Hey.
Slaying me with this sword
and taking this document --Episode 2--
is your third option.
Alright.
I will kill you.
You scumbag!
Kill me.
But Chun's Gaekju
is not something you can easily take over.
You don't know anything about me, but
you've been facing me, huh?
Gaeseong governor's stepbrother.
What more do I need to know?
Do you know what I, Kim Hak-jun, eat
when I sleep
what books I read
and what I enjoy?
What nonsense.
Do I look like your wife?
But I know what you, Kil Sang-moon, like
when you go to bed
who the masked tax government official is
and who was involved in this bribery
I know it all!
And you thought you can outsmart me?
You couldn't even kill me with the sword I gave you.
So it's time to for you to make a decision.
Will you hand me Chun's Gaekju, or
will you take that opium to Hanyang
and have your contract extended?
Ugh.
Pick out something girly.
This is pretty!
I saved up for a year to get you something.
I'm a Gaeseong merchant's daughter
and soon to be a wife of a merchant.
What better gift is there than this?
I'm going to keep traveling with you even after marriage.
How about housekeeping?
A woman should take care of housekeeping
so that the man can make money for the family.
Then,
we can find a new wife for your father
and have her take care of it.
You're incredibly clever.
I will keep this in value eternally.
(teasing)
Soh-leh and So-gae!
Hey! Knock it off.
So-gae and I are soon to be engaged
so what about it?
Stop it!
Chun Bong-Sam!
Thank you.
When we return
Sang-moon and I should set up a wedding date.
So I
successfully made a deal.
You just threw away 18,000 nyang.
How do you do business like that?
You can't even close a deal that was given to you.
Huh?
Are you that happy?
Watching other Chosun merchants fail
as you steal away their money?
What?
Steal?
How dare you run your mouth like that?
There are rules and ethics to business.
That's called business morality.
Through black marketing,
you sold cowhide at a cheaper price.
What will happen to the cowhide merchants who
properly pay taxes and own Chaek-moon licenses?
What nonsense.
Either you die or I die
that's business.
This is war.
Why would I
care about the merchants I don't even know?
Hey.
Have you seen hell before?
A bankrupted merchant has.
They have lost their jobs,
left on the street to freeze to death,
that's hell.
Debtors chase after them like ruthless dogs
that's hell.
Their family starves to death from hunger and pain
that's hell.
So what?
Is that my fault?
The one who got its license is Youngchun Stable in Kyeongsang providence.
Now that merchant will be in hell.
Yes.
It is your fault.
It was you
who created hell.
Do you have a son?
If you have children,
look closely at your children when they're asleep.
As the world doesn't simply end because of one's death,
making big deals isn't everything in business.
Alright, hurry up!
Oh? Father, you took a while.
Yeah.
Why do you still have the goods?
Did people find something wrong with those dried sea cucumbers?
I guess rainwater leaked into it.
They're bit soggy.
Sir!
Oh my!
Hey!
You gotta knock before you step in!
Wait.
Are you trying to give this away without letting the boss know?
What?
How dare you say that?
How dare you!
I was just asking!
You fool!
What?
Let's go.
To go see the boss.
Alright!
Here, here!
Over here.
These goods aren't ordinary goods.
I brought rare goods like dysentery medicine.
This is poppy powder.
It's made from high quality poppy seeds.
Excuse me!
They're...
Chun Oh-su's children, huh?
Kiddos opened up a table
at someone else's town.
Anyway, Gaeseong clan is one of a kind, eh?
You guys...
This powder, this is poppy powder.
Yes, the famous poppy powder. And it's homemade.
So, they're from which household?
Sir! And Ma'am.
You made it to Chaek-moon.
Hello!
Hey!
I get that you're courteous, but
don't greet me like that.
Looking at your faces
reminds me of your fathers' faces.
And that irritates me!
This is dysentery medicine.
It's good for merchants like us.
Because you saved our boss's life
this is my gift for you.
Oh wow.
Thanks.
I'll make a good use of it.
Good-bye!
Thank you!
Here's poppy powder.
Once you start using it, you will keep using it, and nothing else.
This tastes so bad.
Chinese people may find it tasteful, no?
No way.
Oh! Let's mix dried sea cucumber in it.
