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You should...
come back to your family.
No.
The loyal soldiers are my family now.
That way.
Oh, my.
Have you lost your mind?
I am going to lose my mind from now on.
Bring it on!
Kill him!
Goodness.
What...
What happened?
Darn it.
What is that noise?
Oh, my.
Oh, no.
Goodness.
Before people storm in,
leave this house with your new family.
Yi Hyun.
You are...
not my family anymore.
What happened?
- Can you walk? - Yes.
Go on.
Run away right now!
Hang in there.
I am sure we can find a place to hide.
Beo Dul.
Get up. Hurry up and get up.
Do not follow us. We have nothing to offer.
We need to get out of here.
Hang in there. Come on.
My goodness.
Hey.
Get back up.
Come on.
I will deal with them.
You should get out of here with Beon Gae.
What do you take me for?
I promised to hunt the aristocrats together.
They are so persistent.
My goodness.
Gosh, I am completely out of energy.
Come on.
Go ahead and take my head.
Take my head.
Are you really...
the members of the loyal army?
What if we are?
We also want to fight.
Can you take us to General Nokdu?
- That is right. - Right.
Are you kidding me?
My gosh.
You could have told us that earlier!
My goodness.
Gosh, I am exhausted.
- Goodness, here we go - Goodness, here we go
- Beggar Chunchu is here - Beggar Chunchu is here
- Look at me, Soon Deok - Look at me, Soon Deok
- Listen to what I have to say - Listen to what I have to say
Why do you keep cleaning that? You are not even going to use it.
I told you not to clean it like that. Give it to me.
Give it to me.
Look at this. This right here...
needs to be nice and shiny.
Give me the brush.
No, the small one. That will not fit in here.
Here.
Make sure you keep it hidden.
We were just passing by.
It will be fine.
The bore should be dust-free.
(Bore: The inside of a gun barrel where the bullet gets fired)
Again!
- Yes, Master! - Yes, Master!
I cannot believe a woman is an army supplier.
(Army supplier: A merchant who sells weapons and provisions to an army)
Do the men in Jeolla Province have no guts?
Were you also at Hwangto-Hyun?
Yes, I was.
You must know the geography of Jeolla Province very well.
And since you have also met the Donghak members,
you could be our guide.
Excuse me for saying this,
but I am an army supplier who gets orders from the governor.
So please understand that I must quickly return...
to Jeonju.
How dare you defy me?
Please calm down.
We will do as you say.
Stop!
Mind your own business.
He is a friend of our temporary commander-in-chief.
What?
- Master Choi. - I am okay.
Do you recognize me?
I am the one...
who used to get scolded by you all the time...
during my days as an army recruit.
Seeing that you have become an official,
you must know how to clean your gun now.
Yes, I keep it nice and shiny.
Are you okay?
Goodness, of course. There is no need to worry.
I thought you would have at least become...
a leader of a gang somewhere in the mountains.
But you are just a mere peddler?
I have to say, I am not surprised at all.
It suits you very well.
I heard you came here as the temporary commander-in-chief.
(A temporarily appointed commander to suppress a war)
Congratulations.
Do you still think you were right?
Pardon?
When there was a rebellion in 1882,
you refused to suppress the rebel forces and resigned.
Lee Kyu Tae.
Do you remember what he said...
in front of all the soldiers back then?
He said he did not become a soldier...
to fight the people of his own country.
It was an act of rebel!
Just like the Donghak members that are no better than insects.
(Donghak member: A belittling term used to describe the Donghak followers)
Back then,
I was a fool.
I am repenting on my actions.
You cowardly punk.
You are an embarrassment to the Joseon army.
Take that brat with you and get out of my sight!
Okay.
I am back.
I am sorry.
I did not know he would treat you that way.
No, it is okay. What he said is correct.
If you ever come to Jeonju, please visit our hostel.
Master Choi and I would like to repay your kindness.
Kyu Tae.
