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{\an8}[Legend of the Magnate]

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{\an8}[Episode 38]

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There's one month left

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to the half-year bet

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you made with Mr. Gu.

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I said you will head over

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after the seventh day of mourning.

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Is Gu Pingyuan ready

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to give up what he owes?

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Why aren't you saying anything?

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Say something.

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Young Master.

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I have failed you.

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Impossible!

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Absolutely impossible!

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I invested so much money!

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Two hundred shops!

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I should have crushed him easily!

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Young Master, it was not quite 200—

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it was 188 shops.

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Counting wages and rent,

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we've been losing money.

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No one would open

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-two salt shops in each town.
-That's none of your business!

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I'll bear the losses.

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The losses are mine.

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But the profit

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must have exceeded his, right?

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Why aren't you saying anything?

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Young Master.

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Mr. Gu made an unexpected move.

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He opened

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231 shops.

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For Guangdong, Guangxi, Shanxi,
and Shaanxi,

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he used canal transport and horse caravans

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to transport salt
from Changlu's salt farms,

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well salt from Sichuan,

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and salt from Lianghuai

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to be sold there.

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The profits are enormous.

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He cannot win.

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He cannot win.

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This isn't right.

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This isn't right.

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He's openly defying

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the imperial court's salt administration.

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I'm going to the capital to report him.

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Young Master.

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Master has passed on.

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Who can we rely on?

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This time,

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we've truly lost.

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{\an8}[Liangjiang Viceroy's Office]

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You're really something.

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How did you manage this?

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We found a route

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from Sichuan that allows us

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to transport salt here.

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The Changlu salt region

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has been peaceful for many years.

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Their salt reserves are abundant

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and prices are low.

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As for the salt regions in Shandong,

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they can't sell outside the province,

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but the province itself
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But if you look at places like Jiangxi,

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Guangdong and Guangxi,

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and Shanxi and Shaanxi,

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they have insufficient
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and have high salt prices.

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But their food

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consists mostly of preserved

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and smoked food,

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requiring large amounts of salt.

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Since we're opening a salt shop,

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why not

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open in these places?

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That makes sense.

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The salt licenses from Lianghuai

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also bear the Qing seal.

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Moreover,

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the ban on provincial monopolies

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has been abolished.

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As the saying goes,
businessmen should travel the world.

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Staying in one province

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is being too restrictive.

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I understand now.

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Are you taking us

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to do transprovincial business?

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If Li Wantang can cross the Yangtze River

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to acquire our Lianghuai salt fields,

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what's so special

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about what I'm doing?

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If we had thought of this earlier,

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why would we have been at odds

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with Li for so long?

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-Yeah.
-Yeah.

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This solution

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has been there all along.

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If he hadn't pushed me

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to the edge,

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I wouldn't want to deal with him this way.

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I don't even want

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to be the Viceroy of Liangjiang anymore.

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Let's go make a fortune together.

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Sir.

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If you're done looking at it,

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please let me go home.

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My family is still in mourning.

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How could you be like this?

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It's fine, it's fine.

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If not now,

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I'll go back with you

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to pay respects to Old Madam Gu.

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What could she possibly say about me?

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You're just taking advantage
of my abilities.

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Is Gu in there?

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All the filial sons in the world

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are reporting here.

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Young Master Li,

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weren't you going to come
only after the seventh day of mourning?

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Sir,

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I'm here to check the accounts.

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Sure.

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Go ahead.

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Take your time.

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You stay right here.

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Guards!

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-Yes!
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Guard the door carefully.

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Sharpen your blades well.

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No one can leave today.

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They can leave,

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but not alive.

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Yes, sir!

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Your idea

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is excellent.

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Some days ago,

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I also submitted
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requesting to build railways.

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Once goods can circulate freely,

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and merchants can trade everywhere,

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our people will become wealthy

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and commoners will live better lives.

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The imperial court is planning to establish
a Ministry of Commerce.

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I think

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the Minister of Commerce...

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Sir, if you continue this talk,

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I'll bash my head
against the wall right now.

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Being such a minor official

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has already exhausted me

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to the point of vomiting and diarrhea.

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And now you want me
to go serve as an official in the capital?

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You might as well kill me now.

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Didn't we agree

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that once I help you
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you would let me return to Anhui?

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How can you...

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How can you have no ambition

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at all?

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This regime

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is not one for business.

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We're different from foreigners.

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That's insightful.

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To be honest with you,

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I've been telling the imperial court
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I said we can't keep clinging to

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Mencius's old doctrines anymore.

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Always going on about

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righteousness versus profit,

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and gentlemen versus petty men.

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People are doing business with us

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holding guns

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and cannons.

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Yet here we are, still talking to them

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about Confucius and Mencius foolishly.

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Do you think this makes sense?

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The Minister of Commerce

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is a high-ranking official.

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If you're lucky,

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in just a few years,

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you'll be my equal.

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What's good about

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being in a position like yours?

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Aren't you just worried every day

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about your own fortune?

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I don't have that confidence.

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Sir.

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I'm just a man with no ambition.

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No,

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you're not.

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Alright, that's for later.

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We don't need to discuss it now.

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However,

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in reorganizing the Salt Industry Guild,

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your contribution has been tremendous.

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I plan

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to give you 20%

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of the Salt Industry Guild shares.

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Aren't you happy?

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Sir.

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The outcome is still uncertain.

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Well, Young Master Li,

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have you finished reviewing the accounts?

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There's only one month left.

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You can't turn the tables.

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Sir.

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I...

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It's okay.

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It's fine
if you haven't finished checking it.

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I've already had someone

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to make a copy of the ledger

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and deliver it to your residence.

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Take your time reviewing
it before your seventh day of mourning.

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After that, I will go collect my debt.

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{\an8}[Ancestral Spirit Tablet of Qing Dynasty's
Esteemed Li Wantang]

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{\an8}[Ancestral Spirit Tablet of Qing Dynasty's
Esteemed Li Wantang]

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{\an8}[Ancestral Spirit Tablet of Qing Dynasty's
Esteemed Li Wantang]

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{\an8}[Ancestral Spirit Tablet of Qing Dynasty's
Esteemed Li Wantang]

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{\an8}[Shanghai Xianghe Trade House]

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Friends have come from afar.

