At the city gate, Nasreddin's ingenuity is immediately tested as he must find a way to enter without paying the numerous taxes.

After succeeding, he discovers a young, pretty girl named Gyuldjan at a pond, drawing water with a jug.

Jafar does indeed take the potter to court, where Niyaz pleads with the Emir for a delay in repaying his debt.

Nasreddin finds a buyer who, after lengthy negotiations, pays the entire amount; it is the usurer Jafar.

Jafar tells him that he has long desired the prettiest girl in Bukhara and plans to marry her at noon.

Jafar seeks revenge and tells the Emir about the beautiful girl, suggesting she would fit well among his wives.

The Emir orders his servants to bring Gyuldjan to the palace, intending to visit her in the harem that night.

Amidst the chaos, the healer and astrologer Hussein-Husliya arrives in Bukhara from Baghdad, seeking the Emir's palace.

He convinces the passing usurer Jafar that he is voluntarily in the sack because it cures all ailments, and they swap places.

When the carriers realize they've been tricked, they beat the man in the sack and carry him to the pond, where they throw him in, causing Jafar to drown miserably.