Chapter 716, Sister and Brother

"Sister, brother-in-law."

Arno Chenko entered the door carrying large and small packages of gifts.

Behind the door, he was greeted by the host and hostess of the house, Union Prime Minister Ossina Chenko, and her husband, Zhu Ye.

Arnaud looked at his sister carefully.

He still looks young in appearance. It's just that there are some traces of time between the eyebrows and eyes, and even life extension surgery can't completely stop it.

But there is no doubt that she is still in her prime. Beauty has never been her most important feature.

She is one of the most powerful people in the alliance. She has been handling government affairs for Governor Gu since she was young. When the alliance was first established, she became the prime minister of the alliance at the age of less than thirty years old. It has been thirty years now.

For the alliance to develop to this day, Governor Gu himself is of course the most important leader. But Oceana's role must not be ignored.

It can indeed be said that without Gu Hang, there would be no alliance; without Oceana, there may be individual high-level prime ministers who can take care of the entire alliance.

However, in the past thirty years, that person has been Oceana and no one else; and, in the foreseeable next five or ten years, it will still be her.

This also has something to do with her and the alliance's own political ecology.

It cannot be said that there is no political struggle within the alliance itself, at least it is very slight. The main reason is that Gu Hang hates internal fighting. With his strong suppression, the political struggle can be controlled.

In addition, one thing that cannot be ignored is that the alliance has always been in a state of development and expansion.

Development itself is the best medicine to solve many problems. The alliance has always been in a state of expansion. Whether it is government agencies, military units, business opportunities, technicians in factories, farmers and agricultural workers... there is a lot of room for improvement.

There are so many colonized planets that need managers, entrepreneurs, engineers, farmers... a large number of various positions can be provided. As long as you have a little bit of ability, you don't even need to have ability, and you have that kind of will, you can relatively easily change your destiny, get promoted and make a fortune.

In this environment, infighting is not serious. If you are diligent and do your job well, you will naturally be promoted, receive a salary increase, and be transferred to a place that suits your needs.

Development and expansion are the themes of the alliance; involution and competition are not.

Even for someone like Oceana, who has long been in the position of Prime Minister of the Alliance and has not changed in decades, progress is real.

Even bigger than anyone else. Although he has always been the prime minister, at the beginning, not even one planet was fully controlled; later, there were multiple planets, an entire star region, half a star region, and now five star regions, plus an entire spider web. Other occupied areas in the universe...

Although the name on his head has never changed, how many times has his power increased?

And Oceana is always conscientious.

It is also reflected in her marriage.

Oceana remained unmarried for a long time. It's not that she doesn't want or look down on others, the main reason is that she is too busy and really doesn't have time.

Sometimes I’m so busy that I don’t even have time to eat or sleep. Where can I find the time to fall in love?

What's more, compared with the great cause she is involved in, her personal life, love and marriage, and having children... are simply not worth mentioning.

But her marriage is also necessary.

All along, the alliance has always maintained two major policies: encouraging childbirth and attaching importance to education. As Prime Minister of the Alliance, Oceana certainly needs to lead by example as a political statement.

But at the same time, there are also some problems in her marriage - not to mention how many people in the empire are worthy of her, but the more they seem to be well-matched, the less suitable they are.

She has been the head of the coalition government in the past, and she will continue to be so for a long time to come. Find a high-ranking official, a big businessman, a general... in short, someone with considerable political power. As a partner, does it look like a political marriage?

Oceana wants to find this kind of person, like a political marriage, to form a political family that seems to be particularly powerful... What does she want to do?

Gu Hang has never mentioned or said that, and the alliance has no explicit regulations in this regard. However, it is impossible that Ossena has no political consciousness at all as she has been the Prime Minister of the Alliance for so many years.

A few years ago, Oceana got married.

Her husband, Zhu Ye, is a senior engineer and an associate professor at a university.

Although the status is not low, it is a purely technical position with almost no political power at all.

It's nothing more than taking students and debugging equipment in the factory.

There is nothing to worry about.

The wedding of the two was also relatively low-key. Even many of Zhu Ye's colleagues didn't know that his wife was actually the head of the alliance government!

This year, the two had a son, who is now almost one year old.

Even after giving birth, Oceana only started to rest two or three days before the due date, and then returned to work after a few days of rest.

In total, it didn't stop for more than seven days.

Arnault felt very sorry for his sister.

He recognized that he would sacrifice his life and blood for the alliance, and he did so himself. As a senior agent, he also went deep behind enemy lines several times, going through life and death.

However, this was of his own free will, not forced or forced by the situation.

But my sister's marriage was somewhat forced by the situation.

He also believed that work is work, mission is mission, but it does not conflict with personal life.

My sister didn't have much personal life, and she had to be with someone she didn't love...

This is what Arno thought since he knew his sister was getting married.

But in fact, this was the first time he met Zhu Ye in person. He didn't attend his sister's wedding. At that time, he was still running around between the planets in the north of the Spider Web Universe, doing intelligence work.

They had a meal together, which was made by his brother-in-law. During the smiling chat, he unexpectedly felt that this person was quite good.

He could even see some shadows of "love" in the two of them.

This made him quite relieved.

Besides, he was a little curious.

After the meal, after seeing the baby, the nanny cleaned up the restaurant, the brother-in-law coaxed the baby, and Arno went to the study with Ossena, where they had a space to chat alone.

Arno wanted to ask his sister how her life was going recently, but he didn't know how to start for a moment, so he finally said: "The situation I saw in the Love Star Region is not bad. The Alliance's army has entered. Although each planet may only be allocated a few divisions, it is enough to establish a stable base on the surface. The most important thing is the various arms and products from the Alliance to help local residents rely on their own strength to arm themselves in the base and resume production."

