Dreaming Back to the West: the New Legend of Zheng He

Chen Xinghai, a modern ocean captain, accidentally traveled to the early Ming Dynasty and became a fisherman. He helped King Zhu Di of Yan to innovate artillery, break through the natural chasm of the Yangtze River, and achieve the feat of following the dragon. After the success of Jingnan, he was ordered to assist Zheng He in building a fleet to the Western Ocean, improve treasure ships, optimize navigation methods, travel among the Southeast Asian countries, mediate diplomacy, exterminate pirates, overwhelm vassals, explore secrets and treasures, and conquer Japan, and repeatedly made extraordinary achievements. Because of his marriage to Princess Yilin, the daughter of King Zhou, he gradually became jealous of Emperor Yongle Emperor Zhu Di. So he took his seal and retired, fled overseas with his wife, and unexpectedly found the isolated "Fuyu Country". Here, he built a foundation, built salt, iron, and firearms, and quietly built an invincible navy that could shake the Nanyang pattern. However, the big tree attracted the wind, and the rise of Fuyu State aroused Zhu Di's deeper fear. In the Battle of Mount Xilan, in order to save his adopted brother Zheng He who was trapped in a tight siege, Chen Xinghai resolutely led his troops to the rescue and broke the enemy's ambush. After the war, he presented his national seal and assisted Shaharul in the east in the fight for Khorasan to show his attachment to the throne. However, he declined the court invitation and decided to lead his old troops who had raised the Ming Dynasty Dragon Flag to continue westward. His goal is to cross the Cape of Good Hope, the legendary "Devil's Strait" that swallowed countless ships, and rush to the place where the fate of two lives has been entangled: the Bay of Benin. In front of them are the huge waves of the westerly winds and the unpredictable dangers of the deep sea, and in the back are the heavy siege of the Sudan of the Red Sea; crossing the Devil's Strait is to liberate the suffering black slaves; marching towards Europa is to save the dust-covered Saint Joan of Arc. Chen Xinghai will lead his invincible fleet, with Eastern wisdom and unyielding ambition, to create a turbulent sailing epic on the vast ocean.