Chapter 371 Industry(1/2)
"...There are a total of 350 workbenches, 400 pharmacists, 190 handymen, 28 administrators, and the monthly output of fresh white concentrate, hair growth, cough medicine and other daily potions is as high as 50,000 bottles. It is the largest pharmaceutical factory in Germany and almost supplies half of the market needs of Europe."
With Beckman's peaceful introduction, Link and Emily were fine, and Old Krei was already shocked and began to bite his fingers.
It is estimated that only he truly understood the terrifying existence such a factory is in the wizarding world with a very short population.
Beckman was very satisfied with Old Krey's reaction, so he turned his attention to Snape and asked with a smile:
"I heard that Professor Snape is one of the best potion masters in Europe. I wonder what you think of my factory?"
"Ha! Trash!"
Snape's answer was concise and Beckman was not angry, but nodded in agreement and said:
"Looking down as your Potion Master, you will naturally feel that this place is as low-level as a garbage dump.
After all, open-ended operations with great safety hazards are used here, and explosions often occur.
Moreover, the sanitary conditions of the site are very poor and the level of pharmaceutical personnel is very poor, which leads to the terrible quality of the potions made here.
But for ordinary wizards living at the bottom of society, this factory is simply a paradise.
It is precisely because of the existence of this factory that they can enjoy cheap and practical potions. It is also because of the existence of this factory that the squids who should have been stepped on the mud, starved to death or humiliated for a lifetime like pigs and dogs can earn a salary and use it to live.
Now, do you still think this factory is rubbish?”
Snape was silent.
Because he found out that what Beckman said seemed to be true.
Especially after seeing the squibs nesting in the corners to peel the toad's eyes or pretreat other raw materials, even if he is so heartless, he can't speak.
The rest of the people at the scene naturally had similar reactions.
Only Link was still feeling deeply disdain and sarcastic when he was thinking that unbearable and entangled.
He has seen too many such remarks and methods in his previous life.
It is obvious that capitalists are squeezing the surplus value of workers, but when they come to their mouths, it seems that they are doing good deeds.
If you have the ability, you can subsidize all the money you earn!
Link gave Beckman the deepest irony in his heart.
But he naturally wouldn't say such words. After all, the position he is sitting now is no different from Beckman. Exposing other people's routines is undoubtedly a harm to others and not benefiting oneself.
Seeing that everyone's expressions were almost the same as he expected, Beckman smiled with satisfaction.
Then he took everyone to the cement bungalow next door, which is said to be a studio specializing in the production of high-level magic potions.
Compared with the iron factory next to it, the conditions here are naturally much better, but strictly speaking, they are extremely limited.
This limitation is mainly reflected in the pharmacist's level.
Just looking at the stingy stirring movements of these pharmacists and the only 20% prolific rate and 5% excellent rate when making magical medicine, Link felt a burst of toothache.
At the same time, I couldn't help but sigh that the potion is indeed a cornerstone of the wizard world with magic, and pharmacists are really a profession that is famous for their scarcity and popularity.
You should know that even those pharmacists who are only considered inferior third-rate in Link's eyes can enjoy a weekly salary of 500 gallons and more excellent subsidies for Beckman.
The reason is that they have mastered multiple high-level potion formulas and can be manufactured, although the success rate is extremely low.
Link believed that Snape must have the same feeling, and maybe even stronger than him.
After all, Snape's strict requirements and arrogant personality have a deep understanding of the entire Hogwarts students.
In the senior class in Hogwarts, if a student makes the potion like those "senior" pharmacists, a scolding will definitely be inevitable.
However, after experiencing the incident in the iron factory, Snape remained silent and remained silent.
Now Beckman was finally satisfied.
Then, he took Link and his group to the next destination - the Beckman family's herbal plantation.
Compared to the previous pharmaceutical factories, the situation in the plantation is much better.
A large number of commonly used herbs such as white fresh, purple flowers, flowering bean pods, and barbotula are densely planted on nearly 10,000 acres of land.
At the center, there are also several huge greenhouses with shapes similar to Professor Sprout's glass classrooms, but the scale is dozens of times larger.
The temperature, humidity and other environmental factors in these greenhouses are cursed in a special range, and are specially used to cultivate precious medicinal materials such as Mandela and Dragon Scale Grass.
