He said, "Once I rule the country, I will build a wide field between Furuhashi and Lake Biwa and will make all roads stone-paved," so the villagers were attracted to what he said and harbored him.
統一の暁には、古橋から湖（琵琶湖）までの間を大きな平野となし、道は全部石畳にする」と言い、村人たちはこの言葉にひかれて石田三成を匿った。