Francis was one of the entourages who followed Pire, he was a sailor, but also a shoemaker, and later worked as a blacksmith in the army to order horseshoe, and then learned some mechanical manufacturing from a Swiss watchmaker, when the king called up soldiers, he returned to the army, because the army could give him a good salary, at least more secure than wandering outside, but the army was not good, that is, he had to fight, he didn't like to fight, after several times of resistance, he was arranged to the army's repair shop, Responsible for repairing damaged firearms.

He is very talented, he learns quickly, he also cultivates very well, and even reformed some details of the arquebus, and was soon favored by the officials above, this young man who can write and calculate, and has a talent for language, and was finally favored by Pire, and brought him to be his entourage, Francis quickly learned the language of Daming in the land of Daming, and can communicate proficiently, which makes Piret value him more and always take him with him.

But this time, he was very unlucky, Fan Shaozu's Qing army Han army banner soldiers and green battalion soldiers were defeated, and due to the chaos at the time, no one could take care of their group of Portuguese, was captured by Zhang Qiang's fire guns, they were a group of fifteen people, three died, one was seriously injured, this time, they found that even if they were these people, the enemy did not want to let them go, and was dragged to the river to be executed.

"Ready" Francis knelt by the river, trembling, he also followed Piret to execute the Ming Dynasty people like this, but today when he became a person kneeling here, he was not as numb and hard as those Ming Dynasty people, all the feces and urine were incontinent, and the whole person stinked, even according to his righteous recruits, he didn't turn his head.

An elite soldier of the volunteer army glanced at him in disgust, and shouted loudly to a group of Linhai Qingzhuang who had just picked up their weapons and learned to shoot with firearms: "How many of us have these damn red-haired devils killed, slightly offended our sea frontier, and slaughtered my Ming people, today, it is time for you to pick up the weapons in your hands and take revenge," he took a step back, drew his waist knife, and stretched forward, "Aim." ”

Another elite soldier, his shoulder armor was painted with a red paint, and a slender blue slashed diagonally in the middle of the red, which meant that he was a captain and an elite soldier, and he said to the five young men beside him from behind: "Second squad preparation, reload ammunition." ”

In the distance, there were two senior soldiers standing beside him, standing with a fire hammer, the chief was wearing a suit of chain mail, with a short fire gun on his waist, a waist knife on his waist, and a long fire gun on his back, and a color block of the banner of the Zhang Qiang Righteous Army on his shoulder, but there was a yellow border around this color block, which proved that he was more advanced than those elite soldiers, elite soldiers.

He looked up at the sky, but didn't speak, the captain had already raised his hand high, he glanced back at Shi Chang, who nodded at him.

"Let's-" Captain Wu's arms waved down in front of him.

"Bang bang bang" five consecutive firecracks, Francis felt a shock to his body, and the person fainted on the ground.

The other four people leaned forward in unison, and a stream of blood came out of their bodies, and some even burst their brains, making people feel the urge to vomit.

The captain glanced at the last soldier, and there was a spark in his eyes, five people shot at each other, and you didn't hit your target, isn't it a shame for yourself?

The second captain covered his mouth and laughed, and then turned to the five recruits beside him, "Take ten steps forward, stand still, raise your gun!" ”

A horse galloped forward, shouting from afar: "Stop the execution, Lord Toji has arrived-"

Smoke and dust were flying, and a group of cavalrymen wearing red cloaks with a blue diagonal line in the middle of the cloak were guarding a huge carriage drawn by four horses.

There were a full hundred cavalrymen, and the carriage was tightly surrounded by the front and back, and no one wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the carriage.

Zhou Congee wore the same cloak, wore a royal blue robe, rode a war horse, and carried his five personal guard cavalry, his cavalry did not have a cloak, all were royal blue battle robes, chain mail, and immediately hung a spear, a fire gun on his back, and a saber around his waist.

Pire and Rafael were excited, just now saw four of the five subordinates being shot, one frightened first fainted, escaped death, but when the second row of rebel firearms was ready to shoot, they knew that there was no escape, they couldn't help but burst into tears, disheartened, at this time seeing Zhang Qiang's convoy arrive, the desire to survive in their hearts rose again, violently struggled away from the soldier's hand, and stumbled towards Zhang Qiang who was getting off the carriage.

The commander of the second platoon of "Bang Bang Bang" didn't think about it, so he waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to shoot the bullets that were about to be fired at the two of them, and the two of them were stunned, and then fell into the dust with a thud.

The rebel infantry who followed the execution this time rushed up, with the back of their knives and guns, and beat the remaining Portuguese soldiers who were waiting for execution, because of Zhang Qiang's arrival, they did not dare to make a decision to kill these people who were still in control, as for Rafael and Pire, it was self-inflicted, who made them tall and powerful, so that the sloppy soldiers were careless, and they broke free, and their actions of rushing to Zhang Qiang's carriage were misunderstood as attacking Zhang Qiang, and they were executed by the second commander.

As soon as Francis woke up, he saw that the second platoon of rebel gunners had killed Pire and Raphael, and his body couldn't help but go limp, and he fainted again.

Zhou Congee rode on the horse and calmly looked at Pire and Lyfir, who fell to the ground, jumped off the war horse, ran to Zhang Qiang, and helped Zhang Qiang, whose injuries had not yet healed, Zhang Qiang walked towards the Portuguese with his support.

Finally stopped in front of Francis, "This is the man, the Portuguese firearms maintenance soldier." The system told him.

"Wake him up." Zhang Qiang said to a volunteer infantry beside him.

The rebel infantry hurriedly ran to the river, and shot a bamboo tube of water in the river, spraying it directly in Francis's face.

Francis woke up, he felt a little dizzy, as if something had gotten into his head, and then the whole person felt a lot more energetic, but he always felt obedient, when he looked up at Zhang Qiang, he found that Zhang Qiang was so familiar, so kind, like his acquaintance, and then a voice popped out of his head, no, it was his mouth that involuntarily made a voice, "Your Majesty." ”

This surprised him, and he didn't know why he called this man Your Majesty, but he was not a foolish person, and it was not stupid for anyone to stay in the retinue of assistants beside the governor, and he understood that his life and death were in the hands of this person.

He followed the example of the Ming people, got up, knelt on the ground, and shouted in his Portuguese tone: "Grass people, Francis meets the general." ”

"Well, you're smart, what did you do before?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Francis lowered his head and didn't dare to look up at Zhang Qiang, this is what he learned from the rules of those Ming people, when the Ming people faced the big people, they always didn't dare to look up at the big people without the permission of the big people, that was regarded as disrespectful, the light was gouging out of the eyes, and the heavy was beheading, he had just died once, but he didn't dare to disrespect this big man who could decide his life and death.

He replied to Zhang Qiang with a look of sincere fear, "The grass man is a Portuguese soldier and a sailor, and now serves as Lord Pire's retinue. ”

Zhang Qiang glanced at the bodies of Pire and Lefir, the clothes of the officers and soldiers, and the entourage must be different, and you can see at a glance who the adults are.

"But you've worked as a craftsman repairing firearms?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Francis said: "Yes, my lord, the villain once served as a soldier repairing firearms on a warship, and the villain is willing to serve the adult." He added at the end that he understood that this was the reason why the lord valued him and was willing to talk to him, otherwise he would have been left behind if even Piret and Raphael had been executed.