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18:29I'm not going to die.
18:32Run! Run!
18:36Run!
18:40Take over!
19:02Run!
19:15Were you frightened earlier?
19:18I was not.
19:21I was terrified the first time I left home.
19:26Vanessa was all I had ever known.
19:30Do you know how I persevered?
19:35Knowing just where our home was.
19:38And that I could always return to it.
19:47Do you see those stars now?
19:51The three sisters?
19:56The three sisters.
20:05If you are ever afraid,
20:09if ever you doubt your place in the world,
20:14follow the three sisters and they will lead you home.
20:23My only fear is that I might awaken in my death, destined to live a common life once again.
20:33The blood of an adventurer courses through your veins. I can see this.
20:44You will enjoy the greatest adventure of all.
20:48You will meet the richest, most powerful king on the face of this earth.
20:56The great Kublai Khan.
21:01The great Kublai Khan.
21:19I seek your counsel.
21:22Jing'am.
21:24You will one day sit here where I wasn't cousins who have traveled far.
21:28Why?
21:31Destroying the Song dynasty rebels is wise.
21:35But is it not wiser to let them remain in their walled city, paying us tribute?
21:40What does my vice-regent Yusuf say on this matter?
21:46Prince Jing'am is correct.
21:48Oh.
21:49North China already adores Lord Kublai.
21:52Let South China remain within their walled city.
21:56Treat the rebels as a cow that we draw milk from,
22:00rather than slaughtering the cow and receiving no milk.
22:05Or silk, in this case.
22:12The walled city of Shenyang guards the Yangtze River,
22:16and the Yangtze is the gateway to all China.
22:18You are the great Khan of Khans.
22:22You desire a unified China.
22:24Should be yours no matter the cost.
22:26The Minister of Finance speaks well.
22:29But this is a matter of security and defense,
22:32not coin and commerce.
22:40Little brother.
22:42Eric the Strong.
22:45How are things in Karakorum?
22:48Things in the old capital are just as our grandfather Chinggis would have them.
22:53But there are some in Karakorum who fear that our Khan is becoming too Chinese,
22:58too cultured in his ways.
23:02Lord Khan.
23:05May your western cousins from the house of Ogodeng speak.
23:11Does the great Khan desire to be emperor of Mongolia?
23:15Or emperor of China?
23:17No.
23:28Cousin Kaido.
23:31You forget the mandate grandfather was handed from heaven.
23:36To erase dividing lines from country to country.
23:40A mandate to spread our customs, our cultures, our very way of life,
23:47to every corner beneath the blue sky.
23:50Only one thing stood in his way, as it now stands in mine.
23:56Shenyang, the walled city.
23:59I have already sent troops into South China.
24:01They are amassing at this very moment.
24:03My spies tell me that in order to starve the rebels out,
24:08we must cut them off from the farming village of Wuchang.
24:11I am sending horse soldiers to that position.
24:15Jinggum.
24:17Blood of my blood will lead the assault on Wuchang.
24:21Jinggum.
24:22Educated in Chinese ways.
24:24Who better to lead an attack on the Chinese?
24:28Older brother,
24:30if this is a call to war,
24:32you will have my horse and bow.
24:34I will lead our golden horse down from the north,
24:37and into battle with my nephew.
24:40We will crush Wuchang,
24:42then take the walled city,
24:45and by the blood of Genghis,
24:48I will cut their leader's head off,
24:50and tie it to the man of my horse.
24:55Emperor of China.
24:58Emperor of Mongolia.
25:01I will be emperor of the world!
25:33Mother Chelsea.
25:34Empress Dalger.
25:37RISE.
25:40How may the Chancellor use your pain?
25:43Tell me the barbarians are no longer marching toward us.
25:48I will not lie. The Khan's troops advance.
25:51But upon the soul of our emperor, I promise, they will never succeed.
25:59Long live Song Empire.
26:12My mantis is great.
26:14Do you see, he faints inferiority to encourage his opponent's advance.
26:23I paid a visit to the emperor's mid-side.
26:25How is he?
26:27Quite unwell.
26:30His legacy will live on within these walls.
26:35It will be a sad day, but much more efficient once he's gone.
26:39No more mixed messages from an old king to his people.
26:42I will give all orders, and all orders will be followed.
