Didn't I tell you to forget about that incident, that day?
Just forget about it.
So...did you forget everything?
Everything?
Just by you being here, both of us are committing a great wrong against the Great Head Merchant Elder.
Don't ever come here again.
Do you...
think I came here because I wanted to?
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Episode 14
If the Great Head Merchant sees that, his blood pressure will go up and he will collapse.
The Great Merchant had seized our stable.
I came with a cow's feeling of getting dragged to slaughter.
I...I came to bow beneath your husband's feet,
and to beg for my life...I'm saying that I came to beg for my life.
If he has taken control of the stable then there is nothing you can do.
Quickly empty the stable and leave.
If my horse stable's family members' lives weren't at risk,
then I wouldn't have come.
Are our lives worth less than feeding your stable's family members?
If the Great Head Merchant Elder finds out, it'll be hard for both of us to keep our lives.
What's important to me is my life.
Are you planning to kill me too?
What's important to me isn't my life, it's my stable's family members' lives!
Let's pretend to
not know each other and just live on.
Living and eating is important.
What's so great about a temporary passing love?
Don't worry.
I won't put your life at risk.
Please forget everything and live comfortably.
I'll forget everything too now.
My Lady, Cheon Bong Sam is the Merchant Elder of the Songpa Stable.
He came to borrow money.
Yes.
He already had so much weight on his shoulders, yet I hurt him too much.
I had no choice.
Just cry it all out so your heart can be refreshed.
I'm fine. Even if I have to die, I'm fine.
What if he lands in danger...
what if something wrong happens to him in the hands of the Great Head Merchant Elder...
Wol.
My Lady.
Our pitiful lady...
I guess I'll be knocked out of my position of this time.
Naturally, someone not related
shouldn't be handling the money.
The palace is like the bank,
and Lord Min should be in charge.
Hence I'm saying this..
I will like to prepare the retirement present.
Are you going to secretly smuggle the rice intended for tax?
Let's do exactly one million nyang, one million nyang.
I heard that they're having a serious drought on Japanese soil.
It's true that Wonson has been selling grain to Japan.
They are getting ten times the regular price.
They are giving the government office a real pain.
Ah, that's what I'm saying.
So, you just take out exactly 100,000 Nyang worth of rice,
and if you pass that on to the Japanese merchants, then you can profit at least 1,000,000 Nyang.
There is no profit to be made from the tax this time.
What did you just say?
In front of Shin Seok Joo, no one can
earn a profit on the tax collected, not even one grain of rice.
This!
You've grown a lot, you've grown a lot!
Now you're not afraid of anything. Huh?!
Since you're disregarding the King's command and getting things done on your own,
you probably don't see anything with your eyes just like I.
Since everyone treats you as the King of Yukuijeon and praises you,
you must think that you're the real King.
Just do one thing, whether it is poop or soy bean paste.
Poop is good and so is the soy bean paste, but if you mix them both, then you can't eat it!
Humans can't eat it and pigs can't eat it either!
Choose me or choose Min Gyeom Ho. Choose one of the two.
I won't choose you
or Min Gyeom Ho.
What I chose is His Majesty's decision.
This Shin's Merchant Gaekju.
how did it get so large?
Business take over and colluding with politicians, isn't that how you grow your business?
Your storage room also is-- -Uh huh!
A human will die if they change so suddenly. Be careful.
Since you're newly married and all, you better live for a long, long, long time, Head Merchant!
Yes. I have to live long.
I, Shin Seok Joo, still have many things left to do.
My Lord...My Lord!
What does that oldie see me as?
Let's go.
Yes, My Lord.
Why did you turn against Kim Bo Hyeon? What's your reason for doing that, Great Head Merchant Elder?
Because my time is going.
I want to raise my son into a merchant who is respected.
Although I couldn't do it,
my son will surpass the Yukuijeon
and become respected by all the merchants of the world.
He must become that kind of great merchant.
In order to do that, shouldn't we cut off those rotten roots?
This...
I'm sorry, Manager Merchant.
You should do that.
