Sir Head Merchant.
--Episode 19--
I have something to ask you.
How can I...
How can I earn lots of money?
Please teach me how.
I need to earn 890,000 nyang in one year.
890,000 nyang?
Put me down.
You rascal!
890,000 nyang?
Do you know how big that amount is?
To find Song-pa Stable, I need 390,000 nyang.
To pay you back for the missing tax grain, I need 500,000 nyang.
I got skills to make small amount of money.
I haven't made that much of money yet.
How can I make that much of money?
Hey, why are you asking me?
In this land of Chosun, there is no one other than you who can answer this.
Oh man.
Please tell me.
Fine.
Before you start making money, you need to know how to smell money.
You need to have a sense to figure out where the money is flowing.
Once you saw the money,
you need to have the skills to tightly grab that money.
And then...
you need to know how to play with money.
Play with money?
A man who doesn't know how to play with money
will get played by money.
And that man won't be able to make big money.
Sir Head Merchant, please tell me in details.
Do something that no one else is doing.
Risk your life doing something that people find it hard to do.
Then, you will be able to see big money.
All sorts of merchants are fighting each other to make money from similar goods.
Do something that other people won't even dare to do because they are afraid.
You have to risk your life to do that.
Try risking your life!
I will find that special item.
Thank you for teaching me.
Thank you.
That's enough.
An acquaintance of mine prepared this medicine.
So make sure you take it every day.
Why? Do you have something to say?
Your generosity is as big as mountain,
but I made you irritated.
I am sorry.
No one can stop a person who wants to research and study.
Even if I wanted to do so,
it's not proper to kick someone out because he wants to learn.
They say that there is the angel of death sitting on top of money sack.
If one wants to earn big money, he will eventually see blood.
Even if you know how to make big money,
you can't see everything.
Ow, it's hot!
Something that people don't do because they're afraid...
Something to risk my life...
What business would that be?
What business is left in this land of Chosun?
Oh, okay. 890,000 nyang.
Hey, it's 890,000 nyang...
Wait, what? 890,000 nyang?
How are you going to earn that much money?
Silence, silence!
Alright.
In your head, erase all pessimistic thoughts
like "we can't do it" or "it's impossible".
Have faith in us, believing that we will make it.
Just think about the goal with passion.
That will do.
Without that faith and passion, we can't accomplish anything.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Eat.
First of all, we can't do it merely with the cattle we have.
It means that we need to come up with a new business model.
Ugh, unless we dig for gold, how can we...
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
You're a new employee. How come you're so late?
Stop fooling around.
On my way to sell the grain of barley, I saw a round robin.
They were sending out a circular.
A round robin?
Which gaekju got in trouble now?
Do you think I know how to read letters?
Blah, blah...
They say that Pyeonggang gaekju is hiring a porter or something.
Pyeonggang gaekju is hiring a porter?
We are hiring a porter that will transport Seolhwa paper.
from Pyeonggang to Wonsan?
What a funny circular!
Why would they send out a circular to transport paper?
I know, right? Why would they make a big announcement to hire porters?
No, no.
This is worth looking into it.
To send out a circular for this, there must be a good reason behind it.
There is a clear reason behind it.
Dol-ee, go and find out.
There must be a reason.
Of course, there is.
What do you think?
Merchant Hwang of Pyeonggang is betraying?
He is trying to betray us!
How can that rascal, Merchant Hwang,
do such thing even before he closes the deal with you?
He is saying that you need to crush Pyeonggang Gaekju.
Didn't the international trading market open up in Wonsan?
Merchant Hwang is probably trying to hand them over to the foreign merchants.
Well, that's only when they can take it to Wonsan.
How could they carry that expensive paper and cross Poongdeungryeong...
Go to Pyeonggang right now.
Go and buy Seolhwa paper.
Also, decide how much you will pay to buy Seolhwa paper.
Alright.
It's over here.
This is Bukgwan Road.
