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From today on, no one can lay a finger on you.

Behold my waist saber of Yanling make,

leaving every pirate dead in its wake.

You are worse than a motley crew.

You are rubbish. You are dog dung!

Enough!

You may be the Commander

but I'm not to be trifled with!

Dismissed! All of you!

It's raining. It really is raining.

Goddess Tin Hau, thank you!

Don't let it stop!

Even Heaven is taking on me!

I don't believe some rain can take me down!

Stand straight!

Take them away!

Your Honour...Are you alright? Your Honour...

Don't help me... Your Honour...

Through thick and thin...

Your Honour...please, nothing can happen to you.

If anything happens to you,

Our Guangdong navy will be bullied.

Through thick and thin!

Don't just stand there.

Help carry His Honour out.

Through thick and thin...

Your Honour...

Through thick and thin...

Your Honour, you can stop now.

He can't see us.

Oh.

I have no time for that mad dog.

Carry me back to my house.

What?

It's not easy to be the top dog. A lesson for you.

Goddess Tin Hau, I meant a drizzle, not a downpour.

I am not blaming you.

It's my fault...

I am flip-flopping.

But please, a drizzle will do.

The sun and then a downpour... I don't think His Highness can take it.

Highness, the rain has stopped!

You beat Heaven!

When Heaven has a great mission for someone it first tries his resolve,

exhausts his body, starves him and leaves him destitute.

I could go through thick and thin with my men. I've shown you that.

Now you saw who never walks his talk!

I dispense reward and penalty where it is due.

Three months of pay to be deducted for those carried off,

to be shared by those who made it to the very end!

Bravo...

Are you happy? Satisfied?

There are rewards and there are penalties.

You have to shape up these old and infirm for me.

If I don't see any improvements in 3 months you'll all be held accountable.

Come what may!

I won't let His Highness get drenched.

Ha Sim, why are you holding an umbrella?

Because it is raining hard.

Milord, it's for you...

The rain has stopped!

What's happening? There's the hot sun and next comes the downpour.

It's so unpredictable! Really!

It's my fault.

Your fault?

She thinks she is Goddess Tin Hau, and she can make it rain at will?

Milord...

Come on.

Prince Man-ho is just too stubborn.

Instead of staying in this grand residence, he insists on staying in the barracks.

It's humid and infested with mosquitoes.

I'll see how long he can last.

That's his way of going through thick and thin with the men.

It is just a show.

Sheesh!

Cheers.

Still, are the men smart enough to see through his trick?

Have confidence in the work you have done all these years.

Right!

I underpaid them, what for?

To weaken their discipline.

I didn't give them fair treatment, why?

To hurt their morale!

That's the way to keep the enemy alive for my own gain.

Only you can clean up the mess.

But Prince Man-ho insists on doing the impossible.

We'll let him dig his own grave.

Let him be defeated on the battlefield. That's the only way to avenge my son!

Sire will punish him for me.

He is doomed!

Rest assured, Your Honour.

Even if he could clean up the two messes we just talked about,

there is a third one waiting for him.

I can assure you, it will be so big that it'll bury him alive!

(Guangdong Naval Troop)

Nasty mosquitoes, I told you to leave His Highness alone!

Milord, you are awake.

I told you to wake me up, just not this way.

Milord, I am sorry!

Milord, you look pale. Are you not feeling well?

I am fine. I just didn't sleep well.

Help me change.

Highness, these are the seven most powerful pirates terrorising the coastal waters.

There is one more.

One more?

Cheung Po-tsai.

You mean the Dragon King Cheng Yat's adopted son?

But he's not one of the seven chiefs.

You had been away from the navy for some time,

your intelligence is outdated.

From the memorials I have read,

Cheung Po-tsai is the up and coming one.

He's our greatest threat.

Even the Dragon King Cheng Yat listens to him.

You mean we should take on him first.

I am still thinking.

Capturing the ringleader first is a good option,

but taking out the weak and minor first, like Wong Yi and Sam-long,

is also a workable strategy.

Milord, are you feeling cold?

I am shivering, yet I am sweating.

Let me get you a physician right away.

Your Honour...it's serious...

The Chao Camp and the Zhe Camp are fighting in the mess hall!

What?

Milord...

