Episode 33
5 nyang--
It's 5 nyang.
20,000 nyang to 500 nyang.
500 nyang to 5 nyang.
Have you really gone senile?
Ah, darn.
I gave you the wrong one, my bad.
This is for Shin Suk-ju's..
coffin.
What?
Are you joking?
The richest man of Joseon and only 5 nyang for your coffin?
Is 5 nyang enough?
Lord.
All you need is a coffin for the body.
What more do you need?
You don't take all your money with you when you leave.
Head Merchant.
There have been odd rumors about you.
There are rumors that you cleaned up all your possessions.
Not cleaned up.
I used it all.
This 5 nyang right here..
It's all I have left.
What's going on?
Wol.
He gave all his possession to Wol.
Maeng Gu-bum, you!
You get your tongue cut off
and you still can't watch your mouth?
Yu-su.
Chun Bong-sam's son Chun Yu-su!
He's trying to give all his possessions to Yu-su.
We have to catch Wol before she reaches Chun Bong-Sam.
This is a lot of money we're dealing with!
Gil So-gae, you!
Governor, send out an order for a capture!
Okay.
I will block the east and west doors that lead to Song-pa
and block all the other doors that lead out to the provinces.
You have to send out appearance drawings first!
Got busy all of a sudden.
Have you gone senile?
How does it make any sense to give all your possessions to Chun Bong-sam's son?
My Lord.
Do you want my money that badly?
Who hates money?
No one, no one.
You can do anything with money.
That's why people want to hand their money down to their children.
So, anyone here.
Would you like to be my son?
You, my Lord?
How unprofessional!
Head Merchant.
Your possessions are not yours.
The reason you were able to save up millions of gold
is because we had your back.
That means
you can't mistake it as your money and do whatever you want.
What are you doing?
Let's go!
Let's go get this girl Wol!
Yes, sir.
This is a girl named Wol that was at Shin's Gaekju.
She ran away with Head Merchant's money so we must capture her.
You may even kill her when you see her.
Just get the money that she stole.
Yes, sir!
In the oil paper envelope
is what I'm giving Yu-su.
Mistress.
This is the Head Merchant's inheritance.
I'm scared whether I can get this safely to Merchant Chun or not.
Stop.
Go.
Stop.
Go.
Stop.
Wonsan Port Market
Due to a shortage in Hamkyung, we hereby ban the export of beans and rice.
We wish to stop merchants crazy for money
from tricking the price of grains and making a ridiculous profit.
so an export ban has been made. Please follow.
They were right.
Japan is in a year of famine.
Rice used to be 20~30 nyang in Pyeonggang
but you can't even buy it for 50 nyang here in Wonsan Port.
That means they're buying in all the Hamgyung rice.
That's horrible.
Hamkyung is already short of rice.
Bong-Sam! Bong-Sam! Bong-Sam!
Sorry, sorry!
One second...
What?
We're in trouble.
We're in big, big trouble.
What is it?
Look at this.
Man-chi sent this to us in through Song-pa people
who were on their way to Poongdeungryeong.
This is Wol.
What- capture?
Capture?
Why?
According to the ones who crossed over Poongdeungryeong with this,
thousands of soldiers are spread out everywhere.
Wol is our mistress' servant. Why would they capture her?
Nonsense!
Wol is not a criminal.
Why would they send out thousands of soldiers for her?
What is this?
Why are they doing this to Wol?
I have no idea.
Well, let's go and see.
This isn't going to get solved here so let's go find her and see.
Let's go.
You couldn't capture a single girl in 8 days?
She has legs too.
If she hid away from everyone, how would we find her?
I sent people and they looked through Song-pa numerous times
Then are you saying
we should just sit here and wait as a girl runs away with all of Shin Suk-ju's money?
First,
How about we tie up Shin Suk-ju first?
What?
Shin Suk-ju?
He's not just going to sit still.
He might hide that girl.
We have to tie up Shin Suk-ju first.
Don't pretend to be mistress.
Yu-su has only one mother and it's mistress.
What?
Just because the witness is gone doesn't mean the truth disappears as well.
An awl in a pocket is bound to poke through sooner or later.
You have all of Shin Suk-ju's possessions?
It's not beneficial for this money to reach Chun Bong-Sam.
Mama.
They sent a message from the Palace.
She says to come to the Palace immediately.
Okay.
You want to capture Shin Suk-ju for treason and get all his money?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Not only did he play around with the Palace's money,
but he also talked badly of the King that it was a mistake to open up the ports.
Uncle..
Shin Suk-ju isn't wrong.
Nephew!
It's obvious that Yook-ei-jeon will lose money with the ports opening.
Tell us the real reason you want to capture Shin Suk-ju.
Your majesty.
Shin Suk-ju is the richest man of Joseon.
You want to take away money from the old man?
Take away all his possessions?
