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{\an8}[Legend of the Magnate]

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{\an8}[Episode 24]

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You all, sit down!

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I know

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that wearing this outfit

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dishonors our fallen brothers.

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But if I don't wear it,

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I'd be betraying the friends
who risked their lives to save me.

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Neither could I save you all!

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I know none of you fear death.

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Back on the day the city fell,

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we had already

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given up our lives.

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But today is different—

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the battle is over.

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The battles of our entire lives are over!

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From now on,

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none of you are allowed to
touch weapons again.

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Wash yourselves clean,

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shave your heads,

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and go home.

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Those who were craftsmen,
return to your craft.

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Those who were farmers,
go back to farming.

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The land has been left fallow.

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You'll need to plow it thoroughly.

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Sow the seeds,

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and live to see next year.

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You must believe—

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believe that there is justice
in this world.

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If you don't believe it,

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then treat it this way.

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-General!
-General!

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Thank you for your hard work, Marshal Jiu.

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I'll go handle the aftermath.

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Hold on.

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Thirty li to the west,

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there's one of my camps.

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The travel permits and money
have been prepared.

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They can shave their heads,
change clothes,

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take the money, and go home.

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No one will stop them.

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Marshal Jiu, thank you for
keeping your word.

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Li Cheng... I mean,

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General Li. I still need his head.

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After all, I was the one
who took him away.

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If the higher-ups ask about it,

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I won't be able to handle it.

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Of course.

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General Li's head

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is worth a red official's hat.

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By order of Marshal Jiu:

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the main force is to move 30 li west.

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Shave your heads, wash your faces,

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collect your travel permits
and expenses,

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and then return to
your respective hometowns.

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Yes.

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I've already made all preparations.

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Ms. Bai.

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If you feel sad, it's okay to cry.

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I won't cry.

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I always knew

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this day would come.

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He got what he wanted.

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I'm happy for him.

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He gave up his life

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so that everyone else could survive.

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Such compassion

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is something you should tell
your child about someday.

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Someone!

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Take him away!

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What are you doing?

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Where are you taking him?

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Where are you taking him?

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They will give him a proper burial!

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No, they won't!

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They won't!

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Put him down!

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-Where are you taking him?
-Gu Pingyuan!

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All they want is his head!

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Those despicable people!

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Where are you taking him?

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You...

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Where are you taking him?

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Let go!

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Ms. Bai still hasn't woken up,

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and Pingyuan won't do any work either.

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The whole household
is relying on me alone right now,

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using me like an ox.

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If my legs were in good shape,

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I'd be the one taking care of things.

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Nagging so much.

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You see, when others become officials,

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it's all fancy sedan chairs

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and mountains of gold and silver.

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But what about Pingyuan?

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Becoming an official

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almost killed him.

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He just doesn't have a brain like mine.

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If I, Gu Pingwen, were to be an official,

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not to mention anything else—

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I'd first get myself two concubines.

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Go dream on.

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Mother,

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can I discuss something with you?

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You know,

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I'm a grown man,

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and taking care of a female guest
every day—

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it's also inconvenient for her.

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If you ask me,

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we should invite Miss Liao
to come help out.

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It would be better for everyone.

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Doctor,

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thank you for your hard work.

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Please,

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come and have some tea.

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Doctor,

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how's her condition?

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Her lungs and internal organs

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are cold above and inflamed below.

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The inflammation won't break out.

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Ms. Bai just refuses to wake up.

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She's heartbroken.

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You're just a kid.

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You wouldn't understand.

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Go check on Ms. Bai.

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Doctor,

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is there any good solution?

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Her pulse

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is even weaker than
an 80-year-old man's.

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When someone wants to die,

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even legendary physicians
like Bian Que and Hua Tuo

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would be at a loss.

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Ms. Bai.

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It's okay. It's okay.

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Ms. Bai.

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It's okay now.

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It's okay.

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Father.

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Father,

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I finally get to see you.

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Father.

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Silly kid.

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Why are you crying?

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Did you have a nightmare?

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Yes.

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Where am I?

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Don't you recognize it?

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All over this mountain

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is our family's tea plantation.

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I often drink tea here.

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You'd promise

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to play Go with me,

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but before we could set up the pieces,

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you'd fall asleep.

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Did I sleep for long?

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About the time it takes
for an incense stick to burn.

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What's wrong?

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What did you dream about?

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I dreamed that

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suddenly there was chaos and war.

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Yimei!

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I was captured

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and taken to the enemy's military camp.

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I dreamed that Gu came back

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and rescued me from the camp.

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I dreamed...

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It really is you.

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I prayed to it every day...

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I dreamed...

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Just to let me see you again.

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For that, I'd even accept the fate

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of being torn into pieces with no regrets.

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I fell in love with a general.

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All of you...

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All of you were mad at me.

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Later, he died.

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Everyone died.

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And I was pregnant with his child.

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Father.

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All of that was just a dream,

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right?

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I've never had

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such a long dream before.

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I was terrified.

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Now I feel

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as if I've been reborn.

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Father.

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I won't make you angry

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ever again.

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Good girl.

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Let me ask you something:

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if that general were to come back,

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you would still go with him, wouldn't you?

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Even though it was a dream,

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your feelings were real.

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Kid.

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I won't be angry with you.

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No matter what you do,

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as long as you live this life in peace,

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my wish will be fulfilled.

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Who is it?

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Coming. Coming.

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Mr. Hou Er.

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Old Master Hu.

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My brother isn't feeling well.

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He can't receive visitors.

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We came here

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specially to see Mr. Gu.

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Since that's the case,

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I won't go in.

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Hou Er.

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The gifts.

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Old Master Hu.

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{\an8}[Fortune and Peace]

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Mr. Gu.

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You...

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Why are you up?

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Weren't you feeling unwell?

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This is...

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Old Master Hu,

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sorry for neglecting you.

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Come on, let's talk inside.

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Alright, alright.

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Old Master Hu,

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whatever you have to say,

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please speak frankly.

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I heard

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you have an old connection

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with Li Wantang's family in the capital?

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I wouldn't call it an old connection.

