On the merchant's part, many of stores foresaw the next possible measures by the bakufu to try not to be hindered in their business, for instance, they made a padded filing for the Sakekabu/Kokudaka (yield) of sake brewing preparing for a possibility that they were required to reduce their sake brewing Kokudaka.
そこで商人の側としては、幕府の次なる政策を先読みして、たとえば酒株酒造石高を水増し申告しておき、減醸石高を言いつけられても商売にさしつかえないように図ったりした店も多かった。