Hong has no parents and is at a training center.The head of the training center is Granny.Hong wants to have a big ship and trade in the future.

Hong loses the flute her mother gave her.Hongsu,the son of Minister of Justice,Jeong Dong,picks up the flute.

Hong and Hongsu are put in jail because they sell goods without license.

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Hong is investigated by Kim Ungreyeol.Hongsu is flogged instead of Hong.

13 years ago,Minister of Justice kicked Granny out of the palace.

Hong finds out that Hongsu has her flute.

The King prohibits that people has gold,silver and silk.

Maksun,who works for a silk shop tells her boss to make Hong smuggle out silk.

Hong returns to the training center.She is in a critical condition.

Kim Ungreyeol searches for Hong in order to find the culprit of smuggling of silk.

Hong and Granny leave the training center.Just when Hong,Granny and Dong-ah leave,Kim Ungreyeol comes there.

Kim Ungreyeol don't find Hong.Hong is put on the wanted list.

Minister of Justice orders to stop the investigation of smuggling of silk.

Hong,Hongsu,and Maksun get on the ship.Hong leaves Hongsu and Maksun.

Three months pass.

Hong wants to go to Jeju.Hong gets on the ship to Jeju.

The ship arrives at Jeju.

The foreman of Eastgate Market Brocker gives Hong a job.

Hong sells perfume pouches with beauty powder.Hong is complained by one to sell powder that her face is swollen.It's not because of powder.Hong is kicked out of Eastgate because she sold powder without permission.

Dong-ah comes to Jeju and meets Hong.Hong is deceived and gets on the ship.Hong is put in jail.Hong becomes the foster daughter of Myohyang,Giseng School.

Some years pass.

Granny comes to Jeju and becomes the maid of foreman of Eastgate.

Hongsu is the subject of Kim Ungreyeol.Hongsu goes to Jeju for the investigation.

Hong is going to make hair up by Foreman Gang Yuji.

Just then,Granny comes to Hong.

Granny tells Hong that her mother is Eunhong,who was a diver.

Myohyang killed Eunhong.

Hong and Hongsu meet again at the quarantine camp in Jeju.

Granny says to Myohyang,"Unless you leave Hong,I'll tell Hong that you murdered Hong's mother."

Choe Namgu kills an old diver master.Hong insults Choe Namgu and is jailed.Hongsu arrests Choe Namgu.Yuji brings the evidence to Hongsu.Hong is released.Hongsu leaves Jeju.

Moonsun tries to kill Daebang Gang,Yuji's father.Daebang Gang dies.

Hong is taken to the quarantine camp.

Hong becomes ill.

Hong hears that her mother died because of Myohyang.Hong and Yuji go to the port.

Yuji wants Hong to leave Jeju.Hong wants to stay in Jeju.

Hong returns to Myohyang.Hong asks Choe to do the trial.

Kim Ungryeol and Jeong Hongsu come to Jeju.Hong says,"If I prove my innocence,I want to be released from gisaeng register."

Hong and Hongsu investigate the census register of her mother and grandfather.Yuji took away the census register in order to catch her heart.

Kim Ungryeol finds out that Hong is his daughter.

Hong hears from Granny that Kim Ungryeol is Hong's father.Hong says at the trial that her father died.

The foreman of Eastgate is going to hire Granny and Hong.

Hong says to Kim Ungryeol,"I'll be a merchant."Kim Ungryeol gives Hong her name, Kim Mandeok.

Hong and Granny comes to Eastgate.

Hong meets Moonsun again.Moonsun changed her name from Maksun.

Granny fights with the junior foreman of Eastgate about inventory management.

Hongsu leaves Jeju.

Mandeok is kicked out of Eastgate,because she was a gisaeng.

Mandeok lives with Sorae,who left the quarantine camp.The bid of abalone for China will be held.

Dry abalone is necessary, but because of the climate both Eastgate and Westgate have no dry abalone.

Sorae can make dry abalone.Mandeok takes dry abalone to Eastgate.Mandeok and Sorae works for Eastgate.

Yuji kidnaps Sorae and steals dry abalone.

Sorae says,"I won't make dry abalone for Westgate."

Moonsun meets a Japanese merchant.Moonsun gets silver from them.

In front of officials,Westgate and Eastgate meet.Moonsun shows silver to officials.

Eastgate decides to get abalone and make dry abalone again.Officials try to start earlier than they planned.So,Mandeok goes to show dry abalone to them.Westgate tries to stop Mandeok.Yuji helps Mandeok.Mandeok shows abalone to officials.

Mandeok becomes the warehouse keeper in Eastgate.

Moonsun makes Yuji remove from the foreman.

Mandeok comes to meet Moonsun and returns the ring to Moonsun.

Tribute goods for royal wedding are dumped into the sea in order for the ship not to sink.It's necessary that tribute goods are delivered again.Open bidding will be held.

Mandeok has to rent a ship. Mandeok rents a ship from Hwang,a gamble addict.But the ship doesn't come on an appointed time.

Moonsun buys Hwang off.Mandeok goes to meet Moonsun and says to her,"I want to meet Hwang."

Eastgate will bring Hwang's ship from Haenam.

Dong-ah ,Pansul and Mandeok leave Jeju in order to get the ship.Skipper Jang says to Mandeok,"Until Hwang appears,we can't give the ship."Mandeok says,"We take over Hwang's debt."Skipper Jang gives the ship to Mandeok.

Pansul cuts the rope of the sail.On the way to Jeju,the sail of the ship hits Skipper Jang.Skipper Jang can't see.Mandeok tells places of the moon and the stars and Skipper Jang operates the ship.

The ship returns to Jeju safely.

Choe Namgu waits for the ship at the port.He investigate the ship.He can't find Mandeok.Mandeok took off the ship at Woodo.