Are you on your way to attack the Donghak members?
Yes.
I heard the provincial army is gathering more soldiers.
Should you not wait for them?
The province governor wanted us to wait,
but the temporary commander-in-chief wishes to quickly attack.
He is very loyal to the Queen.
He feels uneasy about leaving the capital city for too long.
You will regret it if you look down on the Donghak members.
He is pushing ahead because he trusts that we will win.
Look.
A machine gun?
(Hampyeong Government Office)
- This is great! - It is delicious!
You darn punk!
Do you think you are the only one who has a brother?
Do you think no one here has a brother or a family of their own?
I am sorry.
Return your knife and go back to being a spearman.
- What? - You are no longer a member...
of the detached force.
Please forgive me.
I will never do anything like this again.
Leave.
Gosh, come on. You should cut him some slack.
Yes, he is right.
He has been with us for a while now.
We cannot just kick him out. Right?
- Right. - Yes.
Do not get involved.
The general also gave his consent.
- Boss, I... - Leave.
- Boss. - Leave us immediately!
- My goodness. - Gosh, come on.
- I have something to say. - Come on.
Come on.
- Follow me. - We have something to talk.
- And we have so much to do. - Let us go.
Be careful.
What is this?
The detached force bought it.
What is this anyway?
This is not gun powder. What are we going to do with cotton?
Are we going to make clothes with this when summer comes?
We will fight against the Joseon army's machine guns with this.
I am sorry.
My brother is not usually like that.
Beon Gae made it.
I want you to stay alive so that I can torment you long.
Please thank him for me.
There is nothing to thank him for.
As you said, we are family now.
[VIU Ver] SBS E15 'The Nokdu Flower' "The Weapon To Defeat The Joseon Army" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
You two look much closer now.
Is that how you greet your general?
Here. Are you happy now?
Is it true that Seok Ju called off the wedding?
Yes.
If we win the battle,
you have to let me take care of him.
What are you going to do?
Kill him?
- Can I not? - No.
He ruined my little brother.
You lived in Gobu, so you must know Yi Hyun.
Even though I am a slave's child, he treated me as his older brother.
He told me to live like a decent human being.
When my mother was falsely accused,
he risked his life...
and escaped to the Seonun Temple to save her.
If you must kill,
kill someone powerful than Seok Ju.
That is the way to become a true loyal soldier.
Like what?
Well...
You will find out once you become a true loyal soldier.
The Donghak members who had passed out after taking narcotics...
suddenly woke up and attacked the people's army.
Meanwhile, the scholars who beat you up died last night.
You must suspect that I set a trap...
to take revenge.
- I am disappointed. - What?
Some people say forgiveness is the best revenge.
However, I know only two things.
One is revenge.
What is the other?
Even more thorough revenge.
I knew it was the Donghak members.
This looks different from the bullets Yi Hyun uses.
What is that called, a Mauser gun?
Yi Hyun comes from a middle class,
but he is an elegant young man.
I would never imagine he could kill someone.
Your wedding has been called off?
Why?
Why did he do that?
I knew this would happen when he delayed the wedding.
How could that jerk go back on his word now that we have nothing?
Does he still call himself an aristocrat?
It is all over now.
I have moved on. So should you.
Who says it is over?
What goes around comes around.
When the Joseon army wipes out the Donghak members,
our time will come again.
Wait and see.
The Joseon army led by Hong Gye Hoon...
has passed Gochang and already reached Yeonggwang.
South of that is Muan-Hyun and the sea.
We might get surrounded.
The Donghak members are marching north, from Hampyeong to Jangseong.
What?
They are heading for Jeonju Castle.
Who says they can?
We will head for Jangseong.
Soldiers, march!
(Disseminate the teachings around the world.)
(Jeongeub, Gochang, Yeonggwang)
(Hampyeong, Jangseong)
(Gunsan, Geumgu, Jeongeub)
(Gochang, Yeonggwang, Jangseong)
(Disseminate the teachings around the world.)
