Episode 28
You!
Sir Head Merchant.
Who are you?
And what are those pollocks?
I am the owner of Chun's Fish Barn in Yongdaegol,
Chun Bong-Sam.
Ah, the news of a new fish barn was true.
Sir merchants.
How is the taste of the pollocks?
Aren't they delicious?
All of them were all dried at Chun's Fish Barn.
I'll take him out right away.
Is anybody out there?
Sir Head Merchant.
Please buy a row of our pollocks.
I sell Wonsan pollocks.
And you tell me to buy your pollocks?
What are you doing?
You shouldn't be here.
Get out!
If Sir Head Merchant buys just a row of our pollocks,
I think Chun's Fish Barn will rise up like fire.
Give them a row.
Here.
One coin, two coins, and three coins...
Thank you.
Sir merchants, how is the taste of our pollocks?
We're not buying yours.
How can a seller not even give a new product a try?
Not even trying to negotiate!
How can you cut it off at once like that?
Stop being foolish and get out.
Leave him be.
Let's see Merchant Chun's selling skills.
We already have 18,000 rows of pollocks just as the first batch in Jeolla Province.
Sir Head Merchant's pollocks are two coins for a row.
Chun's are three for a row.
That means I'm wasting 18,000 rows of pollocks
Would you buy it if I were you?
You know one, but you don't know two.
Yes, I would if I were you.
I would buy Chun's pollocks if I were you.
You fool!
Look.
Last year and the year before, Yougi's pollocks were six coins a row.
But this year, thanks to Chun's Fish Barn, it went down to two coins!
You're right there, I guess.
If we don't sell our pollocks this year, Chun's Fish Barn is gonna go out of business.
That's your issue, not ours.
If we go out of business,
all of you here are gonna have to buy pollocks for seven coins a row next year.
Am I wrong, Sir Head Merchant?
Send him out!
Get out, please. Get out!
Stop causing trouble!
We have to sell for your benefits!
Buy our pollocks!
Buy our golden pollocks!
Everyone!
Everyone, come in.
You all must be tired.
Let's go inside.
He took them all the way into the front door...
Is it over?
It looks like he's going to trap them and make them sign his contract.
Be on the lookout.
Oh no, what do we do?
That scared me.
Sir merchants!
You scared me!
Sit down.
What if you get caught?
You're gonna be in trouble.
That's not the issue right now.
Come here.
Buy pollocks from us.
I know you're right.
We know but we can't buy from you.
We've been selling with Sir Head Merchant's pollocks for the past 20 years.
If we sell your pollocks and you go out of business, we'll get screwed.
If I go out of business, you two can run a fish barn on your own.
I'll tell you where to buy pollocks and how to dry them.
Look here.
Even the poor deserve to eat some pollocks.
They should be sold and bought at a reasonable price.
You know the right thing to do but you won't do it,
and instead go the wrong path? That's sin.
That's not right.
Sin, sin!
Min Kyung-ho, Sir Kim Bo-hyeon receives order from the Queen,
and is coming to the prayer mountain?
According to the servant who brought the note, he's arriving soon.
Mama!
You can't go out in the cold like that!
This is once in a lifetime chance.
If you don't take it, it'll fly away like wind.
You're already in such a high position.
But you want more power?
When I can stop depending on people and using people
and do everything on my own,
that's what you call power.
I'm getting help from Shin Suk-ju and Kim Bo-hyeon.
That means I don't have power yet.
The most power that a woman can have -
I'm going to have that power.
I'm going to become stronger than Sir Head Merchant and Kim Bo-hyeon.
Please look after the prince.
He is the future of Joseon.
General of Mt. Seolak,
please protect the prince.
Mama!
Honorable Mama!
Carry her out! Hurry!
Chun Bong-Sam.
Because you did not look at me
and did not listen to me,
this is...
the only way I can go to you.
Here is a total of 54,000 coins.
You have to send the second and third batch in time.
I don't know if this is a good or crazy thing to do,
but we'll trust you this time.
That means the future of our gaekju is in your hands.
I understand how hard it was for you to come here.
I'll give you only the best of our pollocks
so throw away all your worries.
Thank you.
Oh, darn.
You need to destroy the Jeolla merchants.
Go destroy Chun Bong-sam's Fish Barn!
How dare he take away my clients in front of my eyes?
