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Chapter 423 Kaiyuan Tongbao
This thing called big money is used to make a shuttlecock, which is quite good. The main thing is that it is moderately heavy and has a hole in the middle.

To make a normal shuttlecock, two big coins and six or seven chicken feathers are enough.

When making shuttlecocks, chicken feathers or pheasant feathers are mostly used. It’s not that other feathers are not acceptable, but chicken feathers or pheasant feathers are more beautiful.

Just as Wang An was watching the group of children kicking shuttlecock in various ways, a shuttlecock flew towards Wang An.

Wang An subconsciously stretched out his hand and grabbed the shuttlecock.

At this time, a little girl in her teens ran towards Wang An. When she got to Wang An, she shouted in a crisp voice:
"Brother, this shuttlecock is mine."

After the little girl finished speaking, she looked at Wang An with burning eyes, and the other children stopped playing shuttlecock and looked over here.

Wang An didn't take it seriously and wanted to return the shuttlecock to the little girl. However, when Wang An lowered his head to glance at the shuttlecock, he was stunned.

Then he retracted the shuttlecock in his hand and looked at it carefully.

To be precise, he was looking carefully at the copper coins on the shuttlecock.

The reason why Wang An did this was because Wang An discovered that the two big coins on the shuttlecock were actually "Kaiyuan Tongbao".

This coin is considered one of the most valuable coins in later generations.

Because it means "a precious commodity that opens up a new era".

It was also the new copper coin minted by Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan, in order to abolish the light, small and mixed Wuzhu coins, so it was named "Kaiyuan Tong Bao".

There are two copper coins, both are Kaiyuan Tongbao, but one of them is special.

Because the back of a normal Kaiyuan Tongbao coin has no words or patterns, but this one has three auspicious clouds on the back.

As we all know, anything is valuable when it is scarce, especially such a large amount of money.

The same was true of the silver dollar with a flying dragon claw that appeared when Wang An and others dug out Ninth Brother’s relics.

These are relatively rare items, so their prices were raised in later generations.

Wang An clearly remembered that before he entered Libazi in his previous life, he participated in an antique auction. The value of one Kaiyuan Tongbao coin with three auspicious clouds was more than 3 yuan.

If it is worth 9 in the past 3 years, there is no reason why its value will drop in the future.

After all, this thing is rare, but more and more people are collecting it. On the contrary, it should be more valuable.

Although this thing is useless at this time except for making shuttlecocks, and it will take a few years for it to be valuable, but Wang An really doesn't want to miss such a good opportunity to pick up a bargain.

So facing the little girl with burning eyes, Wang An said with a smile:

"This shuttlecock you made is really good. Do you have any more like this at home? Can you sell me one?"

As Wang An spoke, he returned the shuttlecock to the little girl.

After the little girl took the shuttlecock, she was obviously very interested in the word "buy".

Then, the little girl nodded frantically to Wang An and said:
"Yes, yes. I have several more. They were all made for me by my father."

When Wang An heard this, he felt that there was a way, but Wang An didn't want to do business with the little girl in front of him because it made Wang An feel like he was deceiving a child.

So Wang An thought for a moment and said, "Can you go home and bring your shuttlecock, and then ask your father or mother to come over?"

The little girl looked at Wang An, as if wondering whether what Wang An said was true or false.

But soon, the little girl asked in disbelief:

"Then I'll bring it to you, will you really buy it?"

It was obvious that the little girl wanted to sell the shuttlecock for money. Wang An smiled and said:

"I will definitely buy it. Go home and get it right away, but you must ask your father or mother to come with you."

The little girl looked at Wang An again, then turned around and ran away, very fast.

It was obvious that the little girl was worried that Wang An would not keep his word, or that Wang An would sneak away.

Wang An looked at the direction the little girl ran away, with a happy smile on his face.

In less than three minutes, the little girl came out pulling a middle-aged man's clothes. Wang An saw it right, she was indeed pulling, and pulling very hard.

It can be seen that this middle-aged man is doing carpentry work because he is holding a carpenter's chisel in his hand.

I only heard the middle-aged man helplessly say to the little girl:

"Hey, don't pull me, hurry up, he won't leave if he wants to buy it."

The little girl insisted:
"Dad, hurry up, the shuttlecocks are not selling and I have no place to buy my candy balls."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man had no choice but to quicken his pace.

Seeing the father and daughter, Wang An hurriedly stood up from the sled and walked forward a few steps to greet them.

When the middle-aged man saw Wang An, he asked doubtfully from a distance:

"Brother, my daughter told me that you want to buy a shuttlecock?"

The reason why middle-aged people are confused is that making shuttlecock can be said to require no technical skills at all.

Basically, you can do it just by looking at it once. If you don’t look at it, you can still do it by thinking about it yourself.

Wang An smiled and nodded, deciding to tell the truth, and said:
"Yes, big brother, but I want the big money. I am proud of this thing, but let's make it clear, I don't want any big money. I have two sacks of this thing at home."

After hearing this, the middle-aged man was relieved and said, "I was wondering why there are still people buying shuttlecocks."

Wang An smiled and said, "Well, brother, how much is the one your daughter has?"

Although all Kaiyuan Tongbao coins are valuable, the price difference between an ordinary Kaiyuan Tongbao coin and one with three auspicious clouds on the back is like heaven and earth. But Wang An would definitely not tell this to others.

The middle-aged man took the shuttlecock from the little girl, looked carefully at the big coin on it, and then said:
"Brother, you mean this Yuan-like thing, right?"

It can be heard that this middle-aged man can read, but not many, and can only recognize one word out of four.

Wang An replied, "Yes, that's the style. If you want something else, you'll have to wait and see. I don't necessarily need it."

As Wang An spoke, he took out a cigarette and handed it to him, while also taking one in his own mouth.

The middle-aged man saw that it was Changbai Mountain cigarettes. He just sniffed it and put it between his ears, looking reluctant to smoke.

Wang An was about to light a cigarette for the middle-aged man after striking a match, but he couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene. He lit his own cigarette, then took out a cigarette and handed it to him.

The middle-aged man smiled embarrassedly, and then let Wang An light the cigarette, and then took a deep puff.

After taking a puff of the cigarette, the middle-aged man said uncertainly:

"I think this style is not too old or young in my family. How about I bring them all to you? Then you can choose?"

When Wang An heard this, he was very happy. Even if he didn't buy it, the family's money would benefit others sooner or later.

So Wang An smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you here."

(End of this chapter)