On the other hand, another opinion says that the cash crop (soybean, cotton, etc.) was not taxed, so farmers having lands of common size could lead a reasonably good life.
が、実は換金作物(大豆、綿、等)には税金がかからず、普通の土地持ちの百姓はそこそこな生活をしていたという見解もある。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
Kengyo began to have considerable power and authority with a substantially high rank, and when someone became a Soroku Kengyo (chief kengyo) who lead the Todo-za, they were given the level of authority and prestige comparable to a daimyo with a stipend of 150 thousand koku (a unit of a crop yield - one rice koku is 180.39 liters; one lumber koku is 0.278 cubic meters).
検校の権限は大きなものとなり、社会的にもかなり地位が高く、当道の統率者である惣録検校になると十五万石程度の大名と同等の権威と格式を持っていた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス