1 00:01:04,273 --> 00:01:06,108 She says it is the work... 2 00:01:06,191 --> 00:01:07,942 of the barbarian devil king. 3 00:01:14,616 --> 00:01:15,658 Her village 4 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:19,163 was loyal to the rebel Song dynasty. 5 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:21,706 If one does not submit to the rule of the Khan... 6 00:01:21,790 --> 00:01:24,375 this is what happens. 7 00:01:47,566 --> 00:01:48,983 Gerege! 8 00:04:17,841 --> 00:04:19,508 The Latins. 9 00:04:19,593 --> 00:04:21,761 Yes, I remember. 10 00:04:21,845 --> 00:04:24,263 But where are the Christian priests you were to bring, hmm? 11 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:28,643 Lord Kublai... please accept our remorse. 12 00:04:28,727 --> 00:04:32,189 Our priests could not bear the rigors of the journey. 13 00:04:33,648 --> 00:04:35,900 But we did bring you holy oil from... 14 00:04:35,984 --> 00:04:39,696 Your men of God retreat, but this boy advances. 15 00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:42,156 It says very little for your savior. Hmm? 16 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:48,913 Loyalty... of a mortal son to a mortal father, Great Khan. 17 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:53,000 Holy oil 18 00:04:53,084 --> 00:04:54,919 from the pontiff who wishes to spread 19 00:04:55,003 --> 00:04:57,756 Christianity throughout my lands. 20 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,634 Is this not the same Pope who has called me "the spawn of Satan"? 21 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,930 I will say this and you will listen. 22 00:05:06,014 --> 00:05:09,809 Christianity is welcome in my kingdom. 23 00:05:09,893 --> 00:05:11,436 As is Buddhism... 24 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,106 Judaism... Islam... 25 00:05:15,189 --> 00:05:19,861 and the Eternal Blue Sky of my grandfather, Genghis Khan, 26 00:05:19,944 --> 00:05:22,446 descended from a wolf. 27 00:05:34,376 --> 00:05:39,088 So, tell your Pope that he himself must bow before me... 28 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:41,382 and pledge his fealty to me. 29 00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:43,718 As for you merchants... 30 00:05:43,802 --> 00:05:46,971 you crossed ocean and mountain... 31 00:05:47,055 --> 00:05:50,016 the great Takla Makan Desert. 32 00:05:50,099 --> 00:05:52,226 One not many men survive. 33 00:05:53,895 --> 00:05:56,605 Describe for me my desert, hmm? 34 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:01,695 It is a... 35 00:06:01,778 --> 00:06:04,905 most barren region, Sire. 36 00:06:05,657 --> 00:06:08,451 No water. No life, Lord Khan. 37 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,539 - Not even a bird. - Not even a bird. 38 00:06:12,622 --> 00:06:15,750 It is, Great Khan... a sea of death. 39 00:06:19,295 --> 00:06:21,130 Yet very much alive. 40 00:06:23,091 --> 00:06:24,133 At night you hear it. 41 00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:29,348 The shifting sands, they... sing. 42 00:06:29,431 --> 00:06:30,557 Humble apologies, Sire. 43 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,351 He does not yet know the rules of the... 44 00:06:35,103 --> 00:06:36,687 Continue. 45 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:43,069 Voices like... spirits... 46 00:06:44,195 --> 00:06:46,864 trying to lure you off course. 47 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:49,867 This is why men die out there. 48 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,704 The Uighurs called it... 49 00:06:55,582 --> 00:06:57,958 You learned the tongue of the Uighurs? 50 00:06:58,042 --> 00:07:00,961 Three years was not long enough to learn it all. 51 00:07:15,184 --> 00:07:17,771 Of all the lands a traveler passes through... 52 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:20,106 which province contains... 53 00:07:20,189 --> 00:07:22,983 in your eye, the most beautiful women of all? 54 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:32,243 I find that all women, no matter from which land... 55 00:07:32,327 --> 00:07:34,995 they are all beautiful in their own unique manner. 56 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:37,915 In Italy, we have a saying... 