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[woman speaking Mandarin]
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[speaking English] She
says it is the work…
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of the barbarian devil king.
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[speaking Mandarin]
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[man speaking English] Her village
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was loyal to the rebel Song dynasty.
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If one does not submit
to the rule of the Khan…
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this is what happens.
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[whimpering]
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[speaking Mongolian]
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[Maffeo] Gerege !
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[shouting orders]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[man shouting in foreign language]
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[door creaking]
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[speaking foreign language]
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[Kublai speaking English] The Latins.
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Yes, I remember.
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But where are the Christian
priests you were to bring, hmm ?
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[Niccolò] Lord Kublai…
please accept our remorse.
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Our priests could not bear
the rigors of the journey.
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But we did bring you holy oil from…
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Your men of God retreat,
but this boy advances.
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It says very little for your savior. Hmm ?
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[court murmuring]
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Loyalty… of a mortal son to
a mortal father, Great Khan.
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Hmm.
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Holy oil
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from the pontiff who wishes to spread
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Christianity throughout my lands.
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Is this not the same Pope who has
called me “the spawn of Satan” ?
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I will say this and you will listen.
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Christianity is welcome in my kingdom.
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As is Buddhism…
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Judaism… Islam…
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and the Eternal Blue Sky of
my grandfather, Genghis Khan,
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descended from a wolf.
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So, tell your Pope that he
himself must bow before me…
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and pledge his fealty to me.
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As for you merchants…
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you crossed ocean and mountain…
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the great Takla Makan Desert.
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One not many men survive.
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Describe for me my desert, hmm ?
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It is a…
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most barren region, Sire.
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No water. No life, Lord Khan.
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– Not even a bird.
– Not even a bird.
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It is, Great Khan… a sea of death.
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Yet very much alive.
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At night you hear it.
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The shifting sands, they… sing.
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Humble apologies, Sire.
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– He does not yet know the rules of the…
– [Kublai grunts]
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Continue.
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Voices like… spirits…
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trying to lure you off course.
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This is why men die out there.
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The Uighurs called it…
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[speaking foreign language]
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You learned the tongue of the Uighurs ?
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Three years was not long
enough to learn it all.
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[speaking Mongolian]
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[speaking Mongolian]
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[scoffs]
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[chuckles]
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[speaking English] Of all the
lands a traveler passes through…
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which province contains…
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in your eye, the most
beautiful women of all ?
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I find that all women, no
matter from which land…
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they are all beautiful in
their own unique manner.
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In Italy, we have a saying…
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[speaking Italian]
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[speaking English] “The
true sweetness of wine…
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is one flavor.”
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[scattered laughter]
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[Kublai chuckling]
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You have a clever mind.
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For a Latin.
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I made one request. It was not for oil.
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It was for priests. With this, you failed.
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Take your leave.
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Go, Latins.
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You’re banished forever.
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You are most correct, Lord Khan.
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The boy…
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has a clever mind and…
excellent perception.
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He is my son…
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and most dear to me.
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But if it pleases Your Greatness, you
may take him as your man and servant.
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What do you wish in return ?
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The opportunity to pay tribute
to my Khan from my journeys…
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along the Silk Road.
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Father, what are you doing ?
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Marco, trust this. Be silent.
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– I am your son.
– [whispering] Be silent.
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You wish not the honor of service
in the court of the Khan of Khans ?
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What greater tribute can a man offer
than his own flesh and his own blood ?
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You Latin merchants may engage
in trade along my Silk Road.
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Ahmad, my Minister of Finance,
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will discuss taxation and transit.
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Take your leave.
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– Marco, you have to trust me.
– Father !
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– This will not be forever.
– Don’t do this.
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We will secure the trade
routes and be back for you.
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And I still want those priests.
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Father ! Don’t leave me here.
