#I'm not sure how you'd translate kartanonvouti

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Vachete Suomi AU. Vesuri ja Vaski asuvat suuressa kylässä jossain sisämaassa kaukana suurista kaupungeista kuten Turusta. Kirkonkylän pappi, Vesuri, yrittää parhaansa mukaan vakuuttaa kyläläisiä kasvattamaan perunaa, koska se on satoisa ja ravitseva kasvi mutta kyläläiset eivät tahdo luopua nauriista. Vaski on kartanonvoudin poika ja yrittää pitää suhteita yllä kyläläisiin, että he olisivat suostuvaisia maksamaan veroja kuninkaalle eivätkä hyökkäisi hänen isänsä kimppuun.

Loose translation:

Finnish Vaschete AU.

Vesuri (a type of pruning knife/billhook) and Vaski (brass/copper/bronze) live in a big village somewhere inland, far away from the country's populous cities like Turku (Finland's oldest city and former capital located in the southwestern coast). The village priest, Vesuri, is trying his best to persuade the villagers to start farming potato, a high-yielding and nourishing crop, but people are reluctant to give up their turnips (one of Finland's most important staple foods up until 1800's when potato finally took over). Vaski is the son of a local lord of the manor (or maybe you'd call it bailiff? Or even jarl?) and is doing his best to get along with the villagers so that they would continue paying their taxes to the king and wouldn't turn against his dad.

#I'm not sure how you'd translate kartanonvouti #an official who governs a piece of land and is responsible for collecting taxes for the king you know the deal #I would've called Machete kassara which is a synonym for vesuri #but then you could call him “käsikassara” which is a derogatory term for a person who does someone else's dirty work #and that's what he does and why he's called Machete #I don't know if you're aware anon but Vasco was named that because his colors reminded me of vaski #anonymous #answered #Vaschete scenarios #Finland was converted from catholicism to protestantism in early 1600's and potatoes were first introduced here around 100 years later #so in this case he's either catholic and a true potato trailblazer ahead of his time #or this takes place after the reformation and he's lutheran but potatoes are slowly being adopted it's the villagers who are anti-potato #I don't know what I'm talking about