table of Contents A WomAn LeAder TAking ChArge Terrorizing The SeAS on her oWn TermS more AbouT Ching Shih gLoSSAry To LeArn more index 4 8 12 18 22 23 24 24
A Woman Leader How does the fleet look today It is 1807 Emperor Jiaqing is the leader of China But there is one section of the country he cannot control On the southeastern coast in the South China Sea some look to another leader Cheng Yih and his wife Ching Shih command thousands of pirates The crews are rested and ready Together Cheng Yih and Ching Shih have built a massive confederation of 1,200 junks and six fleets Each fleet flies a different colored flag The more than 300 ships of the Red Flag Fleet sail under the command of Cheng Yih himself Captain a storm is coming in off the sea It looks bad Prepare the ship I want as many people as we can spare below deck 4
The rain falls hard and waves batter the ship But Cheng Yih stays on deck to watch over the fleet Ching Shih comes to the deck to check on him Yih the fleet will be fine Come in and warm up Suddenly a huge wave crashes onto the deck and sweeps Cheng Yih overboard He tries to swim back to the ship but the waves are too rough Yih 5
