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Does this make sense?
What are you trying to do?
Let go.
Bong-Sam.
It's Shin Suk-ju.
The head merchant of Yook-ei-jeon.
What are you going to do?
It doesn't matter if he's Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant or the king of this country.
This is unacceptable.
Does this make sense?
Dol-ee and Gom-bae, you guys go to Wonsan Open Market.
Okay.
Let's get ready.
Sir Head Merchant!
You rascals!
What are you doing? Kick them out!
Yes, sir.
I must meet Sir Head Merchant today.
Catch him!
Catch him.
--Episode 21-- You smelled money well.
I didn't know you would go to Poongdeungryeong.
Robbing?
How could a businessman...
How could the head merchant do stuff like this?
I'm doing this because I am the head merchant.
Because I am the head merchant... that is why I am doing this!
I need to protect Yook-ei-jeon and fill the King Palace's warehouse.
Where would I get all those money?
Tell me what you want.
Name the price for Bukgwan Road.
Sir Head Merchant.
Will Song-pa Stable do it?
Do you think I'm here to rob things?
Since the whole world knows that you deal with government officials,
it would be useless to report you.
Therefore, I'm here to warn you.
Sit.
Calm down.
Sit down and let's talk.
Do not block the road again.
Not just Poongdeungryeong, but if you ever block any of the roads in Chosun,
I will get you punished according to the law of peddlers.
What?
The law of peddlers?
Yes.
The law of peddlers!
You rascal!
You stop there!
Where are you going?
I'm not done talking to you.
I have a deal with you.
The pathway for merchants isn't merchandise to make a deal out of it.
Turn around!
For saving my life,
I won't announce it to people.
That should pay off my debt.
So give up on Bukgwan Road.
You rascal!
You rascal, Chun Bong-Sam!
Chun Bong-Sam, you rascal!
Oh, my...
Chun Bong-Sam, you rascal!
("Wonsan Open Market")
Look!
Seolhwa paper from Pyeonggang!
It's the finest quality paper.
It's "ddi-ong-hwang".
Isn't that Chinese?
Is it?
Anyway, it's really good. Very good!
The quality is "arigato", and people who don't buy it is "semimasaeng".
For one roll, it's 400 nyang.
They count numbers as 1, 2, 3, too, right?
Yes.
For one roll, it's 400 nyang.
Go. Fine, you rascals.
What?
But why are they leaving?
I'm telling you. We need a translator.
Don't joke around with me. It cost way too much to hire one.
Merchants communicate by just looking at each other.
Are they seasick or what? I don't know why we can't communicate.
I will buy this Seolhwa paper.
Hey, you're...
Bong-sam's brother, that damned Gil something.
It's 10 nyang per roll of Seolhwa paper.
To transport them to Hanyang costs 400 nyang per roll?
What kind of calculation is that?
He said he is adding 500 nyang!
Why are you arguing about it?
That's that.
But we can't sell it to you.
Pyeonggang Seolhwa paper is out of stock in this country.
There is not much for the king, too.
But you're trying to sell it to foreigners?
Are you guys people of Chosun?
You're not Chosun people?
That's right.
We are Chosun people.
That's fine.
You can't get up.
I'm okay.
Weren't you feeling ill?
Alright, let's go.
Then at least drink this medicine...
Look.
Medicine doesn't cure it.
Let's go.
I should go and meet Guksadang Shrine Honorable Mama.
Mistress.
Here.
Wow! You brought a gift for me?
You probably need these paper a lot.
"Pyeonggang Seolhwa paper."
There is a reason why people wanted this.
Look, it's slick.
The way it absorbs ink is different than any other Seolhwa paper.
Of course it's different!
Really?
Should I write something on it?
I am asking people in this world.
What is love and why does it devours people's lives?
There was a woman who wandered between happiness and pain.
You told me to say it.
From faraway, I only see the clouds.
After the sun goes down and snow falls on the mountain,
who will the lonely shadow go look for?
("Ahngusa, Wonho-moon")
Gae-ddong, I must get going.
Why?
You're leaving?
