Chapter 34 Where Does the Money Come From?

Chapter 34 34. Where does the money come from?

Fir trees can be used directly as Christmas trees. The place used to celebrate Christmas must have been carefully selected by Hagrid.

There are more than 60 teachers and students in their school. It is not a lot, but it is not a small number.

If they celebrate in a crowded place, it will also attract people's attention even in the Muggle society, so they can only choose a secluded place with no people.

It is not easy to find a place with good scenery, no people, and suitable for celebrating Christmas.

As soon as Flitwick got off the carriage, he drew a range around where students could move freely, and also cast a Muggle-repelling spell. Even if there were Muggles who accidentally came to the vicinity, they would leave directly because they suddenly remembered that they had other urgent things to do.

The little wizards played in the snow. Today was a rare time for them to move freely.

At this time, the professors were busy decorating the Christmas decorations. Of course, celebrating the festival is not just about having a big meal. The more you are displaced, the more you should have a sense of ceremony.

Ron, Justin and Lavender went to play snowballs with the Weasley twins. Jon and Neville found a small frozen lake in a corner of the open space. Several senior girls were skating carefully on it.

It seemed that they were playing this sport for the first time. They only dared to jog on the ice and then slide forward a few meters. The colorful scarves fluttered behind them, which made the girls laugh happily.

"It would be nice if the school could offer flying classes." Neville looked at the girls and seemed to have thought of something. "Hogwarts used to teach students how to fly on broomsticks, but now that we are in a carriage, we have no way to get involved in this sport."

"Because the venue is limited, we can't fly on the carriage, and the professors can't stop the carriage frequently for a class, that's too dangerous. Or maybe we can't buy a broomstick?"

Jon's last question was a bit meaningful, but Neville didn't hear it. He thought about it and answered.

"It's unlikely that we can't buy a broomstick. In fact, a flying broomstick doesn't have any high technical content. Many magic transportation companies can make it, although the price is indeed not cheap."

Jon looked at the senior students who helped to move the rich food out of the carriage under the command of Professor McGonagall, and suddenly asked a question.

"You said that we eat, drink, wear and use all day long, and the amount for 50 or 60 people is not bad, and the quality of life is not bad. Where do these things come from? It can't be snatched from Muggles by magic, right?"

Neville shook his head subconsciously.

"Of course not! Professors won't do that kind of thing. The things we use in life now must be bought with money."

"Then the professors usually teach us, and we don't have to pay tuition to come to school. Where do they get the money to buy them?" Jon said softly.

Neville was stunned by Jon's question, because few students would think about this aspect. They usually eat, drink, wear, study and use everything. Naturally, no one would think about where these things come from.

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

It can't be that the professors give them lessons during the day and go out to work odd jobs at night to earn money, right?

Neville was asked by this question. He thought about it for a long time before he came up with a guess that could barely explain it.

"There are definitely more people who are resisting the Dark Lord than just our Hogwarts. There is also a wizard organization called the Order of the Phoenix with Professor Dumbledore as the core, and several pure-blood wizard families. Our expenses in school should all be funded by them."

Jon nodded.

"Well, maybe so."

But in fact, he knew very well that Neville's statement was completely unexplainable. Since Voldemort has already controlled the entire British wizarding world, he will inevitably suppress Dumbledore's power 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 the members are wizards with faith and persistence, who regard money as dirt and do not want salaries as long as they can maintain basic living.

Then they have to spend money to buy potions when they are injured, right? Collecting intelligence and information requires spending money to buy relationships, right? If someone sacrifices, his family should be compensated, at least to ensure that life can continue, right? These are all huge expenses.

The pure-blood families that supported Dumbledore, including the Weasleys and the Longbottoms, were not poor, but they were not rich. Moreover, since they had clearly chosen to stand on Dumbledore's side, their assets in the wizarding world would inevitably be suppressed. It was already great that they could be self-sufficient, and it was basically impossible for them 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 support from other wizarding forces outside the UK, but if that was the case, why did he have to stay in the UK?

The carriage carrying Hogwarts ran non-stop every day, but it never left the UK.

Jon has no information channel to understand what the international situation of the wizarding world is like, but the situation is definitely not optimistic for Dumbledore, otherwise the entire Hogwarts would not have fallen to this point.

In fact, Jon already has a reasonable answer to this question in his mind.

But he did not tell Neville this answer, because from the situation that happened in the carriage during this period, some people with malicious intent came for this answer.

He can naturally trust Neville, but it is impossible to trust everyone in the carriage. From now on, it is better to leave such things to the professor.

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

Compared with the professors who are powerful and have experienced countless wars, he, a first-year freshman who has just learned a few simple spells, does not 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 mean to hit it! Jon! It was Ron! He used a spell to change the trajectory of my snowball!" Justin explained hurriedly.

Ron cheered beside him: "He did it on purpose! I saw it! Lavender can also testify!"

Lavender covered her face with her cotton gloves, and her hat with a pompom swayed with the swing of her head.

"I didn't see anything."

Jon's face was dark, and he grabbed two balls of snow from the ground and rolled them into balls.

"No matter who it is, you just have to do it one by one."

Justin and Ron shouted and ran away. Neville also excitedly grabbed a snowball from the ground and followed Jon to chase in the direction where Ron and the others ran away.

"I'll help you!"

The open space in the woods was full of laughter. The students of Hogwarts were really happy today, just like the professors wished.