57 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:46,215 "The true sweetness of wine... 58 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:48,426 is one flavor." 59 00:07:58,478 --> 00:08:00,062 You have a clever mind. 60 00:08:00,897 --> 00:08:03,149 For a Latin. 61 00:08:03,232 --> 00:08:06,069 I made one request. It was not for oil. 62 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:09,489 It was for priests. With this, you failed. 63 00:08:09,573 --> 00:08:10,698 Take your leave. 64 00:08:10,782 --> 00:08:12,659 Go, Latins. 65 00:08:12,742 --> 00:08:14,911 You're banished forever. 66 00:08:18,748 --> 00:08:22,126 You are most correct, Lord Khan. 67 00:08:22,210 --> 00:08:24,087 The boy... 68 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:27,423 has a clever mind and... excellent perception. 69 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:30,969 He is my son... 70 00:08:33,221 --> 00:08:34,763 and most dear to me. 71 00:08:36,641 --> 00:08:40,102 But if it pleases Your Greatness, you may take him as your man and servant. 72 00:08:42,731 --> 00:08:44,483 What do you wish in return? 73 00:08:44,566 --> 00:08:47,819 The opportunity to pay tribute to my Khan from my journeys... 74 00:08:47,902 --> 00:08:49,778 along the Silk Road. 75 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:51,407 Father, what are you doing? 76 00:08:51,490 --> 00:08:54,158 Marco, trust this. Be silent. 77 00:08:54,242 --> 00:08:56,578 - I am your son. - Be silent. 78 00:08:56,661 --> 00:09:00,664 You wish not the honor of service in the court of the Khan of Khans? 79 00:09:04,294 --> 00:09:08,255 What greater tribute can a man offer than his own flesh and his own blood? 80 00:09:10,424 --> 00:09:13,637 You Latin merchants may engage in trade along my Silk Road. 81 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,638 Ahmad, my Minister of Finance, 82 00:09:15,722 --> 00:09:17,765 will discuss taxation and transit. 83 00:09:17,849 --> 00:09:19,350 Take your leave. 84 00:09:20,810 --> 00:09:22,478 - Marco, you have to trust me. - Father! 85 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:24,355 - This will not be forever. - Don't do this. 86 00:09:24,438 --> 00:09:27,858 We will secure the trade routes and be back for you. 87 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:33,322 And I still want those priests. 88 00:09:34,824 --> 00:09:36,575 Father! Don't leave me here. 89 00:13:20,716 --> 00:13:23,302 Of all the things I expected to come home to 90 00:13:23,386 --> 00:13:24,763 after all these years... 91 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:30,143 "Marco." She gave you a fine name. 92 00:13:35,523 --> 00:13:36,690 When did she pass? 93 00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:41,612 I was six. 94 00:13:52,123 --> 00:13:53,207 From Jerusalem. 95 00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:56,920 It has guarded my heart for 14 years. 96 00:14:01,215 --> 00:14:03,175 Psalms 72:11. 97 00:14:03,259 --> 00:14:06,345 "All kings shall fall before him." 98 00:14:14,478 --> 00:14:16,980 - Where were you? - The Silk Road. 99 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:19,650 It ends here in Venezia. 100 00:14:19,733 --> 00:14:22,653 It stretches 4,000 miles across the world. 101 00:14:23,780 --> 00:14:27,158 Why did you never send word to Mother? 102 00:14:29,243 --> 00:14:31,245 It is not simple. 103 00:14:31,329 --> 00:14:33,872 We had an arrangement. 104 00:14:33,957 --> 00:14:37,918 But had I any idea of the birth of a son... 105 00:14:43,216 --> 00:14:44,926 You have her eyes. 106 00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:50,055 Well, now... 107 00:14:50,139 --> 00:14:52,100 your Uncle Maffeo and I... 108 00:14:52,183 --> 00:14:54,017 we have important business to discuss with the Bishop 109 00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:56,062 before we set sail again. 110 00:14:56,145 --> 00:14:58,397 I will travel with you. 111 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,446 Father. Do not leave me alone again. 112 00:15:05,529 --> 00:15:06,990 This is not possible. 113 00:15:09,117 --> 00:15:12,369 You are not prepared for the rigors of the journey ahead. 114 00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:10,552 Lord, help us! 115 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:12,972 Lord, help us! 116 00:16:13,056 --> 00:16:14,640 Get over there! 