Make sure Chun's Fish Barn can never come out into the market ever again!
I'll do as you say, Sir Head Merchant.
Make sure you do it right!
Make sure the heads are fastened into the rope well.
Bong, we're ready to leave now.
I'll be right back.
Wake him up.
I knew you'd get beat up at least once.
You two are busy people working for the nation.
Sorry for keeping you here in the mountain for so many days.
I'll make sure to let the queen know of your hard work.
Don't get up, get some rest.
I won't go out, then.
Have a safe trip back.
Honorable Mama.
You have great luck.
I am the one who told the queen about you.
Whenever you go to the queen's room, please remember me, Kim Bo-hyeon.
I trust you, Honorable Mama.
Get ready.
We're leaving too.
Yes, Mama.
Chun's Fish Barn.
What a handsome baby.
I know you're like a father to my husband.
I will treat you like my father as well.
Sir Head Cattle Broker,
Isn't it great?
You have a beautiful daughter-in-law now.
Look at this fool!
Yes, yes. It's great!
Now, let's see.
Yu-su, let me see your face.
This boy.
Bong.
Hm?
The thing is...
Ay, this is hard.
Why, what is it? What's up?
Guksadang's Honorable Mama is here.
How did she know where we are?
Gae-ddong.
How did you know where I was?
I was praying up there in the mountain,
and I saw so much chimney smoke from here at every meal time.
What else would this be then? A fire or a fish barn.
Welcome.
Well. What are you doing here?
I came to buy some pollocks for Guksadang.
Alright, I'll pick good ones out for you.
Well you should get going now.
I'll take you to the Yongdaegol inn before it gets dark.
How inconsiderate.
You're going to let a guest sleep at an inn?
How could we let Honorable Mama sleep at an inn?
Sleep here with me tonight.
Should I?
Mistress suggests so, so I guess I should.
Bong, Bong.
I don't trust Gae-ddong.
If Guksadang keeps being near you,
your wife is going to have a hard time.
I'm not in a place to be harsh to Gae-ddong.
I'm not telling you to be harsh.
You just have to make it clear. That's better for Guksadang too.
How precious.
How great would it be...
if you were my child?
Please stop.
It's hard for me to hear you talk about him.
You should sleep now.
Mistress.
I... I beg you.
Please leave.
Stop being greedy
and return to your original position.
If you do that, I'll return your favor in any way possible.
I beg you like this.
Tomorrow is a busy day for the fish barn so I'll be sleeping first.
Careful, careful.
Mama.
They're going to have a celebration at the fish barn right now.
Ah, must be Yu-su's 100 day celebration.
No.
It's a wedding for the Gaekju owner...
Congratulations!
How beautiful.
Attention, attention!
The fish barn looks so bright with the bride and the groom all dressed up!
Good thing I went all the way to Seokcho to get the wedding attire!
Great job, sir!
Honorable Mama, welcome!
Today is the wedding day for Bong!
Please say a word for the couple, Guksadang Mama.
Wait, hold on.
We need to bow to the sky now.
Who's going to hold the bride's arms when she bows?
I'll do it!
Alright.
I will, too.
Now.
We will now begin the couple's wedding!
Dear god,
dear spirit of Mt. Seolak,
Chun's Fish Barn's owner Chun Bong-Sam
is being wedded today.
Until the day their hair grows white,
may they be grateful for each other
and may they have a beautiful life together.
The Gaekju's family has to be in peace for the Gaekju to run well!
Yu-su's mom, help our Gaekju owner to do well!
Now, make a bow.
Bride and groom, bow at each other!
You will regret today.
What are you waiting for?
You should bow.
The bride must be nervous!
Mama!
How could he do this to you?
You worked so hard and saved him so many times.
Are you telling us to sleep outside in this cold weather?
We must take that room!
There is someone in there, you can't go in.
Sir Gil So-gae!
Is Guksadang's Mama here?
You know where the fish barn is, don't you?
What if I do?
We've been searching all of Yongdaegol for days and nights.
Towards Jimbooryeong, towards Baekdam.
We looked everywhere but couldn't find it.
Tell me.
And if I tell you...
What can you do for me?
Do you have something to ask me?
I'll tell you where the fish barn is.
Get rid of Shin Suk-ju's wife.
What was Gae-ddong saying to you earlier?