It may turn into a mutiny! It has to be stopped!

Siu-fu, come with me.

You Zhejiang guys want our pay? Over my dead body!

Aren't you Chaozhou guys coveting our pay as well?

I was given the order to train you Zhejiang guys.

You have not disappointed me.

I am good at throwing a monkey wrench.

Stop it...stop fighting...

I am telling you to stop!

We are brothers who go through thick and thin together.

Why are you fighting one another?

Stop it!

I am your Commander-in-chief.

We are here to fight the pirates.

How could you fight one another before we have taken on the pirates?

Highness, are you alright?

Milord, are you alright?

What's wrong with His Highness?

He's feeling hot and cold.

He's sweating profusely and he has cramps.

It's malaria.

Malaria?

He's a northerner in the south. He has yet to get acclimatised.

He's prompt to infection if he's bitten by mosquitoes.

Malaria is fickle.

It only causes weakness when in remission.

When it is in full force, then...

You have to cure him!

My prescription can only relieve his symptoms.

If only he were in Beijing right now.

Malaria can only be cured by quinine available only to imperial physicians.

That means we have to take him back.

Milord, how are you feeling?

Have I been asleep for long?

What time is it?

Your health comes first.

Let me have a carriage prepared for the trip back to the capital.

Says who?

Highness, malaria is serious. It can be fatal if it's not cured.

I am here for the pirate suppression on Sires order.

How can I go back before it's done? I'd rather die here than be a loser!

Get lost! Highness...

Get lost! Out!

Highness...

Out! Yes, Highness...

Back to the bed first.

Be careful...

I need no help. Stop it!

I am here for pirate suppression.

I am the Commander-in-chief...

I am the Commander...

I am the Commander...

Some coincidence, really!

So the Nine Dragons Pearl actually means a speedboat engine.

There'll be another waterspout in a few months.

Together with the engine,

it's likely I can go back to the modern times.

Call this a magical adventure.

Maybe you'll miss it when you are back to Hong Kong.

Miss what?

Lashing out at you.

Come on, I saved your life after all.

I sucked out the poison for you.

Do you know the saying? Be always grateful for kindness done to you

OK. I owe you a "thank you". Brother Cheung Po-tsai, thank you.

Don't be so formal. Po-tsai will do.

Po-tsai, you aren't here just for my "thank you", right?

Sis Kiu wants to give you a treat.

I am here to get some food.

Food? It's a beach. I see no food stores.

Food comes from the sea.

Where's the food?

Why are you in the water? What are you doing?

Here you are.

South African abalone?

More.

Australian lobster for sashimi?

More. A bit smaller in size this time.

A geoduck?

Are we really in Hong Kong waters?

Catch it!

Water Mui, are you alright?

It's not possible. It must be a trick of the eyes.

How could the seawater of Hong Kong be so clear?

So underwater in Hong Kong several hundred years ago was so gorgeous!

We who grew up in Cheung Chau had never seen coral or fish so beautiful!

All we've seen were rubbish or plastic bags.

So people in olden times were more environmentally conscious than we are.

Come on, cheers.

Thank you.

Hey, the coral we saw today was gorgeous. It went on and on like a wall without end.

I thought I was watching the Discovery Channel.

What channel? What?

That actually means...I don't know.

Thought you knew English!

Look! I didn't know the sky during Qing times was so blue, so pretty.

Even the air is more refreshing.

Your sky wasn't like that?

The air was different?

It's a sad story.

Let's not talk about it.

I think I am beginning to like it here.

Look, even the lobster is more savoury.

I am glad you like it.

If you like seafood, let Po-tsai take you out to sea more often.

Oh, I almost forgot to thank you.

Thank you for the underwater trip.

I had a great time today.

It's no big deal. I am happy you had a great time.

So you would feel bad if I didn't enjoy it?

Stop kidding! Kidding...

Po-tsai, I am full.

I should go to bed.

Sis Kiu, thank you. Chief Cheng, thank you.

Sing, Ho, thank you. Scholar Suen, thank you.

You're welcome.

Po-tsai, thank you. See you tomorrow.

Done staring? Why not go with her?

To be young is to be romantic. You take after me.

Master Po, is it about time for...

What about time? The time is ripe.

Master Po, seize the day.

What are you talking about? Am I that easy?