117 00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:17,851 I can help! 118 00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:21,438 You defied me, boy! 119 00:16:21,522 --> 00:16:24,567 You do not belong here! Stay away from me! 120 00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:45,003 No, no, no. 121 00:16:49,383 --> 00:16:50,384 Very good. 122 00:16:51,802 --> 00:16:55,305 This is not what we imagined. We must return to our flock. 123 00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:57,558 You are not abandoning our factor. 124 00:16:57,641 --> 00:16:59,227 Your Bishop gave you orders. 125 00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:01,103 Then follow us back to Venice... 126 00:17:01,187 --> 00:17:02,813 and bring the Bishop instead. 127 00:17:02,897 --> 00:17:05,273 Uncle, Uncle, these are men of God. 128 00:17:07,401 --> 00:17:09,612 - Godspeed. - Thank you. Thank you. 129 00:17:15,409 --> 00:17:17,120 Enough! 130 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:20,706 You have no knowledge of our world! Do not act as if you do! 131 00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:27,129 Take your donkey. 132 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:29,506 Follow the priests back to the ship. 133 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:31,675 Go home. 134 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:06,209 Marco! 135 00:18:08,879 --> 00:18:09,921 Marco! 136 00:18:18,847 --> 00:18:20,724 We have lost three days. 137 00:18:20,808 --> 00:18:22,392 We haven't lost a thing, Maffeo. 138 00:18:22,476 --> 00:18:25,229 The Khan and our trade routes slip away 139 00:18:25,313 --> 00:18:28,148 while you make amends for your fatherly sins. 140 00:18:28,232 --> 00:18:30,401 He is our blood. 141 00:18:30,484 --> 00:18:31,568 Mark my words. 142 00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:34,613 He will gut the foundation of everything we have labored to build. 143 00:18:35,823 --> 00:18:37,574 - Get out. - What? 144 00:18:37,658 --> 00:18:39,493 Get out. 145 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,055 Run! 146 00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:25,641 - Take cover! - Everyone, run! 147 00:20:25,724 --> 00:20:27,893 Run! Go! 148 00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:30,312 Go! Run! 149 00:20:33,566 --> 00:20:35,150 Take cover! 150 00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:37,319 Move! Move! Move! 151 00:21:08,476 --> 00:21:09,809 Were you frightened earlier? 152 00:21:11,395 --> 00:21:13,146 I was not. 153 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:17,859 I was terrified the first time I left home. 154 00:21:20,029 --> 00:21:23,491 Venezia was all I had ever known. 155 00:21:23,574 --> 00:21:25,492 Do you know how I persevered? 156 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:31,499 Knowing just where home was... 157 00:21:31,582 --> 00:21:34,376 and that I could always return to it. 158 00:21:40,258 --> 00:21:42,510 Do you see those stars there? 159 00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:47,597 The Three Sisters. 160 00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:52,269 The Three Sisters. 161 00:21:58,442 --> 00:22:00,486 If you are ever afraid... 162 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:04,531 if ever you doubt your place in the world... 163 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:10,787 follow The Three Sisters and they will lead you home. 164 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,379 My only fear... 165 00:22:19,463 --> 00:22:22,090 is that I might awaken in my bed... 166 00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:25,678 destined to live a common life once again. 167 00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:29,807 The blood of an adventurer courses through your veins. 168 00:22:29,890 --> 00:22:31,767 I can see this. 169 00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:40,275 You will enjoy the greatest adventure of all. 170 00:22:41,610 --> 00:22:42,610 You will meet... 171 00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:45,656 the richest... 172 00:22:45,739 --> 00:22:50,118 most powerful king on the face of this earth. 