Since Shi Lei's subordinates entered the mountains, the passage between Chang'an and Yizhou has no longer been so fearful. The hardships of the natural barriers cannot be changed, but the bandits have changed.

These guys are rare to become real thieves. Every time they basically just threaten everyone. As long as you pay the toll in proportion, there will be no bloodshed. They have become civilized teachers and peace teachers. Although it is heartbreaking to lose some tolls, it is much better than losing their lives.

The integration of mountain people has been almost done, and gradually formed several different forces divided by source and region, mixed with some outside lone tourists, which have entered a relatively stable situation, without any conflict with the outside world, and everyone is happy to be at peace.

The members of Shi Lei's newly developed special forces also mingled among them, continuing their practice in the vast mountains. They are all "dead people" and have no worries. The only thing they need to do is to keep getting stronger. When necessary, they will become Shi Lei's sharpest sword and pierce all enemies' chests.

The other stakes that turned into bodyguards or scattered around the horse gang are also developing steadily, gradually weaving a huge network, giving Shi Lei more choices when he retreats, and the staff in Chang'an City are also moving forward steadily.

All of this combination has made Shi Lei confident that even if the worst situation happens, he already has a certain ability to ensure that the people he is closest to can go to a safe place without any harm.

That's why he had the courage to stand beside Li Chengqian. Otherwise, how could a family lover like him who cares so much about the people around him dare to gamble with what he cares most?

Shi Lei also explained his cooperation with the Beggars' Sect to Chen Mo. With such a powerful source of intelligence, it is very beneficial to his own various developments.

However, the same source is a bit too broad, and these beggars do not have any in-depth intelligence analysis skills. They can only have a lot of useful and useless things, and they are all concentrated in their gang leader, Hong Sangong, which will often lead to waste of resources.

This is why Shi Lei wanted to bring Chen Mo to Chang'an, and he was an expert in intelligence analysis. If he wanted to build an intelligence distribution center with Chang'an as the center, he had to have such a person to take charge.

Originally, Uncle Fan was supported by this, but what he was better at was scheming people's hearts and grasping all kinds of twists and turns. He was also good at playing conspiracies.

If you can go deep into the scene and find more clues, it will not be a problem for Uncle Fan, but it will be a bit difficult for him to see more things on paper.

In the past, when there was little intelligence, he could deal with it, but now there are too many sources of information. Some of the Beggars' Sect, some of the invaders who entered the dock, some of the people who were hiding among the city foxes and rats, and some of the secret lines from the enemies that were occasionally turned against were also provided.

After this, Uncle Fan is a bit worried. Moreover, tied him to this matter a bit of a waste of his talent.

Chen Mo's arrival happened to liberate him. The current situation in Yizhou is relatively stable, and there are also the capable personnel trained by Chen Mo. In addition, Uncle Wei is not a good man, so he can handle it.

Let Chen Mo continue to shoulder the burden of the head of the intelligence center in Chang'an, so that he can not only give full play to his strengths, but also allow Uncle Fan, who has made some fun with the two rivals, and also benefit his own merchants. Shi Lei is still happy to do such a good thing that can kill multiple goals in one fell swoop.

After communicating with Chen Mo, he took over this job happily. He has been doing this job recently, so he has a little fun. It is obviously more challenging to come to Chang'an, and he is also very happy to try it.

Moreover, there are a few candidates among his students, who he intends to train in this regard, and this time he will take them into the industry together.

After relocating Chen Mo and a group of students, even if the year is truly coming to an end, the busy year has entered the final sprint stage.

All households want to stock up on the New Year’s supplies before the store closes. This is all about dealing with the beginning of the spring of the coming year. You can’t be careless. This is also the last carnival of the year for each store.

The Shi family elites led by Manager Yang Da are bound to gain a lot from this carnival, busy and happy.

After all the shops had the New Year signs and officially closed for business, these shopkeepers, led by Uncle Yang, gathered at Shi Lei's house again to participate in the annual host's reception banquet, while also reporting on the business situation of the year one by one.

This is a rare opportunity to show off your achievements in front of everyone. Do you usually pay attention to wealth and not reveal your money? Naturally, it is so miserable. Therefore, these shopkeepers cherish this party very much and don’t want to be compared by others. They all show their best looks and praise them for their achievements.

As the chief shopkeeper, Uncle Yang was naturally the first to speak, and others kept up with it at once. Shi Lei and the others also saw the development of this year, but it was better to say it like this, which would be more intuitive.

The development of most stores has been relatively smooth. With the abundant raw materials, the supply has increased. In addition, all the stores of Shilei have similar logos. This reputation has a superposition effect. With mutual promotion, the development momentum has been relatively strong this year. Several branches have been opened, and the flow of the store has even rolled upwards.

But in terms of the rapid expansion of the scale, it still has to be "unique". This has developed into an absolute food chain, covering almost all kinds of common food categories, and has opened all over Chang'an and surrounding prefectures and counties, with a geometric increase in scale.

However, although the profits of this catering industry are not low, it is certainly not comparable to the luxury goods industry, which can be regarded as huge profits. It is mainly due to a long-term success.

Of course, this so-called fine water is just a comparison. Compared with other restaurants, it can be considered a flood, and the flow of water and gross profit are also amazing.

The biggest breakthrough this year is mainly in the luxury goods industry, especially in the fur products. With the launch of Shi Lei's press conference, the entire sector ushered in a period of rapid growth. Coupled with the previous word-of-mouth accumulation, energy beyond everyone's imagination has exploded, and profits account for a large part of the family's income.

However, for Shi Lei, this even more gratifying change has turned over the related industries of Changsun Wuji's family and made a beautiful turnaround. Among them, Shi Lei has also made a lot of efforts. The current situation can be said to have all come from Shi Lei's brilliant proposals.

Therefore, these big shopkeepers also flattered Shi Lei. Although they have been trying hard to maintain restraint and reserve, Shi Lei was actually happy in his heart and face.

The company has expanded its territory in fur products and has become the leader of fashion. The poor Changsun family not only failed to gain too much profit from this area, but has almost lost the brand image that it has finally managed.

Now, we can only rely on the reputation we have accumulated to barely occupy a small share from the mid- and low-end market, and almost become a complete raw material supplier.

Whenever Shi Lei smiled very happily whenever he thought of Changsun Wuji's black face.

Since it has been proven to be effective, so a good publicity method for press conferences must naturally be retained.

The production of special silk can be further expanded next year, because the field next to the horse farm won from the Changsun family has become a mulberry forest. With sufficient raw materials, the number of mulberry silkworms can naturally be expanded.

Just relying on these flagship products, we will have another spring and summer fashion conference to further expand our own share in luxury goods and squeeze out the share of the Changsun family. It is fun to think about it.

Moreover, the models at the press conference have been found, and it is Lao Tang's Xiao Qing'er, the girls in the brothel who were managed. This time they came to the door and even chose to help for free, just to consolidate their position as a top brothel, and to make the red-card amateurs in their building worth a higher value.
Chapter completed!