If the changes in Guanzhong still have traces of the dilapidated appearance of the old years, then the changes in Hedong can be described as changing the sky and the earth. Especially along the river, the water transportation is prosperous, the boats and vehicles are congested, and the warehouses along the line are stretched, almost like mountains, which is the most prosperous area in the west of Zhongzhou.

Puban, which is across the river from Tongguan, is not only the current county seat of Hedong, but also the most prosperous Xiongda city on the western front, and even far more than Chang'an, the core of Guanzhong's three auxiliaries, and not far from Luoyang, where Xingtai is located.

Hedong was returned to Guanzhong more than a year earlier, although before the westward expedition, Xingtai invested in Hedong at any cost, and built it into the most important strategic transit base in the west.

However, the reason why Hedong has today's prosperity and wealth is that it is difficult to achieve it with the investment of Xingtai alone. After all, there are too many aspects to take into account in Xingtai, especially the Shihu forces in Hebei, which is a sharp blade by the side, even if it attaches great importance to the geographical location of Hedong, it is impossible to pour it all.

In the past three years or so of construction in Hedong, the effect of the influx of private goods has even exceeded the investment of Xingtai itself.

Although Hedong was subordinate to Sizhou in the period of the Chinese Dynasty, its actual geographical location was the southern gate of Bingzhou, which was known as the "mountains and rivers in the surface", and it was also an important passage connecting Guanzhong.

It is precisely because of such a significant geographical location, especially the strong strategic significance, that Hedong has also been deeply affected by military disasters in the turmoil of the past few years.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Wu Cao Cao placed the five Xiongnu in the territory of Bingzhou, and the Han thief Liu Yuan made a rebellion in Bingzhou, and then set up the capital in Pingyang. Since then, the slaughter of the thieves can drive straight into Zhongzhou, Chen soldiers under the city of Luoyang, and then become the disaster of Yongjia.

After that, Liu Yao in Guanzhong competed with Shile in Hebei for hegemony, and Hedong also became the most important battlefield, and several major battles took place in the realm.

In this process, the disaster of the land to the east of the river can be imagined, it can be said that it is a ruined ruin, in the suburbs except for the scattered distribution of some township mansion walls, the city, the village is almost gone, its dilapidation, even more than Guanzhong and the Central Plains.

On the one hand, it is indeed because Hedong is too damaged, and the villagers are completely unable to resist the army of Wang Shi, and there are many Hu Kou in Pingyang in the north, and they are weak to protect themselves.

After the restoration of the country, the order of the countryside was almost completely unchanged, and even a number of township tycoons were awarded different levels of officials and titles, and there was almost no touch on their township assets and rural status, but they used edicts to legitimize everything they owned.

Therefore, if we really want to talk about the harmony between the government and the people, and the appropriateness of both public and private interests, the relationship between Hedong and Xingtai can be said to be an exemplary model. With its strong strength, Xingtai provided the most urgently needed security guarantee for Hedong, and the villagers of Hedong also gave support to the best of their ability when Xingtai operated the western front strategy, and there was no sign of prevarication or delay at all.

However, this does not mean that Hedong is consolidated in terms of hometown, the situation is rigid, and there is no change, although the Xingtai side has not interfered too much in Hedong's hometown and details, but when businessmen from all sides flocked to Hedong and goods from all over the country poured in, the situation in Hedong still changed greatly.

The reason why businessmen are so keen to seize Hedong is naturally not to spare no effort to support Xingtai's reconstruction and operation of Hedong.

The geographical location of the east of the river is placed here, connecting Shanxi and Guanzhong in the west, and the east is sheltered in Zhongzhou Heluo.

In particular, with the increasingly strict planning and control of the Central Plains, Jiangdong and other places, the opportunities for private capital to enjoy huge profits have become less and less.

Moreover, in the past few years, many Jiangdong families who have closely followed the pace of General Shen's northward expansion from the beginning have now reached an extremely strong level of financial accumulation, and they have both spare power and ambition to open up new business territories. Therefore, for Hedong, a key position connecting the east, west, north and south, it is natural that it will not be missed.

Therefore, when Xingtai began to invest a lot of money and build a large base in Pusaka, all kinds of wealthy businessmen also heard the wind, and the trucks and ships were loaded to the east of the river, hoping to occupy a favorable position along the river first.

In this round of craze, the land near Kasaka first attracted the greatest attention of the merchants, and was soon pushed to the price of every inch of land.

Although there are also remnants of village tycoons in Hedong, there are very few people who really dare to build dock walls close to the riverside of this kind of traffic artery, and they do not have enough strength, which is simply looking for death. Therefore, most of these lands by the river are ownerless wilderness, and with the return of the east of the river, they will naturally be taken over and banned by the Xingtai.