Don't be like this.
If you're like this, I can't come back to see you.
Rest.
Don't go.
Why do you let that woman in, but not me?
There is no one else but you to me.
You can't escape your fate by willing.
That woman is Head Merchant's wife!
You can't have her next to you...
Honorable Mama.
Hey.
You're misunderstanding.
Whether or not I misunderstand it, why would that matter?
I don't deserve to misunderstand anything.
What brings you here, mistress?
I have a favor to ask you.
Come on in.
I was going to ask you to make me meet Song-pa Stable Head Cattle Broker.
The only place in 8 provinces of Chosun to meet this person
is at your place, Honorable Mama.
Then, go ahead and talk.
Go ahead.
Yes, ma'am.
Is it because I went to go visit yesterday?
Don't attack Sir Head Merchant.
Business to us merchants who carry belongings on our back
is not merely about earning money.
They carry their family's life on their back.
Therefore, no one should block merchants' pathway no matter what.
I don't know about business.
I don't know whether Sir Head Merchant is right or you are right.
What I know is this one thing.
Sir Head Merchant saved our lives.
I have no power.
If you're in danger, I bow down to Sir Head Merchant's feet and cry.
If Sir Head Merchant gets ill,
I can't do anything other than asking for your help like this.
Look.
Even if Sir Head Merchant did something wrong,
we can't forget that he saved our lives, and
we must pay him back.
Are you...
Are you?
I'm bearing Sir Head Merchant's child.
Are you serious?
Tell me.
Is that really true?
What are you thinking?
I'm Sir Head Merchant's wife.
Isn't that natural?
This baby's father is Sir Head Merchant.
Please help him.
I believe you will do so for me.
You did well.
That is the way we all can live.
You did very well.
I'm bearing Sir Head Merchant's child.
Bong-Sam!
You're here.
Why?
Is there a message from Wonsan?
Head Merchant.
Head Merchant is here at our stable.
Chun's Gaekju.
Here.
Hold my hand.
Hold this Shin Suk-ju's hand.
You want me to hold this hand and rob things?
Telling me to block Bukgwan Road and block merchants' pathway?
I will give you Chun's Gaekju in Gaeseong.
What did you just say?
Chun's Gaekju that your father built.
I will give it to you, Chun Bong-Sam.
I will issue a spot at Yook-ei-jeon for Chun's Gaekju.
That sign over there.
Don't you want to put it in Yook-ei-jeon?
There was a senior merchant under Chun Oh-su.
Gil...
Gil Sang-moon, was it?
Wait.
How do you know Mr. Gil Sang-moon?
Sir Head Merchant!
Please help us Chun's Gaekju to get into Yook-ei-jeon.
During your next meeting,
please issue a spot for Chun's gaekju at Yook-ei-jeon next season.
Mr. Gil was did that?
What's so great about Yook-ei-jeon?
The ones who have never worn silk clothes won't ever know how it feels.
What's so great about Yook-ei-jeon, eh?
Come to me.
I will show what Yook-ei-jeon is.
Instead, "Bukgwan Road" and "Poongdeungryeong".
Forget them completely out of your memory.
As you stick with your powers,
you conquer merchandise,
you block fellow merchants' pathway.
Is Yook-ei-jeon all that great?
People need to use their mouths slowly.
Open your mouth after you think and think more.
Think about what would be the best for Song-pa Stable and you.
Think about what would be the best for your members.
Calculate precisely about it.
Dance moves look nice when your sleeves are long.
You need to have enough business funds to start your business.
I, Shin Suk-ju, will become a source of business funds to you, Chun Bong-Sam.
Oh.
Don't spit on a smiling face.
I will be waiting for your good answer.
Sir Head Merchant.
What kind of man wouldn't try to not to fall in front of money?
Chun Bong-Sam!
Hey.
You're not a man if you can't eat what is given to you.
While you were gone to Pyeonggang, we sold 5 cattle for 200 nyang.
How would you regain with this money?
I got it, so leave me alone.
Do you want people to go like this... and clap for you?