You crazy?
Those are expensive.
We got the soggy ones.
And then we can sell the porridge pricier.
Chinese people value dried sea cucumber more than wild ginseng.
Sir!
Can I get the soggy dried sea cucumbers?
Oh. He's not here.
Oh! Here it is.
Get out of the way!
Oh no...
I've done business in Chaek-moon for 30 years
but this never happened before!
How did the market price for dried sea cucumber drop?
The goods being sent to the palace
include dried sea cucumber.
What?
Sang-moon.
Does that make sense?
Our dried sea cucumber is nowhere else to be found.
And who would be able to find dried sea cucumber
in Chosun without buying it from me?
Boss!
The custom inspector barged in with his guards!
What?
Opium?
I've received an order to strictly inspect
all international markets including Chaek-moon.
Search thoroughly.
Yes.
Search thoroughly!
Yes, sir!
Go that way! And that way.
That way.
Please handle it carefully.
These are invaluable dried sea cucumber.
Get out of my way!
Search thoroughly!
Please be careful!
They're going to be all ruined!
Ugh! Where did Gil Sang-moon go?
These are extremely valuable.
Oh no!
It's this way!
Sir.
What's that scary dog doing?
Where did it come from?
Bong-Sam.
Listen to me carefully.
I...
will lift you over the top there.
You need to jump.
And then run to the creek.
And...
throw away this basket into the creek.
Okay?
Why?
Don't ask me why.
Chun's Gaekju's future now depends on you.
You hear me?
Hurry, Bong-Sam.
Chun's Gaekju's future depends on you.
Father! Father...
Ouch, it hurts...
Ouch.
Bong-Sam.
Bong-Sam!
Hurry!
Run to the creek and throw this away.
You must throw it away, okay?
Check if any goods have gone bad.
Yes, boss!
We searched thoroughly
and everything looks clean.
Chun's Gaekju has never done illegal activity before.
I think we can head back now.
Let's go.
Yes.
It's opium! Follow him.
Follow him!
O... opium?
Opium?
What's happening?
Excuse me!
What's wrong? Why are you late?
Soh-gae! This.
We have to hurry up and throw this away into the creek.
Are you crazy?
Why would you throw them away?
Your father told me Chun's Gaekju will go out of business!
Hurry!
Throw this into the creek!
They're coming after us!
Come on!
Go! Now!
Hurry!
Excuse me!
Hey! This was fake, huh?
Hey!
How dare you ignore me!
Soh-leh, put that in the pot.
Bong-Sam, hurry!
Hey, hey...
What are you guys doing?
Hey!
Huh?
What is this?
Why is it like this?
You little ones are trafficking opium?
Drag them away!
Okay!
O... opium? What do you mean?
What's going on?
It's opium.
Take them away to investigate!
Yes, sir!
Father! Father!
So-gae.
They're saying I was trafficking opium. Opium!
So-gae!
Father!
Let him go!
I did it.
I'm the one who hid the opium.
So please release my son.
Sang-moon!
I will investigate it myself.
Take them to their lodge!
Yes, sir!
Go!
Yes, sir!
Go!
Father!
Go!
Sang-moon. Sang-moon!
Kim Hak-jun!
That bastard!
Get out.
Yes, sir.
You are
Chun's Gaekju head director Gil Sang-moon?
Yes, yes. I am.
But somebody else gave me the opium.
Just answer my question, yes or no.
It's Kim Hak-jun. The one who gave me the opium is
is Kim Hak-jun.
What a fool.
Do you really don't know what's going on?
Merchant Gil.
Let me tell you the only way you can live.
What I want is not you.
It's Chun Oh-su's head and Chun's Gaekju.
If you pick Chun Oh-su, you can live.
Tell them that Chun Oh-su led the opium deal.
Then, I will hand over you the Hanyang branch.
Now, take my hand.
No... no. No!
No!
Now. Tell me.
Who is the opium dealer that I need to behead?
Let me ask you again.
Who is the opium dealer that I need to behead?
I really can't believe it!
Head director.
Opium trafficking?
No he wouldn't. Never!
Well!
I wouldn't believe it either, but
I saw him trying to hide the opium earlier.
