Lin Wanwan quickly got news about the follow-up on horse shoes from the fresh gossip circulating in Kaihua Square.
The Duke Song Mansion of Xiao Yu and the residence of Xiao Deyan are both in Kaihua Square, so news naturally spreads quickly between them.
Xiao Chong rode the divine steed newly equipped with horse shoes, traveling seven hundred miles per day from Luoyang back to Chang'an City, proving the effectiveness of horse shoes, and immediately submitted his card to enter the palace.
The next morning, following the end of court, he was summoned into the palace and was invited to stay for a meal. After leaving the palace, the decree of rewards followed.
Due to the contributions of the new gunpowder weapons and horse shoes, Xiao Chong was conferred the title of County Baron, Secondary Fifth Rank nobility, granted food income from three hundred households, awarded five qing of permanent land, and given twenty servants.