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[gasping]
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[guards speaking foreign language]
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[theme music playing]
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[conversing indistinctly]
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[Marco speaking Italian]
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– [bells tolling]
– [gulls squawking]
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[nun speaking Italian]
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[speaking English] Of all the
things I expected to come home to
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after all these years…
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[sighs]
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“Marco.” She gave you a fine name.
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When did she pass ?
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I was six.
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From Jerusalem.
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It has guarded my heart for years.
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Psalms :.
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“All kings shall fall before him.”
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– Where were you ?
– The Silk Road.
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It ends here in Venezia.
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It stretches , miles across the world.
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Why did you never send word to Mother ?
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It is not simple.
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We had an arrangement.
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But had I any idea of the birth of a son…
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You have her eyes.
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Well, now…
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your Uncle Maffeo and I…
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we have important business
to discuss with the Bishop
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before we set sail again.
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[Marco] I will travel with you.
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Father. Do not leave me alone again.
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This is not possible.
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You are not prepared for the
rigors of the journey ahead.
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– [wind howling]
– [priest] Lord, help us !
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Lord, help us !
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Get over there !
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I can help !
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You defied me, boy !
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You do not belong here ! Stay away from me !
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[Marco speaking Farsi]
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[man speaking English] No, no, no.
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[speaking Farsi]
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[repeats phrase in Farsi]
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[speaking English] Very good.
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[laughs]
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[priest] This is not what we
imagined. We must return to our flock.
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You are not abandoning our factor.
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Your Bishop gave you orders.
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Then follow us back to Venice…
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and bring the Bishop instead.
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Uncle, Uncle, these are men of God.
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– Godspeed.
– Thank you. Thank you.
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[Marco grunting]
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Enough !
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You have no knowledge of our
world ! Do not act as if you do !
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Take your donkey.
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Follow the priests back to the ship.
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Go home.
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[Niccolò] Marco !
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Marco !
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– [Marco mumbling deliriously]
– [Niccolò shushing]
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[Maffeo] We have lost three days.
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[Niccolò] We haven’t lost a thing, Maffeo.
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The Khan and our trade routes slip away
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while you make amends
for your fatherly sins.
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He is our blood.
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Mark my words.
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He will gut the foundation of
everything we have labored to build.
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– Get out.
– What ?
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Get out.
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[faint rumbling]
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Run !
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– [Maffeo] Take cover !
– Everyone, run !
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Run ! Go !
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Go ! Run !
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[Maffeo] Take cover !
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[Niccolò] Move ! Move ! Move !
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Were you frightened earlier ?
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I was not.
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I was terrified the first time I left home.
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Venezia was all I had ever known.
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Do you know how I persevered ?
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Knowing just where home was…
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and that I could always return to it.
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Do you see those stars there ?
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The Three Sisters.
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The Three Sisters.
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If you are ever afraid…
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if ever you doubt your
place in the world…
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follow The Three Sisters
and they will lead you home.
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My only fear…
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is that I might awaken in my bed…
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destined to live a common life once again.
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The blood of an adventurer
courses through your veins.
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I can see this.
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You will enjoy the
greatest adventure of all.
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You will meet…
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the richest…
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most powerful king on
the face of this earth.
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The Great Kublai Khan.
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[Kublai] The Song rebels of Xiangyang…
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can no longer cast aside
our dominion with impunity.
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As my trusted advisors,
I seek your counsel.
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Jingim.
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You will one day sit here where I do now.
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Speak to your uncles and
cousins who have traveled far.
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Destroying the Song dynasty rebels is wise.
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But is it not wiser to let them
remain in their Walled City…
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paying us tribute ?
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What does my vice regent,
Yusuf, say on this matter ?
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Prince Jingim is correct.
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[grunts]
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North China already adores Lord Kublai.
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Let South China remain
within their Walled City.
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Treat the rebels as a…
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cow that we draw milk from…
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rather than slaughtering the
cow, and receiving no milk.
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[Ahmad] Or silk…
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in this case.
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The Walled City of Xiangyang…
guards the Yangtze River.
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And the Yangtze is the
gateway to all China.
