All language subtitles for The Great Merchant E06

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Did Yoha put you up to this?

Give me death, sir!

Sure, I'll give you death.
Take him.

Huh?
Foreman, no! Spare me!

Come with me,

- Sir!
- if you don't want to die.

Don't kill me! Sir!

Your somersault was a little weak today.

Why? Afraid of making an
impression on the new magistrate?

Do it right.

So I don't look bad as
the sponsor of this event.

That's why I made up for it at the end.

This is the perfume pouch I gave
to Byeo Lim.

Wait.

What's this?

I--I'm just taking out some rotten fish.

Byeo Lim Byeo Lim...!

Open your eyes!
Byeo Lim!

This is rotten fish?

Remove the body at once!

I hope Byeo Lim's lesson
has taught you something.

Refusing the chignon means
death for gisaengs.

What is a chignon?

What is your idea of a chignon?

I was taught that putting your hair up in a
chignon signifies giving yourself to the man

you love, and that it is the most glorious
and beautiful moment in a gisaeng's life.

Am I wrong?

Go on.

But you and the assistant magistrate

chose for her a man she's never met

when you knew she is
in love with someone else.

Did she deserve to be beaten to death for

preserving her virginity for the man
she loves?

Love is a luxury gisaengs cannot afford.

Duty comes first for government gisaengs.

And you're bound by law to give
your virginity as ordered by the state.

Assistant Magistrate!

I was just about to call
you, but here you are.

Why did you kill Byeo Lim?

She died paying for defying the order
of the state. How dare you accost me!

Forget about the girl and just do a good
job serving the new magistrate tonight.

Consider it an honor having your
hair pinned up by a high official.

What?

Byeo Lim is dead and you want
me to serve a man in bed?

Do you have a death wish as well?

Hong, was it?

I'll never forget her incredible riding skills.

Not only is she talented but her
beauty is unsurpassed in Jeju.

It's Hong.

What is the meaning of
this mourning garb?

My lord, even animals
grieve when they're in pain.

As a human being, I should be
granted time to mourn a friend's death.

Servants!

Get this wench out of here at once!

If you have time for this,

you should practice your performing
arts and work on your faces.

Chastity means nothing to gisaengs.

If you're not going to join us, leave.

What is the meaning of this?

What in heaven's name is this?
What is the point you are trying to make?

We seek postponement of Hong's chignon

event until the 49 day mourning
period is over.

We will not move an inch from
here until our wish is granted!

Very well. Do as you wish.

Hong.

Byeo Lim is dead.

This is the least I can do.

Please don't kill me, sir!

West Gate Market Brokers, Jeju Island

Don't kill me... Please...

You tried to break my toy, so you
have to play with me instead.

Why? Aren't you having fun?

Foreman.

This better be something important.

I don't hate you enough to shoot you.

It's about Hong.

What about her?

Who did this to her?
You?

She did this to herself.

It's your duty as government
gisaengs to serve the officials.

I can put all of you in prison for this!

A departed friend's spirit is still among us.

How could we sell our
smile and serve drinks?

I shall fulfill my duty when it is due,
so please allow me time to grieve.

You are a stubborn girl.

But your friendship is as laudable as your
equestrian skills, so I will grant your request.

Move!

Do you remember
how we used to stand

here and imagine Granny getting off
that ship?

That was seven years ago.

I think that's what helped us get us
through it.

Don't do anything to upset
the assistant magistrate again.

If anything should happen to you...

I don't want to talk about that man.

Let it go, Mother.

Oh, the things I have to put up with!

Did you argue again?

Madam Bae's trinket is missing and
she's accusing my mother of taking it!

Talk about bad luck...
Don't accept work from the Bae's again!

Huh?

We can go to Hong and ask for
cleaning work at the gisaeng school.

Who are you?

I heard that the new
magistrate likes to ride horses.

I will go and meet him.
Take that away.

Sir, it wouldn't hurt to take a gift.

I told you that I will ask for his fairness in
dealing with tribute products to the King.

Senior Foreman.

What is it?

This woman insisted on seeing you.

Have I changed so much
that you don't recognize me?

Madam...!

Here's the rice you asked for.

What do you want with a woman who
sold off her own daughter to be a gisaeng?

-I'll leave now.
-Okay.

Mother, doesn't Hong have
a heart of an angel?

Oh, you rotten boy!

This woman will be doing
maid service for us from now on.

But I am in charge of maid service!

It's Senior Foreman's order,
so just do as you're told.

I'll earn my keep, so
just give me work to do.