173 00:22:51,244 --> 00:22:54,373 The Great Kublai Khan. 174 00:23:16,311 --> 00:23:18,105 The Song rebels of Xiangyang... 175 00:23:18,188 --> 00:23:22,192 can no longer cast aside our dominion with impunity. 176 00:23:22,276 --> 00:23:26,696 As my trusted advisors, I seek your counsel. 177 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:28,406 Jingim. 178 00:23:31,702 --> 00:23:33,536 You will one day sit here where I do now. 179 00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:36,790 Speak to your uncles and cousins who have traveled far. 180 00:23:39,877 --> 00:23:43,546 Destroying the Song dynasty rebels is wise. 181 00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:46,508 But is it not wiser to let them remain in their Walled City... 182 00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:49,387 paying us tribute? 183 00:23:49,470 --> 00:23:52,973 What does my vice regent, Yusuf, say on this matter? 184 00:23:54,517 --> 00:23:56,267 Prince Jingim is correct. 185 00:23:57,853 --> 00:24:00,772 North China already adores Lord Kublai. 186 00:24:00,856 --> 00:24:03,942 Let South China remain within their Walled City. 187 00:24:04,985 --> 00:24:06,361 Treat the rebels as a... 188 00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:09,031 cow that we draw milk from... 189 00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:13,076 rather than slaughtering the cow, and receiving no milk. 190 00:24:14,161 --> 00:24:15,370 Or silk... 191 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:16,996 in this case. 192 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:25,005 The Walled City of Xiangyang... guards the Yangtze River. 193 00:24:25,088 --> 00:24:27,590 And the Yangtze is the gateway to all China. 194 00:24:27,675 --> 00:24:30,176 You are the Great Khan of Khans. 195 00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:35,306 You desire a unified China. It should be yours no matter the cost. 196 00:24:35,390 --> 00:24:37,435 The Minister of Finance speaks well. 197 00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:40,395 But this is a matter of security and defense, 198 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,564 not coin and commerce. 199 00:24:48,648 --> 00:24:51,114 Little brother... 200 00:24:51,198 --> 00:24:52,699 Ariq the Strong. 201 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:56,536 How are things in Karakorum? 202 00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:57,871 Things in the Old Capital 203 00:24:57,955 --> 00:25:00,999 are just as our grandfather, Genghis, would have them. 204 00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:04,002 But there are some in Karakorum who fear 205 00:25:04,086 --> 00:25:08,507 that our Khan is becoming too Chinese... too cultured in his ways. 206 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:12,552 Lord Khan... 207 00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:16,806 may your western cousins from the House of Ögödei speak? 208 00:25:19,810 --> 00:25:23,021 Does the Great Khan desire to be Emperor of Mongolia... 209 00:25:24,565 --> 00:25:26,024 or Emperor of China? 210 00:25:36,744 --> 00:25:38,286 Cousin Kaidu... 211 00:25:40,664 --> 00:25:43,750 you forget the mandate Grandfather was handed from heaven. 212 00:25:45,002 --> 00:25:48,630 To erase dividing lines from country to country. 213 00:25:48,714 --> 00:25:51,675 A mandate to spread our customs... 214 00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:55,094 our cultures... our very way of life... 215 00:25:55,178 --> 00:25:57,764 to every corner beneath the Blue Sky. 216 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:02,769 Only one thing stood in his way, as it now stands in mine. 217 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:07,482 Xiangyang... the Walled City. 218 00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:10,026 I have already sent troops into South China. 219 00:26:10,110 --> 00:26:12,111 They are amassing at this very moment. 220 00:26:12,195 --> 00:26:16,199 My spies tell me that in order to starve the rebels out... 221 00:26:16,283 --> 00:26:19,619 we must cut them off from the farming village of Wuchang. 222 00:26:19,703 --> 00:26:23,541 I am sending horse soldiers to that position. 223 00:26:23,624 --> 00:26:24,749 Jingim... 