That I should be good to you.
Here.
How did you get such a expensive hairpin...
We are in so much debt.
You shouldn't be spending money like this.
My mother gave it to my sister before she passed away.
She told her to give it to Bong-sam's wife when he gets married.
Try it on.
Wow, it matches you so well.
Today is the happiest day of my life.
I didn't know such a day would come.
Don't cry.
It's a happy day.
How many workers are there at the fish barn?
How could I easily get rid of her when there are so many people at the barn?
Cho Sung-jun is there.
I bet other pirates are hiding among the workers too.
How do you know Cho Sung-jun?
Chun Bong-Sam calls him the Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Who else would it be?
Gom-bae!
Mistress!
What is merchant Song doing here?
Song Man-chi, what are you doing here, away from the stable?
Song Man-chi is here!
Wh..what's with you? Move.
You little!
Nobody comes to the stable in this winter anyway!
We wanted to see Yu-su.
We brought him some rice cake.
Let's go inside and cook the rice cake.
Come on, let's go in.
Why are you being so weird today?
Yu-su!
So-sa!
Are your hands frozen?
Man-chi, you're here.
So this is where you've been hiding.
This is where Bong-Sam has been hiding Cho Sung-jun!
Bong-Sam.
You dug your own grave with the pollocks.
Get out of the way!
Man-chi.
I thought you died from pirating.
But you've been hiding so well.
Man-chi!
Please. Please!
Forget everything that happened in the past.
Let's let it slide.
Let it slide?
Is Cho Sung-jun a fur blanket?
That I should let it slide?
A man's grudge doesn't just get passed by like that.
Alright.
What will you do to me now?
I...
I have already told you at Munkyeong.
That I will cut Cho Sung-jun's head off!
It's probably better
if you just kill me here now.
If you don't...
I...
Someday..
I will...
I swear!
I will kill you.
Alright. You do that.
Do what you want.
Cho Sung-jun!
Alright, then..
Will you kill me now?
You've gotten even more pirates under you.
Alright.
There will be many more opportunities from now on!
I will not move a single step away from you from today on.
Then there will come a time when I can kill you.
Alright.
Go inside now.
Eat some hot soup and rice first.
I'm busy.
Japanese Government House
What did you say?
Captivate who in this cold winter?
A pirate?
He's not just an ordinary pirate.
He's the one who stole 2,000 sacks of rice during Saegok delivery.
Do you not know how many soldiers died at that time?
There is a time for everything, even captivating.
Do you know what kind of mountain Mt. Seolak is?
It's dereliction of duty for you not to send out your soldiers.
Do I have to report you for you to send out your soldiers?
Do you know how much money is spent on sending out soldiers?
Sir Head Merchant will pay for the cost.
He decided to send out the soldiers.
I don't need the details. Just tell me the end result.
All I want is one thing.
That woman.
Why have you gotten so cold?
What happened?
I promise you as the Guksadang Mama who works for the queen
and as the Mae-wol who takes care of the prince.
If you get rid of that woman, I'll let you be the Sir Head Merchant.
Kim Bo-hyeon...
He has no power to put you in the Sir Head Merchant position.
Alright.
If that's what you really want.
It melts in my mouth.
Good thing I came here to buy pollocks instead of going to Samcheon.
Wow, rich people cook cow and eat them.
Hey, it's not because we're rich.
It's because I'm thankful for the pollock contract.
Hey, Chun.
You must know how to taste beef.
That's what people think.
Stable people don't eat beef.
Then... Eat a lot today!
How is it?
It...
It melts in my mouth.
Is it that good?
It tastes amazing!
Here, smell it.
It smells amazing.
It tastes so good, nice and oily.
Even if someone kidnapped me, I wouldn't know.
Ah, sir.
23,000 coins.
20,000 coins is for the pollocks
and the 3,000 is the profit split in half.
23,000, I'll invest it right back at you.
O.. okay.
What if we blow it all out?
I'm the best at finding fish deep in the sea.
Gaekju Chun.
I smell money from you.
I see a good path in front of you.
Thank you for putting your trust in me.
Thank you so much.
Well, then. Let's do cheers.
Cheers!
Let go of me!
Let go of me! What are you doing?
Hurry, come.
Let's go in.
No, I don't want to!
If you want to go in, go by yourself.
Come here.
