| Because, in line with this circumstance, court nobles, samurai families, temples and shrines started to earn money by lending efu to merchants and farmers who wanted to transport their own baggage at the official rate, the Edo bakufu often cracked down on this business, but without effect. |
そのため、公家や武家、寺社が金を取って商人や百姓に会符を貸し出して御定賃銭で輸送させることが行われたため、幕府はこうした行為をしばしば禁じたが、効果は無かった。 |