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[woman speaking Mandarin]

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[speaking English]
She says it is the work...

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Of the barbarian devil king.

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[speaking Mandarin]

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[man speaking English]
Her village

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was loyal to the rebel Song
dynasty.

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If one does not submit
to the rule of the Khan...

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This is what happens.

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[whimpering]

10
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[speaking Mongolian]

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[Maffeo]
Gerege!

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[shouting orders]

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[donkey braying]

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[indistinct chatter]

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[man shouting in foreign
language]

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[door creaking]

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[speaking foreign language]

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[Kublai speaking English]
The Latins.

19
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Yes, I remember.

20
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But where are
the Christian priests

21
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you were to bring, hmm?

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[Niccolo] Lord Kublai...
please accept our remorse.

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Our priests could not bear
the rigors of the journey.

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But we did bring you holy oil
from

25
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Your men of God retreat,
but this boy advances.

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It says very little
for your savior. Hmm?

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[court laughing]

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Loyalty... of a mortal son
to a mortal father, Great Khan.

29
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Hmm.

30
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Holy oil

31
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from the pontiff
who wishes to spread

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Christianity throughout
my lands.

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Is this not the same Pope

34
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who has called me
"the spawn of Satan"?

35
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I will say this
and you will listen.

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Christianity is welcome
in my kingdom.

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As is Buddhism...

38
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Judaism... Islam...

39
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And the Eternal Blue Sky
of my grandfather, Genghis Khan,

40
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descended from a wolf.

41
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So, tell your Pope

42
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that he himself must bow
before me...

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And pledge his fealty to me.

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As for you merchants...

45
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You crossed ocean
and mountain...

46
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The great Taklamakan Desert.

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One not many men survive.

48
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Describe for me my desert, hmm?

49
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It is a...

50
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Most barren region, Sire.

51
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No water. No life, Lord Khan.

52
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-Not even a bird.
-Not even a bird.

53
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It is, Great Khan...
a sea of death.

54
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Yet very much alive.

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At night you hear it.

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The shifting sands,
they... sing.

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Humble apologies, Sire.

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He does not yet know the rules
of the[Kublai grunts]

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Continue.

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Voices like... spirits...

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Trying to lure you off course.

62
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This is why men die out there.

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The Uighurs called it...

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[speaking foreign language]

65
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You learned the tongue
of the Uighurs?

66
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Three years was not long enough
to learn it all.

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[speaking Mongolian]

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[scoffs]

69
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[chuckles]

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[speaking English]
Of all the lands

71
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a traveler passes through...

72
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Which province contains...

73
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In your eye,
the most beautiful women of all?

74
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I find that all women,
no matter from which land...

75
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They are all beautiful
in their own unique manner.

76
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In Italy, we have a saying...

77
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[speaking Italian]

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[speaking English]
"The true sweetness of wine...

79
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Is one flavor."

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[scattered laughter]

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[Kublai chuckling]

82
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You have a clever mind.

83
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For a Latin.

84
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I made one request.
It was not for oil.

85
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It was for priests.
With this, you failed.

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Take your leave.

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Go, Latins.

88
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You're banished forever.

89
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You are most correct,
Lord Khan.

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The boy...

91
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Has a clever mind and...
excellent perception.

92
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He is my son...

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And most dear to me.

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But if it pleases
Your Greatness,

95
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you may take him
as your man and servant.

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What do you wish in return?

97
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The opportunity to pay tribute
to my Khan from my journeys...

98
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Along the Silk Road.

99
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Father, what are you doing?

100
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Marco, trust this. Be silent.

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-I am your son.
-[whispering] Be silent.

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You wish not the honor
of service

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in the court of the Khan
of Khans?

104
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What greater tribute
can a man offer

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than his own flesh
and his own blood?

106
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You Latin merchants may engage
in trade along my Silk Road.

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Ahmad, my Minister of Finance,

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will discuss taxation
and transit.

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Take your leave.

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-Marco, you have to trust me.
-Father!

111
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-This will not be forever.
-Don't do this.

112
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We will secure the trade routes
and be back for you.

113
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And I still want those priests.

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Father!
Don't leave me here.

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[gasping]

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[guards speaking foreign
language]

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[theme music playing]

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[conversing indistinctly]

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[Marco speaking Italian]

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-[bells tolling]
-[gulls squawking]

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[nun speaking Italian]

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[speaking Italian]

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[speaking English]
Of all the things

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I expected to come home to
after all these years...

