The Return from Dezhou
Tomb of East Sulu King
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During 1417, the East King of Sulu, Paduka Pahala, sailed with his family and 300 other people of noble descent. He was to pay tribute to the Yongle Chinese emperor, Zhu Di, who was of the Ming Dynasty. While he was welcomed by the emperor upon his arrival in China, he nevertheless contracted a mysterious disease on his way home and died at Dezhou, a town in Shandong province in China the eldest son, Tumahan returned to Sulu and but his sons, Antulu and Wenhala remained in china. The emperor immediately commissioned artisans and sculptors to build a tomb for the deceased monarch, which still stands today.
In the return of the Prince to Sulu, Tumahan he would encounter Rajah Baginda of Sulu who came from Minangbangkau.
Rajah Baguinda and Tumahan would collaborate in the formation and establishment of the Sulu Sultanate.
In this time, Sulu had been focused on its trade from China and weakens its connections to Majapahit but Selurong would strongly be a part of Majapahit and remains to be a hopping point of traders from Majapahit to Okinawa and Japan…Selurong is the center of trade between Japan and Sumatra/Java area.
Meanwhile Madyaas would continue to raid Fujian coasts along with the Wukou causing destabilization in the coasts of Fujian.
On the same time Zheng he would continue establish a chinese colony in Kumintang in Lucsuhin or Lusung, the new state is called as Lusung, which he originally attempted with Yong Le’s supported governor Xu Chailao in 1418, Lusung started to expand and adopted the native language of the region.
The people in Lusung would adopt chinese culture and closely associate with states south of it like the Confederation of Madya-as, Lusong would expand in the coming years, the hostile tribes nearby the Lusong settlement would join it and becomes more native as years go by.
The Semi chinese State of Lusung and Selurong would become indifferent to each other each would coexist, however, they would be in the opposite sides of the Pulilan Kasumuran lake.
Note: Kasumuran Lake is called in OTL as Laguna de Bay..
Lucsuhin or Lusung’s initial capital is OTL Calatagan or Lusung, Lucsuhin is a brgy in Calatagan..