26:47Yes, my chancellor.
26:49And that goes for the emperor's favorite royal concubine.
26:53Where is your sister?
26:55Doing that for where she's famous.
26:57Improving diplomatic ties with the governor of Suzhou.
27:05Do you know this game?
27:10How much did you pay my brother for this opportunity?
27:14More porcelain than this ever seen.
27:25Do not fear, governor.
27:28This is part of the game you paid for.
27:32The danger game.
27:35You are my the lonely one.
27:40You are my the lonely one.
27:40I am.
27:41I am.
27:47You are my the lonely one.
27:57You are my the only one.
27:58I am.
28:04You are my the lonely one.
28:07I cannot.
28:08I cannot.
28:10This is what it is.
28:14Let's go.
28:21Go.
28:23Go.
28:26Go.
28:30Go.
28:41Go.
28:51You have questions?
28:54Just one.
28:55Am I a privileged guest or a prisoner in this hell?
28:59A fiery one.
29:01No wonder the Khan cage you for his own personal amusement.
29:08You're blind.
29:11Not as blind as you, boy.
29:22No roots.
29:26You have spirit, Latin.
29:28Of the yin and the yang, you have an abundance of yang.
29:32But without yin, yang dies on the battlefield.
29:36We are all prisoners here.
29:38Prisoners and privileged guests.
29:41One and the same.
29:43If you are unable to protect yourself in the kingdom, it is I who will be killed.
29:50Do you understand?
29:53Good.
29:55We begin with roots.
30:02You have been conscripted into the court of Kublai Khan.
30:06For what, I do not know.
30:09I am a hundred eyes.
30:11I am kept here to train the Khan's science, his nobles, his pets.
30:18You shall be tutored in the Mongolian ways of the horse.
30:28You shall be tutored in the great arts of the East by those scholars and artisans loyal to Lord Kublai.
30:36Languages and letters.
30:38Hawking and archery.
30:41And in the end, you may discover the answer to your question.
30:55When is the police?
30:59The police.
31:00You are welcome.
31:00I am waiting for you to address the court of Kylai Khan.
31:01The police.
31:07The police.
31:10The police.
31:11Durkhan.
31:12The police.
31:13The police.
31:14The police.
31:15The police, you must be fired.
31:24A man found in possession of a stolen horse must return it to its owner, add nine horses of the
31:29same kind.
31:31If he is unable to pay this fine, his children must be taken instead of the horses.
31:36If he has no children, then he must be slaughtered like a sheep.
31:41That man has no children.
31:45I hear from my minister of falconry, you've taken well to the hawks.
31:49Archery is improving his?
31:52Yes, Red Gun.
31:53I myself was always a bit clumsy with the making of Chinese characters.
32:00When you and your father crossed Central Asia, you passed through Bada Kishan.
32:05Describe for me, in the way that you do, how you made the passage and what you saw.
32:13We saw sand.
32:16Rod beasts.
32:19Do you defy me?
32:23Describe for me the land of Bada Kishan.
32:26The footing was hard on all beasts.
32:29The sun very hot.
32:30Took him to the horse ground, stuff his mouth with the shit of pigs.
32:33You enter a gate made of rock, east of Bacara, and begin to ascend into the Plamea Mountains.
32:44There are great numbers of all kinds of wild beasts, and the men of Bada Kishan speak of a breed
32:49of horse, which is said to be the direct offspring of Alexander's.
32:57I've always been taken by the audacity of Alexander, a great conqueror.
33:05There are twenty cities that bear his name, huh?
33:09And I possess them all.
33:13Do you blame me for your current station in life?
33:16No, sire.
33:19I simply wonder why you kept me.
33:21I need no reason, Latin.
33:28As my servant, you will accompany a tax collector as he makes his rounds.
33:32This will give you a view of my imperial city and my subjects.
33:36You will report back to me, describe what you have seen, as you saw it.
33:42I'm giving you freedom.
33:46But the walls of my kingdom stretch beyond the horizon.
33:49Do you understand?
33:52Yes, sire.
33:55I give you leave.
33:57Hmm?
34:11I assume you would be riding to Wu Chang by now.
34:15The astrologist told you this morning was the most auspicious hour to march.
34:19The Confucian advisors said it is better we ride at night.