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You are the Great Khan of Khans.
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You desire a unified China. It
should be yours no matter the cost.
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The Minister of Finance speaks well.
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But this is a matter
of security and defense,
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not coin and commerce.
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[Ariq] Hmm…
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Little brother…
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Ariq the Strong.
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How are things in Karakorum ?
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Things in the Old Capital
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are just as our grandfather,
Genghis, would have them.
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[Kublai] Hmm.
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[Ariq] But there are
some in Karakorum who fear
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that our Khan is becoming too
Chinese… too cultured in his ways.
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[Kaidu] Lord Khan…
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may your western cousins from
the House of Ögedei speak ?
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Does the Great Khan desire
to be Emperor of Mongolia…
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or Emperor of China ?
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[chuckles]
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Cousin Kaidu…
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you forget the mandate
Grandfather was handed from heaven.
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To erase dividing lines
from country to country.
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A mandate to spread our customs…
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our cultures… our very way of life…
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to every corner beneath the Blue Sky.
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Only one thing stood in his
way, as it now stands in mine.
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Xiangyang… the Walled City.
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I have already sent
troops into South China.
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They are amassing at this very moment.
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My spies tell me that in order
to starve the rebels out…
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we must cut them off from the
farming village of Wuchang.
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I am sending horse
soldiers to that position.
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Jingim…
263
00:26:25,697 --> 00:26:28,533
blood of my blood, will
lead the assault on Wuchang.
264
00:26:28,616 --> 00:26:29,701
[Kaidu] Jingim…
265
00:26:29,784 --> 00:26:32,369
educated in Chinese ways.
266
00:26:33,287 --> 00:26:35,582
Who better to lead an
attack on the Chinese ?
267
00:26:36,499 --> 00:26:38,460
[Ariq] Older brother…
268
00:26:38,543 --> 00:26:42,797
if this is a call to war…
you will have my horse and bow.
269
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,967
I will lead our Golden
Horde down from the north…
270
00:26:46,050 --> 00:26:48,678
and into battle with my nephew.
271
00:26:48,761 --> 00:26:52,640
We will crush Wuchang,
then take the Walled City.
272
00:26:54,016 --> 00:26:56,060
And by the blood of Genghis…
273
00:26:56,143 --> 00:27:00,523
I will cut their leader’s head off
and tie it to the mane of my horse !
274
00:27:00,607 --> 00:27:01,941
[Kublai chuckling]
275
00:27:03,776 --> 00:27:05,737
Emperor of China ?
276
00:27:07,113 --> 00:27:08,405
Emperor of Mongolia ?
277
00:27:09,532 --> 00:27:11,200
I will be Emperor of the World !
278
00:27:42,106 --> 00:27:44,066
[Jia Sidao] Empress Dowager.
279
00:27:46,110 --> 00:27:47,194
Rise.
280
00:27:49,488 --> 00:27:52,116
How may the Chancellor ease your pain ?
281
00:27:52,199 --> 00:27:55,745
Tell me the barbarians are
no longer marching toward us.
282
00:27:56,913 --> 00:27:59,541
[Jia Sidao] I will not lie.
The Khan’s troops advance.
283
00:28:00,332 --> 00:28:02,168
But upon the soul of our Emperor…
284
00:28:02,251 --> 00:28:04,796
I promise, they will never succeed.
285
00:28:08,382 --> 00:28:11,052
Long live Song empire.
286
00:28:20,687 --> 00:28:25,024
My mantis is great. Do you see ?
287
00:28:25,107 --> 00:28:29,821
He feigns inferiority to
encourage his opponent’s advance.
288
00:28:31,656 --> 00:28:33,616
[Jia Sidao] I paid a visit
to the Emperor’s bedside.
289
00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:35,159
[Red Brow] How is he ?
290
00:28:35,242 --> 00:28:37,203
Quite unwell.
291
00:28:39,038 --> 00:28:43,167
[Red Brow] His legacy will
live on within these walls.
