When his son Cheng Yi took up the leadership after his death, one of the new recruits was Cheung Po-tsai, a 15-year-old hostage kidnapped during one of his robbing sprees.

• 张保仔是江门人，15岁遭郑一掳走沦为海盗。郑一死后，因郑一嫂石氏聪明能干，有胆识又有领导才能，被视为可敬的奇女子，海盗于是拥郑一嫂为首领，带领红旗派。