You should raise the one who suits the utmost integrity to serve as the next successor of the Shin Merchant Company.
Shin Seok Joo, being a mere middle class merchant
and trying to dare face me?
If you think the nail has risen a bit,
then you must hit with a hammer properly.
Who doesn't know that?!
What can I do right now to the one who even has received an award from His Majesty?!
My Lord, I escorted her here.
She has arrived!
Welcome.
This...come inside.
This way...
Oh...oh...that's my seat.
It must be your first time entering a noble's home, Gook Sa Jang, Sae Man.
You can call me Your Highness.
- Your Highness? Ah to a mere shaman...- Uh huh!
Since King Taejo has built the Gook Sa shrine on the Monmyeok Mountain,
I am the one who is serving King Taejo and his teacher, Moo Hak in that shrine!
Your Highness? That's good, Your Highness.
Just sit on that seat.
By the way, in Songpa
I saw a miracle with my own eyes.
On top of your head, the thunder was just boom boom boom!
I have been having headaches lately.
Since I got hit my head by the one that I trusted, my skull has been aching...
How could two dragons live in the Han river?
Pardon?
Don't feel lingering attachment and stand separately.
Tell me in a way that I can understand a bit easily...
Shin Seok Joo? It's about the Chief Merchant then!
I just came to greet you today.
Oh, oh, oh, just sit there, Your Highness.
How can you just leave without telling me further?
To be able to catch a snake, you must use a stick, right?
Isn't the Chief Merchant, Gyeol Ho a snake?
That..that's correct. Yukuijeon's dark snake.
Those eyes over there,
they're the eyes of a hawk, which is targeting the food.
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Ah how long are you going to be drunken like that?
Aren't you going to the Chief Merchant?
Ah what happened yesterday, since your mouth has been shut?
Sae Dal Jo! Sae Dal Jo!
Maeng Goo Beom, you know the one below Great Head Merchant.
He is in Songpa right now.
- Here?- Yes.
Catch them!
You wretches, why are you doing this to me?!
Why are you doing this?!
Take this, you wretch!
Aigoo, aigoo, Chief Merchant. Aigoo...
Those unintelligent ones!
You wretches, what's a big sin in taking some rice intended for tax?
You wretches, even if you do Suk Sam Yang
you won't be able to even catch a glimpse of that much money, you wretches!
What the big deal in getting on the boat transporting the rice collected as tax that you're violent like this?!
Since our Hyungnim said that you guys can't cross the river to come here,
so don't cross over! If you come near here one more time,
then I'll crush your skull!
You wretches don't even think about stepping your feet inside the capital.
I will tie you all together and put you into the jail then!
You want to die?!
- Let's go!- Yes, yes..
What a sight, you wretches!
You can't even bring a street thug?
That is...if they were merchants,
Even if I must try to convince them or stamp, I will try to negotiate with them.
Since I can't seem to communicate with them...
So, since they can't communicate,
are you going to not make them get onto tax collections boat?
Who will manage the sailors and how will you fight against the pirates?
How about if we use Mapo thugs? There is Wangsipri Kkak Jung and also the Saenam-- -Uh huh!
When have I ever not put them on?
All of them are thieves.
Even if the Songpa ones are rough, they're the most certain.
Go. Go there again.
Get there and bring Songpa wretches.
My Lord, there is a message for you.
My Lord, The message is from Lord Tax Collector, Kim Bo Hyeon.
They have things to discuss regarding the boat, so they want you to come to Tapgol.
Is getting the boat which will carry the rice tax going well?
Now, we only need to pick the departure date.
I asked you to come here today, because I have someone I wanted to introduce to you.
Someone to introduce to me?
The rules are that an inspector from the tax department should be on board.
So I brought him here to say hello to the person who is in charge for the whole mission.
You're quite fast.
We still haven't picked the departure date..
Even an inspector...?
Is the inspector out there? Come on in.
Look carefully. He's someone you should be happy to meet.
Great Head Merchant Elder.
Gil So Gae...it's Gil So Gae. That person...
is Gil So Gae.