292
00:28:43,250 --> 00:28:47,254
It will be a sad day… but much
more efficient once he’s gone.
293
00:28:48,505 --> 00:28:51,383
No more mixed messages from
an old king to his people.
294
00:28:51,467 --> 00:28:54,762
I will give all orders and
all orders will be followed.
295
00:28:54,846 --> 00:28:57,389
Yes, my Chancellor.
296
00:28:57,473 --> 00:29:00,392
And that goes for the Emperor’s
favorite royal concubine.
297
00:29:01,644 --> 00:29:03,145
Where is your sister ?
298
00:29:03,229 --> 00:29:05,690
Doing that for which she is famous.
299
00:29:05,773 --> 00:29:10,027
Improving diplomatic ties
with the Governor of Suzhou.
300
00:29:12,446 --> 00:29:14,073
[breathing heavily]
301
00:29:14,156 --> 00:29:15,992
Do you know this game ?
302
00:29:18,620 --> 00:29:22,539
[Mei Lin] How much did you pay
my brother for this opportunity ?
303
00:29:22,624 --> 00:29:26,335
More porcelain than he’s ever seen.
304
00:29:34,468 --> 00:29:36,262
Do not fear, Governor.
305
00:29:37,054 --> 00:29:39,766
This is part of the game you paid for.
306
00:29:39,849 --> 00:29:43,477
– The Danger Game.
– [whimpers]
307
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,605
You…
308
00:29:45,688 --> 00:29:49,441
are but a lowly… worm.
309
00:29:52,361 --> 00:29:55,281
[panting]
310
00:30:27,188 --> 00:30:28,439
[door opens]
311
00:30:30,482 --> 00:30:31,693
[guard] Come.
312
00:31:00,012 --> 00:31:02,514
[Hundred Eyes] You have questions.
313
00:31:02,598 --> 00:31:04,058
[Marco] Just one.
314
00:31:04,141 --> 00:31:06,560
Am I a privileged guest
or a prisoner in this hell ?
315
00:31:06,643 --> 00:31:07,854
[Hundred Eyes chuckles]
316
00:31:07,937 --> 00:31:09,355
A fiery one.
317
00:31:09,438 --> 00:31:13,192
No wonder the Khan caged you
for his own personal amusement.
318
00:31:17,279 --> 00:31:18,405
You’re blind.
319
00:31:19,573 --> 00:31:21,325
Not as blind as you, boy.
320
00:31:30,793 --> 00:31:32,461
No roots.
321
00:31:35,214 --> 00:31:37,133
You have spirit, Latin.
322
00:31:37,216 --> 00:31:40,219
Of the Yin and the Yang, you
have an abundance of Yang.
323
00:31:41,137 --> 00:31:43,264
But without Yin, Yang
dies on the battlefield.
324
00:31:44,431 --> 00:31:46,600
We are all prisoners here.
325
00:31:46,683 --> 00:31:50,772
Prisoners and privileged
guests. One and the same.
326
00:31:51,856 --> 00:31:55,192
If you are unable to protect
yourself in the kingdom…
327
00:31:55,276 --> 00:31:58,070
it is I… who will be killed.
328
00:31:59,696 --> 00:32:01,407
Do you understand ?
329
00:32:02,658 --> 00:32:05,452
Good. We begin with roots.
330
00:32:10,541 --> 00:32:14,796
[Hundred Eyes] You have been conscripted
into the court of Kublai Khan.
331
00:32:14,879 --> 00:32:16,505
For what ? I do not know.
332
00:32:17,589 --> 00:32:19,466
– I am Hundred Eyes.
– [grunting]
333
00:32:19,550 --> 00:32:23,179
I am kept here to train the
Khan’s sons… his nobles…
334
00:32:24,346 --> 00:32:26,015
his pets.
335
00:32:26,098 --> 00:32:27,349
[neighing]
336
00:32:27,433 --> 00:32:30,561
You shall be tutored in the
Mongolian ways of the horse.
