Yingya Spark

In the 19th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Quanzhou boy Luo Jiaxin was recruited to join Zheng He's sixth voyage to the West. With his martial prowess and determination, he rose from sailor to general. In the 22nd year of Yongle's reign, the overseas voyages were suspended, and Luo Jiaxin returned to his hometown temporarily. In the fifth year of Xuande's reign, he returned to Zheng He's seventh ocean-going fleet. In the eighth year of Xuande's reign, the fleet encountered a storm, and the treasure ship on which Luo Jiaxin was riding ran aground and sank. He drifted to a strange desert island, and was later rescued by a merchant ship and fled to the Kingdom of Malacca. Unaccompanied, he started out as a coolie and met Adela, an indigenous woman who helped each other by chance. The two overcame cultural differences and got married. Marriage gave Luo Jiaxin a foothold. He used his navigation knowledge and management experience to build a small trading fleet to travel to and from the islands around Malacca. However, pirate robberies and suppression by local tycoons followed one after another, and he was on the verge of bankruptcy several times. However, he relied on the tactics of the Ming Dynasty navy to improve defense, make friends with enlightened nobles, and apply advanced technology to finally resolve the crisis, and his business expanded to shipping, minerals, spices and other fields. After many hardships, Luo Jiaxin accumulated great wealth and became an important Chinese leader in Malacca. He was awarded an official title by the Sudan. The family has been rooted in Malacca for generations, and has written a legend from a distressed sailor to a generation of wealthy businessmen.