Chapter 241： Galleon, Galleon

Chapter 241 Gallon, Gallon

After entering December, it snows more frequently in Scotland.

Hogwarts Castle and the surrounding forest were covered with snow, and the surface of the black lake around the castle was re-frozen with a thick layer of solid ice. There was a new round of skating craze by the lake. Albert went there once and met the skating killer Katrina. This Miss McDougal still did not give up the idea of ​​learning to skate.

I don’t know whether it’s because of her poor talent or other reasons, but the smart Katrina just can’t learn to skate.

However, Albert wasn't too worried about meeting this skating killer while skating. Because he seldom goes back to the Black Lake for skating, in most of his free time, Albert and a few roommates have been looking for winter specialties - snow mushrooms in the woods around the school.

Snow mushroom, also known as cedar mushroom, is a fungus that only appears in winter when it snows. The number of matsutake mushrooms is rare, the taste is also good, and it has high medicinal value.

Of course, this thing is not easy to preserve. After leaving the cold snow, it is easy to deteriorate and rot. Usually, after picking snow mushrooms, they must be processed as soon as possible.

Of course, it can also be made into gourmet food directly. Roasted snow mushrooms are quite delicious and memorable.

Last year, Albert sliced ​​and roasted the snow mushrooms he dug up and ate, which almost made a few roommates feel distressed.

In pharmacies, snow mushrooms are extremely precious medicinal materials, but it doesn't mean that they can directly sell the snow mushrooms they dig up for a high price.

Although it is cruel to say this, the pharmacies in Diagon Alley do not accept unprocessed snow mushrooms. Even if they have been processed, the merchants will not want to buy them if they find that you are not a potions expert.

Processing snow mushrooms is a technical task, and the wrong way will directly lead to a decline in the quality of snow mushroom powder, which will seriously affect the effect of the manufactured medicine.

The black market does not lose a sales channel, and if Mundungus helps to sell it on the black market, it will definitely make a small profit. However, in Albert's view, this approach is a loss-making business.

During the circulation of commodities, middlemen are always the most blood-sucking link, especially in the black market.

Albert is not willing to suffer a big loss, not to mention selling magic raw materials directly is a very stupid way. If the raw materials can be processed into finished products, greater profits can be obtained.

"Store the snow mushroom powder first." Albert put the freshly picked snow mushrooms into a wooden box filled with snow, and mentioned the matter again to his roommates: "I don't agree to sell raw materials directly. , that is definitely the most loss-making business. If you want to sell your share of snow mushroom powder, I can help you contact Mundungus and ask him about the price of buying snow mushroom powder. How many Galleons did you get from Dungers?"

The four of them were busy in the woods for half an hour, but only found five snow mushrooms.

Of course, the main reason is that the number of snow mushrooms that can be found outside the Forbidden Forest is rapidly decreasing after a few people have scraped it.

Albert did not agree to venture into the Forbidden Forest, so they have been operating on the periphery.

However, the four of them were not just looking for snow mushrooms. Albert was also taking the time to draw a map of the Forbidden Forest, and roughly marked the location of the snow mushrooms on the map. It will be easier and more effective to pick snow mushrooms next year.

Hearing Albert's proposal, Fred and George were very conflicted. According to Albert, even if they sold the snow mushroom powder processed by Albert, they might not get many Galleons, at least The Galleons that should have been obtained will shrink by 50 to 80%. The black market price is indeed very expensive, but that is the price for black market merchants to cheat customers. Unless they are willing to go to the black market to sell it in person and find customers who are in urgent need of snow mushroom powder, otherwise Only to be slaughtered.

Albert never liked being ripped off, he preferred to ripped off other people's pockets, so he didn't agree with selling at low prices.

Both Fred and George hesitated. In their view, as long as they could sell a few Galleons, it would be worthwhile to find snow mushrooms by themselves, but they also understood that Albert's mind and thinking were stronger than theirs. Know what to do and how to make yourself a lot of money.

They finally agreed to let Albert handle these things, and there is another reason that Lee Jordan also agrees with Albert's approach.

"Albert would rather bake and eat the snow mushrooms he dug up than let himself suffer!" Li Qiaodan once said privately to the twins.

Actually, Albert once thought about selling snow mushroom powder to potion master Dagworth, but after thinking about it, he simply gave up. Dagworth has many channels to get snow mushroom powder, and he is also a little embarrassed. After all, he has no experience in processing snow mushroom powder, and the quality of the snow mushroom powder in storage can only be regarded as average.

The two parties are friends, there is no need for Garen to mess up the relationship because of this.

It is something that many people like to do in the previous life, but once this kind of thing is done, the friendship between the two parties will basically come to an end.

Of course, some people would be willing to sell it for a good price, but after careful consideration, Albert still felt that it was not worth it, so he never mentioned it.

"Go back, let's roast these snow mushrooms and eat them." Albert suddenly suggested on the way back to the castle.

"I love you so much." Lee Jordan couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Albert, but he didn't object, and said in a weird tone. The taste of snow mushrooms is indeed very good, and several people also found a lot of snow mushrooms this winter.

"It feels like a waste." Fred couldn't help muttering, he prefers to put Garen in his pocket than delicious food.

Although George didn't say a word, he probably thought the same way. Nothing is more real than Garen.

"Don't worry, Garen will come sooner or later." Lee Jordan comforted him. At this moment, Lee Jordan's mind was clearer than Fred and George's.

How to turn things into wealth is a technical job. If you want to earn Galleons, you must use your brain to find a way.

And Albert is obviously better at this aspect than them, so it is undoubtedly the most appropriate for him to handle the matter.

After all, a bottle of Buffy Brain Refreshing Tonic can be sold for a high price of ten Galleons, and several students have secretly asked if they can help get a bottle privately.

If snow mushroom powder is made into potions, the price will naturally be more expensive.

In fact, Albert really knew how to use snow fungus powder to further refine potions. After all, he had a good relationship with Dagworth, and he quickly got the formula for the energy recovery potion.

The preparation of the energy recovery potion is actually not difficult, but the raw materials used in the potion are some very expensive magic materials, so the price of a small bottle of the energy recovery potion is almost the same as that of the Felicia, and there is no market for it.

As for the effect of the energy recovery agent, just like its name, it replenishes the energy consumed by the person and quickly restores physical strength.

Of course, it also has the effect of nourishing the kidney.

It would be great if I could get the common sense of snow mushrooms like the mandrake.

Unfortunately, this kind of thing really only depends on the face.

At this time, a dog barked suddenly from a distance, and then they heard footsteps running towards this side quickly.

"What was that sound just now?" The three of them stopped and turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound.

"Does the dog bark?" George muttered.

"There must be nothing good anyway, leave quickly." Albert had already guessed what was going on, so he urged the three companions to leave here.

Although a bit late, Happy New Year's Day.

(end of this chapter)