It's the road that leads you to Hanyang, Pyeonggang, and Wonsan.
For 20 years, this road got cut off in Poongdeungryeong.
That's because of the robbers. A group of robbers.
Throughout all those years, I heard hundreds of merchants died
while they tried to get into Poongdeungryeong.
Wait, then...
How do they transport the stakes, hemp cloth, and silk?
Shin Suk-ju goes around the ocean and transports them using a ship.
Around like this?
Yeah.
Wow, then how much is the transportation fee?
Doesn't half of the item price goes to transportation?
That's right!
Shin Suk-ju sits quietly at Yook-ei-jeon,
and collects those thousands of nyang from transportation fees.
Come here!
Let's go to Pyeonggang.
Let's go there and personally transport Seolhwa paper.
Whoa, no, no! There are Poongdeungryeong robbers. We can't go!
Look. We can't earn big money doing what everyone else is doing.
Let's do this.
Let's risk our lives and do it!
Hey, over here. Let's take Bukgwan Road and go over Poongdeungryeong.
What do you think?
Alright. Over here. Poongdeungryeong.
The reason Bukgwan Road was blocked is because of the Poongdeungryeong robbers.
A group of robbers.
To capture those robbers, they sent police guards multiple times, but...
They couldn't subjugate them, and things fizzled out.
Then?
Because Bukgwan Road has been blocked, the only people who are making profits are
are Sir Head Merchant and Wonsan Gaekju, huh?
Sir Head Merchant and Wonsan Gaekju has a deal...
I didn't see it in his ledger.
Do you know anything about it?
There is Shin Gap-su.
He is a distant cousin of Sir Head Merchant.
Sir Head Merchant used him to personally handle the business.
Shin Gap-su?
Shin Gap-su.
Sir Merchant Gil!
Sir Merchant Gil.
At Sun-hye Palace, Lord Ambassador Kim Bo-hyeon his getting kicked out!
What did you just say?
It's Shin Suk-ju.
Because he lost against Kim Bo-hyeon,
he says that he must have completely revenged Kim Bo-hyeon.
Sir Head Merchant.
You guys heard the news, too, huh?
Oh. Yes.
If you heard the news, you shouldn't have came here.
You should've packed your belongings first.
One by one.
Either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, they can move out one by one.
Alright. Go ahead.
You should go help the ambassador to pack his belongings.
Okay. Go in.
Go ahead!
How does he dare to relegate me and say what?
A wreath?
A gift of wreath?
Sir, what is happening now?
It's spilt milk.
Do you think I would go under Shin Suk-ju or hold his hands?
There's only one way.
Either I step on Shin Suk-ju, or Shin Suk-ju steps on me.
What should I do then?
You should stay next to Shin Suk-ju every second.
Do you think Shin Suk-ju will let me stay?
Gil So-gae, you rascal!
You said that you want to become Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant.
How dare you get scared of Shin Suk-ju already?
If that's where your potential end, pack your belongings and leave.
Empty out your house in Namsan and don't ever show up in front of me!
Fine.
I'll endure it.
I will endure it all the way, risking my life.
If Shin Suk-ju tells you to die, then act as if you're dying.
Wag your tail and kiss his butt!
You need to overcome this situation in order to become
Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant or take over Shin's Major Gaekju.
Don't just bark like a mutt.
Learn how to wag your tail first.
I will keep that in mind, Lord Ambassador.
Alright.
Song-pa Stable would like to apply to work as
the transporters of the high-end white paper that will travel from Pyeonggang.
No matter how much I read this, this is a position of death.
They say that it is the position of death where the money comes out.
The amount of money earned depends on tears, blood, and sweat.
The more you see tears, blood, and sweat, the more money you will earn.
Dol-ee, do you think you can earn money doing easy job?
If you think so, then that's like a mind of a robber.
What are you going to do with Song-pa Stable?
There is no one you can trust to leave the stable while you're gone.
If the head cattle broker keeps leaving the stable, the workers won't like it.