You're right, Head Merchant Maeng. I'm Gil So Gae.
What? Manager Maeng?
You crazy bastard!
Oh, Manager Maeng!
Great Head Merchant Elder, I greet you after a long time.
I heard you were selling salted seafood around the country.
How dare a peddler wearing that robe in front of the Great Head Merchant?
Due to your generosity,
I got a government position yesterday.
Being noble is no big deal. The money is the noble these days.
Gil So Gae bought a position for 3,000 nyang,
so he is now Gil Seng Won. (Who has graduated from an academy, passed the cival test, and is an official government worker.)
He worked under you for 10-years as sales staff. Aren't you proud of him?
Great Head Merchant, where are you going?
I prepared such a large abundant table.
At this point, you should catch up each other's lives and talk about the tax freighter too.
Let's do that next time.
I'll call you again on another day.
It's nice to see you. Nice to see you...
Do your job diligently.
They left in a hurry, hurry!
-Great Head Merchant Elder!- Gil So Gae!
He said he'll call again later!
I congratulate you on your marriage.
This is a small gift that I have prepared.
If it weren't for these 2 nyangs, then how could I be here today?
Nice, very nice.
I'll trust you.
Here.
40 years ago when I first stepped foot into the Yukuijeon,
this was how much I had in my pocket.
What will you be able to do with that?
Let's see.
I'll return to Yukuijeon no matter what.
I'll come back in through these front doors.
I'll take down the Shin Merchant Group banner...
hang a Gil Gaekju banner.
Even a tiger
could get hit and caught by hands of a child who is carrying a stick.
This Shin Seok Joo has become arrogant.
I said, I've become careless, so I've underestimated Gil So Gae that wretch.
Why are you concerning yourself over someone like him?
I made a mistake...a mistake...
Still it's small bill. It's not something for you to worry about.
This, this!
Great Head Merchant Elder.
What is it?!
That...Songpa Stable's Cheon Bong Sam has come here again.
These rascals, really!
Are you all deaf? I told you not to let anyone in.
Hit them quickly and throw them out!
-Yes, Head Merchant!-Yes, Head Merchant!
Let's go, you bastard!
I found valuable goods!
Go tell the Great Head Merchant that I found valuable goods!
So, what is that valuable goods?
What is the valuable goods that I need?
Songpa thugs! Those Songpa thugs,
I will get them on board of your tax freighter.
What did you say?
Songpa thugs?
Don't think of opening the Great Head Merchant's pockets with nonsense!
A person who is running a stable inn in Songpa, how can I not have any relation with the Songpa thugs?
They are quite close with the stable.
Will it work?
I'll get them on board. I'll definitely get them on board.
Great Head Merchant, 20,000 nyangs. Please just lend me 20,000 nyangs.
No matter how good your valuable goods are, I can't pay an outrageous price for it.
If you bring tax grains to Seogang Port without losing even one grain,
then I will lend you 20,000 nyang.
Then, are you saying that I have to get on that freighter?
You said you'll get the thugs on board.
Then, who would be managing them?
If you bring the thugs,
then I will make you the captain.
Great Head Merchant Elder.
I will give you two days. Bring Songpa thugs.
Thank you. Great Head Merchant, thank you.
Protect well!
They must protect well..
Shin's Merchant Inn's second in command couldn't do it.
Songpa thugs don't even take seriously what the Great Head Merchant says.
Will it work?
You're supposed to be my friend...what's wrong with me?
I am 솓 well known cattle broker in Songpa.
With our stable's cattle broker status in Songpa,
it exceeds this Great Head Merchant. Am I right or wrong, Hyung?
Aigoo...
Anyway, go over to the head of Songpa thugs and tell him that I want to meet him
and set up a meeting date. Go quickly.
Okay, I got it.
Now, come here.
We have no other answer aside from this. This is
the last chance for our Songpa Stable, understand?
-Yes.-Yes.
Let's go.
-Protect well!-Yes!
Great Head Merchant! How can you assign Ch대n Bong Sam to be the captain of the tax grains freighter?
