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You are doing a great job.
Your thought is admirable.
I am honored that you think of it that way.
Without the people buying items, there would be no merchants.
As a merchant, helping them in hard times
is just a sales gimmick.
She is so modest about her own good deed.
Seorin merchant group is the biggest merchant group in Hanyang.
But, one tenth of their profits always goes back to the public.
The group is wholly different from those who only care about money.
I am thankful that you care for the peasants so much.
They say, these days the people's lives are rough, so the king is much worried about it, too.
The reason why the people's lives have become difficult is not only because of the year of bad harvest.
Because of the the traditional 4 classes of society,
treating trades and business that can be more profitable than farming contemptuously
is the problem.
I also realized about the problem while I stayed in Qing
So, I was also unsatisfied about the fact that there are not active trades with Qing.
Look at Dejima Island of Japan.
Many products from the west are being traded there.
The transactions made in that small island, Dejima, is more than ten folds of the profits made at the rest of the whole country.
If we open our port to foreign countries, there is no reason why our Chosun can't do the same.
It makes sense somewhat,
but imprudently opening the port to foreign countries cannot be a solution.
If we open the port in a defenless state, Chosun may rather be invaded by foreign powers.
My lady, would you like some water?
Are you,
going to stay here all night?
Of course.
It's the madam's order.
By the way, is the ocean so huge that we can't see the end of it?
Of Course!
At the end, the ocean meets the sky.
It is extremely immense.
Just by looking at it, I could feel suffocated.
Why do you feel suffocated?
Just by looking at it, I would feel refreshed.
I heard that there are so many different types of fish under the sea.
Sea cucumbers,
sea squirts,
abalones,
clams...
Clams are everywhere, but they're not considered valuable.
Ah, my lady!
I need to go to the washroom.
When I come back, I will tell you about how whales dance.
Whales dance?
Yes, whales do.
Stay here still, okay?
Yes.
Whales dance?!
If I go this way, I will be able to find William.
What the heck are you doing now?
Are you going to continuously disappoint me ?
Let go of me.
What more can I do for you to make you listen to me?
Stop being foolish.
Who are you to lock me up?
Did I ask for food?
Did I ask for rice cakes?!
Let's go back.
Please let go of me!
We'll all die!
You, William, and I will die!
If you want to go that much, go ahead.
Why did we do wrong?
Am I guilty of being born as a commoner?
Is it wrong to a face that looks little different?
I.. don't like being at your home either.
Why do they try to manipulate me as they like?!
If it wasn't for you, exile... If it wasn't for you...
I would have left here with William.
Why did you appear in front of me
and ruin my life?! why?!
I.... hate you..exile.
With the daughter of the prime minister, Hong *** Hyun,
I'll get married.
What did you just say?
I will get married to her.
Gyu...
My son, Gyu!
Really?
You really make me...
Instead,
there is a condition.
What the heck?
It seems like there are more people than fish in Hanyang.
What are you staring at?!
Is this a house? It looks even larger than Jeju Provincial Office.
Then, am I going to be the mistress of this house from now on?
-Excuse me. -Hey!
You radish leg!
Judging by you acting frivolously, you must be his servant. Is Beo Jin inside?
You can't go in there!
With only one troublemaker, Beo Jin,
my young master is having a hard time already.
Why did come here instead of diving in Jeju?
Oh!
The person who sent money for travelling expenses on a sudden must know.
But, how would I know?!
Stop talking nonsense and move aside!
Beo Jin!
Beo Jin!!
Jang Beo Jin!
Beo Jin! Come out now!
Beo JIn!
Beo Jin!
Jang Beo Jin!
Jang Beo JIn!
Beo Jin!
Beo Jin!
What's all this about?
Oh, madam!
These are...
Mom!
Are you really my mom?
Mom!
Mom?
Why you little!
Did you think you could escape by going to Hanyang?
The thing is, I didn't mean to come all the way to Hanyang...
Things went wrong...
What is this expensive attire you're wearing?
What's the point of wearing expensive clothes?
She's still ugly.
These clothes look good only on a beauty like me.
Of course, of course.
Then, you are...?
You are..