Hey!
Hey, if you want to die, go die alone.
Why would you go there?
Poongdeungryeong the ghost hill.
You can only pass it after you're dead.
Do you want to see how much of the interest it is for our stable?
It's impossible to pay the debt with the cattle brokerage fees.
I'm going to leave tomorrow morning no matter what.
Come to the stable.
Come.
What? Hey, you, Chun Bong-Sam! Where are you going?
Don't you know you and I have unfinished business?
That business. Let's settle down after I come back from Poongdeungryeong.
Don't be late tomorrow!
What did you say? Hey!
You're telling me to go to the stable and work?
Ugh, how upsetting.
That bastard!
I'm going to pay 40 nyang per one roll of Seolhwa paper.
You rascal!
Are you kidding me?
40 nyang?
Did you say 40 nyang?
It's because you prohibited the distribution
in the market of Seolhwa paper from Pyeonggang, but
But it's been traded at 90 nyang at Chilbae Market until recently.
Yiwon even traded for 100 nyang.
Are you using that as an excuse?
If I were to pay that much, I would have already bought it from Merchant Hwang!
Why do you think I've dragged this for four years?
He won't sell the goods below that price.
If you're going to bargain for that price, leave my house right now!
Hey! Empty out Merchant Gil's room!
Yes, sir.
Look.
The price of goods isn't determined by a seller.
It's determined by the one who wants to buy it.
Don't you forget that!
Sir Head Merchant.
Song-pa Stable volunteered to transport Pyeonggang Gaekju's Seolhwa paper.
Chun Bong...
Chun Bong-Sam did?
Other transporting gaekju got afraid and gave up.
So Song-pa Stable is a sole volunteer.
I have skills to earn small money.
But I haven't touched a big amount of money yet.
How can I earn such a big amount of money?
So-gae.
Do you think you can stop Chun Bong-Sam?
I've already won against him. It wouldn't be hard to win again.
Sir Head Merchant.
Put me to work.
Please put me to work.
I will put Seolhwa paper in Shin's Major Gaekju storage.
How much do you need to buy the paper?
I will buy it at the price you determine.
10 nyang per roll.
You can't do it?
I can.
I will do it.
I will buy it 10 nyang per roll.
Your skills from the grain ship...
I want to see it once more.
Is it possible?
I will see you when I return with Seolhwa paper.
I said 10 nyang per roll.
If you can't buy it at that price, don't think about coming back.
Didn't the government try to subjugate the robbers before?
Of course, they tried.
But they ended up laboring in vain.
How great are these Poongdeungryeong robbers?
To win against the national soldiers for 20 years?
You're leaving already?
Don't let Chun Bong-Sam pass Poongdeungryeong with the goods.
If you want to sit at Yook-ei-jeon, you need to bring the goods yourself.
Gae-ddong.
No matter how much I think about it,
Bong-Sam doesn't suit you.
Don't act like the way you want, like you did on the grain ship.
If you play with Chun Bong-sam's life,
I can't help you any further.
Chun Bong-Sam is my fate.
Keep that in mind.
What am I to you?
You, brother, fellow.
The only person who is on my side.
Yeah.
The only person who is on your side!
But you're saying I'm less important than Chun Bong-Sam?
Don't try to be a man to me.
You should just be my family.
Up to that point only.
Back then and even today,
big merchants should know how to rule the road.
You need to open the road, block the road, and rule the road.
Money moves the way you want when you conquer the routes.
Because you blocked Bukgwan Road for 20 years,
you are the one conquering the road.
Bukgwan Road is the gauge of Poongdeungryeong.
No one can pass it without my permission!
Hand this to Shin Gap-su.
Okay.
There should be no one else other than four people who knows about Shin Gap-su.
Me, Shin Gap-su, Ma Chi-soon of Wonsan Gaekju, and you.
Sir Head Merchant, don't worry.
This Bukgwan Road is...
is back of my neck.