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Mr. Li.

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Please.

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{\an8}[Xianghe Trade House]

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Well,

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have different views

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on the collateral.

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Regarding the mortgage,

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both parties

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have different opinions.

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Is it about the valuation

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or about the collateral itself?

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We have no doubts

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about the collateral itself.

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The sixty-some shops

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that Mr. Li has offered,

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we believe

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are all profitable assets.

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But the issue is

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there are too many
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Quality assets

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are called quality assets

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for a reason.

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Mr. Richard,

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after all your years here,

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you must surely understand that

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in the Great Qing,

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a business without official backing

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that grows too large

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is nothing more than

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a useless fat pig.

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All these dozens of shops

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that I'm offering

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have government banks as shareholders.

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So using these assets

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as collateral

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is the most secure

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and trustworthy option.

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When it comes to doing business,

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the British Empire

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is open-minded.

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We have always believed

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that business knows no borders.

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We once intended

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to invest in China's salt industry,

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textile industry,

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and even the food industry,

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as well as to help restore

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the development of Liangjiang.

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You know those

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narrow-minded officials
with braided queues—

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they always

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maliciously speculate

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that we would be invaders.

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But in fact, that's not the case at all.

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Xianghe Trade House

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is willing to help you

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to build your own salt industry empire.

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For this, we are ready to provide

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all funds

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as well as assistance beyond funding.

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What is assistance beyond funding?

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What do you mean by

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assistance beyond funding?

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Assistance beyond the funding,

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refers to the warships and gunboats

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anchored in the

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Huangpu river.

289
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Assistance beyond funding,

290
00:14:04,669 --> 00:14:05,269
are the

291
00:14:05,549 --> 00:14:07,879
warships stationed in the Huangpu River.

292
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Ask him to get to the point.

293
00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:14,929
Make the point, please.

294
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Yes, yes.

295
00:14:16,870 --> 00:14:18,200
Let's get back to the point.

296
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So, if we provide

297
00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,720
all necessary funding to Mr. Li...

298
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If we provide this funding

299
00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:26,309
to you,

300
00:14:26,389 --> 00:14:27,149
there will naturally be

301
00:14:27,149 --> 00:14:28,789
British Empire's gunboats

302
00:14:29,029 --> 00:14:30,629
and warships to remind them.

303
00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,110
While protecting Mr. Li,

304
00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,820
they're also protecting their investment.

305
00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:48,019
{\an8}[Liangjiang Viceroy's Office]

306
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I will not compromise on this issue.

307
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Mr. Richard says

308
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that he will not

309
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compromise on this matter.

310
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He believes that free and open commerce

311
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should not be limited
by national boundaries.

312
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Speaking of which,

313
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Mr. Richard

314
00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:05,210
also wants to open

315
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a branch of

316
00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,159
Xianghe Trading Company in Jiangning.

317
00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:10,840
He is very pleased

318
00:15:10,909 --> 00:15:12,570
to be your neighbor, Viceroy.

319
00:15:14,629 --> 00:15:17,389
I have no desire to have
a stinky foreigner as my neighbor.

320
00:15:17,389 --> 00:15:18,649
Don't translate this.

321
00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:22,720
Has Gu Pingyuan arrived?

322
00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:23,509
I've sent someone to find him.

323
00:15:23,509 --> 00:15:25,389
He's asking where Gu is.

324
00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,440
Regarding what you just mentioned,

325
00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,639
I cannot make a decision at this moment.

326
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,049
You say that Li Qin

327
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has already mortgaged half

328
00:15:37,549 --> 00:15:39,789
of the Liangjiang salt industry shares
to you.

329
00:15:39,789 --> 00:15:40,990
I cannot believe this

330
00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,409
until I hear it

331
00:15:43,629 --> 00:15:44,870
from him personally.

332
00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,620
Even if I believe it,

333
00:15:50,029 --> 00:15:51,389
whether the imperial court

334
00:15:51,389 --> 00:15:53,389
would agree to open

335
00:15:53,389 --> 00:15:54,909
the salt industry to foreign countries

336
00:15:54,909 --> 00:15:58,080
is something I must report

337
00:15:58,240 --> 00:15:59,240
to the Emperor and

338
00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:00,440
the Empress Dowager.

339
00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:05,169
Therefore, I suggest

340
00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,090
that he should go to the capital

341
00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,029
and the Office of General Management

342
00:16:09,029 --> 00:16:10,000
to seek advice.

343
00:16:15,389 --> 00:16:16,909
Before coming, he already knew

344
00:16:16,909 --> 00:16:19,080
you would pass the buck

345
00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,080
and send this matter to the capital.

346
00:16:21,629 --> 00:16:23,149
This is the typical practice

347
00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:24,350
of Qing bureaucracy.

348
00:16:38,669 --> 00:16:39,799
Have you seen Mr. Gu?

349
00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:40,929
He's over there.

350
00:16:45,269 --> 00:16:47,399
I've been looking for you everywhere.

351
00:16:47,789 --> 00:16:48,909
If I still can't find you,

352
00:16:48,909 --> 00:16:51,440
the Viceroy's Office
would have arrested me.

353
00:16:52,919 --> 00:16:53,509
Let's go.

354
00:16:53,629 --> 00:16:56,159
The Viceroy of Liangjiang
is waiting for you.

355
00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,080
What use could I possibly be?

356
00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,129
Such a major incident has happened

357
00:17:02,149 --> 00:17:03,080
and those bloodsuckers

358
00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:03,909
wearing red official hats,

359
00:17:03,909 --> 00:17:04,970
have no solutions.

360
00:17:06,029 --> 00:17:07,200
How can they expect common people like us

361
00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:08,460
to have any solutions?

362
00:17:15,750 --> 00:17:16,348
How could he

363
00:17:16,348 --> 00:17:17,240
do such a thing?

364
00:17:18,549 --> 00:17:19,380
That bastard,

365
00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,539
he's nothing but a national traitor.

366
00:17:28,509 --> 00:17:29,750
That's not what I meant.

367
00:17:29,750 --> 00:17:31,349
That's exactly what I meant.