Oh boy!

That wench...

She makes her mother look bad
even after she's dead and gone...

I heard you. You can go.

I have to go diving for more abalones

if I'm going to pay my tribute.

Wait.

Byeo Lim left this for you.

She's been saving her
money so you could have it.

That foolish girl...

I just wanted her to take care of herself....

I never asked her to worry about me.

Byeo Lim...

We're going to bury her
in the public cemetery.

You took all the abalones

I picked just a few days ago!

Why are you here again?

That was interest on your back tribute-in-kind

and we're here for this month's.

There they are.

How are we supposed to live if

you take everything we have?

Don't do this. Don't do this!

Please don't do this!

How are we supposed to live?

Did you get it?

I had to lie to get it.
I have to put it back soon.

They take more than 8,000
abalones from the divers.

That means they get more than

80,000 just from the village.

I doubt that all of them end up
at the palace.

Look. Only 60,000 abalones
get sent to Hanyang.

Then where's the remaining 20,000?

An investigation of the clerk in the
taxation office should reveal that answer.

Hong, you're putting yourself in danger.

Byeo Lim was the only friend who ever
looked after me in the gisaeng school.

I would not have made it
through if it weren't for her.

Still this is too dangerous.

She was always worried about her mother.

I have to do something to ease her
mother's burden so she could rest in peace.

Help me.
You will, won't you?

"80,000 abalones delivered to West Gate
Market Brokers for preparation."

And they got back...

"30,000 dried abalones..."

"20,000 sliced and dried abalones..."

"10,000 flattened and dried abalones..."

Then the remaining

20,000 abalones went to...

West Gate Market Brokers?

Who's there?

What were you doing here?

I came to find something
that belongs to Byeo Lim.

We were playing by the pond a few days ago,
and she had lost this perfume pouch.

Is there a problem, sir?

Unlicensed Market in Hanyang

My lord!

They're half the price you'd
pay at the marketplace.

Do you have a resale license?

Pardon?

These are unlicensed vendors!
Arrest them!

Get her!

Stop!

Captain?

She's an illegal vendor.
Take her.

Yes, sir.

One bowl for one nyang!
Three bowls for two!

The more you buy, the more you save!

Step right up, folks!

Get your delicious rice!

Didn't you say you were going to help?

Rice... Buy rice.

You won't even attract an ant
with that voice.

Sir, it's tonight.

Did you find our where?

Your attention, gentlemen.

The lucky winner of the bid for this
product is Park Gil Sang of Samgae Port!

I am Park Gil Sang.

Congratulations.

You're a lucky man, buddy, a lucky man.

Yes, I am.

Since I busted the secret ring
that trades Royal tributes.

Men!

Freeze!

They confiscated all of
the precious abalone?

Do you know how much that's worth?

Who was it?
Kim Eung Ryeol again?

I'm sorry, sir...

The list of state officials in Jeju and

the recent tribute goods delivery log
you asked for, sir.

They have a newly appointed magistrate,
and assistant magistrate is Choi Nam Gu.

Choi Nam Gu? He's got close
ties with Jeong Dong.

And the man that has
Jeong Dong covering his back...

is none other than Kang Kye Man.

Daebang can take care of this himself.
Must I get involved in these petty matters?

It was none other than your son that busted
the abalone trading operation that's been

active for years without any trouble.

If the Commerce Control Bureau comes
down on us, it's a matter of time before

Young Lord Hong Soo finds out
about your relationship with us.

I'll get Hong Soo to leave the Bureau.

You don't know your own son, my lord.

Do you really think he will leave the
Bureau just because you tell him to?

That will make him dig even harder.

You must stop
the Commerce Control Bureau.

That's the only way to
ensure peace for us all.

How did it go?

Have I ever failed at anything?

By the way, Uncle, the favor I asked you
to do for me regarding Madam Gang...

Don't worry. She's probably boiling mad
and looking all over for you right now.

What brings you here, madam?

You wench! You know
exactly what brings me here!

You scheming little wench!

You suck up to me like you're on my
side and you steal my husband?

How did you do it?

What did you say to seduce
my husband with your guileful tongue!

You dirty scum! How could push your
young niece to an old master's bed?

What did you gain in return?

What is this commotion?

Husband!

Husband, you can't leave me! I'm the one
who's been with you through thick and thin!

You can't do this, husband!

Jealousy has blinded you to the truth.

You should've been thrown out years
ago for failing to produce an offspring.

Get this woman out of
this house at once!

