Meanwhile, on the part of the principal townsmen a strong determination was growing against him.
同时,主要城镇居民方面,反对他的决心越越大。
In the market places the farmers from the countryside learned of British policies and laws, and so, mingling with the townsmen, were drawn into the main currents of opinion which set in toward colonial nationalism and independence.
市场上,自农村的农民了解了英国的政策和法律,因此,他们与市民混一起,被卷入了走向殖民民族主义和独立的主流舆论潮流。