After seeing off the Li Family's people, Meng Zhao immediately returned to the study with Liang Muqiu to discuss the Zhou Family and the Heavenly Tier Divine Weapon.
Meng Zhao had originally planned to spend a month clearing up all the miscellaneous matters on his hands before entering secluded cultivation, refining his martial path, sorting through and purifying his increasingly mixed martial arts, laying down a framework for his future charge toward the grandmaster realm.
Yet judging by the current situation, that plan would likely die before it was born. Many matters simply could not be attended to from every angle, and could only be handed over to his subordinates.
Still, Meng Zhao was not someone with an especially strong lust for power. He had no intention of clutching authority tightly in his hands. With himself serving as the rear guard and controlling the larger picture, distributing certain affairs to capable subordinates for handling was indeed an excellent choice.
That way, the matters could be resolved without delaying his own time, while also effectively tempering these subordinates one by one into useful talents who could shoulder great responsibilities in the future.
Thus, the next day, Meng Zhao began summoning his most capable subordinates and assigning the various tasks among them.
Though Niu Dali and Yuan Bin were newcomers, Meng Zhao did not treat them as outsiders and assigned them tasks as well.
Niu Dali was the best possible candidate to liaise with Su Can and Zheng Que over their liquor business. However, his origins were still too humble, and after spending so long in the Demonic Path, his temperament was inevitably rough. At times, he was even single-minded to a fault, acting without regard for the consequences.
Thus, he needed someone smoother and more familiar with the great aristocratic clans