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Shingles?

You want to put a roof on the battleships?

Sir!

Can you build it?

A new kind of ship... An enclosed battleship!

It's not a feasible idea, sir.

You think it's impossible to put roofs on our battleships?

It's not impossible, but Lt. Na wants the roof on a steep angle so that

the enemy would slide off if they tried to board.

That's right.

Then the ship would basically look like this.

We'd need at least this much angle on the roof, right?

Our ships are 36 feet wide.

And you'd need at least 8 feet to achieve this angle.

But the entire ship only 15 feet tall.

That means the roof is going to be taller than the hull,

and the force of restoration will be considerably reduced.

Flat bottom ships lack stability to begin with. If we build up a ship

to this height, a smallest storm will sink us. Isn't that right?

I guess so. I didn't think of that.

Then why don't we make the roof flat?

I suppose it could work if the roof was flat,

but I don't understand.

What can we possibly gain by going through this trouble?

The roof will be left unguarded, so it will be easier for the enemy to board.

And if we're going to put a mast on the roof we will need access to the roof

from the deck.

All that the enemy will need to do is to breakthrough

that entrance to seize the ship.

I suppose they could set the roof on fire as well.

The roof is unguarded, so we will be unable to extinguish the fire,

and the entire ship could go up in smoke.

That's right. Ships have evolved through time.

It was only after a hundred years of war and countless trial and error that

the battleships have evolved into galleys that we have now.

Apart from the speed issue, it's the best battleship there is.

Then there are two factors.

It must deter enemy's boarding and it cannot catch on fire.

That will be our challenge. This is going to be fun!

A fireproof ship... That's tremendous!

Why don't we stop the daydreaming now?

Look!

It takes detailed planning and calculation to build a ship?

It's not something you can dream up in your head and put together!

I know.

But if we can build such a ship, our navy will gain a tremendous advantage.

Don't dismiss it as an impossible idea and give it a try.

We have nothing to lose.

A ship that won't burn?

A ship that won't burn... A ship that won't catch on fire...

How do I build it?

You're daydreaming again!

Lieutenant!

You must've already heard. The oars are badly broken.

How is it going, Unbok?

Awful.

They'll try to set the ship on fire like this!

Sir, are you crazy? What are you trying to do?

But it won't catch on fire.

Huh?

Sir!

What do I do? How do I make this work?

Unbok, did he bump his head or something?

No, he's like this all the time.

What do you think? How do I make it so it doesn't burn?

You don't want something to burn? Don't set it on fire.

But they will. They'll shoot flaming arrows and pour oil on us too.

Then we're doomed.

But it can't catch on fire. There has to be a way...

Good grief!

Aren't you tired, sir? I'm exhausted!

What's happening to the shipyard lately?

First the director takes a hammer to a ship and now his lieutenant

is trying to set one on fire!

Do you think the shipyard is on cursed grounds?

The wind that travels from across the ocean lap against the shore

like mountain peaks.

Every night I dream that the ocean,

that the wind that sweeps across that ocean, that those waves

turn into enemy battleships and surge to the shore of Chosun.

And when I wake up from the nightmare, I can't get back to sleep.

I cannot count how many restless nights I have spent with my eyes wide open...

But all that I have been allowed are a fleet of a dozen warships

and an army of some one thousand inadequately trained recruits.

Can I really protect these beaches with them?

How much time do we have?

In order to fight the enemy and win, what the Chosun navy needs

a new kind of battleship.

A new kind of battleship...

You must not allow anyone to enter the villa, is that clear?

Yes, sir.

What is the meaning of this?

Your Highness, His Majesty has ordered extreme restraint.

I am going to the palace to seek punishment for my crimes.

Step aside.

No, Your Highness.

Step aside at once!

Death will await us if we allow you to you leave the estate, Your Highness!

Father, the country in a state of confusion.

I beseech you to get a hold of yourself.

You must choose the path that will deliver Chosun from imminent peril.