337
00:32:30,644 --> 00:32:33,898
[children shouting in foreign language]
338
00:32:36,692 --> 00:32:39,153
You shall be tutored in the
great arts of the East…
339
00:32:39,236 --> 00:32:43,574
by those scholars and
artisans loyal to Lord Kublai.
340
00:32:44,491 --> 00:32:46,828
Languages and letters.
341
00:32:46,911 --> 00:32:49,371
Hawking and archery.
342
00:32:49,455 --> 00:32:54,335
And in the end… you may discover
the answer to your question.
343
00:32:56,253 --> 00:32:57,713
[door opens]
344
00:33:19,235 --> 00:33:22,279
[man pleading in foreign language]
345
00:33:32,373 --> 00:33:35,001
[Kublai] A man found in
possession of a stolen horse…
346
00:33:35,084 --> 00:33:39,296
must return it to its owner,
add nine horses of the same kind.
347
00:33:39,380 --> 00:33:41,757
If he is unable to pay this fine…
348
00:33:41,841 --> 00:33:44,676
his children must be taken
instead of the horses.
349
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,595
If he has no children…
350
00:33:46,678 --> 00:33:49,056
then he must be slaughtered like a sheep.
351
00:33:49,140 --> 00:33:51,475
That man has no children.
352
00:33:53,310 --> 00:33:57,773
I hear from my Minister of Falconry,
you have taken well to the hawks.
353
00:33:57,857 --> 00:33:59,691
Archery is improving, yes ?
354
00:33:59,775 --> 00:34:01,818
Yes, Great Khan.
355
00:34:01,903 --> 00:34:06,657
I, myself, was always a bit clumsy
with the making of Chinese characters.
356
00:34:08,659 --> 00:34:11,203
When you and your father
crossed Central Asia…
357
00:34:11,287 --> 00:34:12,914
you passed through Badakhshan.
358
00:34:12,997 --> 00:34:16,750
Describe for me, in the way that you do…
359
00:34:16,833 --> 00:34:20,254
how you made the passage, what you saw.
360
00:34:21,672 --> 00:34:22,965
We saw sand.
361
00:34:24,508 --> 00:34:26,343
Rode beasts.
362
00:34:28,220 --> 00:34:29,638
Do you defy me ?
363
00:34:31,140 --> 00:34:33,684
Describe for me the land of Badakhshan.
364
00:34:34,851 --> 00:34:37,521
The footing was hard on our beasts.
365
00:34:37,604 --> 00:34:38,772
The sun very hot.
366
00:34:38,855 --> 00:34:42,068
Take him to the horse grounds. Stuff
his mouth with the shit of pigs.
367
00:34:42,151 --> 00:34:44,153
You enter a gate made of rock…
368
00:34:44,236 --> 00:34:46,238
east of Bukhara…
369
00:34:46,322 --> 00:34:48,615
and begin to ascend
into the Pamir Mountains.
370
00:34:52,244 --> 00:34:55,247
There are great numbers
of all kind of wild beasts.
371
00:34:55,331 --> 00:34:56,498
And the men of Badakhshan…
372
00:34:56,582 --> 00:35:00,669
speak of a breed of horse which is said
to be the direct offspring of Alexander’s.
373
00:35:03,589 --> 00:35:04,673
[Kublai grunts]
374
00:35:05,841 --> 00:35:08,385
Odd bit of trivia.
375
00:35:08,469 --> 00:35:12,056
I’ve always been taken by
the audacity of Alexander.
376
00:35:12,139 --> 00:35:13,975
A great conqueror.
377
00:35:14,058 --> 00:35:16,643
There are cities
that bear his name, huh ?
378
00:35:17,937 --> 00:35:20,147
I now possess them all.
379
00:35:21,898 --> 00:35:24,651
Do you blame me for your
current station in life ?
380
00:35:24,735 --> 00:35:25,987
No, Sire.
