Chinese students at Hogwarts

From the next day until noon, Zhang Xiao had an expectant and happy smile on his face.

This made Malfoy wonder if he had picked up a bag full of gold galleons, and even Professor Flitwick couldn't help but give him an extra point during class.

The reason is that "in this gloomy and cold weather, Zhang's cheerful smile warmed his mood."

Finally, when it was time for lunch, Malfoy couldn't help but asked:

"Zhang, did you drink pumpkin juice mixed with inferior euphoria this morning?"

Malfoy asked this because of Professor Snape, who frequently threatened students of all years (mainly Gryffindors) in class.

They said they would mix the "junk" they brewed into pumpkin juice for them to drink.

It just so happened that the 3rd grade students just practiced brewing euphoria yesterday.

Zhang Xiao didn't answer, but took Malfoy to the place where he often did it. This was also the appointment he made with the elf.

Generally speaking, students have their own fixed place to eat, and they won't change it if they get used to it.

Malfoy followed Zhang Xiao and sat down with a puzzled look on his face. He said worriedly:

"Zhang, our confinement is about to begin, and that's the Forbidden Forest! The Forbidden Forest!

My father also wrote to Dumbledore, but he completely ignored my father's representations and insisted on asking students to abide by the school's rules.

He is such a stubborn old man! you say"

Malfoy's eyes suddenly widened, and he pointed incoherently at something that suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Xiao and asked:

"What's going on? Why is the thing in front of you different from us? How did you do it?"

Suddenly, tableware that was completely different from other students appeared in front of Zhang Xiao.

His things were all prepared by his parents, and naturally they were not ordinary tableware.

The delicate white ivory chopstick handles are engraved with complex and exquisite patterns and filled with gold wire drawing. This pair of chopsticks with a history of hundreds of years is the most inconspicuous among the entire set of tableware.

The plate with tomatoes and scrambled eggs was made of Yuan blue and white flowers. There was nothing I could do about it. During the Yuan Dynasty, the emperor sent a lot of them. Being secular does not mean being a Taoist.

The small bowl filled with rice was a porcelain bowl from Ru kiln. There was no other way, so the Emperor of the Song Dynasty also gave a lot of it as a gift.

The soup bowls were made from Chenghua Doucai, and the main color was colorful. There was no other way, so the emperor of the Ming Dynasty also gave a lot of them as gifts.

Originally, Zhang Xiao was given complete sets of tableware, but the elf's aesthetics have always been weird, so he probably matched them according to their preferences.

This is not a big problem, anyway, it is comfortable to eat home-cooked food.

Malfoy's eyes almost popped out of his head. Britain's pursuit of Chinese porcelain has lasted almost until modern times.

They are also the country that plunders the most cultural relics. No one in Japan can compare with this second father. Although the wizarding world did not participate in it, before the Secrecy Act, the division between wizards and Muggles was not very powerful.

The Muggle aristocracy's pursuit of porcelain and silk also affected this group of wizards, and Malfoy's eyesight could certainly see the exquisiteness of these porcelains.

Similarly, there were many children from other wealthy families in Slytherin. They stared at Zhang Xiao's tableware and completely different food, and discussed in low voices.

Some of the purebloods who chose to cooperate with Longhushan expressed happiness and appreciation, while the other hostile ones expressed jealousy and displeasure.

This place is different from the East. There is no market for being reserved and modest. Only high-profile and appropriate display of strength will reassure them.

Just like the more outstanding Zhang Xiao is, the more confident those purebloods who are attached to him will be.

Voldemort understood this psychology very well.

If he has always been low-key and humble, he would smile implicitly when meeting people and say, "Just call me Xiaofu or Xiaotang."

Which pureblood would be stupid enough to follow him.

"Would you like some?" Zhang Xiao picked up the dinner plate and asked

Malfoy pursed his lips, nodded sheepishly, and then asked enviously:

"Where did you buy these porcelains? I also have very beautiful porcelain at home, which is precious bone china, but I think yours is more beautiful!

There is an oriental beauty! "

Zhang Xiao gave a small portion to Malfoy's plate, thought about it and asked:

"Draco, does your family still have contact with Muggle dignitaries?"

Malfoy immediately became nervous. He turned around and looked around, then leaned over and asked softly:

"Shhh! This is a topic that cannot be discussed, but you are right. We still have contact with Muggle dignitaries. My mother told me that many things in the house were shipped from Muggle society.

You know, the Wizarding Secrecy! "

Zhang Xiao nodded. The news did not surprise him. The British wizarding society was too small, making it difficult to operate as an independent and closed society.

According to estimates, the entire British wizarding community does not exceed 30,000 people (Note 1)

Therefore, contact with Muggle society is almost inevitable.

He tapped his tableware lightly with chopsticks and said seriously:

"Draco, tell your family that if you can persuade the Muggle dignitaries to return 100 cultural relics looted from Chinese Muggles, and the scene must be huge, I will give you a set of this Yuan blue and white."

Malfoy was taken aback, and he stammered:

"You are so strong, how can someone steal something from you?"

A trace of gloom flashed across Zhang Xiao's face. He shook his head and said vaguely:

"We can't interfere in the affairs of Muggle society. Let me put it this way. You are getting a huge advantage. Do you know how much this set of Yuanqinghua is worth?

It's hard to define in gold galleons, but in pounds sterling it's easy to get tens of millions of pounds. "

This is true, provided that Daomen does not take out its own inventory and cause the market to plummet.

Tens of millions! Malfoy's face turned red. He really didn't understand the relationship between galleons and pounds, but he learned one thing from the few words he occasionally heard from his parents.

That is, the purchasing power of the pound is also very strong! Even these purebloods secretly developed a new way of trading.

Magic items are settled in galleons, and other items are settled in pounds!

Zhang Xiao's idea is much simpler. Yuan Qinghua is not valuable to them, but the motherland is still at a low ebb at this time.

If the British dignitaries make a grand gesture of returning cultural relics, it will surely boost the morale and confidence of the people back home.

As for using magical power to secretly steal all the British Museum, he had never thought about such a thing. Either he would return them all honestly, or he would leave them there as a shame!

Malfoy thought for a while and decided to write a letter to his parents later to ask. He looked at Zhang Xiao's eating utensils in a daze.

I just feel that the world is full of absurdities.

Someone eating out of something worth tens of millions of pounds? ? ?

Soon, Zhang's tableware and meals spread among the little wizards.

1. Recommendation ticket 2. Monthly ticket

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Note 1: Aunt Luo herself set the number of wizards in Britain to be about 3,000. Oh, such bad mathematics!

I have always felt that the lives of purebloods should be very interesting, but it is a pity that the perspective of the original novel never paid attention to this aspect.

Based on the deduction from the original work, I feel that purebloods will never sever ties with Muggles, and secret contact is inevitable.