Although he was praised by Hideyoshi, who said that he was worthy of at least 10,000 koku (a measurement of crop yield, putatively in rice, equal to about 1.8 million liters), he was dissatisfied with the reward (6,000 koku, or double his salary) offered him by Kazuuji, so he left and became a ronin (unemployed warrior) once again.
秀吉から「捨てても一万石は取るべき」と賞賛されるが、一氏からの恩賞（倍の6,000石）に不満を持ち、再び浪人する。