When Luo Yue led the troops back to Jinan City, he found that the city wall of Jinan was being demolished, which turned out to be a resolution made by the Jinan government. Jinan is the largest city in Shandong, with a population of more than one million, but more than half of them live outside the city, which is also a problem faced by all large cities in China in this era, and the size of the city (within the city walls) cannot keep up with the population development. After all, not every large city can be as large as Beijing, and even Beijing cannot accommodate the increased population, so it can only be relocated outside the city.

But in this way, it has brought a lot of trouble to the management of the city, because there is a city wall blocking, the traffic between inside and outside is very inconvenient, and because the urban sanitation system in ancient China is not developed, it is relatively easy to accumulate domestic garbage, waste water, waste, etc. in the city, and even cause the transmission of viruses in the nature of isolated islands.

If there is an irreplaceable military function in the ancient city wall, then in modern society, with the development of weapons, the defensive function of the city wall has been greatly reduced, so the city wall has also become an important obstacle to the development of the city, when the traverser was still in Tianjin, the city wall of the old city of Tianjin was demolished, but that was mainly for security reasons, and Tianjin New City and Qingdao are without a city wall.

The biggest problem facing Jinan now is that almost all the new factories are outside the city, and the factory managers live in the city, so it is extremely inconvenient to go in and out every day, so the Jinan government believes that if the city wall should be demolished immediately, a road should be built along the original site of the city wall, and public carriages should be opened. The army stationed in Jinan also confirmed that the demolition of the city wall will not affect the defense of Jinan City, if there is a large-scale war, the role of the Jinan city wall is not large, and the bandit forces in Jinan Prefecture have basically been wiped out, so there is no force that can affect the security of Jinan.

So the Jinan government passed a resolution and submitted it to Qingdao. It soon received a reply from the Qingdao Executive Yuan, agreeing with the Jinan government's resolution to demolish the city wall, but also requiring the Jinan government to retain part of the city wall and tower from the perspective of protecting historical relics.

After discussion, the Jinan government made a plan for the demolition of the city wall, in addition to all the city gates are left unchanged as historical relics, and planned as a ring city intersection, later as a city scenic spot, open to the public, and on both sides of the city gate in the east and west, also retain a section of the city wall with a length of 100-150 meters, which can be transformed into a park square and other leisure places in the future, and the rest of the city wall sections are all demolished, and the demolished city bricks will be used as building materials for the transformation of Jinan urban area and factory construction.

However, the resolution to demolish the city wall caused unease among the gentry in Jinan, after all, in the concept of the Chinese in this era, the city wall is still the best defensive building in the city, and there is a sense of security with the city wall, and on the other hand, the existence of the city wall is the most important symbol to distinguish the city and the country. The distinction between the countrymen is also confused, which is embarrassing for the gentry who have been living in the city and regard themselves as higher than those outside the city, so they have also petitioned the Jinan government, asking the Jinan government to withdraw the resolution to demolish the city wall, on the grounds that once the city wall is demolished, the safety of the city of Jinan will not be guaranteed.

Of course, the Jinan government would not retract its order because of the gentry's request, so on the one hand, it patiently explained to them the reasons for the demolition of the city wall, as well as the convenience brought to Jinan's economic development after the demolition of the city wall, and the demolition of the city wall will not affect the safety of Jinan city, and on the other hand, it also organized personnel to start the demolition of the city wall.

Seeing that the petition failed, the soldiers in Jinan had no choice but to give up, after all, they all knew very well, don't look at the overseas Chinese are very good at talking now, but who dares to really do anything with them, only ask for their own hardships, the overseas Chinese took over Jinan for less than a year, and when they just took over the city of Jinan, they also made many people remember the new.

Of course, the vast majority of the gentry also admitted that during this year's time, the administration of the Jinan government was indeed satisfactory, much stronger than the original Qing court officials, first of all, the style of the government and the army was different, not only clean and efficient, but also extremely easy and close to the people, secondly, a lot of public facilities were built, not to mention the construction of bridges and paved roads, and the formulation of strict health management regulations, which greatly improved the urban environment; at the same time, more than ten large and small factories were established, which not only solved the employment of many people, but also promoted the economic development of Jinan City, so the loyalty of the vast majority of citizens to the Jinan government is rising rapidly, including most of the gentry, had long forgotten the existence of the Qing court.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with Luo Yue, he is only stationed in Jinan and is responsible for maintaining law and order in Jinan, but he does not interfere in the administration of Jinan. However, after returning to the division headquarters, Luo Yue learned that after returning to Qingdao, the troops would get a long vacation.

