Four sons from four different sides will be brought to your feet. GENGHIS KHAN: Yes, so be it. By the grace of Heaven and Earth, we subjugated the Chin Empire to the Mongol will. The four lions born by you are ready to take over all four cardinal points of the world. May Tengri help them. BORTE: Then why are you still ignoring me, keeping your distance as if I played no part in these victories? What have I done wrong? GENGHIS KHAN: (Laughing forcefully) And what are you going to demand this time? What do you want from me? To elect you as a Noyan and make you the Chief Warlord? Do not look for approaches to the palace, but rejoice that your head is still on your shoulders. BORTE: Thanks to the fact that this head has remained intact, your head has also escaped many misfortunes. Knowing this full well, why do you keep me away from the horde, why do you not let me near the palace? What is the reason for such a disgrace? GENGHIS KHAN: You unceremoniously meddle in my internal affairs; you behave too arrogantly. BORTE What do you mean when you say, ‘too arrogantly?’ Do you mean when I resisted your intention to make a trip to the West? At yesterday’s council of war, you put forward this idea again. So I will say it again – since China and the Mongols are united, there are prerequisites to bring them together as a single people. So why don’t we live without war, without predatory campaigns, without bloodshed, and live a calm and peaceful life? As long as we remember ourselves, fear closes our eyes before going to sleep, and a terrible cry awakens us from our dreams. Our children were born in nomadic carts and matured on tedious horseback trips. What I would do to bring up my grandchildren in a calm atmosphere. The Chinese you conquered have such a passion for learning, a thirst for knowledge. I would also like to teach my grandchildren. GENGHIS KHAN: These same Chinese with their ‘thirst for knowledge’ I defeated in two years and subordinated to my will for a long time now. BORTE: Nations conquered on horseback cannot be ruled on horseback. In the days of our ancient ancestors, the Huns were led
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