Husband, you can't do this!
Husband!

You wench!

Husband! Husband!

Do you have definitive proof that these
abalones are tribute goods from Jeju?

Perhaps we should give the
Bureau a change to secure that proof.

If tribute goods are being traded
in the black market,

the local people must be suffering
a great burden.

We can't prosecute the innocent

based on the Bureau's conjecture.

We cannot overlook
the crooks who embezzle

tribute goods that the people work
so hard for.

You saw the Minister of Justice's reaction.

It could hurt you if you're not careful.

But I cannot turn a blind eye.

I'm planning to go to Jeju myself.

Personally?

Yes, sir. West Gate Market Brokers
in Jeju is owned by Kang Kye Man,

and Jeong Dong's associate Choi
Nam Gu is the assistant magistrate of Jeju.

I'm certain I can find the proof
we need to crack the case in Jeju.

Minister of Justice was supposed to stop
the investigation. How did this happen?

He couldn't have
foreseen Kim Eung Ryeol

would volunteer to go all the way to
Jeju himself.

Kim Eung Ryeol, Kim Eung Ryeol!
He is always getting in our way!

Shall I alert our people in Jeju at once?

First we need to buy time.

You must slow Kim Eung Ryeol down.

How?

It's a long, rough road to Jeju.

And accidents happen
when you're traveling.

I will see you off at the docks.

No, I'll go alone, Captain Jeong.
You should get back.

Well then...

Sir! Sir!

Let's go!

Sir!

Sir! Sir!

How did you...?

I'll explain later.
Let's get you out of here.

Should we go after them
and finish them off?

Idiot.
Don't you know who that is?

Go to Daebang and tell him
that we bought some time.

I'm going straight to Jeju from here.

This is an attempt to stop
you from going to Jeju.

There's got to be something there.

I will go to Jeju instead, sir.

You?

Did Kim Eung Ryeol order you to go
on this dangerous trip to Jeju instead?

I volunteered.

Volunteered?

Do you want to get hurt like Kim
Eung Ryeol pursuing this investigation?

He was attacked by mountain bandits.

Why do you speak as if his injury
is connected to our investigation?

I will see you when I return.

Madam is waiting for you.

Hong Soo, what is this I am hearing?

Hong Soo, Lord Yi is sending his daughter's
birth facts for your marriage with her.

You cannot go on a trip right now.

Mother, I can't postpone the matter
of the state for a personal business.

You're heartless...

Do you think I don't know that
you and your father are fighting?

Isn't that why you're going to Jeju?

No, you can't. I won't send my precious
son to that island of exile so far away...!

Madam, please don't worry.

We operate a coastal trade broker
agency there,

and it's not as dangerous
as you might think.

So cast off any negative thoughts.

I hope she's not hurt.

- Out of my way!
- This way.

What are you looking at?
Get out of here! Shoo!

I don't think she'll ever be able to
walk again.

Ten different doctors came by,
but they all say she's lucky to be alive.

Let's go.

Do you want Jung Hong Soo that badly?

I'm yours, my lord.
How could I want any other man?

But...

But?

But I just thought the future
daughter-in-law of Minister Jeong Dong

should be someone that we approve of.

And what made you think this?

Entire Hanyang knows that your relationship
with Minister Jeong has turned cold.

We have to take steps to be prepared.

Is that why you took steps with Lord Kim's
daughter that Jung Hong Soo was engaged

in marital talks with
and made her commit suicide?

Be careful. Or you'll get caught.

It's a risk worth taking for you, my lord.

If Minister Jeong should establish marital
ties with a man of great wealth like Lord Yi,

you and I are sure to
become useless to him.

Scheming wench.

I'm cold.

Won't you come in....

and help me with my bath?

West Gate Market Brokers, Jeju Island

We've stopped the investigator
that was coming to Jeju for now.

Then that's settled.

Sir, this is a matter not to be taken lightly.

Steward Oh is right.

If we tell the magistrate that an inspector
is coming, he'll want to audit the books

himself right away.

So you must cook the books
first and make sure no one talks.

Better yet, I'll handle it myself
so there are no mistakes.

Are you slighting me because
I've been cast out by my father?

No, sir.
Of course not.

Of course not.

Assistant Magistrate will take care
of the inspector. Don't worry about it.

It's that girl Hong that I'm worried about.

She's just a young gisaeng.
She can do no harm.

I know how you feel about her,

but if she does something
stupid, I won't have a choice.

This is a matter of life and death
for the West Gate Market Brokers.