Xingtai did not take the initiative to sell land to the outside for merchants to build warehouses for hoarding goods, but was sympathetic to the rural conditions of Hedong and ordered that only the villagers from Hedong should donate land according to their households.

The eagerness and urgency of the merchants naturally made the villagers in Hedong feel that although some of them were unable to give up their homeland, more people saw the amazing profits in it.

Even if they themselves do not have the ability to decommute, if they can get a corner of the river, and have a steady stream of goods to enter, the year-round income will far exceed the income of the fields, and this is completely to sit back and enjoy, neither have to rely on the hardships of spring and autumn cultivation and weaving, nor have to bear the blows of drought and floods.

Therefore, a large number of villagers in the east of the river were attracted by the amazing goods floating in the river, or replaced, or donated, and all those who had a little ability had to seek a corner of land along the river.

The reason why it is difficult to eradicate and eradicate the village tyrants is that they have been operating in the countryside for several generations, creating an intricate network of intertwined and cobwebs, in which is the land and shade of the households on which they depend.

However, when many of the rivers abandoned these and moved closer to the riverside, the stubbornness of the past disappeared. At least at the level of the administration of Taiwan, these township tyrants in Hedong no longer have the most fundamental conflict with the implementation of the administrative decree of Xingtai, and it can be said that they have their own benefits.

Including those businessmen who walk in all directions, they are either as rich as flowing water and go and stay at will, but a considerable part of the financial capital is nailed to the position of Hedong, which is equivalent to a wild horse putting the reins on it, and if they want to make a reasonable profit, the future trade can only be centered on this.

When the poor get rich, it is inevitable to be extravagant. The commercial status of Hedong has been so prominent, the people's wealth is abundant, and the consumption power has also been greatly improved, Jiangdong's caramel, fabrics, the Western Regions' jade, precious stones, Heshuo's furs, cattle and horses, all gathered here, and even many luxury goods that are not seen in Luoyang can also be found in the market near Puban.

Tianzhong Shendufang has a summary of the whole year every year, and in the new year's report, it shows that in the past year, a full thirty percent of the products directly flowed into Hedong.

In addition to serving as an experimental operation room of the Engineering Institute, the various items produced by Shendufang can be called absolute treasures regardless of the material and the skills in it, and the price is very high. And relatively speaking, it is less practical, and there are many pure crafts.

The customers faced by Shendufang are mainly the wealthy groups who have been able to share the dividends of the war and the new rise of the north and the south through this means, and return their profits to Xingtai.

Although it is not excluded that it is a businessman who is far away and passes through Hedong, but thinking that the several areas connected by Hedong are either undecided by war or have not been restored for a long time, and the consumption power must be limited, so the vast majority of the goods must be digested locally in Hedong.

So now, from Tongguan to Heluo, there is a proverb among the people, it is better to guard half of the land in the east of the river than to admire the hundred hectares of land in Henan.

The sudden prosperity of Hedong is obvious to all, and this prosperity is not just a temporary phenomenon.

Today's merger is still under the control of the remnants of Qihu, and the operation of Guanzhong has only begun to become large-scale, especially after the integration of the north and the south, Luoyang, where the center of Xingtai is located, will definitely be more prosperous and prosperous.

It can be said that the markets connected by Hedong are far from being developed enough, and Hedong is far from reaching the peak of prosperity. Although with the stronger control of Taiwan in the future, the business order of Hedong will become more rigorous, and it will no longer be the situation where huge profits can be made by staking land, but the long-term returns are also considerable.

It is precisely because of the benefits brought about by the entry of Xingtai that for example, those in various places today who hope that Xingtai can be overcome, or that General Shen can be reunified, the high hopes of the villagers in Hedong can be said to be closely ranked behind the people of Jiangdong and Zhongzhou.

In midsummer July, the water potential of the Yellow River reaches its peak, and the commercial affairs in the east of the river also usher in the busiest period.

In particular, the general went to Guanzhong through Hedong more than a month ago, and also gathered here to feast on the local current and wealthy businessmen, and within a few years after making a clear statement, Xingtai's business strategy in Hedong will not change greatly, which makes people full of confidence in Hedong, and this year's commercial prosperity has also climbed to a new peak.

Hedong business is prosperous, but it is not chaotic, especially in the south there is Tongguan, there is Puban in the north, the two major fortresses are sandwiched between the river, tens of thousands of heavy soldiers are stationed, and there are huge buildings and warships cruising on the river day and night, who dares to pick quarrels and provoke troubles in this area, it is simply sad that they have lived too long.