368
00:17:31,549 --> 00:17:32,480
I am cursing him,

369
00:17:32,789 --> 00:17:33,849
that darn traitor.

370
00:17:38,190 --> 00:17:41,150
{\an8}[Loyal to the Country, Just in Duty]

371
00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:40,269
Sir.

372
00:17:42,750 --> 00:17:43,349
Sir!

373
00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:01,720
Sir.

374
00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,640
I've quit for many years.

375
00:18:08,309 --> 00:18:09,069
Would you like

376
00:18:09,069 --> 00:18:09,829
a puff?

377
00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:10,960
No, thanks.

378
00:18:14,349 --> 00:18:15,009
Have a seat.

379
00:18:16,230 --> 00:18:17,750
You're lucky.

380
00:18:18,349 --> 00:18:20,009
I've already vented my anger.

381
00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:22,529
Where have you been?

382
00:18:22,549 --> 00:18:23,750
I went to inspect the salt fields.

383
00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:25,880
I've just returned from Xiaguan Dock.

384
00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,900
Did you see the British ships?

385
00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:32,000
Last time they came

386
00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,680
it was when Commissioner Lin

387
00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:35,480
fought a battle with them

388
00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,269
in Guangzhou over opium.

389
00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,000
What should we do now?

390
00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,640
We've brought trouble upon ourselves.

391
00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:46,589
I

392
00:18:47,309 --> 00:18:49,460
should have arrested Li Qin earlier.

393
00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,700
I was too soft-hearted,

394
00:18:51,750 --> 00:18:53,960
waiting for his mourning period to be over.

395
00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:54,880
I didn't expect

396
00:18:55,069 --> 00:18:56,740
he was so agitated

397
00:18:56,789 --> 00:18:57,920
he became a traitor.

398
00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:00,109
Sir.

399
00:19:01,349 --> 00:19:03,150
The situation is different now.

400
00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,099
If it were just Li Million,

401
00:19:05,789 --> 00:19:07,519
no matter how hard he tried

402
00:19:07,589 --> 00:19:09,240
to monopolize the salt industry

403
00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,309
in Lianghuai,

404
00:19:10,829 --> 00:19:11,789
you're the governor.

405
00:19:11,789 --> 00:19:13,329
You could simply refuse

406
00:19:13,420 --> 00:19:15,240
and he would have no grounds to object.

407
00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:16,480
But now we're dealing with

408
00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:17,400
the British.

409
00:19:18,269 --> 00:19:20,400
We need to come up with an explanation.

410
00:19:20,509 --> 00:19:20,920
Yes.

411
00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:22,650
I had someone look into

412
00:19:22,650 --> 00:19:24,549
the Elements of International Law.

413
00:19:24,549 --> 00:19:25,259
A country

414
00:19:25,349 --> 00:19:27,720
can declare important commodities

415
00:19:28,299 --> 00:19:29,519
as state monopolies.

416
00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:32,269
I've sent someone with the book

417
00:19:32,269 --> 00:19:33,750
to ride quickly to the capital

418
00:19:33,750 --> 00:19:35,329
and deliver it
to the Office of General Management.

419
00:19:35,329 --> 00:19:36,480
Now we'll see

420
00:19:37,109 --> 00:19:38,680
if they can help me

421
00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:39,960
stop this mess.

422
00:19:42,309 --> 00:19:43,309
What should we do?

423
00:19:44,589 --> 00:19:46,789
We really screwed up this time.

424
00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,759
Why aren't you saying anything?

425
00:19:54,309 --> 00:19:56,440
You're the Viceroy of Liangjiang,
a high official,

426
00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:57,349
and you have no ideas.

427
00:19:57,349 --> 00:19:59,349
Yet you ask me to think of something?

428
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,930
I was trying to

429
00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,289
protect your business.

430
00:20:07,509 --> 00:20:08,160
Sir.

431
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,819
Let me be honest.

432
00:20:10,789 --> 00:20:11,990
This is not

433
00:20:12,069 --> 00:20:13,529
how merchants should act.

434
00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:15,549
Either you're

435
00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,720
relying on your official position

436
00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:18,779
to pressure others

437
00:20:19,349 --> 00:20:20,750
and do whatever you want,

438
00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:22,680
or you're constantly giving in—

439
00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:23,680
always backing down.

440
00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,960
If you want to do business
with the British,

441
00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:26,750
this approach

442
00:20:26,750 --> 00:20:27,809
simply won't work.

443
00:20:30,829 --> 00:20:32,900
We're just too weak.

444
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:33,960
Do you believe

445
00:20:34,309 --> 00:20:35,910
if I had 10 ironclad warships

446
00:20:36,029 --> 00:20:37,750
like those,

447
00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,480
no one would dare speak to me like this?

448
00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:41,480
You...

449
00:20:47,109 --> 00:20:48,109
Mr. Li,

450
00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,369
why are you sitting in the shadows?

451
00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,000
It's more comfortable this way.

452
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:04,109
Whiskey.

453
00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:10,480
Much better.

454
00:21:11,549 --> 00:21:12,549
There you go, Sir.

455
00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:13,750
Thank you.

456
00:21:16,069 --> 00:21:16,880
Cheers.

457
00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,509
That sneaky old man

458
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:23,480
has given in.

459
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,710
That sly old fox

460
00:21:25,750 --> 00:21:26,680
has backed down.

461
00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:29,480
He's backed down?

462
00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,329
Not surrendering—

463
00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,240
probably just being polite.

464
00:21:35,309 --> 00:21:37,019
This is just the beginning.

465
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,849
He'll get increasingly cooperative.

466
00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,480
It's just the beginning.

467
00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,029
Surely he will be more and more compliant.

468
00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:48,549
Best do.

469
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,160
More whiskey!

470
00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,309
The talks actually didn't go so well.

471
00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:59,029
That old bastard was acting like
he was playing Taichi with me.

472
00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:01,109
He just won't admit.

473
00:22:02,259 --> 00:22:03,319
Mr. Richard thinks

474
00:22:03,349 --> 00:22:05,210
the negotiations didn't go well.

475
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,900
That old man is really good
at dodging issues

476
00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:09,759
and refuses to admit to anything.

477
00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:12,559
He insists on meeting you in person.

