The Merchant: Gaekju 2015 (장사의 신 - 객주 2015)

Episode 36

Merchant Elder.

Your skills are quite good.

You really raided the rice taxes quite well in Yangpyeong.

Did you think that you perfectly deceived me?

Please spare us, My Lord!

Merchant Elder.

Royal Chief Secretariat,

the collected rice is the tax the people paid.

Outside of the capital, there are too many people dying from starvation.

I have no interest in the 3,000 sacks of the rice taxes.

That's something my uncle and the Great Head Merchant should take responsibility for.

Then, what is the reason you called for me?

200,000 merchants.

You want to have our peddler guild under your control?

As soon as you become the Head of the peddler guild,

you must restructure the peddler guild and bring it under my jurisdiction

Yes, I'm sorry.

What are people like you, who do politics,

- going to do with lowly merchants like us beneath your feet?-Ah, ah, ah.

I'm sure it isn't an easy decision.

This is a matter where your life and the

lives of your stable family members who raided the rice taxes together with you are on the line so think carefully.

While I play this round of Baduk, think about it well.

The Royal Chief Secretariat, Min Yeong Ik, took him.

Even if he

caught on to the rice taxes incident by a bit, Merchant Cheon's head will fly off.

Hurry, we have to hurry even more!

Yes, Mother.

Now, shall I hear your answer?

Lord, why do you want to have the peddler guild

under your feet

what is that reason?

When the grandfather was founding Joseon Dynasty

do you know how many soldiers were under him?

50,000.

Do you know the population of Hanyang?

approximately 190,000

Then,

how many merchants are there who have registered their merchant IDs in the 8 provinces?

My 200,000 merchant comrades-

That's right. It's the power of people.

Now, I will need to use you people for the affairs of this country.

What do you think? Will you come under my supervision?

Will you become my left hand?

My Lord!

Us, merchants, have endured for a thousand years!

If we involve ourselves in politics,

existence of our peddler guild will become difficult. My Lord

I will ask you one more time.

Will you become my subordinate?

My Lord.

What is it?

The Guksadang Shrine Highness is here.

I'm with important guests to tell her to return on a bright day.

Yes.

What?!

Your Highness-

If it's 3,000 sacks of rice taxes,

then it's a crime worthy enough to be compared to treason.

Do I really have to hand you

and all of your stable family members to the Investigation Bureau together?

You bastard! Why are you not answering?!

I'm sure I told you we should meet tomorrow since I have something important going on right now.

The prayer for the Crown Prince's well-being starts tomorrow.

The Queen Majesty has asked me to discuss the procedures with the Royal Chief Secretariat

so what could be more urgent than this?

Sit.

You've managed to keep your life thanks to the Guksadang Shrine Highness.

I'll give you a few days to ponder on this to think about this matter carefully again.

You... what's your name?

Sun Dol.

Is there something you want to say to me?

Although there are many people next to Merchant Cheon,

if he needs only one person, then that's me.

Ah, is that it?

Who will be able to block the Royal Chief Secretariat? You?

Or the stable family members? Who?

Merchant Cheon doesn't need you,

he needs me.

Let's leave now.

Why can't you sleep properly? Huh?

Did Gae Ddong say something to you after she took you outside?

Why?

She asked you to block me from taking the Head of the peddler guild position?

Or did she tell me to go under the Royal Chief Secretariat?

You... don't talk about sister-in-law at all these days.

It's because I'm apologetic.

I'm like that because I'm just so apologetic to Yu Su's mother and I have no words.

Until I make Gil So Gae pay for his crime

and relieve the injustice that Yu Su's mother is feeling,

I'm apologetic and have nothing to say for myself.

Are you certain that Gil So Gae is the culprit?

If it's not him, then who could it be?

That's right. If some kind of evidence appears, we'll naturally get to know.

What are you going to do about that? With your personality, there's no way you would go under the Royal Chief Secretariat.

Don't you think it would be better to let go of the Chief of peddler guild position?

I have to think about it. It's not an easy answer.

Our 200,000 merchant comrades.

Furthermore, it's a big problem in which life of

Joseon people's depend on it.

Your Highness! Your Highness!

Your Royal Queen!

Mother...

What's wrong?

Did you have a dream?

