Episode 29
Stop!
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Sir!
You fools!
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!
Bong-Sam! Bong-Sam!
Sun-dol! Sun-dol!
Soldiers! Seizure!
Seizure! Seizure!
Soldiers seized our barn to capture pirates.
You have to hurry. Hurry, hurry!
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Oh no!
Oh no! What do we do!
Are you okay?
Is everybody okay?
All the pollocks are burnt.
What do we do!
I'm sorry.
I have nothing to say.
There was nothing we could do.
We wanted to let the fire out but...
What did you do while all this happened to our barn? Huh?
We worked so hard for these pollocks...
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Ah, Merchant Gil.
Brother! It's Merchant Gil!
The seizure ended well.
This is all thanks to you, Merchant Gil.
No problem.
All of this....
is your doing?
Let's take a little break here!
Yes, sir!
Gil, let's have a talk.
All of this was your doing?
I don't know if you'll believe me,
but I have nothing against you.
Sorry.
Of course.
Your final target is Bong-Sam.
I'm not the only one who wants to hammer down a protruding nail.
Bong-Sam underestimated Yook-ei-jeon too much.
Bong-Sam.
Let's check out the situation first.
Undo the rope.
I'm the Head Cattle Broker.
I can't even go to the restroom.
Undo it for him.
Yes, sir.
By the way,
I know the real reason your father Gil Sang-moon died.
I had offered a secret trade.
There is something I know.
What is it?
Sin.
Gil Sang-moon committed a lot of sin.
He raised a monster like you as his son.
Dying wouldn't take care of a sin like that.
What did you say?
I have nothing to fear now.
You appearing in front of me at the end of my life was god's doing.
It is also god's will for me to end your life right now.
Let go of me!
I'm going to get rid of you so you can't go near Bong-Sam.
Won-man! Now!
Sung-jun!
Sung-jun! Sung-jun!
Stop! Stop!
Merchant Gil!
Sung-jun!
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Merchant Gil!
What do we do?
How would we go down a cliff just to get a dead pirate?
What do you mean pirate? Gil wasn't a pirate!
Gil is the merchant of Head Merchant who died because of a pirate!
There's nothing we can find even if we go down.
Maybe come back next spring to get the dead body.
If not, go tell Sir Head Merchant to buy men to go down.
Go find him! Now!
Yes, sir!
Do something! Are you just going to sit and watch?
He's dead?
Are you saying it's okay that he died?
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Sung-jun! No, Sung-jun!
Carriage! We have to make a carriage!
Bong-Sam.
What are you doing? Carriage!
Carriage! Carriage!
Bong-Sam.
It's over.
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
There's nothing to be sad about.
Dying is not something to be sad about.
Dying without having achieved anything is sad.
What do you mean you haven't achieved anything?
You raised the Song-pa Stable
and you took care of all those workers!
What do you mean you've done nothing!
I'm leaving Chun Bong-Sam behind.
I guess that means I did one thing right.
Is Chun Bong-Sam that great?
I can't bear to listen to all of this.
That damn little!
I'll take care of that goddamned son.
Gom-bae!
Sir Head Cattle Broker first.
Sir Head Cattle Broker, we're going to take you up.
So hang in there, okay?
What are you doing!
I said hang in there! Get yourself together!
I can't send you away here like this.
Hurry. Hurry!
Bong-Sam.
Can you make sure that the world knows Chun Bong-Sam
as Song-pa Stable's Head Cattle Broker Cho Sung-jun's
only inheritance left in the world?
Wouldn't that make my life somewhat valuable?
Alright.
I got it. Let's go.
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Chun Bong-Sam!
I found him...
and I am following god's order.
Sir Head Cattle Broker!
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Mama!
The fish barn turned into ruins.
The pollock storage went on fire.
Is she alive?
Is that woman ...
alive?
Yes, Mama.
Excuse me! Excuse me!
Where is my father?
Let him at least be able to have a drink before he leaves.
I'll give you 10 days.
If you sell 3 cows by then, I'll give you a position in the Stable.
But if you don't, then you have to leave.
How do I sell cows?
Desperately.
Sincerely.
If you only think about selling cows, you go crazy.
When you go crazy, that's how become pro at it.
This is what your sister left before she died.
It is Chun Oh-su's will to raise Chun's Gaekju.