It hasn't even been long since you've known him.
The opponent is Gil So Gae. As planned, I'll get on the boat.
You!
Do you know who the most scariest person is in the world?
It's someone that knows me.
Someone who knows me and someone who hates me.
Someone who knows me and someone who is clenching his teeth to make me fall to ruin.
If we fight with someone like that,
it's a 100 losses to 0 wins. We don't even have to fight to know, we'll lose all 100 times!
You're excessively worrying.
This, this, this! This is why you can't beat Gil So Gae.
How...how could you say something like that?
Even before he was kicked out from here,
you weren't his opponent. The size of your boxes are different.
His plate is different from yours!
Great Head Merchant Elder!
Great Head Merchant Elder...
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You're late.
I made the fish soup that you like.
Let's go in.
You saw me wrong.
You didn't only see Gil So Gae wrong, you saw this Maeng Goo Beom wrong too.
I tell you, if someone leave fingernail marks on my chest,
then I repay him with knife marks. I'm saying I'm the one who will repay with ax marks!
Hey! Our hyungnim only wants that Merchant Elder over there to come.
I understand.
Bong Sam, the head boss got changed not long ago, so be careful.
If something happens just call. We'll run in.
Don't worry.
Step aside!
I'm Songpa Stable's Merchant Elder, Cheon Bong Sam.
You, Cheon Bong Sam...it's good that you came.
You crawled in well into the place of your death!
This crazy human.
Hyungnim...
Man Chi Hyungnim!
You rotten bastard. Why am your hyungnim?!
Hyungnim! Wait.
Stop and listen to my words first.
Are we in a 'mixing conversations' kind of relationship?Our relationship is only for us to take each others' necks!
Wait. Listen to my words first.
The Merchant Elder passed away.
The Merchant Elder passed away
and our stable is about to fall into ruin!
Why? What's there for me to know?!
Move. Move!
Hyungsunim!
Hyungnim! Our...our stable...
please save our Songpa Stable just once.
The people under you...let me just use them once.
What? You crazy bastard.
Are you saying that without knowing why I returned to Songpa?!
You wretch! I came to cut off your neck!
You...are you also trying to die in my hands?!
Hyungnim.
Why...why can't sister-in-law speak?
Why can't she speak?!
Why can't she speak?
Do you want to see what you guys have done?
Even after this...even after this...
Asking me turn over my kids to you?
Shameless bastard. Try to open your mouth again!
I'll rip that tongue of yours to shreds!
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Aigoo, what do we do, what do we do, what do we do?
Man Chi Hyungnim is the chief here.
-Let's go in.-Yes!-No!
-Hyungnim!-Song Man Chi general manager
and our Cattle Broker have an old debt to settle.
It's not something that can be hidden just because you try to hide it.
Whether they live or die, they have to resolve it by themselves.
You should stop now and sit.
Sit and talk with me.
Hyungnim, don't you know that you ruined our stable?
Because of that, the Merchant Elder...
passed away.
Died? Who died? Why would Jo Seung Joon die? Do you think I'm going to believe those words right now?
And...the reason the Songpa Stable went into ruins is all because of you!
Please, let me just ask a favor. Let's start pushing the blame onto others after we recover our stable.
Whether it's your fault or mine, let's recover our stable first!
What?
I got it! I got it! I understand what you are saying!
What are you going to do next after recovering the stable?
We should have a fight fair and square.
If I win, leave the stable.
Give up your license completely and leave Songpa.
Don't ever step foot into Songpa or the capitol again and go on your way.
If you promise that you'll do that,
then I'll lend you my kids.
Fine. Let's do that.
Okay then.
That confidence is amazing.
Look here, Shaman.
This impudent human who deserves to be hit by lightening! How dare you just open the door and call Mother "shaman"?
Um, don't you know someone named Gae Ddong?
How would I know
whether it's Gae Ddong (dog poop), cow poop, or bird poop.
He resembles you a lot. By any chance, do you have any younger male siblings?
Why are you looking for the person named Gae Ddong?