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[sighs]

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"Marco."
She gave you a fine name.

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When did she pass?

128
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I was six.

129
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From Jerusalem.

130
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It has guarded my heart
for 14 years.

131
00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,888
Psalms 72:11 .

132
00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,009
"All kings shall fall
before him."

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-Where were you?
-The Silk Road.

134
00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,290
It ends here in Venezia.

135
00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,331
It stretches 4,000 miles
across the world.

136
00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,563
Why did you never
send word to Mother?

137
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It is not simple.

138
00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,441
We... we had an arrangement.

139
00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,485
But had I any idea
of the birth of a son...

140
00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,410
You have her eyes.

141
00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,602
Well, now...

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00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:52,648
Your Uncle Maffeo and I...

143
00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,609
We have important business
to discuss with the Bishop

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00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,603
before we set sail again.

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[Marco]
I will travel with you.

146
00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:06,125
Father.
Do not leave me alone again.

147
00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:07,440
This is not possible.

148
00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,042
You are not prepared for the
rigors of the journey ahead.

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00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,644
-[wind howling]
-[priest] Lord, help us!

150
00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,563
Lord, help us!

151
00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,210
Get over there!

152
00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,370
I can help!

153
00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,160
You defied me, boy!

154
00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,164
You do not belong here!
Stay away from me!

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[Marco speaking Farsi]

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00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,611
[man speaking English]
No, no, no.

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00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,842
[speaking Farsi]

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00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:49,843
[repeats phrase in Farsi]

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00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,081
[speaking English]
Very good.

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[laughs]

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[priest]
This is not what we imagined.

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00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:55,851
We must return to our flock.

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00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,241
You are not abandoning
our factor.

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00:16:58,320 --> 00:16:59,765
Your Bishop gave you orders.

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00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,683
Then follow us back to Venice...

166
00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,444
And bring the Bishop instead.

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00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,761
Uncle, Uncle,
these are men of God.

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00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,281
-Godspeed.
-Thank you. Thank you.

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00:17:10,360 --> 00:17:11,361
[Marco grunting]

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00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,530
Enough!

171
00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,011
You have no knowledge
of our world!

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00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,321
Do not act as if you do!

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00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:27,720
Take your donkey.

174
00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:29,962
Follow the priests
back to the ship.

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Go home.

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00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,529
[braying]

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00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:06,766
[Niccolo]
Marco!

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00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,483
Marco!

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00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,882
-[Marco mumbling deliriously]
-[Niccolo shushing]

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00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,409
[Maffeo]
We have lost three days.

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00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:22,925
[Niccolo] We haven't lost
a thing, Maffeo.

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00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,810
The Khan and our trade routes
slip away

183
00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,724
while you make amends
for your fatherly sins.

184
00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,723
He is our blood.

185
00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,290
Mark my words.

186
00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:33,646
He will gut the foundation
of everything

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00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,290
we have labored to build.

188
00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,289
-Get out.
-What?

189
00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:40,169
Get out.

190
00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,003
[faint rumbling]

191
00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:24,691
Run!

192
00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,364
-[Maffeo] Take cover!
-Everyone, run!

193
00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,442
Run! Go!

194
00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:30,841
Go! Run!

195
00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:35,770
[Maffeo]
Take cover!

196
00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,888
[Niccolo]
Move! Move! Move!

197
00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:10,451
Were you frightened earlier?

198
00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,648
I was not.

199
00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:18,489
I was terrified
the first time I left home.

200
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:24,048
Venezia was all
I had ever known.

201
00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:26,009
Do you know how I persevered?

202
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,049
Knowing just where home was...

203
00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:34,930
And that I could always
return to it.

204
00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,962
Do you see those stars there?

205
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,091
The Three Sisters.

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00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,811
The Three Sisters.

207
00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,963
If you are ever afraid...

208
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,042
If ever you doubt
your place in the world...

209
00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,442
Follow The Three Sisters
and they will lead you home.

210
00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,370
My only fear...

211
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,723
Is that I might awaken
in my bed...

212
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:27,727
Destined to live a common life
once again.

213
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,531
The blood of an adventurer
courses through your veins.

214
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,364
I can see this.