I said I don't want to!
Go in!
What are you doing?
She was once your sister-in-law and now she is my wife.
Where do you want her to sleep?
How can he sleep when I'm about to kill him?
Once you hit me with that stone, I'll wake up.
Man-chi!
This way!
The fish barn is going to turn into ruins, Mama.
I have really crossed the line.
I have crossed the line to a point of no return.
Let's go!
Come on, let's go too.
Doesn't it feel like the good old days, gathering around and talking like this?
Those days were great, always gathering around.
We'll go back to those days soon enough.
Mistress!
They're from Sir Head Merchant.
What are you all doing here?
We came to take Cho Sung-jun and all of his workers!
Cho Sung-jun and all his pirates shall come out immediately and take order!
Sir!
It's not time to be working on pollocks right now!
The government soldiers are here.
Take him and go up to the mountains!
Sir, you need to escape!
Cho Sung-jun, your life is mine to take.
Not those soldiers'!
Get up.
There are no pirates here!
All these people here are fish barn workers!
Yes, they're all Chun's Fish Barn workers.
They're pollock skilled workers.
Look here.
This is our identification.
What are you all doing? Take out your identification and show them!
How dare you lie to us!
Search the whole place!
Find those pirates!
Yes, sir!
Mistress!
Buy pollocks, buy pollocks!
Love, love, love - pollocks are love!
How lovable are the pollocks!
Hey, listen! You ruined a good song.
If they find out there's beef on our backs, they'll go crazy.
Especially Sae-dol and Gom-bae!
They'll attach us with drool all over.
Let's hurry.
Let's feed them some beef for dinner!
Great idea!
Pollocks are love!
Love, love, love, love - pollocks are love!
Mister.
Go bring Yu-su's father.
Alright.
Hurry. You must hurry.
Yes, I need to bring Bong-Sam.
I need to bring Bong.
I need to bring Bong-Sam.
Yu-su.
My Yu-su!
Yu-su!
You rascals!
Are you okay? Mistress!
Yu-su!
Let's get out of here.
Go with me.
Here.
I heard you're the gunner of Mt. Seolak.
The best gunner in the city.
Let's see your skills.
Shoot the lady with a baby.
Bang-geum!
Mistress!
Yu-su...
Yu-su is okay. Yu-su is fine.
Take Yu-su first and run.
Hurry!
You rascal!
Man-chi!
You don't have time for this!
Let go of me!
Bang-geum!
Brother.
You have things to do right now.
Get out of the way!
Song Man-chi!
The future of this fish barn is in your hands!
My brother Man-chi.
You have to listen to me.
Please, let me go.
Please let me go to Bang-geum.
Bang-geum!
Man-chi!
This is...
in my life,
the last plea to you.
Brother...
Bang-geum.
I'll help you up.
Do you think you can get up?
My back...
It feels like it's splitting in half...
Let me just...
lie here just a little bit...
We used to...
have...
such a great time together...
With Man-chi.
And you.
We used to laugh so much.
Back when we used to carry our belongings.
Those were...
the happiest...
moments of my life.
It's...
It's all my fault.
Forgive me.
I respected you.
I loved you.
I felt so bad for Man-chi....
I felt so bad for him..
I'm sorry.
Honey.
Bang-geum.
Bang-geum!
They have so many!
This is no time to be amused right now.
Begin!
Yes, sir!
Ah, feels great.
I wish everyday was like today.
Bong-Sam! Bong-Sam! Bong-Sam!
Bong-Sam! Sun-dol!
How did you know we got here?
You smelled the beef, didn't you?
Soldiers. Seize!
Seizure.
Soldiers are seizing our fish barn?
Yes. The soldiers came to arrest the pirates.
You have to hurry. Hurry, hurry!
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Pollocks!
Pollocks on fire!
Fire!
Pollocks...
We gotta get the fire out first!
Stay down, you pirates!
You rascals!
How much did Shin Suk-ju pay you!
Stop!
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Sir!
Are you going to ruin it all?
This fish barn that Chun put his life into...
Are you going to destroy it all?
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
I am Cho Sung-jun.
I am the pirate Cho Sung-jun.
I am!
Let them know that Chun's Fish Barn has all burnt up!
We worked so hard for those pollocks...
Let's go get Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Is that woman alive?
Bong-Sam was the final target.