She protected this sign for 18 years on her own.
Is it Bong-Sam or me?
Choose one or the other.
Song-pa Stable's 2nd Head Cattle Broker
chooses Bong-Sam.
No!
I'm tired of living as a pirate.
I want to live making pollocks at the fish barn now.
Sir Head Cattle Broker.
I'll be back next spring to visit you.
Rest well until then.
Let's go.
Bong.
What should we do with this?
It's Sir Head Cattle Broker's identification.
Cho Sung-jun.
He fell as a pirate and hid away from the world
but he had always carried around his merchant ID to not forget.
I will leave that heart here with him as well.
Let's go.
Chun Bong-Sam.
Where are you going?
Don't leave me behind.
Pay your debts.
You would've been dead already if it weren't for me.
I let your wife
escape from Shin Suk-ju.
He was like a father to me.
When you hid a pirate, didn't you know there would be a seizure ordered?
I thought of Sang-moon's son.
He was someone my father wanted to make his son-in-law
and my older brother who I spent my childhood with.
Chun Sol-leh.
When my sister died too,
I forgave him.
Save me, Bong-Sam.
If you leave me behind like this, you die.
Bong-Sam.
Please save me.
I'm your brother, Bong-Sam.
Save me.
It's already out of my hands.
It was decided by Sir Head Cattle Broker.
Bong-Sam.
Bong-Sam!
Chun Bong-Sam!
Chun Bong-Sam.
If I survive out of here,
you're dead in my hands.
I'm going to kill you.
Bong-Sam!
Are you really gonna go to Hanyang like this?
You should at least check if Merchant Gil is dead or alive!
If Shin Suk-ju falls, the only ones left are Merchant Gil and Merchant Maeng.
We had to take care of him sooner or later.
But you got to blow your nose without even using your hands.
So you're telling me that I should make a choice right now too?
If you tell me to make a choice...
I am always on the side who gives me more money.
So-gae.
Wake up.
Wake up!
So-gae.
Wake up!
Gae-ddong.
Save me.
Quick! Carry him out!
Go heat up some rocks.
Lay him down and cover him with cloth. Quick!
Do you know how worried we were?
Why were you being so reckless?
Good thing you weren't badly injured!
Go out now.
Yes, Mama.
Thanks.
And sorry about that woman.
It's what it is.
It's delicate like a flower petal but also stubborn like weed root.
That's what life is like.
I already took out the sword.
I can't put it back in.
You saved me
so I must repay you.
Don't worry.
Another opportunity will come.
When that time comes, I'll kill her myself.
What's gonna happen to our stable now?
Are we going out of business?
Our stable, Sir Park Sun-ju, Jeolla fish merchants...
All of them are going to be ruined.
What do we do?
Sun-dol.
How much money do we have?
68,000 coins from Merchant Hwang,
54,000 coins from Naju Jeonju merchant,
500 coins from the stable's profit,
630 from Poongdeungryeong's profit.
This is not enough.
The Jeolla merchants might sue us for not getting their pollocks.
Wol.
Tomorrow morning, bring Sir Head Merchant to Guksadang.
Mistress.
You've seen too that hiding is not going to solve anything.
There is something I can do as Chun Bong-sam's wife.
Take Wol outside.
Good job.
Mama must have finally made the decision.
Yes.
You need to bring Yu-su.
You need to bring Yu-su back to his father's arms.
Let's go.
Yes, sir!
General of Mt. Seolak,
Song-pa's Head Cattle Broker...
Cho Sung-jun.
And his wife, Bang-geum.
Please receive them well.
Was this by the request of Sir Head Merchant?
Mama.
Who asked you to pray for Sir Head Cattle Broker and his wife?
Was it Sir Head Merchant?
Yes.
Mistress.
How dare you!
How dare you open doors of Guksadang like that!
I brought Sir Head Merchant.
Let's go.
They passed away because of you.
Apologize.
That won't take away any of our grief,
but you still must apologize.
Now.
You saved my son.
Thank you.
I didn't know a woman would also be sacrificed in the process.
But it's your fault for being near Chun Bong-Sam.
You're not dressed that great.
I'm happy.
Is this why you called me?
Divorce papers?
Divorce?
The marriage was my father's will,
but divorce is by my will.
Do what you want!
How convenient!
Please stop bothering Bong-Sam.
