Additionally, honjo who were in conflict with the residing shokan had to secure their own distribution route to transport the annual tributes, and the ones who carried out this role of annual tribute distribution were the drifting akuto.
また、在地の荘官と対立した本所は、荘官に頼らず、独自に年貢物資を運搬する流通経路を確保する必要に迫られていたが、ここで年貢物資流通を担ったのが漂泊的な悪党なのであった。