The various private forces operated by the Shi family near Chang'an have also developed to a certain scale, which not only can meet Shi Lei's requirements for building several reliable retreats, but also has a certain status in their own fields. It can be said that they are all top-ranked forces.

From Chang'an to Shuzhong, as the longest-term force under the Shi family, the scale and strength are the strongest. Basically, the Green Forest forces called the top-ranking along the way are all the shadow of the Shi family. You can say that the Shi family is the essential master of this line, but this part is mostly controlled by the eight-armed Shura Uncle who is still in the Yazhou.

The Baidao power has also made great progress, because its dominance in the green forest, such as darts and guards, naturally has natural advantages, and merchants are happy to find such powerful partners.

Even the Shi family's own business is gradually entrusting it to these people for transportation, which can not only establish an open trade relationship as a cover-up, but also liberate more guardian forces to expand more business channels.

In addition to these black and white forces, the mountain people and the intellectuals have basically become the dependence of the Shi family, and even mixed with the horse and Cao gangs. From this route, there is also a route to the plateau. Therefore, this route in Shuzhong is the most powerful branch of the Shi family and the most important retreat for the Shi family.

The pastures on the grassland have developed quite well. There is Li Mu, the god of killing who has a reputation throughout the grassland, and he has led a group of former Turkic warriors who have a reputation on the grassland. They have made them famous in several battles, and now they are also very stable.

Of course this is just on the surface. Shi Lei is really more at ease with the grassland line, mainly because of the nails he has laid down.

When dealing with the joint attacks between the Changsun family and the Dou family, the exposed strength was only the tip of the iceberg. The power of the horse thieves was becoming more and more solid, and it could be regarded as a powerful tribe, rather than a simple traitor, but it was just that they did not change their plundering nature.

But what really made Shi Lei even more happy was the Turkic nobles he had scattered out before. Now they have gradually stood on the stage of power. Shi Lei even saw a few of his own nails among the tribe leaders who came to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute.

Similar situations also happened to those nails on the Tubo Plateau. Compared with those forces that others can see and touch, these are the real confidence and back-ups of Shi Lei.

It goes without saying that the front line of Guangzhou is not only the Shi family's forces, but other uncles have also bet on this side, after all, it involves the most important maritime route of Japan.

The Shi family's own power at sea is also the most powerful among all the nobles. The continuous launch of the new Tiellimu flagship is also constantly expanding this advantage, making the Shi family's power at sea more and more powerful.

If we talk about it as a back road, it seems that there are more possibilities behind the vast ocean, so it is also an important route that the Shi family cannot give up.

As for the front line from Chang'an to Guangzhou, Shi Lei naturally made a lot of arrangements. The bandits and river bandits are gradually being led and eroded by Shi Lei's subordinates. It is just like developing in the way Chang'an to Yazhou.

But there is really a case in case, we must first ensure that the important personnel of the Shi family can run out of the heroic city of Chang'an. Therefore, in recent years, the internal forces within Chang'an have been the focus of Shi Lei's attention.

In terms of waterways, there are actually their own docks, and those water gangs that seem to have nothing to do with the Shi family and have never even had business dealings. There are one or two of the most hidden routes, and they are in conflict with the Shi family on the surface, and they are also forces that are not very much in dealing with the Shi family.

Not to mention on land, some inconspicuous ordinary residents who settled in Chang'an City a long time ago, or seemingly inconspicuous positions like Wuhou, are actually powered by the Shi family.

This is what has been reorganized recently by the butler and the others. They are all managed by my father's generation. It seems that even people like my father who have a close relationship with the royal family have never lacked vigilance against the royal power and have prepared some way out just in case.

There are also many other routes, either open or hidden, which is enough to ensure that Shi Lei and the others can escape calmly even if they are trapped in Chang'an City and are under martial law throughout the city.

The city foxes, society and rats supported by the butler in Chang'an City, as well as the power of the Beggars' Sect, have developed smoothly and can compete with those big gangs that obviously belong to other aristocratic families.

But these people are more used as a source of intelligence and cannot be used entirely as a secret retreat channel. Whoever makes them be considered a big business now, naturally there are many more people watching. Sometimes it is difficult to guarantee that they will not leak any news.