478
00:22:13,109 --> 00:22:15,089
But even if he meets you,

479
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,240
he will still consult with the Emperor

480
00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:18,769
and the Empress Dowager.

481
00:22:19,109 --> 00:22:20,440
Didn't your consul

482
00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,349
already go to the capital

483
00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:25,400
to see the Emperor and Empress Dowager

484
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:26,660
to resolve this issue?

485
00:22:28,349 --> 00:22:29,240
These people

486
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,769
from the Office of General Management

487
00:22:32,750 --> 00:22:34,349
are even better at stalling.

488
00:22:38,829 --> 00:22:40,420
But they still

489
00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:41,799
have many ways

490
00:22:41,829 --> 00:22:42,720
to break their promises.

491
00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,500
For example, the signing date

492
00:22:44,750 --> 00:22:46,680
is being postponed indefinitely.

493
00:22:49,589 --> 00:22:51,009
The British Empire now

494
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,549
has nothing but opium

495
00:22:52,589 --> 00:22:54,039
to wage war

496
00:22:54,069 --> 00:22:55,160
with.

497
00:22:57,029 --> 00:22:58,960
This isn't exactly profiteering.

498
00:22:59,410 --> 00:23:01,069
How is this not profiteering?

499
00:23:01,269 --> 00:23:02,829
Is it really not so?

500
00:23:05,589 --> 00:23:06,920
It's such a huge country

501
00:23:08,269 --> 00:23:10,630
with so many people consuming salt.

502
00:23:12,269 --> 00:23:14,440
My father spent 10 years

503
00:23:14,509 --> 00:23:16,410
to gain control of only one-fifth

504
00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:17,970
of Qing's salt industry.

505
00:23:19,309 --> 00:23:21,769
You're telling me this isn't profiteering?

506
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,210
And you're telling me
this is not a highly profitable industry?

507
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,000
Mr. Li.

508
00:23:39,789 --> 00:23:40,880
Mr. Richard says

509
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,859
you are a very valuable person.

510
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,759
But if you make one step off this ship,

511
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,960
even the British Empire

512
00:23:48,980 --> 00:23:50,109
will not guarantee

513
00:23:50,109 --> 00:23:51,029
your safety.

514
00:23:53,690 --> 00:23:54,960
He says if you

515
00:23:55,539 --> 00:23:57,069
take one step off this ship,

516
00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,569
even the British Empire

517
00:23:59,039 --> 00:24:00,200
cannot guarantee

518
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:01,029
your safety.

519
00:24:07,589 --> 00:24:08,849
When the time is right,

520
00:24:11,549 --> 00:24:13,440
I will turn myself in.

521
00:24:15,150 --> 00:24:20,190
{\an8}[Loyal to the Country, Just in Duty]

522
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:16,650
Imperial Edict:

523
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:17,750
it has come to our attention

524
00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:20,309
that the British envoy holds deeds
to the Lianghuai salt fields

525
00:24:20,309 --> 00:24:23,349
{\an8}[Imperial Edict]

526
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:21,750
and has approached
the Office of General Management

527
00:24:21,750 --> 00:24:23,480
to negotiate payment.

528
00:24:23,789 --> 00:24:26,180
I am utterly shocked by this news.

529
00:24:26,549 --> 00:24:27,549
The salt industry

530
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,990
is vital to our nation's economy
and people's livelihood.

531
00:24:29,839 --> 00:24:33,400
{\an8}[Imperial Edict]

532
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,750
How dare you

533
00:24:31,789 --> 00:24:33,569
negotiate such matters with foreigners?

534
00:24:33,519 --> 00:24:38,269
{\an8}[Loyal to the Country, Just in Duty]

535
00:24:33,829 --> 00:24:34,400
Viceroy,

536
00:24:34,589 --> 00:24:36,789
report back with full details immediately.

537
00:24:36,789 --> 00:24:38,029
By Imperial Order.

538
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,319
I humbly receive the Emperor's edict.

539
00:24:41,309 --> 00:24:44,099
{\an8}[Loyal to the Country, Just in Duty]

540
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,349
Long live the Emperor!

541
00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:52,990
Are the Emperor and the Empress Dowager

542
00:24:53,069 --> 00:24:55,059
still angry?

543
00:24:54,950 --> 00:24:59,450
{\an8}[Clear Rivers and Ringing Shrines]

544
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,039
The Empress Dowager said

545
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,210
that Jiangnan

546
00:24:58,269 --> 00:24:59,799
has been in chaos for years.

547
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,259
Such a thing happening

548
00:25:01,309 --> 00:25:02,710
is not surprising at all.

549
00:25:02,750 --> 00:25:03,880
Her Majesty is wise.

550
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,619
The Empress Dowager is wise.

551
00:25:06,309 --> 00:25:07,720
The Empress Dowager also said

552
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:08,720
that these land deeds

553
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,589
originally belonged to us Chinese,

554
00:25:10,589 --> 00:25:11,509
so how did they end up

555
00:25:11,509 --> 00:25:12,769
in foreigners' hands?

556
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,589
If the Viceroy of Liangjiang doesn't know,

557
00:25:15,589 --> 00:25:17,849
then are all the officials in Liangjiang

558
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:18,680
blind

559
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:19,890
and dead?

560
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:21,720
Well...

561
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,190
That's real fury indeed!

562
00:25:24,829 --> 00:25:26,829
However,
the Empress Dowager also mentioned

563
00:25:26,829 --> 00:25:27,680
that most likely

564
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:28,920
there are traitors at work.

565
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:29,269
Yes.

566
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,200
Oversight can happen sometimes.

567
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:31,930
Yes, indeed.

568
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:32,809
Rui Lin

569
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:34,109
is experienced in state affairs.

570
00:25:34,109 --> 00:25:35,269
If he handles this,

571
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,269
there will certainly be no problems.

572
00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:37,859
See how

573
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,680
Liangjiang has been managed so well

574
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,079
in just such a short time.

575
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,109
The Empress Dowager is wise.

576
00:25:43,109 --> 00:25:43,750
Wise indeed.

577
00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:44,960
The Empress Dowager is wise.

578
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,089
The foreigners said

579
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:47,599
that this must be settled

580
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:48,839
within a month.

