Moreover, Mitsuhide formed the foundations for the castle town by carrying out activities such as improving the flow of the Yura-gawa River (which had often caused floods until then), and releasing farmers who were impoverished due to the repeated floods from their obligation towards Jishisen tax, etc.
更に光秀はそれまでたびたび氾濫を起こしていた由良川の流れを改善し、度重なる洪水によって疲弊していた農民に対し地子銭を免除するなど善政を敷き、城下町としての基礎を築いたのであった。