381
00:35:27,613 --> 00:35:29,656
I simply wonder why you kept me.
382
00:35:29,740 --> 00:35:32,868
I need no reason, Latin.
383
00:35:36,330 --> 00:35:37,914
As my servant…
384
00:35:37,999 --> 00:35:41,085
you will accompany a tax
collector as he makes his rounds.
385
00:35:41,168 --> 00:35:44,838
This will give you a view of my
Imperial City and my subjects.
386
00:35:44,921 --> 00:35:47,008
You will report back to me,
describe what you have seen…
387
00:35:47,091 --> 00:35:48,842
as you saw it.
388
00:35:50,344 --> 00:35:52,304
I’m giving you freedom.
389
00:35:55,057 --> 00:35:57,809
But the walls of my kingdom
stretch beyond the horizon.
390
00:35:57,893 --> 00:35:59,478
Do you understand ?
391
00:36:00,521 --> 00:36:02,189
Yes, Sire.
392
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,109
I give you leave.
393
00:36:05,192 --> 00:36:06,485
Hmm ?
394
00:36:20,332 --> 00:36:23,710
I assumed you would be
riding to Wuchang by now.
395
00:36:23,794 --> 00:36:27,506
The astrologers told you this morning
was the most auspicious hour to march.
396
00:36:27,589 --> 00:36:30,967
The Confucian advisors said
it is better we ride at night.
397
00:36:31,052 --> 00:36:32,386
Ugh.
398
00:36:32,469 --> 00:36:36,015
They also believe a war
can be won without fighting.
399
00:36:36,098 --> 00:36:38,809
Why must they always speak in riddles ?
400
00:36:38,892 --> 00:36:41,728
– “The supreme art of war,” Father.
– Mmm.
401
00:36:43,064 --> 00:36:44,398
Still…
402
00:36:45,357 --> 00:36:48,110
tomorrow I ride to Wuchang as a Mongol…
403
00:36:48,194 --> 00:36:50,446
and I carry my father’s flag.
404
00:36:51,363 --> 00:36:53,365
You are your mother’s son, Jingim.
405
00:36:54,283 --> 00:36:57,203
Educated… patient… noble.
406
00:36:57,286 --> 00:37:01,040
There will be a time for all
these things in the new dynasty.
407
00:37:02,749 --> 00:37:04,876
I must prepare to ride.
408
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:08,922
My three wives each desire a
visit before I go to battle.
409
00:37:09,005 --> 00:37:10,924
[laughing]
410
00:37:11,007 --> 00:37:12,926
You’re also your father’s son.
411
00:37:22,811 --> 00:37:24,105
[both panting]
412
00:37:25,147 --> 00:37:29,526
Give to me the nectar…
so I keep it when you go…
413
00:37:29,610 --> 00:37:31,278
and give you a son.
414
00:37:34,365 --> 00:37:36,783
– And what if it’s a daughter ?
– [chuckles]
415
00:37:38,077 --> 00:37:42,581
Yang the Healer says to do it
like this, in the Golden Lotus,
416
00:37:42,664 --> 00:37:45,251
and I shall finally bear you an heir.
417
00:37:48,212 --> 00:37:50,922
Yang the Healer will be
promoted to the ministry.
418
00:37:51,006 --> 00:37:52,424
[both laughing]
419
00:37:54,968 --> 00:37:56,428
Tell me…
420
00:37:56,512 --> 00:37:59,515
does your Chinese wife
do it like this ? Huh ?
421
00:38:00,641 --> 00:38:01,808
[Jingim] Shh.
422
00:38:01,892 --> 00:38:03,227
[both panting]
423
00:38:10,442 --> 00:38:11,777
[horses approaching]
424
00:39:22,223 --> 00:39:23,765
[indistinct chatter]
425
00:39:32,441 --> 00:39:33,859
[people clapping]
426
00:39:36,152 --> 00:39:40,491
[woman] Nice. They’re so
beautiful. You can let it go.