224 00:26:25,793 --> 00:26:28,629 blood of my blood, will lead the assault on Wuchang. 225 00:26:28,712 --> 00:26:29,796 Jingim... 226 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,382 educated in Chinese ways. 227 00:26:33,383 --> 00:26:35,593 Who better to lead an attack on the Chinese? 228 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:38,555 Older brother... 229 00:26:38,639 --> 00:26:42,892 if this is a call to war... you will have my horse and bow. 230 00:26:42,976 --> 00:26:46,063 I will lead our Golden Horde down from the north... 231 00:26:46,146 --> 00:26:48,774 and into battle with my nephew. 232 00:26:48,857 --> 00:26:52,736 We will crush Wuchang, then take the Walled City. 233 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:56,156 And by the blood of Genghis... 234 00:26:56,239 --> 00:27:00,618 I will cut their leader's head off and tie it to the mane of my horse! 235 00:27:03,872 --> 00:27:05,748 Emperor of China? 236 00:27:07,209 --> 00:27:08,418 Emperor of Mongolia? 237 00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:11,212 I will be Emperor of the World! 238 00:27:42,202 --> 00:27:44,078 Empress Dowager. 239 00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:47,206 Rise. 240 00:27:49,584 --> 00:27:52,212 How may the Chancellor ease your pain? 241 00:27:52,295 --> 00:27:55,841 Tell me the barbarians are no longer marching toward us. 242 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:59,552 I will not lie. The Khan's troops advance. 243 00:28:00,428 --> 00:28:02,263 But upon the soul of our Emperor... 244 00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:04,807 I promise, they will never succeed. 245 00:28:08,478 --> 00:28:11,148 Long live Song empire. 246 00:28:20,783 --> 00:28:25,120 My mantis is great. Do you see? 247 00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:29,832 He feigns inferiority to encourage his opponent's advance. 248 00:28:31,752 --> 00:28:33,712 I paid a visit to the Emperor's bedside. 249 00:28:33,796 --> 00:28:35,255 How is he? 250 00:28:35,338 --> 00:28:37,299 Quite unwell. 251 00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:43,263 His legacy will live on within these walls. 252 00:28:43,346 --> 00:28:47,350 It will be a sad day... but much more efficient once he's gone. 253 00:28:48,601 --> 00:28:51,479 No more mixed messages from an old king to his people. 254 00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:54,857 I will give all orders and all orders will be followed. 255 00:28:54,942 --> 00:28:57,485 Yes, my Chancellor. 256 00:28:57,569 --> 00:29:00,405 And that goes for the Emperor's favorite royal concubine. 257 00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,241 Where is your sister? 258 00:29:03,325 --> 00:29:05,785 Doing that for which she is famous. 259 00:29:05,869 --> 00:29:10,123 Improving diplomatic ties with the Governor of Suzhou. 260 00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:16,088 Do you know this game? 261 00:29:18,716 --> 00:29:22,637 How much did you pay my brother for this opportunity? 262 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,347 More porcelain than he's ever seen. 263 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:36,274 Do not fear, Governor. 264 00:29:37,150 --> 00:29:39,861 This is part of the game you paid for. 265 00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:43,573 The Danger Game. 266 00:29:43,656 --> 00:29:45,701 You... 267 00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:49,454 are but a lowly... worm. 268 00:30:30,578 --> 00:30:31,789 Come. 269 00:31:00,108 --> 00:31:02,610 You have questions. 270 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:04,154 Just one. 271 00:31:04,237 --> 00:31:06,656 Am I a privileged guest or a prisoner in this hell? 272 00:31:08,033 --> 00:31:09,450 A fiery one. 273 00:31:09,534 --> 00:31:13,288 No wonder the Khan caged you for his own personal amusement. 274 00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:18,417 You're blind. 275 00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:21,337 Not as blind as you, boy. 276 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:32,557 No roots. 277 00:31:35,310 --> 00:31:37,229 You have spirit, Latin. 278 00:31:37,312 --> 00:31:40,231 Of the Yin and the Yang, you have an abundance of Yang. 279 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,360 But without Yin, Yang dies on the battlefield. 