463: Chapter 463 Xiang Liang Wants to Move Against the Peacock Empire

The place Xiang Liang had his eyes on was the Mauryan Empire.

In that region, there was a natural high wall that separated it from Great Qin.

Within his lifetime, Great Qin would not expand to that place.

This wasn't just Xiang Liang's guess; he had learned from conversations with high-ranking officials in the National Assembly that the Mauryan Empire was not included in Zhao Fusu's expansion plans.

This was because His Majesty the Head of State did not like the people of the Mauryan Empire; they were like uncivilized beasts who would take lizards as their wives.

Xiang Liang didn't know what a lizard was, so out of curiosity, he sent someone to investigate.

When he saw what a lizard looked like, he was instantly stunned.

Just as His Majesty the Head of State had said, the people of the Mauryan Empire were indeed uncivilized beasts. To be able to lay a hand on such a hideous and terrifying creature—it shocked him to the core!

To call the people of the Mauryan Empire human was a stretch; they were more like beasts.

A cold light flickered in Xiang Liang's eyes.

In his eyes, the people of the Mauryan Empire were not humans, but beasts.

Since they were beasts, they were the lowliest of the low.

Their people of Great Chu were the truly noble ones.

Even before reaching the Mauryan Empire, Xiang Liang already had a hierarchy planned out in his mind.

After conquering the Mauryan Empire, he planned to divide society into four tiers.

Their Great Chu people would be the highest tier.

Military officers would be the second tier.

Civil officials would be the third tier.

As for the people of the Mauryan Empire, they would be the lowest tier, the most wretched existence, only fit for carrying night soil!

Over the years, Xiang Liang had accumulated vast wealth by traveling far and wide for trade.

As the King of Fighters, Xiang Yu had also amassed a great deal of wealth.

Xiang Liang used money to pave the way. For years, he had been recruiting soldiers and buying horses; the vast majority of the Remnants of the Six States, who were dissatisfied with Great Qin and dreamed of restoration, had gathered under his banner.

Zhao Fusu was not unaware of Xiang Liang's clandestine developments.

Zhao Fusu had planted numerous people from the Ministry of State Security to work by Xiang Liang's side.

Zhao Fusu was well aware of Xiang Liang's every move.

If Xiang Liang wanted to cause trouble, Zhao Fusu would be the first to know and could dispatch heavy troops to wipe him out.

Absolute control over the military was the foundation of Zhao Fusu's confidence in this parallel world.

Xiang Liang found a group of people in the Hexi Corridor and formed a merchant caravan.

The primary goal of these people was to reach the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions and then continue westward; he needed them to find a gap to enter the Mauryan Empire from the west.

The Mauryan Empire had a major geographical disadvantage: the Khyber Pass.

Before discussing the Mauryan Empire's great geographical disadvantage, let's first mention its excellent geographical conditions: surrounded by either high mountains and cliffs or the sea, with an endless alluvial plain in the center. This kind of terrain is what ancient Chinese texts would call a 'foundation for hegemony.'

The natural barriers on all sides should have provided the Mauryan Empire with a stable environment for development, making it a 'Land of Abundance' for the world. However, its history turned out to be one of constant successive invasions.

The Aryans attacked, and after the Aryans, Persia attacked...

Persia attacked, and after Persia, Macedonia attacked...

Macedonia attacked, and after Macedonia, the Greeks attacked...

The Greeks attacked, and after the Greeks, the Sakas attacked...

The Sakas attacked, and after the Sakas, the Parthians attacked... then the Greater Yuezhi... then the Arabs... then the Mongolians (Timurid Empire)... then the British... then the Portuguese... then the Dutch...

Before the Age of Discovery, why were so many people able to wage war against the Mauryan Empire?