427
00:39:41,408 --> 00:39:43,660
Are you ready ?
428
00:39:43,744 --> 00:39:45,496
Here we go.
429
00:39:48,081 --> 00:39:50,876
– [gasping]
– [laughter]
430
00:39:50,959 --> 00:39:53,086
[applause]
431
00:39:59,926 --> 00:40:01,136
Ah…
432
00:40:01,220 --> 00:40:02,888
the Venetian.
433
00:40:02,971 --> 00:40:06,267
A pleasure to formally
make your acquaintance.
434
00:40:11,021 --> 00:40:14,275
She is my charge, so avert your gaze.
435
00:40:16,151 --> 00:40:20,071
She is far past the reach
of a foreign merchant’s son.
436
00:40:21,282 --> 00:40:23,033
I followed the wrong path.
437
00:40:23,116 --> 00:40:25,118
– Indeed you did…
– [bell tolls]
438
00:40:26,328 --> 00:40:30,165
and the clock tower just struck first bell.
439
00:40:30,249 --> 00:40:32,083
My apologies to you.
440
00:40:55,441 --> 00:40:59,653
The Governor said the songs they sing
about you south of Quinsai are true.
441
00:40:59,736 --> 00:41:01,196
You pleased him greatly.
442
00:41:02,448 --> 00:41:03,824
[Mei Lin] The Emperor’s dying.
443
00:41:03,907 --> 00:41:06,201
You must honor his wishes.
444
00:41:06,285 --> 00:41:07,869
Anything he wants.
445
00:41:07,953 --> 00:41:09,330
Make a truce with the barbarians.
446
00:41:09,413 --> 00:41:13,292
That was not what the Emperor
desired when he was well and strong.
447
00:41:13,375 --> 00:41:17,379
Truce is the dying cry
of the weak and the sick.
448
00:41:17,463 --> 00:41:18,964
[Mei Lin] Kublai is too strong.
449
00:41:19,047 --> 00:41:22,008
I worry for my daughter if
the barbarians take our city.
450
00:41:22,092 --> 00:41:24,720
Let your Chancellor
manage military affairs.
451
00:41:24,803 --> 00:41:27,263
You manage the imperial bed chamber.
452
00:41:28,682 --> 00:41:32,728
Let the Chancellor not forget who it
was who won him favor in this court.
453
00:41:34,521 --> 00:41:38,484
When the strike of the praying
mantis breaks the body of the cricket,
454
00:41:38,567 --> 00:41:40,319
it is because of its timing.
455
00:41:40,402 --> 00:41:42,571
Timing, Mei Lin.
456
00:41:42,654 --> 00:41:45,991
Trust me, like my soldiers do.
457
00:41:48,535 --> 00:41:51,162
And worry no more.
458
00:41:51,246 --> 00:41:56,167
When the Emperor is gone, you will
still be esteemed in this court.
459
00:42:07,012 --> 00:42:08,263
[grunts]
460
00:42:08,347 --> 00:42:09,473
[Hundred Eyes] Get up.
461
00:42:11,475 --> 00:42:12,851
Get up.
462
00:42:19,525 --> 00:42:21,317
I did not ask to train you, Latin.
463
00:42:21,402 --> 00:42:23,404
There is no honor in this for me.
464
00:42:26,740 --> 00:42:28,992
Nor did you ask to be left here by a man
465
00:42:29,075 --> 00:42:32,538
who would trade his own son
like pounds of spice…
466
00:42:36,041 --> 00:42:40,253
for the opportunity to open
trade routes to the West.
467
00:42:46,593 --> 00:42:48,554
Go ahead, take it.
468
00:43:03,151 --> 00:43:04,403
Let him go, Latin.
469
00:43:05,278 --> 00:43:06,655
Let him go.
470
00:43:17,958 --> 00:43:19,418
Get up.
471
00:43:21,462 --> 00:43:24,506
If you wish to survive
here, get up at once.
472
00:43:33,348 --> 00:43:35,851
The foreigner has been summoned.
