The sails cut through the waves as the Shangduohan sailors bustled about on deck.
Even though the living conditions on the ship were harsh, with their diet consisting of tough roasted biscuits and dried salt fish, and relying on sour, nausea-inducing lemons to prevent scurvy, unable to bathe for months, reeking terribly, their income was much higher than that of the average citizen in Shangduohan, and they were part of the undefeated Navy of the Shangduohan Kingdom.
"Hey, I wonder what exactly happened in Infia, I bet it was those sneaky bastards from Belverin who ambushed the place."
"How is that possible? Those landlubbers from Belverin are too scared by us to dare set sail!"
"Ah, I hope it's just a false alarm, I really miss the barbarian women from Infia, they taste nothing like the women from Shangduohan."
"Maybe it was the barbarians who took over our city."
"Even better, we'll blast those barbarians to smithereens, then take away their women!"