Yu-su will
NEVER!
go to you!
Hey!
It doesn't end with getting kicked out of Song-pa Stable.
Do you know what happens to a merchant who doesn't pay off his debt?
The fish merchants are going to sue Chun Bong-Sam.
And he's going to lose the case.
Why? Because I, Shin Suk-ju, is going to make that happen!
And after that,
he's not going to have a single spoon left.
And if that's not enough, Chun Bong-Sam, you, and even Yu-su will become slaves.
You are so pathetic.
What did you say?
You will not be able to win against him.
I know him well.
I trust him.
Even if he becomes a slave,
he will not end it there.
So passionately in love!
You will eventually bring Yu-su to me.
Once you know how pitiful it is to be a slave,
you will bring Yu-su to me.
Send a message to Naju Jeonju fish merchants!
Tell them Chun's Fish Barn is all burnt and to come up right away!
Tell them to sue Chun Bong-Sam!
Would that be possible?
Tell them I'll do it!
The Yook-ei-jeon's Head Merchant Shin Suk-ju will!
I think you will have to promise them that you will give them pollocks.
I'll give them more than just pollocks!
Tell them I'll give them more if they take Chun Bong-Sam as their slave!
How does Jeolla look?
Sun-ju? Nothing?
What about Chooncheon?
Merchant Chun!
Why?
Are you disappointed that I didn't freeze to death or get eaten by an animal?
Yes.
A little bit disappointed.
The animal must've smelled the foul odor from you, too.
If god let you live, there must be a reason.
Of course there is.
He must've kept me alive so that I can collect your debt.
Come in.
Sir merchants.
The stable is closing down tomorrow.
We'll wait here and get what we need from you tomorrow.
Come back tomorrow.
Come back when the sun comes up!
Don't stay around when it's dark!
Alright, then. We'll give you some time.
Is that going to change anything though?
Sir merchants! Sir merchants!
I'm going to report you tomorrow to Gwangju and sue you.
Sue?
It's true we have no pollocks left to give you and we're sorry about that but...
A lawsuit?
We need to live too!
We need to beg Shin Suk-ju for pollocks so we can sell too!
We're sorry about your fish barn burning,
but you should've calculated how Shin Suk-ju will take revenge.
Sir merchants.
Look.
We have more than 100 merchants.
And so does Merchant Song here.
Should we all starve to death with you?
We don't feel great about doing this either.
Even if you end up coming to us as a slave, we'll treat you well.
Let's go.
Sir merchants.
Sir merchants!
Brother.
You can't just send them away like that!
What do we do?
Even if we let the stable fall, we have to stop the lawsuit!
They're right.
Yes, they are.
We can't tell them to die with us.
That makes no sense.
We can't let that be.
Then what do we do?
Get sued?
Shin Suk-ju is going to use money and we're going to lose the case.
Can't you tell he's trying to take Yu-su?
Are you just going to become a slave like this?
Take our workers at the inn in Poongdeungryeong.
Sun-dol,
Take this 23,000 coins to Sir Park Sun-ju.
They're going to come any minute now.
You need to escape to Poongdeungryeong first, Bong-Sam.
Brother.
Where would a Gaekju owner go, away from his own Gaekju?
This is the money for next year's business.
Just hang in there for a few years.
Gaekju owner.
What's wrong, all of you?
I haven't been arrested yet.
It'll be okay.
Where did Song Man-chi go?
We're at a state like this!
All of us are ruined when they come to arrest us!
What do we do without the chief merchant of Song-pa Stable?
Song-pa Mabang's owner, come out!
We came to get Song-pa Mabang's owner.
Did you come to fight?
Why are you all holding weapons?
Are you saying you wanna fight?
Let's end this quietly.
This is the decision from Gwangju.
The contract for one year ended.
As promised, empty out the place.
Alright.
I'll empty out the place before the sun goes down.
We're not done.
Your merchant ID.
Give it to me.
Merchant ID?
That means you want him to end his merchant career!
That's nonsense!
You agreed to give up your identification as Merchant Chun
in place of extending your contract for another year.
Here.
Bong-Sam.
Here.
No! This makes no sense!
How can you take away Bong-sam's identification?
Let's just destroy them all!
A promise is a promise.
Depends on the promise!
My son is watching.
How can a father break the promise he made in front of his son?
Give it to me.