"I went over Poongdeungryeong. This Chun Bong-Sam has made it."
You're desperate to earn that fame, huh?
I told you to leave!
People's compliments and applause are useless.
When Shin Suk-ju reach out his hand, grab it.
Please don't shake me.
I want to hold onto Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant's hands, too.
My whole body is covered in goosebumps.
I want to wear nice clothes and big shades,
and become a gaekju owner at Yook-ei-jeon for once in my life, too.
Of course.
Hurry up and go to Yook-ei-jeon with that sign.
This stable belongs to Cho Sung-jun, Bang-geum, and me.
So hurry up and leave.
She said money is the best.
She said that she's saying that because of your poor father and Merchant Gil.
Bang-geum, I will carefully think about this.
Let's go.
Get up.
("Kyeonggi Peddlers Headquarters")
It's a circular letter that our Song-pa Stable is sending out.
A ruined stable sends out a lot of circular letters, eh?
What kind of circular letter is this?
Is this correct?
Yes, it is.
Wait.
Wait a second.
Bong-Sam, just once more.
For one last time, think about it again so you won't regret it.
Circular letter! Circular letter!
Circular letter!
Song-pa Stable's circular letter!
Circular letter! / Careful.
Here's a circular letter from Song-pa Stable.
Give it to me.
Dear 200,000 merchants,
Poongdeungryeong pathway on Bukgwan Road
that connects Wonsan and Pyeonggang is finally open.
A pathway in Chosun that we cannot walk on with our goods does not exist.
Use Poongdeungryeong.
Song-pa Stable has already passed Poongdeungryeong to Wonsan Open Market.
Therefore, Poongdeungryeong is no longer dangerous.
We will guarantee the safety of Poongdeungryeong.
Song-pa Stable Head Cattle Broker, Chun Bong-Sam.
"We will guarantee the safety of Poongdeungryeong."
"Song-pa Stable Head Cattle Broker, Chun Bong-Sam."
Go and bring Chun Bong-Sam.
If he say he doesn't want to come,
then tie him up and drag him here in front of me.
Yes, Sir Head Merchant.
All you have to do is beat him up and bring him here.
Yes, sir.
Alright. Are you happy?
After you kicked away money and spat on my face,
and yelled "I am Chun Bong-Sam!"
Alright.
Are you happy?
Goods are not meant to be stacked up in a warehouse.
They should be released to markets and feed people.
Doing business by taking away poor merchants' living is sin.
It's a sin!
What?
Do you think only water rots when it's stored for a long time?
Money goes bad and the goods go bad, too!
I'm the one who built Kyeongbokgung Palace.
I built the royal palaces of the king's house.
I provide the goods that the king uses.
I made business deals with the king's palace.
Do you think that's it?
I also obtained goods that were sent to China, you rascal!
The reason I need to block Poongdeungryeong is...
Street stall tax, gateway tax, and other taxes.
Our merchants pay taxes, too.
If Yook-ei-jeon doesn't block our pathway, we can properly pay taxes, too.
If we pay those taxes, you can do all the things you listed.
Stop making excuses.
You rascal!
You are such a rude bastard!
Sir Head Merchant.
I told you I don't want anyone to come in.
Merchant Gil brought Seolhwa paper.
What?
Hurry, hurry.
Go to the warehouse.
Mak-bong, what is going on?
Wait.
What happened?
Why would these goods come here?
Well, that's because... it just happened.
It just happened.
Just as you ordered, I brought 50 rolls of Seolhwa paper.
How much did you buy them for?
Just as you ordered, I bought it for 10 nyang per roll, altogether 500 nyang.
Here.
This is the trading contract for the goods.
Chun Bong-Sam.
Chun Bong-Sam?
Won't you regret not holding onto my hands?
They say that money earned without sweat is either poisonous, or
if the life lasts long, it's a bait.
I will use my own power to regain Song-pa Stable, and Chun's Gaekju...
Yes, that Chun's Gaekju, I will rebuilt it.
When you spit on a smiling face, you should have assumed death.
Assume?
Yes, I already have that assumption.
Oh, really?
