Subtitles by MyAsianFever.tv --Episode 3--
Stop it, stop!
I'm the one who had the opium,
so I'm the one to be punished.
Why do you bother punishing my family?
Alright.
You all will die anyway,
what difference does it make if you die right away or after you get beaten.
Boss!
No! No...
Don't!
Could please stop?
Yut-dol!
Come to your senses!
No!
Oh no.
You can't do this!
Yut-dol!
You can't do this!
Oh, no!
No!
Sir!
He's dead!
Sir!
Sir.
You bastards!
I'll kill you all!
Kill them!
Yut-dol!
No way.
My father did it for Chun's Gaekju.
Please forgive him.
What happens if you're caught doing illegal trafficking?
Boss!
You fools!
Are you trying to destroy Chun's Gaekju
and make everyone die here?
Hey you!
Arrest me...
Just arrest me alone!
All of you vulgar merchants
caused a huge mess around here,
and you want me to just end with you?
What a shameless fool!
Chief.
Please punish me for everything.
I'm not a merchant who deals with opium!
How dare you touch me?!
I'm Chun Oh-su of Chun's Gaekju.
Let me in to Hanyang.
I'll go to Hyungjo Court to let them decide.
If you're Chun Oh-su of Chun's Gaekju,
I'm Kim Hyung-joong, the Chief of Euiju.
How dare you low class merchant try to add value to your name?
Oh, Chief! Chief.
Three syllables of the name 'Chun Oh-su' do have some weight.
You can decide what to do tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
No need to rush.
You don't need to get rid of him tonight.
Line them up, and lock them in jail!
Yes, chief.
Put all of them in jail!
Yes, sir.
Chief!
Open.
Yes, sir.
Look, Merchant Chun.
A soldier died from getting hit by a rock.
If you were the Chief,
would you go "Yes, I'll let you go to the Hyungjo Court," huh?
Then, let them decide if I'm guilty or not.
Then, would you be willing to hand over your dried sea cucumbers as a bribe?
They're worth 10,000 nyang!
Does that make sense?
Well, yeah.
But you know what?
Even if you go to Hyungjo,
there's not going to be a difference.
People will chase after your money here and there.
And they have more people there,
so you'll have to give them more money.
This world won't let you vanish quietly.
Wouldn't it cost you less to bribe here at Euiju,
than to bribe at Hyungjo?
Think about it.
Alright.
Those dried sea cucumbers
I will hand them over to you.
Really?
Good, good.
You made the right decision.
There's a high level of security here,
but I will do my best to release you. Okay?
It's 3 dried sea cucumbers with some opium in them.
That much,
any merchant keeps handy for household medicine.
If that is so, how did this happen?
The one who was inspecting today
couldn't differentiate what's real or not.
Chun's Gaekju's dried sea cucumbers are worth
at least 10,000 nyang.
You should just flog them and let them go.
We can give 100 nyang to the family members of the dead solider.
And they will be so amazed that
they will keep their mouths shut.
You're saying we're partially responsible too,
then flog them...
Flogging?
Do you really think flogging is enough?
Oops! I forgot you are here.
Take this, sir.
Chun's Gaekju got caught with opium trafficking.
You shouldn't be easy on them...
Oh, hey...
Oh. Hey!
Oh, oops! Oops.
My gratitude overflowed.
Too much is worse than too little.
I had too much of gratitude.
And you, my stepbrother, are way too damn nosy.
Too much is worse than too little.
Ugh.
Ugh!
--Euiju Government Office--
I will buy those dried sea cucumbers.
Come on in!
Um. Boss?
3,000 pieces of silver from Qing.
They are worth 15,000 nyang.
The dried sea cucumbers are worth 10,000 nyang, and
you're giving us 5,000 nyang more?
It's the cost of beheading someone.
Even though you're the stepbrother of the governor of Gaesong,
how dare you joke around with me!
If I spread the words about this incident, Hanyang will become noisy.
What?
Opium was found at Door 3.
Two soldiers died from getting hit by a rock.
