Unknown Under the Tide

During the troubled times of the Five Dynasties, Wu and Yue lived in Hangzhou. In the sixth year of Tianfu, twelve tide-watching towers were delayed for a moment at the same time. Only Building 13 reported the tide on time. But that building sank to the bottom of the river twenty years ago. Following three muffled sounds in the pond, Shen Li, an unemployed tide worker, pried open an old sealed waterway and pulled out the body of an unknown man. A celadon plaque hung on the chest of the corpse. Engraved on the card is his mother, Shen Yunting, who has been dead for five years. The official bell is unmistakable. This woman has never been on the official list. Thirty days later, the tide is coming and the palace city will be on fire. In order to protect Hangzhou, the imperial court had already selected a piece of land to open a flood gate to release floods. Thousands of tide workers live there who build ponds, dive and dredge. They have no household registration, no land deeds, and they will not appear in disaster reports after their death. History books will only write: The pond was destroyed and no one was injured. Shen Li couldn't hear the human voice clearly, but he could hear the secrets of a city that was unwilling to admit from the wood and stones. This time, a young man who doesn't even have a complete name wants the whole Hangzhou to hear those erased names.