However, we are merchants.
To merchants, they have their own law.
If you want to take my life away,
use the way how merchants do and proper business skills to do so.
Just because you made through Poongdeungryeong,
your cocky attitude reminds me of a clapping monkey.
You've grown, Bong-Sam.
My father disliked Yook-ei-jeon.
The one who came here to see you because he wanted to enter Yook-ei-jeon was
Mr. Gil Sang-moon.
He is the father of Gil So-gae.
What?
My father thought of Yook-ei-jeon pathway as shame, not as morality.
How could I, as his son, walk on that pathway?
I will wait patiently.
You want a piece of me?
You should regret what you did.
Mr. Bong.
Why?
Did I make a mistake?
I wasn't supposed to sell the goods to that person?
Are you proud of getting drinks and food from them,
and then selling Seolhwa paper to them?
It's not because of that.
He asked me if I'm not one of Chosun people,
Bong-sam's brother, that bastard Gil said something like that
so I thought he was right.
Look at you.
That was such a good deal, eh?
Our Choi Dol-ee did a great job!
Chosun people?
Good words, good words.
I can't even give them refunds nor can I throw you away!
Forget about it.
A merchant needs to know how to forget things.
Forget what happened yesterday.
You need to know how to forget things in order to go on.
It's all my fault, so don't throw me away.
Anyway, since we made a deal...
Alright, let's drink this up tonight.
It's a celebration drink.
A celebration drink!
Celebration drink!
Mr. Bong, shall we party?
You fall, and then get up.
Fine, let us have a fun party tonight.
Let's party!
The price of Seolhwa paper is 500 nyang.
Transportation fees are 20,000 nyang.
He is trying to deceive by a transparent guile, eh?
You won't be able to catch Chun Bong-Sam anymore.
What?
No matter how fast a hunting dog is,
he can't catch the prey running for its life.
Then?
What kind of dog will able to catch its prey?
It's the dog that risk his life.
That is how you can bite the neck of your prey.
Do you think you can catch Chun Bong-Sam?
In order to catch him, I am already running, risking my life.
If you catch Chun Bong-Sam,
I will give you the gaekju that your father, Gil Sang-moon, wanted.
I will let you put up Gil's Gaekju sign in Yook-ei-jeon.
You must earn a lot of money and become the head merchant of Yook-ei-jeon.
The king of this country is at Kyeongbokgung Palace,
and the king of us merchants is...
Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant.
You should follow Shin Suk-ju's success,
and become Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant.
Sir Head Merchant.
Thank you.
Gae-ddong.
I think the fight between Bong-Sam and I will take longer than expected.
Because he passed Poongdeungryeong.
Instead, you are carrying Sir Head Merchant on your back.
That's not bad.
How could someone let Bukgwan Road taken away like that?
Shin Suk-ju has aged now.
If you and I are fighting over the same goods,
who would win?
Of course, our Gae-ddong will win.
Stop joking around.
The one with more money.
The one who has the pocket that can last long.
Right.
The one who endures everything will survive.
That is why when big stores sell goods at a market for cheaper price,
all of the small stores go bankrupt.
Poongdeungryeong needs to be blocked in some other way.
Block Chun Bong-sam's pathway of business.
How?
Use your money.
Money.
The richest man in Chosun is Sir Head Merchant.
I'm telling you to use that money.
Squash Chun Bong-Sam.
The circular letter distributed by Chun Bong-Sam from Song-pa Stable.
I believe everyone has already read it.
I was so shocked, it could have knocked me down with a feather.
I didn't merely wish Bukgwan Road to be blocked.
But because of that, Yook-ei-jeon efficiently did its business, and
it is true that we were able to control the goods
That's right.
Honestly, we were able to touch big money because of Poongdeungryeong.
What are we going to do now?
We need to protect it.
We need to gather up our powers and protect it.
Peddlers will start using Bukgwan Road now.
They are going to grab and carry the goods that you have conquered.
Do you want to let them ruin our business and take control of our money?
Merchant Maeng.
Oh, Merchant Maeng has some weird boil in his mouth.