I just can't believe how they can get away with being flogged.
If people in Hanyang find this out, you will get rebuked, no?
Then, what do you want me to do?
Just think simply,
as this is a simple matter.
A man who has to die, dies.
Just follow the law of Geunmoon and behead him.
And if you want the dried sea cucumbers,
accept them as an indemnification of the dead soldiers.
Open it up.
Yes, sir.
Look, Merchant Chun.
It's 10,000 nyang for bribery.
But what do you mean that all of our family members are being forced to labor?
It's not like you're going to die doing the labor.
Forced labor is better.
Flogging will kill you,
if not, permanently hurt you.
Two national army soldiers died.
To be fair, Chun's Gaekju should give up one more life.
I begged the Chief to find out who secretly put the opium
in Chun's Gaekju's bag and behead that person.
Therefore, find out who did it
because we will interrogate after the morning assembly tomorrow.
I made a huge effort for this.
We'll find out who secretly put the opium
in your bag and behead that person.
So-gae. Hand me your bag.
Warden. Warden!
Please call the head inspection director. Warden!
I just made a fool out of myself, huh.
I just wasted 15,000 nyang.
I used up all that money,
and Chun Oh-su is about to get away with it back to Gaeseong.
Damn it.
You fool.
You immature fool!
A son is revenging for his father.
Isn't it reasonable?
Don't you know my father worked endlessly for Chun's Gaekju?
He would wake up early in the morning
and work all day long selling goods.
He didn't get remarried,
he didn't go to bars with women,
and he didn't even gamble around!
He had no annual salary,
and merchant was merely a title.
How is that different than slavery?
He worked that much.
And you killed him like that?
What's so bad about entering into Yook-ei-jeon?
Why? Why!
So-gae.
I'm not saying your father was bad.
The way he approached to get into Yook-ei-jeon was wrong!
I don't want to hear it!
Did I say I wanted hear that?
To save others, you paid 10,000 nyang worth of dried sea cucumbers.
But why didn't you save my father?
If you had given 10,000 nyang to the customs inspector,
you could've saved him.
He could've lived!
So-gae!
I'm not afraid!
You can kill me if you want.
You can tell the head inspector tomorrow to behead me!
or open up a packman's platform
just like you did to my father
make me drink poisonous water.
stab me with knife,
do whatever you want!
So-gae!
What are you guys doing?
Run!
I said hurry!
Hurry up!
Stop being so sluggish!
Hurry! Move quickly!
Let me talk to Merchant Chun briefly.
I have something to discuss with him about a debt.
I said move quickly!
Merchant Chun.
Do you know why Merchant Gil died?
Because you handed him opium!
You got half right.
Merchant Gil died to save your life.
What do you mean?
"Chun Oh-su is the one who did opium trafficking"
is all he had to say to live.
So don't you think he died to save your life?
You bastard!
Did you want Chun's Gaekju that much?
How could you kill my brother!
Yes I want it! Very much.
Who wouldn't want it?
Merchant Gil said Chun's Gaekju is worth 30,000 nyang,
but no, no.
Chinese merchants go crazy over Chun's Gaekju dried sea cucumbers.
They will pay much more for it.
The things you'd do for money...
you're not even a human.
Not a human!
Right. I'm not a human.
But I wonder what decisions you'll make, as a human.
What?
I'm sure you know that Merchant Gil's son is the one
who purposefully put opium in the bag.
Reveal that!
I wonder if you would save him or kill him.
So, who is the one responsible for opium trafficking?
I'm the one who put opium in Merchant Chun's bag.
Yut-dol!
If it wasn't for Merchant Chun, I have would have died at Geunmoon.
Stop talking nonsense!
You rascal!
Do you people think you're generals at war or what?
You all are vulgar merchants.
How dare you guys pose as generals?
Yeah, you. Come here, and I'll...
So who will take responsibility for opium trafficking caught at Door 3?
I will.
Boss.
Father.
Hey, hey!
Father. You're not the one who did it!
Father, you're a good person.
