Therefore, domains, the borrower, gave merchants special treatments, such as paying Fuchimai (salary rice) and giving the same treatment as hanshi (the feudal retainers of a domain) to avoid dissociation with merchants, and merchants, the lender, also tried to scatter the risk by setting limit of credit or issuing sprit bills and raising investors.
このため、借手側の藩は商人に対して扶持米を与えて藩士と同様の待遇を与えるなどの厚遇策によって商人の関係断絶を回避し、貸手側の商人は締貸し・分貸しなどの融資額の制約を設定したり枝手形を発行して投資者を募ることで危険の分散を図った。