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I am somewhat acquainted

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with his son, Li Qin,

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but Li Wantang

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is the wealthiest man
north of the Yangtze River.

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How could I ever associate with
someone of his status?

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I see.

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Your "Top Tea Under Heaven"

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has really angered him.

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He's gathered many tea merchants,

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and now they're all united against us.

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Not a single tael of Anhui tea

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is allowed to be purchased this year.

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Li Wantang actually
has that much influence?

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{\an8}[Top Tea Under Heaven]

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Well, Mr. Li Million

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is prominent and wealthy.

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And we

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have known each other for quite some time.

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How about we

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ask Mr. Li to come out and mediate?

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After all, Gu Pingyuan's matter

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is his personal affair.

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Dragging all of us

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Anhui tea merchants into it

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seems rather inappropriate,
don't you think?

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-Yes, exactly.
-That's right.

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His personal affair?

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This plaque is hanging here
in the Tea Merchants' Association.

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How do you explain that?

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No, no, no.

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It's not what you think it is.

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The Empress Dowager

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{\an8}[Top Tea Under Heaven]

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bestowed this plaque upon us.

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We didn't ask for it.

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It's like a pie falling from the sky
and hitting us on the head—

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we've got no say in it.

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Well...

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And now, it's brought resentment

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against us Anhui tea merchants.

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We feel wronged too.

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That's right.

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Exactly.

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I understand

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your reasoning,

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but those tea merchants won't accept it.

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They lost so much money,

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and your Anhui tea got all the glory.

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{\an8}[Top Tea Under Heaven]

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In times like these,

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with war and chaos everywhere,

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wherever you go,

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money does all the talking.

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My father

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doesn't have that much influence.

286
00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:33,970
I've come here this time

287
00:18:34,049 --> 00:18:34,789
to discuss

288
00:18:34,789 --> 00:18:36,109
with all of you.

289
00:18:37,549 --> 00:18:38,349
If, in the future,

290
00:18:38,349 --> 00:18:40,549
you still want to work

291
00:18:40,579 --> 00:18:41,640
with the Li family,

292
00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,519
you'll have to give us a discount

293
00:18:44,750 --> 00:18:46,240
on this batch of spring tea.

294
00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,039
That Li Wantang has connections
with foreigners.

295
00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:50,480
They've secretly

296
00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,640
formed some kind of

297
00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:54,279
offense-defense alliance.

298
00:18:54,829 --> 00:18:56,309
Those foreigners

299
00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,539
aren't buying even a single tael of tea
from us this year.

300
00:18:58,539 --> 00:18:59,640
This is really bad.

301
00:19:00,069 --> 00:19:01,400
Hold on, Old Master Hu.

302
00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:03,000
Though my family has grown tea
for generations,

303
00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:03,660
I don't have

304
00:19:04,029 --> 00:19:05,759
much experience in selling it.

305
00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:07,319
I'll need you to teach me.

306
00:19:07,589 --> 00:19:08,160
Well,

307
00:19:08,269 --> 00:19:10,160
in previous years, our Anhui tea

308
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:11,799
had three destinations.

309
00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:12,509
First,

310
00:19:12,829 --> 00:19:14,960
it went to tea shops across the country.

311
00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,349
Second, a portion

312
00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,799
was sold to Mongolia, Tibet, and Xinjiang.

313
00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:20,160
And third—

314
00:19:20,269 --> 00:19:21,529
which is the majority—

315
00:19:21,589 --> 00:19:23,119
was shipped to Guangzhou,

316
00:19:23,349 --> 00:19:25,349
where the 13 Trading Houses would handle

317
00:19:25,349 --> 00:19:27,480
consignment sales to the foreigners.

318
00:19:27,789 --> 00:19:30,609
Our entire Anhui Province's tax revenue

319
00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,269
and the people's livelihood

320
00:19:32,269 --> 00:19:33,400
depend on this.

321
00:19:34,109 --> 00:19:35,400
Now that we're at war,

322
00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,990
the imperial court has allowed us

323
00:19:38,069 --> 00:19:39,480
to ship it to nearby Shanghai.

324
00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,440
But this year, the Shanghai contract

325
00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:42,509
has been delayed.

326
00:19:42,589 --> 00:19:43,849
After looking into it,

327
00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:45,880
we found out that it had been

328
00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:46,920
intercepted by Li Wantang.

329
00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,829
He's obtained the exclusive right
to trade tea,

330
00:19:48,829 --> 00:19:50,480
so the foreign merchants
won't do business with us anymore.

331
00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,069
We've thought about it again and again,

332
00:19:52,069 --> 00:19:53,109
and there was really no other way.

333
00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:55,549
That's why they sent me
to come talk to you.

334
00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,109
What's the point of talking to me?

335
00:19:58,109 --> 00:19:59,589
I've never dealt with foreigners before.

336
00:19:59,589 --> 00:20:01,049
You're different from us.

337
00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,160
After all, you hold an official position.

338
00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,960
You could at least mediate for us

339
00:20:05,069 --> 00:20:06,809
and help us Anhui tea merchants

340
00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:07,400
to...

341
00:20:07,829 --> 00:20:09,230
To overcome this crisis.

342
00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,309
As a Pacification Commissioner,

343
00:20:11,309 --> 00:20:12,750
I do have to deal with

344
00:20:12,750 --> 00:20:13,440
officials,

345
00:20:14,069 --> 00:20:14,880
but I myself

346
00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:15,940
am not an official.

347
00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:18,579
As you know,

348
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:19,920
I'm an exile

349
00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,440
who escaped from Ningguta.

350
00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,240
I've been through hell and back.

351
00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,309
Now that I've finally made it back
to Huizhou,

352
00:20:25,309 --> 00:20:26,970
just being able to enjoy peace

353
00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,799
and take care of my mother at home

354
00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,819
makes me completely content.

355
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,430
As for becoming an official,

356
00:20:32,430 --> 00:20:33,430
or being like you,

357
00:20:33,779 --> 00:20:35,509
managing so many tea merchants,

358
00:20:35,509 --> 00:20:37,640
I truly have no such ambition anymore.