581
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:49,980
Last time,

582
00:25:50,069 --> 00:25:51,730
the imperial court still owed

583
00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:52,960
war reparations

584
00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:54,549
of 16 million taels.

585
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,079
These British

586
00:25:56,109 --> 00:25:58,349
have been constantly pressing for payment.

587
00:25:58,349 --> 00:25:59,470
If it's not settled

588
00:25:59,509 --> 00:26:00,539
within a month,

589
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,500
then all officials in Liangjiang

590
00:26:02,509 --> 00:26:04,509
will have
their personal assets confiscated

591
00:26:04,509 --> 00:26:05,349
to pay compensation.

592
00:26:05,349 --> 00:26:05,809
This...

593
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:06,460
This...

594
00:26:06,490 --> 00:26:07,960
{\an8}[Clear Mirror Hung High]

595
00:26:06,589 --> 00:26:07,069
This...

596
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:07,890
Sir, this...

597
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:09,170
Sir...

598
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:09,759
This...

599
00:26:09,789 --> 00:26:10,829
Sir, what should we do?

600
00:26:10,829 --> 00:26:11,829
What should we do?

601
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,329
Please go upstairs to rest first, Sir.

602
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:15,680
I will certainly

603
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,200
resolve this within the time limit.

604
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,240
I won't let the Emperor

605
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,039
and the Empress Dowager worry.

606
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,160
Please.

607
00:26:22,390 --> 00:26:23,970
{\an8}[Clear Rivers and Ringing Shrines]

608
00:26:23,109 --> 00:26:23,789
Please.

609
00:26:32,069 --> 00:26:32,549
Sir.

610
00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:33,210
Sir.

611
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:34,130
Sir.

612
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:35,680
Sir, take it slowly.

613
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:36,539
-Slowly.
-Sir.

614
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:37,400
Be careful.

615
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,329
Slowly, slowly.

616
00:26:39,309 --> 00:26:40,710
What should I do?

617
00:26:40,829 --> 00:26:42,059
What should I do?

618
00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:43,849
Tell me.

619
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:44,349
I...

620
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:45,130
Tell me!

621
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:45,589
Sir.

622
00:26:46,109 --> 00:26:46,920
That fellow is hiding

623
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:48,069
on a British ironclad ship.

624
00:26:48,069 --> 00:26:49,279
We can't touch him.

625
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:50,269
That's right, Sir.

626
00:26:50,269 --> 00:26:51,200
We can't do anything.

627
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:51,559
Yes.

628
00:26:51,589 --> 00:26:52,119
We can't.

629
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:53,130
We really can't.

630
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:54,549
Go.

631
00:26:57,549 --> 00:26:58,900
This is your brother.

632
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:00,109
Can you find a way

633
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,160
to get him to come down?

634
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:01,960
How can I persuade him?

635
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:02,420
Well...

636
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:05,309
I'll apologize to him.

637
00:27:05,309 --> 00:27:07,480
I'll hand over
Lianghuai's salt industry to him.

638
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:08,549
As long as these things

639
00:27:08,549 --> 00:27:11,009
don't fall into the hands
of the Westerners!

640
00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:12,829
I can grant him an official position.

641
00:27:12,829 --> 00:27:13,960
You figure out a way.

642
00:27:14,029 --> 00:27:15,809
Give him whatever he wants.

643
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,329
What if he just hates me?

644
00:27:19,829 --> 00:27:20,720
Go.

645
00:27:21,029 --> 00:27:21,400
Go.

646
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:23,640
Go.

647
00:27:24,369 --> 00:27:26,369
{\an8}[Righteous and Diligent]

648
00:27:27,509 --> 00:27:30,099
{\an8}[Clear Mirror Hung High]

649
00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:38,279
{\an8}[Clear Rivers and Ringing Shrines]

650
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:34,789
Tell me.

651
00:27:35,269 --> 00:27:36,890
How can we trick

652
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,450
your brother off that ship?

653
00:27:38,589 --> 00:27:39,400
Trick him into
getting off the ship?

654
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:39,940
Yes.

655
00:27:40,029 --> 00:27:41,480
As long as he comes down

656
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:42,289
here.

657
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,740
He's Li Million's son.

658
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,029
That's a lot of inheritance
we are talking about.

659
00:27:47,029 --> 00:27:48,160
I can confiscate

660
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:49,650
all of his property.

661
00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:51,319
I can exile him.

662
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,549
I can kill him.

663
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:54,970
How about it?

664
00:27:55,269 --> 00:27:56,410
I'll give you

665
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:57,829
everything Li Million has.

666
00:27:57,829 --> 00:27:59,309
How's that reward?

667
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:01,750
Where are you going?

668
00:28:01,750 --> 00:28:02,240
Sir,

669
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,289
I'm afraid you're overthinking this.

670
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:05,960
This brother of mine

671
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,160
may not be very smart,

672
00:28:07,309 --> 00:28:08,309
but since he dared to do

673
00:28:08,309 --> 00:28:09,509
something like this,

674
00:28:09,549 --> 00:28:11,720
he's already considered
all the consequences.

675
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:12,779
What you're saying

676
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:14,140
is useless.

677
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:15,769
{\an8}[Clear Rivers and Ringing Shrines]

678
00:28:14,269 --> 00:28:14,670
You...

679
00:28:15,890 --> 00:28:19,940
{\an8}[Righteous and Diligent]

680
00:28:20,309 --> 00:28:21,549
I don't believe it.

681
00:28:22,690 --> 00:28:25,009
{\an8}[Clear Rivers and Ringing Shrines]

682
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:49,680
Mr. Li,

683
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:51,410
I am...

684
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:52,160
I know.

685
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:53,960
Mr. Tu.

686
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,730
Head of the Salt Industry Guild

687
00:28:58,829 --> 00:29:01,089
and salt merchant magnate of Lianghuai.

688
00:29:03,549 --> 00:29:04,210
Please sit.

689
00:29:10,859 --> 00:29:12,059
This chair is so soft.

690
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:16,690
Speak.

691
00:29:22,549 --> 00:29:23,250
Mr. Li,

692
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:25,130
I've come on

693
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,029
the Viceroy of Liangjiang's orders

694
00:29:27,029 --> 00:29:28,289
to have a talk with you.