It turns out that it is now the eve of the New Year in 1903, the East China government and the old time and space, using the Gregorian calendar to remember the Yuan method, New Year's Day is the end of the year, but also the time node of all counting cycles, but the traditional festivals of China are still preserved, the Lunar New Year is of course the most important of the traditional festivals, so after the 1st Division returned to Qingdao, the Military Commission also decided to give the troops a few days off, after all, the troops stationed in the border areas are very hard, take this opportunity, let the troops rest for a few days, and the soldiers from other places can also go home for the New Year, and then formally assemble on the 10th day of the first month。 Anyway, there is no hurry to test artillery tactics in these few days.

And just before the troops finished the handover and were ready to be pulled, Luo Yue submitted an application for leave to the division headquarters, asking him to stay in Jinan City and wait until 10 o'clock in the first month of the first month, and then rush back to Qingdao to join the troops.

It turned out that when Luo Yue was stationed in Jinan with the troops, he thought that Luo Yue would be stationed in Jinan for at least two years, so Zhou Ping also arranged for Zhou Weiying to work in Jinan, responsible for Jinan's hospital, and actually managed the health work of the entire Jinan. On the one hand, it is to let their husband and wife get along day and night, without having to be separated, and on the other hand, it is also to let Zhou Weiying work in the local area, increase her qualifications, and help her future development.

Luo Yue has been stationed in Jinan for less than a year, and he was transferred back to Qingdao. Zhou Ping's power, of course, can transfer Zhou Weiying back to Qingdao to work, but now Zhou Weiying's work in Jinan is just on the right track, and for Jinan's medical and health work, Zhou Weiying has also spent a lot of hard work, and it is about to be time to make achievements.

After contacting Luo Yue, Zhou Weiying and Qin Zheng, they decided to let Luo Yue return to Qingdao with the troops, while Zhou Weiying remained in Jinan to work for at least two years, and then tried to change her job after the work was effective. Although Zhou Weiying doesn't care too much about her future official position, but prefers to live an ordinary and stable life, Qin Zheng and his wife are both high-level government officials, Luo Yueye's military backbone, and the future high-level military leaders, in this big family environment, Zhou Weiying is not allowed to live an ordinary and stable life. Therefore, she and Luo Yue must also be separated for a while.

Fortunately, although Zhou Weiying is not very old, she also understands things very well, and when she was a child, she was also used to Qin Zheng's life when she was often away from home, and she didn't want to give up her job in Jinan, not because she was greedy for power, but because Jinan's medical and health work started from scratch, and she did pay her own efforts, Zhou Weiying also hoped to make a result, so there was no objection. However, Luo Yue proposed to stay in Jinan and accompany Zhou Weiying to spend the New Year, and then return to Jingdao.

After Qin Zheng thought about it, he also thought that Luo Yue's request was feasible, because the troops would always have a holiday after returning to Jinan, so even if Luo Yue did not return to Qingdao with the troops now, it would not affect the training work of the troops.

Of course, no matter what, Luo Yue's leave at this time is indeed a little inappropriate, the most suitable way is to return to Qingdao with the army first, and then return to Jinan after the army is on vacation, and there are only 5 or 6 days before and after, but Qin Zheng thinks that the current Luo Yue does not have to care about these small things, because Luo Yue's current status, although with Qin Zheng's help, mainly relies on his actual combat results, and now after all, it is still in the war period, and the soldiers mainly rely on their achievements to speak, and what else respects discipline, It was useless to stick to their posts, and Qin Zheng could also understand their young couple's reluctance to separate, and hoped that they would be together for a longer time.

After all, everyone knows what Luo Yue's reason for taking leave is, of course, everyone can understand it, and Luo Yue's leave at this time will not affect the work of the regiment, and the other people in the regiment headquarters can handle the formalities of the soldiers' leave, and there is no need to worry about it, naturally no one wants to be this villain; , For the crossing warriors who are still single and do not have many channels to talk about love, this is the hope of a lifelong event, and it must not be offended.

Of course, Luo Yue is not the only one who asks for leave, there are also 4 other officers, all of whom are crossing soldiers, for the same reason as Luo Yue, after all, the 1st Division has been stationed in Jinan for nearly a year, although the military affairs are busy, but it does not prevent a few people who are good at seizing opportunities or creating opportunities to solve their lifelong events in Jinan. In this regard, the division headquarters also gave the green light, and simply formed a group and returned to Qingdao together when the time came.

After completing the formalities for requesting leave, the 1st Division set off for Jinan and returned to Qingdao.