Beo Jin's mother?
That's right.
I heard clearly heard she's from the family of the chief diver.
You are right! She is.
Don't you know the best diver of Sanbang village, the chief diver?
Diver?
Well,
you wouldn't happen to not know the woman diving in sea, huh?
Catching abalone, picking up seaweed,
and fishing.
She is the best of the best, the chief diver!
What?
Abalone?
Seaweed?
Then, the chief diver means a commoner who dives in the sea?
Madam..
I thought something was weird.
How could that girl of low class...
Only if she weren't pregnant...
Pregnant? Pregnant?
No, no!
What's that?
Beo Jin, you finally made big trouble?!
No, no! It is never like that!
What do you mean by NO?
The thing is...
What do you mean "NO"?!
You misunderstood me!
I never said that out of my own mouth...
Then, what?!
Are you pregnant with his baby or not?!
Tell it to us straight!
The exile, I mean Mister Park Gyu...
He told me I have to tell you that I am pregnant
so that I don't get kicked out by you...
What's that?
What are you doing?
Get that impudent thing out of my sight now!
Kick those low class people out of my house, too!
Yes, madam!
Don't lay a hand on me, okay?!
I will walk out of here!
Nobles in Hanyang treat guests who came a long way like this?
I knew that nobles are quite outrageous.
Beo Jin!
Let's get out of this rotting house.
Rotting ?
Rotting?!
Kick them out of my house, NOW!
Yes.
That foxy girl...
Who could have imagined that she was staying at the royal secret inspector's house?
Ugly ones acts like an ***. Mister Park Gyu couldn't possible fall for her.
It would be different, if it was me though. Right, mom?
Mom, mom, I should seduce him this time.
Do it at once!
Mom.
Putting other things aside,
please don't tell me about going back.
I will do whatever it takes to stay here.
So, please, mom...
I haven't done anything after I came to Hanyang.
I can't go back like this, mom.
My lady.
It is a good chance to show your generous personality to Park Gyu.
This way please.
There are two rooms and some amenities. The yard is broad.
And there is even a wooden bench.
There is no house at this price in Hanyang.
What do you think? Do you like it?
Rooms are somewhat small.
Aigoo, aigoo, aigoo!
The storage room is so small!
No.
Please don't do this.
I'm okay.
Then, I will take this.
Thank you!
Good luck to you!
Thank you for helping us, but
I don't know if we can take it like this.
I know that there is nothing for free.
I heard you took care of Young Master Park Gyu in Jeju.
As his fiancee, who is about to get married to him...
Fiancee?
It is the least I can do,
So, don't feel that you owe me.
It must've been a hard journey, get some rest.
What in the...?
Young Master!
I asked them to come quietly....
Yet, they made such a commotion.
Do you know where they went?
Thank you for coming.
You must be busy, why did you bother to come here?
I will apologize for what happened in the afternoon on the behalf of my mother.
What's there for a nobleman like you need to apologize to commoners like us?
How are we, people of low class, different from pieces of luggage?
If you throw us away, we'll be thrrown away. If you abandone us, we'll be abandoned. That's our life.
Thank you for putting up with my Beo JIn.
I will pursuade her and take her back home, so, you will not need to worry any longer now.
That's not the reason I called you here.
Please don't misunderstand my intentions.
What's there to misunderstood here?
If I take Beo Jin back home, you'll feel comfortable.
Isn't that why you called me here?
Since she is so stubborn, it won't be esay.
But, she won't be able to stay in Hanyang for long.
From now on, I'll make sure she doesn't bother you.
So, you can return home now.
Try this!
What's the reason you're making all this food?
Try this hard when you dive!
Then, you could be as good as half of me!
Mom.
You taste it, too.
These are the kinds of food that I learned to cook in Hanyang.
Mom.
there are so many jobs I can do in Hanyang.
There are so many merchants,
performers,
and business agents.
Really...
I have so much I want to do.
Whether you work or beg, stay here as much as you can.
However, the instant you say you're tied, we'll go back to Tamna.
Do you understand me?
Mom...
Thank you.
That will never happen!
I'm really confident about it.
Baegogae Market, Hanyang
What kind of fish is this?