215
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,847
You will enjoy
the greatest adventure of all.

216
00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:43,161
You will meet...

217
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,210
The richest...

218
00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:50,729
Most powerful king
on the face of this earth.

219
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,884
The Great Kublai Khan.

220
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,763
[Kublai]
The Song rebels of Xiangyang...

221
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,811
Can no longer cast aside
our dominion with impunity.

222
00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:27,244
As my trusted advisors,
I seek your counsel.

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00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:28,970
Jingim.

224
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,129
You will one day sit here
where I do now.

225
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,283
Speak to your uncles and cousins
who have traveled far.

226
00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,127
Destroying the Song dynasty
rebels is wise.

227
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,090
But is it not wiser to let them
remain in their Walled City...

228
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,970
Paying us tribute?

229
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,567
What does my vice regent, Yusuf,
say on this matter?

230
00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:56,884
Prince Jingim is correct.

231
00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:58,485
[grunts]

232
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,484
North China already adores
Lord Kublai.

233
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,530
Let South China remain
within their Walled City.

234
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,011
Treat the rebels as a...

235
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,686
Cow that we draw milk from...

236
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,725
Rather than slaughtering the
cow, and receiving no milk.

237
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,001
[Ahmad]
or silk...

238
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,650
In this case.

239
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,686
The Walled City of Xiangyang...
guards the Yangtze River.

240
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,161
And the Yangtze
is the gateway to all China.

241
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,846
You are the Great Khan of Khans.

242
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,400
You desire a unified China.

243
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,926
It should be yours
no matter the cost.

244
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,571
The Minister of Finance
speaks well.

245
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,041
But this is a matter
of security and defense,

246
00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,168
not coin and commerce.

247
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:44,969
[Ariq]
Hmm...

248
00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,800
Little brother...

249
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:53,211
Ariq the Strong.

250
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,127
How are things in Karakorum?

251
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,850
Things in the Old Capital

252
00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,730
are just as our grandfather,
Genghis, would have them.

253
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,211
[Kublai]
Hmm.

254
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:04,725
[Ariq] But there are some
in Karakorum who fear

255
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,962
that our Khan
is becoming too Chinese...

256
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,008
Too cultured in his ways.

257
00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:14,122
[Kaidu]
Lord Khan...

258
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,323
May your western cousins
from the House of Ogodei speak?

259
00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:23,603
Does the Great Khan desire
to be Emperor of Mongolia...

260
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:26,685
Or Emperor of China?

261
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:30,731
[chuckles]

262
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:38,845
Cousin Kaidu...

263
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,569
You forget the mandate

264
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,244
Grandfather was handed
from heaven.

265
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,208
To erase dividing lines
from country to country.

266
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,250
A mandate to spread
our customs...

267
00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:55,762
Our cultures...
our very way of life...

268
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,320
To every corner
beneath the Blue Sky.

269
00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:01,564
Only one thing
stood in his way,

270
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,290
as it now stands in mine.

271
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,123
Xiangyang... the Walled City.

272
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,567
I have already sent troops
into South China.

273
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,688
They are amassing
at this very moment.

274
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,046
My spies tell me that in order

275
00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,885
to starve the rebels out...

276
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,203
We must cut them off from the
farming village of Wuchang.

277
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:24,126
I am sending horse soldiers
to that position.

278
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,282
Jingim...

279
00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:28,806
Blood of my blood, will lead
the assault on Wuchang.

280
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,325
[Kaidu]
Jingim...

281
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,523
Educated in Chinese ways.

282
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,206
Who better to lead
an attack on the Chinese?

283
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,130
[Ariq]
Older brother...

284
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,450
If this is a call to war...
you will have my horse and bow.

285
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,763
I will lead our Golden Horde
down from the north...

286
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,320
And into battle with my nephew.

287
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:53,200
We will crush Wuchang,
then take the Walled City.

288
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,842
And by the blood of Genghis...

289
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,570
I will cut their leader's
head off

290
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,211
and tie it to the mane
of my horse!

291
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,520
[Kublai chuckling]

292
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,289
Emperor of China?

293
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,001
Emperor of Mongolia?

294
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:11,844
I will be Emperor of the World!

295
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,763
[Jia Sidao]
Empress Dowager.

296
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,849
Rise.

297
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,487
How may the Chancellor
ease your pain?