If the peddler punks enter into Northern Kyeonggi, here in Hanyang,
and even this Yook-ei-jeon in Jongro,
Yook-ei-jeon's commercial transactions become risky.
Okay. Then what should we do?
First, Wonsan pollack, Gilju hemps, Bukcheong silk and silk threads,
you all need to conquer them no matter what.
Alright.
Do not sell any pollacks or dried pollacks,
or any silk or silk threads to the merchants.
If we store that many products, how long would our gaekju funds last?
This is this Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant, Shin Suk-ju's order.
Buy them all!
Dried pollacks, hemp, silk and silk thread.
Gather all of the Hamgyeong Province goods and fill your warehouses.
The whole Hamgyeong Province goods?
That could cost tens of thousands of nyang...
Once the merchants start directly dealing those goods, it's too late.
Then, we cannot control them!
Everyone in this room will be controlling Chosun goods.
Decide the quantity of goods and calculate the price.
What do we do if we are out of our purchasing funds?
Then, I, this Shin Suk-ju will...
support without interest!
Then, let's trust Sir Head Merchant and do that.
Alright.
Let do this.
Let's head to Wonsan in the morning.
Okay. What kind of goods?
Anyway, food, clothing, and shelter.
We need to pick things we can eat, wear, and sleep in.
How about dried pollacks? Food is the best!
They have good turnover.
Silk.
We should go with silk.
I think so, too.
Since fall is almost over, every household should have some savings.
there are many stores that will buy silk threads before spring.
Yeah, let's go with that.
Dried pollack got rejected, huh?
Food is always the best choice.
Let's go.
This is Poongdeungryeong.
Merchant Gil!
The Song-pa guys just left.
Alright, let's get going.
I am a former senior merchant.
Are you telling me to walk through Poongdeungryeong again?
Things you did well back then and things you made first place for are useless.
You need to do well right now.
Now!
We should ride a horse!
Why would I translate that? Merchant Gil isn't here.
Are you guys going or not?
Are we really allowed to pass this path?
I don't think we should.
Even though it will be expensive, we should sell our silk and silk threads
in Choongcheong Province stores.
Alright, alright.
Wait!
If you pay that much to buy the goods, what would you be left with?
Who are you guys?
Oh, we are the ones who sent out the circular letter from Song-pa.
Then, the head cattle broker named Chun Bong-Sam is here, too?
Over here!
Our Sir Head Cattle Broker!
You scared me, punk.
Thank you!
Hey, you don't have to.
Oh, I'm shy.
There's nowhere to hide.
Wow, this...
We must give you a big bow or something.
What are you guys doing? Give him a bow!
No, no.
Alright, alright.
You don't have to bow.
Hey, fellow merchants!
You know this Poongdeungryeong?
You can go back and forth, back and forth, and gather money.
A lot of money!
Earn lots of money!
He is the man, eh?
Yup, he is an important figure!
Chun Bong-Sam!
Okay, then we will go ahead.
Earn a lot of money!
Thank you.
Alright, let's go!
Chun's Gaekju lodge?
What is this?
Bong-Sam, no one can pass Poongdeungryeong in one day.
So I want to live and work here.
Give merchants warm meals and help them carry heavy goods.
Bong-Sam, what is this now?
Chun's Gaekju that has gone out of business is
going to be a place for food and lodging on top of Poongdeungryeong, huh?
Stop making nonsense, and say "hello" to mister.
What a funny situation, huh?
My lung is about to go bad.
Who is this man?
It's So-gae.
Gil So-gae?
Merchant Gil's son, So-gae?
Gil So-gae?
Sir.
So-gae.
For the sake of Merchant Chun, you can't do that to Bong-Sam.
Being mean like that- You shouldn't do that!
For the sake of what?
For making my father drink poisonous water?
For killing my father with a knife?
What? You rascal!
Sir!
You bastard needs to get beaten up!
If you mess with me one more time, I will...
What are you doing?
So-gae!
Sir.
Here.
Poor them some drinks.
You will regret it.
The opportunity to become a Yook-ei-jeon gaekju owner...