473
00:43:42,065 --> 00:43:43,984
It is quiet.
474
00:43:44,067 --> 00:43:46,277
As it is before a typhoon.
475
00:43:51,199 --> 00:43:54,786
By the Eternal Blue Sky,
let us sing from our throats
476
00:43:54,870 --> 00:43:57,664
and let them hear the devil
that they are about to meet.
477
00:43:57,748 --> 00:44:01,960
The sons of my father’s concubines
always speak the loudest.
478
00:44:03,670 --> 00:44:06,006
We must attack as Genghis would.
479
00:44:08,842 --> 00:44:11,052
Ariq… he is not there.
480
00:44:11,136 --> 00:44:13,388
What do you mean “he is not there” ?
481
00:44:13,472 --> 00:44:15,306
– [panting]
– No Ariq.
482
00:44:15,390 --> 00:44:17,100
No Golden Horde.
483
00:44:17,183 --> 00:44:19,728
Just grass and sky.
484
00:44:32,323 --> 00:44:33,659
[Nima] Ah, yes.
485
00:44:33,742 --> 00:44:35,285
Welcome.
486
00:44:36,202 --> 00:44:37,954
Proceed down the hall.
487
00:44:39,873 --> 00:44:43,669
And Master Marco… I will be watching you.
488
00:44:56,014 --> 00:44:57,766
[women moaning]
489
00:45:05,649 --> 00:45:06,900
[women giggling]
490
00:45:26,336 --> 00:45:27,462
[Kublai] Enter.
491
00:45:31,174 --> 00:45:32,342
Sire.
492
00:45:33,885 --> 00:45:37,555
Your new quarters are more
spacious than the last, no ?
493
00:45:37,639 --> 00:45:40,726
Yes, very much. Thank you.
494
00:45:45,271 --> 00:45:47,482
[Kublai] I have a test for you.
495
00:45:47,565 --> 00:45:50,526
You will walk back down
the Hall of Five Desires.
496
00:45:50,611 --> 00:45:52,112
These girls are from Kungurat…
497
00:45:53,113 --> 00:45:56,116
highly skilled in the arts of love.
498
00:45:57,117 --> 00:46:02,413
A man who proves his loyalty to
me can take whatever he wishes.
499
00:46:02,497 --> 00:46:04,625
– You may not.
– [women moaning]
500
00:46:04,708 --> 00:46:06,001
Not yet.
501
00:46:08,461 --> 00:46:12,465
Look… but do not touch.
502
00:46:24,853 --> 00:46:28,023
[Chabi] The walls have eyes, Marco Polo.
503
00:46:40,827 --> 00:46:42,120
[women moaning]
504
00:47:21,201 --> 00:47:24,412
[distant chanting]
505
00:47:25,706 --> 00:47:28,249
Do you hear them taunt us ?
506
00:47:28,333 --> 00:47:30,836
They mock our blood.
507
00:47:30,919 --> 00:47:34,965
Even without Ariq’s army, we
should still attack like Mongols…
508
00:47:35,048 --> 00:47:37,467
or retreat as cowards.
509
00:47:39,135 --> 00:47:40,887
[Jingim] That is no farming village.
510
00:47:41,930 --> 00:47:44,140
How many men did you say we have ?
511
00:47:44,224 --> 00:47:45,683
Five hundred ?
512
00:47:47,769 --> 00:47:49,645
And down there ?
513
00:47:49,730 --> 00:47:52,523
[Byamba] More. Many more.
514
00:47:52,607 --> 00:47:53,859
[Aruka] As your General…
515
00:47:54,650 --> 00:47:57,695
I advise… retreat.
516
00:48:13,044 --> 00:48:16,297
We do not return home until
we conquer that village.
517
00:48:19,634 --> 00:48:20,802
Give the command.
518
00:48:33,023 --> 00:48:34,482
[yelling]
519
00:48:36,484 --> 00:48:38,486
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