As a wizard who is still a Chinese in his heart, Link will feel sincerely better whenever he sees this kind of scene where "crops" are growing in the field.
The only thing that made him feel a little disliked here was that there were always a large number of peasant farmers, or serfs working in the fields, without any wisps, who were even wearing iron shackles.
Moreover, the identities and races of these serfs are not limited to humans, but also horsemen, fairies, giants, etc.
Such a scene reminded Link of many unpleasant things, and also made him look at those "crops" no longer so pure and joyful.
Snape, Emily and Old Kree have no strange thoughts about Link this time.
Among them, Old Krei looked at the serfs and crops with excitement and greed. Link probably imagined that he had imagined what kind of scene it would be when these industries came to the hands of the Fry family.
Emily was conquered by a large purple flower field.
Link must admit it at this point.
Flowers like purple flowers that are not as beautiful as the four seasons and can reflect beautiful purple light under the light are really beautiful.
Especially the appearance of a beautiful girl like Emily running and playing in the flower fields with a smirk and wearing a purple garland on her head makes Link a little addicted.
As for Snape.
Link originally thought this should be the most unlikely person to surrender.
After all, he was just kidnapped by Beckman with morality half an hour ago.
But after all, Link underestimated a true potion master's desire for precious medicinal materials.
In fact, when Beckman gave Snape the 300-year-old Mandelagrass produced by his own plantation greenhouse, Snape's attitude towards Beckman became instantly enthusiastic.
He even said arrogantly that the pharmacists in Beckman Pharmaceutical Factory were all garbage, and that all this precious medicinal material should be sold to him, a potion master.
Beckman couldn't deny this.
Link, on the other hand, has a new understanding of Snape's low emotional intelligence.
Then, Beckman took Link and his group to visit other industries under the Beckman family.
For example, the Beckman family uses offline stores for selling potions and other products, beauty salons specializing in luxury services, and book printing factories that cooperate with the German Ministry of Magic...
What impressed Link the most was the smuggling industry of the Beckman family.
Tax avoidance is always the most popular topic for the rich, and wizards and rich people are even more concerned about this phenomenon than muggles.
After all, many taxes collected by the Ministry of Magic are unreasonable and the amount is huge.
The most important thing is that the Ministry of Magic’s tax department also has super strong force.
There are actually Muggle society in this situation. For example, the famous US State Taxation Administration, they used a large number of examples to prove to the world one thing - in the land of the United States, if you may escape after killing someone, then as long as you dare to evade taxes, even if you escape to the ends of the world, you will be caught and clean and then shot.
The wizards are doing more straightforward in this regard.
Because the American tax department is strong, it still exists alone,
But the Ministry of Magic simply threw the duty of tax collection to a pure elite force such as the Auror Office!
In this harsh environment, smuggling naturally becomes the best choice for the rich.
After all, whether it is the door key, the Phantom Transfer Spell or the Traceless Expansion Spell, it makes smuggling extremely easy.
They call this avoiding the unreasonable exploitation of the Ministry of Magic and allowing the people to enjoy cheaper and more useful goods.
Well, does it sound very familiar?
It's right to be familiar.
This is how everyone does it.
Before heading to the Beckman family smuggling den, Link thought he would see a group of scars and hideous muscles on his body, like robbers and more like wizards.
This is an inherent impression that Link left after watching Muggle movies in his previous life.
But after actually arriving, Link was stunned.
Because what appeared in front of him was hundreds of domestic elves with missing arms and legs, constantly tied their bodies and applied traceless stretching spells to them, and packed them with large cannabis bags filled with goods for transportation.
This obviously exceeds the number of domestic elves that the Beckman family should have.
What's even more special is that these domestic elves do not have any passion when they work, and they are as slow as being lazy. The eyes of Link and others are not even respectful and extremely indifferent.
Link saw this situation a lot in his previous life. Those old fried dough sticks who were used to fishing in the company were like this.
But it is abnormal to appear in domestic elves.
Seeing the strange eyes of Link and others, Beckman chuckled and explained:
"Using domestic elves to smuggle is a very suitable move. Their Phantom Transfer Spell, which is different from ordinary wizards, can easily avoid most of the restrictions and reach their destination.
Most importantly, they are cheap.”
"Cheap? You mean, these house elves are asking for wages?"
Old Krei keenly noticed the point in Beckman's words and screamed.
To be continued...