Ching Shih's Influence On Chinese History

Not much is know of Ching Shih in her early life, only that she was a prostitute before she married Cheng I. Cheng I was the captain of a fleet before she became captain. She had two kids of her own and one adopted son. Once Cheng I died she became captain. She was known for having a bigger fleet than the Chinese navy. Women were very common among the fleet, and women had high ranking jobs just like the men. Her adopted son created laws for this fleet so that if anyone did not behave they will get punished. Even when she retired from being a pirate she never got out of the game of stealing and hustling.
She started with a low status and then rose to power where she controlled 1,800 ships and about 80,000 pirates, along with her adopted son, who made up the laws for the fleet. The first example was: If any man went privately on shore he should have ears slit in the presence of the whole fleet. A repetition of the same unlawful act was death. The second example was: No one article, however trifling in value, was to be privately subtracted from booty, or plundered goods. The final example was: On a piratical expedition, either to advance or retreat without orders, was a capital offense.
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She was born in 1775 in the city Guangdong Province, China. She married Cheng I in 1801 and stayed married until he died in 1807. After her husband's death she married her adopted son Cheung Po Tsai between 1810 - 1822. She had three kids, named Cheng Ying-Shih, Cheng Hsiung-Shih and her adoptive son Cheung Po. In her early life she worked as a prostitute under the name Shi Xianggu in the coastal city of Guangzhou. Once she married Cheng I in 1801 her lifestyle changed dramatically. He was a famous pirate captain that came from the long and prosperous family of pirates. He was the head of the fleet when they first married. Ching Shih was on board from 1801 to 1810.In 1809 she was at the height of her