280 00:31:44,527 --> 00:31:46,696 We are all prisoners here. 281 00:31:46,780 --> 00:31:50,868 Prisoners and privileged guests. One and the same. 282 00:31:51,952 --> 00:31:55,288 If you are unable to protect yourself in the kingdom... 283 00:31:55,372 --> 00:31:58,166 it is I... who will be killed. 284 00:31:59,792 --> 00:32:01,419 Do you understand? 285 00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:05,464 Good. We begin with roots. 286 00:32:10,637 --> 00:32:14,891 You have been conscripted into the court of Kublai Khan. 287 00:32:14,975 --> 00:32:16,517 For what? I do not know. 288 00:32:17,686 --> 00:32:19,562 I am Hundred Eyes. 289 00:32:19,646 --> 00:32:23,190 I am kept here to train the Khan's sons... his nobles... 290 00:32:24,442 --> 00:32:26,110 his pets. 291 00:32:27,529 --> 00:32:30,656 You shall be tutored in the Mongolian ways of the horse. 292 00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:39,248 You shall be tutored in the great arts of the East... 293 00:32:39,332 --> 00:32:43,586 by those scholars and artisans loyal to Lord Kublai. 294 00:32:44,587 --> 00:32:46,923 Languages and letters. 295 00:32:47,007 --> 00:32:49,467 Hawking and archery. 296 00:32:49,551 --> 00:32:54,431 And in the end... you may discover the answer to your question. 297 00:33:32,469 --> 00:33:35,096 A man found in possession of a stolen horse... 298 00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:39,392 must return it to its owner, add nine horses of the same kind. 299 00:33:39,476 --> 00:33:41,853 If he is unable to pay this fine... 300 00:33:41,937 --> 00:33:44,772 his children must be taken instead of the horses. 301 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,691 If he has no children... 302 00:33:46,774 --> 00:33:49,151 then he must be slaughtered like a sheep. 303 00:33:49,236 --> 00:33:51,487 That man has no children. 304 00:33:53,406 --> 00:33:57,868 I hear from my Minister of Falconry, you have taken well to the hawks. 305 00:33:57,953 --> 00:33:59,787 Archery is improving, yes? 306 00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:01,916 Yes, Great Khan. 307 00:34:01,999 --> 00:34:06,753 I, myself, was always a bit clumsy with the making of Chinese characters. 308 00:34:08,755 --> 00:34:11,299 When you and your father crossed Central Asia... 309 00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:13,009 you passed through Badakhshan. 310 00:34:13,093 --> 00:34:16,846 Describe for me, in the way that you do... 311 00:34:16,929 --> 00:34:20,266 how you made the passage, what you saw. 312 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:22,977 We saw sand. 313 00:34:24,494 --> 00:34:26,355 Rode beasts. 314 00:34:28,316 --> 00:34:29,734 Do you defy me? 315 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:33,696 Describe for me the land of Badakhshan. 316 00:34:34,947 --> 00:34:37,617 The footing was hard on our beasts. 317 00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:38,868 The sun very hot. 318 00:34:38,951 --> 00:34:42,164 Take him to the horse grounds. Stuff his mouth with the shit of pigs. 319 00:34:42,247 --> 00:34:44,249 You enter a gate made of rock... 320 00:34:44,332 --> 00:34:46,334 east of Bukhara... 321 00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:48,627 and begin to ascend into the Pamir Mountains. 322 00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:55,343 There are great numbers of all kind of wild beasts. 323 00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:56,594 And the men of Badakhshan... 324 00:34:56,678 --> 00:35:00,681 speak of a breed of horse which is said to be the direct offspring of Alexander's. 325 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:08,481 Odd bit of trivia. 326 00:35:08,565 --> 00:35:12,152 I've always been taken by the audacity of Alexander. 327 00:35:12,235 --> 00:35:14,070 A great conqueror. 328 00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:16,655 There are 20 cities that bear his name, huh? 329 00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:20,159 I now possess them all. 330 00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:24,747 Do you blame me for your current station in life? 331 00:35:24,831 --> 00:35:26,083 No, Sire. 332 00:35:27,709 --> 00:35:29,752 I simply wonder why you kept me. 333 00:35:29,836 --> 00:35:32,880 I need no reason, Latin. 