Mysterious Journey
Chapter 1038 The Empress's Chessboard
Although many wizards still consider goblins to be subservient to them, regarding them as some kind of inferior creature.
However, it has proven that in today's magical civilization, goblins are the only magical race intelligent enough to hold their own against wizards.
Historically, conflicts often erupted between goblins and wizards, but they were never driven out of the civilized world like other magical races – such as giants, centaurs, merpeople, and pixies – to the point of erasing their civilization, and subjected to generations of enslavement by wizards.
Goblins manage Gringotts, and to a large extent control the market economy of wizarding society.
At the same time, metal products made by goblins, especially magical silverware, have always been sought after by wizards and are of great value.
Due to the significant differences between goblins and wizards in political and social aspects, the Ministries of Magic of various countries and the International Confederation of Wizards have repeatedly enacted special legislation targeting goblins to restrict their various rights, subtly castrating everything about goblin civilization with dull knives.
If he hadn't been pushed to the brink, Leos wouldn't have betrayed the council of elders to seek the hope of rebirth.
And when Leos discovered that the ambition and vision in the "Goblin Queen's" heart far exceeded everyone's imagination, the situation was no longer something he could control. His only wish was that this "Goblin Queen" could continue to be victorious.
Compared to the historically prominent dark lords and politicians, Eileen's flaw of being "kind" has become her greatest advantage.
Although, this Goblin Queen only shows her precious kindness at certain times.
And in most cases, Her Majesty's kindness comes at a price.
For example…
Leos looked at the proposal in his hand with a melancholic expression.
Unlike those young goblins, as an old guy in his two hundreds, he had seen too many "costs."
He witnessed the indestructible Bastille burning fiercely in the fire, he saw the corpses hanging on the city street lamps changing from big capitalists to members of the Paris Commune, and he witnessed how the once invincible Third Reich of Germany disintegrated in the red torrent...
Of course, there was also the bell that failed to ring again last Christmas in the distant Red Square in Moscow...
Those sigh-worthy ideals and revolutions eventually disappeared with time, like the increasingly blurred goblin inscriptions on the edges of old Galleons.
And now, Gringotts goblins also stand in the center of the tide of the times.
But for Leos, he doesn't need to think about those things that are too far away.
He is already very old, and perhaps he will leave before Dumbledore and Grindelwald, this batch of old wizards, pass away.
"Inspection team, Audit Team Two, count the number of people, we are ready to go—"
Leos clenched the parchment in his hand, a fierce look appearing on his aged face.
"Let's go, we should go to America to end the division. Only the blood of traitors can clean the Galleons stained with filth. After this audit and cleanup is over, we will usher in the most powerful Gringotts in history—praise the supreme Goblin Queen!"
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Are bank and tax bureau employees considered proletarians?
Of course, they are.
Well, this statement seems a bit strange when applied to the goblins of Gringotts, but theoretically there is definitely no problem.
As goblins who pursue profit, if they become the "proletariat" in the wizarding world, then their combat effectiveness in the future may far exceed the workers in the non-magical world. The goblins, the incarnation of capital in the old society, become proletarian fighters resisting capital in the new era?
Although doing so always feels a bit uneasy, but due to the goblins' non-human race, this is the only way out...
In a way, this should also be considered a fairy tale ending, right?
The reform of magical society must be promoted step by step.
Although Eileen has formulated a large number of plans and buried a lot of hidden pieces.
Even for the vast future of worker movements and proletarian revolutions after the completion of "magical capitalization"... these broad futures are arranged.
But these plans are obviously not something that can be achieved in a short period of time. The time span may even be calculated in terms of ten or twenty years.
Considering the current backward productivity of the magical era, the industrialized industry does not exist at all. Most of the basic magical industries rely on scattered production like small workshops. Even the Flying Broomstick Company is just a slightly larger processing plant, and the progress of many plans must come slowly.
What's more, progress in basic academic fields is also a problem.
Currently, many applied magic at Hogwarts are still in the process of transitioning from the laboratory to industry, not to mention the widespread expansion in the wizarding world.
As the "Fool," the fake prophet, her most important responsibility is to tell everyone what to do first.
After the meeting, Eileen returned directly to the Headmaster's office at Hogwarts through the Floo Network.
Dumbledore and Grindelwald were both there, and they seemed to be communicating about some lines of the script - "阿不是·邓布利多(A Bu Shi · Deng Bu Li Duo)" rehearses and reviews every time before and after going out. Eileen and Dumbledore have highly consistent views on this point.
"I told you, those Ministry of Magic officials didn't even say a few words to me—"
When Eileen passed through the fireplace and appeared in the office, Grindelwald said impatiently.
"As for the expressions and actions, just keep smiling. There is nothing worth communicating about. Almost all of them are conversations without substance. If you may talk about these things later, just pretend that you can't remember them. If you are still not satisfied, you can deal with it yourself next time—"
He ignored Dumbledore and turned to look at Eileen, who had just returned from Gringotts.
"How is it? There shouldn't be any problems with the Gringotts goblins, right?"
"Leos stood up and questioned it a bit, but the final result is good."
Eileen shrugged and casually recounted the questions and answers that occurred in the underground conference hall.
"So, the goblins handed over the right to mint coins so readily?" Grindelwald raised an eyebrow.
"Even gave up the industry, and agreed?" Dumbledore also had the same expression.
"Is that strange?"
Eileen glanced at the two old men curiously, and said calmly.
"The goblins of Gringotts Wizarding Bank never thought of being hostile to wizards."
"Besides, what happened a few months ago also proved that they are in danger. If they don't make some changes and compromises, then Gringotts Wizarding Bank would not have existed for so many years, but the goblins hope to get a promise—"
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