This is an era when the city and the tide shape each other. The river breeze never ceases, and the people in the streets and alleys are entangled in the changes. Shen Yizhou, the young owner of a silk and satin shop, watched foreign ships entering Hong Kong by the Huangpu River when he was a boy. When he grew up, he learned to use account books and blowers to deal with the world amidst the roar of machines; Zhao Ruhua, who came to the factory from the countryside, wore calluses on the spindles with her slender fingers and learned to use His voice and his youth competed for his companions; Lu Chengan, who was transferred from the army in western Hunan to the patrol house of the French Concession, was burdened with rules but also had a soft heart, swinging between guns and orders; Qiu Wenwen, who was born in a newspaper office and went to bookstores and night schools, turned the words on the paper into a cry on the street. The fate of the four people is intertwined. From the late tide of the late Guangxu years to the huge waves of Xinhai, May 4th, and May 30th, they rush around, protect each other, antagonize and reconcile between the market and the guild hall, the wharf and the cotton mill, the police station and the school. The cotton yarn is stretched taut on the loom, and the bones of the city are entangled in history. Every strand of thread leads to a piece of destiny. In the end, the artillery fire exploded in the sea breeze, and the firelight reflected the river. The choices of several people became the echo of the city. The city and the tide are not only the background, but also scars and hopes.