298
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,085
Tell me the barbarians

299
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,482
are no longer marching
toward us.

300
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,166
[Jia Sidao] I will not lie.
The Khan's troops advance.

301
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,760
But upon the soul
of our Emperor...

302
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,366
I promise,
they will never succeed.

303
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,731
Long live Song empire.

304
00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:25,649
My mantis is great.
Do you see?

305
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,484
He feigns inferiority

306
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,365
to encourage
his opponent's advance.

307
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,288
[Jia Sidao] I paid a visit
to the Emperor's bedside.

308
00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:35,930
[Red Brow]
How is he?

309
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,889
Quite unwell.

310
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,811
[Red Brow] His legacy will live
on within these walls.

311
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,008
It will be a sad day...

312
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,526
But much more efficient
once he's gone.

313
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,127
No more mixed messages
from an old king to his people.

314
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,443
I will give all orders
and all orders will be followed.

315
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,126
Yes, my Chancellor.

316
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,044
And that goes for the Emperor's
favorite royal concubine.

317
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:03,964
Where is your sister?

318
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,361
Doing that for which she
is famous.

319
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,570
Improving diplomatic ties
with the Governor of Suzhou.

320
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:14,884
[breathing heavily]

321
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,530
Do you know this game?

322
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,285
[Mei Lin] How much did you pay
my brother for this opportunity?

323
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,967
More porcelain
than he's ever seen.

324
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,607
Do not fear, Governor.

325
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,445
This is part of the game
you paid for.

326
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:44,206
-The Danger Game.
-[whimpers]

327
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,328
You...

328
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,086
Are but a lowly... worm.

329
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,964
[panting]

330
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,081
[door opens]

331
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:32,287
[guard]
Come.

332
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,041
[Hundred Eyes]
You have questions.

333
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:04,690
[Marco]
Just one.

334
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:07,081
Am I a privileged guest
or a prisoner in this hell?

335
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:08,366
[Hundred Eyes chuckles]

336
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,124
A fiery one.

337
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,886
No wonder the Khan caged you
for his own personal amusement.

338
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,049
You're blind.

339
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,004
Not as blind as you, boy.

340
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,090
No roots.

341
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,923
You have spirit, Latin.

342
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,681
Of the Yin and the Yang,
you have an abundance of Yang.

343
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:43,967
But without Yin,
Yang dies on the battlefield.

344
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,328
We are all prisoners here.

345
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,289
Prisoners and privileged guests.

346
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,443
One and the same.

347
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,841
If you are unable to protect
yourself in the kingdom...

348
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,606
It is I... who will be killed.

349
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,084
Do you understand?

350
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,090
Good. We begin with roots.

351
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:12,810
[Hundred Eyes]
You have been conscripted

352
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,486
into the court of Kublai Khan.

353
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,291
For what? I do not know.

354
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,249
-I am Hundred Eyes.
-[grunting]

355
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,688
I am kept here to train the
Khan's sons... his nobles...

356
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:26,650
His pets.

357
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,165
[neighing]

358
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,323
You shall be tutored in the
Mongolian ways of the horse.

359
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,449
[children shouting
in foreign language]

360
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,801
You shall be tutored
in the great arts of the East..

361
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:44,204
By those scholars and artisans
loyal to Lord Kublai.

362
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,527
Languages and letters.

363
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,171
Hawking and archery

364
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,368
And in the end...
you may discover

365
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,011
the answer to your question.

366
00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:58,325
[door opens]

367
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,804
[man pleading
in foreign language]

368
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,686
[Kublai] A man found in
possession of a stolen horse...

369
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,046
Must return it to its owner,

370
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,130
add nine horses
of the same kind.

371
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,487
If he is unable to pay
this fine...

372
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,404
His children must be
taken instead of the horses.

373
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,369
If he has no children...

374
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,727
Then he must be
slaughtered like a sheep.

375
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,041
That man has no children.

376
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:55,530
I hear from my Minister
of Falconry,

377
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,490
you have taken well
to the hawks.

378
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,403
Archery is improving, yes?

379
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,562
Yes, Great Khan.

380
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,244
I, myself,
was always a bit clumsy

381
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,290
with the making
of Chinese characters.

382
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,841
When you and your father
crossed Central Asia...

383
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,604
You passed through Badakhshan.

