- Episode 4 -
Honey,
I am here.
Should I just live here with you?
Father!
Father! Father!
Gil Hyun's father, wake up.
Gil Dong's father.
Don't sleep here or you will freeze to death.
♫ The road we are taking ♫
♫ Where is that road? ♫
♫ Under the dark skies ♫
You are cold, not me.
Aren't you cold here alone?
The kids are looking for you. You have to go back now.
I don't want to.
I will be right here with you.
Later, you will stay with me for good.
♫ I try to look for you, but I can't find you ♫
♫ Where are our paths? ♫
Gil Hyun! Gil Dong! Your father is here.
- Father! - Father!
Father!
- Father! - Father!
Father!
♫ I am missing you all alone ♫
Okay. I have to go.
♫ Don't look back ♫
[REBEL: THIEF WHO STOLE THE PEOPLE]
Speaking of Cham Bong's wife,
she must be scared of something. She sold everything she could
in order to move to her parents' town.
She is not too dense to understand my warning.
What on earth did you say to her?
I didn't say that much. Just reminded her about being good. Being good.
Being good.
These are servant registries of your and Eobsan's family.
These are nothing but papers.
Are you going to leave this town?
Yes. I have to leave.
I had gone through so much ever since I met you.
I am so relieved now.
What a relief.
Hey, you! What are you doing? You...
You were the only person to listen to me in my lifetime.
I am a man of my word, as you know.
I didn't forget the promise I made to you.
Will you... buy me?
You must be crazy!
I heard your family have been carrying on the ministerial
position as law clerk in this town for three generations.
How long are you going to be satisfied with law clerk?
Don't you want to sit on the highest seat in the district office?
You rascal! How can you move your mouth
recklessly, even though you are a mere servant?
I am not an ordinary servant like others.
I am the servant with the special ability to
put you at the top of the district office.
I will put you at the top of the district office.
Oh, you came?
Endure a little longer.
What are you looking at?
It must be our mom. She is following us.
Let's hurry.
This is Yiquari.
How is it? Doesn't it look a nice place to live?
It's freezing cold.
The farmers who were forced to move away from the three provinces came here.
Servants who fled from their masters,
apostate monks, lowly shamans, and all kinds of people gather to live here.
In short, this place is for all the losers in the world.
For losers who have nothing to lose, there is nothing to be scared of.
So even the district office tries to avoid dealing with
people in Yiquari, since it can end up messy and dirty.
Therefore, every magistrate gives up his position before completing his term.
Would you like to try this one?
Hi, Choon Sim. How have you been?
You look prettier than before. Bye, Choon Sim.
Hey, what are you doing?
Hey...
[A FIGHTER WITH TWO BARS AS HIS WEAPON: YONGAE]
No, no. The noble don't behave like that during meal time.
Blowing to cool the food down and drinking it up at once with such noises.
Those are poor manners only for lowly people
who never learned how to behave themselves.
No. No. The noble don't eat side dishes again after drinking scorched rice-tea.
Hey, then what am I supposed to do?
Geez, you have never met and learned from someone as noble as me before.
It is nice.
What? What a waste! [A MASTER SWORDSMAN: SE GYEOL]
Hurry up! Pick it up..
Oh, today I am full of luck. Luck for gambling
cards, luck for winning, and luck for money.
Hurry to bet!
What? How can you yawn during the sacred gambling?
Why are you so mad?
Oh, no!
Wow! I am so lucky today.
You startled me.
The Buddha is watching over us.
[A HOODWINKER: IL CHEONG]
[JUST GGEUTSOI]
- Jangchung! - Ggeutsoi's right.
- Gummalja! - Don't argue.
Jangchung or Gummalja, whatever... I can't understand at all.
- Over there! Don't interrupt us.
Do you think I am here to be a fish out of water? I deserve to know!
Hey, hey! Don't argue anymore. Just do in Jangchung!
Well... Shall we have a drink while we talk?
- Sounds good! - How can you drink all the time?
Let me see.
After we do our business in Gummalja, which way should we take to run away, Yongae?
- That town is surrounded by mountains. - That's why it's a good place.
Hide on the mountain for ten or fifteen days, as if you were dead.