359
00:20:38,069 --> 00:20:39,200
Please understand.

360
00:20:45,069 --> 00:20:46,109
I see.

361
00:20:51,029 --> 00:20:51,759
Well then...

362
00:20:53,589 --> 00:20:55,390
Sorry for disturbing your rest.

363
00:20:56,750 --> 00:20:57,680
I'll be on my way.

364
00:20:58,789 --> 00:20:59,589
Old Master Hu.

365
00:21:02,109 --> 00:21:03,160
What is Li Wantang

366
00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,200
really up to,

367
00:21:05,750 --> 00:21:07,880
bullying us Huizhou merchants like this?

368
00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,240
He says your Top Tea Under Heaven

369
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,509
has stolen his thunder,

370
00:21:10,509 --> 00:21:11,640
and if you don't die,

371
00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:12,700
he won't rest easy.

372
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:15,980
Did he really say that?

373
00:21:19,029 --> 00:21:20,890
He won't rest easy until I'm dead?

374
00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:21,559
Well then.

375
00:21:22,750 --> 00:21:24,480
I'll make him even more uneasy.

376
00:21:24,829 --> 00:21:27,380
This matter needs to be handled fairly,

377
00:21:27,509 --> 00:21:30,240
so my father can have
more credibility out there.

378
00:21:30,589 --> 00:21:32,589
So how much of a discount
do you want?

379
00:21:35,180 --> 00:21:36,480
Just tell us.

380
00:21:36,789 --> 00:21:37,269
Say it.

381
00:21:39,309 --> 00:21:40,029
80% off.

382
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,200
80% off?

383
00:21:42,829 --> 00:21:43,789
Why don't you just rob us then?

384
00:21:43,789 --> 00:21:45,519
Yeah, might as well be robbery!

385
00:21:45,789 --> 00:21:48,190
How can you do business
with no conscience?

386
00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,069
Everyone, please.

387
00:21:50,069 --> 00:21:50,720
Everyone!

388
00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:51,789
Everyone.

389
00:21:52,750 --> 00:21:53,880
Don't rush.

390
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,259
One at a time, please.

391
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,549
My father isn't the only one in this world

392
00:21:58,549 --> 00:22:00,440
who knows how to sell tea.

393
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:01,880
You've been in the tea business

394
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:02,940
your entire lives.

395
00:22:04,029 --> 00:22:05,750
Each of you is an expert.

396
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:07,680
Logically speaking,

397
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,529
even if I rushed to learn,
I wouldn't qualify.

398
00:22:10,789 --> 00:22:12,049
But there's one thing.

399
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:13,440
The Li family,

400
00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,240
blessed by His Majesty's favor,

401
00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,089
represents the imperial court

402
00:22:18,109 --> 00:22:20,200
in overseeing

403
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:21,599
all foreign trade of tea.

404
00:22:22,369 --> 00:22:24,240
Any fluctuation in this business

405
00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,579
could bring serious trouble.

406
00:22:31,529 --> 00:22:32,589
Using the imperial court's power

407
00:22:32,589 --> 00:22:34,000
to force people into doing business

408
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,660
is hardly the act of a true man.

409
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,440
Old Master Hu.

410
00:22:46,220 --> 00:22:47,349
I knew it was you.

411
00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:49,680
Last time
you informed Yu'er and Mr. Chang

412
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:50,740
to come and save me,

413
00:22:50,789 --> 00:22:52,319
and I haven't had the chance
to thank you in person.

414
00:22:52,319 --> 00:22:53,509
No need for that.

415
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:55,000
So,

416
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:56,440
you've made up your mind

417
00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:58,039
to get involved in this mess?

418
00:22:58,400 --> 00:22:59,000
Everyone.

419
00:22:59,529 --> 00:23:01,579
For Gu Pingyuan's sake,

420
00:23:02,069 --> 00:23:03,160
I'll take 10% off

421
00:23:03,769 --> 00:23:05,569
the original discount request.

422
00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:07,279
But that's as far as I'll go.

423
00:23:08,190 --> 00:23:09,920
You're quite full of yourself.

424
00:23:10,109 --> 00:23:12,369
I'm afraid I can't agree with you, buddy.

425
00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:13,960
Then we'll see about that.

426
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,220
I'll stay at the inn for 3 more days,

427
00:23:21,250 --> 00:23:23,250
and then I'll return to the capital.

428
00:23:23,369 --> 00:23:24,700
I'll wait for your news.

429
00:23:33,019 --> 00:23:35,220
{\an8}[Top Tea Under Heaven]

430
00:23:35,420 --> 00:23:36,150
Listen to me.

431
00:23:36,420 --> 00:23:37,029
Come on.

432
00:23:49,690 --> 00:23:52,430
{\an8}[Top Tea Under Heaven]

433
00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:53,880
Everyone.

434
00:23:54,509 --> 00:23:55,960
I've invited Mr. Gu

435
00:23:56,420 --> 00:23:57,789
to come handle this matter.

436
00:23:57,789 --> 00:23:58,789
Does anyone

437
00:23:59,390 --> 00:24:00,589
have any objections?

438
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,200
If he really takes advantage of
the imperial court's power,

439
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,400
I'm afraid even Mr. Gu
wouldn't be able to win.

440
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:10,660
So what if we can't win?

441
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,759
Should we just end our own lives?

442
00:24:13,789 --> 00:24:14,680
80% off.

443
00:24:14,950 --> 00:24:19,529
{\an8}[Top Tea Under Heaven]

444
00:24:15,269 --> 00:24:16,880
All the tea farmers in Anhui

445
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,309
might as well hang themselves

446
00:24:18,309 --> 00:24:20,109
and starve themselves to death.

447
00:24:25,069 --> 00:24:27,029
I think no matter what,

448
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:28,829
we have to stand up

449
00:24:28,829 --> 00:24:29,630
against them.

450
00:24:29,940 --> 00:24:30,880
This 80% discount

451
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,470
was set by Li Wantang himself.

452
00:24:32,470 --> 00:24:33,509
The imperial court can't possibly manage

453
00:24:33,509 --> 00:24:34,839
such specific details.