Prince Kwang-hae is waiting for his punishment in his backyard?

Your Highness...

How many day has His Majesty kept him confined?

Doesn't that child resent his father for this?

What kind of father would keep such a good son locked up in a cage?

Your Highness...

Prepare a carriage. I am going to the Imperial Chambers.

Your Majesty, shall I await my sentence?

It you wish to punish Kwag-hae, you must punish me first.

Shall I await my sentence?

This is not for you get involve.

I am the one who said Kwang-hae was worthy of the throne.

I've said that the throne must be preserved by a legitimate heir.

Then remove me from the seat of the Queen.

Queen!

It is my failure to produce a child that caused this!

Your Majesty, Kwang-hae is a gentle and astute child.

And he is a good son and a faithful subject.

You must look upon him with love.

I do love him. I love him as much as you do!

Then why do you keep him locked up?

Keep him locked up? No. I'm trying to protect him!

I'm trying to protect him from getting mixed up with the power-

hungry officials that will flock around him.

If he should fall victim to their beguiling and covet the power that

is not his, you know what the consequences will be.

Your Majesty...!

My lord, why don't you come inside?

We have done a terrible thing to Prince Kwang-hae, you and I.

This is the beginning, my lord.

You mustn't let Prince Kwang-hae's sacrifice be in vain.

You mustn't waver and you mustn't be weak.

You're right.

I suppose I must continue to fight the endless battle...

Exiled?

Minister Yoon Du-su has been exiled?

I threw away my pride and gave up everything I believed in

to grab on to what I thought was my lifeline, but the line has snapped!

My lord, the night air is chilly. You're going to catch a cold.

How long has that moon been there?

Pardon, sir?

Was it always there?

It's been a very long time.

I don't know how long it's been since I saw the moon.

Brother!

Why did you come so far?

How are you?

I'm fine. It's not a bad thing to relax like this once in a while.

I never imagined we, the Westerners, would crumble like this.

We should've known that it was Yu Sung-ryong's trap.

We should have listened to you.

It's gods will that we should be defeated, not our negligence.

Brother...

Yu Sung-ryong has all the luck. Could it be that divine will is with him?

He bears the fate of Chosun on his shoulders.

The poor man... He must feel so anxious.

Brother, what are you saying? He's the last person you should be worried about.

How do I take some of that load o of him?

The political battle between the East and the West faction surrounding the

selection of Heir Apparent would end in Easterners' victory with Chung Chul

and Yoon Du-su's removal from office.

But a new dispute was developing in the royal court over Chung Chul's

punishment.

Chung Chul had been the prosecutor who instigated the Purge of 1589

and the number of innocent Easterners that died in his hands numbered

in the hundreds.

Your Majesty, you must execute the former Royal Advisor Chung Chul!

No, Your Majesty!

The court had been torn between those who firmly demanded

his execution, and those who called for his banishment.

This discord resulted in a division within the West faction into Yi San-hae's

North faction and Yu Sung-ryong's South faction,

and the political climate began to show turbulence once again.

On the part of King Sonjo, his handling of the succession issue was a highly

political and calculated movement.

Not only did it suppress the growing

power of the Westerners but it also served as a declaration of his firm

will not to tolerate any threats against his throne.

In 1591, less than one year before the outbreak of Yimjin War,

the King of Chosun was undergoing a transformation into an absolute

monarch whose only concern was political ascendancy with no regard

to the violence that lay ahead.

Meanwhile in Japan, Hideyoshi's young son Tsurumatsu was on the

threshold of death.

Tsurumatsu, it's papa, Tsurumatsu...

Open your eyes. Your papa is here!

That's it. That's a Shogun's son.

My horse...

Papa, my horse...

Save my son!

Save my son, and I will give you the world!

Your Highness...!

Tsurumatsu!

I pray for young Tsurumatsu's soul, Master!

Your Highness...