It's mackerel, mackerel!
Mackerel?
This is small mackerel and that is big mackerel.
Are you buying or not?
This may look like a big mackerel but it's really a garfish.
Garfish?
It does look like a mackerel,
but if you salt it and fry it, it's amazingly delicious!
The small one is not a smaller mackerel but a Jing Uh(short bodied mackerel).
Jing Uh?
Yes.
The fish are about to lay eggs, so it's really tasty now.
Which one do you want?
I'll take this Jing Uh, Jing Uh.
Me too!
Buy fish!
Buy some tasty fish!
Take care!
Come again!
If you are doing this for something, give it up.
It's not like that.
I just know a lot about fish.
How do I open a stall here?
If you want to do business here, go to Seorin merchant group.
Seorin merchant group?
Thank you.
If it weren't for you, I would've already left with William.
Why did you come before me
ruin my life?! Why!
Exile, I don't like you.
Beo Jin,
just wait a little more.
What is this? My thirst has been quenched!
It's a barley drink, barley drink!
Give us some too!
Okay, okay.
From tomorrow on, I'll give you 5 Nyangs for 1 barrel.
So bring me 3 barrels for now.
I'll take just 4 Nyangs for each barrel, so make it 5 barrels!
How about it?
Well,
okay then.
If you put it into this, the drink is portable!
You can drink it anywhere you go even while you are selling!
In a busy marketplace like this, it would sell great!
Just give me 1/10 Nyang for each.
Okay then, give me these, too.
Thank you so much!
What is the reason you want to see me?
I need some goods.
Nothing much really,
Guns, powder, bullets, etc. They are all easy to get.
A merchant group that trades overseas,
needs weapons?
You would know better than I do how East India Company grew its power.
You mean...
You are going to open the ports of Jeju using military force?
That kind of savage thing is not going to happen.
Until we need the military force...
If you want to get that many weapons, you have to pay for them.
As far as I know, Seorin merchant group cannot secure that much silver to pay for them.
Chosun has its own silver refining skills which was developed much earlier than Japan.
Of course, our merchant group knows the secret formula.
What do you think ?
Are you going to have a business deal with us?
This is a barley drink!
What?
What is this?
What are you doing?!
Get in line!
Are you there?!
Anyone there?!
Is this
where a girl named Jang Beo Jin lives?
Are you Jang Beo JIn?
Yes....
Are you supplying the barley drinks to the tarverns in the market?
Yes, that's me.
Please get ready and follow me.
The master of Seorin merchant group is looking for you.
Seorin merchant group?
Can I follow, too?
Here, come this way.
Here, here.
Hurry up!
Are they the ones?
Yes, sir.
Follow me.
Not you.
Then, where do I go?
You'll go to the beauty salon.
Beauty salon? What?
What do they do there?
You'll know when you get there.
With your face, you'll be useful.
Jeju?
You came a long distance.
I heard women from Jeju cannot get out easily. How did you come here?
I didn't like diving so I escaped on a boat secretly.
You are a very strong-willed young girl.
Well then,
a person who lives in bigger world gets more even if it's small.
It won't be different because you are a girl.
You're right,
Only when you go to bigger sea, you catch a king clam and...
What I'm saying is...
Why my mother brought me go the deep diving trip...
I think I know it now.
However,
setting a foot in Hanyang does not necessarily mean easy success.
It all depends on how live from now.
Here.
If you put the needle here, your nose becomes primmer.
And here.
If you stimulate here, it will release the wrinkles on your face.
If you use acupuncture on your face properly,
an ugly duckling like this can become a beautiful lady.
You say you are literate.
Although it's not perfect,
I can read and write.
Then, study the inventory over there closely,
and see if it matches the orders.
Yup!
Yes!
Why did they put somebody who is talented in sales
to the warehouse?
Excuse me?
Oh.
Never mind.
Park Gyu!
You came.
I'm going to do a play in front of the king.
He said if I bring him joy, I'll be rewarded.
Then, I'll go meet Beo Jin.
Whether His Highness will like it or not.
you never know.
Park Gyu.
Please give this to Beo Jin.
I'm asking of you, please give it to her.