Fortunately, those who know their relationship with the Shi family, that is, the real backbone of them are top experts who have gone out of the Shi family, and the red flower double sticks that give their own gangs the market, or the leader of the Beggars' Sect, Hong Sangong, are all loyal subordinates who can be trusted after Shi Lei's transformation. Therefore, when necessary, these forces are used as smokescreens, which is also a good choice.

This time, all of these people were gathered together to understand their respective development status, and to let them communicate with each other. Don’t really happen if your family doesn’t know your family.

It is necessary to confront the necessary confrontation to facilitate the concealment of this relationship, but it is depressing to develop into real internal friction. This encounter is inevitable and can be regarded as a reshuffle of the division of territory.

However, their development is not smooth, and the pressure from the official side is better. They each have their own ways to deal with it. Some people have informed them, so the troubles can be caused relatively few. What really causes troubles is that a new force is rising recently.

Although these forces scattered in various fields have no connection on the surface, based on their extraordinary intuition and after some exchanges with each other, we can say with more certainty that these people should be from the same school.

Fortunately, although these equally powerful guys are very fast and have excellent ability to lick blood from the knife, there is definitely a big gap compared to these truly top masters from the Shi family.

There was no fierce conflict between the two sides, but they had tried each other and retreated restraintly. After that, the other party had a tacit understanding and did not enter the area where the Shi family's power was, and instead squeezed into the territory of other forces.

In other words, in Chang'an City, the two sides had to confront each other a little more. After all, the masters behind those big gangs are not easy to provoke, and they have many tough ideas under their hands, so the other party can only start to eat from those relatively weak places.

However, the rise of this force itself is enough to make people wary. This force is too powerful, and it is exerted at the same time, blooming at multiple points, and maintaining such a strong oppressive force in every place. It looks like a big man with an official appearance takes action, and he still has to be a truly top big man.

This is very confusing, because the military is interested in attacking people, and there are many shadows of top military gangs behind the several large gangs that cannot be moved in Chang'an City. Although these people's methods have traces of the military, their methods of conduct are not as direct and fierce as military forces.

But if it is said that an official organization like the Spy Department takes action, it is not like that. They use tricks that are behind the scenes, rarely do it themselves, and they spend time and effort to conquer the world, and there is not enough manpower. Moreover, this style of conduct is not very similar. Although it is secret, it is not vicious enough, so it can basically rule out that the Tang Dynasty intelligence department takes action.

Since the possibility of the military and the Tang Dynasty officials was eliminated, the target could only be some newly rising strong figures. Because the accumulated foundation is not enough, and they are eager to achieve success, and want to expand their power as much as possible in a short period of time, so there is the current situation. Their personnel also seem a little messy, including the shadow of soldiers and the work of people in the martial arts world.

Although the possible scope has been narrowed again and again, it is not that simple to determine who the key figure behind them is, because being able to combine these characters shows the strength of the characters behind them and the secret needs. It is unlikely that they can explore the identity of the master from those pawns. Shi Lei could only ask a few high-level officials to make some guesses based on their understanding of the court.

The first thing that was ruled out was Shi Lei's old enemy, the possibility of the Zhang Sun family and the Dou family. These two families are still busy licking the wounds caused to them by the Shi family. Their repeated blows have caused them to suffer a lot.

After the group attacked, the two companies were even more invigorated. Now they are busy stabilizing their inherent fundamentals, rebuilding mines, restoring production, and then snatching back the lost share as much as possible. For this reason, some less important non-core industries were even abandoned and all their efforts were focused on these core industries.

Judging from their current situation, it is not easy to draw some power out, retaliate against the Shi family, and make some small moves, let alone fully deployed like this.

Among the newly rising forces, it seems that it is not common to be able to climb as fast as Shi Lei. It seems that Shi Lei is the only one in the military officer system, and all the others can reach such a height through decades of accumulation.

The civil servant system pays more attention to qualifications and connections, and all of these require a long time to accumulate, and it is also impossible for them to suddenly jump.

After excluding these, it seems that the objects that can be suspected are basically concentrated within the royal family. For example, Li Chengqian and Li Tai, or other kings who have other ideas.
Chapter completed!