Ossena nodded slightly, and then smiled and said: "I have read all this in the report. Your CIA is not bad, but shouldn't this kind of intelligence be handled by the Foreign Intelligence Agency? Your CIA has a long hand."

Arno smiled shyly and pushed the blame: "Then the Prime Minister, Madam, should go to Chief Justice Lambert and ask him to manage our Director Isaacson. I am just a working soldier, and I will do whatever tasks are given by the superiors."

The two had this conversation because the three major foreign intelligence agencies of the Alliance are actually responsible for slightly different contents. Among these foreign affairs intelligence work, the main responsible unit for the work of economic and political intelligence spying should be the Foreign Intelligence Bureau under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government.

Their Central Intelligence Agency is under the jurisdiction of the Alliance Legal Affairs Center. In fact, the main work content is mainly to spy on crimes, espionage, and infringements that may be committed against the alliance. Of course, when necessary, it can also carry out political subversion, cause unrest, and subvert key figures.

However, now war and economic reconstruction are the mainstream, and anti-criminal is relatively less important. The CIA will naturally not leave the most important work unfinished.

There is indeed a suspicion of stretching too far, but anyway, the intelligence is unified and classified, and everything that should be given is given. As for what the leaders say to each other, just as Arno said, it has nothing to do with people like him who work.

Ossena stared at Arno for a long time with a fierce face.

Arno was a little scared.

His sister has been in charge of him since he was a child. Although he is a little rebellious, blood suppression has always existed. In addition, Ossena has been in a high position for many years, and has long cultivated a kind of superior demeanor. All these combined made Arno a little uneasy.

But in the next second, Ossena laughed, and the previous solemn atmosphere suddenly dissipated.

Her hand touched Arno's face and said, "It's been a long time since we last met. Do we have to talk about work as soon as we meet?"

"Uh..." Arno looked a little embarrassed.

Indeed, he was thinking about his sister's life before. Why did he talk about these things when he finally had a private communication space?

But... he sighed: "You are busy, and nothing can compare to the great cause of the alliance. You can find a husband and have children at will; I am almost the same. I am on this planet today, and I don't know where I will run to tomorrow; I am often in various darkness, facing open and hidden arrows, and if I am not careful, I will be doomed..."

"For people like us, apart from eating and sleeping, we are working on our respective jobs. So what else can we talk about besides work?"

At this point, Arno laughed at himself.

Ossena was a little dissatisfied: "I didn't just pick my husband, and I didn't just give birth to my child."

"Oh? How many times did you and your brother-in-law meet before you got married?"

Ossena said frankly: "Not many indeed. He may not know me well enough, but I know him well enough."

At this point, she smiled, made a cup of tea and shared it with her brother: "My marriage is a big event for the alliance. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Security, and the Anti-Corruption Agency collected a lot of intelligence and found many candidates, letting me choose slowly. I completely read every resume of Zhu Ye from birth to the present, and read countless words of intelligence analysis before I chose him."

"Hehe." Arno still felt uncomfortable.

"He is the most suitable person for me. I think I will fall in love with him, even though my love may be... different from that of ordinary people. I also think that he will fall in love with me, even though I spend most of my time at work, but the analysis report believes that he does not have much emotional needs, and will be a dedicated personality in family life, and can accept a wife like me." Ossena said, "Facts have proved that the intelligence analysis is not wrong, and my judgment is not wrong."

Arno became even angrier. He sarcastically said, "I haven't thought that my profession and my colleagues who are responsible for internal intelligence would use their professional abilities to help the prime minister fall in love and get married."

Ossena rolled her eyes at him, "What else? You don't have to worry so much. Don't I know whether I am living a good life? Zhu Ye is very good. He never talks nonsense outside. Even his colleagues don't know who I am. He will manage the house in an orderly manner and take good care of the children. He also has his own career and is obsessed with it. We can be good soul mates. I am very satisfied to be together for a lifetime."

She didn't let her brother speak anymore. Instead, she teased, "It's you, kid, who is not as honest as you say. Who is the one who is affectionate on many planets in the Spider Web Universe?"

Arno's face was slightly embarrassed, "How do you know... Alas, there is no way. I do this job. Sometimes I have to make sacrifices. I don't want to do things that I can't help."

While saying this, she cursed her colleague in her heart.

Why do we have to organize everything into intelligence and send it to the Prime Minister's desk?

I don't want to save face?

But at this point, the atmosphere between the siblings finally relaxed.

Arnault also believed that his sister was an extremely powerful and rational person.

Compared with himself, Ossena must know what she wants.

And with her power and ability, there is no question of whether she is happy or not - can that brother-in-law Zhu Ye still bully his own sister?

Thinking of this, Orno just advised: "Then you should pay more attention to rest and spend more time with my nephew."

"The Governor-General also told me so." Osena sighed and continued, "But...how can I rest? There are too many things."

"You are active in the Spider Web Universe by yourself, and you can see many things more clearly."

"Two years, 800 billion; ten years, 10 trillion, this is the total tax amount of the alliance."

"Including other areas of the Spider Web Universe, it is another 5 trillion."

"With so much money on my shoulders, how dare I relax a bit?"

Hearing this, Arno asked in surprise: "So much? Has the tax amount for other places in the Spider Web Universe been determined?"

"Almost. Ambassador Salihovic has made his last effort. However, the specific contract signing has to wait for the Governor-General to go to Holy Terra in person."

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No more today.

I wanted to write another chapter to make up for yesterday's. But my work and rest schedule in the past week has been so bad that I can’t bear to write anymore. I have to make some adjustments. Please forgive me…