What an interesting puppet!
Start the play immediately!
In a faraway land called Denmark, there was also a kind and wise king like in Chosun.
He had a beautiful wife, and a smart son named Hamlet.
The three of them lived quite peaceful. (in Jeju dialect)
No,
The three of them live quite peacefully. (In Hangyang dialect)
But one day,
the jealous brother, Claudius, who loved the queen quietly approached behind the king who was taking a nap.
He put poison into the king's ear.
Then he left the king to die.
Hamlet was suspected Claudius of the king's death.
2 months after the king died, Claudius became the new king.
Then, married the former King's wife, Hamlet's mother.
Oh the person who is weak!
You are called 'woman'.
Hamlet suffered so much.
Then, one night...
Lord.
Isn't this mocking His Highness?
Hush! Let's look listen to it a little bit more.
Father!
Father!
The snake who killed your father
is wearing a crown now.
Please avenge for me.
I will make sure to do it, father!
Father!
Father!
Oh, that's...
Oh, what is so good about being a king?
Why did he even kill his brother to be one?
To be or not to be,
that is the question!
Oh my!
How dare you!
You mocked the king.
Are you making fun of me now?
Your Highness, I haven't heard of this kind of outrageous story ever.
Please order the terribly guilty man to be arrested!
Since he mocked the royal family, he deserves to be put to death by dismemberment!
That's right, Your Highness.
Decapitate him immediately!
Your Highness, it is all my fault as I brought that uncivilized westerner here.
Please allow me to prosecute him personally.
You asked me to save his life only a while ago.
Instead,
make sure
you kill him.
Take him away.
Park Gyu! Park Gyu!
Park Gyu!!
Oh, Your Highness!! Your Highness!
So...
Is everything going all right?
It seems that heaven knows my will.
Since you, Lord always help us out, things are going great!
Is that right?
That's right!
How is it going with the marriage with the family of the prosecutor, Park Gyu?
Oh, my daughter
seemed to be liked by the lady of the family.
If two families become a family by this marriage,
all of the world will be under your command!
Do you mean all of the world?!
All of the world?
What happened to the westerner?
The westerner?
He will be prosecuted soon. Considering you are asking about the westerner,
you must have a plan to make use of him.
I can't keep up with you.
So..
Tell me what you want.
For our merchant group to do overseas trades,
no matter what,
knowledge of a westerner who knows a lot of the western world
can be quite useful.
So..
Help you to get the westerner work for your merchant group?
If it doesn't put too much burden on you,
can you help us?
Pick up the corpse of the westerner, I brought a doctor to check the corpse.
Huh?
What are you doing? Go check him.
Come on.
He's dead.
Pick up the corpse.
Where is the criminal?
Just now, his body was taken away.
What did you say?
What do you mean, the "body"?
He couldn't handle the beating and died.
Step aside.
I have to take a look at the westerner's body!
Sir!
The body has already been taken away.
Move aside!
What's going on?!
I have to look at the westerner's body!
What are you going to do with the body of the criminal?
Were you planning a burial for him?
This is my jurisdiction.
So stop causing a ruckus and back off!
Exile?
It's you, trouble maker.
Why did you drink so much?
What's wrong?
Nothing.
William is....
William is what?
William is..what?
Did something happen to him?
What is it?
Is he sick?
Is he hurt?!
Exile!
Please tell me! Did something happen to William?!
Stop playing games with me.
Young Master!
Are you awake?!
Why did you drink so much?
Drink some honey water.
I was so worried with all the sleep talking.
All night you were looking for Beo Jin.
William...
He is bought from the slave market.
Take care of this westerner for now.
How did this happen?
He was bought from the slave market, how would I know what happened?
William.
William.
Open your eyes.
Do you recognize me?
Beo Jin, right?
What happened to you?!
William.
Are you okay?!
William!
William.
I'm your master.
Isn't it strange that the tribute is here?
You can't tell anyone you saw me in the merchant group.
Exile was the one who tried to save you.
Park Gyu was the one who tried to kill me.
How dare you hit on Gyu!
Why do you take that kind of humiliation?!
I don't want to see your face anymore.