At present, Flanders has two sums of money, one is the 1,000 gold galon "study grant" rewarded by the system, and the other is 500 pounds funded by Mr. Granger.
It must be said that Mr. Granger is quite generous. 500 pounds is a considerable amount at present, which is already very generous for an ordinary junior high school student, but he doesn't know that it is inconvenient to exchange money in the Muggle world.
The money rewarded by the system is saved in the Wizard's Bank. Flanders only has a vault key in his hand, and the vault number is 712.
After leaving the Granger family, Hagrid took Flanders on the tram.
On the tram, Flanders asked, "Are we going to buy something later?" I may need to go to the Wizard's Bank first. I have some pounds, and..."
Haig was surprised and said, "You seem to know very well. We are indeed going to Diagon Lane to buy something we need. I'll take you to Guling Pavilion later. It's a bank managed by Goblins. The money used by Muggles can be exchanged for a certain proportion of Jin Garong there. However, there are many exchange restrictions. Fortunately, you are a freshman. With the admission notice, they will give you a certain amount of exchange.
Flanders nodded, and then asked curiously, "I heard that Goblin can use magic. Who is more powerful than the wizard?"
"Yes, the magic of goblins is an ancient magic, and they have a certain talent in this regard! However, in front of some powerful wizards, goblins are still very weak. Haig's tone was a little unconvinced.
"Oh, so that's it."
"Of course, the Guling Pavilion guarded by goblins is quite safe. There is no need to worry about being stolen by money and valuable things." Haig added.
Unexpectedly, he unknowingly set up a flag for Gulingge that could fall at any time.
The two chatted in the car, and Flanders knew more about the wizarding world and knew what kind of school supplies to buy.
...
After the tram stopped at a station, Haig led Flanders to get off the bus and turned to a place that looked very dirty.
Haig pointed to the front and said, "This is the Broken Cauldron Bar. We will go from here to the diagonal alley later, where you can buy everything you need."
Flanders looked at this inconspicuous place and thought to himself, this is too narrow. How can it be like a bar, and Haig's big body can fit in?
Only the wizard could see here, as if the Muggle next to him couldn't see it at all when he passed by. Without waiting for him to speak, Haig pushed him away.
As soon as he walked in, Flanders felt his head suddenly buzzing, because it was really too noisy here.
Everyone was chatting about idle articles. A group of people talked about it, saying that there was really no one in the wizarding world now. Even Connelly Fuggie could become the minister of the Ministry of Magic. The other person said mysteriously that it was not Dumbledore's unintentional power. He just wanted to stay at Hogwarts to teach children how to make magic potions.
Flanders wanted to hear what they would say next, but Hagrid didn't mean to stop and strode forward.
After looking at them, the bar owner greeted Haig warmly and was ready to give him a drink. Haig waved his hand and said, "I have something to do. Let's drink another day!"
Hagrid felt that he could take the little wizard to buy things, especially the tasks assigned by Dumbledore. He inexplicably felt very missioned! In fact, he really wants to go to the side for a drink, but the business is important!
After nodding, Haig took Flanders to the bar. After detouring, they came to a place like a dead end.
Of course, Flanders knows this famous scene.
Sure enough, Haig took an umbrella and knocked on the bricks on the wall with the tip of the umbrella. He said something like a trick. The bricks on the wall suddenly rearranged, showing an arched doorway, and a road appeared on the other side of the doorway. On both sides of the road, there were all kinds of small shops with signs.
"Hurry up, little guy. We don't have much time." Haig urged.
Then, Flanders followed Haig through the door with some excitement and walked into the legendary "Diagon Alley".
And when they went in, the doorway closed automatically.
...
In addition to the magic school, what Flanders wants to go most is this diagonal alley. There are many new things here, which are more interesting than those of Muggle shops. They walk on the street, and Flanders can't wait to have eight more eyes. He looked all the way, all the shops, the objects in front of the store and the people shopping, and what he saw in the movie. It's very similar, but there's a big difference.
The unique atmosphere of the magical world made Flanders a little confused for a moment.
"This is Gulingge Bank!" Haig's voice made Flanders come back to his senses.
Flanders looked up. They came to the front of a white building, which was much higher than the surrounding shops, and it was quite like a crane.
There is a welcoming goblin standing at the door. The goblin is shorter than Flanders of this age, with a pointed beard and long fingers and feet.
When Flanders and Haig walked in, the goblin bowed to them.
"Hi!" Flanders subconsciously waved his hand to say hello.
Coming to the second door, Flander sighed in his heart. Sure enough, no matter where it is, the bank is the most prestigious. The doors here are all silver, but some words engraved on this door are quite interesting. It says: Please come in, stranger, but please pay attention to the consequences of greed...
The following sentence is probably similar to "Don't mess with me, I'm super fierce".
After Flanders walked in, he looked at the goblin employees sitting on both sides and muttered, "There are really a lot of employees here!"
There are dozens or hundreds of goblins behind the counter. They all look very focused and turn a blind eye to those unrelated personnel!
"The temperament of money management is really different!"
Haig said, "Well, I just asked. The front counter is the place to exchange Jin Garong!"
Flanders followed and saw an old goblin man sitting in the innermost counter. He was wearing an exquisite suit and a pair of gold glasses on his pointed nose. There was a trace of majesty in his eyes, staring straight at people, as if he could see through your mind at a glance.
Flanders has taken the money out of his pocket. Although he feels that these goblins are unpleasant, he has to follow the rules when he comes here!
I don't know if it's because of their short stature. The height of the counter is far beyond Flanders' height. Flanders had to give the money to Haig, and he handled it on his behalf.
The goblin sitting on it asked, "What are you going to do?"
Haig said, "We are here to exchange King Garon. This is Mr. Flanders, who is about to go to Hogwarts School!"
The goblin looked at Flanders and carefully reviewed his admission notice. Then he said in a tone without much emotion, "You have an exchange limit of 50 gallons."
"Ah? Is it so little?" Flanders was a little surprised.
Haig has just introduced to him that the current exchange rate of the pound sterling against the gold is 5:1, so can't he only exchange 250 pounds?
"Young wizard, you should know that finance is a very dangerous thing. We can't let the money of the Muggle world affect the wizarding world too much, and the same is true." The goblin explained in a cold tone.
"Is there any way to increase the exchange limit?" Flanders asked.
"Of course there is. For example, if you have an account in Guling Pavilion and there are certain funds or items in this account, we can increase the exchange quota for you according to 10% of the total value of these property." The goblin said slowly and logically.
Hearing this, Flanders took out the key to his vault and handed it over on his feet.