In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

   Chapter 34 34. Where does the money come from?

  The fir tree is a tree species that can be directly used as a Christmas tree. The place used to celebrate Christmas must have been carefully selected by Hagrid.

  In their school, there are more than 60 teachers and students. The number is not too many, but it is not too many.

  If the celebration is held in a crowded place, even in Muggle society, it will also attract people's attention, so you can only choose a secluded place.

   It must have good scenery, be free of people, and be suitable for celebrating Christmas. Such a place is really hard to find.

Immediately after getting off the carriage, Flitwick drew around the area where the students could move freely, and also cast the Muggle Repelling Curse. Even if there are Muggles who come here unintentionally, they will Because he suddenly remembered that he had other urgent things to do, he left directly.

  The little wizards played in the snow, and today is a rare time for them to play freely.

At this time, the professors are busy arranging Christmas decorations. Of course, the festival is not just a simple meal. feel.

Ron Justin and Lavender went to the Weasley twins to play snowball fights together. Jon and Neville found a small frozen lake in the corner of the clearing. girls are skating carefully on it.

  It seems that they are playing this kind of sport for the first time. They only dare to trot two steps on the ice and then slide forward for a few meters. The colorful scarves are floating behind them, but this has already made the girls laugh happily.

"It would be great if there were flying lessons in the school." Neville looked at the girls, as if thinking of something, "Hogwarts used to teach students how to fly on broomsticks, but now Because we were in the carriage, we didn't have access to the sport."

   "Because the venue is limited, we can't fly in the carriage, and the professors can't stop the carriage frequently for a class. It's too dangerous. Or maybe it's because they can't buy broomsticks?"

  Jon's last question was full of deep meaning, but Neville didn't hear it, he thought for a while and answered.

   "It's unlikely that you can't buy a broom. Flying brooms don't actually have any high technical content. There are many magic transportation companies that can make them, although the price is indeed not cheap."

  Jon saw that there were senior students helping, and under the command of Professor McGonagall, he moved the rich ingredients out of the carriage, and suddenly asked.

"You said that we eat, drink, wear and use all day, and the amount used by fifty or sixty people is quite a lot, and the quality of life is not bad. How did these things come from? They can't be snatched from Muggles by magic. Bar?"

  Neville subconsciously shook his head and said.

   "Of course it's impossible! Professors won't do that kind of thing. The things we use in our daily life must be bought with money."

   "The professors usually give us classes, and we don't need to pay tuition fees when they come to school. Where do they get the money to buy?" Jon said softly.

Neville was stunned by Jon's question, because few students would think about this aspect. They usually have everything they need to eat, drink, wear and learn. Naturally, no one would think about what these things are how come.

   But now that the whole of Hogwarts is displaced, and the purchase of wands is controlled, the school's financial resources must also be restricted. Where do they get the money for their daily lives?

   It can’t be that the professors teach them during the day and go out to do odd jobs at night to earn it?

  Neville was stumped by this question, and after struggling for a long time, he came up with a conjecture that was barely explainable.

"The people who rebel against the Dark Lord are definitely not only our Hogwarts, but also a wizarding organization with Professor Dumbledore at its core, the Order of the Phoenix, and several pure-blood wizarding families. Our school expenses should be all They funded it."

  Jon nodded.

   "Well, maybe so."

   But in fact, he knew very well that Neville's statement couldn't be explained at all. Since Voldemort had already controlled the entire British wizarding world, he would definitely suppress Dumbledore's forces in an all-round way.

  At this time, the Order of the Phoenix must also need a large amount of wealth to maintain the operation of the organization. Even if its members are all wizards with faith and perseverance, money is like dung, and as long as they maintain basic living, they don't need salary.

  Then they also need to spend money to buy potions when they are injured? Gathering intelligence and data requires spending money to buy relationships, right? Someone sacrificed to give his family a pension, at least to ensure that life can continue, right? These are all huge expenses.

And the few pure-blood families who supported Dumbledore, including the Weasley family, the Longbottom family, etc., even if they were not poor ghosts, they could not be called rich and powerful families, and since they had a clear stand and chose to stand On Dumbledore's side, their assets in the wizarding world are bound to be suppressed. Being self-sufficient is already very powerful, and it is basically impossible to provide any major support to Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix.

  Of course, with Dumbledore's international reputation, he might be able to get the support of other wizarding forces from outside the UK, but if that's the case, why does he still have to stay in the UK?

  The carriage carrying Hogwarts runs non-stop every day, but it has never left the border of England.

Jon has no information channels to know what kind of situation the international situation of the magic world is in at present, but the situation is definitely not optimistic for Dumbledore, otherwise the whole of Hogwarts will not be reduced to this point .

  This question actually has a reasonable answer in Jon's mind.

   It's just that he didn't tell Neville this answer, because judging from what happened in the carriage during this period, some malicious people came here for this answer.

  Of course he could trust Neville, but he couldn't trust everyone in the carriage. From the current point of view, it's better to leave such matters to the professor.

  Jon is not some brainless reckless man. He is very self-aware. He knows that no one is smarter than anyone else in this world. What he can think of, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall can naturally think of them.

  Compared to the powerful professor who has gone through countless battles, he is a first-year freshman who has just learned a few simple spells, so he doesn't need to worry so much.

   Just as he was thinking, a snowball suddenly hit his head, making his brain stunned on the spot.

   "I didn't want to smash it! Jon! It was Ron! He used a spell to change the trajectory of my snowball!" Justin hurriedly explained.

  Ron booed from the side: "He did it on purpose! I saw it! Lavender can also testify!"

   Lavender covered her face with her hands in cotton gloves, and her pom-pom hat swayed with the movement of her head.

   "I don't see anything."

  With a dark face, Jon grabbed two **** of snow from the ground and kneaded them into balls.

   "No matter who it is, just come one by one."

  Justin and Ron screamed and ran away into the distance. Neville also excitedly grabbed a snowball from the ground, followed Jon and chased in the direction Ron and the others were fleeing.

"let me help you!"

  This clearing in the woods is full of laughter, and the students of Hogwarts are really happy today, as the professors wished.

  (end of this chapter)