[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal":3,"chapter-heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-chapter-316":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Heaven-Defying Comprehension: I Built an Eternal Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2164618,3643,"Chapter 316","heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-chapter-316",316,"\u003Cp>Therefore, at this moment, Zhuge Liang became even more determined to assist Su Xuan in unifying the world and changing the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Haha! Very good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xuan laughed heartily, reached out and touched Zhuge Liang’s head, then saw Zhuge Jun looking at him with eager eyes, and happily reached out to touch Zhuge Jun’s head as well: “You must also study hard! Take your two brothers as examples, and when you graduate in the future, come to assist me, okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Yes, yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhuge Jun nodded happily, and the grievance in his heart was swept away.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He even lifted his chin at Zhuge Liang, as if saying: “Second Brother! Look, I am also valued.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhuge Liang: “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhuge Liang did not want to say anything to his stupid younger brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Was the Governor valuing you?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That was clearly just seeing you lost and aggrieved and deliberately comforting you. Don’t you know how much brains you have yourself?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, Zhuge Liang knew that although his third brother’s brain was not as good as his, he was not stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If he studied hard, it would be no problem for him to become a county governor in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, he secretly made up his mind to strictly discipline his third brother in the future and supervise him to study hard so that he could serve the Governor well in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In this way, it would not be in vain for the Governor’s good intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhuge Liang even thought about finding an opportunity to trick his elder brother to Su Xuan’s side, so that the three brothers plus their uncle could serve the Governor together—that would be good!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhuge Xuan noticed Su Xuan’s attitude and importance toward Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jun throughout the process and sighed in his heart: “A wise lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With a lord who values talent so much, why worry that the lord’s great cause will not be accomplished?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Afterward, Su Xuan chatted with Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Liang for several hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They talked about everything, discussed the world’s situation, various warlords, etc.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This gave Su Xuan a new understanding of Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Liang.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Similarly, it also made Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Liang’s understanding of Su Xuan clearer and more real.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xuan was much more excellent than they had understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They had chosen correctly this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Afterward, Su Xuan summoned the steward and asked him to take Zhuge Xuan’s family to settle down.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the same time, he asked him to handle the enrollment of Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jun in Jiangling Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, Zhuge Liang’s family settled down in Jiangling City.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Afterward, Zhuge Xuan and even Zhuge Liang naturally learned about some of the matters of the Merit Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Moreover, for a genius child like Zhuge Liang, Su Xuan even had a special cultivation fund and plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Giving him some divine art manuals and resources in advance to cultivate Zhuge Liang from a young age.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Along with him, Zhuge Jun also benefited from Zhuge Liang’s light this time and received a secondary cultivation plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Afterward, they were arranged into Jiangling Academy, in the same class as Pang Tong, and began their learning journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xuzhou, Mi family,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Big Brother! This Tao Zou Qian is getting more and more excessive! He actually wants Tao Shang to marry our younger sister. Is he just wanting to marry into the family?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“That is clearly wanting to take the opportunity to completely annex our Mi family and occupy all our Mi family’s wealth, so we absolutely cannot agree to him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi Fang said to his elder brother Mi Zhu with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Alas!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi Zhu sighed with a frown: “How could I not know this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“But what can we do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Don’t look at our Mi family as the wealthiest in Xuzhou and a famous great merchant in the world; in troubled times, our family is nothing but a piece of fat meat in the eyes of these warlords!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“We have no power to resist at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was the sorrow of a merchant family.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Over the years, they had not failed to think about changing this and becoming a true gentry family.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But who knew the difficulties involved?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In itself, it was extremely difficult for a merchant to become a gentry family;\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Plus, they were fat sheep in the eyes of many gentry officials—how could they let them fly away just like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This difficulty was even greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Having one more gentry family meant one more family to share the cake; too many people did not want their Mi family to become a gentry family.