Gae Ddong...my Gae Ddong...
is my one and only younger brother in the world.
If it's destiny, then nothing can be done.
Woah. My So Gae hyung dressed up like that looks really cool.
Who'd take you as salted seafood merchant?
Ah, y-you...
You...a-are you really Gae Ddong?
Aigoo, you fool! You've even eaten out of one rice pot for 8 years!
G-g-gae Ddong...Gae Ddong!
Hyung!
Hey, Gae Ddong! You rascal!
Gae Ddong!
Woah, Gae Ddong!
Hey, Gae Ddong!
Gae Ddong! Gae Ddong.
Woah, my hyung is really cool!
-I've gotten a lot prettier, right?-Yeah!
Gae Ddong!
There's no need to look at me with those eyes.
Whether I'm Gae Ddong or Mae Wol, I'm me.
Yes. Gae Ddong is Gae Ddong.
Thank you! Thanks to you, I am now an inspector and
even bought a position and wearing a big hat too.
We still have a long way to go.
I'm going to make you into the Great Head Merchant of the Yukuijeon.
Even if it's for me, you need to have power.
Yes. With that strength, what should I do for my Gae Ddong?
Cheon Bong Sam. Step on Cheon Bong Sam.
B-bong Sam?
I don't have any business to see Bong Sam anymore. He'll get kicked out of the Songpa Stable soon.
You see, a bad relationship doesn't end that easily.
You'll see him again.
And when that time comes, step on Cheon Bong Sam.
Tear off his wings. That's the sole thing you can do for me.
Okay. If I meet him again, I'll do that.
I'll definitely step on Cheon Bong Sam.
Teacher Bong! Teacher Bong! Just as you ordered, I sent them all.
I scraped all the money we had and sent alcohol and a pig.
You did a good job, Hyung.
It seems suspicious, since they told you to come alone.
Do you think thugs become thugs for nothing? We will go with you.
Sun Dol. One's placement in a thug's organization depends on one's strength.
Ah, you saw too. That Gom Bae's strength is not something to take lightly.
Even if Man Chi Hyungnim put his subordinates on board
everything will go under if I can't control them.
If they squander on board, we'll lose everything including the tax grains.
We'll lose our Songpa Stable and everything simultaneously.
Wait, okay?
How dare you sit there!
That's my hyungnim's seat!
Hey, you beggar. Did you wash today? You smell.
Beggar?
-Oh.-Do you want to die today?
Stay down.
That foolish idiot...
Sit.
Sit!
Listen to my words well.
I am your captain Cheon Bong Sam!
Right now, I'll tell you the 3 rules you need to follow.
First, starting from this moment,
when people tell you things to entice you,
you must not be deceived and only hear my words!
Understand?
-Yes.-Yes.
Understand?!
-Yes.-Yes.
Second, don't fight.
The people you need to fight against are the pirates.
Pirates might take your lives while fighting amongst yourselves.
Lastly, the third rule.
You must not lose even one grain. You must protect them with your lives!
If you don't lose even one grain to Seogang Port,
I'll give you merchant ID to each of you and hire you into Songpa Stable family!
-Songpa Stable?-Songpa Stable?
Is that true?
You were not born as thugs, did you?
After doing business, after farming,
after servicing, you had nowhere else to go,
because you had nothing to lean on, isn't it why you become thugs?
Isn't that right? Whether you become my family member or whether you don't,
I'll definitely issue merchant ID to you all!
Compensation for working on the tax freighter,
I'll for sure give you seed money for your business!
Understand?!
-Yes, Merchant Elder!-Yes, Merchant Elder!
Everyone fill up one cup to the brim.
Have you finished filling?
-Yes!-Yes!
-Let's drink! -Cheers!
I'm the Great Head Merchant of the Yukuijeon, Shin Seok Joo.
I meet you once again, Great Head Merchant Elder.
No...n-no, that...you...
Oh my...who is this? The infamous National Shrine Madam...
It was you?
Tomorrow and the day after are good days.
Let's do the departure ceremony in two days.
