The point is that he did break it, just now, for IC reasons. In a turn when he spent three turns worth of Crusader support funds on various other stuff.
I want it to be absolutely clear that if we hand out a pass here this rule is going to be ignored in the future. It's difficult to keep track of and it goes against a character's IC inclinations. If there's no enforcement this time it would be better simply to take the rule out.
Oh, and FYI we settled the mercenaries being recruitment bit during the test game. They are, and yes you have to do the required armies first, even if it means hiring mercenaries. This isn't a matter of interpretation and I find it very annoying that we're required to remind our Megas of rules matters that are long settled. Furthermore there couldn't be any non-prioritized construction unless there was recruitment done first, nor building ships, watch towers, forts, etc.
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