You're an ethical Gaekju owner!
Tell them no, that they weren't yours!
Come on, tell them.
That the opium wasn't yours.
Come on!
I did it.
No. They weren't his!
I, as the owner of the gaekju, am responsible for Chun's Gaekju matter!
The opium from Door 3 is
my fault, so you should punish me.
Get away!
Aren't that Chun's people?
No way. They left long time ago.
Huh? You're right.
But how come they're a mess?
Why are they tied up like fishes?
Something must have happened.
Move quickly!
So, is that what you did?
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
Two dogs... what?
It is true that money went out of my pocket,
I can't say that I'm the one who actually caused this.
Alright.
Chun Oh-su of Chun's Gaekju has violated his duty
and moral principles by trafficking opium.
Therefore, he must face punishment according to the law of Sammoon (Door 3).
Behead Chun Oh-su and hang his head over the Door 3 gate,
and it will be used as a borderline for international merchants.
Boss!
Proceed.
If he didn't give extra money as gratuity,
he's probably going to suffer a lot.
All others are tied up, so they can't even do a thing.
I'll pay gratuity, so let me in.
Who's that?
I'm Cho Sung-jun who previously did business with him.
Please allow me to offer him a drink for the last time before he dies.
Let him in.
Who did it?
Merchant Chun doing opium trafficking? Who believes that?
Thank you for the drink.
Thank you.
Is there absolutely no way to get out?
You've saved my life before.
I'm sorry I have to die without paying you back.
Merchant Chun!
You...
You really...
Hey, hey!
Now get out!
Chief!
Please allow me to say last words before I die.
Make it short.
Soh-leh.
Yes, father.
You need to stay strong!
Soh-leh, you need to lead Chun's Gaekju now.
Go back to Gaeseong and sort out the belongings with Mr. Hong.
With that money, you must rebuild Chun's Gaekju.
Do you understand?
Yes, father.
I will rebuild Chun's Gaekju.
Soh-gae.
When the time comes, marry So-leh.
Marry So-leh, raise Chun's Gaekju with her,
and take care of Bong-Sam.
Ha!
I am leaving Chun's Gaekju and my children to you,
please take a good care of them.
Soh-gae, answer him!
Hurry up and answer him!
Answer him...
Okay.
Bong-Sam.
Bong-Sam, lift your head and look at me!
Father.
I'm scared.
I'm scared of business.
Yes, that's money.
Scarier than knives and bombs.
Money kills people, but
money also saves people's lives.
Hey, hey!
How are your last words longer than long winter nights?
Bong-Sam. Do what you like.
If you're so scared of business, you don't have to do it.
But, whatever you do, you must always be diligent and faithful.
Diligence and faithfulness, those two things,
are all you need to live in this world.
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Sang-moon.
I'm on the way.
Sang-moon!
So-gae?
So-gae!
So-gae.
How could you leave us?
My father told you.
To take care of Bong-Sam, me, and Chun's Gaekju.
Your father is crazy.
How can I... marry you?
Whenever I see your face,
it will remind me of your father being beheaded,
it will remind me of my father who died at Chaek-moon,
So-gae.
I'm going to forget
you, Bong-Sam,
and that damned Chun's Gaekju!
I have to get my revenge for my father.
Just like my father's last words,
Yook-ei-jeon's head merchant
Chosun's richest person is what I'm going to be.
I'm going to be a leading businessman!
Father.
Have you met mother?
Don't worry about Chun's Gaekju.
So-leh, my hands are bleeding.
Where's So-gae? Why isn't he coming back?
Next, I am going to find out who made you die,
and I will pay back exactly the same way.
So-leh, I'm tired.
From now on, you're the new Chun's Gaekju owner.
You need to stop being so childish.
Promise father
that you will successfully rebuild Chun's Gaekju.
No.
Father told me to do what I like.
You and So-gae can lead Chun's Gaekju once you guys get married.
Only the Chun family can become the owner of Chun's Gaekju.
So-gae left us.
He left us!
No!
Find him.
Find him...