Mm. We'll do that.
Um, that...um, excuse me...
Do you have something you want to say?
Last time when Your Highness traveled with us...
What you've said to me at Choong Joo Inn...
You will bear a son.
He'll be healthy and intelligent son.
He's a son who will become a merchant that will even surpass you.
Thanks, thank you.
Your Highness, thank you.
Merchant Maeng!
The Great Head Merchant is already waiting for you. How dare this young punk.
Playing noble is not that easy.
Starting from the cumbersome attire.
Go in!
I heard you were pushed aside.
I heard the Great Head Merchant assigned another person for the captain position.
I told you to go in!
Go on in and stop harassing me!
That's how it all is.
When a dog gets old, it gets boiled in a cauldron.
Aigoo, aigoo, aigoo...
That, that, th-that, that rascal...
Jeez! That little sh*t!
I'm late, Great Head Merchant Elder.
It's fine. Welcome, welcome.
Say hello to my captain.
Cheon Bong Sam-
Do you two know each other?
-Yeah--- -It's inevitable for people holding merchant ID to run into each other on our travels.
Your face seems familiar.
I'm Gil So Gae.
Ah, yes.
I'm...
Captain Cheon Bong Sam.
Now, now. Sit.
Sit down everyone.
An inspector and Captain.
It's a relationship where you two have to move as if you were one.
It worked out well since you already knew each other.
Yes.
Now, accept a drink.
Mr. Gil . . .
Please bring the taxed grains safely.
Tax is the blood and sweat of the people.
I have to bring it back well.
Captain, please bring the grains that are taxed safely.
I promise you one again.
As what the Internal Affair's personal who is sitting next to me is saying,
"Since, it's the blood and sweat of the people." I'll put my life on the line and bring it back safely.
Thank you. Thank you.
Now, the young ones
should have a drink by themselves.
Drink. Let's just drink the entire night away.
Okay, today I will drink and catch up on your life.
Good!
It's not too late to talk about the tax grains after we get on board.
Now, drink.
This tastes delicious.
I found a man who will be a good fit to be a general manager for my son.
Is there a such person to satisfy your requirements?
He is like a solid rock... A diamond.
He is putting his life on the line to honor the 'Year of the White Pig' to serve as the Captain for the ship of the taxed grains.
He's the Merchant Elder of the Songpa Stable, Cheon Bong Sam.
If he completes the mission for transferring the tax grains well, I'll entice him somehow.
I'll have to enter him into our Shin Merchant Group.
Aigoo, this, this. Look here.
What if these dainty flower-like hands scar?
This...
Oh, my. . .
No.
My Lady . . .
Oh! Oh, my . . .
Why, why are you only coming back now?
Aigoo, aigoo, who are you? Who are y-
Now that I look at you, you're our Bong Sam's hyungnim.
What is this? You must succeed in lighting speed!
Days like this come if you live.
-Now, now, where is Bong Sam's room?-It's over there, over there.
Aigoo, wait, wait.
Hyung, So Gae Hyung. Let's just have one more drink.
Let's talk about my father and your father.
My older sister, Cheon So Rye!
-Ha, ha, Hyungnim!-Let's go in!
Yes, indeed. Go inside and have a drink.
I don't like that person.
Aigoo, you rascal.
Here, here . . .
Here. Here . . .
You'll have a hard time staying alive, once we board on that tax freighter's ship.
Either you die or I do,
there will be no way to escape this.
Noona...Cheon So Rye.
Where are you right now?
Your father, the Cheon Merchant Group, your older sister Cheon So Rye,
and even you...
What kind of crappy destiny is this?
I'll tell you when the time is right on the freighter.
That So Rye you're searching for so desperately is
the woman you threw into the surrounding area of Lake Nam with your own two hands.
That was your older sister, Cheon So Rye.
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Don't get on that tax freighter.
Shove him into the ocean waters.
It's up to you whether that person lives or dies.
If you play with Cheon Bong Sam's life, I won't help you anymore.
Run away! You have to run away from Shin Suk Joo.