How can someone dare to survive after biting back of my neck?
If this road opens up,
the prop of Shin's Major Gaekju will break.
We are one big family who eat out of the same pot.
We close ranks and regain our Song-pa Stable.
I know.
I know how dangerous this journey to Pyeonggang is.
Poongdeungryeong is more dangerous than cliff road.
And more dangerous than the borders of cattle thieves.
I know it very well.
However, was there a place that wasn't dangerous for the peddlers?
Dear fellows, money...
Man-chi.
Be quiet.
Money is the scariest and the most terrifying thing in the world.
Because money is our lifeline.
If our Song-pa Stable falls apart,
we are losing everything.
Our lifeline.
Our throat-line.
Everything!
Who's going to feed us?
Who in the world?
That is why we're going.
Even if the Poongdeungryeong robbers throw knives at us,
even if a tiger opens its mouth wide,
we must pass the hill!
Who am I?
I am Mr. Bong of this Song-pa Stable.
I have thrown my life on this journey.
I will lead the way, so let's pass the hill together.
If anyone dies, I will be the first one to die.
Even if I die, I will protect everyone!
Everyone, trust me.
Let's pass that damn Poongdeungryeong
and regain Song-pa Stable!
Yes, Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Let's go!
Everyone, let's go!
Let's go!
Let's go.
Let's go!
Rak.
Mother.
What are these letters?
Poong-dong-Jo-rak.
Poong-dong-Jo-rak?
A bird will fall in the blowing wind.
A bird...
Oh my!
Former Honorable Mama told me that one who grasp this lump will die no matter what.
This is it. Poong-dong-Jo-rak.
This is a once in a lifetime...
This lump appears when there is a death spirit.
Mother. Where are you going?
Mother!
("Kangwon Providence Pyeonggang")
It's him.
Sir!
He must be running an errand for Sir Head Merchant.
But why is he being so suspicious?
Ggo-chool.
We must find out why Sir Head Merchant sent him.
Don't worry. I'll find out.
Where is Hwang's Paper Gaekju located at?
Lead the way.
Alright, we're here.
Good job, everyone!
Hello. / Hello.
I am Chun Bong-Sam, the head cattle broker of Song-pa Stable.
After I received the message, I've been waiting for you.
Alright. Would you like to see our Seolhwa paper first?
Gives us food first.
A four-year old white paper wouldn't be any different tomorrow, right?
That's right.
We are very hungry.
Sir, you and I can look at Seolhwa paper first,
but please feed our stable members some food now.
We've only eaten two rolls of cold rice this past two days
and came here all the way without stopping much.
Alright, everyone, have a seat.
I'll bring out some warm rice.
Hello.
Oh, look who's here?
Oh my? What brings you here?
You're scaring me to death.
Why are you guys here?
You men hold grudges, huh?
What?
Gom-bae.
What is it? Why?
I'm Gil So-gae, the chief merchant of Shin's Major Gaekju.
Okay, Merchant Maeng.
How much does the head merchant want you to buy Seolhwa paper for?
You can't even say it, huh?
Tell him that I have no interest to sell them.
I'm going to leave it to Song-pa Stable and sell them in Wonsan at the market price.
You're saying as if these fellows can transport Seolhwa paper.
What are you trying to say now?
I guess rumors don't travel fast here in Pyeonggang.
This head cattle broker was the general manager of the grain ship.
He got 2,000 sacks of tax grain stolen by the pirates!
2,000 sacks?
Wait...
Sir.
Sir!
Sir.
Sir!
I told you I can't sell it to you!
The tax grain incident isn't true.
What's a big deal about it?
When the whole world says you're a robber, then you're a robber.
Shin's Major Gaekju, why don't you guys start bargaining?
How much are you going to pay?
10 nyang per roll.
You bastard!
The period of circulation of Seolhwa paper is 5 years.
You would be able to get 10 nyang right now.
But starting from next year, you won't get anything.
Both Shin's Major Gaekju and Song-pa Stable, leave immediately!
