Zhao Family
My Reincarnation Is Not Right
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Zhao Family (赵家) |
| Affiliation | Little Liuzi Town and, later, Ling City in Great Qi 22 126 |
| Occupation/Role | Rice merchants who expanded into restaurants, cloth shops, pawnshops, river transport, and other businesses 22 120 |
| Status | Formerly the premier noble house of Ling City; later declined to local minor gentry in Little Liuzi Town 164 209 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 15 15 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Qi sensation — eldest son | 86 | The then-head of the family grasped a portion of the qi sensation in internal energy after taking up martial practice late in life. |
| Post-Heaven Perfection — Zhao Wu | 120 | Zhao Wu became the family's leading martial figure, with eleven Post-Heaven Great Accomplishment experts under his command. |
| Xiantian — Zhao Wu | 151 | Zhao Wu had reached the Xiantian realm by the time Zhao Zhiyong was reported missing. |
| Refining Essence into Qi — the original patriarch and Chen Guan's brothers | 156 | Life-Extending Pills kept them alive long enough to reach this stage. |
| 240 years of cultivation — Zhao Wu | 164 | A later account records Zhao Wu reaching this level before encountering a bottleneck and turning to teaching younger relatives. |
History
From rice merchants to a local powerhouse
The family began as a notable rice merchant household in Little Liuzi Town. Its patriarch maintained strict rules of seniority and etiquette, even reserving a place at the main table for his absent fifth son, Zhao Ling—later known as Chen Guan 21 22. When Chen Guan returned after ten years, he brought captured bandits who had planned to rob the family's caravan and kill its members 21 23.
Chen Guan subsequently gave the family money and martial arts manuals. His actions and reputation helped its standing in town; over the following decades, the Zhao family added businesses and retainers 30 35 77. By then it had grown beyond rice shops, with branches in neighboring towns 86.
Expansion and succession
As the household grew, it shifted toward a clan model that favored promising descendants over birth order or a mother's status. Zhao Wu taught martial arts to younger relatives and guards' children; skilled children of guards could receive the Zhao surname and enter an affiliated branch 105. The family also employed martial experts to protect the estate and teach its descendants 88.
Zhao Wu supplied martial strength while Zhao Zhuo served as a registrar and Grand Canal magistrate. The family's businesses reached multiple nearby counties, and it sought a stronger foothold in Ling City 120. Later, Zhao Wen held a senior official post there, adding to the family's regional influence 146 162.
After receiving a warning sent by Chen Guan through Chen Changhong's correspondence, the patriarch ordered the family to halt expansion and confine its interests to Ling City and nearby counties. It sold or abandoned ventures already in preparation 162. A later account records the family becoming Ling City's premier noble house, but, after it lost its capable members, it eventually returned to the status of local minor gentry in Little Liuzi Town 164 209.
Family Customs and Holdings
- Seating and remembrance — The family initially seated members by age and rank. It continued to leave Chen Guan an empty place at New Year gatherings, where relatives toasted him 21 30 120.
- Martial instruction — Retained experts trained the guards and children; Zhao Wu later instructed both direct descendants and guards' children 88 105.
- River God observance — The family funded a public River God Temple and maintained a private one at its ancestral home, where younger generations offered incense 126.
- Hundred-Refined Sword — A family heirloom associated with Chen Guan, entrusted to Zhao Zhuo by the Sixth Young Master 104.
Notable Members and Connections
- Patriarch Zhao — The original family head and Chen Guan's father; his rules governed the early household 21 23.
- Chen Guan (Zhao Ling) — The patriarch's fifth son. His protection, gifts, and later ties to cultivators shaped the family's rise 23 30 77.
- Zhao Qi — Chen Guan's sixth brother, who took pride in his elder brother's reputation and pursued officialdom 76.
- Zhao Wu — A descendant who became the family's leading martial figure and taught its younger generation 105 120 151.
- Zhao Zhuo — A scholar and official whose work gave the family a role in local administration 112 117 120.
- Zhao Zhiyong — A later descendant known for gambling and carousing; his disappearance prompted a family search 146 151.