There are no heated stone floors in Jeju.

Because if divers enter a heated room,

their skin will crack and blister
and make them ill.

So even in the freezing winter,
they sleep on cold floors.

Tributes-in-kind paid to the King by
these people who live such hard lives

are being misappropriated by a group of
men who use them to fill their own pockets.

Don't let her meddle in
divers' affairs anymore.

But Hong is so stubborn...

Perhaps you can put her hair up instead.

Then no one will be able to harm her.

Sissy! We're in trouble!

What's the fuss!

It's Hong.

She tried to send a letter to the Royal
court through a man going to Hanyang.

Luckily, Dong Joo found out
in time and snatched the letter,

but the assistant magistrate read it, and...

You dare petition to the King to
investigate the local government?

If you're innocent, this
shouldn't bother you.

Why are you so concerned, sir?

Silence!

Sir, she wrote that letter without thinking
in grief of losing a dear friend.

I will teach her a lesson
she won't soon forget.

Her mind is elsewhere when she
should be focused on her duty.

49 days of mourning for Byeo Lim are now over.
Put your hair up as it was scheduled.

Are you prepared? It'll be in two days.

She will be ready. Rest assured.

Please postpone it for me.

Child, don't you understand?

Assistant Magistrate is
counting on your refusal.

He'd like nothing more than to kill you
like he killed Byeo Lim and silence you.

Give us a few minutes alone.
I'll have a talk with her.

So this is punishment.

A lowly gisaeng went over her head and
caused a stir, so I'm getting punished.

I can protect you, but Assistant Magistrate
Choi will go after your mother as well.

Are you that repulsed by the idea?

I'm just angry that I can't make
my own decisions about my own life.

I also wanted to wait until
you are ready and willing.

I just wanted to be around you
until then...

But judging by Assistant
Magistrate Choi's reaction,

it doesn't look like we can
postpone the chignon ceremony.

Couldn't you... just think
of this as a favor for me?

Hong! Hong!

Leave. Run away from here.

I ran away from Hanyang to Jeju.

Where would I go this time?

Jeju may be a small island, but
there's got to be a place you can hide.

I'll help you.

Dong Ah, I don't want that.

I don't want anyone else
getting hurt because of me.

Granny is dead,
and all of the children from

the training center were separated
because of me.

Now Mother is in trouble because of me.
How could I run away again?

Mistress!

Who is this?

She says she was sent to work
here from East Gate Brokers.

Yes, Foreman Go had mentioned it.

Give her work to do.

Yes, ma'am.

To a gisaeng, the man that gives
her a chignon is like her husband.

If you have your hair
pinned up by Foreman Kang Yoo Ji,

ordinary men would not even
be able to approach you.

So this cannot hurt you.

What's more,

Foreman Kang is holding a grand chignon
ceremony for you complete with a boat ride.

Isn't that generous?

You must be Captain Jeong from Hanyang.

I am the clerk of the Jeju Taxation office, sir.

I see.

Shall we go?

Captain,
what brings you all the way to Jeju?

I'm here on Commerce
Control Bureau business.

How about you?

Why, I'm here on trading
business, of course.

Well, I wish you luck with
whatever you are here to do, sir.

Let us hurry.

Yes.

Who does this room belong to?

The gisaeng that's having
the chignon ceremony today.

How lucky she is!

She's getting her hair put up
by the richest man in Jeju!

What's her name?

Her name is Hong.

Hong? Did she by chance come to

the island about seven years ago?

Yes.

She was a complete bum
when she first came here.

But now she will be the envy

of all women on this island!

Wait. How did you know?

Why are all those people
escorting that palanquin?

They're taking the top gisaeng
of Jeju to her chignon ceremony.

Why the extravagance for a
gisaeng's chignon ceremony?

That's because the richest man in Jeju,
Foreman Kang of West Gate Brokers,

is the one who is doing her the honor.

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We've uncovered a secret operation in
Hanyang trading tributes goods from Jeju.

My business in Hanyang is in jeopardy
because of the problem in Jeju.

West Gate Market Brokers?
That's Kang Kye Man's...

Do you know my father?

Who are you?

If Kang Kye Man is killed,
everything will go up in smoke.

I heard the inspector is
Minister of Justice's son.

There's a girl I want you to meet.

This is Inspector Jung Hong Soo.

How did this happen?
How did you become a gisaeng?

So you made her a gisaeng

for the price of saving her life?

The diver that old woman was
looking for is Eun Hong.

Who is my mother?

You know who she is,
don't you?