Marco Polo (TV Series)

Prisoners (2014)

Benedict Wong: Kublai Khan

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Yusuf : The troops are quartered. Burial preparations are underway for those we were able to retrieve. I have ordered scouting parties to sweep the grasslands, a week's ride away in case Sidao is audacious enough to siege Cambulac. Finally, we are conscripting new troops from the north. I have begun preparations for training. I fear they may be less compliant now, but we shall do what is necessary to bend the willful. My Lord.

  Kublai Khan : Is that truly all? Do you not wish to discuss your counsel? And my disregard of it?

  Yusuf : The Polo matter, are you prepared to proceed?

• Marco Polo : [in chains]  Respectfully, Lord Khan we reap what we sow.

  Kublai Khan : You speak recklessly.

  Marco Polo : I speak honestly. You deserve honesty. You believe I should not conquer the West? On the contrary, Lord Khan. The most common law of nature and of man is to take what has been mandated by God or by the swords and arrows you command. You claim both. But you must be prepared for the resistance of the lionhearted. And the West is not weak.