695
00:29:28,589 --> 00:29:29,319
Previously,

696
00:29:29,349 --> 00:29:30,509
there might have been
some misunderstandings.

697
00:29:30,509 --> 00:29:32,240
There's no misunderstanding.

698
00:29:33,349 --> 00:29:35,549
What misunderstanding could there be?

699
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,069
He is the Viceroy,

700
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,619
and I'm just a small merchant.

701
00:29:41,309 --> 00:29:43,880
If there's any misunderstanding,
it must be my fault.

702
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:44,400
No, no.

703
00:29:45,109 --> 00:29:46,369
He says it's his fault.

704
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:47,349
He says

705
00:29:47,829 --> 00:29:49,829
as long as you're willing to come ashore,

706
00:29:49,829 --> 00:29:50,960
he'll agree to

707
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:52,839
any conditions you have.

708
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:54,720
Really.

709
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:56,000
Tell us,

710
00:29:56,430 --> 00:29:57,579
what official position would you like?

711
00:29:57,579 --> 00:29:58,369
No problem.

712
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:59,920
Any position in Liangjiang,

713
00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:01,319
whichever one you fancy,

714
00:30:01,549 --> 00:30:02,549
we can discuss it.

715
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,000
The Salt Industry Guild

716
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,269
has also discussed this.

717
00:30:05,269 --> 00:30:06,640
As long as you're willing to come,

718
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:07,200
Mr. Gu

719
00:30:07,589 --> 00:30:08,789
will return to Anhui.

720
00:30:09,269 --> 00:30:10,599
The Salt Industry Guild

721
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:11,940
will treat you highly.

722
00:30:13,069 --> 00:30:14,230
I stake my life

723
00:30:14,309 --> 00:30:15,509
as a guarantee to you.

724
00:30:17,789 --> 00:30:18,990
Such sincerity, huh?

725
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:27,789
Manager Gu

726
00:30:28,509 --> 00:30:30,039
has won a complete victory.

727
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,650
Why would he be returning to Anhui?

728
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:37,920
He said...

729
00:30:38,069 --> 00:30:38,930
What did he say?

730
00:30:43,349 --> 00:30:43,880
Speak up!

731
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:47,549
He said

732
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:49,369
that though salt

733
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:51,839
may seem insignificant,

734
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:53,930
it's essential for every meal.

735
00:30:54,269 --> 00:30:56,069
If foreigners get to control it,

736
00:30:57,589 --> 00:30:59,309
you'll be condemned by history,

737
00:30:59,309 --> 00:31:00,240
just like Qin Hui.

738
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,369
He asks you to have some self-respect.

739
00:31:02,789 --> 00:31:04,109
These aren't my words.

740
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,650
That sounds like something
my brother would say.

741
00:31:15,309 --> 00:31:16,109
But he's the kind of person

742
00:31:16,109 --> 00:31:17,680
who's just too serious.

743
00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:19,869
Take a message back for me.

744
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:20,960
Please go ahead.

745
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,289
I have just one request.

746
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:27,440
Sir,

747
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:28,980
Li Qin has replied?

748
00:31:30,369 --> 00:31:31,240
I had Tu Ying

749
00:31:31,269 --> 00:31:32,509
write down every word

750
00:31:32,509 --> 00:31:33,200
they said.

751
00:31:33,509 --> 00:31:34,509
Have a look.

752
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,450
This is what your brother said.

753
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:38,670
{\an8}[Viceroy,
Gu Pingyuan destroyed my family.]

754
00:31:38,690 --> 00:31:40,740
{\an8}[He shouldn't have ever come back
from exile.]

755
00:31:39,069 --> 00:31:41,130
It was that friend of mine surnamed Gu

756
00:31:41,309 --> 00:31:42,940
who destroyed my family.

757
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,539
He shouldn't have ever come back
from Ningguta.

758
00:31:48,029 --> 00:31:49,220
Tell Rui Lin

759
00:31:49,309 --> 00:31:49,920
if

760
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:52,240
he can send Gu Pingyuan

761
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:53,549
back to Ningguta

762
00:31:55,109 --> 00:31:57,000
and chain him up there like a dog

763
00:31:58,589 --> 00:31:59,920
for the rest of his life,

764
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,130
I'll come ashore immediately.

765
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:16,750
This is human nature—

766
00:32:17,349 --> 00:32:18,920
truly despicable.

767
00:32:22,109 --> 00:32:23,309
What do you plan to do?

768
00:32:25,380 --> 00:32:25,900
Look.

769
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:26,920
You've done so much

770
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,319
for Liangjiang.

771
00:32:28,549 --> 00:32:30,279
How could I agree to his demand?

772
00:32:31,029 --> 00:32:31,829
But now

773
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,710
this problem isn't mine anymore.

774
00:32:35,109 --> 00:32:36,269
It's yours.

775
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:38,069
I know.

776
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:39,819
Then exile me.

777
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:41,200
I'm tired of staying

778
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:42,460
in Liangjiang anyway.

779
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:43,819
Look at you,

780
00:32:44,509 --> 00:32:45,920
getting upset after just a few words.

781
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:46,640
Your temper

782
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:47,829
is even worse than mine,

783
00:32:47,829 --> 00:32:49,309
the Viceroy of Liangjiang.

784
00:32:49,309 --> 00:32:50,240
Even if I had

785
00:32:50,269 --> 00:32:51,960
extraordinary abilities now,

786
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:53,220
they would be useless.

787
00:32:53,309 --> 00:32:55,440
They have their cannons pointed at me.

788
00:32:56,029 --> 00:32:57,490
I absolutely cannot watch

789
00:32:57,750 --> 00:33:00,150
the salt industry fall into foreign hands.

790
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:02,640
What if

791
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:03,900
it still isn't settled

792
00:33:04,269 --> 00:33:05,349
after you exile me?

793
00:33:09,029 --> 00:33:10,349
You need to tell me the truth

794
00:33:10,349 --> 00:33:11,609
so I know where I stand.

795
00:33:13,069 --> 00:33:13,529
Well...

796
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:16,720
Your brother can die, then.

