Chapter 14

As the wind carried the fragrance of peach blossoms, and the March waters flowed, Qin Feng, in Xuchia Village, was racking his brains to subdue his second Dragon Guard, so that the two guards could work together.

Xu Chu, Dian Wei, and others surrounded Qin Feng's finger.

Xu Chu, worried, said, "My lord, how can you defeat Dian Wei with just one finger?"

Qin Feng ignored him and said to Dian Wei, "A gentleman is one of high moral integrity, upright and honorable!"

Everyone nodded in agreement, including Dian Wei. After all, who wouldn't want to be a gentleman?

Qin Feng felt the urgency of the moment and began to persuade, "Dian Wei, since you are a gentleman, sit properly as a gentleman should. Once you sit well, I will use this finger to make you unable to stand up." He extended his right index finger and waved it around, then added, "This way, we can test who is stronger without hurting each other. What do you think?"

"My lord, you can't do this!" Xu Chu was very anxious and hurriedly tried to dissuade him.

Qin Feng smiled slightly, waved his hand, and thought to himself that Xu Chu didn't understand. As long as Dian Wei agreed, no matter how strong he was, he wouldn't be able to stand up.

Dian Wei was even more skeptical, staring at Qin Feng and saying, "I'll tell you, when I was cutting trees on the mountain, even a hundred-year-old tree couldn't keep me down. Your one finger won't do anything!"

Qin Feng laughed and said, "Talking about this is useless. Do you dare or not?"

"What's there to be afraid of? I just don't want to win unfairly!" Dian Wei said, twisting his neck.

Qin Feng laughed and said, "That's not your concern. You should think about how to stand up later!"

Dian Wei thought to himself that he stood up countless times a day, so this shouldn't be a problem.

"Please!" Qin Feng gestured for him to begin.

Xu Chu and the others were anxious. One of the volunteers said, "My lord has divine strength; he can kill an ant with one finger. Dian Wei won't be able to stand up."

Xu Chu and the others nodded, thinking this was the only way to see it.

Dian Wei didn't say more, thinking that if he won, Qin Feng would have nothing to say. So, without caring about the dirt, he knelt on the ground, sat on his calves, pressed his toes to the ground, placed his hands on his thighs, and straightened his back.

"Good!" Qin Feng shouted, turning to Xu Chu and the others, "Look at Dian Wei's posture. Even the most learned scholars from noble families can't match it."

Xu Chu and the others nodded, praising Dian Wei's gentlemanly posture.

Dian Wei was very pleased and said, "Let's start, so you can see for yourselves."

Qin Feng was secretly amused, thinking that Dian Wei would soon be convinced.

Qin Feng walked in front of Dian Wei, stood straight, and extended his right index finger, pressing it against Dian Wei's forehead. He said calmly, "Stand up."

Dian Wei raised his left eyebrow, used all his strength to stand, but suddenly found he couldn't. He was stunned and tried again, but his posture was already straight, and he wasn't a spring that could expand.

Xu Chu's eyes widened, and he urged, "Dian Wei, stand up!"

Dian Wei strained, thinking to himself that he wanted to stand but couldn't.

Dian Wei's back kept stretching and contracting, his head moving like a turtle's, but he still couldn't stand. Finally, he even put his hands on the ground, his face turning red, but he still couldn't stand.

Qin Feng was also under pressure, but standing high, though his finger hurt, he had to endure it to subdue Dian Wei.

Dian Wei thought to himself that with his strength, he could carry a thousand-pound log, but now, he couldn't stand. He was sweating, looking at Qin Feng's finger on his forehead, which seemed to shimmer with silver light, and felt his insides tearing apart in shock, "Could it be that I've really met a divine being, who can defeat me with just one finger!"

Xu Chu and the others were also shocked, seeing that Dian Wei, despite using all his strength, couldn't stand.

Previously, Dian Wei's punch had shaken the earth, creating a half-foot deep hole in the ground. Everyone knew how strong he was. But Qin Feng, with just one finger, made him unable to stand.

Xu Chu and the others couldn't believe what they were seeing, but it was happening right before their eyes. They looked at Qin Feng with awe and knelt, saying, "My lord truly has divine strength, defeating the mighty Dian Wei with just one finger!"

Dian Wei's black face turned even redder, and he was at a loss.

Seeing this, Xu Chu suddenly shouted, "Dian Wei, my lord is truly a divine being descended from heaven, subduing you today. Your vow has reached the heavens. What are you hesitating about? Is this the way of a gentleman?"

This shout, like the sound of a bell, echoed in Dian Wei's heart. Dian Wei was now convinced of Qin Feng's strength.

Qin Feng felt the resistance on his finger disappear and saw Dian Wei kneel, saying, "My lord, I, Dian Wei, am convinced!" When Dian Wei raised his head again, his eyes shone with conviction, and he declared loudly, "From now on, my life belongs to my lord. If my lord tells me to go east, I will never go west!"

Qin Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking to himself, "Dian Wei, Dian Wei, it wasn't easy for my lord to subdue you. If you didn't surrender, my lord would have run out of options."

Thus, the two Dragon Guards were in place, and the two guards working together would surely shine on the battlefield against the Yellow Turbans!

Xu Chu and the others were even more convinced and said in unison, "We are the same!"

In fact, even if Qin Feng were twice as strong, he wouldn't be a match for Dian Wei. He won by using clever tactics.

Where did this cleverness come from? It came from Qin Feng's experiences in his previous life. When he was a child, he watched an anime called "The Smart Little Priest Ippu."

The second episode was called "Who is the Strongest?"

The plot went like this: Ippu and the general's strongest man had a strength contest. Ippu said, "I can defeat the strongest man with just one finger."

The strongest man, angry and disbelieving like Dian Wei, challenged Ippu. Ippu then had the strongest man sit on the ground in the Japanese manner, with his hands on his knees. Ippu stood on a high stool, being a child, to be taller than the strongest man. Then, Ippu did to the strongest man what Qin Feng had just done to Dian Wei.

The Japanese learned the kneeling posture from the Han Dynasty, so the Han gentlemen also sat this way, allowing Qin Feng to use this method on Dian Wei.

There is a scientific principle behind this. According to human mechanics, to stand, the center of gravity must be on the feet, supporting the body. Then, by leaning forward or slightly pulling the feet back, one can stand up. However, with the forehead pressed by someone else's finger, the center of gravity shifts to the buttocks, and the support point moves to the back. No matter how strong one is, they cannot stand up.

Although Qin Feng wasn't as smart as Ippu, he had seen many examples and thus could use this method.

Later, over a thousand years later, Ippu, in the general's residence, was sweating profusely when he suddenly remembered the story of a great lord in the distant East who subdued his Dragon Guard. Ippu was overjoyed and used this method on the strongest man, immediately pacifying the shogun.

Ippu later said, "Without the wisdom of the Eastern sage, I would have been helpless. Amen!"

The question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, is hard to answer.

However, since Qin Feng was the same person before and after his穿越 (time travel), the theory was clear. It was all him, no doubt.

Thus, with Dian Wei's help, Qin Feng's reputation grew, and he raised the banner of righteousness, beginning to recruit soldiers.

Just as he was about to achieve great things and gallop across the land, he encountered a very difficult problem. If he couldn't solve it, he might be defeated before he even started.

The problem was, he had no money.

Without money, what would the soldiers eat, drink, or use for weapons? How could they fight? Without fighting, they couldn't achieve success. As time passed, Qin Feng realized that if he didn't solve this problem, he would fall behind and never catch up to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and others.

However, this problem was indeed difficult to solve. A single coin can stump a hero, and this was no exaggeration.

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