You exchanged the opportunity to grab massive money with that useless lodge?
It seems like you get a tumult of applause from merchants carrying goods.
Why?
Do you think you're all that because people give you applause?
You should give up on Bukgwan Road.
Once water starts to leak, there is no way to stop it.
Chun Bong-Sam.
You will soon find out what kind of nonsense you're making right now.
Business morality.
The very first thing that a merchant must have is business morality.
The next thing a merchant must have is credibility.
If a merchant keeps those two things, then money will naturally follow him.
Money.
So-gae.
I want to live as my father...
as my father had taught me this lesson.
You should just leave.
How dare could he repudiate you?
Shut your mouth and wait.
"I am who I am."
"People need to serve me."
Once you become self-conceited like that, you will fail!
Unbelievable.
Ambassador.
Okay.
It's cold out there,
but what made you wait for me as you shiver with cold?
Ambassador.
There's a flood out there!
Flood?
Where at? It's not even monsoon season.
Bukgwan Road is getting flooded and the flooded water
is about to enter Yook-ei-jeon, and Yook-ei-jeon is about to sink under water.
Well, that's Shin's Major Gaekju's business.
What does that have to do with me?
My blankets are soft and clean.
Ambassador.
Money in this ledger.
Money that you wanted me to expand.
Where do you think this money is at?
So you are saying that my money is locked up in Hamkyeong Province?
Our money land is in Hamkyeong Province,
then where do you think the money is made?
What the hell? Head Merchant!
If there are enemies outside of the household,
then we need to temporarily stop the family fight,
and we need to gather up and beat up the enemies together!
So what do you want me to do?
I am trying to block the pathway that has been cracked.
Issue exemption rights.
Isn't the governor of Hamkyeong Province a Handong Kim family?
Whether there are incidents at Wonsan gaekju,
or even if there is murder,
tell him to exempt Wonsan gaekjus from any punishment or responsibility.
The seafood pancake is awesome here.
Bong-Sam!
Bong-Sam! What do we do?
What again?
Why are you going crazy? Hearing your voice makes me scared.
None of the gaekjus will sell the goods to us.
What?
All of the Wonsan gaekju closed down.
They said they will not sell any goods to us merchants.
Where is it?
Move! Excuse me!
Excuse me, excuse me.
Upon an order from Yook-ei-jeon, Wonsan gaekjus is
prohibiting Wonsan pollacks, Gilju hemps, silk and silk threads deals.
Sir!
What happened?
All of 27 Wonsan gaekjus closed down!
The whole land of Chosun saw our circular letter, and this is the result.
What should we do?
What are we going to do?
Alright, let's drink.
Merchant Gil, what should we do next?
Once we close all of the gaekjus and give it some time,
merchants will bite, eat, and blame each other.
There would be a big fight.
We need to gather all of the mice in one place.
We should squeeze them more.
If you put a lot of water in your water pocket and squeeze it, it will explode.
The one to get hurt by that explosion will be Chun Bong-Sam
All we need to do is squeeze.
Harder.
The harder we squeeze, the quicker it will end.
Merchants are spiteful and rough.
Once they fight, not only a few would die, but hundreds of them could die.
Didn't Sir Head Merchant said he will take care of the aftermath?
Don't you worry.
What is going on?
Here he is. This is Chun Bong-Sam.
This bastard is the one who sent out the circular letter.
Catch them! It's all because of you guys!
You make us walk all the way here...
I'm about to go back with nothing on me.
What are you going to do now?
Let him go!
What are you going to do now?
I have to go back without any goods in my hand.
When winter comes, I have to close my throat,
and our family might freeze to death.
Please calm down, everyone.
Okay, let this go.
Calm down.
Calm down, everyone!
--The Merchant: Gaekju 2015--
Take care of yourself for your baby.
Our head cattle broker is here to register.
He is saying that he wants nothing to do with Yook-ei-jeon and peddler headquarters.
Let's kill Chun Bong-Sam.
A man who plays dirty wins.
Now you get what situation you are in?
Give me some goods.