Hyakusho' (peasants) at that time were not actual 'farmers,' but were gunji and Tato fumyo (cultivator/tax manager) who undertook cultivation of 'myo' (rice field lots in charge of a nominal holder) to conduct large-scale management of several industries including agriculture, to accumulate their profits.
ここでの「百姓」はいわゆる「農民」ではなく「名（みょう）」の耕作を請け負い、農業などの諸産業の大規模経営を展開し富を蓄積していた郡司・田堵負名層であった。