汉阳府经历了明朝前中期严重的自然和人为灾祸后,社会经济凋敝。到万历年间,户口不断增加,农业和渔业经济逐渐起色,并成为朝廷税收的重要来源地。与此同时,随着明朝中后期商品经济的发展,汉阳府的港口贸易和市镇发展开始提速,规模逐渐扩大,影响不断提升,为明清闻名全国的商业中心“汉口镇”的发展打下了良好的基础。 Hanyang Prefecture experienced a serious natural and man-made disaster in the middle and early Ming dynasties and the social economy was sluggish. By the Wanli years, the number of accounts kept increasing, the economy of agriculture and fishery gradually improved, and it became an important source of revenue for the imperial court. At the same time, with the development of commodity economy in the mid and late Ming dynasties, the port trade and market development of Hanyang Prefecture began to speed up, its scale gradually expanded and its influence continuously improved. It was known as the “Hankou Town” commercial center in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Development laid a good foundation.