Do Seung-ji!
We're all family, no need to beat around the bushes.
We do need money for politics.
No need to let all of Shin's money go to all the crumbs.
You should do as he says, Aunt.
Alright.
You're right, nephew.
Do as the nephew says.
Your Majesty.
Guksadang is here.
Bring her in.
Your Majesty.
Greetings from Guksadang.
Welcome, Guksadang.
Aunt.
Why are you keeping a shaman nearby?
This is why people are talking badly of you.
How rude.
Was I wrong?
You have a fate of death coming soon.
Guksadang.
No matter how rude he was, how dare you!
Hold up, Aunt.
Is that so?
Your Majesty.
A shaman may get the wrong message but they never lie.
What if you're wrong?
Will you risk your life for it?
If you want me to.
Do!
You've gone too far in front of the Queen!
I'm sorry.
Guksadang.
Do you now see why I told you to come all the way here?
Head Merchant will not survive out of this winter.
So confident.
If you don't believe me, send him a doctor.
I believe you.
If I don't believe you, who would I believe?
I heard a girl escaped with all of Shin Suk-ju's money.
You tell us.
What can we do?
Is she still hiding in Dosung?
She already crossed the river.
Song-pa.
Check Song-pa's ships.
We'll find out how good you are at this.
Send soldiers to Song-pa.
I'll report to the police so you should capture Shin Suk-ju.
Sir Head Merchant.
What happened to Wol?
She hasn't been captured yet.
Even though they sent soldiers to Song-pa Stable everyday.
Alright.
That's good to hear.
But if she goes to Kyungki, there are thousands of soldiers.
How will a girl survive alone?
Sir Head Merchant!
You!
How dare you run in!
Tons of soldiers came from the police!
What...
What are you doing?
There! From there!
Quick!
You're right here like this.
How could they close down Shin's Gaekju?
Yook-ei-jeon's Head Merchant Shin Suk-ju, listen.
Shin Suk-ju is fired from Head Merchant as of today.
You will be confined for treason and all of your possessions will be collected.
Finally it's here.
I have nothing left for you to collect.
This 5 nyang here
is all I have, I told you.
Lord Ambassador.
Sir Head Merchant dedicated his whole life to Yook-ei-jeon the past 30 years.
Confined?
He's not in very good health right now.
Taking into consideration Shin Suk-ju's hard work until now,
we are confining him here instead of the police's jail.
You may not leave that door. Understand?
I...
I don't want to leave it all that much anyway.
Sir Head Merchant!
Lord Ambassador.
Sir Head Merchant.
According to Shin's doctor, it's a lung disease.
Guksadang was right.
She said he won't survive out of this winter.
If you bring me Shin Suk-ju's inheritance,
I will give you this spot of Shin Suk-ju.
Are you promising me the Head Merchant position of Yook-ei-jeon?
You need merchants to become the Head Merchant.
I will also give you Shin's Gaekju.
Thank you, Lord Ambassador.
I will bring all of Shin Suk-ju's inheritance at your feet.
You fools!
You're treating me like a clueless child now?
Min Kyeom-ho steals Shin's Gaekju position and leaves me out?
Luck is still on our side.
Whoever finds Shin's inheritance wins.
Really?
Then..
can you beat Gil So-gae and bring me Shin's inheritance?
If we bring it to you,
will you make me the Head Merchant of Yook-ei-jeon?
What?
You want to be Yook-ei-jeon's Head Merchant?
You can't even talk! Are you going to mumble in front of the King?
No.
Yeah, why should that matter?
Talking too much is the problem.
Fine.
I promise you.
You will be the quietest Head Merchant in Yook-ei-jeon's history.
We will bring you the inheritance.
I'll send you a few swordsmen so bring me back Shin's inheritance.
Why are you doing this?
There's nothing here! Why are you doing this?
This is driving me nuts!
Why are they coming in everyday and destroying everything?
Something must've happened to Wol. What do we do?
Hey!
Where have you been?
With all this going on, you should be cleaning or something!
Clean!
What?
Gom-bae.
Is it Wol?
Yes.
Let's go.
Wow.
You think this is the time to be drooling at Wol right now?
Quick, escape! You have no time.
Mama.
Yu-su
Don't worry.
I'll take care of him.
Worry for your life first.
Quick, get on.
Stop.
Stop!
Is something going on?
We're capturing a thief.
Let down the carriage.
Yes, sir.
Here it is.
Open the carriage and come out.
How could you tell a lady to come out!
I am Pyeongdam's merchant Hwang Jae-mak.
In there is a concubine that I got from Song-pa.
You must be rich.
You're funny.
It's cold, go eat some hot soup
Keep that for home and tell her to come out!
Hae-ryang, come out.
Come out.
They're government people so no need to be scared.
Sir.
Is something wrong?