I saw it with my own eyes!
Hey. Don't.
This is Greater China, not Gaeseong.
We're dealing with... opium!
Still! How can we let him suffer?
Oh, no!
Sang-moon! Sang-moon!
Oh my!
It's only been a short moment,
how can they make you like this?
Why did you ask to see me?
Just so you know, I don't accept bribery.
No shame.
Do not get involved with unfaithful acts.
Let me say it in front of all of you guys.
No shame.
If Sang-moon really had the opium,
there must have been a valid reason.
Either he got tricked,
or that he didn't know it was opium.
Why does that matter?
It matters!
Because if there are different levels of crime,
there must be different levels of punishment.
If you find out who handed him the opium,
and hang the person by the law of Chaek-moon,
I will give you 2,000 pieces of silver.
2,000 pieces?
I... told you I don't accept money through bribery!
This isn't bribery.
It's money I am donating to show respect to the government.
He's donating it to the government.
So it's not bribery!
It doesn't matter! I said no.
I will not accept such money!
And this dude here isn't opening his mouth.
So how am I supposed to find out whether he was the accomplice or not.
We will find it out for you.
We will open up a platform using the packman
and find out who the real criminal is!
A platform using the packman?
People with packman identification cards will have to stand in front of the platform
and tell the truth.
To merchants like us, such policy is stricter than the law of this country.
You people tell the truth in front of your teammates...
revealing the real criminal in front of the whole world can be a good idea.
Boss.
Boss!
Prepare the packman platform.
In Song-do,
we will open up a packman platform!
I don't know anything about the packman platform, but
the name "Chun Oh-su" is all you need to say.
Then you can go back to your hometown and live happily.
Protect your own life.
Colleague, friend, loyalty?
There's nothing in this world that is more precious than your own life.
You need to think of your son.
Are you trying to kill your son too?
Regardless,
your son is the one who got caught with the opium.
Sir.
The one who handled the opium was Merchant Gil.
And Gaeseoong governor's stepbrother is Kim Hak-jun,
from Hwan-jeon Group.
(Hwan Jeon Gaekju: money exchanging company)
His nickname is "starving demon"
because of his wickedness.
Like the teeth and the throat, huh?
If he chews with Kim Hak-jun's evil teeth,
stepbrother Kim Bo-hyeon would swallow it.
You know how Chun's Gaekju has been very successful for the last ten years.
But why would they borrow money from Kim Hak-jun?
Gil Sang... Gil Sang-moon!
Gil Sang-moon is that merchant Gil!
Gil Sang-moon?
Master!
Please help us, Chun's Gaekju, to enter into Yook-ei-jun!
For the next opening,
please select Chun's Gaekju as the next Yook-ei-jeon market.
Master!
I will do whatever you tell me to do!
Just tell me how to get into Yook-ei-jeon.
Try your best.
Sir!
Master!
Master...
Gil Sang-moon.
Oh, it was him, Gil Sang-moon.
A low class merchant who doesn't even know what "try your best" means
spent all of his money on black marketing and got completely caught.
Just because you can't see it doesn't mean there's no obstacle.
There are lots of merchants who have attempted to enter into Yook-ei-jeon
and completely failed.
You should buy Chun's Gaekju.
If Chun's Gaekju enters into the international market,
international merchants will fight over it.
I don't believe that you, Sang-moon,
brought the opium.
You must have had a reason.
Please.
Reveal that truth.
Father! Father!
Father!
I'm also a merchant from Song-do. A merchant!
Let him be.
How can he sit still watching his father like that?
Head director Gil.
Tell them what you haven't disclosed.
Where the opium came from.
Who provided the opium. Reveal it!
See, boss.
He can't say anything.
It doesn't matter if he's like your brother.
Or that he's been a big part of Chun's Gaekju.
What he did is totally unacceptable!
Hey.
If he knew of the consequences,
why do you think he brought himself here?
What I want isn't you, merchant Gil.
It's Chun Oh-su's head and Chun's Gaekju.
Tell them where you got the opium,
and who handed you the opium.
Protect your own life.
Colleague, friend, and loyalty?
There's nothing in this world that is more precious than your own life.
You need to think for your son.
Are you trying to kill your son too?