It is said Tsummatsu's death left Hideyoshi grieving in silence in

the confines of his home for a significant period of time,

which had his daimyos making various speculations about his plans for Ming

conquest.

This could be our last chance.

Death of a love one often has a profound effect on your life.

Only if he could see that a war will take countless sons away from their

fathers...

He may call off the war.

But then, he may not.

His eminence is an unpredictable man.

Who knows what is hiding behind that grieving face?

Could His Highness change his mind about the war?

I can't be certain on this one.

His son Tsurumatsu meant more to him than his own life.

I will leave you now, Master.

Is it your turn now?

Sennorikyu, Tsurumatsu, and now you...

Everyone is leaving me...

Tsurumatsu was the first and only child I had.

He was my joy, my everything...

His death was fitting.

God is fair.

What would you rather be? A father of a boy or the ruler of the world?

Leave. Leave at once!

His Eminence the Kampaku!

The Heavens will not allow me to leave my trace through blood.

So I will have to leave my trace in another way.

I will go to Nagoya myself! In the spring, we will launch

an attack on Chosun, and I will personally command the war!

History will remember me as the great conqueror who captured Chosun,

Great Ming and India! That is how I will leave my mark.

Chun-su... Chun-su, please wake up. Chun-su!

Open your eyes, Chun-su!

Physician, he's been unconscious for days! What are his chances?

Chun-su! Chun-su!

Do you recognize me? It's Mujik!

Chun-su! Chun-su?

My... money...

Huh?

Where's my moneys?

What?!

What did you do with my money?

Here!

It's all there, so count it!

Physician, I appreciate you fixing his stomach, but can you fix his head too?

I thought he might live, but this is amazing!

I'm almost certain that whoever did this didn't stab to kill.

Pardon?

How else could the dagger have missed all the vitals when it went

in so deep?

Whoever did this knew exactly what he was doing!

You mean Hong wanted Chun-su to be alive?

It's been a while, Shinkai.

Akai Sama...

Let's go.

What is the meaning of this, Shinkai?

You've been exposed to the enemy too much, Akai Sama.

Master wanted me to see you safely to your grave.

Keep the blade nice and straight.

I want everything precise and tight.

You have to fasten it first. Try it again.

What are you doing, sir?

Sir! Sir!

Lt. Na!

It floats! Porcelain doesn't burn and it floats on water!

When are you going to stop?

When are you going to stop wasting your time with these idle fantasies?

So what if a porcelain bottle floats? Are you going to build a porcelain ship?

I doubt that you can build one that size, but even if you did

one blast of cannon will blow it up into bits!

Oh, you're right...

It's work time right now, Lieutenant!

I cannot have you wasting time with idle fantasies!

What do we do then? How do we build a fireproof ship?

Sir, can you think of something else? What else doesn't burn in a fire?

Lieutenant!

Lt. Na! Lt. Na!

Oh, are you done already?

- Yes. - Mama!

Hi.

What's wrong? This isn't like you.

Are you feeling all right? Are you tired?

Oh, is it because the recruits don't help out anymore?

But we have night training now. Don't get upset.

What's wrong with her? Did something happen?

I don't know. She's been like that all day.

Are you hungry, Dae-man?

Mama...

Do you want some rice soup?

There you are.

Sir, what brings you here at this late hour?

I've come to see what I can find on battleships.

I see.

Did you already check this stack of books over here?

Are you here to check the rest?

How did you know?

All of these books are about battleships.

Who else would do this kind of research except you?

You have your hands full as it is. Aren't you tired?

I'm fine, Sir.

Sir...!

Mama, it's today, isn't it?

The day that your son died.

Be quiet. Who told you about that no-good punk?

Mama...

Don't even mention about that ungrateful boy!

Please stop it!

Stop walking around with that blank look like a zombie!

Sir...!

Why? Did the smell of rice soup lure you here, Lieutenant?

Iron doesn't burn in fire...

