A seat-based master is a big deal. You don’t want to invest as long as you want, but it depends on whether the teacher accepts it.

Confucian society emphasizes the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, and worships the heaven, earth, king, relatives, and teachers.

The teacher-student relationship is one of the important social relations in Confucian society, so the scholar-official class is very cautious in determining the teacher-student relationship. Once it is determined, it will almost never change, otherwise it will be unanimously despised by all scholar-official classes.

Li Mu is obviously an unstable factor. If he has something to do with Li Mu, he might be involved in the future. So even if Li Mu wants to take Old Man Chen as his teacher, Old Man Chen may not dare to accept it.

But even though that's the case, Old Man Chen was still very happy to see Li Mu's sign of "goodness". Since Old Man Chen is the leader of the team, he naturally does not want any trouble in this international student team. If Li Mu can study honestly from now on, it would be best. If he can't, it would be fine. Anyway, the Qing government is casting nets everywhere to focus on fishing, and does not require everyone to become a pillar of the country. As long as he doesn't cause any trouble to Old Man Chen, Old Man Chen is also grateful.

How could Li Mu not cause trouble? Just after saying a few nice words, Li Mu began to complain again: "The student got a few commands from Prince Chun a few days ago-"

"Stop, stop, that's not the prince. Don't talk nonsense. What do you want to do? Could it be that I want me to buy a ticket for you? If so, it's better not to speak out. In the eyes of everyone, how can I let me be favoritism and abuse the law?" Old Man Chen refused with a righteous look on his face.

"You don't have to worry about the ticket. What the students want to ask is whether the young children go abroad to study and study abroad will provide subsidies to these servants?" Li Mu suddenly got into a surprise attack, only making Old Man Chen look astonished.

"No-" Old Man Chen's tone was hard, and he was no longer overjoyed as before.

"What should I do? I was alone before, but it was okay. Now I have so many mouths to support it. If I delay my studies, it would be a big problem--" Li Mu seemed to be talking to himself, but from the corner of Old Man Chen's twitching mouth, it could be seen that Old Man Chen was already extremely angry.

Li Mu's meaning is very obvious. If there is no subsidy, there will be no subsidy. Since there is no subsidy, I will make money for the family. If this delays major affairs in the court, I will not blame me.

"Uh, Mr. Committee member, if I also want to take care of foreign families, can I and my servants be with me?" Li Mu continued to ask old man Chen.

"No--" Old Man Chen squeezed out a few words from his teeth, obviously remembering some unpleasant memories again.

"Okay, this is not the case, that's not possible. I would like to ask the committee member, is the prince the same as me? Does the prince also need to be fostered under foreigners? If so, how will the prince's servants arrange it?" Li Mu's question was like a scammer, only making Old Man Chen speechless.

"I'll tell you again, that's not Your Highness the Prince. Your Highness of the Prince Chun's mansion cannot appear in our team. As for Your Highness's arrangements, you naturally don't have to worry. You just need to do your own things well." Old Man Chen struggled for a long time and gave this answer.

"Oh, since that's the case, then I'll ask His Highness the Prince." Li Mu turned around and wanted to leave.

"Let's stay—" Old man Chen was as big as a fight again. Of course, he wouldn't let Li Mu leave like this, otherwise Li Mu might cause something to happen again.

"You must obey the arrangements of the Children's Foreign Studies Bureau and enter a certain family like other scholars. There is no change in this point-" Old Man Chen pondered for a long time before he said slowly. The first sentence revealed the bottom line: "As for your servants, the Children's Foreign Studies Bureau can provide subsidies at the discretion of the Children's Foreign Studies Bureau, but this matter cannot be made public. If I hear the slightest sound of the wind, then you will be blessed."

Old Man Chen was also helpless. Old Man Chen was also unlucky when he met a slutty guy like Li Mu.

"This is natural--" Li Mu understood it and immediately made a promise to Old Man Chen.

In fact, Li Mu is not firmly opposed to joining a foreign family. As long as Li Mu can have his own private space, Li Mu will be satisfied. This is not difficult to achieve. As long as Lao Yan and his friends find a place to live, Li Mu will rest assured.

Then there was a bargaining that was full of copper smell. In the end, Old Man Chen exchanged Li Mu's compromise at a price of 26 US dollars per month, which was a great joy.

$26 a month, plus $24 a month before, it was exactly $50 a month, which is enough for the old Yantou family to live a decent and prosperous life in the New England region.

After reaching an "agreed" with Old Man Chen, Li Mu returned to the cabin with the $226 given by Old Man Chen. This is all the pocket money that Old Man Chen should give Li Mu this year, which means that at least this year, Old Man Chen does not want to see Li Mu's disaster.

When Li Mu handed the money to Miss 10,000 US dollars, Miss 10,000 US dollars was overjoyed and admired Li Mu's ability to make money.

In just a few hours, Li Mu had already given Miss 10,000 US dollars to 350 US dollars, which was a total of 280 taels of silver. According to Li Mu, it must be spent within four months, which made Miss 10,000 US dollars so happy that she fainted.

Prices in the past are actually very stable. As for the capital of the Qing Empire, for the 30 years before 1900, eggs were always three cents per person, and flour was fifteen per pound. The price remained unchanged for 30 years.

If it is a family of five, it only costs fifty taels of silver per year to maintain a minimum living standard. Even a rich family is only about one thousand taels of silver per year. Li Mu took out 280 taels of silver and asked to spend it within four months. This really made Miss Ten Thousand dollars worried, because this simple housewife had never seen so much money and didn't know how to spend it.

However, with Li Mu here, all this is not a problem. Li Mu just made a simple list and made Miss Ten Thousand US dollars completely faint.

In fact, all the items listed are necessities of life, including clothing options. The clothes Li Mu prepared for the Yan family and his son include: silk top hats, tie, silver cane on the handle, suits, vests, tuxedoes, leather shoes, pocket watches, bracelets, etc. Li Mu didn't know how much such a set of clothes would cost in the United States, but Mike knew that after another moment of writing and drawing, Mike told Li Mu a number: about seventy dollars.

Seventy dollars, converted to silver, is about fifty-six taels, just one set of costs. Considering that Li Mu also needs one set, in this way, $280 is exactly the cost of four sets of clothes-
Chapter completed!