454
00:24:35,029 --> 00:24:37,000
Li Wantang has powerful connections.

455
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,069
There are so many tea farmers
north and south of the Yangtze River,

456
00:24:39,069 --> 00:24:40,269
and those big tea merchants

457
00:24:40,269 --> 00:24:41,160
hate us now.

458
00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:42,720
How can we possibly fight against them?

459
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:43,400
Exactly.

460
00:24:46,829 --> 00:24:47,960
Unlike before,

461
00:24:47,730 --> 00:24:51,869
{\an8}[Top Tea Under Heaven]

462
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:49,549
the Guangzhou 13 Trading Houses

463
00:24:49,549 --> 00:24:50,440
are no longer the only channel

464
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,190
for doing business with foreigners.

465
00:24:52,190 --> 00:24:53,589
I want to make a trip there

466
00:24:54,430 --> 00:24:55,900
and pave the way.

467
00:24:56,789 --> 00:24:58,720
Whatever Li Wantang is capable of,

468
00:24:58,720 --> 00:24:59,880
we can do it too.

469
00:25:25,869 --> 00:25:27,130
Is that almost enough?

470
00:25:27,750 --> 00:25:28,829
This is only half a bucket.

471
00:25:28,829 --> 00:25:29,759
Far from enough.

472
00:25:30,109 --> 00:25:31,569
Ms. Bai needs water to wash herself,

473
00:25:31,569 --> 00:25:32,589
your mother needs water to brew medicine,

474
00:25:32,589 --> 00:25:33,920
and we need water to drink.

475
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,240
Why are you so lazy?

476
00:25:35,349 --> 00:25:36,789
You want me to go instead?

477
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,400
It's so hot today.

478
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,259
Let's take a break.

479
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:43,900
Take a break too, will you?

480
00:25:44,509 --> 00:25:45,910
I don't have your luxury.

481
00:25:46,269 --> 00:25:47,160
That pharmacy down the mountain

482
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,369
sells ready-made medicine.

483
00:25:48,369 --> 00:25:49,829
Why don't we just buy some?

484
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,720
Buying ready-made medicine
costs money, okay?

485
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:52,440
It's easy for you

486
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:53,750
to just flap your lips.

487
00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,069
Alright then.

488
00:25:58,069 --> 00:25:58,869
I'll go buy it.

489
00:25:59,269 --> 00:26:00,269
Give me the money.

490
00:26:18,789 --> 00:26:19,920
That's all I've got.

491
00:26:21,470 --> 00:26:23,160
I still have some at my shop
down the mountain.

492
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:24,759
I'll go get some more for you.

493
00:26:26,839 --> 00:26:27,640
Get back here.

494
00:26:28,589 --> 00:26:29,160
Come on.

495
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:32,480
Take this.

496
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:34,309
Why give me money?

497
00:26:34,670 --> 00:26:35,720
Didn't you ask for it?

498
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:36,789
You'd just give it to me because I asked?

499
00:26:36,789 --> 00:26:37,650
What am I to you?

500
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,450
Just leave it there. I'll do it.

501
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,210
Well, I... I can do more.

502
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:53,200
Come here.

503
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,769
If you can do more,

504
00:26:59,029 --> 00:27:00,289
help me with this then.

505
00:27:02,569 --> 00:27:05,549
{\an8}[Blessings and Auspiciousness]

506
00:27:05,789 --> 00:27:06,789
How strange.

507
00:27:07,349 --> 00:27:08,809
I'm usually quite clever,

508
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:09,640
but whenever I see you,

509
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,970
I can't seem to find
the right thing to say.

510
00:27:14,549 --> 00:27:15,069
Come on.

511
00:27:15,069 --> 00:27:16,349
Let me help you.

512
00:27:16,349 --> 00:27:17,140
No need. No need.

513
00:27:17,140 --> 00:27:18,720
This is my livelihood after all.

514
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:19,750
Yes, of course.

515
00:27:20,140 --> 00:27:26,650
{\an8}[Blessings and Auspiciousness]

516
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:21,920
Take care.

517
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,789
Thank you. Thank you.

518
00:27:31,509 --> 00:27:31,960
Boy.

519
00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:35,299
What were you doing just now?

520
00:27:37,029 --> 00:27:38,829
Well, I just came back from work.

521
00:27:38,869 --> 00:27:40,440
I said the kudzu powder

522
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:41,980
could be bought from down the mountain,

523
00:27:41,980 --> 00:27:43,240
and Ms. Su got upset.

524
00:27:43,309 --> 00:27:44,569
Of course she's upset.

525
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,269
She's helping you
take care of a patient,

526
00:27:47,269 --> 00:27:49,160
yet you're making her use her own money

527
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,609
to go down the mountain
and buy medicine for you.

528
00:27:50,609 --> 00:27:52,140
Aren't you going too far?

529
00:27:53,069 --> 00:27:54,920
No, I-I was paying for it.

530
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:55,480
I already took out

531
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:56,480
the money just now.

532
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:57,589
I don't believe you.

533
00:27:57,589 --> 00:27:58,849
How did you take it out?

534
00:27:59,269 --> 00:27:59,670
How...

535
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:00,160
I-I-I...

536
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:00,690
I just...

537
00:28:01,589 --> 00:28:02,750
I just gave it to her like this.

538
00:28:02,750 --> 00:28:03,920
There you go.

539
00:28:05,029 --> 00:28:06,329
That's easy to fix.

540
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:07,829
I'll give this to my daughter

541
00:28:07,829 --> 00:28:10,690
and let her go down the mountain
to get the medicine immediately.

542
00:28:10,690 --> 00:28:11,480
Don't worry.

543
00:28:12,309 --> 00:28:14,180
This is life-saving money.

544
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:15,880
I won't spend it elsewhere.

545
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,240
Mother, you called me?

546
00:28:26,309 --> 00:28:28,750
If anyone comes to
visit your brother again,

547
00:28:28,750 --> 00:28:30,210
turn them away at the door.

548
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,720
That won't be necessary, Mother.