And it doesn't float in water either!

Turtle Ship? Turtle Ship you say?

It says that there was a ship called "Turtle Ship" during Taejong's reign.

Then that means they tried putting roofs on battleships.

Yes, sir.

Any details about how they built it?

No, there is only a mention of its name.

If only they had made a more detailed record...

The purpose of the roof must have been to protect the sailors aboard.

Judging by the fact that it fell into disuse after only a short time,

perhaps it was proven to be ineffective.

How do we cover the upper deck to protect the soldiers and increase

our chance of victory?

I've had enough of this! Please stop!

You can't build a fireproof ship I tell you!

You can't make the director angrier than he already is!

Or he'll tell the commander you've been slacking off, and you'll get

kicked out for sure this time!

And Master Na will be furious if when you're sent back home,

and you'll be done for! What are you going to do if he tells you

to kill yourself?

Hey!

You better watch your mouth! What did you say?

A father telling his son to kill himself?

Please stay out of this! You don't know my master!

Why, he's...

How would you know how parents feel?

Good or bad my child is my child?

Parents are happy just to see them alive!

Even the porcupine thinks her own young fairest!

What did you just say?

Lieutenant...

What did you just say?

What do you mean?

What did you say?

I said that this boy deserves a whipping for saying what he did...

Porcupine? Did you say porcupine?

Right? You just said porcupine!

Sir...

Lieutenant! Please!

Oh, I'm spinning!

You did it! You're the merit subject!

We're going to have an invincible fleet because and it's all thanks to you!

Dae-man, what is he talking about?

I have no idea.

Perhaps...

Sir...

Does the roof have to be made of wood?

Pardon?

High commander!

I got it! I got it, sir! We can build it!

We can build a fireproof ship!

It's porcupine! Porcupine, sir!

Does the black indicate an iron plate?

How did you know?

But that's not all.

Of course not.

Should it put spears or swords?

Sir!

Yes, it's a porcupine all right! It's a porcupine!

We learned that there existed a ship called Turtle Ship in Taejong's reign.

Now that you mention it, it looks like a turtle with its head retracted!

Then let us put a head.

But a turtle head might look too soft.

How about something more fearsome and intimidating?

Turtle Ship?

That's a battleship?

As you can see, the structure of our flat-roof ship has not be altered.

We have simply placed a roof over the top of the existing structure.

We will be using iron plates and iron spikes on the roof to deter

the enemy's boarding.

Don't you know that iron ten times heavier than wood?

Do you think a ship can support that weight?

You have a point. The roof will be extremely heavy.

If the top is heavy, force of restoration will drop.

That's right. Iron is very heavy.

And if we were to place one solid piece of iron over the top of the ship,

it will surely sink.

So what's your solution?

Surely you didn't bring the plans without a solution.

Of course not. We will divide the iron plate into many little pieces

and we will pound them into thin sheets. Then we will lay them down on the roof.

That will reduce the weight significantly.

Brilliant! It's brilliant!

It's a real assault craft.

High commander, let us get this ship into production at once.

This eliminates the possibility of being boarded, so we can infiltrate

deeply into the enemy perimeter.

Destroying the enemy fleet will simply be a matter of time.

This ship has never been built before. Too much is at stake to build it with

estimates alone.

How about making a model first and studying its

suitability before taking it into production?

That's a sound idea.

Draw up a more detailed plan and build a model.

We will make our final decision after testing the model.

Yes, sir!

High commander...!

Don't push yourself too hard.

I'm fine, sir.

I thought the plates should be about an inch thick, and the spikes...

Wow!

It floats!

The Left Cholla Navy will soon have a new battleship.

We will call it Turtle Ship. The Turtle Ship will quickly disarm

the Japanese warriors that are skilled in close-combat, and will break

through the enemy's defense line.

When the Turtle Ship is built, the Left Cholla Navy will become the strongest

Navy in Chosun, and the enemy will not dare covet our sea!