Now.
My friend, please take care of everything for me.
Here, my merchant ID.
Hey!
I'm going to cut off your wrist if you use it like that!
Man-chi!
Give our Gaekju owner back his merchant ID!
Do you not know today is the last day of Song-pa Stable?
There's still a lot of time until the sun goes down.
Don't be foolish.
Is 390,000 coins the cost of your cow?
Until the sun goes down, like sure!
Gaekju owner!
This chief merchant Song Man-chi brought 100,000 pollocks from Chun's Fish Barn.
Brother.
Pollocks are here!
How...
These are...
really all our pollocks?
Yes, Merchant Chun.
Gom-bae, our pollocks are here!
Pollocks! Pollocks!
Mistress!
Wait, wait.
Thank you!
We're alive!
Thank you!
Goddammit!
It wasn't a trick.
They were really Chun's Fish Barn pollocks.
You fool!
How did they get burnt pollocks back?
Sir Head Merchant, it's No-suk.
Sir Head Merchant.
Kim Bo-hyeon sent someone.
He says to bring you, Sir Head Merchant.
Here are 300,000 coins for Song-pa Stable rent
and the interest, 90,000 coins.
You brought them piece by piece.
But you do have great merchandise.
It's right, Lord Ambassador.
Please give back our stable documents.
Sorry that I have to ask but-
but Please write a receipt that says you got 390,000 coins payment too.
I got paid so I will.
Stable rent of 2,900 square feet.
One Kiwa house.
Nine straw houses.
Eight barns.
Seventeen cows.
It's all correct.
This is the correct stable document.
I thought you'd never be able to pay it off.
You're pretty good.
Here.
Proof that you paid 390,000 coins.
We'll get going now.
You!
How dare you come in!
I don't need you anymore!
You're fired from the chief merchant position as of today!
The Fish Barn storage was burnt, no doubt!
You saw too, Merchant Maeng.
You saw it too!
We did, but...
What are you doing?
Kick him out right now!
Yes, Sir Head Merchant!
Take him out!
Yes, sir!
Sir Head Merchant! Sir Head Merchant!
Sir Head Merchant!
What happened?
Our storage was all burnt up.
We've been attacked once by Gil So-gae back in pirate days.
He knew it was going to happen again so he prepared for it in advance.
Let me make you a last plea.
Sung-jun!
There's a cave near my rock.
Move all the pollocks there to Poongdeungryeong.
You have to wait until the seizure ends and the chaos dies down.
Okay?
Bang-geum...
Man-chi!
We got our Song-pa Stable back!
Can you hear me?
Sir Head Cattle Broker, can you hear me?
We got our stable back!
Do you hear me?
Can you hear me, Sir Head Cattle Broker?
Sung-jun.
Our Gaekju owner got back the stable that I almost ruined.
Say something.
Thank you, Man-chi.
I got back the stable thanks to you.
I even got back seventeen cows.
It's true you almost ruined it,
and it's true that I had a hard time because of you,
but thanks to you, I got it all back.
Thank you, Man-chi!
Bong-Sam.
People easily say they will risk their lives,
but it's rare to find someone who actually will.
I heard from my brother.
Your Honor, I haven't done anything for you to compliment me like this.
I was just doing my job as someone in Guksadang, Your Honor.
Give this to Guksadang.
This is a card that'll let you into the palace at any time.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Come closer.
You have to give what you received for both to be happy.
You risked your life for my son,
so I will give you my heart.
Your Honor.
I will give up all of my life for you and the prince.
We're going to burn Bang-geum's clothing during the 49th day ritual, right?
Yes.
It feels horrible to be gathering your things like this, Bang-geum.
Mistress.
The more I think about it, the weirder it is.
They said they're after the pirates.
And it's not like she was holding a weapon.
But a soldier shoots a woman who is holding a baby.
Isn't that weird?
You will surely regret this day.
I see you often these days.
What is Sir Head Merchant's wife doing here?
Was it you, Honorable Mama?
What is?
The one who killed Bang-geum?
Was it you?
Let's kill Shin Suk-ju.
I must find out why my sister-in-law passed away.
We don't have time.
Gil So-gae apologized and the Head Merchant sent out an announcement!
You have to pay for what you've done.
Take him. There's no time.
I can't find Yu-su.
Merchant Chun is going to be here soon.