Oh, my. How are you doing?
Master, please give us some food.
We are starving.
Filthy.
- Drive them away! - Yes!
- Get lost! - Oh, no.
Please give us some food!
We are starving!
(Lunar April 23, 1894)
(Hwangryongchon, Jangseong, Jeolla Province)
Mount the cannons!
- Yes! - Yes!
Stay where you are...
until there is an order!
- Goodness! - Darn!
Stay!
Stay! Stay in position!
Stay!
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will!
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all!
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will!
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all!
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will!
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all!
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will!
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all!
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all!
What are you waiting for? Keep firing!
Charge!
Goodness, here we go
Beggar Chunchu is here
Look at me, Soon Deok
Listen to what I have to say
- Look at me, Soon Deok - Look at me, Soon Deok
- Listen to what I have to say - Listen to what I have to say
Your parents gave birth to you
My parents gave birth to me
They raised us with love and care
Built a house with three rooms
And had us study at school
- Goodness, - Goodness,
- Here we go - Retreat!
- Retreat! - Beggar Chunchu is here
- Beggar Chunchu is here - Beggar Chunchu is here
Have the machine guns ready!
- Yes, master. - Yes, master.
Smash them all!
General, they have caught the bait.
Attack!
You are all dead.
What? What are those?
Let us go!
Fire!
Hey!
Are you okay?
- To the left. - All right.
What are you waiting for? Come quick!
Retreat!
We have won, general!
(Jeonju Hostel)
- Lady Song. - You were safe, Lady Song.
Lady Song.
Are you okay?
You look so haggard.
You must have gone through a lot, keeping the hostel safe.
Do not say that.
Chief Peddler Song is here to see you.
Father.
You darn brat.
I am sorry.
Did you worry about me?
It is all right now that I have seen you safe.
You must be tired. Let us talk tomorrow.
Goodness, your daughter barely survived from dying.
You should take her inside, console her, and stuff.
Are you sulking?
I need to head for Jeolla Provincial Office.
Why there at this hour?
The Joseon army suffered a huge defeat in Jangseong.
Oh, no. I hope Kyu Tae is okay.
(Episode 16)
Goodness.
Did you earn all that money this time?
I guess so.
Come have a seat.
I am not sure if it is okay for me to stay here.
Doing this alone will not bring me any fun.
We can count money and talk about life together.
You just have to feel yourself at home like that.
I see.
Goodness.
You are good at it.
Do you not...
miss your son?
I miss him, but what can I do about it?
Actually... Was it around two weeks ago?
Before you were taken,
I got a letter from Yi Kang.
He said he was doing great with decent friends at a decent place.
That is good enough. I do not want anything more.
I am glad he is doing well.
Right.
You should have stayed in Jeonju.
Why did you bother coming to the battlefield?
Are you crazy about money?
You take from the soldiers who may die anytime.
You are a privileged merchant.
And I am certain that you gained that privilege...
through bribes.
You should be ashamed.
Please forgive me...
Lady Song.
My gosh.
Oh, dear...
Master Baek!
What is it?
All the local soldiers in Gobu...
must come to the government office.
- What? - Oh, dear. Yi Hyun.
Yi Hyun. Yi Hyun!
You should run away.
I am sure you can hide somewhere in Joseon.
Do not worry.
I will not be a lowly local soldier.
What are you doing?
I have a request.
I told Nam...
to find you a place to hide. Wait.
No.
Gather the meeting for the recommendation of new officials.
What?
I will become an official.
Are you out of your mind...
because your marriage is off?
I am sick of being a local soldier who just does as he is told.
I will become an official and serve the district magistrate.
We already decided that Hong Ga would take over from me.
He has vanished. I will...
succeed you.
Shut your mouth!
Join the local army!
I would rather bury you...
than make you an official.
Save my life...
You and Lord Hwang colluded?
During the first revolt, he told Lord Hwang...
where you were hiding.