After all, your son is the one who got caught with the opium.
Father.
Please say it.
I...
I wanted Chun's Gaekju to
enter into Yook-ei-jeon.
Sir.
Woo-ddook.
Dae-nom.
Meong-gae.
My son, So-gae.
And...
Our future owner of Chun's Gaekju
Bong-Sam.
Also,
all of my teammates here
for life
I wanted you all to live a better life.
I wanted Chun's Gaekju to
have its billboard up on Jong-ro road of Hanyang.
And proudly
live a prosperous, wealthy life.
So what now.
What are you trying to say?
To bribe and send money to Son-hye Agency and Ho-Jo
is what I needed to do.
The one who ordered the opium trafficking is
Tell them!
The one who ordered the opium trafficking is...
in order to bribe
I did it alone.
What's so great about Yook-ei-jeon?
Sang-moon. What's so great about Yook-ei-jeon!
What's so great about Yook-ei-jeon?
To us merchants,
it's lifetime dream.
Why are you standing still?
Was this to just to hear you talk?
The Chaek-moon law is to kill you right now.
If you can't follow it,
we'll follow our rule.
Save us!
Whatever the Yook-ei-jeon is,
regardless of how you think differently of it,
my father wanted the best for Chun's Gaekju.
Please forgive him!
I can't wait any longer.
I'll follow the Chaek-moon policy.
Take this criminal to the investigator's office.
Yes, sir!
Stop!
When a packman's platform is opened up,
you'll have to wait, even if you're the King.
Say what?
This Chosun skunk!
Leave this platform!
I'll make the judgment.
Of Song-do town
Of Chun's Gaekju, Gil Sang-moon
with opium
has violated the law of merchants,
and placed the merchant group in danger,
and attempted to make unforgivable dealing.
That crime...
that crime shall be
paid with your life.
I'm sorry.
No!
So-gae.
No!
Father.
The reason my father touched the opium is
because he wanted the best for Chun's Gaekju.
But why does he have to die because of that?
Fill it up again!
Please, don’t!
Father!
Father.
What about me?
You're going to leave me like this?
Don't.
Please don't.
Who said you can drink that!
Get off of me!
I can't stand it anymore!
You!
Do you want to hand your father over to these men?
My father worked for Chun's Gaekju for his life.
Why does he have to die because of that?
Why!
This is unfair!
So pathetic and unfair!
Aren't you, as well, a documented merchant?
At that point, you should know basic morality!
Breaking the law for money isn't part of business morality!
Think of people who would die because of those opium!
Pull So-gae out!
What are you doing, Sang-moon?
Continue drinking!
No. I said, no! Father!
Father, no!
So-gae!
No...
Please forgive!
Please forgive him!
Let go!
Don't do it!
Let go, let go!
Father, are you crazy?
No.
Sir. No.
Don't do it.
Take Bong-Sam and Soh-Leh to their rooms!
Sir!
No! Sir!
Sir!
Sir! Sir...
No, father! Father!
Please don't drink it!
This is so cruel.
I can't watch this.
Somehow I got involved,
now I feel like this is my fault.
This is uncomfortable.
So-gae!
Father...
My son.
You have to make lots of money.
Become a Yook-ei-jeon head merchant.
The king of this country is in his palace.
And the king of business is
A Yook-ei-jeon head merchant.
You should become the next Shin Suk-ju
and become a Yook-ei-jeon head merchant.
Then,
become the king of all of us merchants.
You must.
You must become one.
Father.
Father. No!
Father!
Money!
You have to make a lot of money!
Money can fly without wings,
can run without legs,
and can get rid of ghosts.
It's the best you can have.
So make lots of money.
Become a Yook-ei-jeon head merchant!
Make lots of money! A Yook-ei-jeon hea...
Father. Father!
Go away.
Go away!
Father!
Save him! Please!
Sir!
Father!
Please save my father!
What's wrong with him?
Drinking poisonous water just to save Chun Oh-Su's life?
He... he is just a naive merchant,
who was overly affectionate towards him.
It was touching though.
They say when a bird dies, you hear a sad sound.
And when a person dies, you hear something good-hearted.
Incredible.
Incredible last words.
Gil Sang-moon taught his son a big lesson before his death.