- Do you want to freeze to death in this freezing
- cold winter? - Right, right. I hate being cold.
- A fish-out-of-water should be quiet! - You bastard! Don't be rude to the elder!
Why are you trying to set up a hierarchy here?
Now, how about we stop being thieves?
Instead, we can try to make money, can't we?
What? What do you mean?
Instead of stealing food to sell like rats,
how about selling goods to the merchants from Ming Dynasty?
Do you mean we try crossing the border?
No way! Smuggling is not easy, either.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Can you be happy with "biting a small bite at a time" for your life?
I heard your father was a thief, too?
- Why are you bringing that up? - As I heard, after your father
passed away, you donated everything to depraved monk jerks.
How can you call monks "jerks?" Just monks sound better.
So, what did the monks say to you?
Did they say your father went to heaven since
he never bit off more than he could chew?
What did you say?
Why are you hitting me? I was doing nothing!
I didn't do anything!
My head!
As you said, how long can we survive being petty thieves?
Did I say I love being a petty thief? I am just saying smuggling sounds dangerous.
No. We don't need to even cross the border.
There is a tiny island which we can get to within two hours by boat.
We can meet merchants from Ming Dynasty on that island.
Most of all, trading is completely different
from stealing. It is selling goods.
As for the rich, they think silk is 'the more, the better.'
What? Are we talking about silk?
But silk can be used for only limited people, by law.
That's the point! We can sell silk for a high price. You will see.
Especially for silk from Ming Dynasty, people are willing to pay an arm and a leg.
Then, what are we selling?
What is it?
That's black fine textile, isn't it?
Yes. Black fine textile.
The king of Ming Dynasty goes crazy for this
black fine textile from Joseon, as I heard.
If the King goes crazy for this, it is natural
that his people come to love it, too. Right?
- Of course. - Yes, yes.
I will pay for all the costs to make these.
Tell your wives to stop chasing after skinny mountain birds.
Instead, ask them to start weaving this fabric on a loom.
Knowing (MEANING) JI (SOUND OF CHINESE LETTER).
You don't know what your brother is talking about?
I don't know, either.
No way. No. No.
- No way. I am not selling for this price. - Hey, just give it to him. Give him.
Here. Take all!
One, two. Good!
You are doing great! Good!
Father. Father!
Oh, dear. Eorinie, you can finally walk.
Father! Father! Father!
Sh, your father is talking to someone. Go somewhere else.
Father, Eorinie started to walk for the first time.
Have you loaded everything without leaving anything behind?
Get going!
- Let's go! - Okay.
Stop stuffing your face.
- Everyone do your job. - Alright.
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Are you catching shrimp?
- Yes. yes. - But why are you going in this direction?
There is an area we found earlier, so were going that way.
Besides that, our lords are suffering on this cold night.
We don't have anything decent to give you.
Bring me some dried shrimp.
- Yongae. - Yes, here you go.
The dried shrimp. The dried shrimp. Here you go.
Here.
On a night this cold dried shrimp is the best with warm rice wine.
Don't go too far. It's cold today.
Yes, yes, yes.
Yes. Yes.
Wow!
You're sitting like a guy who just pooped his pants.
I almost pooped my pants.
Wow. This is kind of moist.
Let's go.
Start paddling.
Don't do anything stupid.
What is that?
Are they here?
Wow.
Here.
Wow, they have their lantern lit.
Alright.
It's the best quality. Nobody can weave this as finely as Joseon people.
That's why Joseon's black fine textile is the best.
Will they be happy with our goods for trading?
If they have a good eye, they will recognize it.
If they can't tell it's a good one, it's not worth trading with them.
Of course!
Now show us your goods.
Wow. This is...
You're getting it dirty.
This has such vivid patterns on it.
If you compare it to rolls of cotton, how many...
Ten sheets of black fine textile are equivalent to 70 sacks
of beans, and we gave them 20 sheets of black fine textile...
Seventy, 140, 210, 280...
So how much is our profit?
It depends, but it will be 250 rolls of cotton at the least.
Wow, we turned 50 rolls of cotton into 250.
Isn't this a huge profit?
