"Your Majesty, the war cannot continue any longer..." Dorne's prime minister is still young this year, less than 60 years old. He is still energetic and has good control over the situation.
He looked at Dorne I sitting on the throne and suggested: "We must negotiate peace with the Tang Empire. This is our only way out now."
"To put it lightly, Mr. Prime Minister, we have sent two special envoys. We have always hoped to establish contact with people from the Tang Empire, but the other party is not even willing to meet our people." The Foreign Minister reminded depressingly.
After the Tang Empire's fleet began to attack the coastal areas of Dorne, the war between the Dorne Empire and the Tang Empire actually harmed the interests of the Dornish people.
Their coastal areas were attacked, their ports were destroyed, their shipbuilding industry was paralyzed, and even their fishing industry was greatly affected.
The battleships of the Tang Empire, no matter what kind of fishing boats and transport ships they were, would all be sunk as long as they found targets. Dorne's loss of fishery output caused certain problems in Dorne's food supply.
Modern fishing is not just about catching a few fish to satisfy your appetite. Some inedible fish are also made into various products, which play a very critical role in industry and daily life.
Even the waste of some fishery products can be made into fertilizers or purified into chemical materials, and canned products and other products processed from fishery output are an important part of enriching food sources and meeting food demand.
Now, something went wrong with all these things. Although there was only a local panic for a while, as the ruler, Dorne I, the Emperor of the Dorne Empire, naturally knew how fatal the subsequent disaster would be.
Soon, the food crisis will spread, which will cause more people to hoard food and make food shortages further serious.
Dorne's food reserves are basically not enough to quell this incident. Because only one country in the world has achieved food surplus, the people do not need to worry about food at all. That country is the Tang Empire, not Dorne.
Only when a crisis breaks out and people start to hoard supplies can it be shown that a country's food surplus can withstand the important role of a run.
Food is the most important thing for the people. It is precisely because Tang Mo, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, knew the importance of food that he insisted on purchasing large amounts of food from all over the world, building the Tang Empire into an exaggerated food reserve and market.
A country that can waste food if it needs it.
Outside of the Tang Empire, almost all empires in the world could barely maintain food supplies, and even deliberately left some famine areas in their territories, because this was also a way of their rule.
They were more willing to exploit farmers, get more grain, and then export it to the Tang Empire in exchange for cars, badges, clothing, and purchase advanced weapons and equipment to maintain their rule.
Therefore, the Dorne Empire, which has lost its fishery output, will soon experience famine, and the lifestyle of three square meals a day that has finally become popularized will immediately fall back to a subsistence state of two meals a day.
It is inevitable that people will be resentful, and rebellions will break out in many places to compete for food and other resources. This is definitely not a good sign for Dorne.
In fact, Dorne I, who was sitting on the throne, did not do anything. He purchased a batch of grain from the Nanla Empire, and transferred some grain from the Gobel region that had just been merged into Dorne to transport it to the Dorne region.
This is tantamount to relying on exploiting the Gobel region to feed the Dorne region. Such a move would cause dissatisfaction in the Gobel region, but Dorne I had no choice.
"Let someone contact the Tang Empire again and say that we are willing to pay compensation and recognize the Tang Empire's rule over the Western Continent... Any conditions can be met! As long as the Tang Empire is willing to sit down and talk!" Dorn I said calmly.
He said to the minister below.
He is indeed calm now, because the war has not completely burned Dorne. What is really uncomfortable is the Qin State, which is at war with the Tang Empire. Dorne is only a supporting role now.
But he also knew that he had to put an end to this war as soon as possible. If he continued to fight, the protagonist might be himself.
This is not good news. The Tang Empire's navy has won this war, allowing the Tang Empire to continue to show off its power near the coastline. Dorne is likely to face a landing operation from the Datang Empire.
No one can stop the Tang Empire's attack on land. This has been proven countless times. Dorne cannot allow the Tang Empire to land. This is something Dorne I has long confirmed.
"Besides, this is not our own business!" The reason why Dorn I did not panic is that he also grasped the key point of this issue: no country in the Eastern Continent hopes that the Tang Empire will return to the Eastern Continent!
This is a tacit fact. Almost all countries know the truth of death. Once the Tang Empire returns to the Eastern Continent, no one will be able to stop the further expansion of the Tang Empire.
Although world unification may be a good thing in the eyes of many people, for the ruling classes of various empires, it is a disaster.
It is precisely because of this that King Dorn I is so convinced that all countries in the world will stand on his side, and the Tang Empire will eventually give in.
He spoke slowly and encouraged all the ministers: "First of all, we must make all the countries in the Eastern Continent realize that if the Tang Empire reaches out to the Eastern Continent... then everything will be over!
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From a strategic point of view, these empires will be Dorne's potential supporters, and the help provided by these empires will become Dorne's confidence to fight against the Tang Empire.
In fact, this is indeed the case. If it were not for the secret support of other countries, Dorn would not have the courage to declare war on the Tang Empire and form an anti-Tang alliance with Qin.
Dorn I paused and then continued: "No one can stop the attack of the Tang Empire, so we can only share the same hatred and let the Tang Empire only expand on the Western Continent... Even if they unified the Western Continent, they can only
Stay on the Western Continent. Now that Dorne is standing in front of them, it is sharing the strategic pressure for them! This must be made clear to everyone!"
After finishing talking about strategy, he looked at the generals aside: "In addition, we should find ways to strengthen the defense of coastal areas! Reinforce every kilometer of coastline! Lay out deeper defenses! We must put the Tang Empire's