549
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:33,680
Without Pingyuan,

550
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:34,980
are we not doing business anymore?

551
00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:35,680
If they have matters to discuss,

552
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:36,740
they can talk to me.

553
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:39,440
I have matters!

554
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,369
I have matters to discuss with you!

555
00:28:42,109 --> 00:28:42,509
You...

556
00:28:42,509 --> 00:28:43,960
You always say your eyesight is poor,

557
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,690
but your aim is quite accurate.

558
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:48,309
Don't forget

559
00:28:48,690 --> 00:28:50,819
Ms. Bai is still recovering next door.

560
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:52,509
Whose wife is she?

561
00:28:52,910 --> 00:28:53,920
And whose child

562
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:54,920
is she carrying?

563
00:28:56,259 --> 00:28:57,480
Pingyuan went through so much trouble

564
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,369
to save her life and bring her back.

565
00:28:59,369 --> 00:29:00,410
If anyone

566
00:29:00,650 --> 00:29:02,750
has bad intentions
and says something wrong,

567
00:29:02,750 --> 00:29:03,750
using two lives

568
00:29:03,789 --> 00:29:05,789
to gain promotion and wealth
for themselves,

569
00:29:05,789 --> 00:29:06,789
then all Pingyuan's efforts

570
00:29:06,789 --> 00:29:07,920
would be in vain.

571
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,269
How should our family survive then?

572
00:29:12,269 --> 00:29:14,000
You could have told me earlier.

573
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,960
It's not like I'm unreasonable.

574
00:29:17,349 --> 00:29:18,789
In my opinion, on this matter,

575
00:29:18,789 --> 00:29:19,750
Pingyuan made a mistake.

576
00:29:19,750 --> 00:29:22,000
Even I, Gu Pingwen, am smarter than he is.

577
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:22,440
Right.

578
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:23,329
You're smart.

579
00:29:23,329 --> 00:29:24,240
You're clever.

580
00:29:28,309 --> 00:29:29,440
I think we've done

581
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,200
more than enough for the Bai family.

582
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:32,470
That Bai Yimei.

583
00:29:33,109 --> 00:29:33,549
She...

584
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,000
She owes us too much.

585
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:38,240
That engagement since childhood,

586
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:38,680
right?

587
00:29:38,829 --> 00:29:40,640
She ran off with that commanding general

588
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,700
and even got pregnant with his child.

589
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,680
Pingyuan spent so much effort and money

590
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:45,349
and almost lost his life

591
00:29:45,349 --> 00:29:46,880
just to save her from death.

592
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:49,440
It's not worth it
no matter how you look at it.

593
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,750
Yes, right.

594
00:29:50,829 --> 00:29:51,789
So you're smart!

595
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:53,160
You're smarter than Pingyuan,

596
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:53,819
aren't you?

597
00:29:54,750 --> 00:29:55,950
Look how smart you...

598
00:29:56,509 --> 00:29:58,109
Stand up and look at yourself.

599
00:29:58,109 --> 00:30:00,019
Look at all this dirt from kneeling.

600
00:30:00,019 --> 00:30:01,660
All this dust. Look at you.

601
00:30:08,029 --> 00:30:09,549
Don't pull me in broad daylight.

602
00:30:09,549 --> 00:30:10,349
How inappropriate.

603
00:30:10,349 --> 00:30:11,549
Easy now. Easy, easy.

604
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:12,960
Where's my father?

605
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:13,829
Where is he?

606
00:30:14,069 --> 00:30:15,069
Haven't seen him.

607
00:30:15,109 --> 00:30:16,000
He went to buy medicine.

608
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:16,799
Buy medicine?

609
00:30:17,069 --> 00:30:19,400
He had no money.
How could he buy medicine?

610
00:30:20,029 --> 00:30:21,029
H-He came by earlier,

611
00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:22,359
asking what I was doing.

612
00:30:22,589 --> 00:30:23,589
I said I was back from work,

613
00:30:23,589 --> 00:30:24,440
and that I told you

614
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:25,509
I was going down the mountain
to buy medicine.

615
00:30:25,509 --> 00:30:26,920
He said... He said he would go instead,

616
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,180
so I gave him the money.

617
00:30:28,750 --> 00:30:30,309
How many times have I told you

618
00:30:30,309 --> 00:30:31,549
not to give him money?

619
00:30:31,589 --> 00:30:33,000
He won't come back until he's gambled away

620
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,400
everything down to his pants.

621
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:35,589
I've told you so many times.

622
00:30:35,589 --> 00:30:36,940
Why can't you remember?

623
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:37,960
No, it's not like that.

624
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,269
Isn't he your father?

625
00:30:39,309 --> 00:30:40,269
Just consider it my way of
showing respect to him,

626
00:30:40,269 --> 00:30:40,960
okay?

627
00:30:41,130 --> 00:30:41,829
Otherwise, if he

628
00:30:41,829 --> 00:30:42,400
gets angry

629
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:43,509
and doesn't approve of our marriage,

630
00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:44,750
what am I supposed to do then?

631
00:30:44,750 --> 00:30:45,309
You

632
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:46,589
are in for trouble.

633
00:30:50,789 --> 00:30:51,640
I brought you two cans

634
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:52,589
of such fine tea,

635
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:54,680
yet here you are, drinking wine.

636
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,789
Tea only makes you more sober.

637
00:30:58,460 --> 00:30:59,960
Why don't you join me for a drink instead?

638
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:00,440
Here.

639
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,500
Try this wine the foreigners gave me.

640
00:31:13,829 --> 00:31:15,410
Such a good thing you have here.

641
00:31:15,410 --> 00:31:16,000
Try it.

642
00:31:20,589 --> 00:31:21,829
If you like it,

643
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:22,920
I have plenty.

644
00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:25,910
I'll have someone deliver a few barrels
to your home.

645
00:31:27,269 --> 00:31:28,160
Well, how about

646
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,000
introducing me to
some foreign merchants as well?

647
00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:33,640
If I did that,

648
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:35,509
my father would beat me

649
00:31:35,509 --> 00:31:36,200
to death.

650
00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:38,789
I'd be biting the hand that feeds me.

