Time Travel — Episode 5

All the grain around here's been bought up. Looks like I'll have to go to Guangming City. Miss Yuan, are you sure this dress looks good?

Of course it does. Alright, this one it is. Take care, sir. Where's your boss?

Tell him to get out here. When's he paying us back? Pay up or I'll have this dump trashed.

I'm really sorry about today. Please come back tomorrow. Manager Fang, please, come in. This shop's interesting.

The other grain shops nearby have no lines at all, but this one's this long. I asked around.

The owner's surname is Li. Li Changfa. He's run a grain shop in Guangning for a decade. Let's check it out.

Manager Fang, it's not that I won't pay. It's just the harvest was bad this year. Grain prices in Liaodong rose 30%. I bid too high,

but my selling price didn't rise. I lost a lot. Please give me a few more days. That's your own stupidity.

Others raised prices; you didn't. You've already blown through your savings. Three more days. After that,

either pay up or go bankrupt. Sir, are you

buying grain? Large quantity, long-term? Can we talk?

Sure, sure we can. What's your name, sir? This guy isn't Zhuang Wen. Looking at his books,

bought high, sold low, and scraping by as thin as a finger. Still giving it away. I'm Lin Hao.

Two trees, sun, sky Hao. So you're Mr. Lin. Pleased to meet you. Manager Li, spare the pleasantries.

How much silver have you signed? Three thousand taels. Here's one thousand. The rest,

settle when you deliver grain to Fenghui Fort in the northwest. Your debt, I'll cover. Sir, This is...

We're both aiding the people. Consider us friends. Benefactor, A great kindness needs no thanks.

You don't mind me, a nearly bankrupt grain merchant, and you're lending a hand. If you need anything, just tell me. I, Li Changfa, would brave fire and water

to repay your timely help. No need for fire and water. We're both lost souls. Load up the grain,

deliver it to Fort Fenghui, fifty li northwest. Brother Lin, you gave him all the silver. What do we do now? There's always a way. Silver spent, it can return. We'll manage. Sometimes, your speech and insight make me think you're not a farmer.

Right, right, I feel it too. So, who are you really? I feel it too. Hungry.

Let's go. I'm hungry too. Let's eat first. Eat up, then we'll leave. We still need to buy iron. Sages are like me.

What's noble, what's base? That 'what's noble' bit— Say it again, if you dare. Damn.

Why is he here? Interesting. Let's go check it out. Sages are like me.

What's noble, what's base?