S01E01 Episode 1
The big salt merchant in Yangzhou, WU KIN, sells salt tickets (official certificate for transporting salt) to small salt merchants. One day, the small merchants join hand together to fight for a reduction in the...
Sweetness in the Salt
S01E11: Episode 11
HIN helps SUET to take care of HUNG’s injury and HUNG is very grateful. HUNG believes that SUET still loves YUEN and he blames SUET for not taking revenge for her deceased parents. The creditors come to KIN’s home for money. HIN arrives on time to help KIN. He promises to return the money within 10 days. Otherwise, they can take away their salt store. HUNG wants a duel with YUEN and YUEN agrees. HUNG loses the fight. SUET and HIN rush to the site to ask for YUEN’s mercy. A secret that both SUET and HUNG didn’t know is revealed… HIN and YUEN investigate the kidnapping case and they discover that somebody is working behind the scene. YUEN tries to look for hints from different places but he fails to find any useful information. CHING helps arrange a meeting with all salt merchants. YUEN finally discovers that… LUNG realizes that HIN has solved the financial problem of his family. He is very angry and he wants to eliminate HIN……
Overview
NIP CHI YUEN (Ma Steven), who works in the anti-smuggling camp, is determined to wipe out the Tau’s Fort, which is the stronghold for salt smugglers. He pretends to be a down-and-out scholar. TAU SING SUET (Yeung Yi), daughter of the chief smuggler, sympathizes with YUEN and puts him up in the village. Later, they even become fond of each other. During an anti-smuggling operation SUET is badly hurt and has since been separated from YUEN and her family. Fortunately she is saved by WU TING HIN (Wong Ho Yin), son of salt merchant WU KIN (Kwok Fung). HIN takes her home. One day, SUET is horrified to see the dead bodies of her parent being hung on the wall of the city tower, and that the official standing on the top of the tower telling the public not to sell smuggled salt is none other than the man she misses day and night. She is heartbroken, and her love for YUEN turns into hatred that moment on...
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
SUET pretends to be the daughter of Dr LUI and she follows HIN all the way to Yangzhou. KIN believes that SUET can help cure HIN’s disease so he treats her really kind. KIN’s third...
S01E03 Episode 3
SUET doesn’t want to take everything for granted and she voluntarily asks to work in WU KIN’s salt store. HIN takes good care of SUET in every way and HIN is pleased to see this....
S01E04 Episode 4
KIN’s eldest daughter TING PIK’s ex-boyfriend CHOI CHI ON is a salt merchant. He makes use of PIK to steal the treasure in KIN’s home. All salt merchants organize a welcome banquet for CHING. ON...
S01E05 Episode 5
CHING suggests all salt merchants to compete for the chief salt merchant position by an open auction and KIN is very worried. HIN and SUET try to console him. YUEN discovers that his secret informer...
S01E06 Episode 6
SUET sneaks into ON’s home. YUEN discovers her but he lets her go. YUEN finds that LUNG is staying with ON. He questions him and discovers that LUNG is... SUET reveals the details of ON’s...
S01E07 Episode 7
LUNG wants YUEN to return to work but YUEN resorts to drink all the time. YUEN’s mother tries to console him but YUEN scolds her in return. YUEN helps an old woman to catch a...
S01E08 Episode 8
YUEN distributes the salt they collected from the salt smugglers to the villagers. LUNG is enraged and he degrades YUEN to gatekeeper. CHING learns that YUEN is degraded and he wants to know the reason...
S01E09 Episode 9
SUET rescues YUEN but she feels uneasy after it. HIN tries to cheer her up by bringing a large group of fireflies to the garden. While CHING and PING travels along the countryside, they discovers...
S01E10 Episode 10
The remnants of Yick’s Fort kidnap HIN and they ask for 200 thousand dollars from KIN. SUET runs after the remnants and she meets HUNG. HUNG assures SUET that they will not hurt HIN. KIN...
S01E11 Episode 11
HIN helps SUET to take care of HUNG’s injury and HUNG is very grateful. HUNG believes that SUET still loves YUEN and he blames SUET for not taking revenge for her deceased parents. The creditors...
S01E12 Episode 12
Recommended by FAI, YUEN becomes a guard at HIN’s house. YUEN’s mother comes to stop him but YUEN insists to take the job. PIK and the others believe that YUEN wants to get close to...
S01E13 Episode 13
In the evening, an assassin sneaks into WU’s house to kill HIN. YUEN and SUET try to fight with the assassin but they fail… On the next day, YUEN meets LUNG and LUNG teases himself...
S01E14 Episode 14
YUEN and SUET discover that Dr LUI has died from epidemic disease. YUEN is infected by the disease as well. SUET risks her life to take care of YUEN and YUEN finally recovers. YUEN and...
S01E15 Episode 15
KIN is enraged and he blames ON angrily. He even hit the servant FONG SING. Some government officials suddenly arrive at KIN’s house. They say that SING has died suddenly so they come to arrest...
S01E16 Episode 16
PIK is kicked out from the wedding ceremony. CHING follows her and he discovers that she wants to commit suicide… PIK finally settles down at YUEN’s place. KIN asks FAI to manage all matters for...
S01E17 Episode 17
SUET suggests marrying HIN and KIN agrees. However, HUNG asks her to think twice. People accuse SUET for marrying the very sick HIN because of his money. YUEN is heart-broken to learn about the news...
S01E18 Episode 18
YUEN doesn’t know if he should help SUET. During the time, he suddenly meets the miserable FAI. SUET has sent a letter to FAI’s grandmother asking her not to give any financial assistance to FAI....
S01E19 Episode 19
SUET meets a salt smuggler CHOI NGAN FA who is a kung-fu master. In order to protect everybody, SUET fights with FA alone. She loses the fight but FA appreciates her courageous action. During NG...
S01E20 Episode 20
SUET besieges FA successfully but FA escapes eventually by abducting HUNG. CHING continues to provoke LUNG and LUNG recruits some gangsters to beat him on the street. The guard from WU’s family rescues CHING and...
S01E21 Episode 21
YUEN and his subordinates try to sneak into FA’s tort but they fail. PING arrives on time to rescue them. LUNG doesn’t want CHING to find out the truth and he set the tort on...
S01E22 Episode 22
Dr LUI asks HIN to return to Yangzhou secretly. He wants HIN to stop SUET and the others from killing LUNG. LUNG discovers that his new restaurant staff practices kung-fu and he realizes their plan...
S01E23 Episode 23
Both HIN and YUEN try to sacrifice their love for the other and SUET is mad. SUET decides to think about their relationship after meeting with the governor of Jiangsu. They arrive at Suzhou where...
S01E24 Episode 24
CHING and PIK discover the hiding place of LUNG’s treasures. They ask PING to call for help from the government officers. LUNG suddenly arrives to take the treasures with FA and his subordinates. PIK risks...
S01E25 Episode 25
SUET meets SAM, one of the leaders at Tau’s Fort, on the street. She tries to approach him but somebody hit her on the back and she faints. YUEN doesn’t want SUET to know that...
Cast
Tavia Yeung
Steven Ma Chun-Wai
Halina Tam Siu-Wan
Samuel Kwok Fung
Ngo Ka-Nin
Joel Chan
Raymond Ho-Yin Wong
Ram Chiang Chi-Kwong
Kara Wai Ying-Hung
Felix Lok Ying-Kwan
Mary Hon Ma-Lee
Joseph Lee Kwok-Lun