651
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:42,680
Your father is always so harsh

652
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:43,880
when dealing with me.

653
00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:45,529
After all, I'm his junior.

654
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:50,269
If you ask me,

655
00:31:52,069 --> 00:31:54,069
my father has been quite nice to you,

656
00:31:54,789 --> 00:31:56,109
not harsh at all.

657
00:31:57,069 --> 00:31:57,829
At that Grand Tea Competition,

658
00:31:57,829 --> 00:31:59,789
my father spent money like water

659
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,589
and finally built a stage,

660
00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:03,829
only for the whole thing

661
00:32:03,829 --> 00:32:05,430
to become your one-man show.

662
00:32:06,259 --> 00:32:08,160
He doesn't just hate you—

663
00:32:08,599 --> 00:32:10,480
he even wants to eat you alive.

664
00:32:13,349 --> 00:32:14,480
I think this time, buddy,

665
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,130
you've stirred up a hornet's nest.

666
00:32:16,130 --> 00:32:17,289
So many tea merchants

667
00:32:17,289 --> 00:32:18,400
and so much money

668
00:32:19,349 --> 00:32:22,079
all ended up benefiting
the Anhui tea merchants.

669
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:23,960
What even is that "Top Tea Under Heaven"?

670
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,309
I've never heard of it.

671
00:32:25,309 --> 00:32:26,769
You must be joking with me.

672
00:32:28,069 --> 00:32:28,680
My father

673
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,759
arrived with his head held high,

674
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:33,690
yet left completely dejected.

675
00:32:33,990 --> 00:32:35,250
If people start saying

676
00:32:36,029 --> 00:32:37,309
that even Li Million has times

677
00:32:37,309 --> 00:32:38,680
when he can't be counted on,

678
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:39,549
wouldn't that ruin his reputation?

679
00:32:39,549 --> 00:32:41,549
Who else should he get back at
if not you?

680
00:32:41,549 --> 00:32:43,210
He won't be able to explain it.

681
00:32:53,769 --> 00:32:55,269
What's the deal with

682
00:32:55,269 --> 00:32:57,039
the Anhui Tea Merchants' Association?

683
00:32:57,039 --> 00:32:59,839
Are they determined to turn against
the Li family?

684
00:33:00,509 --> 00:33:02,009
Your father is too ruthless,

685
00:33:02,009 --> 00:33:02,960
trying to buy their spring tea

686
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,549
at 20% of the original price.

687
00:33:04,549 --> 00:33:06,480
It doesn't even cover labor costs.

688
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:14,299
About this matter,

689
00:33:15,470 --> 00:33:16,750
I have no say in it.

690
00:33:18,069 --> 00:33:19,930
I'm just delivering the message.

691
00:33:20,809 --> 00:33:22,210
Do you know why he sent me?

692
00:33:22,829 --> 00:33:23,549
Four words:

693
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,349
to take the blame.

694
00:33:27,009 --> 00:33:28,549
That's refreshingly honest.

695
00:33:28,549 --> 00:33:29,130
Indeed it is.

696
00:33:29,130 --> 00:33:30,240
I actually came here

697
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,549
planning to have

698
00:33:31,549 --> 00:33:33,069
a proper competition with you.

699
00:33:33,069 --> 00:33:34,000
But in this situation,

700
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,240
it would be too unfair.

701
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:36,160
Maybe next time,

702
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:36,960
when I have my own

703
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:37,680
business.

704
00:33:38,369 --> 00:33:39,269
So when will you

705
00:33:39,309 --> 00:33:40,640
have your own business?

706
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:41,779
My father said,

707
00:33:42,269 --> 00:33:44,200
once the south is reclaimed,

708
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:45,880
he'll let me manage

709
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:46,650
our family's

710
00:33:46,750 --> 00:33:47,609
salt business.

711
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,160
That's over 300 salt shops

712
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,829
in 7 southern provinces
and 6 northern provinces.

713
00:33:51,829 --> 00:33:53,880
Actually, I don't need all 300 shops.

714
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:54,480
Just one.

715
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,400
Just one would be enough.

716
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,779
As long as I can make my own decisions,

717
00:33:59,029 --> 00:34:00,000
instead of following him around

718
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:00,789
all day long,

719
00:34:00,789 --> 00:34:02,549
doing these thankless jobs.

720
00:34:08,710 --> 00:34:09,840
Where are you going?

721
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,190
To find some foreign merchants.

722
00:34:11,190 --> 00:34:12,110
I can't really be driven to death

723
00:34:12,110 --> 00:34:13,309
by your father, can I?

724
00:34:13,630 --> 00:34:16,630
But you don't know anyone.
How do you want to find them?

725
00:34:18,019 --> 00:34:19,760
Do you know Hart,

726
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:20,920
the Customs Commissioner?

727
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:22,920
Do you know Richard

728
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,280
from Xianghe Trade House?

729
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:25,409
Have you ever been to

730
00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:26,690
the Shanghai Bund?

731
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:32,320
If you ask me,

732
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:34,000
this is what you should do:

733
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,590
go buy a rope

734
00:34:35,949 --> 00:34:36,920
and hang yourself

735
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,030
from the beam at our doorway.

736
00:34:38,030 --> 00:34:39,150
I'll take your body

737
00:34:39,150 --> 00:34:40,400
to my father so he can vent his anger.

738
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,460
I promise to give you a proper burial.

739
00:34:43,030 --> 00:34:44,550
Once you have your own business,

740
00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:46,550
I'll definitely teach you a lesson.

741
00:34:46,550 --> 00:34:48,150
Take care! See yourself out.

742
00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:53,280
I just borrowed money from him yesterday.

743
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:54,630
Think of something.

744
00:34:54,630 --> 00:34:55,710
I'll have to make up an excuse.

745
00:34:55,710 --> 00:34:56,400
Otherwise,

746
00:34:56,550 --> 00:34:57,840
he'll think I'm being unreliable again.

747
00:34:57,840 --> 00:34:59,150
Now you know to think things over?

748
00:34:59,150 --> 00:34:59,760
Pingwen.

