amounts

Revenue of samurai.
At first,Soma clan cut down it to a minimum.
(Of course lord were also included.)

"Amounts that keep their lives somehow."
Tomita wrote so.

Surplus which generated by it.
They was all used it to living reconstruction of the people under one's dominion.

They repaired damaged irrigation canals.
At the same time、they made new irrigation canals for the development of new rice field.


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Farmers who became displaced persons.
At that time, they were numerous on a nationwide scale.

"Do you development of new rice field in Soma?"
House, farm tools, rice.
Soma clan prepared it and invited them.

10 to 20 years.
That period was different，but they were exempt from tax.

Eventually，farmers of 2000 houses were increased by it.


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"Mabiki."
Real meaning of ”Mabiki” is "Thin out".
(or "Thinning" "Cull")
　
Parent must kill a newborn baby for the hardships of life.　
Its secret language was ”Mabiki”.
Soma clan tried to prevent this by taking out the support money for baby.
(This was done in Japan.)


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"Now，we have not money that pay to you.
We think this is selfish.
However，we sure pay the money.

We want you to wait for the payment of the debt for a while.
Or we want you to annual installments we able to pay."
They negotiated with merchants of lender.
　
"Sincerity of Soma clan was understood to merchants.
They acknowledged its conditions willingly."
Tomita wrote so.
　
Of course，they were merchants.
Its total debt was also enormous.
(Roughly three hundred million U.S. dollars？）
　
It might not simple so.
　
However、there was a long relationship in them.
The merchants lent a large sum of money to Soma clan.
Way of Soma clan.
Merchants would had to analyze as an expert it.　
They were familiar to the Soma clan.

As result、they acknowledged its conditions willingly.
Just maybe，there is this possibility.
　
Then Soma clan repaid the debt to them actually.