- I don't understand a thing you're saying. - You've got a lot to learn.
Let's go.
- Okay, let's go. - Okay. okay.
Look! What is that?
What is it?
It's just a fishing boat, you coward!
You are the example of 'once bitten, twice shy.'
Stop it.
Hurry.
Put this away quickly and block this well.
Take good care of it.
- You do it together. - Huh?
What? What are you doing?
No matter what, we're coming back from catching shrimp.
- What? - What's going on?
What are you doing?
This is precious silk that I can't lose!
Amogae!
- Are you coming back from catching shrimp? - Yes.
What?
Hyungnim look at the color of these.
Why is black fine textile coming from a shrimping boat?
Are you going to wipe after going to the bathroom with this precious item?
Just because there aren't any lines on the water,
did you think the ocean didn't have an owner?
Here, from here to
far over there, all belong to the boss.
Do you see that line?
Are you blind? What line? Say something that makes sense!
Be quiet!
I s-see it now. My eyes must be rotten to miss that.
Look at you! Being a chicken now?
Boss, let's go.
No matter what you catch here,
half belongs to our boss. Do you understand me?
I got it.
Goodbye. Goodbye.
Let's go.
What a lucky day!
Pull him out. Get him out!
Faster!
Pull it!
He fainted. Wake up!
- Come to your senses! - Look at me!
What are we going to do? What's going on?
Father, father!
- Father! - You go and heat up the room!- Right.
Get going. Hurry! Got it?
Father.
Rub him down. Rub him down. He's not breathing.
Aigoo.
Come on! Amogae!
Father.
You must save him!
You can do it, right?
Father.
I'll hold it for you.
Father.
Amogae!
Look, this little punk.
Amogae!
Are you Gil Dong?
Look at the way he's glaring.
What are you looking at?
Don't hang around with my father anymore.
- What? - I didn't like you from the start.
Without you, my father won't be in a dangerous situation.
Let me see you, aigoo...
Hey, you pipsqueak.
Pipsqueak, do you think your father changed because of me?
If a person like your father were my father,
I would not have ended up like this.
Of course not, I wouldn't have.
How could they have known, like supernatural beings, and found us?
The coast guards on the watch must have let them know.
Those bastards have connections to the local government.
They pay kickbacks to the personnel clerk or law clerk at
gambling tables, pretending as if they are losing the games.
Let me see...
- Ante up. - All in.
- Okay, all in for me too. - I have a total of nine!
A double four.
I only have a total of seven.
How did I get such a bad hand...
- What do I do, I feel so sorry for you... - What can I do?
They are pirates wanted by the central government.
He goes around blabbering and bragging about his head money himself.
Head money?
Any slave catching him will be set free and any
commoner catching him will earn a government position.
But who'd touch him when they are so afraid of him?
That's right, right, right. This was our last smuggling job.
Next time we might lose our lives!
Aigoo, after bragging about your strength,
you can't even handle those small-time thieves?
Is it because we lack strength?
When those pirates are in cahoots with the personnel clerk
and law clerk, what use is showing off our strength?
I'm going to cut off his beard and make a brush out of it for my Gil Hyun.
By the way, I can't keep diving into the cold sea...
I guess I will have to bring in that gentleman quickly.
- I will put you at the top of the district office. - Aish, that crazy bastard...
- A total of eight. - Aigoo, congratulations.
I will take this and enjoy it, too. Thank you.
Now, shall we step up the excitement?
- A double six. - Abracadabra, a double seven has popped up.
I will thankfully take this.
- Are you okay? - Aigoo, then, a double nine.
A double ten has popped up.
Aigoo... Now the day is breaking and it's about time we quit playing.
- Where do you think you're going? - I have to lead
the early morning prayer session, too, and...
- Just a little giveaway for you. - Early morning prayer, my ass.
Hey, monk! Sit down.
- What the heck? - How can you gamble until the daybreak?
Behave!
You, rascals! Do you know who I have connections to?
What the heck...
Aish...
What are you going to do? When the personnel
clerk finds out, he's going to throw a fit.
If the personnel and law clerks are fearsome,
then we can bring in the magistrate.
Bring in the magistrate?
