to detect, and it will automatically shrink when a stranger approaches. It is also difficult for thieves to steal pockets made of deformed lizard skin."
"Very good! How much is this bag?" Wright's eyes lit up. But the deformed lizard pocket is too ugly. Since the deformed lizard is called MOKE, let's call it the Moke bag!
"This bag is very precious!" The clerk's face showed an expression on the market, "It's also a fifteen gold plus one."
"No problem! Give me one." Wright said readily.
After paying another fifteen gold gallons, Wright tied the bag around his waist, and then walked out of the magic supply store. However, his next stop was not a magic wand shop, but a shop specializing in Mrs. Morkin's robes, which was a clothing shop that contracted Hogwarts school uniforms.
The speed of making clothes in the wizarding world is also very magical. Wright quickly got his school uniform, including wizard robes, wizard hat, protective gloves, and cloak.
The next stop is the Lihen Bookstore next to it, and the textbook purchase process went smoothly. Due to the fact that Hogwarts students' textbooks will hardly change, the clerk at Lihen Bookstore will make preparations every time during the summer vacation, putting all the textbooks needed for each grade in a pile.
The next stop is the pot shop, then the drug store, then the grocery store, and then the stationery store.
Finally, it is the Ollivander Wand Shop.