In a manner, merchants had outwitted the bakufu's policy by taking advantage of the difference between shuzokabu amount and the amount of rice for brewing sake, but this time around, the bakufu got around the merchants.
いうなれば、いつも酒造株高と酒造米高に生じる格差をうまく利用して幕府の政策の裏をかいていた商人たちに対し、今度は幕府が商人たちの裏をかいたわけである。