NOVEL NEXT Chapter 79 A different "Modern History of Wizards" (page 1)
"This is real?"
Ron stared and opened his mouth.
"Of course, what fun would it be for me to lie to you kids?"
He, Percy, was sitting on the sofa in the common room, tapping the spine of a celebrity biography titled "From Tea Boy to Minister of Magic" with his fingernails, making a clicking sound.
After the Halloween dinner, Bourne started asking around, how to place an order for a custom-made broomstick from the factory?
Unexpectedly, after asking this question, he discovered a problem: even his Grandpa Horace didn't know how to customize a broom.
Horace's original plan was to go to the broomstick boutique and buy the most expensive broom for competitions for Bourne. This may be because he doesn't like riding brooms. The old man's understanding of this kind of alchemy prop is quite simple. The more expensive, the better.
In the end, Professor McGonagall, who was very good at Quidditch and broomsticks, gave Bourne some advice: go ask Percy, the Weasley family has access to this.
So Bourne grabbed Harry and Ron and found Percy in the common room. And Percy didn't hide anything, and told them about the Weasley family's network in a concise and clear manner.
This news will shock Ron for a whole year!
"There aren't many wizards in the UK, and it's normal for pure-blood families to be related to each other," Percy shrugged. "In fact, only outsiders like the Malfoy family like to emphasize... well, What a long family history.”
With that, Percy winked at his youngest brother. "Their family only has a history of two to three hundred years, and it relied on marriage with the traditional British pure-blood wizard family to get on the list of the 'Twenty-Eight Holy Pure-blood Wizard Families'."
"Then since our family is related to the owner of the broomstick factory, will we be able to buy cheap broomsticks in the future? Maybe they will even give them away..."
Although Ron was usually very interested in "speak ill of the Malfoys", at this time he wanted to know the answer to this question.
As a result, Percy poured cold water on him directly: "Unfortunately, this is impossible. The relationship between those people and us is not as close as you think.
Relatives are relatives, and business is business. They can clearly distinguish between them.
What's more, those people are only distant relatives of our Weasley family. "
Ron grinned depressedly.
Then, Percy told these little wizards about "distant relatives" and how they are "distant".
Or, from a certain perspective, he taught these little brothers a lesson.
The history of broomsticks used by European wizards can be traced back to 962 BC!
At that time, broomsticks were generally made at home, so there were problems such as insufficient polishing and non-aerodynamics, which resulted in a very poor user experience at the time.
Moreover, due to the limited magic level of the maker, the ordinary flying broom can only fly forward at one speed - it cannot perform complex activities such as rising, falling, pausing and so on.
The key is, it can’t fly far!
The broomstick at that time was just a means of transportation for short distances.
By the 12th century, wizards had learned to barter, and everyone began to trade brooms from professional craftsmen.
At this time, broomsticks, because their riding comfort had been greatly improved, so wizards not only regarded them as a mode of transportation, but also began to enjoy the fun of flying on broomsticks, which resulted in many broomstick games - Quirk The Diqi movement was also born at this time.
From the 15th century to the early 20th century, many broomstick crafting families like the wandmaking family Ollivanders gradually became very famous in the industry.
This list is very long. Let’s briefly summarize a few tasks to sort them out——
Elio Smeth: Invented the "Invisible Cushion Charm" in 1820, which brought the comfort level of riding a broomstick to its peak.
Elijah Grimm: The "Oak Arrow 79" made by Elijah Grimm became the first broomstick to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Ladis Booth: The "Moon Dream" produced by Ladis Booth has set a flight altitude record that has not yet been broken by other brooms.
Leonard Jewkes: The "Silver Arrow" produced by Leonard Jewkes became the first true "Quidditch broom" because of its excellent straight-line acceleration capabilities.
However, starting from the late 18th century, because they recognized the destructive power of Obscurus and witnessed the rapid development of Muggle society, some far-sighted elite wizards began step-by-step and precise operations.
The wizarding world began to gradually accept those young Muggle wizards who came from Muggle families and showed magical talents.
Take the UK as an example. Around the 19s, the number of wizards registered by the British Ministry of Magic exceeded 40 for the first time! (In 5000, this number reached 1991 to 2, most of which were contributed by wizards and their descendants from Muggle families.)
The expansion of the population base will inevitably bring about some changes in society, even in closed circles like the magical world, which appear to be very conservative even if they start to reform.
For example, in order to improve supply efficiency, the Ollivander family's wands began to use only cores made of three magical animal materials.
For another example, the production method of broomsticks, a popular "home alchemy tool", has transformed from the craftsman model to the factory model.
In 1926, three brothers, Bob, Bill and Barnaby Ollerton, founded the Sideways Broom Company and mass-produced their competition broom - the Sidesweep - which became an instant hit. success. Within a year, every Quidditch team in the UK was riding the product.
In 1929, two Falmouth Falcons athletes, Randolph Cage and Basil Horton, established another competition broom company, the Comet Trading Company, and launched the product "Comet 140", which broke the Austrian broom market. The LeTown brothers had a monopoly on the competition broom market.
"Comet Broom, the brake is easy to use!" This advertisement was published by Comet Trading Company in the Daily Prophet for a whole month!
From 1934 to 1937, the two broomstick companies Sideswipe and Comet continued to compete, and both sides continued to launch new products of their own.
At the same time, other broomstick manufacturing factories also sprung up all over Europe.
For example, the Black Forest Company launched a very elastic "string-free arrow" in 1940, but its speed still did not catch up with the Comet and Sweep series; in 1952, the Black Forest Company produced a new type of broom "Swift" , the speed has been greatly improved compared to the off-string arrow, but the lifting power is slightly insufficient, so it has not been favored by professional Quidditch teams.
In 1955, the Cosmic Broom Company developed the "Meteor Broom", which was the most affordable racing broom to date. It caused a short-lived craze at the time, but people soon discovered that the model's performance would improve rapidly after being used for a long time. decline. Later, Cosmic Broom Co., Ltd. also declared bankruptcy in 1978.
In 1967, the Nimbus Racing Broom Company came out with the "Nimbus 1000", which once again set off a wave of excitement.
Nimbus combines the safety of old-fashioned oak arrows with the maneuverability of the best sweep series, giving the broom a speed of one hundred miles an hour and the ability to make 360-degree turns anywhere in the air.