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eep you any longer, if you are going to be so wanton."
But Erm?k said:
"I do not like it myself, but I cannot control my people, they are spoiled. Give us work to do!"
So Strogan?v said:
"Go beyond the Ural and fight Kuchum, and take possession of his land. The Tsar will reward you for it."
And he showed the Tsar's letter to Erm?k. Erm?k rejoiced, and collected his men, and said:
"You are shaming me before my master,--you are robbing without reason. If you do not stop, he will drive you away, and where will you go then? At the V?lga there is a large Tsarian army; we shall be caught, and then we shall suffer for our old misdeeds. But if you feel lonesome, here is work for you."
And he showed them the Tsar's letter, in which it said that Strogan?v had been permitted to conquer land beyond the Ural. The Cossacks had a consultation, and agreed to go. Erm?k went to Strogan?v, and they began to deliberate how they had best go.
They discussed how many barges they needed, how much grain, cattle, guns, powder, lead, how many captive Tartar interpreters, and how many foreigners as masters of gunnery.
Strogan?v thought:
"Though it may cost me much, I must give them everything or else they will stay here and will ruin me."
Strogan?v agreed to everything, gathered what was needed, and fitted out Erm?k and the Cossacks.
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