You are.

Look at him. How cocky!

He's not being cocky. He's being sure.

Birds do it, bees do it.

The stars have aligned.

It's this close to being a done deal. Let's close the deal for them.

A facial treatment is needed after a whole day under the sun.

I was smart, I brought facial masks along for my time travel.

It's so moisturising. Wonderful.

Where's the rubbish bin?

No rubbish bins in the old times.

Sowing time.

There'll be apple trees in no time.

Hello.

Delicate hands.

I can tell you do no household chores.

Call it blessed.

Gold bangle?

Hey!

How smooth.

No wonder Master Po is smitten.

Smitten?

For you.

Why?

Who pinched my bottom?

A full bottom means you are futile.

Master Po is lucky.

What now?

Help...Stop! Help...Let go of me...

They are so heavy.

Is gold very affordable in Qing times?

Why are they giving me so many gold pieces?

Are they for a wedding or what?

Hold it...they don't mean...

Congrats...

I am sure they weigh at least 8 catties! How generous of them.

Your wedding is much grander than mine.

We have not had a celebration for some time.

We watched Master Po growing up.

Now he's getting married...

Hold it...Master Po is getting married?

Don't be shy. It happens to everyone.

Don't tell me he's marrying...

You. Who else?

You two have hugged...

and kissed.

And he sucked...poison out for you.

Master Po is a responsible man.

Water Mui, congrats.

Maybe we should call you Mrs Cheung now.

Mrs Cheung... Congrats...

Shut up! Spare me!

Maybe it's something I said that has caused this misunderstanding.

But I am being serious. You've got it totally wrong.

OK?

Bravo... Mrs Cheung...

So totally wrong means...

Water Mui said it already.

I need no translation from you.

She is not in love with Master Po at all.

It's fine if we've got it wrong.

But now it's just Master Po's wishful thinking,

This mistake will hurt him hard.

That's why we'll leave this mission to you.

You want me to get killed? Sing, you do it.

I don't mind telling him the bad news. The worst is me getting beaten up.

That's better than him suffering the pain inside.

Woe when the stars crossed,

and when your first love is toast!

Since when... Here you are...

So you overheard us? Did you?

What first love? What stars crossed?

What toast?

Blah...

He couldn't handle it and so he lost his mind?

People out of their mind don't like to be contradicted.

Just agree with whatever he says.

Me out of love?

If I cared for them,

girls would line up all the way to Guangzhou

Yes...

Am I dashing? Yes...

Am I handsome? Yes...

Am I learned? Yes...

Mental...

What gave him the idea?

I have to make it clear with him, or it'll go to his head.

Where's he?

I am in love with Water Mui? What a joke!

Right...

As for her figure, she's as flat as a plank

Right...

As for her looks, she looks like a horse.

Right...

No...

She does.

She's rude and crude, and she's a loose woman.

She was hugging and kissing me shortly after we met.

She didn't dress herself properly.

She keeps tossing out English words.

For me to marry a girl like her? You'd have to kill me first.

If I had to marry a man like you, I'd kill you first and then drown myself

Water Mui, when did you come in?

When you said I am as flat as a plank.

I should have got hopping mad at such rude remarks,

but since you said you were not in love with me,

I am so relieved!

(Naval Barracks)

I need to get up...

Milord, you are still unwell, why get up so early?

I am hungry.

The buns are cold. Don't eat this.

Highness, why didn't you get me to serve you?

You've had a hard time. You can use more rest.

The congee smells good.

Let me serve you.

Then you can have the decoction.

Milord, does the congee make you feel better?

Siu-fu, what have you found out? Was the fight really provoked by Hon Yung?

Milord, leave it for later. You should have more rest.

Carry on.

The Zhe Camp and Chao Camp don't get along because of their regional differences.

They can get into a fight without provocation.

However, they all listen to Hon Yung.

You once said they were maltreated by Fok Yee-tai,

they should hate him very much.

How come they still listen to Hon Yung?

Because his father was from Zhejiang and his mother Chaozhou.

You heard it.

When the two sides get mad, they revert to their own dialects.

Right. I don't have a clue what they say.

Miscommunication is the worst when it comes to military operations.

It's not easy for a Northerner to pick up the southern tongue,

and we are talking about two dialects.

