Although he kept playing around in shuro (restaurants) in Ryogoku (Sumida Ward) and Yanagi-bashi Bridge (Kanda-gawa River), his family property came on the verge of ruin, to which Yodo said 'there has been no daimyo who ever became bankrupt. I'll be the first to do it,' and ignored the candid advice given by the butler.
また、連日で両国(墨田区)・柳橋(神田川)などの酒楼にて豪遊し、ついに家産が傾きかけたものの、容堂は「昔から大名が倒産した例しがない。俺が先鞭をつけてやろう」と豪語し、家令の諌めを聞かなかったという。