384
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,480
Describe for me,
in the way that you do...

385
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,769
How you made the passage,
what you saw.

386
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:23,566
We Saw Sand.

387
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:26,845
Rode beasts.

388
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,285
Do you defy me?

389
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,486
Describe for me
the land of Badakhshan.

390
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,528
The footing was hard
on our beasts.

391
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,489
The sun very hot.

392
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:40,971
Take him to the horse grounds.

393
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,769
Stuff his mouth
with the shit of pigs.

394
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,808
You enter a gate made of rock...

395
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,882
East of Bukhara...

396
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,247
And begin to ascend
into the Pamir Mountains.

397
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,486
There are great numbers
of all kind of wild beasts.

398
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,324
And the men of Badakhshan...

399
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,084
Speak of a breed of horse
which is said to be

400
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,328
the direct offspring
of Alexander's.

401
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:05,322
[Kublai grunts]

402
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,211
Odd bit of trivia.

403
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,727
I've always been taken
by the audacity of Alexander.

404
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,643
A great conqueror.

405
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:17,291
There are 20 cities
that bear his name, huh?

406
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:20,722
I now possess them all.

407
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,007
Do you blame me for your
current station in life?

408
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:26,605
No, Sire.

409
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,402
I simply wonder
why you kept me.

410
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,490
I need no reason, Latin.

411
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,209
As my servant...

412
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:39,731
You will accompany
a tax collector

413
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:41,768
as he makes his rounds.

414
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,922
This will give you a view
of my Imperial City

415
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,764
and my subjects.

416
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:47,683
You will report back to me,
describe what you have seen...

417
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,489
As you saw it.

418
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,809
I'm giving you freedom.

419
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,522
But the walls of my kingdom
stretch beyond the horizon.

420
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,170
Do you understand?

421
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:02,765
Yes, Sire.

422
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,809
I give you leave.

423
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,166
Hmm?

424
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,487
I assumed you would be
riding to Wuchang by now.

425
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,164
The astrologers told you
this morning

426
00:36:26,240 --> 00:36:28,322
was the most auspicious hour
to march.

427
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,688
The Confucian advisors said
it is better we ride at night.

428
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:33,285
"sh,

429
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,728
They also believe a war
can be won without fighting.

430
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,565
Why must they always speak
in riddles?

431
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,371
-"The supreme art of war,"
Father. -Mmm.

432
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,928
Still...

433
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,810
Tomorrow I ride to
Wuchang as a Mongol...

434
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,042
And I carry my father's flag.

435
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,886
You are your mother's son,
Jingim.

436
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,884
Educated... patient... noble.

437
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,646
There will be a time for all
these things in the new dynasty.

438
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,602
I must prepare to ride.

439
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,651
My three wives each desire a
visit before I go to battle.

440
00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:11,643
[laughing]

441
00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:13,563
You're also your father's son.

442
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,801
[both panting]

443
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:30,329
Give to me the nectar...
so I keep it when you go...

444
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:31,845
And give you a son.

445
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:38,726
-And what if it's a daughter?
-[chuckles]

446
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:43,408
Yang the Healer says to do it
like this, in the Golden Lotus,

447
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,801
and I shall finally bear you
an heir.

448
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,645
Yang the Healer will be promoted
to the ministry.

449
00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:52,926
[both laughing]

450
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,090
Tell me...

451
00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,050
Does your Chinese wife
do it like this? Huh?

452
00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:02,571
[Jingim]
Shh.

453
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:03,801
[both panting]

454
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,445
[horses approaching]

455
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,450
[indistinct chatter]

456
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:34,531
[people clapping]

457
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,724
[woman]
Nice. They're so beautiful.

458
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,040
You can let it go.

459
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,481
Are you ready?

460
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:46,050
Here we go.

461
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,650
-[gasping]
-[laughter]

462
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:53,722
[applause]

463
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:01,841
Ah...

464
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:03,644
The Venetian.

465
00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:06,883
A pleasure to formally
make your acquaintance.

466
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,883
She is my charge,
so avert your gaze.

467
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,726
She is far past the reach
of a foreign merchant's son.

468
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,809
I followed the wrong path.

469
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,963
-Indeed you did...
-[bell tolls]

470
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,886
and the clock tower
just struck first bell.

471
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:32,724
My apologies to you.