749
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:01,880
Pack your things and come with me
to Shanghai.

750
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:02,670
We're leaving this afternoon.

751
00:35:02,670 --> 00:35:03,420
I'll go tell Mother.

752
00:35:03,420 --> 00:35:05,760
Pingyuan, I still have something
to attend to.

753
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:06,400
What is it?

754
00:35:08,289 --> 00:35:10,670
Her father is being held at
the gambling house down the mountain.

755
00:35:10,670 --> 00:35:11,530
What happened?

756
00:35:11,590 --> 00:35:12,579
I told Pingwen

757
00:35:12,670 --> 00:35:14,320
not to give my father any money.

758
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:15,510
Pingwen is such a fool.

759
00:35:15,510 --> 00:35:16,230
Yesterday, he gave

760
00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:17,440
my father some pennies.

761
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:18,250
Guess what happened?

762
00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:19,960
He didn't come back last night.

763
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,300
The gambling house just sent word

764
00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:22,559
that he lost 500 taels,

765
00:35:22,710 --> 00:35:23,960
and we must pay his ransom
by this afternoon.

766
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:24,670
Two hours late

767
00:35:24,670 --> 00:35:25,920
means one finger off.

768
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,360
We were just discussing what to do.

769
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:29,480
What's there to discuss?

770
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:30,230
I'll give you the money,

771
00:35:30,230 --> 00:35:32,030
and you go bail him out right away.

772
00:35:32,030 --> 00:35:32,800
I need to go on a trip with Pingwen

773
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:33,929
in the next few days.

774
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:35,400
Please take care of Ms. Bai

775
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:36,230
and my mother.

776
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:36,760
Okay.

777
00:35:37,070 --> 00:35:38,760
Pingyuan, you're so generous.

778
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,670
Actually, we were just talking about

779
00:35:40,670 --> 00:35:41,960
how to find an excuse

780
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,400
to borrow money from you.

781
00:35:43,510 --> 00:35:45,369
You just say everything out loud!

782
00:35:48,070 --> 00:35:49,269
She hits me every day.

783
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,199
I've really spoiled her.

784
00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,440
Tell her that this money

785
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,590
is a gift to show our respect
to her father,

786
00:36:01,590 --> 00:36:02,630
not something she borrowed from us.

787
00:36:02,630 --> 00:36:04,489
Don't say anything unnecessary.

788
00:36:04,730 --> 00:36:05,730
Pack your things.

789
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,639
{\an8}[Gu's Mansion]

790
00:36:20,780 --> 00:36:21,440
Gu.

791
00:36:24,230 --> 00:36:25,420
What did the doctor say?

792
00:36:25,420 --> 00:36:26,619
When will she wake up?

793
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,590
The doctor said she refuses to wake up.

794
00:36:33,389 --> 00:36:34,449
Refuses to wake up?

795
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:38,800
It's a blessing to refuse to wake up.

796
00:36:39,690 --> 00:36:41,219
I don't have such blessing.

797
00:36:47,630 --> 00:36:49,880
From now on, you'll be taking care of her.

798
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:50,809
Talk to her more.

799
00:36:53,550 --> 00:36:54,000
I...

800
00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:56,110
What should I say?

801
00:36:57,500 --> 00:36:58,329
Tell her

802
00:36:59,110 --> 00:37:01,440
she's still pregnant with
Li Cheng's kid,

803
00:37:01,670 --> 00:37:02,590
and she still needs to

804
00:37:02,590 --> 00:37:03,440
raise the kid.

805
00:37:04,550 --> 00:37:05,809
She has no right to die.

806
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:08,280
I...

807
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,489
I'll tell her exactly that?

808
00:37:11,900 --> 00:37:13,760
Or what else would you like to say?

809
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,940
I've been through life and death
so many times,

810
00:37:16,940 --> 00:37:18,800
yet I still managed to crawl back.

811
00:37:38,230 --> 00:37:38,920
How much do you think

812
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:40,519
it will cost to buy this ship?

813
00:37:41,119 --> 00:37:42,550
How would I know?

814
00:37:43,940 --> 00:37:45,380
This is the reason

815
00:37:45,630 --> 00:37:46,630
why the foreigners could run amok

816
00:37:46,630 --> 00:37:47,760
on our river.

817
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:49,420
Meanwhile, our merchants

818
00:37:49,429 --> 00:37:50,880
are still fighting among themselves,

819
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,480
having the time of their lives.

820
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:53,280
How pathetic.

821
00:37:57,590 --> 00:37:58,190
Pingyuan.

822
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,179
Can I discuss something with you?

823
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,070
If you don't want to be
the Pacification Commissioner anymore,

824
00:38:02,070 --> 00:38:03,630
let me have the position
for a couple of days.

825
00:38:03,630 --> 00:38:04,880
You can't even manage a shop properly,

826
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,000
and you want to be
the Pacification Commissioner?

827
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:06,550
Look, since I

828
00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:07,630
took this position,

829
00:38:07,630 --> 00:38:09,400
have I had a single peaceful day?

830
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:10,400
Once we go ashore,

831
00:38:10,590 --> 00:38:11,320
we'll first visit

832
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,179
Hart, the Customs Commissioner.

833
00:38:15,230 --> 00:38:18,139
{\an8}[Shanghai, Hart's Residence]

834
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:43,500
What are you doing?

835
00:38:46,030 --> 00:38:48,030
His accent is even better than mine.

836
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:50,670
Our Mr. Hart

837
00:38:50,730 --> 00:38:52,110
is favored by the imperial court

838
00:38:52,110 --> 00:38:54,110
and oversees the Qing Empire's customs.

839
00:38:54,110 --> 00:38:55,110
His son

840
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:56,699
even earned a degree
in the imperial examination.

841
00:38:56,699 --> 00:38:58,480
His eight-part essay was so well written

842
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,480
that the chief examiner was amazed.

843
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,500
That little bastard you were talking about

844
00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:05,860
actually became a scholar candidate.

845
00:39:05,860 --> 00:39:07,920
Let's see how he does in the next exam.