That was his weakness.
Is Yi Hyun right?
Save my life.
Call the meeting.
No.
I cannot do that.
Please!
Admit to it already!
Admit to what?
To what?
Baek Yi Hyun who came first in the civil service exam.
Official Baek Yi Kang.
The Baek family you dreamed of has failed.
Completely.
We should go.
The official position replaces your army service.
Once you start, you cannot do anything for 10 years, okay?
- I know. - The government will not pay you.
If you do not want to starve,
you must line your pockets another way.
I know.
I am ready.
Oh, dear...
Darn this.
My dream was so big and brilliant.
I got blood on my face...
and acted a fool to make it.
So how did things end up like this?
We are stuck in the sewer...
and about to die.
Why is there not even a twig to cling to?
Father.
I am sorry.
Like you said,
I have failed.
Failure was only possible because you tried.
Now I will...
try again in my own way.
Okay.
Let us go.
Okay.
Yi Hyun. I was born...
in a dreadfully poor official's family.
I lived as an official my whole life.
But when I die,
I wish to die a minister's father.
An official?
Why did he become an official?
How would I know why?
But what is clear now is that he is a lowly man...
who has nothing more to do with you.
Get over your feelings for him,
and do not call him "master" anymore.
That is too harsh.
Were you always...
this cruel?
Do you know...
whom the person I resent the most is?
It must be Baek Ga.
That is why you did something so terrible.
Yes.
But now it is Hwang Seok Ju.
I resent myself.
I thought myself noble.
I believed I was true.
When Yi Hyun said I could change my mind,
I could not.
Why? Because I am a nobleman.
I am a nobleman who follows Confucius and Mencius' teachings.
The day I burned the gyosaengan with Yi Hyun's name,
(Gyosaengan: List of Confucian scholars)
The Hwang Seok Ju you knew...
died.
Seok Ju...
Did I do something wrong again?
Darn you.
You.
Return to the detached forces.
Boss.
I will make sure it never happens again.
It never happens again.
Just then, I looked back...
and saw our general surrounded by five Joseon soldiers.
- Oh, dear. - What then?
I yelled, "General!" and rushed toward him.
But those scumbags, they just shot at him.
Oh, dear.
But, you know, our general,
he is no human being.
- What? - Then what?
He is a reincarnation of the highest of deities.
- What? - No...
That is just nonsense.
It is the truth. I saw it with my own eyes.
- No way. - No way.
Dong Rok Dog.
Here.
You must be thirsty after all that talking.
Have some water.
Is it water?
It is water.
You should not drink so quickly.
I am back.
My gosh.
Our newest member.
- Welcome back, Baek. - Thanks.
- Baek! - What is it?
- Have some water. - I am fine.
- Go on. - It is water.
My gosh.
Kim.
What is the problem? Everyone else is drinking.
Give me some more.
Hey, come back.
I suddenly feel so thirsty.
Was it a drink?
Yes.
Our men lack discipline.
They would be excited.
You must come up with a solution.
General, you must come outside.
What is it?
The King sent the yuneum to console us.
(Yuneum: A letter to calm the people)
My gosh, will you go away?
Goodness.
[VIU Ver] SBS E16 'The Nokdu Flower' "A Message from The King" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
I am Honam Changeui Daejangso's...
Donghak leader Jeon Bong Jun.
Kneel.
"Listen carefully."
"I never spend a day in peace out of concern for my people."
"But my thoughtfulness does not seem to reach you,"
"and I have turned you into wandering refugees."
"It is so regrettable."
"I take pity on you,"
"so before issuing a penalty, I give you a chance to repent."
"Show remorse for your wrongdoings..."
"and return to your homes and take up your old jobs."
"If you continue to fight..."
"and do not disperse from this group,"
"I will have you punished for treason!"
- Treason? - What is it?
Scatter your men.
We did not gather to hear a message from the King.
We rose up to make sure he heard ours.