Bong-Sam!
Bong-Sam.
Oh no.
Bong-Sam.
Father.
Doctor!
Please do all that you can.
You need to give him some medicine,
at least an ointment or salve.
There's no medicine for this disease.
Mama, a disease scarier than a tiger.
(Mama: an infectious disease with high death rate)
So I'm telling you that your brother...
has a small chance to live. He will die.
Why. Why would Bong-Sam die?
He still speaks and looks for his father.
I know it'll be hard to leave your brother alone,
but you need to leave him before you get infected.
Doctor!
You can't just leave like this. Doctor!
Doctor! Doctor.
Father...
What?
Merchant Chun got beheaded?
Yes, sir.
Remaining Chun's workers were sent to forced labor.
And Chun's Gaekju has collapsed.
So, what was he accused of?
It's...
opium trafficking.
No way, no way.
What? Shin Suk-ju?
I was looking for someone to buy Chun's Gaekju,
you should've waited until I got back!
You couldn't even wait and went to Shin Suk-ju?
He's the Yook-ei-jeon head merchant.
So he should find someone more easily than you can, no?
I've put so much effort into this.
And now Shin Suk-ju seems to get everything!
How could you say that?
Do you know what our family calls us?
Teeth and gum?
No, mouth and throat.
Have you seen a throat chewing on something?
If I chew on something, all you need to do is swallow it!
That... that son of another mother.
Just because I show some respect, he thinks he's my real brother, huh?
Bo-hyeon, you still have a long way to go.
A much more to go, eh?
You need to be trained more to become bigger.
Bong-Sam.
You need to eat.
You must eat, so you can get better.
Bong-Sam.
Please, just one bite.
Please! For me.
Bong-Sam.
You need to get better soon.
Oh, no...
I'm so sorry.
--Gaeseong Chun's Gaekju--
Okay.
They have this spirit.
A very stern spirit.
But how did such unlucky things happen?
Head merchant!
Isn't that you, head merchant?
I, Kim Hak-jun, would like to greet you with big honor.
Oh, hey. Hey!
I'm just a middle-class merchant.
Even if you're a son of concubine,
you're still an Ahn-dong Kim family.
You don't need to bow down on the ground.
I feel uncomfortable.
Well, that's something I don't have control over because it's my mother's blood.
I am merely a small merchant in Kangkyeong.
You are Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant, who takes care of 25,000 merchants,
you're a father to all of us.
Father.
Father?
Are you here to buy dried sea cucumbers 'heuk-choong'?
You fool. Greet the head merchant!
He's Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant!
Oh! Head merchant!
It's okay. It's okay.
I'm sorry, but our boss has left to Chaek-moon,
so he is not available at the moment.
How can a big inn like this so slow on news?
From now on, I'm the new owner of this inn.
What?
Your boss had put Chun's Gaekju as security when he borrowed money from me.
Money!
Here, here. Check.
This is the document.
Shin Suk-ju.
You rascal!
How did I...
the things I worked for...
This fool sensed something, I think...
No... Shin Suk-ju!
Not that one.
Soh-leh, you need to stay strong.
Soh-leh, you, need to take over Chun's Gaekju now.
Bong-Sam.
I think I have to leave now.
Bong-Sam.
I'm leaving.
Soon, I will come back soon.
I'm sorry, Bong-Sam.
It's father's.
Father's identification.
Bong-Sam.
If you get too cold, hungry, or too sick...
Bong-Sam,
if you get too sick, go to father.
Soh-leh...
Don't leave me, Soh-leh.
Soh-leh, don't leave me.
Open the door!
You rascal! Go away!
Hey! Hey! What are you...
Hey!
You rascal! Do you think you're allowed here?
Use me.
You rascal!
You little rascal.
How dare you talk back to me!
I'm Gil So-gae.
Please use me.
You... you come from a family of peddlers, don't you?
You rascal...
What are you? Huh?
What are you doing this early in the morning?
Out of Yook-ei-jeon merchants, how many are not from low-class family?