The bidding is held.Eastgate wins the contract.Eastgate can deal with all tribute goods of Jeju for three years.

Mu Mengdal recommends Eastgate to buy Hwang's ship.The foreman of Eastgate buys the ship.

People of Eastgate make merry.

Westgate puts black cow goods,which are prohibited to trade,on Eastgate's ship.

A rancher says,"I sold black cow goods to the foreman of Eastgate."The foreman of Eastgate is arrested.He is exiled and dies.

Mu Mengdal wants Eastgate to return all money.

Pansul, junior foreman, gives Moonsun the evidence that Mandeok is the daughter of Kim Ungreyeol.

Eastgate is gone.Everyone of Eastgate leave.

The rancher are investigated again.Hongsu comes to Jeju for the investigation.

When the rancher is about to be killed by Pansul,Hongsu comes there.The rancher says to officials,"I didn't see the face of the foreman."

Yuji reads the ledger and finds out that Granny is Lady Kim.

Jeong Dong,Hongsu's father, comes to Jeju.Granny says to Moonsun,"Return Mandeok's family register."Granny burns it in front of Mandeok.

The rancher is killed.

Moonsun is about to give birth to her child on a path.Just then,Mandeok passes by.

Moonsun's uncle kills Granny.Moonsun gives birth to her son,but he doesn't cry.Mandeok goes to Granny.Mandeok sees Granny die.The dagger which Granny was killed with is Yuji's.

Choe Namgu goes to arrest Yuji.Yuji leaves Jeju.

Mandeok goes to a traveler's inn and says to the boss,"I want to run this inn.I'll pay the profit to you."Mandeok gets some information from guests.

Six years later.

A doctor comes to tell something to Mandeok.Mandeok thinks that the King will die soon.

Mandeok lets Dong-ah go to Hanyan.Dong-ah gets white hats,which people wear when the King dies.

Mandeok rent 20,000 nyang from Mengdal.Mandeok makes white hats and carries them to Hanyan.

Two months later,the King dies.Dong-ah sells white hats with the price ten times as usual.Dong-ah is attacked by other merchants.Dong-ah's money is stolen.

Mandeok hears that Dong-ah had his money robbed.

Yuji finds the man to steal money from Dong-ah and returns money to Dong-ah.Dong-ah gets rice and goes back to Jeju.

Mandeok gets back the house of Eastgate.Mandeok becomes Senior Foreman of Eastgate.

Sahn,Moonsun's son is kidnapped.Yuji saves him.

Mandeok starts seaweed business.

Moonsun meets a guildmaster.Moonsun tries to sell goods which were sold in a shop which went bankrupcy,but the guildmaster refuses to buy them.

Mandeok says to the master,"I'll find the new selling route."

The King orders Hongsu something secretly.Hongsu goes to Jeju.

Mandeok says to divers,"Eastgate will get fish from low level to middle level."Mandeok thinks that a lot of fish will be caught,so the price of fish will be down.

Mandeok is arrested because of prohibition order.

Yuji hears from a doctor that Moonsun put poison on his father.

Mandeok is released.

Shops get to buy silk not only from Westgate but also from anyone on the government policy.License merchants can't monopolize.

Mandeok thinks pearl business.Westgate gets pearl from Japanese merchant.Westgate has pearls with large quality itself and it flows pearls with small quality to the market.

Mandeok thinks that they sell hats with pearl accessary in Hanyang.

Mandeok finds out that Yuji tries to kill Moonsun,so she goes to Hongsu in order to inform that.

Just when Moonsun buy pearls from Japanese merchants,Yuji comes there.Yuji is about to shoot an arrow to Moonsun.

Hongsu comes there,and Yuji escapes.

Yuji lets Dongju take the evidence that Moonsun killed Granny to Jeong Dong.

When Myohyang makes a deal with Japanese merchants,Hongsu comes to arrest them.

Hongsu investigates Moonsun about the case of smuggling.Moonsun dumped pearls she smuggled into the sea.

Moonsun makes Choe put poison on Myohyang in prison.Myohyang loses her voice.Myohyang brings a charge against Moonsun to Hongsu.

Dongji takes pearls from Yuji to Kim Ungryeol.The King admits the trade with Daemando.Pearls Westgate sells in Hanyang are confiscated by authority.Moonsun asks Mengdal to look for one to buy Westgate's ship.

Moonsun wants to get back the ledger from Yuji.Yuji comes to Mandeok and gives the ledger to Mandeok.Mandeok says to Yuji,"Let's burn the ledger."Moonsun sees that.

Yuji says to Hongsu,"Be happy with Mandeok."

Just when Moonsun leaves Jeju,Jeong Dong comes.Moonsun's uncle stabs Hongsu,who came to save Moonsun.

Hongsu dies.

Kim Ungryeol comes to Jeju in order to investigate Jong Dong.Kim Ungryeol suggests Jong Dong to turn in his past crime..

Choe Namgu is arrested for embezzlement.Moonsun is arrested.Moonsun's uncle helps Moonsun,so Moonsun is released.

Two years later,Jong Dong is exiled.In 1791,it is liberalization of trade.

People suffer from drought.People who rent money from Westgate attack Westgate.

Just when people try to hurt Sahn,Mandeok comes there.Sahn says,"I opened the key of the shed."Moonsun says to officers,"I'll give people grain."Moonsun sends Sahn to Mandeok and says to Mandeok,"I want you to raise Sahn."

A few years later,people dies from drought.Mandeok gives rice in storage to people.Royal court
sends relief grain to Jeju,but the ship is capsized because of storm. Mandeok sells her asset and makes money.

The King sends an envoy to Mandeok.Mandeok goes to Hanyang and meets the King.