None of you bastards will be able to take my Seolhwa paper.
Sir!
What are you trying to do?
Merchant Hwang and Sir Head Merchant have been fighting over this for years now.
Don't ruin someone else's deal.
Deal? How funny!
10 nyang per roll?
Is that a deal?
That's just stealing!
Sir!
Mother.
Why are you walking so fast?
Hurry up and find the paper gaekju.
Yes, mother.
Ugh, I'm starving out of my mind!
You don't even give us food!
Even if we don't find a place to stay, shouldn't we cook something to eat?
We don't have any money left.
Bong-Sam!
Did something happen?
They're going to burn all the paper!
What?
They say that Merchant Hwang is going to burn all the paper.
Why would he burn the paper?
Merchant Hwang is going to burn the paper?
What is going on?
What are you doing?
Do those goods belong to you?
Of course, they're mine.
Do you think they're yours?
It is true that you bought it with money.
But how does that make you the sole owner?
Bong-Sam, don't interfere.
When the paper is produced, it belongs to the producer.
After all of them are completely produced,
they belong to people in this world who would be using it.
A merchant can buy those paper. But how can that merchant be the sole owner of it?
Shut up!
It's symbiosis and revolution.
It's not to live alone well.
"Let's all live well together!"
That's what business is about.
Symbiosis and revolution.
You presented your goods to the world, but those goods have no use?
Then you don't deserve to do business!
Chun Bong-Sam!
Stop with your nonsense.
You do business to make money.
10 nyang per roll?
Are you crazy?
Why don't you just ask him to give them to you for free?
You said that they are no use after next year.
We should distribute them to poor scholars out there for free!
Tell him to just give them to you for free!
Sir.
How can a merchant burn his goods that are like his own children in the fire?
How could you just throw them away?
It is true that we are trying to make money by distributing the goods.
But that's our duty.
It's the duty of us all 250,000 merchants!
Hand them to me.
I will go over that terrifying Poongdeungryeong and Bukgwan Road,
and sell the paper at Wonsan Market
to people who need them.
Sir.
Please leave them to us, Song-pa Stable.
Sir!
Are you trying to ruin Sir Head Merchant's deal?
There is a limit on cheating the price, too.
It's business ethics to properly determine and calculate the price of goods.
That's the basis of business.
They have been locked up in a storage for four years.
The color will change soon.
They will become useless!
There is still one year left until the expiration date.
I can get easily get 400 nyang per roll.
How are you going to release it in Wonsan?
How are you going to pass Poongdeungryeong?
Also, what kind of crazy person will dare to buy the goods
that Sir Head Merchant had already negotiated for?
Do you think Sir Head Merchant will just sit still?
What is so great about Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant?
Don't use the opponent's weakness to cheat on the price!
That's the rule of peddlers and the rule of Chun's Gaekju.
What?
Why do you bring up the bankrupted Chun's Gaekju?
Listen carefully.
Business is about earning profits, not earning compassion.
Go back to Song-pa as I am telling you nicely now.
Hey.
So-gae!
Hey!
I heard your conversation well.
It's a complete nonsense to pass Poongdeungryeong.
Anyway, Seolhwa paper will become useless
unless Shin's Major Gaekju takes it.
How do you guys know about Chun's Gaekju?
Yes.
Chun Oh-su is my father.
What?
You're Merchant Chun's son?
Do you know my father?
Of course I do.
Because of the Chun's Gaekju incident,
I left my job as a customs and border protection officer,
and came back to my hometown and opened up a paper gaekju.
If you say customs and border protection...
Sammoon in Euiju?
There's opium! Opium!
Kneel them down.
You look a lot like Merchant Chun.
When I was listening to you earlier, my heart was warming.
When I first started my business, I had energy like you.
No matter what my consequences are,
I will never ever hand the goods to the Shin's Major Gaekju,
who tries to cheat on the price.
Bong-Sam.
Take my high-end paper.