I was crazy, I must have been crazy. How did I dare think
I would pass the civil service examination and become a magistrate?
Why did I believe in that punk's words?
How are you going to make me sit at the top of the district office?
This is a talisman from the uncanny High Shaman of Mount Jiri.
If you carry it around with you,
your luck will hit a jackpot and...
Are you telling me right now to trust a mere
good luck charm and take the civil exam?
If you don't want to, don't. It is like an old saying, "You
can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink."
B-B-But... Is she really a supernaturally good shaman?
I told you yes!
I talked big about how I would pass the preliminary round...
But I failed at the first try and how can I return home? So embarrassing.
What? An uncanny shaman of Mount Jiri?
I was a crazy schmuck to believe you.
- Catch a criminal! - Huh?
Catch a criminal!
- He's a pirate wanted by the king himself! - A pirate!
Save me! Save a human being!
If you carry it around with you, your luck will hit a jackpot and...
Get out of the way! It's the magistrate's procession! Out of the way!
But all the noblemen appointed to our village come with chagrined faces.
Aigoo, really, this magistrate comes with so much hubbub and glee, aigoo...
- I wonder what this magistrate is like. - Aigoo, a
dime a dozen. What speciality are you expecting?
Shoo... out of the way!
Oh, my god! Isn't that Mr. Law Clerk?
Shoo... out of the way! The new magistrate's procession coming through.
Shoo... out of the way! The new magistrate is coming through.
Out of the way!
Aigoo, what fine weather we're having...
Lord Magistrate, may I pour you a cup?
Yes.
That title, "Magistrate."
How sweet that sounds, "Magistrate."
As you asked, I got Jeokseonah off the gisaeng registry and brought her here, too.
The district office is a bit run-down, isn't it?
The squeaking noises of the mice are too much.
With the money from the "marketing" this time, I
will add to the funds to repair the district office.
Aigoo, but fishing is not so lucrative.
But why? Won't fish bite?
No, fish do bite, but kitties are all over them
and nothing remains. How, now,
would you catch the kitty burglars for us?
Do you know how I made my living before being appointed to this district office?
My family worked as petty clerks for three generations.
I'm saying I can figure out how the petty
staff operate even with my eyes closed shut.
I hear that you guys harry the fishermen who live from hand-to-mouth
and get your "iron powder" (SLANG FOR BRIBE).
How can that be!
In that case, let me see the grain loan ledgers (THE GOVERNMENT LOAN
(SYSTEM OF SURPLUS GRAINS IN WINTER AND SPRING TO BE REPAID AFTER HARVEST).
You don't have, by any chance, a double entry system of
bookkeeping to loan the difference privately, right?
Are you going to harry the fishermen
again to extort "iron powder"?!
I'm telling you, you should accept some dried shrimp.
I told you to forget it, really. You keep insisting.
Hey, let's go now. Set off right now.
Seriously, really, it's not like our shrimp are inedible. Why do you act this way?
I feel so snubbed, really.
Do you want to see us getting fired?
When I said to forget it already... What are you doing not setting off already?!
Aish, really, if you don't accept this, I won't deal with you in the future, sir.
Don't. Don't even look at me in the future. Just try
giving me something in the future and I will just...
I said leave already! Aish!
But I asked you to take some shrimps!
♫ If spring comes to us ♫
♫ if the warm sunshine covers us up ♫
♫ If the day arrives ♫
♫ I will lean my head on your knee to doze off and dream ♫
Come this way.
They are piling up, piling up.
♫ People who are drunk with darkness ♫
- Wow... the hue is so pretty. ♫ All the tears we all shed until dawn breaks ♫
♫ We all shout out, Hooray, and a butterfly flies in ♫
♫ When a bashful flower bud opens its door ♫
Tavern keeper! Let us rent this whole place today.
Here, it's the expensive cotton roll.
- As good as 10 silver pieces. - Hurry and greet the customers!
♫ If the day arrives ♫
They sure play noisily.
Don't they, though? Supposedly they are the people from Yiquari Village.
Isn't Yiquari Village where fugitives live?
But they don't even farm. What do they do to afford such a wild party?
They are thugs, thugs.
