Su Che was a top modern landscape architect who had overseen the restoration of more than ten famous gardens in Jiangnan. One day, he transmigrated and became a down-and-out gardener in early Ming Dynasty Yingtian Prefecture, cast out from his household.
His home was bare, he had no money, and all he possessed was a head full of modern landscape architecture.
At the flower market, he spotted a century-old prize specimen being sold as firewood and snapped it up for a bargain. At the marquis's estate, one remark from him revealed the fatal flaw in a famous garden. At a garden appreciation gathering, a few words from him tore the proud work of "Jinling's finest craftsman" to shreds. That night, a rainstorm struck, and the artificial mountain collapsed with a crash, leaving the whole city in an uproar.
From a minor craftsman at the flower market to Yingtian Prefecture's most sought-after master garden designer; from the Yongning Marquis's "garden-saving expert" to the keeper of the imperial gardens in the Yongle era. Taihu rocks, ancient bonsai, artificial mountains and flowing water, geomancy and feng shui: in his hands, they were all a crushing technological advantage.
The world mocked him for coming from a craftsman's household, but with one famous garden after another, he had the entire court's powerful men lining up to ask him, "Sir, would you take a look at my garden?"
Come on, gardener!
Come on, garden designers, hahahaha