That girl--
Can't let go of her old ways.
Flirting whenever she sees a man.
That's not true, Merchant.
Go!
Let's go.
Get on.
Good luck to you.
We checked Song-pa. Wol wasn't there.
You were late.
Where can I find her?
To find a mother, you take their child.
To find a girl, you take the man she loves.
Wol likes Bong-Sam?
I'm just saying.
Chun Bong-Sam is at Wonsan Port right now.
If she escaped out of Song-pa,
that way is the only way.
Pyeongdam's merchant?
Yes.
Other than his concubine, no girl passed by here.
That girl is the girl.
You rotten eyes!
Let's go.
You should've just gone in those clothes.
How would she walk 500 Li in those clothes?
She was so pretty.
Stop saying useless things.
Let's go.
Right away?
We should catch some sleep.
It'll be hard.
But you'll get caught up in no time.
So you have to leave now.
Don't worry about me.
Thank you so much.
Merchant Chun will repay the debt later.
Hurry and get going!
Hurry!
Let's go.
Sir!
Let's go.
It's Poongdeungryeong.
We'll run into them.
Have you seen this girl?
How many people are asking the same thing in one night?
Right! It must be Gil So-gae.
Merchant Maeng! Wait for me!
Sir Head Merchant.
I brought you some porridge.
I don't really feel like eating.
What about Wol?
I don't think they've captured her yet.
Those bastards.
They've been eating and dressing well with your money.
But now they don't even let you go to the bathroom.
Hey.
My last wish.
It's that Wol
would safely get my inheritance to my son Yu-su.
Help us out, yeah?
Do you want me to play the black ones?
No, no thank you.
It's not fun when I play with you.
Fine. I'm not as good at it as you are.
Did you still not capture that girl?
We're still chasing after her.
You better hurry.
When are you going to use the police as your personal soldiers?
I know.
Uncle.
You can't monopolize.
Shin Suk-ju's inheritance will be used for politics by the Queen.
Do Seung-ji.
What kind of person do you think I am?
It is a large amount of money.
Just in case.
Uncle, are you mad?
It was just in case.
That cocky little thing.
The Queen spoiled her too much, he doesn't know his place.
Lord!
Butler Chang.
Uncle looks like a nice guy but he's more greedy than Kim Bo-hyeon.
Keep watching him.
Yes. I put a good guy to follow him around.
Well then.
Tell me what you found out about Wol and Shin Suk-ju's relationship.
Except for all the things we know already, like his son.
I think Shin Suk-ju is trying to give all his possessions to Chun Bong-Sam.
Chun Bong-Sam?
Chun Bong-Sam.
Sounds familiar.
He had come out to Bobucheong elections last time and was elected but kicked out.
Ah, yes. I've heard of him.
Alright. Find out more about Chun Bong-Sam.
He will have to come under my supervision soon enough anyway.
Yes, sir.
Why is there so much mumbling at night?
Are they our fellow workers?
It's rice.
It's Ma Chi-soon and Wonsan Port's Gaekju Ban.
They're coming all the way to Kangwon for rice exchange because of the export ban.
We probably have a chance if we go to Hwehyang.
No, not that.
We don't have time for this.
Wol's life is in danger.
I don't know.
You decide.
We saw it happen.
I'm worried for Wol too.
But what can we do?
We saw it happen.
If they take all that rice,
when last year's harvest runs out in May and June,
hundreds, no, thousands of people will starve to death.
How can we just pass by that?
We can't.
Let's go.
Why did they have to show up this way?
If you leave right now, you can catch them.
The export ban is none of your business!
Mind your own business!
Just go about your way.
Are you sure you won't regret?
Hey.
They were paid by Ma Chi-soon.
What?
You little...
They did, they did!
They did get money through the back pocket!
What are you saying?
Now, now, now.
Friend, don't waste your energy.
Let's go down to the police bureau in Hamheung down there
and tell them that all the soldiers here are letting rice get exported.
Alright, let's go!
W-w-w-wait!
What?
Are you gonna go?
Let's go!
What is this? Isn't it soldiers?
No way. We gave them so much.
They are breaking the export ban!
Catch them all!
Yes, sir!
Run! Run!
Take them!
Merchant Chun!
How much grudge are you holding against us?
You're taking revenge for what happened last time, huh?
Are you not a citizen of this country?
We should be working on this all together but you sell them off illegally?
Look.
I am a citizen of this nation and I could not just pass by what I saw.
Revenge?
Dams collapsed and water is flooding in.
Merchant Chun.
Can you block all the water with those hands?
We'll probably get a few beats and pay a little fine.
All the rice that we got taken away?
We can make a few little deals and get them again.
You rotten merchants!
Sun-dol.
Let's go.
They say even saints need to follow the world's way.
You live by looking at places to sit and lie down as times change.
You don't live in this world alone.
Let's go!