797
00:33:18,029 --> 00:33:18,960
What if we still don't succeed

798
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,289
even after killing him?

799
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:21,710
Then I'll start a war!

800
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,390
If our salt

801
00:33:23,509 --> 00:33:24,680
is controlled by foreigners,

802
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:25,400
when I die,

803
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:26,960
I won't be able to face my ancestors.

804
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,890
This is from the bottom of my heart.

805
00:33:30,309 --> 00:33:30,819
Sir,

806
00:33:31,789 --> 00:33:33,440
I'll help you with this matter,

807
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:34,769
but you must help me too.

808
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:37,309
If I can't handle it,

809
00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:38,890
how can you?

810
00:33:39,029 --> 00:33:40,230
If I can't resolve it,

811
00:33:40,299 --> 00:33:41,420
I'll pack my things

812
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,369
and return to Ningguta myself.

813
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,069
Come, sit.

814
00:33:49,789 --> 00:33:50,559
Tell me

815
00:33:50,789 --> 00:33:51,990
how I should help you.

816
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:53,589
Whether you agree to his demands or not,

817
00:33:53,589 --> 00:33:55,549
he will come ashore sooner or later.

818
00:33:55,549 --> 00:33:57,119
The key to this matter

819
00:33:57,269 --> 00:33:59,269
is that we can't proceed without him.

820
00:33:59,269 --> 00:34:00,680
After he gets off the ship,

821
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:01,910
whether you kill him,

822
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,619
confiscate his property,

823
00:34:04,029 --> 00:34:05,890
or offer him titles and promises,

824
00:34:06,109 --> 00:34:07,640
I think none of it will work.

825
00:34:08,630 --> 00:34:11,489
It's better to just honestly
take responsibility.

826
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:12,760
I

827
00:34:13,150 --> 00:34:14,409
take responsibility?

828
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:16,840
Have you lost your mind?

829
00:34:18,590 --> 00:34:19,840
How about I serve
as the Viceroy of Liangjiang

830
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:20,639
for a few days?

831
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,480
I'll be your proxy
and handle all negotiations.

832
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,679
After it's done, let me return to Anhui.

833
00:34:27,150 --> 00:34:28,409
For the rest of my life,

834
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:29,619
leave me alone.

835
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,239
For the rest of your life?

836
00:34:33,550 --> 00:34:34,480
That's too long.

837
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:36,510
Is that a yes or no?

838
00:34:38,670 --> 00:34:39,710
You're the Viceroy of Liangjiang,

839
00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:41,190
a leader among court officials.

840
00:34:41,190 --> 00:34:41,840
Can't you say something

841
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:42,900
that I can believe?

842
00:34:49,710 --> 00:34:50,260
Fine.

843
00:34:50,590 --> 00:34:52,000
If you can make this happen,

844
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,460
you'll have freedom to come and go
in Liangjiang as you please.

845
00:35:22,190 --> 00:35:23,059
Are you tired?

846
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,369
If you are, go inside and take a nap.

847
00:35:25,550 --> 00:35:26,400
I'm not tired.

848
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:27,630
It's so rare

849
00:35:27,670 --> 00:35:28,929
to have a meal with you.

850
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:30,179
Who says so?

851
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,110
Then I'll come back
to eat every day from now on.

852
00:35:33,110 --> 00:35:34,000
Please don't.

853
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,969
If you don't find it annoying,
I certainly do.

854
00:35:38,190 --> 00:35:39,190
Where's Pingwen?

855
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:42,980
What's wrong with you lately?

856
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,000
Didn't Pingwen escort Mother's coffin

857
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:45,880
back to Anhui?

858
00:35:47,110 --> 00:35:49,369
He won't be back to help until next month.

859
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:54,320
Recently, things

860
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:56,960
have been coming one after another.

861
00:35:57,190 --> 00:35:58,719
My head is about to explode.

862
00:36:00,550 --> 00:36:02,079
It's always been like this.

863
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,369
Yet here you are, talking about
coming home for meals everyday.

864
00:36:08,670 --> 00:36:09,510
Li Qin has

865
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:11,420
caused a huge mess.

866
00:36:13,710 --> 00:36:15,190
He mortgaged the Lianghuai salt fields

867
00:36:15,190 --> 00:36:16,280
to the British.

868
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:18,920
Now the British have brought

869
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,980
their gunboats to the Yangtze River.

870
00:36:21,590 --> 00:36:22,880
The work at the salt fields

871
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:24,809
seems impossible to continue now.

872
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:27,110
I think we don't need to wait for

873
00:36:27,110 --> 00:36:28,170
Pingwen to return.

874
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:30,440
We should just go back to Anhui

875
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:31,639
and grow tea instead.

876
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:34,679
Not just the two of us,

877
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,980
but also the little one in your belly.

878
00:36:39,150 --> 00:36:40,190
You're all talk.

879
00:36:43,510 --> 00:36:45,570
If there are gunboats on the Yangtze,

880
00:36:45,710 --> 00:36:47,769
shouldn't we find somewhere to hide?

881
00:36:48,190 --> 00:36:49,190
Let them be there.

882
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:50,920
They won't fight.

883
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,130
It's just that business

884
00:36:53,190 --> 00:36:54,849
will be difficult from now on.

885
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:56,030
They keep

886
00:36:56,030 --> 00:36:57,760
bringing their gunboats here.

887
00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,119
How can we negotiate?

888
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:01,679
It's truly infuriating.

889
00:37:02,030 --> 00:37:02,710
Mr. Gu.

890
00:37:04,190 --> 00:37:04,710
Yes?

891
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:05,780
Someone's here

892
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:07,510
asking you to meet him at the door.

893
00:37:07,510 --> 00:37:08,769
Why doesn't he come in?

894
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,730
He insists you meet him at the door.

895
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,090
Who is it with such an attitude?

896
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:30,360
Bastard.

897
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:39,929
How dare you show up!

898
00:37:42,630 --> 00:37:43,320
Heizi.

899
00:37:43,590 --> 00:37:44,559
Who is this?

900
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:46,820
What are you doing?

901
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,059
Don't hold me back!

902
00:37:50,190 --> 00:37:51,070
Have you gone crazy?

903
00:37:51,070 --> 00:37:52,840
Don't hold me back, I said!