34:22Yeah.
34:24They also believe a war can be won without fighting.
34:27Why must they always speak in riddles?
34:30The supreme art of war, father.
34:32Hmm.
34:34Still.
34:37Tomorrow I ride to Wu Chang as a Mongol.
34:39And I carry my father's flag.
34:42You are your mother's son, Jing'en.
34:47Educated, patient, noble.
34:49There will be a time for all these things in the new dynasty.
34:54I must prepare to ride.
34:56My three wives each desire a visit before I go to battle.
35:02You're also your father's son.
35:17Gift me the nectar so I keep it when you go.
35:21And give you the sun.
35:26What if it's a daughter?
35:29Yang, the healer, says to do it like this.
35:32And the golden lotus.
35:34It shall finally bear you an heir.
35:40Yang, the healer, will be promoted to the ministry.
35:46Tell me, does your Chinese wife do it like this?
35:50Huh?
35:52Shh.
35:52Yeah.
35:53Ah.
35:56Eh.
35:58Eh.
36:08I don't know.
36:39I don't know.
37:00I don't know.
37:03I don't know.
37:11I don't know.
37:31I don't know.
37:32I don't know.
38:11I don't know.
38:15I don't know.
38:17And the clock tower just struck first bell.
38:22My apologies to you.
38:24I don't know.
38:47The governor said the song is saying about yourself of Chinsai are true.
38:50You pleased him greatly.
38:53The emperor is dying.
38:56You must honor his wishes.
38:58Anything he wants.
38:59Make a truce with the barbarians.
39:01That was not what the emperor desired when he was well and strong.
39:05Truce is the dying cry of the weak and the sick.
39:09Kublai is too strong.
39:10I worry for my daughter if the barbarians take our city.
39:13Let your chancellor manage military affairs.
39:16Let the chancellor not forget who it was who won him favor in this court.
39:24What?
39:26When the strike of the praying mantis breaks the body of the cricket, it is because of his timing.
39:32Timing, Mei Lin.
39:34Trust me, like my soldiers do.
39:40And worry no more.
39:42When the emperor is gone, you will still be esteemed in this court.
39:59Get up.
40:03Get up.
40:04Get up.
40:11I do not ask to train you, Latun.
40:13There is no honor in this for me.
40:18Nor did you ask to be left here by a man who would trade his own son like two pounds
40:23of spice.
40:28For the opportunity to open trade routes to the west.
40:38Go ahead.
40:39Take it.
40:54Let him go, Latun.
40:57Let him go.
41:09Get up.
41:13If you wish to survive here, get up at once.
41:24The foreigner has been summoned.
41:33It is quiet.
41:35As it is before a typhoon.
41:42By the eternal blue sky, let us sing from our throats and let them hear the devil that they are
41:48about to meet.
41:49The sons of my father's concubines always speak the loudest.
41:55We must attack as Genghis would.
42:00Arrik.
42:01He is not there.
42:03What do you mean he is not there?
42:05No, Arrik.
42:06No road in the heart. Just glass and sky.
42:23Ah, yes. Welcome. Proceed down the hole.
42:31I'm Master Marco. I will be watching you.
42:47We've heard that.
42:48Let's go.
42:49I love you.
42:59Let's go.
43:18Enter.
43:22Sayer.
43:25Your new quarters are more spacious than the last, no?
43:29Yes, very much.
43:36I have a test for you.
43:39You will walk back down the hall of five desires.
43:42These girls are from Conqueret,
43:45highly skilled in the arts of love.
43:48A man who proves his loyalty to me
43:51can take whatever he wishes.
43:54You may not.
43:56Not yet.
43:59Look.
44:01But do not touch.
44:16The walls have eyes, Marco Polo.
44:19Look there.
44:30Oh.
44:34Oh.
44:37No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
45:17Do you hear them taunt us?
45:19They mock our blood.
45:22Even without Arik's army, we should still attack like Mongols or retreat as cowards.
45:30That is no farming village.
45:33How many men did you say we have?
45:36Five hundred.
45:39And down there?
45:41More. Many more.
45:44As your general, I advise retreat.
46:04We do not return home until we conquer that village.
46:10Give the command.
46:12We have to go.
46:14We have to go.
46:15We have to go.
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