Aren't most of them used to be licensed merchants?
Even if that is so.
What are you trying to do at our Shin's Gaekju?
I'm trying to become... the Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant.
What a crazy scumbag!
I want to work as a tout.
We have many touts already,
so go ask somewhere else!
Go now!
If you slapped me, isn't there a price for that?
Where should I clean first?
Just let him do it.
Let him work and see.
Head Merchant! I would like to greet you with great honor.
How did you know I was the head merchant?
Then who else would open up his top, and throw that thing around every morning?
Hey!
Get up!
Hey!
We provide you food, a place to sleep, and clothes to wear, but
we're not paying you any salary for a year.
We'll see if you make it through a year,
and start paying you then.
I'll make it! I am never leaving.
Can't leave!
That! That... crazy-head.
I mean... it's not like we're going to open up a stable soon.
Do we really need to stop by every cow market in Chosun?
Ugh, I'm exhausted.
Do you think it's easy to walk from Song-pa to all the way here?
Hey.
I don't want to sleep in there today, okay?
I've been having bad dreams, so I can't sleep there!
I'm going to sleep in a big room tonight!
Jeez, did I say something?
I just wanted to take a break.
Dear god of all spirits,
please help me to get married.
I want to stop trying to get married... stop trying...
Bang-geum. I want to marry Bang-geum.
Please god!
It's a ghost of a child!
Please...find my sister..
Why are you asking me for your sister? Go back in! I'm scared!
Find my sister.
Sir!
Bang-geum!
Sir!
Look what I brought from the mountain god temple.
What?
Did you find a stunning widow?
Look, look. This is the widow.
Isn't this Merchant Chun's son?
Yeah.
Hey. How do you come across that Chun family's bodies so much?
The father, the son...
But, why is he like this? Huh?
He can't even open his eyes. Hey! Hey!
How about his sister?
I don't know. There was no one else in there. Not even Merchant Gil's son.
Hey.
Where are you going? Huh?
You haven't finished your meal yet!
Doctor!
Any doctor here?
Please come out! Now!
Take a look at him.
No! Not him. No!
Please take a look!
I said no!
How can a doctor reject a patient?
I'm telling you, it's mama!
I've taken him to the mountain god temple!
Mama or whatever it is! This kid is dying!
I said no! Take him back!
Hey. Do you think he will listen to you by yelling at him?
You have to offer him something, then he'll listen.
You want money, don't you?
Take a look at him first. And I'll pay you whatever price you want.
Ah, so persistent! I'm telling you it's mama.
He's amazingly strong!
Usually, half of those with this disease die and the other half survive.
He got lucky. Very lucky!
Will he recover?
Let him take some medicine and rest at home.
Where do we take him? His father is dead too.
Soh-leh.
Soh-leh!
Sir! What are they doing?
Move.
Why are you taking that down?
Oh! It's you, Soh-leh!
Sir!
What's going on?
I heard it through word of mouth, but I cannot believe it!
Sir, let's talk about that later...
Let's first stop them.
Why are they taking down our sign without permission?
Soh-leh.
It's not Chun's Gaekju anymore.
You see that man over there? He's the new owner.
No... No!
Soh-leh! So.. So-leh!
Soh-leh!
No!
Will you stop it?
These belong to my father!
It's my father's...
Soh-leh!
Who are you?
Let me ask you. Who are you?
How dare a young kid like you speak to our boss like that?
I'm Chun Soh-leh, the owner of Chun's Gaekju.
What... What's what? The owner?
I told you who I am. Who are you?
Who are you to invade someone else's property and act like an owner?
You, you rascal!
Say what?
What kind of rascal are you? And who are you to call the owner a rascal?
[The Merchant: Gaekju 2015]
Pick it out! Pick!
Bong-Sam!
I need this identification to go find my sister!
Not my brother? Not Chun Bong-Sam?
I already told you! Why do you keep bugging me?
I'll give you 10 days to sell 3 cows.
His daughter and Yook-ei-jeon head merchant are getting married.
She's a beauty!
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