You must sell them at fixed market price.
Thank you.
Sir.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Sir Merchant Gil!
Sir Merchant Gil.
Have you gotten anything?
Of course.
How dare you!
Don't forget you're working under me.
He is asking you what is written.
It's none of your business!
Alright.
These belongings...
don't have to be packed!
Silence, silence!
That's right.
Stop fooling around and have a seat.
Sit!
The paper merchant is fickle, eh?
He kicked us out saying that he can't hand the goods to us.
Just say that you're happy. Don't fuss about it.
I can't be all that happy.
Them robbers in Poongdeungryeong!
Don't forget anything and pack all of your belongings.
Make sure you pack our stable's flags!
Alright, because we all have to go to Dosung tomorrow,
so enjoy your time tonight in this warm paper gaekju.
Mr. Bong.
That man who likes men, Honorable Mama over there.
I mean, Gae-ddong.
How can Gae-ddong get here? Stop talking nonsense!
Look, it's Gae-ddong.
I owe you a lot for last time.
Why are you here?
Are you in charge of transporting Seolhwa paper?
Yeah.
Don't go.
Gae-ddong, I appreciate that you are looking after me, but
I must go.
I must do this in order to regain our stable.
I'm telling you not to go, Chun Bong-Sam!
I have to.
Either our stable gets destroyed or I regain the stable.
This is depended on it.
I don't like being a shaman in front of you.
I really don't like being Guksadang Shrine Honorable Mama, okay?
But I can't help it.
Poong-dong-Jo-rak.
Meaning a bird will fall in the blowing wind.
Don't you get it?
It means Chun Bong-Sam will die in Poongdeungryeong.
Please don't go.
Do you think I walked 300 kilometers for nothing?
I came here because your life is depended on it.
Poong-dong-Jo-rak. Do you want to die in Poongdeungryeong?
For the last 20 years, no one has made it through.
Gae-ddong.
I will have to go over it.
Therefore, I will really need to go over that hill now.
Chun Bong-Sam!
How can a merchant abandon the path to distributing the goods?
More importantly, how can a merchant let the robbers conquer that path?
Nope. I can't let that happen.
Whether they are robbers or not, no one can block the path to business.
You should be tired from walking a lot.
Rest.
Chun Bong-Sam.
Chun Bong-Sam!
Why are you risking your life on Poongdeungryeong?
Why are you risking your life for Song-pa Stable?
It doesn't have to be Song-pa Stable.
You can do great business at with something else.
No.
I can't do anything else.
You are born with special business skills.
I know it.
Gae-ddong, when I can't do anything that is ahead of me right now,
who would say that I can do something else, too?
Does Chun Bong-Sam have 12 lives?
Are you really trying to do business, or
boast about passing Poongdeungryeong and let people know about it?
Gae-ddong, I solely want to carry the goods,
and go over the Poongdeungryeong hill.
That's just it.
If I go over that hill, Bukgwan Road that has been blocked will open up.
Once that road opens up,
my fellows...
Here.
This.
Our fellows with this peddler's license can go to markets in Hamkyeong,
and buy goods and do business.
More.
More of our fellows can live.
I just want that to happen.
I just really want that to happen.
I can't stop you, huh?
Have a safe trip back to the Hanyang.
I'll see you later.
This is why.
Because you're this kind of person.
That's why you're my fate.
This Mae-wol's fate.
What?
Did you have a nightmare?
Oh.
Is there something going on in Bukgwan Road?
You were sleep talking.
Do you know about Bukgwan Road?
I was born to a merchant father. How could I not know about it?
Isn't that path the fastest way to bring the goods from Wonsan to Hanyang?
Yeah.
I've heard a lot that many merchants are suffering
because that road has been blocked.
If that road opens up, Hanyang's commercial power will change.
There's that much power on that road?
Big money players of Chosun are dancing on that road.
That road can't carelessly open up.
Bukgwan Road is the root of this Shin's Major Gaekju.
