Preparations in the ports of the Frank empire

In one of the many ports of the Frank empire, there was a group of merchants who were proudly watching as their only ships were adapted to be military ships.

Flags were placed on them and military equipment was uploaded, not to mention that some even had ballistae as weapons to fight against other ships.

"You don't think it's great that we can launch an attack with the entire combined fleet and win gold or some noble title, as I heard from a nobleman I am selling wine to.

It is said that at the moment there are more than 3000 ships of different sizes, but there may be more when the thousands of trades from the south arrive. The fleet is expected to be twice as large.

We will send hundreds of thousands of troops to war against those pagans, for which I am sure we can win. It will be a sample of our mighty power against those pagans.