If you go back to the Song Dynasty, how much would it cost to rent a house? 100 yuan enough?

With the opening of the market, the coastal areas continue to appreciate and gradually become the property that people want to enjoy. As a result, house prices here have also risen sharply. Many people come to coastal cities and can't afford to buy a house at all, so they can only rent a house. However, renting a house also has many disadvantages. The rent is too high to rent a satisfactory house. Moreover, one month's salary is basically used to pay the rent. Apart from eating and drinking, there is no money at all, which makes many drifters have a headache. But it's not bad for drifters in coastal areas. If they want to travel to Beijing more, they will spend more money. The rent in the capital is ridiculously high. People who can't make much money can only live in the basement.

So is the housing price in Beijing so high, or is it affected by economic policies? Today, let's take a look at the housing prices in Beijing during the Song Dynasty and how much it costs to rent a house a month. As an ordinary person, can you take root there, at least stay and have a decent and spacious house? The capital of Song Dynasty was in Henan, and Kaifeng was the political and economic center. The population is large, the economy is developing rapidly, and there are many laborers. Assuming that the capitalist economy had sprouted at that time, the difference between it and the present is not as big as that of a completely agricultural society.

There is a night market in Kaifeng, the capital, where handicrafts and agricultural products can be exchanged, and people can also go shopping and engage in various occupations they like. During the day, the streets are also very lively. There are jugglers, vendors and brightly dressed tourists along the street, which is as prosperous as today's metropolis. In this case, the flow of people in Kaifeng is definitely very large, so what is the living cost of these people from rural areas and other places, especially accommodation? At that time, in addition to the inn, was there a rental service?

The answer is yes. In the Song Dynasty, there were already houses specially for people to rent in Beijing, but the houses were managed by the state, and the shops served them. There are thousands of houses being managed, and the key is that the rent is very cheap. If business travelers rent a house here, they only need170p a month. According to the ancient coin system, it is 106 yuan. Is it super cheap? About 100 yuan, they can live in the imperial city for a month. If this is the current rent price, I believe many people can save a lot of money and buy a big house.

Compared with the Song Dynasty, the population of the capital has increased several times now. The population density is too high and the place is too small. The development of high-rise buildings and basements can't meet people's needs at all. Nowadays, people enter the Imperial Capital not only for the simple needs of doing business and playing, but also to find opportunities here and create the future for themselves. Many people have become long-term guests. Moreover, no state will provide public rental housing, and the houses are all private, which is a profit model, not a security system. Under the expulsion of interests, holidays are rising again and again, and rents are bound to climb to new heights. Although I envy the housing prices in the Song Dynasty, the Imperial Capital now lacks more opportunities to catch up with the rising rents. So if you go back to the Song Dynasty, 100 yuan is enough to rent a house!