What are you thinking about?
We have to go find Wol now.
Her life is in danger.
Though merchants are supposed to live for profit,
don't be bothered by what those fools say.
Ma Chi-soon wasn't all wrong.
Right now it's just the Wonsan merchants,
but soon, all the merchants are going to make deals with foreigners.
Merchants follow the flow of money.
Then work with the Head Merchant.
Just because you block something doesn't mean it gets blocked.
We experienced it last time with the elections.
Let's find Wol first.
And then we'll think of a solution.
Let's go.
Ah, so cold!
Give us Shin Suk-ju's inheritance.
There was an order to bring in all of Shin Suk-ju's possessions.
You holding onto it is a huge treason.
Sir Head Merchant did give me a bundle but...
who would bring a bundle to wash her face?
It's over there!
If we search, we'll find out.
Yes, sir.
My heart beats so fast it's shaking.
How much is his inheritance that you try so hard?
Sir Merchant!
Merchant Song!
What? Isn't that Wol?
Sir Merchant!
Merchant Song!
Sir Merchant!
Gom-bae!
Sir Merchant!
What are you doing? Go back in!
It's so cold.
Sir Merchant!
Merchant Song!
Wol.
Just hand over the envelope.
Your lady died, there's no need to be loyal to Chun or Shin!
I'll give you enough money to live prosperously for the rest of your life.
Come on.
Sir Merchant!
Gom-bae!
That girl.
You've really caught on!
When we first saw you, you tried to steal fish from Song-pa Stable
And today you try to steal what needs to go to the Gaekju owner?
You...
A thief! A thief!
Bong-Sam can't handle that amount.
Kim Bo-hyeon, Lord Ambassador, and even the Queen
they're all after Shin's inheritance.
If things go wrong,
it means he might get killed if he takes it.
Whoever is after it and whoever dies,
the order I received from Sir Head Merchant was to deliver it to Merchant Chun.
Wol is right.
Handling or not is up to the gaekju owner.
If you've warmed up enough, get lost!
Sir!
Bandits! They're bandits!
There's more than 20 of them!
Wol, run.
We'll take care of it here. Run!
Gil So-gae!
Darn it!
Catch them!
Go get'em!
Catch them!
Wol is first.
Catch her.
Catch that guy first!
Catch him!
Get Gil So-gae first! We have to save Wol!
I'm so scared.
Let's just pretend we didn't see this.
He says to go in and sneak the girl out.
There's too many of them.
Merchant Song!
Wol!
What is this?
It looks like money papers to me.
How unlucky.
It is money papers.
These little papers are just used by rich people to do business.
What would thieves like us use this for?
Let's just burn them.
We can't even use them.
Might as well burn them.
He says to go attack.
There's no chance!
There's 20 of them. 20!
Yeah, might as well.
Darn, how unlucky.
She's so pretty.
We should take her and sell her.
So we'll do that with the girl.
What do we do with those?
Should we just kill them all?
No, no, no.
No need to see blood.
Today is my mom's funeral day.
They got lucky.
She's pretty. Get her up, let's go.
So pretty.
Let's go!
Let me go!
Let me go, you bandits!
Cover her mouth!
Untie them!
Merchant Gil.
Are you out of your mind?
Shin Suk-ju's inheritance turned into ashes!
I was tied up so I couldn't do anything.
How would you just sit there and watch?
It's all your fault!
How can you betray me after promising to work together?
You were trying to monopolize!
What am I going to tell Min Kyeom-ho?
It's over. I can't be the Head Merchant.
It's all over!
We have to untie them too.
What for?
It was all ruined because of them!
Stop moving!
Stay still! We'll untie you.
Sir Merchant.
You must've been scared.
I didn't know.
I really didn't.
You weren't supposed to.
Everything would've been ruined if you knew.
We've been working on this since the moment you were screaming in that lake.
We had to trick Gil So-gae so we had no choice.
Sorry for scaring you.
Great job.
You should move over to Poongdeungryeong now.
Here it is.
When you go to Poongdeungryeong, please tell him we said thank you.
Alright.
Great job.
Have a safe trip!
What happened?
This is from Sir Head Merchant to you.
Sir Head Merchant?
It's money.
Yes.
Give it to me.
1 million nyang?
10 of 1 million nyang so...
10 million nyang?
Bong-Sam!
Is this real?
He said it's inheritance that he's giving Yu-su.
10 million nyang.
10 million nyang!
What...
Shin Suk-ju lost his possessions but he's not dead yet.
We can protect all our workers with this money.
Shin Suk-ju's inheritance was really only 10 million?
Please make me the Head Merchant of Yook-ei-jeon.
Sir Head Merchant is meeting Chun Bong-Sam right now.
It seems as if that big sun is going to set now.
Did you come because you wanted my inheritance that badly?
Sir Head Merchant!