Duncan was actually German, and his hometown was right next to the Dutch border. During these years, the Dutch maritime trade was in full swing, sailing ships sailed between the oceans, and the sea coachman was well deserved. Duncan is an ordinary apprentice watchmaker in Germany, in order to make money to marry the girl he loves, he did a thing that he regretted, that is, he cooperated with the thieves in Berlin, secretly matching keys for them, the clocks of this generation are handmade, and it is not a problem to be able to make such a precise thing as clocks and watches with keys.

For a time, burglaries in Berlin were frequent, and no clues could be found in any of them. It wasn't until a burglar opened the door to steal that the owner came home that the matter came to light. As soon as he heard that the burglary had been caught, Duncan instinctively felt that something was wrong, so he immediately packed up his things and fled. He fled to neighboring Holland and boarded a ship bound for India in Amsterdam.

It is said to be India, but the destination is even farther away than India, and finally came to the distant Daming, and arrived at Dayuan in the south of Dongfan Island. As a locksmith and watchmaker, Duncan was naturally ingenious, responsible for the maintenance of various weapons and tools on the ship, and had a high status on the ship as a technician, so he made a lot of gold coins, and saw that after a few years of work, he could return to Europe, buy a piece of land and marry a beautiful girl to live a happy life.

However, a sudden sneak attack changed everything, and Duncan's hard-earned hundreds of gold coins were robbed by the Ming, and he became a prisoner of the Ming.

Not a Dutch himself, Duncan naturally had no loyalty, and when the Ming persuaded him to surrender, in order to survive, Duncan was the first of the eight Dutch to surrender for the silver promised by the Ming people.

"Damn the Germans, you have surrendered to the Eastern heretics, and the Dutch fleet will not let you go!" Lieutenant Anglo cursed angrily, and the other six Dutchmen were silent.

"Lieutenant Anglo, I am different from you, you chose to finally end up in the Netherlands, but I am not a citizen of the Netherlands, I just want to live." Duncan explained.

"We still have a thousand troops and seven warships in the city of Geranza, and more than ten warships of three thousand soldiers in Batavia. With such a large number of troops, it is enough to defeat the Ming Dynasty and rescue us back. By then, Duncan, you're not going to end well! Anglo said grimly.

"Forget it, Lieutenant Anglo, Daming is not one of those savages in the East Indies. Zheng Du can't be defeated, let alone conquered the Ming Dynasty, don't daydream! Duncan shook his head, ignored the madman, and turned to leave the cell.

"You're going to regret it, Duncan, you're going to regret it!" Anglo shouted frantically, but Duncan left with the Qiyun merchant without even twisting his head.

"What's the name of the ghost?" One of the soldiers raised his knife and struck Anglo with the back of his knife, knocking him to the ground and locking the cell door again.

Chen Yue was very interested in the first red-haired ghost to surrender, personally summoned Duncan, and tried to talk to him in half-baked English, who knew that the red-haired ghost stared at his eyes and did not react at all, so he could only helplessly ask Lin Fusheng, the interpreter, to translate.

When he heard that the opposite person was actually the Duke of Daming, Duncan was shocked, and he didn't dare to lie at all, and told his origin as fine as a bamboo tube pouring beans.

Chen Yue was not interested in Duncan's past experience of working with thieves, he was interested in Duncan's identity as a watchmaker, because as far as Chen Yue knew, many advanced firearms and machines in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were designed and made by watchmakers.

"Would you like to join the Ming army? I can give you a military position of 100 households! Chen Yue asked directly.

"Hundred? What kind of official position is that? Is there a lieutenant big? Duncan asked.

"Of course, it's bigger than a lieutenant, and it should be the same as a captain." Chen Yue thought about it and said. According to the military establishment of Western countries, a lieutenant is a platoon commander, with a maximum of thirty or forty people, and a hundred households can nominally manage a hundred people, which is not equivalent to the rank of captain and company commander.

"Captain! God, Lord Duke, you are so generous, I am willing to serve you! Duncan, who had been a commoner for generations, was overjoyed when he heard that he had the opportunity to become a captain.

"Duncan Baihu, now I will give you a task to convince those seven Dutchmen to surrender and serve me as you do." Chen Yue ordered.

"Lord Duke, this is not an easy matter." Duncan grimaced and told Angrew what he had just scolded him, "Andrew has a bad temper and is hard, he won't give in." ”

"Duncan Baihu, there is a saying in Daming, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and now I leave this matter to you, as for what means to use to make them submit, I don't care!" Chen Yue waved his hand and ordered someone to take out Duncan, who was suffering from a bitter face, and then asked Lin Fusheng, the interpreter, to assist Duncan in trying to get the Dutch to surrender.

So, the Tartar official Baihu Duncan began his plan to persuade him to surrender. The first step was to persuade with good words, but unexpectedly provoked Anglo to scold, with Anglo there, the other Dutchmen also kept their mouths shut, and no one was willing to surrender.

So Duncan took the second step, restricting his diet, giving each person only water every day, and not eating anything.

Hunger was the most unbearable thing, and for three days the Dutchmen were so hungry that when Duncan came to the cell with a bucket of rice soup, everyone but Anglo begged for it.

"Mr. Duncan, give me something to eat, we are willing to surrender." The Dutchmen said one after another.

"Bastard, why are you like this? Our warriors in the Netherlands will not surrender even if they starve to death. Anglo scolded weakly.

But by this time, these Dutchmen were already hungry and red-eyed, and who would pay attention to him.

Duncan laughed and asked the soldiers of Qiyun to open the cell door and let the six Dutchmen out.

As soon as they came out, the six Dutchmen rushed to the bucket and grabbed the rice porridge in the bucket. Anglo's throat swelled, and he turned his head away, but he would rather starve to death than surrender.

After another three days, Anglo fell unconscious with hunger, but still refused to surrender. There was no way, Duncan had to report to Chen Yue.

"If you want to get these Dutchmen completely into their hearts, the villain has a way." Interpreter Lin Fusheng to Chen Yuedao.

On the beach, Anglo lay hungry and dying on the ground, Duncan and six other Dutchmen standing in front of him.

"Let's get started, Duncan Hundred!" Lin Fusheng smiled at Duncan and the others.

Duncan held the long knife in his hand, his lips trembled, and he looked at Anglo lying on the ground, and then looked at the circle of Akito soldiers with muskets around him, Duncan knew that he had no choice.

Gritting his teeth, he thought about Angel and swung it down, and a stream of blood shot out and splashed his face!