I wonder what the king is doing, not catching those bastards...
But are those people such wicked villains?
No need to waste your breath.
They all carry either a knife or a whip.
The littlest annoyance makes them go around slashing at people.
Jeez, they seem to be really vicious villains...
Yes...
Aren't you going to do it quickly?!
Play quietly, okay?
- They call us the worst brutes in the world. - Say what?!
What wrong did we commit toward them, huh?
- Aish...! - Sit down.
Hey, you were lucky.
But... why isn't Ggeutsoi here?
He'll be here soon.
- I'm here! - Hey!
Ggeutsoi, you're here?
If you accept us, we will earn our rice.
How will you earn your rice?
Just say the word. We'll beat up whomever you tell us
to beat and plunder whatever you tell us to plunder.
Aigo. What brutal things you're saying?
We just need drinking and playing buddies.
Once you become our buddies, of course we are going to provide for our brothers.
Brothers, you say?
Yes, brothers.
Then, who is the biggest brother here?
I'm the eldest brother.
- Just whip out your hopoe (WOODEN STICK ONLY MALE COMMONERS OR ABOVE
(HAD TO SHOW THEIR PERSONAL AND FAMILIAR INFO)! - Wow, you have a hopoe?
Hey, you punk...
Hopoe! Hopoe, he says!
Hopoe! Hopoe!
You even have that?!
Hopoe!
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You can guess the back-stories of all the ragamuffins gathered here without asking.
Seeing how they are still alive, rather than dead,
isn't that because being alive, even if you have to
roll like a piece of crap, is better than being dead?
From now on, none of us is alone.
From now on, I won't allow anyone to mess with Amogae's men.
Amogae's family, friends, and even
a hair on Amogae's dog, I won't allow anyone to mess with them!
Boss!
Quiet!
If one of us makes an earning, we'll share it.
If one of us fights, we'll fight together.
If one of us dies, we'll die together!
Big Boss!
Boss! Boss! Boss!
Boss. Boss.
Boss!
I am scared that Father might die.
Why would Father die?
Uncle Soboori said Father became a different person because of me.
What do I do if Father dies because of me?
What are you talking about?
Boss... Big Boss.
Big Boss! Big Boss.
Boss...
Big Boss?
I know it! I know it, too!
It's all because of me.
I threw the mortar at the young master so Father brought Uncle Soboori.
And because I threw a stone, Father was taken away.
Because I'm at Father's side, he became a different person.
I know it all, too!
I... didn't die but survived.
My kids did not die either and lived.
That's right. I'm proud of you.
Now... I'm going to let my Gil Hyun learn letters and make him into
a scholar and chambong (TITLE FOR A LOW-RANK GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL).
And I'm going to hire a martial arts tutor
for my Gil Dong and make him into a general.
In order to do that... I will need a surname.
Now, even a scholar and a general will come from the body of Amogae, a bondservant.
Oh, Gil Hyun, you're here?
This is a thing that came from Ming.
This may not look like much, but slash, slash, slit, slit.
Looks useful, right?
Do you want to try it?
What are you doing?
That is...
A person who has passed the civil service exam used to use this inkstick.
If you study with that, Gil Hyun, you, too, will pass the civil exam.
Right! Right! Our Gil Hyun likes to study books.
Books are fun, but I won't take the civil exam.
If a person who is a freed slave passes the civil exam,
he can't get near the ranks of state councilors
or ministers and just does menial work.
I... want to follow in your footsteps, Father.
Now, now... Let's see, let's see, let's pick.
Let's put it on, apply it on, and try it on.
A red hair ribbon on your ebony hair,
pearly powder to make your skin blossom, camellia oil
you won't be able to put out of your mind once seen.
Now, now... Let's see, let's see, let's pick.
Let's put it on, apply it, and try it on.
Kiddo, you'll get it dirty. Go and bring your mother.
- I don't have a mother. - Then, you can bring your father.
Hurry and leave and don't bother me.
Try, try, try it on.
He's the second son of the Big Boss of Yiquari. The Big Boss of Yiquari!
If you like anything, you can pick to your heart's content.
So, your father is the Big Boss of Yiquari?
