Chu Yi's departure had truly brought Chu Liang no small amount of trouble.
Back when he had been in charge of Red Cotton Peak, many matters had yet to develop. He had only built a rudimentary framework, taking it from zero to one.
But during the years Chu Liang had disappeared, Chu Yi had truly taken Red Cotton Peak from one to ten. Under the cover of Empress Feng and Shushan's Four Tyrants, he had handled virtually every internal and external matter himself. After Chu Liang returned and saw how well he had done, he had not taken the work back.
Now that the little fellow had left, all of Red Cotton Peak's affairs had fallen back onto Chu Liang's shoulders.
There was no helping it. Though they had publicly claimed that Empress Feng had been in charge during those years, fooling everyone else was one thing—surely they could not fool themselves for real?
If they truly let his master take charge, would the houses not collapse and the roofs cave in?
As for Lin Bei and the others, there was no question of their loyalty, but four of them together could not scrape up one good brain. He could not expect them to suddenly possess outstanding managerial talent.
Chu Liang genuinely wanted to promote another assistant, but who on Shushan was worthy of such responsibility? Someone trustworthy enough and possessed of the proper abilities was not so easy to find.
He had even considered inviting Senior Brother Yuan Zhuo out of retirement. But after thinking it over, Senior Brother Yuan was only suited to tasks involving searches and calculations. As for management duties that required flexibility, he might not be up to them.
Better to let him remain over there as a quiet square-headed fellow. They could ask him