334 00:35:36,426 --> 00:35:38,012 As my servant... 335 00:35:38,095 --> 00:35:41,181 you will accompany a tax collector as he makes his rounds. 336 00:35:41,264 --> 00:35:44,934 This will give you a view of my Imperial City and my subjects. 337 00:35:45,017 --> 00:35:47,103 You will report back to me, describe what you have seen... 338 00:35:47,187 --> 00:35:48,938 as you saw it. 339 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,316 I'm giving you freedom. 340 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:57,905 But the walls of my kingdom stretch beyond the horizon. 341 00:35:57,989 --> 00:35:59,490 Do you understand? 342 00:36:00,617 --> 00:36:02,201 Yes, Sire. 343 00:36:03,536 --> 00:36:05,204 I give you leave. 344 00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:23,806 I assumed you would be riding to Wuchang by now. 345 00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:27,601 The astrologers told you this morning was the most auspicious hour to march. 346 00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:31,063 The Confucian advisors said it is better we ride at night. 347 00:36:31,148 --> 00:36:32,482 Ugh. 348 00:36:32,565 --> 00:36:36,111 They also believe a war can be won without fighting. 349 00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:38,905 Why must they always speak in riddles? 350 00:36:38,988 --> 00:36:41,740 - "The supreme art of war," Father. - Mmm. 351 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:44,494 Still... 352 00:36:45,453 --> 00:36:48,206 tomorrow I ride to Wuchang as a Mongol... 353 00:36:48,290 --> 00:36:50,457 and I carry my father's flag. 354 00:36:51,459 --> 00:36:53,461 You are your mother's son, Jingim. 355 00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:57,298 Educated... patient... noble. 356 00:36:57,382 --> 00:37:01,051 There will be a time for all these things in the new dynasty. 357 00:37:02,845 --> 00:37:04,972 I must prepare to ride. 358 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:09,018 My three wives each desire a visit before I go to battle. 359 00:37:11,103 --> 00:37:12,938 You're also your father's son. 360 00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:29,622 Give to me the nectar... so I keep it when you go... 361 00:37:29,706 --> 00:37:31,374 and give you a son. 362 00:37:34,461 --> 00:37:36,879 And what if it's a daughter? 363 00:37:38,173 --> 00:37:42,677 Yang the Healer says to do it like this, in the Golden Lotus, 364 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,347 and I shall finally bear you an heir. 365 00:37:48,308 --> 00:37:51,018 Yang the Healer will be promoted to the ministry. 366 00:37:55,064 --> 00:37:56,524 Tell me... 367 00:37:56,608 --> 00:37:59,611 does your Chinese wife do it like this? Huh? 368 00:39:36,749 --> 00:39:40,502 Nice. They're so beautiful. You can let it go. 369 00:39:41,504 --> 00:39:43,756 Are you ready? 370 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,592 Here we go. 371 00:40:01,316 --> 00:40:02,983 The Venetian. 372 00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:06,363 A pleasure to formally make your acquaintance. 373 00:40:11,117 --> 00:40:14,286 She is my charge, so avert your gaze. 374 00:40:16,174 --> 00:40:20,084 She is far past the reach of a foreign merchant's son. 375 00:40:21,378 --> 00:40:23,129 I followed the wrong path. 376 00:40:23,212 --> 00:40:25,214 Indeed you did... 377 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:30,260 and the clock tower just struck first bell. 378 00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:32,096 My apologies to you. 379 00:40:55,537 --> 00:40:59,749 The Governor said the songs they sing about you south of Quinsai are true. 380 00:40:59,832 --> 00:41:01,292 You pleased him greatly. 381 00:41:02,544 --> 00:41:03,920 The Emperor's dying. 382 00:41:04,003 --> 00:41:06,297 You must honor his wishes. 383 00:41:06,381 --> 00:41:07,965 Anything he wants. 384 00:41:08,049 --> 00:41:09,425 Make a truce with the barbarians. 385 00:41:09,509 --> 00:41:13,388 That was not what the Emperor desired when he was well and strong. 386 00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:17,475 Truce is the dying cry of the weak and the sick. 387 00:41:17,559 --> 00:41:19,059 Kublai is too strong. 