The Tsar and the Fool

The Tsar asked his son-in-law to get ready for his wedding by bathing in an iron bath house. The fool and a man with a cold straw agreed, but overestimated how quickly the water would warm. As most men have to do to get married, the Tsars then put forth the completely reasonable request of having him recruit an entire army by himself. Overnight. How is he going to find and outfit thousands of soldiers in one night? The Tsars said, yeah, that's the idea. You can leave the keys to the blindship with the servants, and feel free to get out of my city by first light. And if you don't remember, this