846
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:09,960
Mr. Gu,

847
00:39:10,550 --> 00:39:12,920
if you have something to say, go ahead.

848
00:39:13,829 --> 00:39:14,590
Mr. Hart,

849
00:39:15,099 --> 00:39:16,880
I'd like to ask you
to arrange a meeting with

850
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,110
Mr. Richard from Xianghe Trade House.

851
00:39:18,110 --> 00:39:19,440
I want to get to know him.

852
00:39:20,230 --> 00:39:21,690
Why do you want to meet him?

853
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,030
With the recent victory in Hefei

854
00:39:24,030 --> 00:39:25,920
and the abundant tea harvest
in Anhui this year,

855
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,110
our province is waiting for this money.

856
00:39:28,110 --> 00:39:30,110
Tea farmers need to support
their families,

857
00:39:30,110 --> 00:39:31,750
the government needs to
comfort the refugees,

858
00:39:31,750 --> 00:39:33,400
and the imperial court also hopes
that local regions

859
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,030
can recover their strength
as soon as possible.

860
00:39:35,030 --> 00:39:36,750
But Mr. Richard

861
00:39:36,780 --> 00:39:38,190
isn't buying a single tael of tea
from Anhui

862
00:39:38,190 --> 00:39:38,960
this year.

863
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,699
I don't understand what he means by that.

864
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,510
Business is inherently

865
00:39:45,150 --> 00:39:47,880
voluntary between both parties.

866
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,280
Richard is a merchant.

867
00:39:50,630 --> 00:39:52,590
He works for the East India Company.

868
00:39:52,590 --> 00:39:53,960
If he doesn't want to buy,

869
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:55,030
you can't force him

870
00:39:55,030 --> 00:39:56,670
with your official position, right?

871
00:39:56,670 --> 00:39:58,800
But I can't just go back empty-handed.

872
00:39:58,860 --> 00:39:59,659
How abut this?

873
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,800
Please arrange a meeting with him anyway.

874
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,000
If I can't make a deal,

875
00:40:03,110 --> 00:40:05,110
you can count it as my incompetence.

876
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,239
You're in luck today.

877
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,340
He's having tea in my backyard.

878
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:11,110
However,

879
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:12,550
I must warn you.

880
00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:15,309
This man is someone
you can't afford to offend.

881
00:40:18,670 --> 00:40:19,550
So technically,

882
00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:20,440
the whole ship

883
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:21,440
was looking at me,

884
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,000
and it was so funny.

885
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:24,320
And I was like,

886
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:25,280
what,

887
00:40:25,550 --> 00:40:26,280
why?

888
00:40:28,110 --> 00:40:29,360
Look at these guys.

889
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,739
-Probably asking for money.
-Ladies, if you'll excuse us.

890
00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:37,110
This is Mr. Richard.

891
00:40:37,550 --> 00:40:38,880
This is Mr. Gu,

892
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,670
representing the Anhui Tea Merchants.

893
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,280
He came from his hometown.

894
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:51,440
Mr. Richard.

895
00:40:51,710 --> 00:40:52,590
I'd like to know

896
00:40:52,590 --> 00:40:54,030
why you're not purchasing

897
00:40:54,030 --> 00:40:55,630
any tea from Anhui this year.

898
00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:58,869
{\an8}[Richard, Director of Xianghe Trade House]

899
00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:58,900
Is there a problem?

900
00:40:59,070 --> 00:40:59,630
I'm here representing

901
00:40:59,630 --> 00:41:01,150
the Anhui Tea Merchants' Association.

902
00:41:01,150 --> 00:41:03,349
I'd like to know the reason behind this.

903
00:41:03,710 --> 00:41:06,070
I've signed an exclusive contract

904
00:41:06,150 --> 00:41:07,630
with Mr. Li Wantang from the capital.

905
00:41:07,630 --> 00:41:09,360
I only buy tea from him.

906
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:11,840
Whether that tea is from Anhui or not

907
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:12,969
doesn't concern me.

908
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:15,550
Your dispute

909
00:41:16,590 --> 00:41:18,070
doesn't concern me, either.

910
00:41:18,070 --> 00:41:19,670
Please don't waste my time.

911
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:28,480
We don't need to be

912
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,079
so confrontational from the start.

913
00:41:30,079 --> 00:41:31,590
Anhui has always been

914
00:41:31,630 --> 00:41:33,860
a major tea-producing province
in our country.

915
00:41:33,860 --> 00:41:35,909
Li Wantang can choose to give it up,

916
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,670
but can you really bear to give it up?

917
00:41:37,670 --> 00:41:39,130
It's a huge business deal.

918
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:42,210
Though the deal is good,

919
00:41:42,710 --> 00:41:43,670
I cannot afford to offend

920
00:41:43,670 --> 00:41:44,590
my partner.

921
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,340
The Qing Empire has 18 provinces.

922
00:41:47,550 --> 00:41:48,550
Losing one

923
00:41:49,590 --> 00:41:50,519
doesn't matter.

924
00:41:51,070 --> 00:41:52,400
That's the conclusion.

925
00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:53,239
Conclusion?

926
00:41:54,630 --> 00:41:55,230
Also,

927
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,590
don't try to negotiate with
other foreign merchants.

928
00:42:00,070 --> 00:42:02,760
The Great Qing Legal Code
forbids Chinese people

929
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,630
from doing business
with foreigners privately.

930
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:11,510
I advise you not to speak so absolutely.

931
00:42:11,510 --> 00:42:13,170
I can give you another chance.

932
00:42:18,110 --> 00:42:18,760
Chance?

933
00:42:20,510 --> 00:42:21,710
What chance?

934
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,760
To put me on a ship back to England?

935
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:30,510
My god.

936
00:42:33,070 --> 00:42:34,469
Want to make a bet with me?

937
00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:37,469
I bet you'll regret it.

938
00:42:41,630 --> 00:42:42,230
Pingyuan,

939
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:43,630
don't be mad.

940
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:55,920
Captain Tod wants to know

941
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,119
what brings you here.

942
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:01,190
Ask him

943
00:43:01,710 --> 00:43:02,630
if this ship is for sale.