388 00:41:19,143 --> 00:41:22,104 I worry for my daughter if the barbarians take our city. 389 00:41:22,188 --> 00:41:24,816 Let your Chancellor manage military affairs. 390 00:41:24,899 --> 00:41:27,276 You manage the imperial bed chamber. 391 00:41:28,778 --> 00:41:32,739 Let the Chancellor not forget who it was who won him favor in this court. 392 00:41:34,617 --> 00:41:38,580 When the strike of the praying mantis breaks the body of the cricket, 393 00:41:38,663 --> 00:41:40,414 it is because of its timing. 394 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:42,666 Timing, Mei Lin. 395 00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:46,087 Trust me, like my soldiers do. 396 00:41:48,631 --> 00:41:51,258 And worry no more. 397 00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:56,263 When the Emperor is gone, you will still be esteemed in this court. 398 00:42:08,443 --> 00:42:09,485 Get up. 399 00:42:11,571 --> 00:42:12,947 Get up. 400 00:42:19,621 --> 00:42:21,413 I did not ask to train you, Latin. 401 00:42:21,498 --> 00:42:23,415 There is no honor in this for me. 402 00:42:26,813 --> 00:42:29,087 Nor did you ask to be left here by a man 403 00:42:29,171 --> 00:42:32,549 who would trade his own son like 2 pounds of spice... 404 00:42:36,137 --> 00:42:40,265 for the opportunity to open trade routes to the West. 405 00:42:46,689 --> 00:42:48,650 Go ahead, take it. 406 00:43:03,247 --> 00:43:04,414 Let him go, Latin. 407 00:43:05,374 --> 00:43:06,667 Let him go. 408 00:43:18,054 --> 00:43:19,429 Get up. 409 00:43:21,558 --> 00:43:24,518 If you wish to survive here, get up at once. 410 00:43:33,444 --> 00:43:35,862 The foreigner has been summoned. 411 00:43:42,161 --> 00:43:44,080 It is quiet. 412 00:43:44,163 --> 00:43:46,290 As it is before a typhoon. 413 00:43:51,295 --> 00:43:54,882 By the Eternal Blue Sky, let us sing from our throats 414 00:43:54,966 --> 00:43:57,760 and let them hear the devil that they are about to meet. 415 00:43:57,844 --> 00:44:01,972 The sons of my father's concubines always speak the loudest. 416 00:44:03,766 --> 00:44:06,102 We must attack as Genghis would. 417 00:44:08,938 --> 00:44:11,148 Ariq... he is not there. 418 00:44:11,232 --> 00:44:13,483 What do you mean "he is not there"? 419 00:44:13,568 --> 00:44:15,402 No Ariq. 420 00:44:15,486 --> 00:44:17,196 No Golden Horde. 421 00:44:17,279 --> 00:44:19,824 Just grass and sky. 422 00:44:32,419 --> 00:44:33,755 Ah, yes. 423 00:44:33,838 --> 00:44:35,297 Welcome. 424 00:44:36,298 --> 00:44:37,966 Proceed down the hall. 425 00:44:39,969 --> 00:44:43,765 And Master Marco... I will be watching you. 426 00:45:26,432 --> 00:45:27,558 Enter. 427 00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:32,438 Sire. 428 00:45:33,981 --> 00:45:37,651 Your new quarters are more spacious than the last, no? 429 00:45:37,735 --> 00:45:40,822 Yes, very much. Thank you. 430 00:45:45,367 --> 00:45:47,578 I have a test for you. 431 00:45:47,661 --> 00:45:50,624 You will walk back down the Hall of Five Desires. 432 00:45:50,707 --> 00:45:52,124 These girls are from Kungurat... 433 00:45:53,209 --> 00:45:56,128 highly skilled in the arts of love. 434 00:45:57,213 --> 00:46:02,509 A man who proves his loyalty to me can take whatever he wishes. 435 00:46:02,593 --> 00:46:04,721 You may not. 436 00:46:04,804 --> 00:46:06,012 Not yet. 437 00:46:08,557 --> 00:46:12,561 Look... but do not touch. 438 00:46:24,949 --> 00:46:28,034 The walls have eyes, Marco Polo. 439 00:47:25,802 --> 00:47:28,345 Do you hear them taunt us? 440 00:47:28,429 --> 00:47:30,931 They mock our blood. 441 00:47:31,015 --> 00:47:35,060 Even without Ariq's army, we should still attack like Mongols... 442 00:47:35,144 --> 00:47:37,479 or retreat as cowards. 443 00:47:39,231 --> 00:47:40,983 That is no farming village. 444 00:47:42,026 --> 00:47:44,236 How many men did you say we have? 445 00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:45,779 Five hundred? 446 00:47:47,865 --> 00:47:49,741 And down there? 447 00:47:49,826 --> 00:47:52,619 More. Many more. 448 00:47:52,703 --> 00:47:53,829 As your General... 449 00:47:54,746 --> 00:47:57,707 I advise... retreat. 450 00:48:13,140 --> 00:48:16,309 We do not return home until we conquer that village. 451 00:48:19,730 --> 00:48:20,814 Give the command.