But this cabinet member was met with looks from those around him as though he were a fool.
"What kind of joke is this? Aren't we bogged down in a war ourselves?"
Prime Minister Earl of Derby was equally helpless. The fighting in North America was growing ever more fraught, and the cost of starting another war was simply too high.
Moreover, at this moment, no one in Britain dared guarantee victory in such a war. If they went to war with the Austrian Empire, would Russia join in? What about the German Confederation? And France, which could fall either way?
This uncertainty made the already highly conservative Earl of Derby even more cautious. Right now, all he wanted was to honorably recover the British Empire's lost face in North America.
As for helping Suwaini unify the Oman Empire and putting a lock on the Red Sea, that could be discussed later. After all, Aden was still in British hands.
In truth, the British were overthinking it. Even if Franz did not interfere in the Oman Empire's civil war, they would never be able to control the Red Sea.
The Oman Empire forces that had attacked Yemen back then, as well as Walis, who was now responsible for garrisoning the region, had long since pledged allegiance to Franz.
Aden was merely a flaw deliberately sold to the British. At the critical moment, Franz could fully use this so-called flaw to turn the tables against them.
Seneka, too, had overestimated herself. The intelligence she knew might not even amount to one-tenth of what Franz knew.
Those people Seneka had gathered under her banner might not even count as side branches in the vast web Franz had woven.
In fact, ever since that naval battle years ago, important families from the Oman