Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 51

When the men stepped into the magnificent castle, they were quickly captured by a bunch of soldiers to pay a respect to
the queen. The crewmen and Zheng He were tied up very tightly so none of them could escape. They entered a room
where the queen was enjoying some cookies. She saw the men tied in ropes and asked, “What is going on?” One of the
soldiers stepped out and told the queen what had happened.
At first the queen didn’t want to build a relationship or trade goods with China, but Zheng He told her that they made
the citizens very polite. The queen smiled and said happily, “I will fulfill your requests since you’ve saved my people!
They’ve been so critical because they have different opinions about choosing a king and have been arguing for years.”
The queen ordered some of her servants to take the expensive goods out from storage and they traded some jewels, silk,
diamonds, gold, pearls and animal skins. It almost took three hours there.
Of course, Zheng He and his men still had some amazing voyages after the visit to Rance. They had shown to the
world that Chinese people are brave, intelligent and caring!
Although Zheng He and his crewmen had all passed away years later, the magical ring was still hidden in the box on one
of the ships and the magic may last forever!