904
00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:54,150
How dare you come here!

905
00:37:54,150 --> 00:37:55,030
Alright, alright.

906
00:37:55,030 --> 00:37:55,690
You rascal!

907
00:38:05,710 --> 00:38:06,070
Here.

908
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:07,320
Hey!

909
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:09,780
Put this on your eye.

910
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:11,300
The bruise will heal soon.

911
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:27,630
You're just lazy.

912
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,530
If I taught you a few moves,
he'd be dead by now.

913
00:38:31,070 --> 00:38:32,289
Don't you dare help.

914
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,030
If I helped,

915
00:38:34,190 --> 00:38:35,110
your body

916
00:38:35,150 --> 00:38:36,409
would already be cold.

917
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:37,480
Even better.

918
00:38:41,670 --> 00:38:43,070
You should go back first.

919
00:38:45,150 --> 00:38:46,360
Talk things out properly.

920
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:47,559
Don't fight anymore.

921
00:39:00,510 --> 00:39:02,239
You have the nerve to come here?

922
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:07,670
I can't enter

923
00:39:08,590 --> 00:39:09,710
Nanjing now.

924
00:39:11,590 --> 00:39:12,760
I don't know what kind of

925
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:13,280
vicious tactics

926
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,340
that old bastard will use against me.

927
00:39:16,510 --> 00:39:17,550
Did you just come to see

928
00:39:17,550 --> 00:39:18,679
if I'm still around?

929
00:39:20,230 --> 00:39:21,670
I've packed my bags,

930
00:39:23,070 --> 00:39:24,869
ready to go to Ningguta anytime.

931
00:39:26,190 --> 00:39:27,000
Isn't you going to Ningguta

932
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:28,000
a good thing?

933
00:39:29,110 --> 00:39:30,230
You should have stayed there

934
00:39:30,230 --> 00:39:31,150
to start with, no?

935
00:39:31,150 --> 00:39:33,079
Is something wrong with your head?

936
00:39:35,030 --> 00:39:36,280
Why did you do that?

937
00:39:37,199 --> 00:39:38,070
I can't help you now

938
00:39:38,070 --> 00:39:39,000
even if I want to, you know?

939
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,400
I don't need your help!

940
00:39:40,550 --> 00:39:42,150
You can't help me either!

941
00:39:43,710 --> 00:39:45,130
I'm just

942
00:39:45,230 --> 00:39:46,510
a useless, incompetent person,

943
00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:48,579
a child you all make fun of,

944
00:39:48,710 --> 00:39:50,170
a worm, a traitor—

945
00:39:50,230 --> 00:39:51,500
but so what?

946
00:39:52,070 --> 00:39:53,000
You should've just

947
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,920
rotted and died in Ningguta!

948
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,880
I've lost my entire family.

949
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:07,960
I have nowhere to go.

950
00:40:14,230 --> 00:40:16,000
After I'm gone,

951
00:40:17,110 --> 00:40:20,030
I hope you and Li Qin
will be good brothers.

952
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:22,590
Take good care of him.

953
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,920
This kid is quite clever,

954
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,190
but he is too impulsive.

955
00:40:32,590 --> 00:40:34,400
If he gets into serious trouble,

956
00:40:35,150 --> 00:40:36,110
for the sake of

957
00:40:36,110 --> 00:40:38,570
how I helped you
solve your problems before,

958
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:40,079
please protect him.

959
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,710
Parents always plan

960
00:40:42,750 --> 00:40:44,409
for their children's future.

961
00:40:59,809 --> 00:41:02,170
{\an8}[Clear Rivers and Ringing Shrines]

962
00:41:11,730 --> 00:41:13,949
{\an8}[Righteous and Diligent]

963
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:17,460
Greetings,

964
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:19,639
Sir.

965
00:41:20,150 --> 00:41:21,190
There is no place left

966
00:41:21,190 --> 00:41:21,920
for you

967
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:23,230
in Liangjiang.

968
00:41:25,070 --> 00:41:25,670
I know.

969
00:41:26,630 --> 00:41:28,710
The Emperor and Empress Dowager
are furious.

970
00:41:28,659 --> 00:41:30,639
{\an8}[Righteous and Diligent]

971
00:41:29,110 --> 00:41:30,760
They're confiscating your property

972
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,150
and all your shops.

973
00:41:33,710 --> 00:41:34,230
Yes.

974
00:41:35,070 --> 00:41:36,659
You're still young.

975
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:38,909
Don't do such things

976
00:41:39,030 --> 00:41:40,190
out of spite.

977
00:41:40,250 --> 00:41:43,170
{\an8}[Righteous and Diligent]

978
00:41:40,550 --> 00:41:42,000
If you handle the salt matter

979
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,070
properly,

980
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:44,559
I'll protect you.

981
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:46,250
The Qing Dynasty

982
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:47,960
cannot afford such a scandal.

983
00:41:50,550 --> 00:41:51,780
What if I can't?

984
00:41:55,550 --> 00:41:57,480
If you die,

985
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:58,880
disappear,

986
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:00,400
and turn to ashes,

987
00:42:01,230 --> 00:42:02,719
I'll put those ashes

988
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:04,260
in a cannon shell

989
00:42:04,550 --> 00:42:06,960
and fire it into the sea.

990
00:42:08,710 --> 00:42:10,800
Let's see who can prove

991
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,440
those deals you've made.

992
00:42:19,489 --> 00:42:22,110
{\an8}[Clear Rivers and Ringing Shrines]

993
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,079
If I were afraid of these things,

994
00:42:27,510 --> 00:42:28,969
I wouldn't have come here.

995
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:30,320
Sir,

996
00:42:31,510 --> 00:42:32,639
before coming here,

997
00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:34,920
I've signed a contract
to transfer my shares

998
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:37,150
with the British Consulate.

999
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:41,889
If my personal safety

1000
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:42,940
is threatened,

1001
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:46,230
the warship on the Yangtze River

1002
00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:47,360
will not let you off.

1003
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:49,760
Don't believe me?

1004
00:42:51,230 --> 00:42:52,030
Just try it.

1005
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,889
You're determined to betray your country,

1006
00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:00,579
aren't you?