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A Mi family like a fat sheep was a good Mi family in their eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi Fang said angrily, “Are we just going to agree like this? I don’t care what you think, anyway, I absolutely will not agree to this! At worst, we will perish together!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi Zhu shook his head helplessly: “If we really clash hard, we might die, but the net probably won’t break. We only have money, no real power or troops.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Relying only on the retainers and guards in the house?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They could not defeat a regular army at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tao Zou Qian was not a simple character either.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If things were really that simple, he wouldn’t be worrying here now.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Unless it was a last resort, he did not want to use such means of perishing together.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“However, agreeing to the marriage won’t work either, otherwise, we will really be annexed by his Tao family!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“So, for now, we can only delay and prevaricate, give more benefits to Tao Zou Qian, stabilize him for the time being, appease him, and then make plans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi Zhu added before Mi Fang could speak angrily again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi Fang’s anger subsided a little, but he was still unwilling: “I am not willing to just hand over more benefits to that old thief Tao Zou Qian.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Instead of letting him benefit for nothing, Big Brother, we might as well do like the Zhen family of Jizhou and marry into the family of the Jingzhou Governor Su Xuan. At worst, we will just give most of our family wealth to Su Xuan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“In this way, not only can we get a powerful and promising brother-in-law, but with Su Xuan’s power, we might be able to make our Mi family’s business bigger and better.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Even, Big Brother, you and I might be able to get an official position and become gentry officials from our awkward situation as merchants. What do you think, Big Brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi Zhu frowned and looked at Mi Fang: “Second Brother! You are not right! This doesn’t sound like something you could say or an idea you could come up with. Tell me! Has someone contacted you recently? Who told you this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In fact, Mi Zhu himself was tempted at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If they could really marry into Su Xuan’s family, that would naturally be the best.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Who didn’t know that the Zhen family of Jizhou relied on marrying into Su Xuan’s family, and now not only had they taken a step forward in business, but they had also gained a lot in officialdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They had successfully transformed from a merchant family into a gentry-cum-merchant family.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Now, who in the world dared to covet their Zhen family or look down on them?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“That’s right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi Fang nodded affirmatively: “Recently, I have been in contact with the person in charge of the Su Chamber of Commerce in Xuzhou. He vaguely revealed this intention. I was naturally tempted, but this matter still needs to be discussed with you, Big Brother, so I didn’t agree directly. Didn’t I come back to find you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Who would have thought that he would just happen to run into the matter of that old thing Tao Zou Qian wanting to marry his younger sister to Tao Zou Qian’s useless son? Mi Fang was almost furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Compared to Su Xuan, Tao Zou Qian’s son Tao Shang was a piece of iron waste; the two were simply incomparable.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi Zhu was pleasantly surprised: “Are you sure the other party mentioned the marriage first? And not you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Also, is the marriage object really General Su Xuan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If this matter was true, it would be a huge surprise for their Mi family!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He still regretted not actively sticking to Su Xuan when he was just starting to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“That is natural!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Mi Fang nodded affirmatively: “I wouldn’t fool you on such a matter, Big Brother!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“It was indeed the other party who revealed this intention first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“So, do you agree too, Big Brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Facing Mi Fang’s expectant eyes, Mi Zhu nodded affirmatively: “Naturally! Compared to Tao Zou Qian, the benefits of marrying into the Jingzhou Governor’s family are too many! I have no reason to refuse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Moreover, as long as we marry into the Jingzhou Governor’s family, even if our business and assets are not moved to Jingzhou, we should not have to worry about Tao Zou Qian’s threat in the short term!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“With the Governor’s prestige, after knowing we have married into his family, Tao Zou Qian will probably no longer dare to target or deal with us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Of course, if the marriage is successful, for the sake of safety and to satisfy the Governor, we had better follow his arrangements, at least move most of our assets and business to Jingzhou, and give the Governor the greatest support.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Since we have chosen to bet, let’s go all in; we cannot have the slightest hesitation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Hmm~”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>PS: Seeking first subscriptions, self-subscriptions, and support!\u003C\u002Fp>",1590,"2026-06-16T22:49:48.247Z","2026-06-17T08:57:40.402Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","7d07bd4b0d3a03b27023175b22a11cd5797d34f2639a6f795125b3ce9814baf2","heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-chapter-317","heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-chapter-315",467,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-cover.jpg"]