Is it fun to roam the Eight Provinces (I.E. JOSEON) while peddling these goods?
Yes, I take in many good sights trudging with these
two legs and roaming the Eight Provinces of Joseon.
Try picking out something.
What else? Do you want this, too?
Here.
Is that all the game you've got?
Father!
Father, have you met Mr. Peddler of beauty items in the market?
I want to grow up and become a peddler of beauty items and roam the Eight Provinces.
But, Gil Dong!
Gil Dong, you should become a general with a
big sword and a galloping horse in the future.
But how can I become a general?
Instead of a horse-galloping general, I'll just become a peddler of general goods.
Gil Dong, come here.
Gil Dong...
Gil Dong is here! Gil Dong.
Gil Dong.
See how finely it's woven? You can't see any seam, no seam...
Wait.
I can't sell these because I don't have any stock.
I can't sell because there aren't enough of them. Where else would you find these?
Let it down, undo that thing and try this on.
Try touching it. Just looking at it and touching it are different.
After Unnyeon tried this on, her own mom didn't recognize her daughter.
I can't sell these because they are so rare.
So rare I can't sell them...
Is it fun?
Yes, it is really fun.
Being a peddler is good, too. You can travel the world to your heart's content.
But, Gil Dong, you are... a special person.
You are... the Mighty Child.
The Mighty Child that is born once a century in Joseon.
You mean the Mighty Child even whose mother and father the king will kill off?
Gil Dong, it's okay to do as you wish now.
A while ago, I told you not to use your strength and to keep
a tight lid on the stone-throwing you did to Mr. Jo, right?
Now...
But you threw the stone, Father.
Spare me, spare me!
Gil Dong. Gil Dong!
Gil Dong! GIL DONG!
You did not throw the stone.
Father...
Father!
Big Boss! Big Boss!
[12 YEARS LATER]
- Father! - Aigoo, my Eorinie.
I told you to stay home. Why did you come out?
This is for you, Father.
And this... is for Orabeoni (ARCHAIC TERM OF "OPPA") Gil Hyun.
And this...
Aigoo, aigoo, you should be careful. Be careful...
What's the silver production rate lately?
We get five, six pieces per one mal (APPROX. 18 LITERS).
Oh, Gil Hyun!
Word of our silver mines has reached the ears of the petty clerks.
So they are craning their necks to see if they can get some crumbs.
- Orabeoni Eobsan. - Yes, Eorinie.
Where is Orabeoni Gil Hyun?
He's over there.
Orabeoni Gil Hyun! This.
When is Orabeoni Gil Dong coming? Huh? When?
Eorinie, it's dangerous. Stay outside, okay?
Stay outside.
Orabeoni Gil Dong! If you don't come back quickly,
Father's neck will fall off (FROM CRANING TOO MUCH).
Orabeoni Gil Dong!
He's that magical?
Yes, Miss. He can totally transform you once he makes up his mind to do it.
Once you receive a beauty item from him, misses who couldn't get married get married
and childless women get pregnant.
But, how can a mere peddler work such sorcery?
That's why people don't call him a peddler of
sundry beauty items, but a peddler of witchcraft.
Miss.
That's how Miss So Yul of Scholar Park's household ended up like that and
that miss from Dean Song's household ended up like that.
By the way, what is his name?
The name of the peddler of witchcraft is...
Gil Dong. They call him Gil Dong.
♫ When spring comes to us ♫
♫ When dark clouds clear out and the sun shines through ♫
♫ When this day comes ♫
♫ I will give you a present of beautiful sunlight ♫
♫ People who are drunk with darkness ♫
♫ All the tears we all shed until dawn breaks ♫
♫ We all shout out, Hooray, and a butterfly flies in ♫
♫ When a bashful flower bud opens its door ♫
♫ Shout out Hooray! Shout out Hooray! ♫
They say that fella Heo Tae Hak is such a toughie.
Since Father insulted him, he will try to get even for sure.
Prince Choong Won whom you promised to introduce to me the last time?
Still, he's a royal. Who knows if something good might come out of the connection?
Who is it that you have in mind?
The king. I want to make the monarch into my man.
How dare you speak like that to my father?
Father, leave Yiquari.