Tell the King this.
Until our demands are met,
we will not disperse.
What?
We have no intention of harming the King.
Tell him he can relax.
How dare you?
Are you going against the King's yuneum of peace?
Do you not know that is treason also?
Must I show you how powerful...
the King and his laws are?
If any of you miss your hometown...
or fear death, leave now.
For the world of Injeukcheon,
(Injeukcheon: An idea that claims that the people are the deities.)
if you are ready to become a traitor, remain!
The fake can leave...
and the real can stay!
If you must kill,
kill someone powerful than Seok Ju.
That is the way to become a true loyal soldier.
We need no yuneum from the King!
What we need is only...
that!
(Boguk anmin: Help the nation and save the people)
Long live our general.
Long live General Nokdu!
- Long live General Nokdu! - Long live General Nokdu!
- General Nokdu! - General Nokdu!
Let us go.
To Jeonju Castle!
- Go! - Go!
- Long live General Nokdu! - Long live General Nokdu!
- Go! - Fight!
- We shall fight! - Let us go!
Come on!
Let us go!
Let us go, let us go
Slowly, slowly
We cannot go if we are crippled
Let us go, let us go
Slowly, slowly
We cannot go if we are crippled
My goodness.
Governor.
The Donghak members...
My goodness. We must go!
Wait!
Take off his clothes!
Hurry up.
Make way!
I said, make way!
Move.
Move. I said, move!
- Honey. - Get him.
It is Kim Gae Nam.
Get him.
Grab him!
What are you doing?
It is said they have approached near Pungnam Gate.
I am a chief peddler. I am not leaving my turf.
This is not time to be stubborn.
The Donghak members are watching for a chance to get you.
You know that already.
Your father is also a father to the peddlers in Jeolla Province.
What kind of father abandons his house to save himself from robbers?
Master Choi.
What are you waiting for?
- I am sorry. - What...
Deok Ki.
Deok Ki, you punk.
What are you doing? Put me down.
You punk.
(The Donghak army arrived in Jeonju on April 27, 1894.)
- Hurrah for General Nokdu! - Hurrah for General Nokdu!
Hurrah for General Nokdu!
Yi Kang.
Mother.
Were you a Donghak member?
Gosh, this is upsetting.
I am the deputy commander of the loyal army.
Goodness.
Do not cry.
The good world will come now.
Did you want to see me?
I want you to head to Jeonju with local soldiers.
Take good care of Gobu while I am away.
Sure, do not worry about Gobu.
Darn it. I have piles of work to do...
in the government office.
Master Park, the official is here.
Let him in.
What brings you here?
People are very anxious...
with the news that Jeonju has fallen.
Of course. It makes me anxious too.
So why do you not...
protect the Gobu Government Office with other officials?
I will lead the local soldiers.
That is a good idea.
The rear has to be in peace...
for the soldiers in the front to fight at ease.
You have a point,
but I should not leave the army to an official for my face's sake.
Then...
what about Lord Hwang?
He is highly literate and venerable.
He also has experience in leading the people's army.
He should be a perfect commander to stand in for you.
If he is willing to step forward, I will be glad to have him stand in.
He always has taught me...
to sacrifice my life for this nation and the court.
He is never the type of person...
who would seek for his own safety at times of crisis.
What do you say, Lord Hwang?
I will do so.
That is great.
Thank you, Lord Hwang.
No problem.
You will end up paying for what you have done.
Lord Hwang.
I will serve you with all my might.
I know only two things.
One is revenge.
Even more thorough revenge.
(The Nokdu Flower)
What are you going to do, Yi Hyun?
He might go as two and come back alone.
Please forgive my brother.
I respected him too much to forgive him.
Jeolla Province's Peddlers' Inn is dismissed as of today.
Jeon Bong Jun underestimated us, the peddlers.
He will have to pay for it.
It is the war that is shameful, not me.
We will attack in the morning.
Attack!