[Drama Recap] The Merchant: Gaekju 2015 (Episode 1-5)

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Episode 1: Cheon Bong-sam (played by Jo Hyeon-do) and his father Cheon Oh-soo (Kim Seung-soo) left to Qing Dynasty to sell trepang (dried sea cucumbers) . They go with a group merchants . When they are walking along the edge of a cliff, Bong-sam and Oh-soo slips and are trying to hold on to rope. Although other people try save them, Oh-soo has to let go the rope off his hands in order to save his son. Bong-sam sees his father falling and sreams "Father".

Episode 2: Gil Sang-moon (played by Lee Won-jong) is the head of Cheon Family Inn is cheated by  Kim Hak-joon (played by Kim Hak-cheol). Kim Hak-joon is a cunning man, he wants to take over Cheon Family Inn and the life of Cheon Bong-sam's father (owner of the Cheon Family Inn).

Gil Sang-moon declines to support Kim Hak-joon, he is trapped to be caught by Qing soldiers and  tortured. Kim Hak-joon forced Gil Sang-moon to point Cheon Oh-soo as an opium smuggler but Gil Sang-moon is loyal. He says he is the only one who is responsible for the transportation of opium. His false confession causes him taking poison to death.

Episode 3: Kim Hak-joon (played by Kim Hak-cheol) wants to take over Chunga Inn so he plots a false scenarios to frame Cheon Oh-soo (Kim Seung-soo) (the Chunga Inn 's owner) for Gil So-gae's (Park Gun-tae) crime and smuggling opium.

Cheon So-rae (played by Seo Ji-hee) is Cheon Oh-soo's daughter comes back to the Inn and hears that the owner of the Inn has changed. She meets Kim Hak-joon inside the Inn,she then introduces herself and asks who he is. Kim Hak-joon  doesn't respond. They both yell at each other "Who are you and why are you acting like the owner of this inn?"

Episode 4:
Adult Cheon Bong-sam (played by Jo Hyeon-do). Before, Cheon Bong-sam wanted to join Dongmong-cheong  to become a peddler but he was rejected Cheon Bong-sam because he was too young. 10 years later he has become an adult (this episode shows off his muscles :))

Cheon Bong-sam tries to find his older sister Cheon So-rye (played by Seo Ji-hee) after he hears about Cheon Family Inn through Song Man-chi (played by Park Sang-myeon).

Episode 5:  Jo Seong-joon tells Cheon Bong-sam to sell off 3 cows in 10 days. However, Cheon Bong-sam is hurt after he was hit by an old man while selling cows. He tells the old man, "You may need this cow in this village. Your daughter and wife over there aren't cows. Why are you going to make them work? Please buy the cow".

(to be continued)