To see Her Highness,

I was entering Kyungbok Palace Myungchoon Hall...

But a cat the size of a calf

was chasing a school of mice.

But those mice suddenly turned around and attacked the cat

and in the end, they bit the cat to death.

My goodness. Why such a dream?

It's very ominous and just terrible.

By the looks of things, I think there's going to be a big uproar.

A really big uproar.

[Kyungi Province Peddler Guild Provincial Headquarter}

This isn't something to decide alone

So I'm asking everyone. Please take a decision.

If I become the Chief of the peddler guild, this peddler guild and

Our 200,000 comrades will be extremely tormented and

could have a hard time.

Look at our current state!

The Provincial headquarter of peddler guild could fall apart if a tiny thing goes wrong.

Merchant Cheon, who else could head this provincial headquarter of peddler guild?

Merchant Elder! Merchant Elder!

Merchant Elder.

Why? What's wrong?

There's a huge uproar. Right now, the capital city has been turned upside down!

The Japanese ships have entered with arms again?

Is it war by chance?

The old reserved soldiers has started a revolt!

What? You mean those trained soldiers from the bureau?

A while back, Moo Hee Hyung's affiliated soldiers received rice as pay, but half of the rice

still contained kernels and hull. In other words, it wasn't properly processed for consumption.

Therefore, there was a huge chaos. Don't you remember?

Is that the reason for the soldiers to cause an uproar?

They say... "A nation will be completely destroyed and be in ruins, if the soldiers start a revolution!"

It all started when the leaders of the revolt was thrown in the county jail, and possibly condemned to their death.

Which resulted in an all out pandemonium among the 300 soldiers.

To make matters worse, 10,000 civilians are also participating in this mayhem.

Oh my, oh my, oh my.

It it takes a turn for the worse, this nation can completely turn upside down.

Merchant Cheon, let's hurry and return to the stable.

Bang Dae's eldest brother and Mak Bong's uncle

are also the fellow soldiers who belong to the bureaucrat. You know...?

Gom Bae as well, everyone is so worked up, there's a huge fuss!

Today, I'll take my leave first.

Let's go.

Makbong! Gom Bae!

Teacher Bong, why are you coming now?

What about Gom Bae and the others?

They have already crossed the river along with sticks/bats as their weapons.

Our fellow comrades from Pae Ryung also took off to the capital (Do Seong).

Then, let's hurry and cross the river. Let's go!

Wait! Aigoo! Not to mention it's a bloody, chaotic mess.

Why are you asking us to walk into a mess?

We've got to bring back Gom Bae, Makbong, Bang Bae and our comrades! Now,

Come on. Let's go! Hurry!

This way!

It's that way!

This way!

There's trouble.

What do you mean? What trouble?

With their guns, Moo Hee Hyung's Sector soldiers

are all rushing towards the palace, more specifically towards the Sunhyecheong... Tax Collection office!

What's that?

A soldier who came to our shrine to pray was holding this.

Everyone listed here will be killed.

The hit list

Min Gyeom Ho

Min Gyeom Ho

Min Gyeom Ho.

Min Hyung Hee.

Min Hyung Mok.

Kim Bo Hyun

Kim Bo Hyun.

Gil So Gae

Gil So Gae.

Let's go to the palace.

You can't, Mother! If you get wrapped up in this mess, you'll be in big trouble!

We must take refuge. You can die in this mess, Mother!

Mother!

Kill Min Gyeom Ho!

The one who conspired to have the former Great Merchant Elder...

Aigoo!

How did this? Goodness.

Here... Hey, there, anyone...

Look, here!

You have to flee quickly, My Lord.

If you get caught by them, you'll all be killed. All of you.

No, wait... What about the Sun-hye-cheong... Tax Collection office's national guards?

I'm not sure. Anyhow, the angry rioters are beating them to death! Where the guards are being blindly attacked and outnumbered.

If you don't want to die here, you must quickly flee, My Lord!

What shall we do! What to do?

This is just my bad luck! Jeez! (Sun-hye-cheong... Tax Collection office)

Out of all the days, why the heck did I decide to come by the Dept. of IRS today?

What should I do? Tell me.

For now, each of you take care that you flee from this place.

They already saw and shed the blood of others, therefore they have no fear and they'll force their way in to stab, beat and kill us all!