Alright, silence, silence!
Silence!
Alright.
Pack them well to protect from the morning dews.
Okay?
Also, it's 300 kilometers over the mountains to get to Wonsan,
tightly, eh?
You must tightly pack your belongings.
Pack tightly.
Once you're done packing, there is food prepared for you.
Let's hurry up and pack and eat.
Yes, sir.
Hurry, hurry.
They're giving us food.
Song-pa Stable guys are packing to leave.
If you don't take the high-end white paper, you and I both get kicked out!
I know. I know it, too!
A person with such a short tongue talks a lot, huh?
My head is about to explode anyway!
Are you looking for this?
Who are you?
Youâre very fast.
You are indeed a well-trained government employee, huh?
How do you know about me?
And why do you have the Shin's identification?
I'm Gil So-gae, Chief Merchant of Shin's Major Gaekju.
The one I called is Noh Yang-beom.
Is that important?
The fact that I brought Sir Head Merchant's letter is important.
Dear Gap-su,
the guys going to Poongdeungryeong are tough this time.
Chun Bong-Sam and Song-pa Stable workers are the gangs of Song-pa,
so you need to specially handle them.
Until I demand otherwise, you must block Bukgwan Road.
You are the head of Poongdeungryeong robbers, huh?
You've been hiding among the robbers under Sir Head Merchant's order.
All this time, you've been in charge of blocking Bukgwan Road, eh?
If you didn't have Sir Head Merchant's ID and letter,
you would've been dead by now.
I would like to make a separate deal.
A deal?
The guys who are passing over
Poongdeungryeong are carrying the Seolhwa paper.
Take the goods away from them, and sell it back to me.
I will pay you for Seolhwa paper at the price you want.
What?
You lost the letter?
Please kill me, Sir Head Merchant!
You rascal!
It doesn't solve by killing you!
Who is it?
Who took the letter away from you?
I don't...
My goodness.
Oh yeah.
Gil So-gae.
It's Gil So-gae, that bastard.
Gil So-gae, that bastard.
Gil So-gae!
Bong-Sam.
I will give you 50 percent of my goods as your transporting fees.
What? 50 percent?
80 nyang per roll...
400 nyang when we sell it to the merchants...
There are 50 rolls, so altogether 20,000 nyang?
We're cost 10,000 nyang?
Let's share it, sir!
Nope, we can't accept that much.
He is paying for the price of our lives.
There is such a thing called reasonable price.
We can't accept less but we can't accept more also.
If the price of goods fluctuates by the owner's desire,
how could people trust the merchants?
We can't.
That is a reasonable transporting price.
The production cost 80 nyang per roll, so it's 4,000 nyang.
The price Sir Head Merchant offered was only 500 nyang.
I'm satisfied with 10,000 nyang as my share.
Please give us some time.
Then, sir, are you willing to let me use your money for the goods?
All of the 20,000 nyang?
After unloading all the Seolhwa paper in Wonsan,
how could a merchant come back with empty hands?
I will buy the goods there,
I'll unload them in Pyeonggang, Darakwon, and in northern part of Hanyang.
We will split the profits into half and half...
What do you think?
You are indeed a businessman.
While you are on the verge of death, you think about the future, huh?
Chun Bong-Sam.
You are incredible.
Alright.
I will invest in you.
Thank you.
Also, sir...
I have something to ask you about my father.
You know it well that my father didn't traffick opiums, right?
I know.
I know it very well.
Then...
Who put the opium in my father's bag back then?
Who is that person?
The reason why my father took the blame and died for it...
Could you tell me?
--The Merchant: Gaekju 2015--
How dare you investigate me?
I came here to warn you.
To warn you!
Take away the goods from Chun Bong-Sam.
I just bit on the back of Sir Head Merchant's neck.
Step on Chun Bong-Sam.
Do you really want to die, you punk?
Song-pa Stable Head Cattle Broker.
End his life.
The winning battle has begun!