在营口开埠前,随着全国经济的发展,一向被世人认为是蛮荒之地的辽东地区,其经济也得到了发展,尤其是辽河沿岸一批商业市镇的崛起,带动了辽东商业的发展;辽东商人也开始活跃起来,并逐渐发展为一支较有影响力的商人队伍。 Before the opening of Yingkou, with the development of the national economy, the economy in Liaodong area, which has always been regarded as a wild land by the world, has also been developed, especially the rise of a number of commercial towns along the Liaohe River, driving the development of the business in Liaodong ; Liaodong business people also began to get active, and gradually developed into a more influential business team.