Chapter 297 Stealing Electricity
Chapter 297 Stealing Electricity
"William, long time no see." Anduin pushed open the door of a store, and sitting behind the counter inside was William, his friend from the Muggle orphanage.
"Haha, Boss Anduin, I haven't seen you for a few years and you are already taller than me." William was still the same, and when he saw Anduin, he rubbed his hands and came forward.
"It seems that you are doing well now." Anduin smiled gratifiedly when he saw that William was also in a suit and leather shoes, and looked talented. "I haven't had time to thank you for coming over to help."
"As soon as you were called, naturally you came to report for duty as soon as possible. We can have today because of your letters and guidance over the past few years. No matter what project to do or what stocks to buy, as long as we listen to you, we will be right." William grinned.
"Well, we are all brothers who came out of an orphanage, so naturally we are blessed to share." Anduin also grinned slightly.
In fact, during the period when he entered Hogwarts to study, he had been in touch with these old friends in the Muggle world, and under his suggestion, these childhood friends had also made a lot of money in the past two years, and of course some of them his stake.
"It seems that you have done everything I told you to do. This shop belongs to us now?" Anduin raised his head and looked around the inside of the shop. Except for the counter and a few shelves, there is currently It's still empty, and it looks like it's still in a state of half-decoration.
"It belongs to you. I bought this place in your name, but is there anything special about this shop? I don't think the road near here is very busy. What are you going to use it to sell?" William just said at the beginning of the year Suddenly received a letter from Anduin, asking him to help buy a designated store, but he didn't know exactly what to do.
"It doesn't matter if you sell electricity or not, it doesn't matter if you make money here, as long as it's open, it can help me." Anduin smiled slightly, but didn't give William a detailed explanation.
Then, under the leadership of William, he checked the shop inside and out, especially the circuit equipment in the shop.
"In this way, next, you can help contact the construction team to install the main switch in the basement, and then issue a certificate of installation for high-voltage electricity for me, and then purchase according to the drawings I drew, and install several high-frequency rheostats. Well, just put some light and electrical appliances at will, you don’t need to care about the business, as long as you continue to drive and use electricity normally.” Anduin tilted his head and ordered William one by one.
"Understood." Although William didn't understand, he still nodded obediently. Those who come out of the orphanage have been relying on Anduin's guidance to make money. If Anduin doesn't say anything, they won't talk too much. ask.
After explaining everything to William in detail, Anduin said goodbye to him, turned around and returned to Diagon Alley from the Leaky Cauldron at the corner of the street.
As soon as he entered his home in Diagon Alley, Anduin saw Hogg, who came back a step earlier, wrestling with the stairs.
The sudden appearance of Anduin obviously startled Hogg. Originally, he was gnawing on the stair column on the first floor, but after being frightened, he sprinted forward and directly squeezed his dog's head into the stair railing in the gap between.
Now his neck was firmly stuck by the railing, and he couldn't get out no matter what, he could only watch Anduin walking towards him step by step with a dark face.
"My lord, I, I didn't do it on purpose." Hogg said with a flattering expression on his face as he watched the figure getting closer and closer.
But Anduin ignored him, just walked straight to the stairs.
This made Hogg panic even more, and quickly covered his head with his dog's paw, "I'm sorry, my lord, I was wrong..."
Hogg thought Anduin was angry, so he could only beg for forgiveness tremblingly, but after a while, he didn't feel any movement, so he carefully pushed the dog's paw away and looked at Anduin.
Seeing this, Hogg realized that there was no sign of Anduin, and the other party ignored him at all, and went directly down the passage next to the stairs to the basement.
"My lord! Don't go, what should I do if you leave, my head is still stuck, help, help, my lord!"
Hearing the sound of Hogg crying and howling above his head, Anduin curled his lips in distaste, then closed the door leading to the basement, and rushed straight to his alchemy laboratory.
"Hogg, sooner or later, I will find a chance to deal with him, but now is not the time to care about these trivial matters." Anduin muttered a few words, and then walked quickly to the workbench.
He first took out a large piece of parchment and spread it out, and saw that it was a street plan. If someone is familiar with the wizarding world, he would quickly recognize that this is actually a map of the shops in Diagon Alley, or It is said that this includes Diagon Alley, the floor plan of this block.
Anduin took out a variety of drawing and measuring tools, and continued to measure and draw on the blueprint. After a while, the plan was covered with several lines.
Then Anduin kept groping on the wall of the basement, measuring something, and then took out a charcoal pencil, and started drawing on a certain stone wall, and after a while, he outlined a door-shaped pattern.
"The location and depth have been confirmed by the magic locator. It's not a big problem. As long as the decoration of the store is completed, we can start to decorate it." Anduin nodded in satisfaction after repeated confirmation.
The reason why he used his connections in the Muggle world to buy the shop outside Diagon Alley, and to tinker with these things here as soon as he got home, was because at Hogwarts, he finally got the design and preliminary testing of the magic lathe finished.
And this newly developed magic lathe can use the wild thunder spell as the core to convert electrical energy into magic power. With the magic power, the lathe can automatically process, enchant, and inscribe alchemy props.
But another problem that needs to be solved after having a lathe is the source of electric energy. It is not impossible to directly install a diesel generator in the laboratory to generate electricity directly.
But Anduin has tested that the magic lathe has a great demand for electric energy. After all, it is a reverse conversion, and there will be some losses to some extent. It is too troublesome to use diesel generators to supply it. Putting a generator in the room is not good-looking, it takes up space, and it smells bad. He doesn't plan to use it for a long time.
But there is no connection circuit in Diagon Alley, so if he doesn't want to generate electricity directly at home, he has only one choice, and that is to steal electricity from the Muggle world.
The electricity in the Muggle world is very sufficient, and it's no big deal for Anduin to connect a little bit to use it, but in order not to be discovered by the Muggles, he has to make some disguises, otherwise he will violate the secrecy law.
(End of this chapter)