Amazing. What amazing last words.
Father! Father...
Father!
Oh man!
Are we just going to watch him like this?
Save him,
or kill him.
Pick one and hurry up!
So-gae.
Help me.
Help me to... to stop breathing.
No, I can't.
No.
Hurry.
So-gae!
Oh-su.
Come on, Oh-su.
Hurry.
Sang-moon.
Now go
in your younger brother's arms.
Hurry.
Father.
Father!
Thank you, my younger brother.
My...
So-gae.
take care of...
Sang-moon.
Sang-moon!
Fa... father!
Gil Sang-moon.
It's me.
Sleep well.
Sang-moon.
Um. Boss.
Boss!
Here's an update about Chun's Gaekju.
They have lost their Chaek-moon license.
They are prohibited from selling dried sea cucumbers.
And they're packing up right now.
Them fools.
Did you do this?
Wow!
This is very clear.
Gaeseong merchants' credit accounts are incredible.
But,
you didn't include the full amount of interest.
You need to pay 54,920 nyang by today.
Is it you?
Did you give Sang-moon the opium?
The only thing I gave merchant Gil is 30,000 nyang, as you can see.
Sang-moon lived never knowing about opium!
I understand that you're upset and sad, but
don't get mad at a stranger like that!
Will you be able to provide the money by this year?
Things will not work as you wish.
Merchant Chun!
I said 54,920 nyang by today.
I still have 15 days.
I will pay it by this year no matter what!
Is 50,000 nyang a child's name?
I heard you lost permit to Chaek-moon.
I will pay you back.
I will pay you back, including Sang-moon's revenge!
My... my...
So-gae.
Alright, everyone listen.
Just because we lost the Chaek-moon deal, that doesn't mean we lost everything.
Hanyang.
Pyeongyang.
Jinju.
Leechun. Ahnsung. Kangleung.
Duknae. Kwangju. Kangkyeong.
Gunsan. Kwangyang.
Don't forget anything.
All 150 Chun's Gaekju family will run like wind
and sell these dried sea cucumbers.
Chun's Gaekju's future and
everyone's life depend on our feet.
Alright!
Who are we?
We're the wind merchants!
The wind merchants of Chun's Gaekju.
Boss, do not worry.
Okay.
Let's go!
Let's fly!
We need to walk ahead of them.
We have to tie Chun's Gaekju's feet before they touch any money!
With what skills will you tie all of their feet?
We must get them at the security checkpoint. I have connections there.
By the way,
where are these cattle sellers at?
They're the problem!
[Euiju Dock, Aplok River]
Boss!
Boss, wait up!
What now?
Clean up the mess first, and then leave.
Let's go.
Merchant Chun!
Hey, merchant Chun.
You haven't gone far.
Here we are again.
Let's go!
Yeah, let's go.
Let's go together.
It's the geum door!
Stop there!
What's a geum door?
Do you know, So-gae?
Geum door refers to
doors that restrict trafficking illegal goods banned by the country.
What happens if you're caught trafficking?
As you can see
if you're caught trafficking illegal goods at Door One,
they take away the goods.
If you're caught at Door Two,
you will get physically punished.
If you get caught at Door 3,
they will behead you.
Pass!
Alright, go inspect them!
Yes, sir.
Open.
Search thoroughly!
So-gae, hand me your bag.
Opium?
It's opium! Opium!
Opium!
I found opium in his bag!
No, no!
Nonsense!
Why would that come out of his bag again?
It's not it!
Drag him away!
Yes, sir!
This doesn't belong to Chun's Gaekju!
Sir!
Hey!
Do you have geum door to pick on innocent people?
To capture fools like you!
Stop it, stop!
Opium was found in my bag,
so you should punish me.
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.
Stop it!
[The Merchant: Gaekju 2015]
What can I do to sell cows?
Oh my!
Help me.
What life does not have a story?
I heard that woman is leaving, you sure you don't have to go?
She has nothing to do with me!
How can you not recognize your father!
Do you want Songpa to turn into hell?
Bong-Sam!
Bong-Sam, where are you?
Until yesterday, I fooled around. But not starting from today.
He's Chun's Gaekju's son.
The son of a man who killed my father!