Hon Yung is poor in military skills or martial artistry.

However, because he speaks two dialects,

both sides see him as their own man.

I am sure the discord was planted by Fok Yee-tai and Ho Yung deliberately.

This discord is a source of trouble for me.

I need to get a man who can mend it.

Siu-fu, do you have a man in mind?

Yes.

Who?

Hon Yung.

Hon Yung.

He's the troublemaker.

Are you asking me to go to him, hat in hand?

Highness, please don't get mad.

I didn't mean to provoke you.

But he's the only man who can placate the two sides.

Shut up!

Highness, forgive me.

Get me the decoction.

I have to get well in no time.

Then I can take on these rascals.

(Admiral's Residence)

Your Honour, you must have got tired by all the work.

Not at all.

Things went so smoothly without the mad dog getting in the way.

I've pocketed all the pay slated for the mad dog's Jing Camp.

They should pay for following a wrong master.

Clever move.

Hon Yung, you are very capable.

Thanks to your mastery of Chaozhou and Zhejiang dialects

you turned the two camps against each other.

The credit goes to you.

You are given a cut.

Thank you.

Honourable Fok, my master is gravely ill. Please help him.

Tramp!

You had the nerve to come beg me?

Have you forgotten how my son died?

Honourable Fok, hate me as much as you like

It's not His Highness' fault.

He's so ill already,

yet he still has to worry about the discord among the troops.

You are asking for Hon Yung's help.

Yes, I have offended you.

Let me kowtow to you for my mistake.

Alright, Hon Yung will help, on one condition.

What is it? I'll do whatever you say.

A life for a life.

Honourable Fok...

Ha Sim. Honourable Hon.

Do you want me to help Prince Man-ho out?

Yes, please.

Why should I?

Good deeds will get rewarded.

You are a good man.

Does it mean you will repay me?

Whatever you want me to do.

Really?

You said you would do whatever I said.

Stop it! I'll tell Prince Man-ho about it. He'll punish you!

Go ahead and tell him. He's more dead than alive.

Tell him to kill him with his own anger!

Even if he can survive it and will do as you say, so what?

He needs my help now.

Don't you forget he saved your life.

Shouldn't you repay him?

Go away! Don't you come near...

(Naval Barracks)

Highness, don't get mad.

Mind your health.

It's an urgent request from the Fujian admiral.

He wants reinforcement right away.

Wong Yi is not the most formidable pirate chief,

yet he has been wreaking havoc along the Fujian waters

and causing casualties to the navy there.

He is counting on me for reinforcement.

Highness, take it easy.

You are still weak.

Milord, the physician said you need more rest.

Take the decoction first.

Be careful, it's hot.

I didn’t come all the way to be ill.

I am here to fight!

Milord, take it easy.

Highness, let me lead the fight.

You?

Why should the Zhe and Chao camps listen to you?

Milord, didn't Siu-fu say last night that Hon Yung...

Cut it out.

He's Fok Yee-tai's man.

Even if he can do it, will he help us out?

Will he?

He may.

I went over to the Admiral's Residence to beg...

What?

You went to Fok Yee-tai last night?

No wonder you came back so late last night.

Fine...

I am Prince Man-ho...

Now I am reduced to needing the help of a maid.

Milord, please don't say that.

You are a hero, a great man.

Yet even a hero may need help from time to time.

Honourable Fok hates the guts of me.

But Hon Yung...he...can be talked over...

Can you talk this rascal over?

After begging him on my knees for four hours, he...

Highness, Ha Sim has a point.

You are just a maid, yet you would go to such lengths for me.

I am the Commander-in-chief, how can I care for my pride more?

I shouldn't make you suffer in vain.

Siu-fu... Yes!

Summon Hon Yung here.

Yes, Highness.

Goddess Tin Hau, please bless Prince Man-ho

I'll bear whatever it takes.

Really?

Did you miss me?

You are so frightened, it means "no".

Then I should go.

But once I am gone, Prince Man-ho will have no help.

Please, you have to help him.

Get up first.

You are asking me to do a good deed.

What reward will I get?

Honourable Hon...

How fascinating!

She's so pretty. Who's she?

It's our great-grandfather's love token for our great-grandmother.

(Who is this great-grandfather?)