repeat this

"We will reclaim the wasteland on first.

Harvest of the first year of this new agricultural land.
I want to separate this accounting as duty free.
By doing this、we can harvest rice 1 koku from 1 tan of new agricultural land.

Its half，I want to our food.
The other half.
I want it to the cost of reclaim of next year by selling it.
　
Of course we will repeat this."
　
Before leaving for the reform、Kinjiro said so to Tadazane of Odawara lord.

　
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Incidentally，1 tan(反) is units of the size of the rice fields of Japan.

1 tan(反) is about 991,7 square meters.
(or one side is 300 step.)

According to the data of Miyagi Prefecture，amount of rice yields was average 1,3 koku  from 1 tan at that time.
Kinjiro was estimated decreased approximately 23% to harvest of the first year of new agricultural land.


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"Currently, the tax revenue is 1005 bales.
Ten years after，I will improve it to tax revenue of 2000 bales."　

Reform of Kinjiro was trial and error at first.
It was not a smooth way.
However，Kinjiro had fortunate.
　
"Okubo Tadazane" of Odawara lord.　
He gave the trust to Kinjiro.
　
”200 bales and 50 ryo.
Odawara clan will provide it to you as reform costs every year.
And next decade，does not need to be reported the results of reform to Odawara clan.”
Tadazane said so to Kinjiro.　

Kinjiro got rid his property of Odawara as reform cost.
(76 ryo.)
And he went to Shimotuke.