472
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:57,604
The Governor said
the songs they sing

473
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,286
about you south of Quinsai
are true.

474
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,045
You pleased him greatly.

475
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:04,645
[Mei Lin]
The Emperor's dying.

476
00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:06,927
You must honor his wishes.

477
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,490
Anything he wants.

478
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,005
Make a truce
with the barbarians.

479
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:11,844
That was not
what the Emperor desired

480
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,002
when he was well and strong.

481
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:18,051
Truce is the dying cry
of the weak and the sick.

482
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:19,730
[Mei Lin]
Kublai is too strong.

483
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,770
I worry for my daughter
if the barbarians take our city.

484
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,525
Let your Chancellor
manage military affairs.

485
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,887
You manage
the imperial bed chamber.

486
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,440
Let the Chancellor not forget

487
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:33,251
who it was who won him favor
in this court.

488
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,245
When the strike
of the praying mantis

489
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,164
breaks the body of the cricket,

490
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,049
it is because of its timing.

491
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,202
Timing, Mei Lin.

492
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,682
Trust me, like my soldiers do.

493
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,885
And worry no more.

494
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:53,564
When the Emperor is gone,

495
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,803
you will still be esteemed
in this court.

496
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:09,006
[grunts]

497
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:10,047
[Hundred Eyes]
Get up.

498
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:13,525
Get up.

499
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,043
I did not ask to train you,
Latin.

500
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,009
There is no honor
in this for me.

501
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,761
Nor did you ask
to be left here by a man

502
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:33,083
who would trade his own son
like 2 pounds of spice...

503
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:40,890
For the opportunity to open
trade routes to the West.

504
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,123
Go ahead, take it.

505
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,010
Let him go, Latin.

506
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:07,201
Let him go.

507
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,000
Get up.

508
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,124
If you wish to survive here,
get up at once.

509
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:36,367
The foreigner
has been summoned.

510
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:44,803
It is quiet.

511
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:46,928
As it is before a typhoon.

512
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:55,442
By the Eternal Blue Sky,
let us sing from our throats

513
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,364
and let them hear the devil
that they are about to meet.

514
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,647
The sons of my father's
concubines

515
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:02,643
always speak the loudest.

516
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,681
We must attack
as Genghis would.

517
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,847
Ariq... he is not there.

518
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,122
What do you mean
"he is not there"?

519
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:16,043
[panting]
No Ariq.

520
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:17,884
No Golden Horde.

521
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:20,281
Just grass and sky.

522
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:34,320
[Nima]
Ah, yes.

523
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:35,930
Welcome.

524
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:38,485
Proceed down the hall.

525
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:44,241
And Master Marco...
I will be watching you.

526
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:58,325
[women moaning]

527
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:07,401
[women giggling]

528
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,045
[Kublai]
Enter.

529
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:34,440
Sire.

530
00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:38,286
Your new quarters are more
spacious than the last, no?

531
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:41,284
Yes, very much. Thank you.

532
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,202
[Kublai]
I have a test for you.

533
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:51,250
You will walk back down
the Hall of Five Desires.

534
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,846
These girls are from Kungurat...

535
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:57,845
Highly skilled
in the arts of love.

536
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:00,730
A man who proves
his loyalty to me

537
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,121
can take whatever he wishes.

538
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,328
-You may not.
-[women moaning]

539
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:06,526
Not yet.

540
00:46:09,240 --> 00:46:13,131
Look... but do not touch.

541
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,524
[Chabi] The walls have eyes,
Marco Polo.

542
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:42,851
[women moaning]

543
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,931
[hissing]

544
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,049
[distant chanting]

545
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:29,046
Do you hear them taunt us?

546
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:31,521
They mock our blood.

547
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,443
Even without Ariq's army,

548
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:35,602
we should still attack
like Mongols...

549
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:38,126
Or retreat as cowards.

550
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:42,001
[Jingim]
That is no farming village.

551
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,526
How many men
did you say we have?

552
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:46,284
Five hundred?

553
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:50,369
And down there?

554
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:53,091
[Byamba]
More. Many more.

555
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:54,400
[Aruka]
As your General...

556
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:58,284
I advise... retreat.

557
00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:16,963
We do not return home
until we conquer that village.

558
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:21,401
Give the command.

559
00:48:33,720 --> 00:48:34,562
[yelling]

560
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,681
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