Since a peaceful period started and few vassal positions were available, some 牢人 became merchants, craftsmen or farmers, and some other 牢人 became mercenaries overseas (for example, Nagamasa YAMADA), but most of them remained 牢人, living a life of poverty.
平和な時代となり、再仕官の道は限られており、町人や農民になる者、または海外へ出て傭兵になる者もいた（例山田長政）が、大部分は牢人のまま困窮の中で暮らしていた。