Satondo used Kyoto as a foothold, and contacted his comrades spread throughout various places such as Edo, Osaka, Tokuyama City, Hagi City, and gathered information; while gathering information he waited, and in May 19, 1719, Satondo wrote a petition addressed to Senior Councilor Tadayuki MIZUNO, Ometsuke (chief inspector of the Edo shogunate) Shigematsu Yokoda, and Metsuke (inspector of foot soldiers) Shichirouemon CHIBA, saying 'Suo Tokuyama Region Peasants.'
里人は京都を拠点として、江戸･大坂･徳山市･萩市など各地に散らばった仲間と連絡を取り合い、情報を集めながら時期を待ち、享保4年1月(旧暦)（1719年）、里人は「周防徳山領百姓中」と署名し、嘆願書を老中･水野忠之、大目付･横田重松、目付･千葉七郎右衛門の3人宛てに投書した。